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THE HONGKONG TEL
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27,
1935.
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FIRST RED CROSS 'PLANE REACHES ABYSSINIA
KITCHENER'S DRY
AND
OLD TOM GIN
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Manila Stock Exchange.
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Telephone: 30244, 30245, 30246.' Cable Address: Swanstock Hong Kong & Shanghai Hank Buildings, Suite 119/122.
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RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, LTD., PENANG.
CRAG HOTEL,
Penang Hills
(2,400 Icet above sealevel).
Refreshment Rooms. (near summit station) HH Railway.
"THE ISLAND'S MOST EFFICIENT SERVICE." RUNNYMEDE HOTEL
On Sea Front.
Private Cars for Excursions Anywhere.
Caterers etc, to Imperial Altways. Maze Interchangeable, no extra ent wherever you hate your breakšast. luncheon, tes, or dinner.
Rooms of both holela bave private bathroom and modern unitation. At the Runnymede_ench room has its own public tekphone.
The Runnymede Restaurant has undeniably pride of place amour hotels of the Bart with ita culaine, and funtiy claims by its association to offer the travelier such as le not to be found elsewhere.
READY-MADE
TELEGRAMS FOR ITALIAN SOLDIERS
Rome, Nov. 15. SIXTEEN ready-worded form telegrams have been devised by the Italian post office. One solection suit- able for sendng to the soldiers in East Africa, another to send home.
Any of the telegrams cost the sender one shilling and four- British missionary Miss Jean pence, address included. The pay of a private soldier in the Italian T. Cable, of Forfar, Scotland, colonies amounts, with bonus for overseas service, to five lire a reached Addis Ababa from Debra day (about 1s. 8d.). Markos across the Blue Nile. Trek took fortnight. Above is the first Red Cross airplane to. arrive in Abyssinia capital.
Here in the choice of greeting. To the soldier:-- 1. "Your silence causing anxiety send us news." 2. "Have received money order love and kisses."
Millionaire To Pay Girl Beauty £18,000
EILEEN WENZEL, of the "alabaster skin," face of a park
way, was being driven away from a party at Central Park Car hit lamp-post, ended. Eileen's beauty Casino here, in 1932. and her £100-a-wcck, job in Earl Carroll's shows.
To-day Eileen showed a scarred face in court, asking £50,000. damages for "loss of beauty" against the driver of that car.
He was young millionaire Lanis Ehret (social Register Puge 248). He was told to pay her £18,000,
“Her hair waS Earl Carroll gave evidence. One stanca was:
Ahl Her eyes... lustrous, her forehead white as a snow peak. her eyes made men swoon."
Judge ordered this "exaggerated" description to be struck from court record.
Australian
Trees For Cradle Of Christianity
Australian Jewry has success- Tully organised n fund to provide 10,000 Australian tees, mostly euenlyptus for planting in Pales. tinc.
Jews throughout the Empire are combining to plant a forest there
to
-King's Australia's
commemorate the Jubilee, and this is contribution.
Although the eucalyptus, or gum tree, which is a survival of pre- historic flora, survived only in Australia, it has been found to thrive in warm and moderately warm climates elsewhere, when News. transplanted, says Austral They now grow in Califorala, and fu Mediterranean countries, and have even been planted at Addis Ababa in Abyssinia. Some variet- ies grow to a tremendous height, but all of them shed their bark and remain in full lenf all the year.
ABYSSINIAN STAMPS
ARE VALUABLE
Have you any Abyssinian postage stamps of recent issues?
on to them.
If se, hold
That was the advice given to a representative recently by a famous Landon Arm of stamp dealers.
Already a heavy demand for re- cent Abyssinian issues is reported on the Paris stamp exchange," the offelul added.
"If stocks of certain issues begin to run short there is every chance that fancy prices will be paid for them. "Certain Abyssinian Issues actually being printed in Britain. Once they are withdrawn no further supplies will be available."
The First
Train For
are
18 Years
Moscow, Nov. 1. The first train to run between Russia and Roumania since the Bolshevik Revolution eighteen years ago has just crossed the Dniester River with great cere- mony.
the
3. "Money order not arrived."
4. "Send money immediately urgently needed love"
5. "Baby boy arrived all well."
6. "Baby girl arrived all well."
To the old folks at home:--
1. "Arrived safely am well love and kissen,"
2. "Please acknowledge money order."
3. "I think of you always am well love and klases."
4. "Money order received hest thanks."
There is also a form available for the breaking of bad news: "Auntie (father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, wife) dead or seriously ill." Outward
bound only.
Homeward series politely ignores illness.
Arliss To
Stay In England
HOLLYWOOD MONEY
BAIT DECLINED George Arliss is not going back to Hollywood, in spite of the many financial temptations which are being dangled in front of him.
He has decided to make his future pictures in Great Bri- tain.
"Balcon, I'm going to work for you," he remarked auddenly when on a casual visit to Mr. Michael
of
Balcon, production chief Gaumont-British, and he has now extended his contract with that company for another year.
In view of the time he consider Recessary for preparation. Mr. Arllas will make only two films in
1936.
THE HOWARD BAND SPREAD TUNING DIAL ASSURES EASY AND ACCURATE TUNING OF ALL SHORT WAVE STATIONS.
The above dial is used with the Howard "D" Recolver which is the most sensitive eight valve receiver made. Tests locally have shown that its performance is not equalled by any other". eight or ten valve receiver.
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OUR BRITISH crosswords
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1 This class is not popular in '
Russin.
8 The man who has finished his University career may have this behind him..
9 Materiai
12 A striking upheaval often. 13 A word of warning in clubland. 14 Something Parliament has done
perhaps.
15 A stern fellow yet artful. 17 Form of serial.
18 The fervour of an Aden cry. 20 Certainly not plumb true. 24 More than bury yet only confine. 26 The criminal who showed two
animals in.
28 Tree.
29 Not the nun who invented the
mother-in-law jokes.
31 One thing at least the Rousans
Look lying down..
32 Not a dull tongue.
aweep,
34 Roasting pot" (anng.).
He is now at work on "The Mind of Mr. Reeder," from Edgar 83 A means of inaking a clean Wallace's tales, of an unusual sort of detective. Those supporting Mr. Arliss in this include Godfrey Tearle,
Киу Inda Trevelyan, Hammond, Diana Beaumont, Ethe Grifles and Percy Parsons,
Direct railway communication
been resumed on hus thus Kiev-Bucharest line.
Soviet and Roumanian officials cut red ribbons stretched across a new bridge over the Dniester Footnote
River at Tiraspol, after which a
recent restoration of diplomatic relations between the two coun Eucalyptus trees thrive in. long-flag-decked train crossed. Crowds
are planted extensively on both sides of the river cheered.trles. Roumania now recognises kong, al around police stations In the New This resumption of the railway the Soviet Government.-United
Press. Territories.
service was made possible by the
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4 Get rid of from above it.
5 Let one of the family tell about
the quartet.
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11 Take care not to act in this
manner, 16 One may rest here by the way.. 19 Clashing.
21 This marks, on artist.
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23 This African animal in no.
benuty.
26 This catching thing is not all.
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27 The time of the (young) salt?' ao This foreigner is barely to be
seen in England,
31 In this heavenly body the cause.
of universal strife?
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