Page
ILK STOUT
A. S.
MACKESON'S
MILK STOUT
$3.40
Per Dozen Nips.
Duty Paid
$39.00
THE CIRNA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1937.
The China Mail
Ninety-first Year of Publication. SA Wyndham Street, Hong Kong. Telephone 20090. London Office:
17. Garrick Street, London, WC2.
Notice To Contributors.
All communications intended for
Subscription Enter. One Year...... H.K.$36.00 6 Months
H.K.$18.00 3 Months
HK$ 3.00 Postare Abroad Extra
EXPLANATION OF TO-DAYS CARTOON
- Legislature Before
US. Senate
Here
There and
JAMES Jackson (1757-1806). Everywhere
distinguished Georgian, was
Joining The China Squadron
H.M.S. EAGLE
H.
An Ex-Battleship Aircraft Carrier
M.S. Eagle which is joining] master of the steamship Greidon publication should be addressed to elected Governor of his State in BOAT RACE REFLECTIONS
the China Squadron shortly, had heard a plane on the night of the Editor, and be accompanied by 1788 when he was 31 years old.
is the largest aircraft carrier in the flight to the southward of the the Writer's Name and Address He declined the election on the In reading Mr. David Hair the British Nary and the only one Azores not necessarily for insertion, but rounds of youth and inexperi-Thomas's high-spirited record of armed with 6-inch guns according The search was therefore con as a guarantee of good faith.
turned first to his to The Navy." Originally design- tinued past the Azores, and on the ence, although he had a distinguish his youth, ed military and legal career be chapter on the Boat Race, writes ed as a Dreadnought battleship. Sifth night the Eagle turned back. hind him even then. He was sub- Home correspondent.
the Almirante Cochrane for Chile, Uncertain of her position, she al- February,tered course to give the islands a sequently elected United States This is the only part of his book, she was laid down in senator, but resigned after 2 years "I Leap Before I Look" which is 1913, by Messrs. Armstrong Whit-wide berth and just before dawn for the purpose of running for the likely to give anyone anything but worth on the Tyne.
a faint light was sighted. It proc- State Legislature. He was elect-enjoyment undiluted.
At the outbreak of war all worked to be the missing machine and Old-fashioned Oxford men will on the ship ceased, but in 1917 was hoisted on board." time at the age of 41, and then I hope, wince at his thoughts dur the Admiralty decided to purchase The Azoros had been missed in returned to the United States ing the 1932. Boat Race, in which her from the Chilean Government the darkness and the petrol Senate for a term of 5 years. he rowed for Cambridge. As they for £1,334,358, for conversion intohausted. For seven days, mostly shot Hammersmith Bridge well an aircraft carrier. She was laun-in gale weather, the flying-boat Fahead, Mr. Haig-Thomas began to ched as MS. Eagle by Mrs. W. had drifted and been buffeted wish that they had something E Page, wife of the American about on a zig-zag course of 200 (to row against.”.
Ambassador, on June S, 1918, and miles, being twice in sight of the All the same, he was glad when the Union Jack and Stars and islands. the smell of the brewery at Mort Stripes were flown side by side lake told him the race was prae- from jackstaffs at the bows of the
ship.
Early in 1931, the Eagle, under After the Armistice another.de-the combzând of Captain EL E. lay occurred unti November.Darnreuther and accompanied by
Per Case of 144 Nips. Duty Paid. Hong Kong. Saturday, Jan. 9. 1934ed Governor of Georgia a second
INTERVENTION'S HAVOC
WATSON & CO., LTD.
EST. 1841
If you are searching for style and quality in modern furniture then you need look no further.
LANE, CRAWFORD'S offer you a wide range of designs from which to choose.
THE VALUE and WORKMANSHIP leaves nothing to be desired.
HIGHLY paid administrative position is the normal
A atbulament of a School of Accountancy trained man with
* recognised qualification, Qualify as
きれ
Accountant, Secretary, Cost Accountant, Shipping Expert InstraANCE Officer, Bank Officer se Book-keeper, and make your future secure. Examinations can be taken in Hong Kong and sue cess guaranteed by postal training. The School of Accomm tancy is the leading institution in the British Empire for the building of Successful Business Careers. Write for Free 180p. Book "The Direct Way to Success," stating age, educR- tion and business experience. The School of Accountancy, 806 Bush House; Lendon, W.C. 2.
