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OTTAWA-Members of the Su- Many Chinese connoisseurs, as
an pervisory Board of the British well as Europeans, attended exposition of a collection of Chi- Commonwealth Air Training Plan satisfaction the expressed complete ancient porcelain" at Fung Ping-shan 'Library yester with the rate of progress achieved,
INITIAL TRAINING day,
nego
Property of General Ho Loh,
It was indicated that No. 1 Ini- the ex-Commissioner of Police attial Training School, which will be Canton, the procelains were care situated in Toronto, is nearing fully placed in glass cases, with completion. A report concerning appropriate explanatory cards in No. 1 Technical Training School, English and Chinese.
at St. Thomas, Ontario, indicated
small figure of Bodhidharma, in- cluding ancient incense burners and square vasės.
HEAVY GERMAN AIR-LOSSES
PARIS," May 14 "{Beuter)--m The Germans have lost over 400 seroplanes during Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning, according to an off, cix) estimate.
**** It is naturally not in the national interest to riva the number of Allied' machines 'lost.
CHRIST CHURCH
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1940.
FOREIGN MAILS
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, 18th MAY, 1940, 0.30 AM.
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
INWARD MAILS “
From
Europe via Suez and Straits ....................... Shanghai Canton "..
Manila
Japan and Shanghai. Bandakan.
Haiphong
USA, Honolulu and Japan (Ban Francisco date.
18th April). Shanghai and Amoy
The Christ Church Concert to be A greater, part of the collection, that. 740 airmen were now un- consisted of porcelains from the dergoing instruction as aero engine held in St, Andrew's Church Hall Sung Dynasty (9601279 A.D.). mechanics, alifranie mechanics, on Friday, May 17, at 8.45 p.m. mostly of wares and dishes with sheet metal workers and fabric promises a good evening's enter flower and dragon designs, beau-workers.
tainment A. varied programme tifully glazed vases and fara, a The School of Aeronautical En-will be provided by well known
gineering opened in Montreal on artists. March 18. Courses extending over Miss Yao Tschin-chin whose re- a period of six months, will provide cent planoforte recital the Impressive was a Sung Dy-
for the instruction of thirty-six Peninsula Hotel delighted all who nasty narcissus pot with rose officers, who will be posted to heard it and won her high praise
various training schools purple glaze, and another vase
and wii play a Mozart Sonata. Helen with a light turquoise and depots throughout the country on Lockhart, Sylvia Choy and John purple rose blue glaze.
completion of their stay in Mon-Smith accompanied by Mr. E The rest of the collection com- treal. The instruction, admin's O'Neill Shaw will contribute prised of some curtos from the trative and maintenance staff will number of Items. The Choir of Yuan Dynasty (1260-1388 A.D.); a total afty, of whom ten will be the Mandarin Congregation" of large and delicate white porcelain officers, twenty-eight airmen and Christ Church, the high quality of Agure of Kuan Yin, the Goddess twelve civilians.
whose.. singing is already well Shanghai, of Mercy, and white bowl-all of
known to many. will be respon-Air Mail by "Imperial Always Direct
London date, 11th May the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644
sible for half of the "programme.
Japan A.D.).
Last, but not least, were artistic objects from the Ching Dynasty (1682-1772 AD-among them a large sky-blue vase. of the Chien Lung period, fashioned by a well- craftman Tang Ying, formerly Junior Secretary of the Imperial household. who imitated the old types and created new shapes for twenty years_at_the_ Imperial factory. "
known
QUARREL OVER A. COVERLET Fung Ki, of the Chung Wah dry cleaning shop at No. 1, Luard Rd. Wanchai was summoned before Mr. H. G. Sheldon at the Central Court yesterday on two counts of using abusive lapkuage and as- sault.
Winnipeg has been selected as headquarters for No. 2 Training Command. and provision has bech made for the establishment of two training groups in each Training Command.
"ESTIMATED SAVINGS
A
Light humorous items are in- cluded in the progamme-an flu- minated Indian Club act by Mr. J. T. K. Gilchrist, conjuring tricks by Mr. Les Gibson, a humorous Savings estimated at $2,500,000 duet by Helen Lockhart and John will be effected in the provision Smith, and a character sketch by hangar accommodation at 7-Mr. David Kossick who comperes ng schools being established in the whole show. Canada. through the production of An enjoyable evening is guaran- special standard designs for build teed Tickets at $2 and $1 may be bought at the door or from the inga.
