RUGS
TIENTSIN CHEMICAL WASHED BUGS
FIRST QUALITY AT FACTORY PRICES
VISIT
GREAT EASTERN
RUG CO.
• MANKOW ED. (GROUND FLOOR
KOWLOON TEL. IIIM
Agente Hongkong & flaxabel Las Ca (Leon e)
SALE
Largo Assortment of Chemical Washed & Peking Art
RUGS
AT LOWEST PRICES NORTH CINA DEVELOPMENT củ 14, Parkes At, Q.F. (Nest to Austin Rd.), Manding A Civening by Expert call 66182.
BUTTER SHORTAGE Butter Concentrato (Kam Tai Brand) is now available at all stores
controlled at
prices. This Butter Concentrate is in Has, and should be mixed with water or milk to produce one pound weight.
Firmed in u refrigerator or icebox, it is ex- actly the same as fresh butter, because no preservatives what- In tins It soover are used. will keep for years without refrigeration and should be purchased now against future shortages.
CHINA UNION ART GALLERY
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
of
CHINESE JADE, JEWELLERY, CLOISONNE, PORCELAIN, EMBROIDERY, IVORY AND
ANTIQUES.
Business hours: from 10 am, to 7.30 p.m. (Excluding Sundays) Victory House (Corner of Wyndham and Wellington Bt.) Hong Kong.
JUST ARRIVED!
BAND AND ORCHESTRAL
INSTRUMENTS
Please Call at KING'S MUsic co.
5, Chlt Lung St. ILK. Tel: 30435
· SERVICE TO OFFER
DENNIS & CO., LTD.
SALE
ALL KINDS OF
CARPETS
MAXIMUM DISCOUNTS
CARPET INDUSTRIES
63, Austin Rd., Kowloon.
A
GREAT SALE
RUGS
All kinds and various sizes of Tientsin chemical washed and Peking art rugs, Wholesale & retail at lowest price,
CLEANING & MENDING
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1050.
may
Aroused U.S.
challenge real source of trouble
in
GOOD YEAR RUG CO.garinns massing troops on the
Ioom 208 1st Floor
6 Hankow Road, Kowloon. Tol. 58902.
Preah GLAD1051 Bulba ANEKONEB LAWNGRASS preds WHITE CLOVER seeds tiden) for tennis courts) Flower Borda Vegetabla sorda "Final-Chem" Fertilizer "Sphagnum-Mom" (For Orchids and seedlinga) Cellophane payır, bazı and coloured ribbons, Hook your ROSES for November delivery
Bower, -latent Novelties, very large
Van de Ven'a
Exclurive F. E. Agents. ANGLO CHINESE TRADING CO.
Sult 4, Pedder Bldg. 3rd f1. Opposite Hongkong Hotel, 20053.
SALE
Tientsin Mercerized
& Peking Art
RUGS
THE GOOD FRIEND CO.
14A Cameron Road, (Opposite Telephone Bldg.) Kowloon,
FOK WAI KEE
Black Smith Contractors and Specialist In making Iron
Gates, Brass and Iron Wares of all kinds.
130-132 Yee Kuk Street, Shumshuipo, Kowloon,
Give us
Tel. 58865.
a trial and convince yourself of our
satisfactory work.
We solicit your kind enquiry.
(White Ants Extermination Dept.) A. WHITE & CO.
Offers
servica
In white Anta Treatment. Just make a call on the telephone and our Technician wil be at your service for Free Inspection.
TELO: 3291383924.
SHANGHAI
WILOW TAILOR
offer you SUMMER DRESSES
at most Reasonable Prices,
Please call at:--
21, Granville Road Kowloon
TRULY
You will look
more adorable if you frequently patronizo
THE HOLLYWOOD
BEAUTY PARLOUR
16 CAMERON ED., KOWLOON TELEPHONE 69249.
1
LOW PRICE !
Calculators, Typewriters Carbons & Ribbons
The World Typewriter Co. 48, Wellington St., Tel: 20508 Repairing Service.
LAMMERT BROS.
Aucllenower, Survapers
12, Peking Road, Kowloon. COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS.
