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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
July 31, 1939.
Llarg Supre
Court
£6,000,000 from Bachelors
TAX DAY IS FATHER'S DAY IN FRANCE
PARIS, July 30.
*: BACHELORS and child-
Bordeaux less couples who have been
In Panic
Air Raid Sirens Short-Circuit
PARIS, July 30. NEARLY 300,000 inhabitants of Bordeaux were seized with a
married for more than two years will have to pay an additional tax to provide some of the money needed For the new £6,000,000 "Family Code" to raise France's birthrate, accord- ing to the official journal.
panic early Sunday morning Childless widows, widowers similar to that which broke out and divorcees are also called some time ago in the United upon to contribute.
The levy States when, as a result of a on the last-named group and on radio play, it was believed that bachelors will range from three the military inhabitants of Mars to 20 per cent, of taxable income, had landed in the United States, and on childless couples from
In Bordeaux a vast air-raid siren two to 14 per cent. had been set up on the beach, and it began to howl at two o'clock in the morning as a result of becoming short-circuited after a heavy rain storm.
The population seriously believed that an enemy nir attack had started, and after other air-raid signals in the town took up the warning, thousands rushed for the ale rald shelters,
It was not unill some time later, when the police went from cellar to cellar that the people would emerge. -Trans-Ocean.
Magnificent Gift From Kuala Lumpur
Family Code
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Members of the Seaforth Highlanders Installing field telephones on the Garden Bridge, Bhanghal.
Lifetime of Adventure In Nine Months
THREE MEN (Minus Their Boat) ARRIVE IN HONGKONG
SIX
May.
The family code consists of clauses, and includes provisions for increased penalties for dealing in or displaying films, pictures and other
RUSSIANS sailed them daily. Two of the party emptied our water drums and tied articles deemed harmful to puble out of Shanghai last Novem-ropped out at Hongkong, but them around the boat to give it add- morals.
Blino (captain and mechanic), N.jed buoyancy and we did not try to Strlei measures are also laid down ber in a lifeboat, indefinitely Tito (locksmith), S. Brusentzott, use the tiller as it was useless. For with regard to the use of drugs and bound for Australia. Now, (boxer), and P, Kestion (artist) two days and one night-about 40 the practice of abortion.
stolcally continued their voyage, hours-we simply drifted, staying Persons performing illegal opero¬reduced to three and minus. This morning Mr. Kostiloft told a most of the while below the deck tions are able to one to five years their boat, they are in "Hongkong Telegraph" interviewer we had rigged up on the lifeboat and Imprisonment and a fine ranging from
the exclusive story of their experi- | walling for whatever would happen. 500 to 10,000 francs.
Hongkong on their way ences after the boat left Hongkong "Then the storm abated a litle and Premiums For Children back to Shanghai. Their for the Philippines in the middle of we rigged up a sort half-mast and Eenefits under the code include story shows that they have
Forced To Change Course. premiums of between 2,000 and 3,000 francs on the birth of the first child, lived a lifetime of adventure "After two days," he related, "a CHUNGKING, July 31-The Chi-if born within
strong north-east wind struck'us two years after in the last nine months. nese Consul at Kuala Lumpur hus marriage, family grants seich will
and, as we were using sail only, we reported that Mr. Chen Yung, a lead-be maintained up to the child's 14th
The party first reached Hong- decided to change our course. We
"We arrived at 6 p.m. at night and ing Chinese member there, has donateur 17th birthday, grants for mothers kong in May after 4 months' turned towards Indo-China. On the were so tired that we went to sleep опее on the boat. We were ed a sum of $250,000 to the nation's who stay at home to look after their imprisonment in a Chinese pri- foulbs day we encountered a terrible at
children, and special louns of 5,000 to
storm.
awakened by rapping on the boat at wired bacit a telegram of commenda- undertaking to remain on the sull for threat of execution was made to moment expecting to go down.
Generallssimo Chiang Kai-shek has 20,000 francs to peasant couples son when their vessel was driven
sens 11 p.m. and found two Chinese cur- "The mast snapped and the ashore in Kwangtung. The were so great that we were every toms officials and two policemen We waiting for us. Next morning 6 customs launch towed us up the river to Uchwan where our boot was tied up and we were asket to wait until they had telegraphed to the Govern- inent.
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used one-third sail on it. The waves and wind pushed us towards China and we came to shore near Uchwan, about 15 or 20 miles from Kwang- chowwan.
"This imprisonment was different from the first. They set a guard over the boot, but they let us remain on board, gave us food every day, helped us to fix the darnage to our boat, made us new masts, and svere generally kind to us. The food was [Chinese, but it was food and we were never hungry; and we were able to swim every day in the river.
Detained 52 Days
"After 52; days we were released. |1 had painted portraits of many of the Chinese officers,"; continued Kr. Kostiloff, "and sold them for u few dollars each; so that we were able to leave with the boat' inden with food.
We-left-on-Juno-15-and-a-good wind tact us to the French Island of Nauchow, 25 miles from Uchwan, We approached it in the dark and struck hard on some jugged rocks, the boat being picreed in two places. We plugged the holes as well as we could, but by morning there was a foot of water inside. However, we managed to make the island.
"Here Brusentzoff refused to con- tinue, saying he hud had enough. We three cernained a week 011 the Island, where Blinoff and Titolt re- palred two cars for the ghthouse crew; With our boat repaired we made for Hainan Strait on June 27. "Near Hainan Island we grounded for two hours, but it was on sand and the water rose and lifted us off. A good wind helped Us through Hainon Strait and we reached Indo- China. We still had food, but no water, so we put in to Haiphong.
Onco More Arrested "After half an hour the French police enme, took the bont near Castle House; tonk us nshore and, though they did not actually put us in gaof, kept us in a side room in the Police Station. It was gnol, geol, caci, | cverywhere, we went.
"That was July 12. When we tried to explain that we only wanted water they said, “You have no special permit to be here and as we do not know you we must be sure of you.'
"We did not mind this, but the |ireatment we then received was un- expected. They gave us every day for each meat three-quarters of a pound of bread and unbolled water |from a tub-nathing else. We were always terribly hungry and the water. nude us sick. When we questioned them they explained that there were holidays and when the holidays were lover it would be changed; but after
the holidays it was just the same,
"When we again protested the Frenchi sald we could not get any- thing else as we had no consul there to pay our expenses.
"After 15 days the Commissioner of Pollen at Haiphong explained to us that he had an order from Hanod to sell our ship, give us the money, and send us to Shanghal. They sald our boat was damaged already and they could not allow us to continue to cruise about the Indo-China const without a permit.
"They valued the boat al 300 Dinstros, but on the day we left they handed us three tickets to Shanghal of a total value of 244.80 plastres and when we asked for the
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rest of the money they told us they and only the clothes wo wore. Welcent pieces in his pocket, all his
had kept if for our food and lodge arrived in Hongkong on Sunday and wealth, as he concluded: "But we
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They put us on the Klungchow we will be leaving for Shanghal on still like the sea, and some day, we
Wednesday."
will do a trip like this again, pro- with only three plastres between us
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