Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
May 16, 1939.
DONALD DUCK
HOW DO HOMING ✈ FIND LI HOME, UNCA PIGEONS
THEIR WAY DONALDY
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EIGHTY-FOUR people were rescued from the Enst Asiatic) 4,812-ton motorship Alsia when the vessel caught on fire 50 miles
Singapore to Europe.
By Walt Disney
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UNCA
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THEY DO IT!
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ONE OTHE
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A Look Through The Telegraph"
50 YEARS AGO
May 10, 1809, It is and to be under contempla- tion to start a collon spinning factory ut Milke, Japan, with a capital of Ven 250,000.
RAZED IN || Girl-Mother! from Colombo on a voyage from the
AIR RAIDS
Chinese Retaliate ·
At Nanchang
FOOCHOW, May 18. FOOCHOW, which has already been partially ruin- ed in the recent Japanese aerial bombings, suffered further devastation yester- day when a squadron of enemy aircraft staged another raid.
Flying low, the raiders un- loaded tons of high explosives in the city, causing huge property damage.
Areas along the south Fuklen coast, including Changchew, Tungan, Chihmel and Chuanchow are report. cd to have also been bombed by the Japanese planes.
Beven Japanese men-of-war are now anchored off the mouth of the Min River-Central News.
Ningpo Bombed
SHANGHAI, May 10.—Chinese re- ports hero state that Japanese planes bombed Ningpo yesterday, demolish- ing 104 houses.
The casualties were only one killed and Ove wounded due to evacuation. Japanese planes also bombed Foo- chow, demolishing an undetermined number of houses and Inflicting heavy casualties which so far have not been determined-United Press.
LIMA, Peru, May 15.-- Hera's 'the year's most fantas- tic story-but it's truo
A five-year-old Indian girl has given birth to a 54 lb. son, and both mother and child are doing well.
Modical authorities are as- tounded and are investigating the caso.
The girl is Lina Medina, and a caosarian was necessary to deliver the child.
The mother is still cutting Bafora her second tooth. giving birth she weighed 66 pounds, and was three foot six inches tall,
Dr. Hipolito Larrabure stated to-day that the girl attained puberty when she was eight months old, adding: "accord- ing to her baptismal certificato, she was born on September 23, | 1933."-United. Press.
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Air Raid Precautions In Hongkong
HOW TO CHOOSE A
FAMILY
ALMOST ANY room will serve
street.
REFUGE
25 YEARS AGO
as a refuge-room if it is May 16, 1914. Arising out of the loss of the Boundly constructed, and if it is Titanic, several applications under easy to reach and to get out of. Workinch's Compensation Act The windows should be as few and were heard recently at Southampton small as possible, preferably facing County Court. It was stated that in The rescues were carried out three cases the widows of members a building or blank wall, or a narrow by the P. and O. liner Canton, of the Tilonic's crew had married
If a ground floor room facing a wide street or a stretch of level open homeward bound from Hong- again, kong and the new British river
The scheme of providing out-of-ground la chosen, the windows should it If possible be specially protested. entertainment einematograph gunboat Grasshopper, outward door
The stronger the walls, floor, and bound
to Hongkong from for residents of Kowloon in the sum-
mer evenings has now materialised, ceiling are, the better. Brick parti- England.
und the project will be Initiated on tion walls are better than lath and be the plaster, a concrete celling is better Details of the fire are alui incking. Saturday. The venue will The only news so far received com- Wigwam Lawn Tennis Club grounds, than a wooden one.
An internal passage will form a prises an urgent cable to the East which are most conveniently located, Asiatic Company, Singapore, from and shows will be given (weather very good refuge-room If it can be A cellar or basement is the best
every
Wednesday, closed at both ends.
position for a rafugo-room if it their Colombo office saying the ship permitting),
can be made reasonably was on fire and had been abandoned, Saturday and Sunday commencing at with passengers and crew safely 0.15 p.m.
proof. rescued.
Alsta was on a voyage from Salzon to Europe and Colombo was her next port of call after Penang.
The ship left Singapore on May 8.refreshments, Master of the ship was Captain T.
Borsch,
The rescue of Alsin's crew and passengers is the second sea drama in which the Canton has figured on the present voyage.
The Best Floor
A cellar or basement is the best The enterprise should secure a large measure of publle support, for place for a refuge-room, if it can be the promoters are sparing no effort made reasonably gas-proof and it to secure the enjoyment and comfort there is no likelihood of its becoming of patrons. There will be maste and nooded by a neighbouring river that
while the charge is
water-main. certainly most reasonablo-40 cents may burst its banks, or by a burst for adults and 20 cents for children.
