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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 17, 1939
FIRST BATTERY DINNER
The official table at the First Battery Dinner.
From left to right
are Major Hedgecoe, Major Whitehead, Colonel Rose, Captain J. Wat- son (Battery Commander), Brigadier McLeod and Major T. Addis Martin.
Another picture taken at the First Battery Dinner.
Repulse Bay Hotel
WINTER SEASON DINNER DANCES
EVERY WEDNESDAY Art Carneiro's Band with Yvonne 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
TIFFIN CONCERTS
Every SUNDAY, 1 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.
. Geo. Pio-Ulski's String Quintette
(A la Carte and Table d'Hote)
THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.
A section of those who attended the First Battery-Dinner at Volun-
teer Headquarters.
A line-out in the Army "A" vs.
Navy "A" Rugby-match on Saturday.
THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 17, 1939
ITALIAN WARNING TO SOVIET
Rome, To-day.
Italy will remain in a state of armed peace until her legitimate interests are respected and can be satisfied, states the newspaper "Tribuna," explaining Signor Mussolini's "keep your arms beside your books" "speech to students in Rome.
The "Gazetta del Popolo," in a leading article, gives an idea of the circum- stances in which Italy will feel called on to intervene.
The writer says: "Italy can never permit Bolshevik Russia to advance fur- ther beyond the Carpathians into the Danube Valley, or in the Balkans towards the Mediterranean.” Reuter.
SHELL TANKER
SUNK BY
COMMERCE RAIDER INSIDE PORTUGUESE WATERS
Capetown, To-day.
IT IS OFFICIALLY announced that the British
SOVIET
steamer Scala Shell (3,585 tons) was sunk by a INVITATION German raider inside Portuguese territorial TO TURKEY waters yesterday.
The sinking took place 180 miles north-east of
Lourenco Marques.
It is reported that the crew were allowed to land but
the captain was taken prisoner.
No exact information is available as to the identity
of the raider.
is а
Durban reports suggest it 10,000 ton warship, possibly an arm- ed merchantman. Rumours that it is a pucket-battleship are authorita- tively discounted.
The pilot of an aeroplane arriv. ing at Lourenco Marques yester- day from the north reported see- ing a steamer sinking 200 miles north of Lourenco Marques.
on
He also saw two lifeboats the beach surrounded by a num. ber of men, who are presumed to have been the crew of the Scala Shell.
MESSAGE DROPPED
The pilot dropped a message to an administrative post and later saw people leave in the direction of the ship. Reuter.