P&O B.I. E&A
COMPANIES
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL S.N. CO.
PASSENGER/FREIGHT SERVICE
Quiwarde
"CANTON"
"CAKTHAGE”
"CONFU"
Via Sauch n Tev pikett.
Homowarda
"CANTON"
"CARTHAGE"
"CORFU"
Leaves London 20th June
21
July
August
Due Blangkong 18th July
23rd August
20th September
Past Kuld, Aden, Bombay, Colombo, E'SIATIC A Singapore
Leaves [longhong
21 July
Jan Augosl
De London
31st AugUKT
20th September
24126 vertentiber 15th October
Burping hugo Ene Singapore, Penang, Eolombo, Bombay,
Aden, Port Said A Loudon
FREIGHT SERVICE
Calw and
Arriving
In Forl
"NOUDAN" SOMALI”
Hottie Wande
I
"COROMANDEL” In July
"SOUDAN"
With liberty
wu August
iam
U.K
VK
Fur
Pork PATRIK
SINGAPOte. Swellendantes, Colombo. Adri, Po Naid, Geson, Marseilles, Hayre Landub. Ant werd. Itotterdam Hamburg
ta vall A Bela brinto or after Straits Parts and at Beanbay it inducement ders.
available Banks
for cartluge of it In Bulk Limited Passenger Space for refrigerated cargo.
accommodation:
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BRITISH INDIA S.N, CO., LTD.
"SANTHIA"
"WABORA"
Jur
17th July
From Da fric
Que 22nd July
Sally Zac Jars
Tangoon in
from Japan
Penang
Calcutta
fer Skapore, Hangvon
& Clag DISE
P.&O./B. I. JOINT SERVICE
"OZARDA"
Hue guth Jues
sady PINK Jux
From Japan
fot Columbo, Homuzy Karaca, Khurtustabalar. Baru, Kuwait dirett, Ports via Uther P. G Buy
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN 5.S. CO., LTD.
"NELLORK"
dur 4141 APK BALİN 5th Aug
"NANKIN"
JNT
IN 20TH Aug
TWIN AUC
from Jag
for Sandakan, Urisbane,
Sydney
Adelaid
Melaourtie
from Japon
fur Sandakan, 1 Rabaut. Brisbane
New-
Bydury, Mei- bourne Adelaide
All vessels have liberty to call at any poris on or off the route & the route & mailing are subject
to change or amendment with or without notice.
For full particulars apply to:-
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
OF HONG KONG LTD. Telephone Nos. 27721-4.
EVERETT LInes
EVERETT ORIENT LINE Fast regular freight-refrigerator-passenger service to Korea, Japan, Philippines, Indo- China, Siam, Malaya, Rangoon, Calcutta and Chittagong.
"YOUNG SHIN"
On Berth July 18 Salls
Ju 21 for Pusan.
"REBEVERETT”
Arrives Salle
July 23 from Singaporo.
July 23 for Kobe, Yokohama, Shimizu, Nagoya & Osaka.
"LENEVERETT"
Arrives Sally
July 28 from Manila.
July 20 for
Singapore?
Penang,
Rangoon,
Chittagong
Calcutta.
(Accepting cargo for transhipmout
Kobe/Puran
and Kobe/Okinawa)
EVERETT STAR LINE
Fast regular freight-refrigerator-passenger service to Korea, Japan, Philippines, Indo- China, Slam, Malaya, Colombo, Bombay, Karachi and Persian Gulf Porta.
"STAR ARCTURUS"
Arrives Sails
"THAI"
Arrives Sails
July 24, from Japan,
July, 25 for Singapore, Part Swetten-
ham, Colombo, Bombay, Karachi, Khorramshahr, Basrah, Kuwalt & Bahrein.
Aug, 2 from Manila, Puzazi, Aug. 2 for
Yokohama,
Kobe
(Accepting cargo for transhiprisent Kobe/Pusan and Kobe/OkinawWA)
EVERETT STEAMSHIP CORPORATION S/A (incorporated: in the Megubilo. of Panama
"With Limited Liability) {{
Department:"Tefephone 28293.