If you have any doubt about the After the hot and steamy days summer nothing could be more en-tiak of flooding ask for advice from on any Alternatively, any room joyable than to sit out in the open your local Air Raid warden. air in the cool of the evening and
floor below the top floor may be pictures. It see the latest cinema
Top floors and allies should be solves the after-dinner problem by used, bringing the cinematograph to
of
the
HER
Some clean.rogs.
Needles, cotton, and thread. Things to collect;
A candle. lamp, or an electric hand lamp,
Sultable material to protect the windows from the blast of an 'ex- plosion.
Gummed paper and adhesivo tope.
Plywood for blocking the dro- placo.
A few tins or jars with air-tight.
lids for storing food,
A bottle of disinfectant.
A box of First Aid Supplies.
A lot of additional things to get into your refuge-room, if there should
this series of articles. over be a war, will be given later in
If you have a wireless set or re- gas-ceiver it would be useful to have it
The P. and O. liner was damaged In a collision in fog with the Messa very doors of Kowloon's residents; avoided, as they usually do not give geries Maritimes iner Marechal Joffre off Hongkong some weeks ago, and there will be no grounds for sufficient protection overhead from
These small bombs would probably In a house with only two floors Canton's commander, Captain complaint on the score of lack of anall Incendiary bombs.
every evening.
Morton Jacks, was also instrumental variety, as new flims will be shown) penetrate the roof, but be stopped by and without a collar. choose a
in saving lives at sea when the Carthage was in China seas on her maiden voyage in 1927,
project
its own
accom-
the top door, though they might burn through to the Goor below if not room on the ground floor so that 10 YEARS AGO
quickly dealt with.
you have protection ovorkand. May 6, 1929,
In flats or tenement houses, elther The full list of Alsia's pasengers is:
advance of a most pleasing each household can make An From Bangkok Mr.L. Lawrie, nature has been prepared by Govern Master Duncan Lawrie, Mis Lowrie, ment since
wo outlined, several arrangements or communal refuges can be made. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Meyer, Capt. months ago, the original plans for
It is, however, important that top- W. Edwall, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand the construction of the new motor door dwellers should find Katz, Mrs. O. Paludan Muller, Miss road in the New Territories. The medation downstairs. Edith Selfenfaden, Mr. and Mrs. H. pro
enlarged has now been
They might share a refuge-room, Swan,
ran, Miss F. B. MacDonald, Miss ambitiously and will include the or they might make arrangements to But the base- provision of a public golf course me occupy the basement. IN ORDER to cope with the I. E. Piesse.
From Singapore-Mrs. J. Quinn, Hebe Haven, in the midst of some ment premises will have to be pre- increasing traffic in German Jewish refugees from Italy to Mr. R. Schapp. Mr. and Mrs. K of the prettiest country on the whole pared as refuges in the same way Gwinnell, Master C. W. Gwinnell, of the mainland, while a big scate Singapore, the Lloyd Triestino Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Haines, Master reclamation scheme will give the as ordinary rooms, according to the It is suggested that in any flats, Line has found it necessary to M. W. Haines, Miss C. J. Haines, Mr. Colony new and its biggest recreus instructions given in this book. Chineza Raid Nanchang place a fifth vessel temporarily and Mra, P. J. A. Williams, Mr. and tion ground. The road itself, which
Mrs. R. de Jong.
will be approximately 23 miles long or tenement house, or house occupied From Penang-Mr. S
a circular route, will open up by more than one family, representa- certained that heavy damage Буля Fully booked with about 1,500 Ewyck van de Bilt, Mrs. M. Davy, country which in the past has seldom tives be chosen and formed into a done on Japanese establishments and refugees, the 21,000-ton liner Gulho Mrs. J. B. Caddy, Mr. and Mrs. H, P. been traversed by Europeans, will Protection Committee to decide upon facilities for new bathing the most sultable rooms and to pre- equipment in the Chinese air raid Cesare, formerly on the South Afri-Kendall, Mr and Mrs. J. N Morrison, end
as refuge-rooms if it for the on Nanchang,
beaches and possibly, an entirely new pare them
should ever be necessary Twelve Japanese tanks were heavi- can route, passed Hongkong to-day
residential district
safety of all. en route to Shanghal.
MOSCOW, May 15.-M. Maxim
Even though your household occu- As all the passengers are destined lorries loaded with military suppiles for Shanghai, the liner has omitted Litvinoff, former Soviel Foreign
Captain A. H. Bathurst, from ples one room only, many were set on fire.
