Hongkong, Jan. 7.
Mr. A. P. Blunt, British Consul Canton. was the first person to complete a journey by automobile to the Colony from the City of Rams to-day. He arrived on the first motor car which travelled on the recently completed automobile road from Canton to Hongkong—United Press. separation of ordinary and "incident" expenses on the basis of the Government's belief that the hostilities in China will continue at least until March, 1939.
The postponement as much as possible of unnecessary and nonurgent expenditures to save money for war purposes was one of the principles on which the Ministry of Finance formulated the new Budget.
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