Queen's | Buildingji. Telephone 131206)
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CHINA MAIL
HONGKONG PUBLISHED DAILY (AFTERNOONS)
.
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JULỲ · 16, · 1954.
Price, 20 cents per copy, Saturdays 80 centa Bubscription: $8,00 per month.
China and Macao (o Postage: per month, UK., British Pomona and other countries $1.00 per month, always wel. News contributions, come, should be addressed to the Editor, bunc communications and advertisements to the Secretary,
Telephone: 76#11 (J Lines). KOWLOON OFFICE: Balisbury Road, Telephone: 12635
Classified Advertisements
20 WORDS $4.00
for 1 DAY PREPAID
ADDITIONAL INSERTIONS
$1.50 PER DAY
An
NOTICE
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION
-Notice is hereby given that
Interim Dividend
of
£2. 0. 0. per share. (nett, after deduction of Hong Коля Corporation! Profits Tax) has been declared in respect of the year ending 31st December, 1056 at the rate of 1/2.27/02d. per Dollar.
This Dividend will be pay- able on or after Monday, 9th August at tho Offices of
WORLD CRUISE SHIP SHARES
TUG'S NAME
A mission ship, a tug and two yachts will share the name the Queen is to give to a new round-the-world liner Southern Cross,
The Bowler
the Corporation, where Share And The Cost
holders are requested to apply: for Warrants.
THE
REGISTER
OF
Of Living
SHARES of the Corporation will be closed from Friday,
Pity the poor Belgians who 23rd July to Saturday, 7th can go longer count their howler August,
1964 (both daya hats as part of inclusive) during which
10 cents PER WORD OVER 20period no transfer of Shares
Births, Deaths, Marriages, can be registered. Personal $5.00 per insertion not exceeding 25 words, 25 cents each additional word. ALTERNATE INSERTIONS 10% EXTRA
If not prepaid a booking for of 50 cents is charged.
WANTED KNOWN
DR SCHOLL'S Foot Comfort Service, Telephone House (biezzanine Floor). Personal attention by alongkong Landon-United L'astropodist Trie-
kui 271 Air-conditioned.
VIEW
By Order of the Board of Directors, MICHAEL W. TURNER,
Chief Maunger.
Hongkong, 8th July, 1954,
To ADVERTISERS
cost
of
their
ilving.
Their Government has taken the bawler off the official index on the excuse that "i1 is out of fashion." But the men of Bri- They what tain can still wear ilke, knowing that Whitehall cost The officinis will
vostant
when working out the monthly
price index.
Lo
in touch The experts keep with 1,000 shops 201 the prices of things that people wear They leave it to the shopkeeper decide which kind of clothing k most popular customers for
BUNDAY POST-HERALD commeelal Spece
should advertising
ng later booked noon on Wednesdays,
be than
at
For the 6OUTH CHINA MORNING POST and the MAIL 48 hours CHINA
PREMISES TO LET
LARGE y European
Мекл
The F'k Cameron Quiet surroundings. besuauitul teras-
bedrooms Two
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clomet Large living and dining room with verandah Kitchen with built-in
water bakker. quarters, garage For inspection
2:BUD
cupboard
Destacand
per
AIKI
servata
Myker
particularN.
Cut office hours
DOW
MUSICAL
d
7
un
LATEST Westminister & Vox ties avutialite A few pets re- maining of Coronation Service utginal JIM At D. Enves, 4A, Des Voeux tond. Room 1. 2nd floor, Tel 30188
PHOTOGRAPHY
among
his
7,000 Priests & Nuns Executed During Spanish Civil War
Madrid, July 15. Between 6,900 and 7,000 priests, nuns and The most unusual feature of student-priests were executed in Republican Spain
which is being
tho now liner, built for the Shaw Savill line, during the civil war, according to the first official will not be seen by the Queen reference book issued by the Catholic Church since when sho names the ship In 1936.
Belfast on August 17.
which is
The single funnel, to be aft, like that of a tanker.
will not be in place.
The figure generally accepted to the present had been 7,287 but the reference book explains that this is a little too high owing to some priests space. having been included who were killed while acting as chaplains in the front line or who died from natural causes during the civil war.
