... China Bankrupt ? - The Chinese Finance Minister told the resident committee of the People’s Political Council to-day that China’s national treasury was “ exhausted ” owing to expenditure by -the army in the campaign against the Communists. Expenditure ...

... any money tucked away anywhere ?” went on the questioner. * No,” wailed the bankrupt one. “Oh,)” exclaimed his friend, “no money put away. You are a fool. You are nof bankrupt., you are broke.” . I remembered that incident while listening last night to ...

... RAILWAYS NOT ‘BANKRUPT’ Your correspondent, Mr W. i\l ‘Alexander, i&'verf(like_the la'fi?‘ leaders to-day. nowing nothing about a subj};ct. they &roceed to tell the experts how things should be done. s e 4 = “Bankrupt” means “unable to meet liabilities ...

... NEARLY BANKRUPT ? Mr F. C. Watt, Conservative candidate for Central Edinburgh, told electors last night in St Ann's School that the Labour Party pretended that only Socialism could bring lasting prosperity to this country, and that thei'. had frequently ...

... “« BANKRUPT LEADERS” Th%t is what exasperates German broadcasters to such an extent that, in their vehement denunciations of the “impudence of the bankrupt leaders of the British and American Flutocracxes.” they stutter in their rage. The official German ...

... BANKRUPT POLISH EMIGRES A Reuter message from Moscow quotes the following comment in Pravda yesterday : — ' There are no barriers now to the recognition by Great Britain and the U . S . of the new Polish Government , just as there is no justification ...

... POLICY BANKRUPT” ‘I _Mr Eo G. Wdlw, M.PO Addressing a meeting of his constituents last night, Mr E. G. Willis, M.P. for North Edinburgh, maintained that the Conservative conference at Blackpool had shown the Tory Party to be comgletely bankrupt in policy ...

... BANKRUPT WEST BERLIN Municipality Unable lo Pay Pensioners Berlin , Wednesday . —Thousands o £ old-age pensioners , widows , and disabled soldiers , were turned away empty-handed from Western sector post offices to-day when they queued to draw their nensions ...

... I'm bankrupt!” he said * I was talking to a friend of mine the other day, when he suddenly turned to me and said: “What a grand day itll be when I can come into your place and order a couple of suits and an overcoat without thinking! » .. Crand indeed ...

... MR BEVAN APOLOGISES BANKRUPTS IN SCOTLAND Message Not Conveyed by Government Chief Whip Mi ! BEVAN ( Minister of Health ) apologised in the House of Commons yesterday for a statement he made during the housing debate the previous night . The matter was ...

... WEST GERMANY'S MOST DISTRESSED AREA Bankrupt Slesvig-Holstein From PETER DE MENDELSSOHN , ' Kiel ( by Air Mail , )—Slesvig-Holstein , Western Germany's poorest province , is bankrupt . A State of nearly 3 , 000 , 000 inhabitants , whose major town , Kiel ...

... BEEF PRICES CONTROLLED AT BANKRUPT LEVELS Meat Control Scheme in Stirling WILLIAM JAKD 1 NE *¦ SONS , LTD ., MILITARY TAILORS - and OUTFITTERS , \ JA , UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS * SUPPLIED OS SHORTEST NOTICE . 12 and 14 FORTU STREET . EDINBURGH . LMit ...