DEALERS IN ALL TYPES OF CAMERAS, & ACCESSORIES. DEVELOPING, PRINTING & ENLARGING SERVICE.
Unusual Photographs Required
If you have any you con- zider in this category, sead amall print for consideratlen, payment made for any accopt- ed for reproduction. Stumpod reply envelope must accom- pany small print if this is to be returned. Please do not send negatives or large prints. PIC. Nowspaper Enterprise
Ltd. Windsor House.
RODO HOUSE-
310, Tai Po Road, Kawloon,
You are cordially invitad to LODO
Well furnished m Fully squipped with
All conveniences,
Ploscunt Atmosphere
Idan) Rooms (starting from fit per day
Best Berries
Genuine Food (55/- per day inclusive for
Hotel Car available for us by consta
Y. I Chan,
Manager.
Tel. 60976.
UNION HOUSE
221-228, Nathan Road, Kowloon Telephone: 50826 Cable Addi “UNIHOUSE" Situated at convenient and residential centro. Medora Equipment and Excellent Service, Comfortable and pleasant- surroundings,
Yugoslav border,
Riviera jewel robbery
Office space shortage experienced down under
Sydney, August 6.
A shortage of office space is cramping Australia's expanding economy. Very few office buildings have been erected in Australia since 1939 be- cause governments are afraid to divert building material from home construction.
Nico, August 0. Polico are today seeking thieves who took thousands of pounds worth of jewels from upstairs bedrooms of a
while interna- The shortage of homes is so Riviera villa,
acute that Australia is now im- tional society figuren danced below.
porting thousands of European prefabricated units. Seme Euro- First estimates of the IOW were between 7,000,000 and 1tralls now bring thele "prefabs" pean Arms establishing in Aus- 000,000 Francs (about £7,000 to £10,000), but inter police said this was too low. One solitaire re- ported to be missing by a guest was valued at 8,000,000 francs
alone.
with them to house stuffs-and men as well to erect them.
Crities blame premature intro- duction of the 40-hour work week in 1047, and lagging output per man-hour-ifi most industries.
Oite leadin
leading American ́travel agency cancelled plans to open an Australian branch after its representative spent six months in a fruitless search for an office. "Prefabs" schools and other
Washington, August 7, Each step makes the nation that Some Americans may be ask- much stronger. And, if the Rus ing themselves: How many Rus- niona plan pocket wars, they alun satelites will this nation could find in the and the world's fight before it decides to chal-most powerful nation wound up lenge the real source of the and prepared to the hilt.
Both trouble, Moscow?
political and military men Right now all efforts here and in Washington suy the final deci
other
the sion would be made by Westera capitals sce bent toward keeping the fighting American public. If Americans well limited to Korea, but U.S, Gov- grow tired, as they very ernment experts meel cach might, supplying arms and men wars, they morning to look at elues from the for a rash of litic
might finally ask "Who starts rest of the Soviet circle,
read about Communist them?""
The hosts at Villa Le Roc Just They
Fallowing that, their second night were Mr. Norman Winston, guerillas making pence impossi- ble
question
an American businessman, and his would in Indio-Chinit, Red China's:
certainly be
wife. threal to invade Taiwan, the "Why don't we aim at the source? don't we use the .alan
The house is not far from the Why
Chateau de l'Horizen of Prince bombs" The fact is the bomb has already been brought up, al- Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth though the State Department Among the guests were party
Elsa giver
Maxwell, thinks it should be used only in
modiste free Elsen Schiaparelli, the Duchess of agreement with the other nations, if il over is.
Leicester, Lord Tavistock, Prince Hepublican Senator
Princess Browster and
Do Faucigny-made of thinks that General MacArthur,
Licinge, the Marquis de Rieck and who directs
the farces of the free about 35 others, mostly British and
Americons-Associated Press. world in the Far East, should be given given authority to use the atom if he thinks it would save American
1JVCS, Another
going the rumour rounds in Washington is that the temper of the American people might be so proused that a pre- ventive war might be launched. Most people think not, but then neither they, nor the Russians can be, certain.-Associated Press.
new
thla
Top poey makers have to re- member as they evaluate
two major pieces of Com- munist thinking: 1. Communists 2; intend to dominate the world. 2; the Communists think there is un path to try first-to put stern Covernments to so much
that trouble and expense
they will fall from domestic, trouble.