P.T. CONTEST
Aberdeen Industrial School Win
The first annual physical train-tically over. ling competition for local Vernacu
*
*
*
in
IN SOUTH AMERICA
ет
It is one thing to become frightened of intervention and another thing to bring it to a well: halt. So much. already understood. is emphasised by: the nature of the German and. Italian replies to the Anglo- French questionnaire, which could have been anticipated al-lar Boys Schools was brought to EX-TSAR OF BULGARIA,
a close at the Kowloon Football The death of Court Nicholas de 1919, when the ship was ordered the destroyer Achates, made a most down to the last word..
the Aber-Toulouse-Lautrec de Savine as a to be taken to Portsmouth Dock-special cruise to South America to Once persuaded to act, no in-Club yesterday. when
She was co-operate in the functions con- deen Industrial School, Island penniless old man in a Salvation yard for completion. tervener is willing to stop first
champions, narrowly defeated the Army hostel in Shanghai removes commissioned for trials by Cap-nected with the British Empire or trusts the others to stop
April. Trade Exhibition at Buenos Aires simultaneously, and it is difficult best Kowloon institution, the To one of the most picturesque figures tain W. S. Nicholson
1920, and after Mr. G. R. Sayer, lof our time.
various flying President Uriburu and the Min- Kwan school. to believe that, however good
Director of Education, presented Miss Stella Benson immortalised tests in the Channel in the autumn ister of Marine inspected some are British intentions. ma- chinery can be erected posses-the competition banner, congratu-him by editing his incredible life was paid off for further modifica-1,600 omcers and men of the Bri-
tions. lating the winners on their splen-story.
She was not finally com-itish squadron on the flying deck sing those degrees of fine
The Count, who claimed to be de-missioned for service until Feb- of the Eagle, and over 130,000 elaboration that a solution of did display.
The judges at yesterday's dis-scended from the Kings of Tou-reary, 1924, her total cost being people visited the ship. the problem would inevitably
The Duke of Windsor, as Prince play were Mr. J. Ralston, Inspec-louse, was a Russian subject. De-$4.617.636. demand.
his "aristocratic
The Eagle was employed on the of Wales, and accompanied by tor of English Schools. Mr. Y. Pspite Germany and Italy agree to:
and in Prince George, opened the exhibi- Inspector of Vernacular and title" he quarrelled with the Mediterranean station. co-operate provided other parti- Law,
Government of the "bloody despot, 1927, under the command of Cap-tion on March 14 and visited the cipating nations adopt, the same Schools, and Mr. Walkden.
was sent to ship. The Eagle carried various hangman Tsar" and became a tain B. M. Money. attitude and accept uncondi-
Venice as the base for the Royal types of British aircraft which Air Force fight which won the were down off to the military aero- Schneider Cup.
tional effective control on the ROPE THAT BROKE Nis spot of the prohibitions to be mutually approved and respect-
urges
STATEMENT ON FAILURE
OF HANGING
Your Daily Smile!
t'other's
1
Explained
mille
*
in support of Women's Rights. One
FRANCO RESCUE
aircraft after
drome at El Palomar, and on March 20 a display of aerobatics WAS ed Germany goes further and
given in the presence of the Minis the advisability of re- moving from Spain all non- The following statement has Two countrymen (you know them), The ship recommissioned at Deter of the Interior and Argentine Spanish combatants in the been issued by H.M. Consul-Gen-old Jan and old Wall, were consulting renport in May, 1929, under Cap-officers of all arms.
the time-table at their local railway tain
The Eagle also visited Rio de (now Vice-Admiral) N. F. civil war, together with "poli-leral at Shanghai, Sir John Brenan. station said Will to Jan, "what's Laurence, for further service "up
Janeiro where further tical agitators and propagan-lin connection with the abortive
"Yer." dists."
maining of thase yer letters 'pon top the Straits" When off the For- displays were given, and jexecution of Atma Singh.
of time-table--AM an' PM?" This throws the onus back to
tuguese coast an Admiralty wire. calling at St. Vincent, Cape Verde "After examining many wit
Gibraltar, returned Said Jan to Will, "Diana show Ferese message stated that Spanish Islands, and Paris and London and it will be of interest to watch for Mr.esses and a careful inspection of iggorance. Wan's apenny a
peny
Government had asked for assis- to England in May after an event- the rope and the execution cham- Eden's next move.
tance in a search for a missingful commission. The Non Sequitur
fying-boat. This aircraft," with. After a period in reserve for There is no reason to doubt ber, the commission of enquiry)
The late Lord Coleridge was once Major Franco (brother of the large repairs, at Devonport, the the sincerity behind the Ger-were satisfied that the rope was
All cut by the comparatively sharp speaking in the House of Commas present insurgent leader) and Eagle was commissioned by Cap- man Note, for all that nations have now seen that the edge of the steel girder to which of his main arguments was that there crew of three, had left Spain fortain. L. Y. Wells in March, 1955, trans-Atlantic for service on the China station, fiction of non-intervention can it was attached, and that there had was no exsertial difference between the Azores
the, masculine and the feminine in- be no longer be maintained been no wrongful tampering with tellect. For example, he said, some
fight three days earlier and had in place of the Hermes while in England for refit She arrived And all any of them are co-it
of the most valuable qualities of not been heard of.