The design gives passengera
recreation more clear The 1,200 passengers will thare 49,000
fect of deckc square space.
On
ik
four-times-a-year her
The new reference book, issued by the Church round-the-world voyages. the under the title “Guia de la Iglesia en España” (Guido Southern Cross is to soll as to the Church in Spain), records that Madrid was the "passengers only" ship.
The decision against marrying diocese where most clergy were shot. In Madrid, 349 void members of the diocesan clergy were shot, in addition delays in loading and unload- to an unspecified number of pricata belonging to orders ing at ports on the other sic and some nuns. of the world.
carga
Wis
made
To
In The
it was in a Shaw-Savill ship:
The Tortasu dinveze WIN
second Spain comes -the Gothie-that the Queen second with 207 diocesan elergy | number of Cathulle schools. toured the Commonwealth, killed and Valenem third with France having 11,280 Catholic
281
schools, Spain 4,844 ond Italy | 3,241 The number of nans stuk in given ax 289
West German Republican Spanis
the headgear, Fur men's
As far us choice is wide open the expects are concerned it can be "hat, wool, felt, or cap."
is So the haster in the City
to send most likely
The number of the diocesan den!
clergy is less now than
Shipyards Stride Ahead
Ahead at 29,902
10
as
In The THE are now Cetero date of publication current price of bowlers - his T West Germans
popular selling Bine. The butter ships
p North is more likely to quote the prices of his caps.
There's freedom for you!
Special and Classified monta as usual,
Announcements
Advertise-
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
Queen's Building Tel: 26851 P.O. Box 53
FAST PASSENGER/FREIGHT SERVICE "CAMBODGE" "LAOS"
sailing Aug. 6th sailing Sept. 4th
LA
FAST FREIGHT SERVICE
"MONKAY" "MEKONG"
ALLT Life Photographs for artists
nd
Particularm conauinseur» applicants stating profession or age. 03. BCM/HUZ (stixio Write Mono House, London, WC. Eng.
lond
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
I'VE SKIED FOR YEARS NEVER FELL LIKE THAT BEFORE THAT NORTH SLOPE IS BAD LUCK-- MAYBE ITIS-- HAUNTED
Hmm--SLEEP,
BENT.
FERDINAND
NANCY
?
ERNIE BUSHMILEL
JACK,TELL- ME MORE ABOUT THAT GHOST SKIER-
I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM SOME FOLKS CLAIM THEY DID.. ON NIGHTS WITH A FULL MOON.
WHAT'S THE IDEA, SLUGGO ?
JOHNNY HAZARD
PA-RA, HOW CAN YOU ASK
ME TO LEAVE WHEN MY LOVE
NOONAN COMES HERE THIS
VERY NIGHT?
.
WOULD YOU RATHER
NOONAN FINDS YOU
DEAD? I WILL EXPLAN
ALL TO IRMYOU GO
TO YOUR AUNT IN
ROME/
The book also records that the Rota Court, a court maintained in Madrki by
to the Vatican with the matrimonial before dieulties of Spaniards, in 1932
med
four annulments the civil war, the book says
and marriages
13 permanent There are toxiny 21,307 secular marria (non-order) priests in Spain as separations,
of Protestant And 1930,
The number 34,420 in 1920.
chapels in Spain in given as 262. The list of these is decompanied by the following comment: "The Protestant sects have carried ou an intense cumpaign of pro- recent years. In Paganda general, this netivity is encour- geet and subsidised from abroad.
lo
orders Priests belonging now lolul 7,445 us against 6,207 may in 1943. Nuns have increased for "export" for considerably in numbers. There themselves.
stre now 62.361 nuns compared Four years ago the Germans with 48,924 in 1945 and 44,149 were building only 4.4 per cent in 1825. of world shipping. Today, their production is more than 16 per are in second cent, and they place behind Britain as a ship- bulking nation.
14
MORE NEW PRIESTS
"In September 1953, Protestant sources described the number of as about Protestants in Spain 30,000. This number scams to be But if we admit exaggerated,
站 this number hypothetically, shows the Intensity mu the as artificial nature of the efforts to ol
this For secure conversions. would suppose that each of the 262 chapels has an average 114 Protestant worshippers.
