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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
DELAYED Famine Threat
Hongkong Letters Went To Japan
In Russia
Growing Scarcity
March 9, 1939.
Y.M.C.A. FIXTURES Social Events for The
Coming Week:
Of Food Supplies Group at 8 pm.
European Y.M.C. fixtures for next week are as follow:
12, Discussion Sunday, March Monday, March 13, Annual Geno- ral Meeting at 9.15 p.m. Whist Drive at 8.30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 14, Women's Sec- tion: Sewing Bee at 10 a.m. Badmin- ton at 8.30 p.m. and Mixed Swimming
An instanco has occurred lately in which Hongkong letters have been
MOSCOW, Mar. 9. sent to Tokyo from the United King-
A GROWING scarcity of food dom, and have thus taken seven weeks in transit instead of one week, supplies, especially of vegetables The Postmaster-General, Mr. E. I. and meat, in nearly all the large Wynne-Jones, said yesterday that the leltics of the Soviet Union is from 6 to 8.30 p.m. delay was the result of mis-sorting in making itself felt to an alarm-Section: Badminton all day from 10 Londen, and he had called the at-ing degree, according to a report tention of the authorities there to published by the "Izvestia."
the case.
་ ་
Wednesday, March 18, Women's a.m. Team Practice from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 10, Women's Sec- The scarelly of meat is especially Bridge Mahjong He pointed out that the number of acute ow, which speelsed Live Games at 10 a.m. Lecture by air. mislaid letters was only an infiniles- 20,000 hundredweight less than the M. F. Key, O.D., at 9 pan.
amount, necessitating mal percentage of the total number (required: sorted in London each day,
Government Intervention.
describes the The paper
meat "There have been similar instances of letters out from Hongkong going shorloge being chiefly due to the de- to say, Africa, instead of the United plorably bad management of the Kingdom, and whenever a complaint State-operated dairy farms, the pro- Is made by the public, the Post Or-duction from which la constantly de- fice Immediately sees the sorter res-creasing despite Increasing Govern- ponsible, if it is possible to detect ment aubsidies.--Trans-Ocean. him, and he is reprimanded." stated,
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
Passenger Missed Empress
Liner at Bangkok
be
"FRESH AIR" FOR
LONGEVITY
FREMONT, 0.
Ninety-year-old Mrs. Mary War- ner, has à prescription for longevity |
The Imperial Airways Dorado-and it's cheap. Plenty of freesli reached Kal Tak yesterday afternoon air, she says, is all that's required. with three passengers from Bangkok,
mall.
can thereby be
Passengers aboard the Arst plane were: Viscount de Chambeure, wha would only state that he was on pri- vate business, Mr. F. Seufert, who missed the Empress of Britain In Bangkok, and Mr. A. Sachden, In- dlan businessman.
and the Denebola arrived several Imperial Airways, will be accepted minutes later with the mid-week for despatch by Air France, if
speedier transport obtained.
The rates follows:
Mr. Seufert said he missed the liner in Bangkok by nfteen minules, He was sight-seeing and arrived on the dock to find the ship disappear- ing out to sen. He was unable to find launch to catch up the pilot. Having
Indo-China Iran France
of postage will be as
Letters Postcards per 4 uz each $0.25 $0.15
& (Paris Northern Provin-
ces only, super- scribed "by Alr
$0.00 $0.35
France to Parls") $1.50 $0.70 Mail for Indo-China will also be
left his passport and other belong-arried by Imperial Airways. Ings on the ship, he had considerable
The Post Offce reserves the right
difficulty with officials at the various to forward mail, even fully prepald ports of call,
AIR SERVICES
Arrivals and Departures
Of Planes
Outward
British
Australia, For London, Countries and Europe: Imperial Air- ways 7 n.m. March 10. Imperial Air- }; ways 7 a.m. March 14.
For U.S.A., vin Manila, Guam, Honolule, China Clipper 8.30 am. March 11. Philippine Clipper· 8.30 a.m, March 18,
For Chungking, Slan, etc.: Eurusla and C.N.AC. service Indefinite.
For France vla Hanol: Air France, 0.30 u.m. March 11,
Inward
From London, Australia and Bri- tish Countries: Imperial Airways 5 p.m. March 11, Imperial Airways U pan. March 165.
From Chungking, Yunnanfu, Kwel- lin: C.N.A.C., Eurasia Service in- definite,
From U.S.A., via Honolulu, Guain, i Manila: China Clipper March 10, Philippine Clipper 12.30 p.m. March 15..
Hanoi: Air From France, via ["Francë,"12:30 pm, March-9-
MAIL BY AIR FRANCE
Reciprocal Agreement With British Line
Arrangements
completed for
France service,
have now
been the despatch of alr
mail from Hongkong by the
Friday, March 10,
Air
commencing
on
Mall for Indo-China and places on
and superscribed for this service, by the most convenient service,
Friday, March 17, Women's Sec- tion: Bridge Class and Practice Play al 10 am. Badminton at 8.30 p.m., and Mixed Swimming from 0 to 9.30 Saturday, March 18, Services Cón- pm cert by H.M.S. Birmingham at 8.30 pm.
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JUDGMENT ON BEERS duct of his firm. He admits, how- ever, that he is something of a traitor, for when his proference is encourag- Brewer Aboard Empressed he calls for a good old Scotch-and-
soda.
Of Britain
However, he does know his beer," The first man to put his foot ashore and, unlike most of us, who consider when the Empress of Britain berthed that all beer is good boor with some yesterday was Mr. Irwin Schlderink, beers a lifle better than others; he well-known Milwaukle brower. He pronounces that ho has met both had a sound claim to this phority, good and bad.. Hongkong beer is on having visited Hongkong four times his "good" list, though the memory of on world cruises-three times on the the beers served to hlin on Gernum Britain and once on the Rollance, bonts is what makes his eyes sparkle He has also seen the world from the most, deck of the Empress of Australia, Mr. Schilderink is accompanied by Mr. Schilderink should be, first and his business associates, Mr. and Mrs. foremost, an authority on beer, for W. A. Pohl and Mrs. A. Schroer, who the famous Udapch] beer is the pro-l'are also his 'uncle and aunta.GAY *Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PINCH FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria, Hongkong.
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