The American Consulate-General yesterday announced that all passports would have to be renewed by April 10, after which the old pas: ports will be considered invalid, No fee would be taken for the renewal of the passports, it was stated.
These passports, however, will not be issued to persons intending to leave Shanghai before April 10, The.consular. announcement states that- bearexs.of American passports should adhere strictly to the rulings, drawn up for the purpose, in order that, the work may be. conducted. in an easier manner. The bearers are asked to complete -the application forms, which have been sent to them, in accordance with the given instructions, and to return them as soon as possible, The applicants will be asked to appear at the Consulate to complete the procedure after the application forms have been received, It is also pointed out in the announcement that, in view of the large number of Americans here, they should endeavour to observe as closely as possible the date and the hour of their appointments at the Consulate, Canadian Air Force Lifts Bridal Ban Ottawa, Feb, 13.
The Government has abolished the peace-time rule that no officer of the Royal Canadian Air Force may marry until he has attained the rank of flight lieutenant unless he could satisfy the authorities that he had a private income in addition to his salary, Officials discovered that as a result of this ruling most officers were unable to marry until they had been in the service for a number of years. As a result a new general order has been issued that any officer of the RCAF may marry at any time after he has been in the service six months, if he obtains the permission of his commanding officer.—Reuter.
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