"The
Catholic
In churches
of 080 Spain have an average con-worshippers,
More new priests are taking orders, 100, In 1903, 990 new priests were ordained, as against In five years, prochietlon has
390 in 1945 and 593 in 1929. from 14,000 tone jumped
Spain The book records 700.000 tons.
Eleven ships sold to foreign being third in the number
churches purchasers from German yards Catholic
umong the
Italy in March had a greater total nations of Europe. tonnage than the 10 which went given as having 83,980 churches,
the Germans France service for
De having 43,886 themselves.
Spain 41,303 churches. The number of employees in Spain has, however,
amaller population than either Italy or France.
sailing July 18th sailing Aug. 4th German yards is increasing at siderably
MANDRAKE. IT'S COLD. WHEN ARE YOU COMING IN P
BILL AND ME ARE GOING TO
FIGHT
TAKE THE PAST PLANE CUT ***
the rate of 1,000 a month.
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
I'M INTERESTED IN THAT "BAD LUCK" NORTH SLOPE,
NARDA. THEY SAY THE GHOST SKIERA
W-VERY WELL.
{AND SEDAY IN TICINE UNTIL ESCARIE | PM-PA.....YOU KNOW
19 RECAPTURED? ONLY THEN WILL, 177: BRETAS
„IT-DE SAFE FOR YOU TO MATRY.
YOUR NODHAN?
--IS SOMETIMES SEEN ON IT WHEN THERE'S A FULL MOON. AND THERE
IS A FULL MOON-
TONIGHT!
By Mik
5-18
By Ernie Bushmiller
---AND I WANT IT TO BE ON EVEN TERMS
By Frank Robbins
"POOR POOLS.THEY'LL NEVER CATCH ME! NOW.. ONLY A PEW KILOMETERA DE TO THE HOUSE OF NICK.........
AND MY REVENUE //
TALK
ABOUT
MAGIC!
Have you seen
A
and
Admiral
AIR CONDITIONERS
AND REFRIGERATORS
the flavor lasts... from grave
to glass! Libby's
FROZEN ORANGE JUICE
BLACK MAGIC
ASSORTED
CHOCOLATES
situation
San Miguel
of
"So we so that the Protestant chapels are not meant to cater for the present but to prepare for future needs which means Becuring converts."--China Mail Special
LONDON SHORT OF FIREMEN
London, July 15. Fire appliances with insufficient
out- are being sent to crews breaks in London, states a re- port by the House of Commons Select Committee on Estimates. Other appliances are not manned because of shortage of firemen
The report recommends that schemes should be considered to combine two or more areas under a joint authority and so econo- misc in headquarter stalls.
It also recomments that risk categories, standards of cover and fire service areas should be reviewed.
Review's should follow every five years and should take account of Are- fighting resources of GovernTM ment departments and private businesses. Authorities should be told of all now premises and industrial processes with special firo risks.
The estimated cost of the Tite services last year was
nearly about £20 million, of which one-quarter was borne by the Exchequer.
UNDER STRENGTH The strength of the London Fire Brigado is down to 2,119 although the authorised establishment
In 2,449, is evidence, Mr H. M. Smith, Chiat Inspector of Fire Brigades, said ho was perturbed to see ap- pliances turning out with fewer than five men. The pro- war average was between six and eight.
"I feel that with the high fire risk in London, Bro, up- pliances should not go to fires undermanned. I could not consider at the moment London; Fire Brigade 100, per cent efficient."
The Committee considers that the Landon Fire Brigada demon»: strates how a well-orgaritsad | brigáda can, by, efficient manage- morat 'and continuous adoption of new: équipment, meet sillowtali» timity" Anoreesedi chill, even witho in the frustrating limits imposed by shortage of slatted on deal
Every effort should be,
to reduce "the heavy and red crossing annual expenditure Nort the maintenance of the//Stre Service College at Wotión Stòcisë, (near Dorking;; anyd; that
The estimated coni burt yes
206,697, Sixty attackers and
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