THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 24, 1940.
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YES, WE NEED A
LIKE A GOOD
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IT!
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TO COLLEGE?
31-11
COLLEGE?
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FINE! ER WHAT WERE YOU IN COLLEGE?
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By BUD FISHER
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300 BOMBS EDEN APPOINTMENT
ON ITALIAN CAUSES OUTBURST QUEENS & ALHAMBRA
AIR BASE
Details are
now avail- able from Nairobi of the raid on Yavello, Abyssinia, which is officially describ- ed as "the biggest thing since Mogadischo."
OF NAZI WRATH
AN OUTBURST OF WRATH in the German press has greeted the appointment of Mr. Anthony Eden as Foreign Secretary.
The "Boersen Zeitung" writes: "With Eden there comes to the Foreign Office a man whose ac- tivities have been dictated by a pathological hatred of the authoritarian States.
Flying over country of a very
"With this appointment London forbidding nature, aircraft of the South African Air Force, spotted expects an improvement in Bri- enemy aircraft concealed in tish-Russian relations and stiffens
bushes.
the attitude to Japan, Spain and 'planes other members of the Axis.
Despite heavy anti-aircraft fire three waves of swooped upon their targets. Two Caproni machines were set afire and left charred the ground while a third was reduced to wreckage by an in- cendiary bomb.
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Three hundred bombs were dropped on the target area and the perimeter was machine-gun-
ned.
Three
more
All
"The answer to these litusions wili be a crushing one. these nations, including the So- viet, will only see the true face of England more clearly for the appointment of Eden."
The "Deutsche Allgemeine Zei-
tung" says: "Those who have whipped England into war--Chur- chill, Eden and Margesson-are now on the spot, where they de- serve to be.
NEW TAXES IN CANTON NEXT YEAR
on
An interesting sidelight|
Canton government| activities is provided by an item in the "Canton Daily Sun" which notified those interested that bids are open for monopolies "All three are burdened within the Pun-yu district. the guilt of war and are now Monopolies put to tender are:-- branded with full responsibility gambling, a minimum of Y6,400 All the South African aircraft for Britain's decline, which their a month; sugar, Y10,000 per un- returned safely to base.-British policy has brought about.”-Reu- num, and joss paper and candles Wireless.
Capronis were clearly seen to be seriously dam- aged. Part of the wing of one was torn off, the fuselage of an- other was practically blown out of the aircraft while a third was left like a shell.
ter.
OUR 10-Minute CrOSS-WORD:
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HORIZONTAL
1 To shroud
6 Person in-
different to
pleasure or pain
11 Mark of
.infamy
12 To fourney
14 Roman
.emperor 15 Colloquial: Impudence
17 Artificial
language.
18 Poetic: to unclose 19 Long-legged
bird
20 Spanish
hero.
21 'Above
22. Backbono
23 To destroy
24 Fabric
capable of. ..being woven
26 Conflagra
27 Ireland.
28 Roman mid-
dky meal
20 Pace becİN. tween E walk and
31. Rated
34 To' pare
33 To' combine
36 Eleven
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20 High priest
39 Pretense
40 Symbol for
silver
41 American buffalo
42 Small
barracuda'
43 Citrus fruits
45 Music: of
the nature of an aria and a recita-
- tive
47 Scamp
48 Alights
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VERTICAL
1 Treeless plain.
2 To employ
3 The sell
4 Printer's
measure
-5 Pertaining
'to the sense
of touch
6 Metric
measure
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION
ASPB PU A COAT EN BOURE LA BARWAR O
FARA ZAREZANDO
EN OFF PATIA GEBWBOR
37 133
36
/ Organised
migration
8 Acorn-bear-
ing tree
9 Four
10 Cherry-colour
11 Animal's
.nose
13 Metal-bear.
ing veins 16 To sharpen 10 Steeple
20 Jewel
measure
22 Yet 23 To wash lightly
23 Three-
masted
- vessel
20 To simulate 28 Garland
29 To frighten 30 Scant 31.Mythological
* Greek
- priestess
32 Super-
abundance
33 Likewise
35 Billard shot
38.Japanese aborigine
39 Footless
41:8wamp
: To trang
44 Vapanešo
Buny god:
Y2,000 per annum.
The paper states that according to a Municipal Government re- port four new types of taxes are to be enforced early next year. They are an amusement tax, tax on fresh sea products imported into the city, a tax on prostitution and a tax on advertising. -Reuter.
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Several Europeans were sum- moned before Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., this morning, for breach of Traffic Regulations,
Mrs. E. C. Frederick, of No. 177, Repulse Bay, was cautioned for allowing her dar to remain in Des Voeux Road Central near Pottinger Street, longer than ne- cessary on December 5.
Mrs. C. M. Stark, of No. 274, The Peak, was fined $10 for leav- ing her car unattended in Chater Road near Union Building November 30.
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A $10 fine was imposed on Mr. D. B. Nelson, of Jardine, Mathe- son's for a similar offence.
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Dr. H. L. Canaval, of House, was fined $10 for parking overtime in Pedder Street on December 2. It was stated that Dr.. Canaval left his car in the parking stand from 11.37 to 3 p.m.S
a.m.
Mr. A. Zimmern, of No. 1, Ken- nedy Road, was fined $5 for fall- at Ing to obey a traffic signal the junction of Stubbs Road and Gap Road on December 2.
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