REPATRIATION NOTICE NO. 56
ILM.S. "VASNA"
The u de mentioned are listed; for embarkation :---
Australia
Miss A. Sue
Mr & Mrs W. Y. Leong Mrs. (herg Yon Wah &
children
Mr. & Mrs. J. k. I es hora Mr. & Mrs. M. Gockchen &
child
Misa F. I au
Mr. & Mrs. Pui Kwan
family.
H.K.V.D.3.
New War
Risk Rates
London, Jun. 15.
The London Institute of Under- writers announce a new war risk rate of one-parter per cent for all the following. The United Kingdom to and from Dutch East Indier, Philippines and adjacent islands. China parts and Mainya. Africa Texelling the Mediter ranean), including Madagnsen Maurithis, the Seychelles (direct ur transhipping south or east Africa) tannst from Dutch Enat Indies, Philipuinon
sartuk adjacent islands and Malaya: Persian Gulf, oe & indo, Burma and Ceylon to and
Mre, M. June Weng Yee &
children
Mia. F. F. Lew Kong Chua.
New Zealand
Mann M. Jerninga
United Kingdon
MIR. A. Pinser.
HONGKONG Duseng rs will Assemble a Queen's Fini at 1.45 p.m. na Weineslay in. 16th, 1946, and KOWLOON presen- Mayni gers will asemble at Landing Best #betwcen Star Ferry and Kawiam G down, Whare at 200 pm to a valt Embarkation Officer.
1
Porseng of trust NO board th vessel wi hou. tira ubrating the enbeckation exrds, which will hilsedat assembly prints.
REPATRIATION OFER
15th Janua y 1996.
from Malaya, Dutch Fast Indies. Indo-China. Hong Kong, China purts. Japan. Philippines and ad
ners islands: Dutch East Indien, Philippines and adjacent isine astr South and Malova to and from Ameriena, Atlantic Pacide ports
THE CHINA MAIL. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1946.
KONGMOON ON WAY TO RECOVERY
KONGMOON, AT THE MOUTH OF THE WEST RIVER, IS RAPIDLY RETURNING TO NORMAL DESPITE THE RUINOUS 6 YEARS OF JAPAN- ESE OCCUPATION. THE INFLUX OF RETURN. ING CITIZENS IS STEADY AND THE PORT, WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE RECENT CHINESE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT, HAS NOW BEEN RE-OPENED TO FOREIGN TRADE, IS STEPPING UP IN PRODUCTIVE ENTERPRISE, THE POPULACE IS FORTUNATE IN THE NUMBER OF IT'S EMIGRANTS ABROAD WHO ARE STEADY REMITTING NEEDED FUNDS FOR REHABILIT 4. TION AND REPAIR FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
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Many of its enthusinstle sup West Indies Australia, New Zealand to and from Chinn morts, porters have lived abroad
to and their life and, in steady invent-1 Hong Kong Cugablanca from Shunekaj (direct)- Malernment in a enterpiises before! 10 and from Dutch Kat Tadies, the war, made of it one of the Piliomas, Chana pirts and Hong? riched districts in the whole off Kong
The vente ende an all the
que cet Itenter
#17677 WIT TABIA IN
China.
From the formidable fortfen-1 to the Japanese put up there in the last few months before the end of the Pacific War, there every bit of evidence to show that they had intended to put up Youne, godown rosie, a major stand against an Allied who attempted to take 12 th of attack fren land and sea.
gound vdaming tablets out of day, bral enterprise is pulling the Kowloon Royal Naval Yord on these down and endeavouring to in rebuilding, the Jan 14, was miested by the gate jil to use,
Sumantined, in foro Mr bricks and other material that all man W 1st a vedeoday neened
wel into the construction of Waded entry and asked
A of $1ng the defences. Sim of the
Water Pa qued
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CHINA FLEET CLUB THEATRE
MONTHLY DANCE
** IN
CLUB THEATRE
WEDNESDAY, 23RD JANUARY, 1946.
DANCING 7.00 P.M. TO 11.45 P.M.
Admission by Tick (Service personnel only) -- Price $2.CO obtainabis at the Club Cffice.
Officers may reserve tickets by telephoning the Club Office
25804.
