THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1929
DOUG. AND MARY.
SEEING CHINESE LIFE AT
KOWLOON CITY.
NATIONAL CITY BANK.
NEW YORK Head office
DENIES RUMOURS.
Doug and Mary, during their The Manager of The National short stay in Hongkong, had a City Bank of New York, Hongkong, very busy time. From almost the informs us that rumours emanating moment that the Rajputana got to from Russian newspapers publish- the wharf early Thursday after-ed in Riga on the 5th. of November noon, right up to the time of their last and republished in Harbin departure yesterday, they spent all newspapers have led to a run upoñ
their Branch in that City.
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places of interest and expressing, their delight at all they saw. They were charmed with Hong kong and regretted their stay was Bo short.
On Thursday they took a trip round the island and in the ovelì- ing partook of a Chiness.dinnér at West Point
Yesterday they were out'early. Mary went shopping. Naturally, she created a great dent of in- terest. She arrived back at the boat Inden with parcels.
It was typical of Doug. to start] out on a trip of the New Terri- toricà at 6,30 a.m. Mr. Wallace Harper had placed a Lincoln car at his disposal and accompanied the party, which included Mr. Al- bert Parker of the United Artists Studio and Mr. C. S. Rosselet of Hongkong Amusements.
They proceeded via Shatin and Taipo, stopping at several villages of the way, and eventually reach- ed the Golf Club at Fanling. where they stayed for a few
In this connexion the following telegram has been received from New York:
All unfavourable rumours regarding The National City Bank of New York are wholly without foundation, The Na- tlonni City Bank of New York was never in a stronger or a more quid position than now. During the recent strain on the financial structure the bank was always over 50% liquid, and was in a position to render great assistance to the business community. The National City Bank of New York as a member of the Federal Reserve System is subject to Inspection. There has been no such check up by authorities."
It is clear from the last para- graph that there can be no ques- ion in New York as to the stand- ing of The National City Bank of New York.
minutes before returning. Doux.: A BELATED PROTEST. was very disappointed that he had no time to devote to a round, but he expressed' great admirations of the scenery.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the trip was the visit to Kowloon City. "Doug." had ex- pressed a desire to see "real Chi- nese life," and he was. taken round the labyrinth of streets and lanes. He spent an hour wander ing about the place, entering the shops and conversing with any Chinese who could speak English. So absorbed was he in all he saw, that a reminder had to be given him by one of the party that it was time to be getting back to the ship. Doug. was loth to leave but was eventually forcet Lo go. It was a great experience, he said, and one he would not have missed for anything. He was tickled to death with the place," one of the party remarked.
From Kowloon City, Doug, re- turned to the wharf and boarded The Asama Maru, where he select- ed the suite in which he will travel from Shanghai back to the Unit- ed States.
Getting back on the Rajputana just before the boat sailed, he was joined by Mary, and the pair were Kiven warm send-off:
BABY. TANKS.
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NOT SUITABLE FOR USE IN KWANGTUNG,
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It is learned that expert opinion in military circles inclines to the belief that "baby" tanks, of which ↑ specimen was recently put through a series of demonstra- tions in Hongkong, will not prove very serviceable in Kwonglung province, or for that matter any of the southern provinces (where rice growing is the staple agricul- fural industry, anys the Conten Gazette. Although the tank was equipped with caterpillars for cross-country service, the tracka would not enable it to manoeuvre
in soft slushy mire such as paddy fields, and for this reason expert opinion says that it will have no tactical advantage.
As for town and city work, al-' though it is supposed to have a speed of thirty miles per hour, íts: caterpillar trucks render it un- suitable for payed city streets which would suffer considerable damage from the caterpillars.
Another disadvantage of the baby tank seen in Hongkong dai that it will only carry two men, the driver and the machine gun operator. Both men sit in an ex- posed position, and although there are folding steel plates for their protection, these shield them from frontal attack only, and they are at exposed to rifle fire from the danka and the rear.
Yet another drawback is that the extreme lightness of the tank renders it very vulnerable to gun- fire, and it is held that a well
from directed shell
even the lightest of mobile artillery such as are to be found with all Chinese armies now will put it hora de combat.
NAVAL RELIEFS..
ILMS. VINDICTIVE · COMING OUT TO CHINA.
London; Dec, 6. H.M.S. Vindictive has been, ordered to leave Chatham at the end of January 'on a "trooping voyage to Hongkong with reliefs for river gunbosta employed on the China station and also for the Tamar and Petersfield,→→Rsüter."
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SOVIET AVIATORS DENOUNCE COSTES AND BELLONTE,
Moscow, Dec. 6, The Aviation Society of Soviet Russia, claiming Ave million mem- bers, has issued a protest against the alleged action of Costes and Bellonte in illegally flying over a forbidden zone in the Far East in the course of their record flight from France to Manchuria.
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