THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 6, 1940.
MUTT AND JEFF
WE'LL TRY TO SELL .RICH MR. BALDO THIS HAIR RESTORER JUST TO GET ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
OLD BOY!
WELL IT'S WORTH ATRY ANYWAY!
BALDO
PRIVATE
ESTATE
SURE. I'D GIVE ANYTHING
TO HAVE A GOOD HEAD OF HAIR AGAIN BUT HOW Do I KNOW YOUR
STUFF IS GOOD?,
WE'LLY-AND A COMB GIVE You A FREE TRIAL TO PROVE IT!
AND BRUSH FREE WITH
MARKO HAIR TONIC
6-24
MARVO HAIR TONIC
NOTICE I WEAR
SAY, IF THAT
EVERY
BOTTLE
YOU BUY!
RUBBER GLOVES TO KEEP THE HAIR. FROM SPROUTING
STUFF IS SO
GOOD HOW
COME YOU
OUT OF MY FINGER) ARE BALD?
TIPS!
WELL, YOU SEE, SIR,I REPRESENT BEFORE USING!
-AND I REPRESENT AFTER USING!
Page 5 By BUD FISHER
1.BOY, WHAT
PEP FOR AN OLD MAN!
·HOPE I'M
LIKE HIM
WHEN I'M
HIS AGE!
PLANES TO MILITARY GOVERNOR
BE FLOWN TO BRITAIN
The organisation of an aviation unit in Montreal to fly bomb- ing planes from Canada to Britain was announced yesterday by Captains Bennett and Willcockson.
en
They are now route to California from Canada for liai- son with aircraft plants. They declare that they want only Canadian pilots owing to the American neu- trality laws. ter.
Reu-
AMERICANS BEGIN MANOEUVRES
LANDSIN CIVILIAN CLOTHES
DRESSED IN CIVILIAN clothes, Hong Kong's new Acting-Governor, Lieutenant-General E. F. Norton, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., arrived in the Colony from Singapore at 9.45 a.m. this morning in a pas- senger liner which was escorted into the harbour by a destroyer and motor torpedo-boat.
Mr.
Immediately after the ship had Judicial Body and the Executive anchored in midstream opposite and Legislative Councils, and the Queen's Pier, Commander G. F. Consular Body, the members of Hole, Harbour Master, accom-which were
introduced by panied by Captain S. H. Batty Addison Southard, the American Smith, proceeded in the Gov- Consul-General. ernor's launch from Queen's Pier and
to
Oath of Office
meet General Norton, escorted him to the informal re- After this ceremony, the Act- ception on Queen's Pier.
ing-Governor inspected a Guard
On arrival at the Pier, the new of Honour from the Royal Scots, and then left for Government Acting-Governor-was-met by Mr.
Captain Batty
N. L. Smith, Officer Administrat- House, accompanied by Mr. N
and in-L. Smith and ing the Government, troduced to the heads of
the Smith.
Shortly after 11 a.m., Armed Forces and Civilian De- fence Services, members of the General Norton took the oath of
office in the Council Chamber.
મ spirit of great seriousness despite the fact that lack of Upwards of 100,000 regular equipment will be felt. troops, National Guardsmen and
A
will be
battle big sham organised, reservists have begun fought in which the ability of the the
to defend and attack greatest peace-time man-air force oeuvres in the United States, in will be the major test.-Reuter.
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gibbons
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membrane
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commune
15 Distant
17 Italian article
18 To fasten
10 Irish foot-
soldier
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delty
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windstorm
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entrances
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the art of ... - dialing
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enought
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silver
55 African fly
59 Sca eagle
60 Wan
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bird
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writer..
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marbles
67 Nahoor
sheep
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'forth'
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Licut-
RUSSO-U.S. TRADE ACCORD
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE SUMNER WELLES A FEW HOURS AGO ANNOUNC- ED IN WASHINGTON THAT THE CONCLUSION OF A NEW RUSSO - AMERICAN TRADE AGREEMENT, ΤΟ REPLACE THAT WHICH EXPIRES TO- DAY, WILL PROBABLY SOON BE COMPLETED.
He told interviewers that he understood an agreement to be in the offing, though not actually reached.
Whether the agreement will merely extend the existing one, under which the Soviet agreed of U.S.$40,000,000 to purchase goods annually was not disclosed. Mr. Welles said that details must await the actual signing, when they would be simultane- ously announced. Reuter.
"GRACIE" ON THE AIR TO-NIGHT
"Our Gracie" will be putting on
la special radio broadcast this
evening, it was announced Daventry last night.
from
Miss Fields will be accompan- ied by Miss Anna Neagel, Mr. Re Iginald Gardiner and Sir Cedric
Hardwicke.
The programme will be beamed from Vancouver by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and re- broadcast by the B.B.C. from 2.30 to 3 p.m. G.M.T. (10.30 to 11 p.m. Hong Kong Time).—Reuter,
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