THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 16, 1939.
BRITISH
HUGE SHARK
WAR FUND TAKEN OFF
Follow is the latest list of subscrip-
ABERDEEN
tions received for credit of The Bri-
'tish War Organization Kong Branch:----
Fung Hong
The largest shark yet caught in the waters of the Previously Acknowledged $86,518.07 Colony was "landed" by Mr. 35.70 Wong Chung-lam, of The Sun Company, Limited, yes- terday morning, at Aberdeen.
35.70
The Hong Kong Club
Max Malini
S. W. P. Perry
50
James Lee
50
Hong Kong and Shanghai
Banking Corpn.
10,000
Anonymous
Tester and Abraham
250 75
Mrs. B. H. Church
100
Hong Kong Company, Corps
of Military Police
50
Miss Z. Antonova
225
H. R. per J. P.
25
J. Pestonjee
25
Mr. and Mrs. C. Blaker
500
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Sorby
600
Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Hars-
ton
500
T. J. J. Fenwick
40
E. P. Streatfield
30
W. W. Rae
25
25
T. V. Soong
2,000
M. Y. Tang
1,000
Staff of the Bank of Canton
Ltd., Hong Kong
Netherlands India Commer-
500
cial Bank
R. J. Maitland
O. Eager
Miss S. F. Sutton
1,000
25
100
100
Anonymous
R. A. Rodgers
E. M. Raymond
D. L. Newbigging
200
25
250
300
T. M. Gregory
100
B. C. Lawrence
50
N. Brandel
50
Gande Price and Co., Ltd.
50
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Comp-
ton
150
Anonymous
1,000
Anonymous
5,000
Joseph Prentice
25
R. Goines
It was a mother-shark, weighing 245 pounds and measuring 8% feet, and when cut open, nine small sharks, each about 12 inches, long were found inside.
Two parties set out yesterday morn- ing one led by Mr. Wong Kwok-chun, also of The Sun Company who caught several sharks last year and the other by Mr. Wong Chung-lam.
Mr. Wong Kwok-chun proceeded to the Tsun Wan area, but was unsuc- cessful.
to
Off Wong Chuk Kwok at Aberdeen, Mr. Wong Chung-lam, managed hook three sharks. Two managed to escape but the third was landed safely after an hour's "play."
This is the first time that sharks have been caught in waters off
Aberdeen.
BEATTY'S SON IS BACK IN NAVY
Earl Beatty, son of the famous Admiral, has gone back to the Navy.
In the "London Gazette" it was announced that he had re- signed his commission.in.the.Yeo..... manry and has been transferred to the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant-Commander.
Lord Beatty joined the Navy as a cadet in 1919, He left the Navy to enter politics and was elected Conservative M.P. for Peckham.
WORKERS SUPPORT THE ALLIES
The Trade
Paris, To-day. International Federation, of Unions has unanimously ap- proved a resolution of unity of view with French and British workers. Reuter.
GOLFBAG STOLEN
STRUGGLE
IN PEAK MANSIONS
IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE, A CHINESE BURGLAR, ABOUT 20 YEARS OF AGE, BLIND- LY LEAPT THROUGH THE WIN- DOW OF APARTMENT NO. -12, ON THE SIXTH FLOOR OF THE PEAK MANSIONS AND WAS KILLED AT 3.30 A.M. TO-DAY.
The apartment was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Guenther Stein, who were awakened by the intruder.
There was a struggle between Mr. Stein and the intruder, in which the former received slight injuries. The Chinese broke away and blindly dash- ed through the window, crashing to his death, six floors below.
The man is believed to be a sub- stitute coolle employed a week pre- viously by Mr. Stein.
The body has not yet been identi- fied but the police are endeavouring to locate a cook who is employed by a Peak resident and who is said to be father of deceased. Mr.. W. M. Thomson, Assistant Sup- erintendent of Imports and Exports, his car. The articles were either lost has reported the loss of a golf bag or stolen between Wanchai and the and golf clubs, valued at $330, from Gloucester Hotel on Saturday.
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1939
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ANNIVERSARY
WE WISH TO EXTEND GREETINGS
AND BEST WISHES TO OUR
MANY FRIENDS - OLD AND NEW
Miss V. N. Brett
Miss M. Webster
50
E. A. R. Newton
25
Mrs. J. H. Taggart
.500
J. H. Taggart
1,000
Mackinnon Mackenzie and
Co.
800
Gibb Livingstone and Co.
500
H. V. Wilkinson
500
Foreign Staff Mackinnon
Mackenzie and C.
320
Foreign Staff Gibb Livington
and Co.
170
1
Local Staff Mackinnon Mac-
kenzie and Co.
114.
Local Staff Gibb Livingston
and Co.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gerondal Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Fahn-
stock
96 100
1,000
Mr. and Mrs. Leo D'Almada
Jr.
250
Mr. and Mrs, W. R. Mans-
field
1,000
Emile Essig
100
B. Herschend
10
A. M. Levenberger
25
D. Forbes
25
In Memory of "Karl"
20
D. J. Gilmore
250
E. C. Tregillus
500
Miss C. B. Robinson
100
The Hon. Sir Henry and
Lady Pollock
1,000
C. A. Blum
100
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. G.
50
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Baskett
25
Misses Aileen and Doris
Woods
10
S. E. Edgar
5
R. E. M. Devaux
50
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Anonymous
1,000.
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100
H. J. Armstrong
100
N. C. Horne
25
D. J. Wilson
10
B. S.. Carter
25
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58
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10
20.
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