THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 15, 1940
MUTT AND JEFF
HE SEEMS AWFULLY HAPPY FOR A SICK MAN WHO ONLY HAS SIX MONTHS TO
HIGH DEEDLE DEE DEE -LA LA LA LA
HIGH DEEDLE
DEE DEE
'DOCTOR
A BROWN
6-1
YOU SEEM VERY HAPPY FOR A MAN
•WHO ONLY HAS; SIX MONTHS TO-
LIVE!
P SMITH M.D.S
SIX MONTHS ¦ TWO YEARS? NOTHING! I'M GOOD FOR
ANOTHER "TWO YEARS!
"HOW DO YOU! FIGURE THAT?
I WENT
TO SEE FOUR DIFFERENT DOCTORS
· ́AND EACH ONE OF 'EM GIVES ME SIX MONTHS
TO LIVE!
Page 5 By BUD FISHER
HIGH DEEPLE
DEE DEE
DOCTOR
QUACK
BRITISH DESTROYER TORPEDOED
An Admiralty com- munique, announcing the loss of the de- stroyer Escort, says she was lost in the western Mediter-
ranean.
Escort was hit by a torpedo and dam- aged and subsequent- ly foundered while in. tow,--Reuter.
. PETROL THEFT
CHARGE
A MAORI SOLDIER
FINDS ENGLAND QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRO
“IT WAS THE ENGLISH poets who showed us England, and now that I have seen it for myself I know that what they wrote is true,” said a Maori sol- dier in London yesterday.
He belongs to a unit made up almost entirely of Maoris, he said. There are four or five European officers, including the Commanding Officer, but the majority of the officers and all of the men are Maoris. They number several hundreds and several hun- dred more are in training in New Zealand and will, no doubt, join them one day as reinforcements.
MINOR ACCIDENT
That may not sound many when Jone thinks in terms of brigades and divisions, but it must be re- membered that the total 'Maori At about 6.50 p.m. on Saturday, a population is only 83.000. At the car driven by Miss V. Ivanchenko|time the Maoris left New Zealand, collided with the rear of a sta-one in every 18 Maori males had Fung Man, 29, licenced, driver, turn into Middle Road from Ash-
tionary car as she was about to enlisted voluntarily. was charged before Mr. H. G.ley Road. Both cars were slightly been under British rule for 100 Sheldon, K.C., on Saturday, with damaged. stealing four gallons of petrol from a car belonging to Mr. T. H. Jordan, of the Royal Naval Dock- yard.
The
RADIO STOLEN
The Maoris, he continued, have
years.
"When we look back," he went on, "we Maoris of New Zealand can say with all sincerity—thank goodness we are British! We have manager of the Navy, a tremendous pride in the Empire Army and Air Force Institute, and are loyal to a man. Defendant pleaded not guilty, during Friday night, a Philips freedom
has reported to the police that "We cherish British justice, this radio receiving
and liberty ・ and, ・ of set was stolen course, when called upon to de- from the corporals' room.
fend-the-things-you-cherish,-na- turally you obey. That is why I am here. That is why we are all here."
and
was remanded morning.
till
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19 Australian
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23 Note of scale
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England and what she stands for means just as much to the Maori, as it does to the English,
He The continued.
has always known England. He has known jabout its pastures, its meadows, its villages and even about the smell of new mown hay. It was the English poets who showed the Maoris England and now that the Maoris have seen it for them- selves they know that what the poets wrote is true.-Reuter,
GENERAL SIKORSKI'S THANKS
OF
THE
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