The Eagle set off on an 500 in China in June, and at the end genins cerned about. in the last The arrangements in the execu- what is called the judicial
sensibility, quickness, delicacy are miles' search which was to con-of the year made a cruise in Ja- analysis, is that actual inter-tion chamber have been designed peculiarly feminine. In reply Ser-
Air-panese waters, to Kobe and Kago- ference in Spanish internal afto comply with the latest require gesat Dowse said: "The argument or tinue for over four days. fairs shall not give rise toments of the Home Office in Lou- the hon. and learned Member, com-craft could only be used occasion-shima, where she created much in- events imperilling the peace of den, in accordance with which the because some judges are old womenbility set in. On the second day ficers
pendiously stated, amecnts to this--ally as gale weather with low visi-terest among Japanese naval of- the remainder of Europe.
mpe should not be tied round the therefore all old women are fit to be
received that the Few appear to have thought bear
(Continued on Page 5) itself but attached to judges of the essential immorality of shackle beneath. The executioner, using Spain as a battleground who was sent up for the purpose for their own ideological differ
by the Hong Kong Government,
Even
from England, which preferred, however, to follow his usual method, which is to tie the Britons like to believe is a stronghold of political sanity, rope to the beam itself. suffering not from violent ex- "It seems that the beam used in tremes either to Right or to Hong Kong is round, and it did Left, scores of volunteers have not occur to the executioner.or gone to one side or the other, anyone else that the edge of the not because they care for the steel girder erected here was suf- preservation of Spain's historicficiently sharp to cut the
rope, buildings or economic interests especially as a previous execution for anything remotely connected had been successfully carried out with an intelligible justification, in the same way last summer. but simply to help to attack or
"The commission of enquiry do
ences.
NEW GAS FIRE SCHEME defend a doctrine which they not consider that anyone can be
WE WILL INSTAL A
GAS FIRE or RADIATOR
FOR A PAYMENT OF
$10 ONLY
(Which includes fixing charge and rental for any period).
THE APPLIANCE CAN REMAIN ON
LOAN FREE FOR AS LONG AS YOU
LIKE — ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS,
> TEN YEARS OR MORE !
HONG KONG & CHINA GAS
CO, LTD.
Showrooms Gloucester Bldg. & 246, Nathan Boad, Kowloon.
Telephone 28181
cherish, or possibly, abhor. jestly blamed for this unexpected Doubtless, inducements are as much in conflict as the idea is
with normal sanity. Some of
¡Occurrence.”
the volunteers are there be MYSTERIOUS S.O.S. cause of a deep hatred, for com-
munism or for dictatorships. Naval Authorities Give Others believe they serve a righteous cause.
Explanation
a routine
*
In the result, the civil war in The naval authorities explained Spain has become much more last night that the mysterious nearly akin to a war between s.O.S. message picked up in Hong the. democrátic-cum-communis-
Kong yesterday, and believed to be tic countries of Europe and the dictatorships, so much so that from a British ship in distress in if all non-Spaniards were with the Pacific, was only drawn from the fighting lines, naval exercise, in which a war-| there would scarcely be any ship on the station was testing its forces left,
wireless telegraphy apparatus on a The thought gives point to wave length not usually used. the official British annonce- When this exercise is carried ment refuting the deductionļout an S.OS. is occasionally sent drawn from the Anglo-Italian as part of the test, merchant ser- Mediterranean agreement, nane-vice signals being often practised, ly, that a kindlier eye would in with a break off in the middle of future survey Italian activities the S.0.5. message.
in support of General Franco.
That is what happened yefter-
The government which Briday, and it was not discovered - tain would like to see in Spain, some hours after this message says Mr. Eden, is the govern had been sent that it was from ment which the Spaniards:
themselves would seek to estab the fleet.
lish. And it is fairly plain
that but for foreign interven-to their senses,
tion, by Socialists on the one
To-day, neither triumph in
side and the totalitarians on the field nor concilia" by coun- the other, Spanish ferocity sels appear to offer and prospect would, by this time; have worn of a real internal itself out and the people come Spain.
eace for
la report was
“BELIEVE IT OR NOT" by Robert L. Ripley
JAMES JACKSON
REFUSED TO BE GOVERNOR. OF GEORGIA -
WHEN ELECTED IN. 1788.
HE ALSO RESIGNED AS U.S. SENATOR TORUN FOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE..
THE & LETTER WORD BEVERAGE
CONTAINS 14 WORDS
IN DIRECT ORDER
BEVERAGE
STONE HEART FORMED BY NATURE.
Found by
W. 5. COLLINS
Tuchehoe,HY.
OR
BEVER
BE
EVE
EVER
VER
VERA
ER
ERA
SEE SHARP OR BE FLATTM“
RA-
A GARAGE
RAG
SIGN
RAGE
AGE
GE
IN
CHATTANOOGA,
JOHNNIE DOUGLAS
DE FORT WORTH, TOM,
Tenn.
| HASÍɓTEETHAT THE AGE OF OHE YEAR.