LADIES BY INVITATION — Members of the Women's and Essential Services are cepecially invited,
Would ladies who have not received invitations" kindly send their addresses to the Club Office or telephone 25804.
Panto At
Fleet Club
Aladdin's wonderful lamp plazed some unusual enpers again at the China Fleet Club Theatre tast night when H.M.S. Euryalus pre- sented "Aludifin" in a new selling
liberty leave, that covered every experience from Bundi Bench to Hong Kong.
the
Naval atmosphere wne well cap lured in the Quarterdeck scene on board EL.M.S. Euryalus and
MÈRICAN gas were recorded
The clicueteziuntion reception ranged from excellent to passable, be it nury be fairly stated that HMS Harvan net tucking in Aalent.
Ing Kong at the moment from Kongmotor in the Lov. 1. A. Bromifoot. D.D., of the Unit ed Church of Canada Mission, who be spent 38 years in the Serap district, of which Kong moon and the Customs Salica of Pikkal in the commercial He which Kongmoon and the of Pusions Station at Paskoi Form an integral part.
tion from Biggest loss to the district, | comprised part Dr. Brandfrist told the hina Mail," was the complete carting away of The railway ne b tween Kwonghai and Pakkai andi
and Summing Kwonphm
sa hilt in 1907 by Mr. Chan Yohvi, one of the
oured citizens,
I's mos
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Cotton May Give Up
Unique Job
London, Jan. 15. Henry Cotton, highest paid player in golf, may be giving up! his post, unique in the history of the cane. of director-aró- fessional to the exclusive Coombe H. Surrey. It all depends on what is done with Coombo Hill. Cotton is contain it is going into the market for sule and that may mean anything.
March,
He was Appointed in 1945 ng what is belleved to be record salary for
a Foll
Dro- fensional, the iden of the owner. the Inte Mr. Joseph Molden, being to turn the place Into a rendez- voun for the elite of golf and the well-to-do.
The
Mr. Morien's death has thrown I the whole plan into the als it had come off. golfers would have needed a very special intro- duction to get into Coombe Hil
well
ploty ฟ money. คะ
antrance fee alone would have ruled out most players, and it was said the annual subscrip-
be as much ILM tien macht
50
Ruitens
Disennatug the position. Cotton; said: "I shall not make n move until I know what is happening. The future of the club will be a question for the executors, and 1 believe they will sell."
The purchasers may hold views very different from those of the previous directors, and allow thei club to develou on more popular Bars.
Cotton'a contract is subject three months
whe- notice, and ther he remain al Coombe Hill,) either as director or club
Magic Beau Dead
Our plaudits go to Phil May an Able Seaman Panne Driping to feanlonai, depends It the new Andres Burnett 1LM the Widow management. Reuter. Twankey, and to Harold Dug- reuther as the Duke of Cockaton. Ren Walson
the Princess. Valencia managed to alvert atten rowful of Wrens who the audience of but the bathing beauties were nel quite up to the standard are could Jook forward to on Bondi Beach.
Leades! Applus should go Bill Collinson and George Ward the back-atron who brushed up scenery in Just seven days. The job was well done and well up to professional mandards.
The pat
the
who wa one of thina's fomime was hashed en by Tony enthusinuts in railway construc Fletcher and Dickie Hewitt, tion and a friend of the North former of whom produced thr American railroad magnate, show while the latter played James J. ill.
leading role.
WILL PUNCTION AGAIN
with its brunches, The line. revered 150 miles in all. Invest- ment enterprise has already sought advice on rebuilding it and there la every probability that the line will, in time, func-) 1 is likely to bel Lion again.
Others in the cast were Rodney Burdon, Jnek Donnison. Eric Gow land, Jimmy Green, Polly Polwin,
Wadley, Roy
Williams, Bungy Norman Husband, Hubert Cava- nagh. Erie Wilkinson. Ron Abeln, Joseph Graham Edward Goodall and Arthur Wells.
Ken
Dresser.