When
US. these and where, experts want to know, will Com- troops strike again? Right now the U.S. is preparing billions and to spend many to ri
of thousands of up tens of
Just to meet the lighting me Irnuble in Korea. But what if the unpleasant job has to repeated for Indo-Chin, Turkey, Yugoslavia---to say nothing of many other spots, like Greece?
munit
Pocket wars
be
If
If US strength is to be used In two or three pocket wars, It would mean that the main Anemy, the Russian army which in the world's largest, never waged an aggressive war. the Ruslans themselves never Attack
anyone, but Just usc their Daleffites to bloed the Western world, how then could the wor be brought home to
them? Here is a prediction from one State Deparment expert
The Russines, with their dis- dain for the democracies, do not undersland them. have failed to see that as danger approaches the U.S. piecemeal the U.S. prepares step by step.
PLENTY TO SEE -WITH-CLEAR-VISION -
Give your eyes the benefit of expert care. Examination free by a thoroughly trained specialist. Modern
style frames.,
also They
Red agents infiltrate
into Sweden
Stockholm, August 6.
The influential newspaper "Dagens Nyheter" said today that considerable numbers of Communist agents had
infil- trated into Sweden recently by joining the crews of foreign <hips in Pollsh ports.
The newspaper quoted the cials as saying that agents handed security police and, customs off- their identity papers to replace ments in Swedish harbours nad that some of the fake seamen had managed to remain in Sweden for long periods. Other agents were said to use their "stand Ins" only during the ship's stay in port, permitting them" to "work" ashore while cargo was being loaded.
was
The newspuper sald 'one case uncovered recently on a Swedish tanker anchored outalde Stockholm. A missing crew mem- ber, located by Swedish scamen from the ship, told the ship's captain he had given his papers to a replacement who had want- ed to seek asylum in Sweden as a refugee, the account said.
Police officials confirmed that a statement en the subject had been made to the newspaper, but <ieclined further comment.m United Press.
NEW TRAINING ~METHOD IN~U:S.
New York, August 0. General Mark Clark, of the Army Field Forces, disclosed here that the United States Army was introducing new unconventional methods to speed up training,
They would enable a new divi- sion of troops to be prepared for action in nine months Instead of 15. he said.
Under the new system, Natio- nal Guard (Territorial) divisions could
necessary complete the
within five to six
Chinese Optical Co. training
67 Queen's Rd., C.
Tal. 23360
CO-2
months.
General Clark sald he was confident that the United States forces
would hang on to their Korean beachhead.-Router.
.... constant as the
Northern Star for which there is no fellow
AS FIXED AND CONSTANT.
AS THE QUALITY OF
San Miguel Pale Pilsen
The Beer
Brewed and Bottled by THE SAN MIGUEL BREWERY
HONG KONG LTD”
WARRAMUNGA FOR KOREA
Sydney, August 0. The Australian destroyer, War- with 250 officers and ramunge, men,
today sailed for Korea Australia formally notified United Nations Secretary-Gen- on July Mr. Trygve Lie, cral, 30 that the Warramunga would be placed at the disposal of the United Nations for use in the Far Eastern battle aren-Router.)
POP
the
1 FIND THE BEST'
|
3. Sydney's mala business area 5. A small room, six by four is concentrated in a compact area; feat, with one side partitioned off 4. Shortugo of building male- at shoulder level. The "pro- rials delayed plans for enlarging mium": 2900, existing buildings erecting new ones.
or
6. A room in a city areado, for £200. "The passage way was BO dark and long you couldn't ask a Business agents don't keep u girl to work there," sald Brem- waiting bt. It would't mean any- | mer. thing. When transactions are The office-hunter Was Just made, records of premiums paid about ready to give up when he are seldom kept.
was offered another arcade office. "Competition for anything with A tailor occupied it and he want- four walls and a door is terrife," ed £1,100 for his "stock"-two another agent said. Sometimes bolts of cloth, a table and a pair
of scissors.-United Press. three or four firms operate from a single small room.