Commissar, la said to have accepted
a series of reserve, has gone master, Hanyang, precautions recommended in the book The Japanese provisions storehouse Hongkong from its itinerary,
The liner, which Is specially an invitation to give
Mr. W.
T. Paul, chief officer, can still be carried out, and will help at the southern part of the city was
in the tropics, lectures at the Moscow University, hit and wrecked by several bombs. equipped for travel
Linan, Mr. W. J. King, chief officer, Trans-Ocean. Many Japanese guards there were will call at Hongkong on the home-ng with contemporary history. Kwangchow, has gone chief officer, to protect you. So do what you can killed-Central News.
ward run from Shanghai.
Linan, has gone chief ofleer, Kwang- chow.
CHANGSHU, May 18-It is as-on the Far East run.
ly damaged more than ten army
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Although an actual rald may be Mr. J. Grossett, chief officer, Tean, over in a few minutes it might be has gone chief officer, Fatshon. Mr. D. C. Cameron, chief officer, Fatsban, is on reserve. Mr. E. Wood, from reserve, has gone chief officer, Tear Mr. E. L. Hurley, chief officer, Hsin Peking, is on reserve,
necessary to stay in your refuge-room for some time, even perhaps for
neighbourhood has
cleared! several hours, until the gas in the
been
away.
You should therefore know how Captain W. J. Andrews, China many persons can remain safely in Navigation Co., is on Home leave.
Mr. J. I. Forbes, chief ofcer, one room without suffering any
effects.. Shengking,
has gone chief officer,
For rooms of normal height (eight Cheklang, Mr. A. F. Marginais, chief to 10 feet) an allowance of 20 square officer,
Cheklung, has gone chief offeer, Shengiting.
Mr. W. A. McDonald, from reserve, has gone chief officer, Wuchang, Mr. J. R. Forster, chief clicer, Wachang,
Is on reserve."
5 YEARS AGO
May 14, 1034. The terrible disaster at the West Polat works of the Hongkong and China Gas Company this morning ranks as one of the most calamitous in the history of the Colony,
fon paling kernes were witnessed
fect of floor area for each person will enable these persons to remain in the room with complete safety for a con- inuous period of twelve hours with- out venulation.
A room 10 ft, by 10 It. will hold three persons.
A room 15 ft. by-10 ft will hold four persons.
A room 20 ft, by 12 ft. will hold six persons.
Another Méthod
You can still make a refuge-room
the explosion, marked by even if you have no surplus room to a great flash of fame from the Com set aside, in war-time, specially for pany's largest gasometer, great plates the purpose. If you have only one can make it a place of from which were hurled many feet room you away. Over seventy badly injured greater safety-even if you adopt persons, many of whom are not ex-only some of the suggestions contain- pected to live, were treated at theed in this book. Do not think you Government Civil Hospital. Sixty have no protection. Any room with inmates of one of the nearby terraces solid walls is safer than being out in are said to be missing, or unaccounted the open, so don't run out into the for. and many were killed almost in-street to find better shelter if you,
ever get an air raid warning.. stantly.
- Get. Those Things The prospects of peace between
These are some of the things that Bolivia and Paraguay to-day are
will be useful in your refuge-room. exactly nil
Fraling of enmity between the Keep them in mind and begin collect- countries is now being worked up to ing those thing you haven't got, one by one. Put them in a box, or in a frantic pitch. Ngu Roh masing troops to continue drawer, in the room you have chosen the hostilities on a greater scale, and for your refuge-room.
Things you probably possÓRE NÏ...
отер
morn ferocious nighting
my
In a two-storeyed terrace house choose a room on the ground floor.
The flanking walls will
bursting bomb. protect you from the blast of a
Candles and matches. Hammer and nails, Scissora.
in the refuge-room so that you could hear the tews and pass the time away. Make sure that the plug for it, and the leads for the aerial and earth, If these are required, are mada ready.
(To-morrow: Things To Do In War-Timo)
Chinese Girl Aviator's Stunt Thrills
Hollywood, May 18.
Miss Lea Ya-ching, famed Chinese woman aviator, made a spectacular debut in stunt-flying to-day, landing her plane three times on a tiny hill- rimmed cow pasture, 800 feet by 300 feet.
She also took off three times from the same spot.
The stunts were carried out in the course of liming "Disputed Pansuge", la which the well-known actress, Dorothy Lamour is appearing.
Dorothy Lamour accompanied Miss Lee in two of the landings and in one take-off-United Press,
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