Vicar of Christ Church,
Close co-operation between the Engineer Services and the Works
LONDON, May 14 (Reuter)-I 19 and Buildings Division" of the Huyal Canadian Air Force has re-fully realised here that the Ger- sulted in the preparation of forty mans are ready to use very strong embrace forces although it is too early yet standard designs that
to make an accurate estimate. Re- almost every type of structure re- quired for any air force station, sponsible circles here see a stiff school or depot.
task ahead
Shanghai:
15th May
Java and Manila,
18th May
Shanghai
18th May
Air Mail by "Air France Direct Service"
date, 8th May,
Paris
18th May
Manila
15th May
Shanghal
1 th May
Air Mail by *Imperial Airways · Direct 'Service".
London date 8th May. .......
14th May
16th May
16th May
18th May
16th May
16th. May
16th May
17th May
17th May
"17th May
17th May
17th May
17th May
17th May
17th May
18th May
Service"
19th May
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90th May
Air Mall by "Pan American Airways Direct Ser-
Viot. Sau Francisco dự, lịch hay n
21st May,
22nd May
Canton
22nd May
52nd May
23rd May
s3rd May
suhay.
USA, Honolulu and Japan (San Francisco date,
23rd April). Halphong Canton
Straits and Manila, Japan and Shanghai.
Shanghai and Amoy Haiphong and Holhow
Manlia
Straits.
Straits.
Japan and Manila. Sandakan. Hapan
Japan and Mania Australia, and Manila... Calcutta and Straits
OUTWARD MAILS
25th May
26th May
28th May
Registered and Parcel Mall are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m; registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 pm...on the previous day. When mails are advertised to
Hangars of timber construction have been designed for erection at ture. All wooden sections, of stand-close after 5 p.m.. Registered and Parcel malls are closed at 5 p.m. The complainant in the case a cost per square foot of floor area ard sizes, are given a chemical were Kam Tsin-san and his ser- that has never before been be-treatment
under pressure that
vant. Tse Offkwan: A counter lieved possible for such a struc-renders them areproof. summons for assault was also
taken out against Kam by Fing
KL.
Second complainant, who was Arst called to the box, said that she was told by her master to take a coverlet to the defendant firm for dry cleaning. The price was 50 cents. On April 28, a week later. back for her when she went coverlet, she found that it was in' pieces and the colour faded. She then pointed out to the defendant that he had washed the coverlet in water instead of having dry- cleaned it as ordered. The defen- dant then agreed to stitch the cloth and arranged for her to come back on the following day to collect it. "..
There was an argument and the 'defendant held her by the hand and pushed her out of the shop. MASTER TOLD
Key Questions In Near
East Are Answered
Aside from the celebratea Italian question two key ques- tions
the Allied overhang position in the Near East. There the Allies' hävé perhaps 200,000 men standing to arms (and reinforcements coming every week) to plug the south- eastern hole in their blockade of Germany. How about the Arabs? Will the Turks stay bought?
TWO.QUESTIONS -
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The conservative, anti-war, but
She came home and told her master, the first complainant, and together the two called on the de- strongly pro-Ally New York Herald fendant. When her master arrived Tribune has a raven-haired re-
ing the Near East. Recently she spent some time at Beirut. `Byria and after inspecting Turkey and the Balkans, Reporter Tomara offered answers to the two key Near East questions..“
On No. 1 she reported flatly: "The Pan-Arah movement has. for the present at least, given way to a desire to see the Allies win the war, The Arabs understand only too, well that the Nazis consider the Semites an inferior race."
BROTHERS With
anecdote Reporter Tomara answered Question No. 2.
ап
For
WEDNESDAY
Shanghai Haiphong
Date and Time
Wed. 15th
10.00 AM
3.00 PM
K.P.O. Parcels 4.00PM
Reg.
5.00PM
Ord.
5.30 PM G.P.O.
USA, Central and South America and Canada Parcela 4.00PM
via Ban Francisco (No Parcels for Canada only) | Reg. -duę San Francisco; 31st May............................................
5.00.
Ord.
7.00 FM X.P.O, Reg. 5.00 PM
Almall "for Indo-China, iran, and France (Paris Ord
the "Air and Northern Provinces only) by France Airways Direct Service "-due Paris 23rd Reg. May.
5.30 PM
Q.P.O.
1.00 PM
Ord.
7.00 PM
7.00PM
Japan..
7.00 PM
Amoy.
7,00 PM
Straitą.
THURSDAY
The 16th
1.00 PM-
Proceeding by bus from Ankara to watow
·Beirut, the was delayed by " breakdown in the middle of the salt desert of Konya. From the R dirt-poor Turkish hovels of
KF.O. Parcela 3.00 FM
Reg-
5.00 PM
Ord. 6.30 PM
.G.P.O.
at the shop and asked for the reporter named Sonia Tomara tour village, the populace swarmed straits, Ceylon, India, Fast and South Africa, Parcels 3.00 PM
turn of the coverlet, the defendant assaulted him with a police whis- tle.
around.