Ex-serviceman John Bremmor,
rent a small office for the last alx months. He was offered:
public buildings are also belog for instance, has been trying to
general Imported to ease the housing shortage. One large Eri- tish aircraft fem is doing a boom- ing business in these buildings
aluminium.
"Key money asked--and paid --for ofees often exceeds cxor- titant sums demanded for vacant flats or houses,
But it really len't called key money. "You buy the business,” amiled one of Bydney's nume-
"business rous
#gents." His range
from £20 to
prices
€2,000,
Complex situation
There are several reasons for this complex situation:
1. More than 8,000 new Armg have registered since 1940;
2. Spreading government de partments need more space;
WAY OF KEEPING THE UPPER HAND OF
©
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
THE MAIN PROBLEM IN MURDER IS IN HIDING THE VICTIM SO HE CAN NEVER BE FOUND.
RIP KIRBY
YOU CAN'T BE PLANNING TO CAN |ME--OA CONVERT ME INTO FRANK-
FÜRTERS!
OH, THE DRAGGING FEET, OF TIME, WHEN ONE
AWAITS HIS BELOVED!
JOHNNY HAZARD
AH, MR. HAZARD, OUR QUARRY
16 IN SIGHT/ IN A FEW MOMENTS.THE CHASE WILL BE OVER/ AH..... NEEDN'T WORRY "BOUT TIUKT, GLASS PARTITION, JONG. DRAWS IT MERELY TO PREVENT
ANY...DISCOMFORT /
JANE
WHAT'S YOUR. REAL | NAME," MR PRESIDENT?
1 GANT. INTRODUCE YOU TO MY ROOM-
MATE AS, MR
· BLUGSEÁRD A
YOU'RE MEETIN' *GHEEP EYES" AT THE
INFORMATION
BOOTH?
STEP ON IT! THEY'RE
GAINING/
· WELL-ER-WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ANONYMOUS, BUT IF YOU PROMISE NOT TO LET IT GO ANY, ... FURTHER! IMA
·HILARY, "GAUNTU.
PROPOSAL FOR NY A-BOMB SHELTERS
New York, August 0.
1. A suite of three rooms in a central city building for £2,000 and £25 a week. (By comparison
A proposal to build atomic anyone paying £5 a week for a bomb shelters beneath New York two-bedroom flat is regarded as at a cost of $2,000,000,000 has being outrageously overcharged), been made public by the Mayor York, Mr. Willam 2. Two tiny rooms in another of New city arco ut
O'Dwyer. Д £28 week. "Obviously," said Bremmer, "you It calls for the construction of sholters under buildings, parks are asked to pay your key money
and playgrounds. cach week along with the ront"
3. Half an office-use of table, chair and telephone-for £70 and 35 shillings a week. (No receipt for the £70 or rent).
4. A curtained-off passage at £2.10.0 a week. He was asked to buy the furniture-table with one leg propped up with books. "No key money here," smiled. Brem- mer, "there was no door."
IS BY
BRINGING
In peacetime they would be used for parking motor cars. Mr. O'Dwyer who had asked City officials and engineers to draw up the plan, said he was favourably impressed.
The help of the Federal Gov- crnment would be needed to put the programme Into operation.- Reuter,
·Manual control
IT DOWN
ON THEH
!
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
AN AMUSING IDEA, BUT NOT NECESSARY WITH THE OCEAN SO DEEP AND
HANDY -TOD0--
YEAH...I'M ALL A-TWITTER! YOU KNOW WHAT THE PLAN
10, GLEEPY...NOW
BCRAM
CORRY...
AS FAST AS
SHE CAN GO !
·TO TRAINS
THIS IS HILARY GAUNT, PEARL-HE'S JUST DROPPED IN
DINNER!
IHOPIL" TA? NOT PUTTING. you out,-MIGO PLAINE→→ THE BIMPLEST FARE WILL: BUITY ME YOU KNOW K
Cope, 1997, King Fetudes lyndome, for. World ugles zawood,
́By ALEX RAYMOND
PRESUME.
JULET, I
MV
ROMEO!}
By FRANK ROBBINS
CHBESĄ!
Page 10Page 11