There will be another nerform extended also, as expert opinion ance to-night at 8.15 p.m. has it that the line cannot be a paying enterprise unless extend- ed to cover more territory,
Kongmoon 13 situnted
70
miles south-west of Caaton, nud 75 miles due west from Hong Kong. Principal export are! und! oranges and other fruit vegetables, talnceo, wirkerwork.) bamboo and palm fana. As a fruit-growing area, the Kong
London, Jan. 15. Magic Benu, one of the fastest dead. He dogs in England, died after was apparently a heart, attack in his kennel at Wembley. A post-anortem is to be held by the Wembley veterinary surgeon.
The
dor was being taken of his kennel for exercise when his trainer, Leale Reynolds, said, the lust cramped up, and although he seemed to have got over the witack in about ten minutes, he never really recovered."
Past
QUEEN'S
THEATRE
SHOWING TOŽDAY MY 240, 6.15, 7:10``9,16aP.M.
GAY! STIRBINGI SPEJTACULAR! IT'S = A MILLION DOLLAR ENTERTAINMENTI 30TH CENTURY - FOX PROUDLY PRESENTS
Pin
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Girl
with JOHN HARVEY JON E. BROWN
MARTHA BAYE & HUNDRRIS OF BEAUTIES The 1916 Musiosl Comedy of Dazzling Splendor Produced in Glorious Naw Technicolor!
DON'T MISS THE MOST POPULAR GIRL FOR YOU
& YOU & YOU TO PIN UP! GUARANTEED TO HOLD YOUR ATTENTION FROM BEGINNING TO END!
(CENTRAL)
TO-DAY ONLY JAT 3.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15 P.M CAROLE LANDIS & HENRY WILCOXON
IN
PARAMOUNT'S EXCITI: G: DRAM TIC: TAVE
"MYSTERIOUS SEA RAIDER"
/ 180
out LATEST FRIMCUM WR MERS AND FOPRYL C. BTJONS
Magic Benu wan one of the record-breaking litter brothers the other is Magic Bohemian--whose owner, Mr. N. Embleton, put up for sale some time back. Magic Bohemian was sold for the record sum of £2,500,
Mr. Embleton kept Magic Benu. who, it is estimated, was worth at least as much as his brother.
Marie Beau broke the Wembley June 526.yenes track record in when he registered 29.10 seconda. ----Reutor.
A.O.C.'s Message To Dakota Squadrons
SINGAPORE, JAN, 15.
moon region is second in imper- A MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE AND PRAISE FOR THE tance only to Chungshan.
Cranmuntentiona have ILOW been well-established bet veen Kongmoon. Canton. Wuchow and Macao. Between Kongmnon and Hong Kong communications are get pour. and those desiring to)
prefer make the journey
to travel to Canton first and down by train to Kowloon.
MEN WHO KEPT THE R.A.F. DAKOTAS FLYING ON THEIR HISTORIC MISSION OF SUPPLY IN BURMA COMES IN A FAREWELL ORDER OF THE DAY FROM AIR VICE-MARSHAL J. D. 1. HARD- MAN, C.B., 0.8.E., D.F.C., AIR OFFICER COM- MANDING NO. 23. GROUP.
He says: "It has been my pri- know that you will tackle it as
command No. vilege to
292 indeed you are doing with tho
ADMISSIONS:-$1.70, $1.20, 70 cl. and 40 của. SERVICEMEN IN UNIFORM 70 CENTS TO STALLS.
ALHAMBRA THEATRE
TO-DAY ONLY AT 2,80, 5,00, 7,00 & 9.00 P.M. RITA HAYWORTH
"ANGELS
JEAN 11ARLOW
& DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR.
IN
OVER BROADWAY"
A COLUMBIA PICTURE TO-MORROW
&
ROBERT TAYLOR
"PERSONAL PROPERTY"
KING'S
SHOWING T-DAY
At 2.80, 5.10, 7.10 & 9.15 P.M.
