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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 15, 1940
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PUBLIC AUCTIONS
The Undersigned have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction on MONDAY, the 17th. JUNE, 1940 commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at No. 10, Humphreys Building, Kowloon
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
also
One Large Frigidaire One Small Frigidaire One Morrison Piano
and
A Quantity of Electric Household Appliances
On View from Sunday, the 16th. June, 1940.
Catalogues will be issued. Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 15th June, 1940
received
The Undersigned have instructions to sell by Public Auction
on
TUESDAY, the 18th, June, 1940 commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon.
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
comprising:-
London.
To interest Arabs in British radio. programmes and counter anti-British propaganda, the British Broadcasting Corporation is producing a new radio journal in Arabic.
In the same way that The Listen- er, weekly journal of the B.B.C. serves. to lend permanence to the spoken word by printing matter that pre- viously has been radiocast, so will the Arabic Listener serve listeners to the
radio-casts in Arabic.
The Arabic Listener is to appear fortnightly at the price of 21⁄2d. (one Egyptian piastre) and aims at circul- ating wherever the Arab tongue is spoken. This means North Africa, Egypt and the Sudan, Saudi-Arabia, Palestine, Trans-Jordania, Syria, Iraq, Aden, and the Persian Gulf. Added to these will be the Arab communi- ties in Singapore, North America, Ar- gentina, and Brazil.
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HEROES OF THE AIR-George Brent and John Payne, as brothers who carry the family navy tradition into the air in "Wings of the Navy,' the thrill-packed drama which is now showing at the King's Theatre:
NO MORE POSTERS
Raucous voices of newspaper ven- dors have been added to London's street hubbub as war economy ended for the time being the use of the big posters they carried to advertise the
The aim is to keep Arabic listeners informed, as Mr. Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister, put it in his message to the first issue of the jour-news.
HIS BIGGEST "BREAK" TOOK ONLY ONE SHOT
nal, "of the truth of real happenings To help conserve Britain's dimin-er ball split on him.
in the world."
The first issue contained a short story by a leading Egyptian novelist, Tawak al-Hakins, an original article on Literary Criticism, an illustrated article on Moroccan history, an article
ishing newsprint supply, the newspa- a practice pers decided to give up which began before the start of the Crimean War in 1853 of furnishing posters for the portable bulletin boards. It was abandoned once be-
the World War.
summarizing recent British comment fore during the last few months of by informed writers on the progress and condition of the Arab world, and
replies to questions of listeners. There also were reprints of English lessons broadcast for Arab students which have earned high appreciation.
SERVICE, PLEASE
Chicago.
A stationer received this postal card from a woman who inadvertently left her new potted plant in his store dur- ing a downtown shopping trip:
"Dear sir: When I was in your store several days ago, I left my plant there by mistake. Will you please Bedsteads, Wardrobes, Dressing water it daily, see that it gets some Tables, Chests of Drawers, Chester-sunlight and give it your best atten- fleld Suites, Sideboards, Dinner Wag- tion? I will call for it later." gons, Dining Tables, Chairs, Ice Chests, Desks, Cabinets, Bookcases, Filing Cabinets, etc., etc.,
Cutlery, Entree Dishes, Trays, Silver, Brass, Aluminium, Porcelain and Glass Ware, Electric Ceiling & Table Fans, Portable & Cabinet Gramophones, Curios, Ornaments, Lawn Mower, Fire Brasses & Screens, Pictures, Cooking Utensils, etc., etc.
also
A QUANTITY OF BLACKWOOD AND RATTAN FURNITURE
and
2 Upright Pianos by "Moutrie"
1 Hand Sewing Machine
1 Portable Typewriter "Royal"
1 Enlarger "Zeiss".
2 Belgium Carpets
1 Marble Table Clock
1 Electric Refigerator "Frigidaire"
1 Grandfather Clock
1 Radio-gram
5 Radios
1 Exposure Meter
1 Electric Cooker
1 Silver Dressing Set ·
1 E. P. Tea Set
1 Bed Room Suite
1 Dining Room: Suite
1 Dinner Service
1 "Pathe" 9.5 cm Cine Camera with
Projector
1 Pair Teak Single Bedsteads with Simmons' Springs & Beauty Rest Mattresses
1 Pair Single White Enamelled Beds
with Hair Mattresses
1 Pair Beds Staple Mattresses and
Hair Mattresses.
On View from Monday, the
June, 1940.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
ket Auctioneers:
Hong Kong, 18th, June,
Some "newsboys"-few of them are the under middle age displayed
of
Mr. Freddy Huish, secretary. Sundridge Park (Kent) Golf Club, is a "crack" snooker player, A plaque the It hung in the billiards room of club-house testifies to that fact. also records an occasion when a snook-
pot Mr. Huish was attempting to a red ball into a middle pocket a simple shot but instead of entering One half zig-zagged in one direc- the pocket, the ball split in half.
tion, and the other, with even more zig-zag, found its way into a top pocket.
Mr. Huish's claim that he was en- titled to continue with his break (?)
front page of one or two papers but was overruled. Rule 2 says that the generally their bulletin frames were blank and they called only the names of their papers.
ROCKEFELLER NOTHING-A-WEEK MAN
New York. Appointed at "nothing a week," Da- vid Rockefeller, a son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was disclosed to have joined the secretarial staff of Mayor La Guardia. "He's one of the 60 in- ternes," the Mayor said.
The City Hall "internes," or honour students, receive no pay and write re-
game must be played with twenty- and here were twen- two balls.. ty-one and two halves. The game, therefore; ended in a draw,
But Mr. Huish's feat was not to be allowed to pass unmarked. So mem- bers presented him with a souvenir, a plaque on which are mounted the two perfect halves of what was once a snooker ball:
On the plaque is the inscription: "Freddy Huish's Biggest Break."
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on their ob- ports and theses based servations of the work of city depart- ments, which count toward their scho- lastic credits. The youthful scion of Standard Oil millions is studying for a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Chicago.
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