By BUD FISHER }
YES, BUT
NOT MAIDS!
HEY! I'M SUPPOSED TO TELL THE JOKES IN THIS
STRIP!
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 28, 1941.
MUTT AND JEFF
MY PAL, JEFF, IS STILL WORKING
AS A MAID
AT THE
VANDERPANS. NOW, I CAN TAKE THINGS,
EASY!
NAY JANE, WHY DIDN'T
YOU DUST THAT
COBWEB OFF
THE WALL?
BECAUSE I THOUGHT MAYBE IT MIGHT NOT
BE A REAL
ONE, MA'AM!
CAMPAIGN DESERTED IN AGAINST HONG KONG FROM INDO-CHINA A GREEK SHIP
REMARKING THAT he had no alternative but The atmosphere to find defendant guilty of wilful desertion, Com- against the Japanese pre-mander J. Jolly imposed a fine of $25 or two weeks' vailing at Saigon is going imprisonment, on Richard Donovan, of Liverpool, fireman aboard a Greek ship, at the Marine Court this morning.
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from bad to worse.
What
prevails now in Saigon is
Donovan, it will be recalled, was ordered back very much like the posi-to his ship on April 19, after a previous charge of tion at the time Japanese disobeying the orders of the master. troops made their peace- ful entry into Tongking last September."
This ominous statement is ear. nied by the Tokyo newspapeT "Nicht Nichi" to-day.
It is part of a campaign criticism against
Indo-China, particularly the southern portion (where the Japanese have hitherto hardly penetrated), that suddenly has begun to appeter in the Tokyo press.
Inspector Olivier, of the Water 22. On arrival. I was again op- Pole and that defendant miss-dered ashore by the master. this
time to get an inoculation certi- 'ficate. When I came back to the ship in the afternoon, I was pushed down the gangway by five or six members of the crew, all Greeks
ed his ship which sailed on Wed- nesday, April 23, and gave him- sel: up to the Pulice on April 26, Defendant said that on leaving the Marine Court on April 19 he was escorted back to the ship by the police. On arrival, he met the the Captain and the Chier Ofeer,
Asked why he had done no- who invited him to go ashore with thing between the time he left the rest of the crew to the "Lido"the Ship and April 26th, defend- dance-ha I. At the dance-hall, said defendant, he was attacked had refused to accept
aut said it was because the police
by seven Greek members of the crew He subsequently reported. to the police, who called the Cap tion and owner of the "Lido" to the station, At the station, the
they did not want me on the ship."
his com- plaint.
His Worship:- "When you left the ship on April 22, did you know it was sailing next day?"
"No, I did not; I was not sure
was sailing · owing to war regulations regard ing ship movements I could not "I was escorted back to the find out when the ship was smil- ship", said the accused "on April | ing."
The "Nichi Nichi" arcuses sou- thern Indo-China of bringing heavy pressure against Anna- mites with Japanese sympathies captain as well as the owner of to! the "Lido" denied there was any and imposing restrictions
assault. make it impossible for Japanese concerns to do proper business in southern Indo-China, -- Reul: P.
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when the ship
The case vas adjourned for fifteen minutes, When the case
re-opened
Worship
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bremarked:
His
"I have given careful considera- tion to your case and I find vou gunity. I camant but feel that yout left the ship with no inten- tion of returning. You only gave yourself up on April 26 when you knew, either by observation OF by enquiries, that the ship had already sailed. 1
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that you wilfully remained ashore till the ship had sailed,
It is not a pleasant duty for me, but I have no alternative but to fine you $25 or (wo weeks'
When you imprisonment.
have finished your sentence. I am sure the police will be glad to assist you, especially Inspector Olivier, to get in touch with the Mercan- tile Marine Office for employment aboard a British ship."
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