Out stepped "an elderly man
Ng Yuk-ying a friend of the whose head was wrapped in a defendant, gave evidence that dirty rag-possibly a turban, for Kan wanted to assault her friend the wearing of which long ago he at the shop.
had been taken prisoner by the
in the last addressed me in primitive Russian, Alling out gaps. In his sentence with childlike gestures,
Hearing was adjourned to Mon-Russians brought day afternoon.VALEN
CHARGE DENIED Denying the charge. the defen- dant said that when Kan came
be servant. with his several men with him and wanted to assault him. Kan chased him Into the shop and a bamboo pole fell down and hit Kan on the eye
Mr. C. A. Satherton Russ ap- peared for the complainant, while Mr. Alfred 8. K. Lan was for the defence.
THOUSANDS COME BACK TO LONDON
Egypt and Europe via Buce and London Parrels Reg. -due London, 24th June,
5,00 PM
Ord.
7.00 PM
K.P.Q.
Parcels
4.00 PM
Reg!
3.00 2
Ord.
5.30 PM
Wat-
G.P.O.
Shanghai, Japan, Canada, USA, Central and South Parcels America via Vancouver B.C., (Parcels for Cana-Reg. da only)-due Vancouver B.C.. 7th June Fort Bayard, and Hollow. «rrapunane
4,00 FM
5.00 PM
Ord.
7.00 IM
7.00 PM
Fri: 17th
be
Dairen and Parcels only for Tientsin
SATURDAY
Canton
"ALLEMAN KAPUT" "We have a new war, but now the Turks, French and English are
FRIDAY brothers he said, He thrust out Parcels only for Tientsin, two fingers of one hand and one Shangha of the other, brought them Shangha at that figure fairly steadily for together and continued: "The Alle- and Russ are 40 years. By the end of Sep man (Germans) tember it had dropped to 37,300.. the enemy. We brothers are a big Now it stand at 40,600.
wall together. Allemán kaput!". "Most of those who have re-. "The crowd arourid him roared ONLY 5,000 ARE
turned are children," an official with laughter at 'Alleman Kaput, STILL AWAY
said. "Stoke Newington business signifying Germany would
beateri LONDON, April 23 (By Air Mail) people did no, go away.".
the lowly Westminster lost a third of its "The, feeling of --The population in many parts
population of 120.000 because of peasants was not much diferent of London, has grows again enor“. mously since the September eva- business house and private re-from that of residents of Ankara, although Konya and Ankara ap- sidents moving out. cuation.
be separated by an "About 13,000 have come into peared to Westminster again,” I was told,
BACK TO CHELSEA
suffered Chelsea, which has severely from removals, is having its measure of recovery. "There were only 34,000 people left in the boroughs after the evacuations.
This is proved by food officers and officials who keep the Na tional figures up to date.
Lambeth is an outstanding ex- ample.
*BACK AGAIN When war came, I was told, writes an evening Standard report- er, "About 43,000 people left the district. Most of these are in the
age."
TEA AGENCIES. CLOSE DOWN SHANGHAI, May is (Heuter)--
¡Noon 12:30 PM
£80
Sat. 18th
9.30 PM
AS TIK AM O.P.O. & KP.O.
Canada Par. 17th 5:00 PM USA., Central and South America and
via San Francisco (No Parcels for Canada only) Reg. 18th 9.35 AM
dte San Francisco, 3rd June.......
Ord 18th10.00 AM Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu, USA, Central and | GPO.&KP.0. South America and Canada via Ban Francisco | Parools” 3,00 ri (No Parcels for Canada only)-due San Fran Reg. 5.00 PM cisco, 8th June. .....
Ord... 5.30
Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa, Aden, G.P.O. & K.P.O. « Malta, Egypt and Europe via Marseillesdue Faroels 2.00 pa
· 6:00 påɛ“ Marseilles, 20th June and London: Parcels due Beg
Letters 5.30PM London, 28th June.
GFO & KP.O.
6.00 PM
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct Service Reg.
due London, 26th May
It is now estimated that more Owing to the lack of facilities as Shanghai.
than 11,000 people have returned the result of the extension of the
BUNDAY
'MONDAY
Paddington's return has been European conflict and the enforce-straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa, borough again.
Mower, but its population, which ment of Japanese control, ever Fort Bayard, and Hothow.......... "The population is back to fell from 145.000 in the early war hundred tea purchasing agencies Barcels only for Haiphong........... within 5000 of the pre-war figure | days to 96,756, has mounted again in West Cheklang have been ordered to close down by the loca! of 250,000."-
to 108,000.gad t Boke Newington's prewar popu-- Lewisham bas-22,000 back out tea importers and exporters, says
the Binwanpao, lation was 51,200. It had stood of 67.000 who went away
Ord. 25.30 PIE
Sun. 19th
9.00 AM
Mon. 20th
8,30 AM
* Noon Noon
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