FRANK SINATRA, America's
The last rice crop was a gard Group, then the R.A.F. rlement same devotion to duty and single-
that has stamped! Most Popular Singer with a cant
been
one but the district is not self- f the Combat Cargo Task Force mindedness Aufficient in the staple, and the from the Dec. 8, 1944. It has every action in the past.
of aereen favourites la RKO Radio's "Few commanders have of magnificent year price, over the last six wells been has risen from C.N.$9.000 3 achievement, and I catinet at-given such leval support in bad 1945 MUSICAL COMEDY
the times as in good as you have given C.N.$13,000 per picul. This has tempt to express to you
had an
1
me. I ask that you will give the
adverse effect on the pride I have taken in year ex- anne to my successor. Good luck: poorer classes and the reliet ploits which led in the first place to you and God bless you." problem to be faced in the come to defeat of the Japanese in ing winter has risen in propor- Burma and more recently to the Pacification of the countries which had been occupied by the
tion.
DESOLATE SCENE
Sunwooi, four milea went of
enemy,
"Bo long as the war in Europe
other
"STEP
RIENTAL
>
▲ BEOWS: 2.30--6,15--7.10--9,15
SHOWING T-DAY
OF
An HISTORIC FILM ACTUAL FACTS brought before
Your Eycal
T
E
TRUE GLORY
Presented by the Government of Great Britain and the United Ftales, giving a complate Foca ritulation, of the, Western Front Campaign from the planning of 33 D-Day to the find surrender of
Gorman Koroes,
CATHAY LIVELY"
TO-DAY ONLY LORETTA YOUNG
in
"CHINA'
Kongmoon, is a scene of desola- lasted it was inevitable that we awANCHAL ROAD-WANCHATE tion: Street after street, should lack many of the essential houses are lying in ruina. The tools of war. In the early months work of rebuilding to be tackled of the year, in particular, wo felt throughout the Szeyap district equipment, yet these rod many the shortage of modern is a large one, but enthusiasın to
difienities, including our get to work is not lacking and worst enemy, the weather, you soms building and repair work overcame with that spirit of detor- has already been started ice- mination and high endeavour pite the lack of materials. Cana- which few have equalled and nono dian Chinese alone have subs surpassed. Wars are net waged. cribed C.N.3100,000,000 toward and wan without loss and our loss
during the monsoon was grievous. Dr. Broadfoot was in Kong- "All honour is due to those moon the day Pearl Harbour whose lives were forfeited bonus,
attacked. The Japanese wall knowing the risks they took had already been there for some they were determined that the
should not fall
thoir
rehabilitation projects.
Was
A Paramount Platuro To. Morrow
BLUE BEARDS 8TH WIFE!
MAJESTIC SHOWING TO-DAY
dead ma
GEORGE MURPHY.............dancing GLORIA DE HAVEN......romancing ALOLPH MENJON, EUGENE PALLETTE and others......tops in
comedy
90 MINUTES of real) **** Escapist Eattainment! NEXT CHANGE —
DEANNA DURBAN DEANNA DU
Here and the change caused by count. They would be proud to At-2.50; 5.00, 7.00 & 9.00 pm His Butler's Sister the now situation was not as know that, undeterred; we carried LYNN DARI JOHN BUTTON devastating as it was In Hong on even more firm af purpose.
Kong, With members of the Many of you who flow and many Maryknoll Mission, he was held more who worked day and night. for sometima and then sent to afton in heavy rain, so that all air- Macao
craft could fly. will shortly be From Macao, he managed to leaving the services are You will always have that entis- get away in February, 1943, escaphig via Chungshan, Sup-faction of being able to look back woo, Hokshan and Shithing to a good job well done. "Thond of Kukong- through the aid of you who are going on servite with the group have a great task be Chinese guorillas who smuggled fore you a task almost more him through
dmcult that war her.
"MOON OVER
HER SHOULDER"?
A 20th Century Fox Riciuro NEXT CHANGE
STEP LIVELY"
A Unfcorsal Ficture.
Yokohama, Jan, 16.
Phob graphed by hundreds of Taxing allied Cameraxon (33 of whom were killed. 16 Baportod mlbeing and more than 180 Wood).
LEE THEATRE
TO-DAY ONLY
at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15 p.m..
FRED ASTAIRE
*
GINGER ROGERS
In the show that bars the Bigbs
of all their proviory hitte.................
"Follow The Fleet"
RKO-RADIO Pielmie
------TO. MORROW—
"BERLIN”
Movement of troops with 48 pointa or 18 months' service to two tonincemont depots has begun, (b) the 8th Army reported to-day, Ansociated Press.