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AUTOMATIC COOKING.
A DEMONSTRATION UNDER LOCK AND KEY.
On Tuesday, December 8th, a full three course: meal was prepared and placed in a "Regulo” Con- trolled Gas Cooker, which was then chained- and padlocked. The food was left to cook in the correct “Regulo” way, and on completion it was found to be perfectly done. The cost of cooking this meal was 20 Cents.
This demonstration will be repeated from time to time during the next few weeks at the Cookery Classes which are now being held daily at Room 5, 1st Boor, Gloucester Binding.
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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1936
The China Mail
Ninety-first Year of Publication.
3 Wyndham Street, Hong Kong. Telephone 20022, London Office:
7, Garrick Street, London, W.C.2 Notice To Contributors.
LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
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The s.s. Santhia will leave for Cakutts via ports at noon Saturday, December 19.
Here There
The ofice of H. M. Trade Com- Everywhere
missioner in Hong Kong and Com- mercial. 'Secretary (for South
CISALPANIA AND SPAIN
Comments were made at the Bank Building first night of Dr. Douglas Jer
· All communications intended for China) to H. M. Embassy in China publication should be addressed to will be removed to the Hong Kong the Editor, and de accompanied by and Shanghai the Writer's Name and Address (First Floor) on December 15. not necessarily for insertion, but es a guarantee of good faith.
One Tear
6 Months
3 Months
Hong Kong. Saturday, Dec. 12. 1936.
rold's "Storm over Europe" at the "Q" Theatre on how closely the
NOTED DETECTIVE RETIRES
FOUND HIMSELF WITH ANARCHISTS
SAVED BY PERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
political background of the plotIRST Class Detective-Sergeant head"), a noted Italian anarchist followed the story of the Spanish Hewis D. Gomana man no, (now dead), was present.
friendly eastern lomitted.
Your Daily Smile!
being assured that here was evi- As A Navvy
dently another exiled foreigner Nowadays, with his ever-smilwho had probably been banished ing face, people have sometimes from his country for plotting jor perhaps a stockbroker chuck- thought he was a parson in mufti, against the State. ling over a lucky desi. But a de-
tective
Bomb-Throwers
Italy, Revolutionaries from
Germany and Russia, Poland, a This "non-resemblance" to
com- policeman stood him in good stead other countries were very
their own- during
some dangerous adven-mon in Britain then
an-countries wouldn't have them be tures in the underworld of
the cause many of them were bomb- in London before
throwers.
Prisoner: Could your Honour notarchists let me out on probation? Tve never been in gaol in my life!
Judge: Don't worry, you must make a beginning, you are going now.
WELL.
"But Soho is no longer a dan-
If any further disguise was
# skilful serous spot," he said recently to necessary, he was
His a Press representative. "Our alien transformer of himself.
regulations have im-
A fancy dress carnival dance will be held on New Year's Eve at
Malatesta was addressing them Subscription Rater.
Chub. com Revolt. the Kowloon Cricket HK$36.00
In actual fact the book on one would believe was a detective K.K.$18.00 mencing at 9 pan. The Medway
Band will be in attendance and which the play is based was writ-is to retire shortly from the when suddenly the atmosphere" ... ELKS 9.00
tective-Sergeant Goman knew that Postage Abroad Extra
parties of six or over may re-ten in 1928. The play differs in Special Branch at Scotland Yard became quietly ominous, and De- serve tables in advance. Prizes many respects from the book. Re-after 25 years' service.
All that time, people have just everyone was eyeing him. will be given to ladies and gentle-ference to the flight of the leader men for the most original dress of the insurrection from France laughed and thought it was a joke that they suspected he was from So he suddenly turned to a fel-: and also the most artistic dress across the hostile westem pro- if he told them he was a police-Scotland Yard.
theman. For one thing, he looked
low detective who was with him Tickets for ladies are $3 each and vince of "Cisalpania" to
provinces is too slim
and burst into a torrent of excited gentlemen $3.
It was only when it came to a Industrial Power
French such perfect French, For Defence
One case of-diphtheria was re- This is a pity. It was from this "Tough house" in Southwark --- ported to the Health Authorities fight that the idea of flying Gen. then the toughest district of Lon-by the way, that several French-
is English. Figures given by the Secre for the 24 hours ended yesterday. Franco in a British air taxi from don that many discovered that men have been amazed to fad he The ruse succeeded and saved Las Palmas to Tetuan originated. he really weighed 18 stone and tary for War in the House of
Early in June Senor Luis Bolin. was an expert wrestler and ju- the situation, all the anarchists The RMS. Empress of Asia is! Commons recently show how much headway has yet to be due at Nagasaki to-day and will former London correspondent of just exponent. made before the man-power of leave for Shanghai, Hong Kong the A.B.C. and a leading Spanish the book on 2 can meet all and Manila at 7 p.m. to-night. monarchist, saw national defence
friend's shelves and borrowed it. requirements. Lord Swinton's
The next Dance of The Royal He was much impressed by the speech in the House of Lords save the impression that in re-Engineers' Old Comrades' Associa- exact parallel between the history gard to the Air Force there is tion will be held in the Roof Gar- of Spain since the monarchy and no difficulty. There the call den of the Peninsula Hotel, on that of Cisalpania as projected has been answered,, and most of Wednesday next, commencing at by Mr. Jerrold in 1925. · the men for whom places can 8.30 pm. The music will be pro-1 be found are already available.vided by the Band of the lat En. The general impression left on Royal Ulster Rifles (by kind per his hearers by the Minister for mission of Lt. Col. R. L. Rodwell Air is that greater progress has and Offcers). Patrons are remind been made than is generallyed that no tables will be reserved
aerodrome and that tables in the Hall will b believed. On the side the equipment "is entirely filled first
of Ouf types Isatisfactory."
