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JUNE 27,
1938.
A.D.C. to the Governor of Bengal, and Lt. E. Johnson, 6/1 Bn. The Punjabi Regiment, has left Calcutta by motor car for London. They aro geing on leave, and no attempt will be made at records,
Shark Among Balbers--The ap- pearance of a man-eating shark at Calcutta, more than 100 miles up the Hooghly River, terrorised thouanda of Hindu bathers. It attacked three of the bathers, one of whom died from his injuries. The shark had tollowed a large shoal of Ash. South Africa
Hongkong Telegraph.
Sir,-Yesterday at Laichikok Beach Lord Wakehurst, Governor of New there
were several hundreds of South Wales, recently opened the people including some Europeans New England University at Armidale, and about
He pointed out that this was the aunkten body, investigated and raised to be built outside Canberra, the A Portuguese lad stumbled on frat university college of Australia MINISTER ON ONLY
Within a few minutes the capital.
WAY TO PEACE an alarm. body was taken ashore and first-ald
When the federal capital was applied. It is so strange to notles planned, he said, it was expected to
Cape Town. that amongst the many hundreds that
Mr. Havengo, Minister of Finance, formed a ring around the body, those population of 60,000 within speaking at Winburg, Orange Free
a decade, but at present, 12 years State, recently, said: "We in So half a dozen who took turns in date dividend Warrants may be applying first-aid were all Britisher its inauguran York, it had a domination with dire results.
by King George Africa
have tried the then Duke of VI., Soldiers. I asked one of them: "Sny, on application at the Tommy, what are his chances?" And Pupulation of only 1,500.
On the evidence of his reply
the Publici "Dead s door-
"The English-speaking section has wasi
Works Committee, nail" "Then what's all that massag
one reason was tried in the past to put Its heel on the view widely held by the public the neck of the Afrikaaner. The here ing for?" And
the Tommy's reply: "See if he has
as well as by Parliamentarians, that Afrikaan-speaking section has tried second life: It's worth trying any
residence at Canberra was a thing to drive the English-speaking section to be shunned as much as possible. way," and they all took turns and
from the country. kept on indefatigably for much over India
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Because she thought her husband admired attractively dressed women, 23-year-old band leader, Charmaine Sommerville, was tempted to steal frocks from the Kensington where the played her dky.
violin
of the Board
W. L. MCKENZIE,
Secretary, Hongkong, 14th June, 1938.
CHINESE AIR FIGHTERS store CLAIM BIG VICTORIES
ench
This was stated at West London Sommerville, when Mrs. recently whose address was given as Chin- wick-lane, W., pleaded guilty to the theft of two dresses and a quantity of jewellery, valued at £5, and was bound over and placed on probation for two yeará.
A condition was that she should pay £20 costs.
evidence ^ are detective gave that she saw Mrs. Sommerville take the dresses and jewellery. When arrested she was found to be wearing afrock which had been stolen from the store week previously
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an hour,
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"Both attempts have falled miser- ably. There is only one way for South Africa-the way to pence is co-operation.
New Zealand
MAROONED BANKER RETURNING HOME
Wellington.
Mr. J. W. Hely-Hutchinson, Lon-
The incident gave of
ma couse to
ORISSA CRISIS MAY reflect
the following. Tint upon with hundreds of people,
BE AVERTED Chinese predominating, the six good Samari- tans were British Tommies, although
There have been no developments others were sympathelle but had in the situation at Orissa, where a more reliance on the Tommies' cap-crisis is threatened in consequence oblities. That in contrast to Chian
dissatisfaction of Congress at of the just some miles off where Chinese
The appointmentment of Mr. J. R. are being mercilessly slaughtered,
Dain, Revenue Commissioner at don director of the Union Bank of assured by the thousands reient-
Oflash, to act as Governor when Sir Australia, who had been marouned Hongkong. lessly, here in
British
John Hubback, the Governor goes on at an isolated post office by recent) Tommies have not only vouched to
Jeuve. face enemy bullets for defence of
foods in Hawke's Bay province, has Hongkong People but for the defence
An official statement Is expected reached Napier, " from Stenta. Meanwhile, conversa- He left
for carried out successive raids on Nan-of its property as well, and even
Auckland to to-day their leisure hours they forefeit It Lions have taken place between the catch the ship in which he has book- chang yesterday, shooting down or
Just to save one Lonely Chinese Life.
Congress Premier of Orissa, Mr. ed his passage for England. destroying on the ground between
What is one life compared to millions back.
Biswanath Das, and Sir John Hub- Mr. Hely-Hutchinson set out for 35 and 50 Chinese planes.
that we have 123 Hongkong?
and it 14 hoped that the Wairoa last Sunday with the Napier the traditional spirit of the British
threatened crisis will be averted. manager of the Union Bonk, but they people is to help a fellow when he Calcutta to London by Car-Lt. had to abandon their car owing to
The Grenadier Guards, the state of the roads.—Router, is under. Many Chinese people who Lord Ardec.
Decurrence of witnessed the tragle
although the yesterday remarked that British character appears snobbish and nt
times contemptible, Beautiful Tradition of the ruce is that they have a soft spot Inside a hard bark. Some sort of Chinese Society in Hongkong should write to the Military Authorities. thanking those soldiers, and if the Police Department have vacancies the C. O. P. perhaps might consider favour- ably the prospect of having such men accept positions with our Police Force, na these men are surely held In high esteem by the Chinese People.
The communique claims that the encounter resulted in one of the most signal air victories of the war.
that states The Japanese report furious dogaghts were carried out at One altitudes as low as 1,500 feet. Japanese suicide squadron accounted for the loss of between 12 and 15 Chinese planes, stoles
com- unique. Three of the planes of the sutelde aquadron are missing.
-
Worst Since April 29 The report states that this is the
and naval planes have calded the kurne city on the same day, and claims that the raid resulted in the biggest nir battle since the dog-light over Hankow on April 29.
The
claims that all the communique Chinese pursuit planes at Nanchong were of Soviet manufacture. the Japanese planes returned to its Her salary was £3 5. a week, of base with 28 bullet punctures.
Mr. Lealle Smith, defending, saldi Art necasion on which Japanese army that Mrs. Sommerville was undoubt edly a talented musician, and she was highly temperamental easily made unhappy and easily upset.
a
"At the age of 12 she was playing cinema organ," he said, "and although only 23 years of age now, she has been playing her viollo this
store for nearly seven years,
witch she allowed her parents £2
was
One of
The Japanese claim to have serious.
at Nanchang Other Japanese squadrons carried out raids on Chinese positions along The Yangtse above Anking, However, not the Japanese communique did not
B. because her father unem-ly damaged the airport at ployed and her mother an invalid
"Last June she was married. Re- cently she felt that she was Atting in with married life and give details of Yangise ghung. thought her husband uppeared to|Chinese reports state that the J-san- admire well-dressed women.
ese infantry within 15 miles
"Stw could not afford to he well-un at Matang-- United Press.
dressed, and when she saw
these
frocks and thought how well she would look in them, she was tempted and stole them."
DIPLOMAT'S WIFE DIES
London, June 28
the
The magistrate, Sir Gervals. Rens The death occurred suddenly in a toul, K.C., said that he was sorry to London hotel to-day of the wife of
see a woman of her education and attainment in such a position,
Dr Tomas Le Breton, the Argentine Ambassador-elect to the Court of St. Jus-Reuter.
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