The monthly water returns just aircraft are so good that other countries are asking whether issued show that on December 1
of they can buy them. All the there was a total storage
have 1,742.02 million gallons in the la- firms making engines
their pre-land reservoirs as compared with greatly extended mises. Orders have been com- 1,997.99 million gallons on the pletely placed for the balloon same day in the previous year. T
de the Kowloon reservoirs, however barrage of London and
statesmen figures were liveries will begin at the end of the comparative
their been guarded on this year. This picture of ac- 2,347.63 million gallons and 707.95
travels by Mr. Goman. These in- tivity was given a greater in-million gallons respectively.
clude Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Eden, Mr. tensity by Lord Strabolgi, who
the camp and his experiences there ail they were saying. In connection with the sale of that the visitor felt slightly shocked
Ramsay MacDonald. Sir Austen initiated the debate in a speech that avoided the querulous work held by the Women's Auxili-at the boy's happiness at being sway
His languages- he is one of Chamberlain, Lord Hailsham, the criticism too often heard from ary of the Society for the Proter- from his home.
"After all, though." he remarked, the cleverest linguists at the Yard late Lord Reading, the late Lord After tion of Children at the Cathedral his Socialist colleagues.
got him Carson, Sir Herbert Samael, Sir John Gilmour, Sir Samuel Hoare. seeing the progress of the Hall last Thursday, ticket No. 28" expect all you boys were glad to have more than once
out of a tight corner. shadow scheme he testified that won the handbag and ticket No. 99 vet home, weren't you?"
"Well" replied the boy thought-||
Once be was suspected at a Lord Craigavon and Lord Green- the, programme coming to frui-the shawl
fully, "not specially." Then, after a bit, he added: “Some of the fellows Soho gathering at which Malate wood.
"bad" (Continued on Page 6) sta (a name which means tion next year is far greater than is generally known.
All the Services were represent-were-those who had dogs." These are matters in which ed at a ball last night at the Penin- there is need for faith in Minsula Hotel held in aid isters. Lord Swinton emphas- Garrison Infants' Welfare. It was ised the difficulty of any full organised by Miss S. and Miss V. revelation when he said that Morris. Among the guests were disclosure of information can Lady Little, wife of the C-in-C not be one-sided. Nor is there Admiral Sir Charles Little and Mrs. any present likelihood that a A. W. Bartholomew, wife of the policy of complete frankness as G.O.C. Wing Commander and Mrs. to plans and progress will be A. G. Bishop, Mrs. Seth Smith and generally accepted by other na Col H. C. Harrison. tions. The Minister for Air at
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of the
least went far enough to con- Six months' hard labour was im- vince the House that Britain is posed on a 54-year-old widow, Lam
machines now getting "the
Ngan, by Mr. E. Himsworth at the that matter,” that these are
Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, being pat into production
for the unlawful possession of an the 'drawing straight from board, and that not months but automatic pistol Defendant was years will be saved in complet charged with her son, Chiu Yim- ing the programme The Gov-king, aged 29, but the latter was ernment has taken a right discharged on the ground of in- course in offering fair compen-sufficient evidence. Det-Inspector sation where factories are built A E. Elston, prosecuted.
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WEDDING AT REGISTRY
Bride From Japan
that may afterwards prove re- dundant Experience of the fate of armament firms after the last war has made that pro- {mise a necessary prelude to the large, extensions that are now being made. Lord Swinton's conviction that the Govern- ment's full programme can be
Miss Tragi Kakuda, the daugh- carried out with little or no dis- turbance to civilian work ister of Mr. and Mrs. Kikuitszi gratifying testimony to the Kakuda, of Amakusagun, Japan, John reserve productive powers of became the bride of Mr.
Joseph Gregory at the Registry industry.
That "nobody knows whom Office, Supreme Court, yesterday. we are going to fight for and Witnesses of the marriage, were whom with" is not, as Lord Mrs. Maycock and Mr. W. Lamprill. Lothian seems to believe, a Following the wedding, a tien criticism of Government policy. party was held at the Hong Kong Rearmament is not undertaken Hotel The honeymoon is being with the intention of fighting spent at Macao and Cantoo anybody or for anybody. If it
were, the work of reorganising
our forces would have to be:
Be
done in a different manner and body has under control” on a greater scale. Bearma canse Britain might become a ment is a national insurance victim of such uncontrollable in- against attack from without cidents, Britain has to prepare. and a guarantee that should That preparation is in reality war break out anywhere we independent of foreign policy, as shall be prepared to play any Lord Swinton insisted Great part that events assign to us. Britain has only one policy, ami Lord Lothian, indeed, answered that is appeasement in Europe, his own question when he told but its voice will receive no at the House of Lords that he tention from countries arming to not see any risk of any great the teeth unless it can convince nation in Europe starting these that fear of consequen war, but that the danger comes is no element in Britain's earn-
acts or events that no lest search for peace.
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They Get Like That!
Young woman (playing tennis for the first time)-"What is the score, please?"
Her husband--"Thirty love." Woman-"Yes, dear; but thirty what?"
* Loneliness
*
The majority of
most successful method was not restriction to shave for a few days, then to proved things. dress in navvy's clothes and aliens are now pre-war ones and haunt the Soho cafes and cos- quite respectable.
"People don't seem to realise mopolitan clubs. Foreign conspirators little real-that before the war no passport ised that this unshaven follow was necessary to come into Bri- who seemed so engrossed in a fag tain, and so anyone could
along; they merely bad to have end he had just picked up
Many celebrated The visitor was talking to the small could speak and understand per- son of the house who had spent part fectly French, Italian, German of the summer at a boys' camp. The and Spanish, and was listening to lad talked so enthusiastically abort
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