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CHUNGKING
DOG-FIGHT assim, as Japanese Plane Shot Down In Air Battle
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E em viata da Informacao CHUNGKING, Aug.20 (Cen-solicitada pelo Governo de Macau,
tral).--One Japanese plane was mais tenho a comunicar a todos.
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desejoses de Cidadaos shot down by Chinese pursuitļos machines during a fierce aerial refugiarem em Macnu, no battle over Chungking last night, dums passivel evacuacao, que e All Chinese aircraft returned to necessario their base safely.
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air-nomes e os das persons de suas craft came over to raid the war familias ᄂ respectivos SEXOR, time capital. The first squadron of idades e condicoes de vida. nine nachines came from the north
Urifilant
'batches of over
moon, 20 Japanese
and was immediately, challenged by CONSULADO DE PORTUGAL EM Chinese planes.
HONGKONG, aos 28 de AGOSTO
Chinese anti-aircraft batteries also de 1939, sway into action. The ralders Bew. away after releasing a number of missiles.
Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 29, 1939.
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Conucetion of Cross Harbour
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The "Telegraph" J. ULLMANN
50 YEARS AGO
August 20, 1889. The most popular song in Englandi just now in monopolized by the Landon idol, Miss Vestn Tilley, and is entitled
It is hereby notified that com- mencing at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, the Bachelers," Miss Tilley in a drawing
29th August, the hours of supply on the Island will be reduced to 10 hours per day, viz., 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. It is
hoped to restore the present 17
hours supply by 9 pm, òn Friday, 1st September.
A. B. PURVES,
Water Authority. Public Works Department, Hongkong, 26th August, 1930.- Baseball
NEW YORK OUTFITS SUCCEED
New York, Aug. 28. The following were the results of matches played in the Major Base- ball League:
favourite, both for herself and her manager. Far and who draws all the dudes of the metropolis to spend thele: money in the hall.
The song runs an follows: ----- I want a girl of flesh, not stone,
(Cheron-So do It)
:
Whose heart will heat for me alone:
(Cherus-Oh, what Joy1)
A tender, pure, impulsive mald
(Charous lard in find!)
A comforter when anerow comen;
(Chotou-Brave and kind!)
A John Hull's daughter like her dad.
(Chorous food and true!)
Unti
and one I shall search Eng land through.
(CharouAnd I'll not до виду
to Yankeeland.)
To seek out there a indy's heart and
hand!
An English girl, if win her love you;
CAN,
In good enough for any Englishmann.)
25 YEARS AGO
August 29, 1919.
In the House of Commons, Sir, Chur- chill Announced that ... Highflyer had sunk the German armed merchant. man, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse,
Mr. Churchill stated that the Kalver Withehu der Grosse was armed with ten four-inch guns. She had been inter. fering with trafe on the Cape route and was one of the very few German nuxiliaries which succeeded in getting to sea. Her survivors were landed bei for the sunk. The lighdyer had eno killed and five slightly wounded,
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British the The detaileit report t Ambassador in Hera to Sir Edward) Dan-Grey, describing the events prior to the
National League
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Cincinnati
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New York
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On homered for the Glants. tury-Giants, Lohrman and
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F. P. de V. SOARES,
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Consul Interino.
St. Louis...
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The second group of raiders, also numbering nine, came over the city of white smoke in its wake. about 10 minutes later. They were
The third group of raiders cireled once zind departed again out-manoeuvred and forced to over the city break
formation by the Chinese without dropping bombs.
Most of the missites unloaded by pursuit planes. One of them, riddled by Chinese machine-gun bullets, the raiders landed in the country- nose-dived to the ground with a trail side, causing only slight damage.
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ENEMY EYES ARE ON YOU!
Confessions of a
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EDWARD G.
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FRANCIS
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BOOKING NOW OPEN
3
5 { 10 14 0 Moure herred for the Cardials, Battery,--Braves, Morgan and Lopez.
Chiengo
5 3
7 15
1 Cub...
While ph Russel humeret for the Battery-Cubs, Root and Hartnett.
American League
New York Detroit
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rupture of relations, has been published. 1 miny descrilled is the most re markable
सर्व diplomatie docament
On August 4 the AD- modern times. bassnder asked the German Government whether Gerpany would refrain from: violating Belgian neutrality. The For- elga Minister, Herr von Jigow, San31 - diately replied "No, since the German have already crossed the fruntiers.” Here you Jugow explained that Germany www ubilged to advaner into France by the enniest road, and strike a decisive blow as quickly as possible, since an advance through the line of factresser to the south would have involved great Joe DiMaggio hojnéred twice and of time, he regretted that it was imposable for Vermany todenw back. Kelber one for the Yankees, Bat-
After the persentation of the British tery Yankees, Russo and Dickey. ultimatum, Herr von Jagow expresnei poignant regret at the crumbling of the entire palley, which was to make friends of England, anh, through England, of France. The Ambasador thereupon clared England, in view of her engager rents, could not have done otherwise. The Ambassador afterwards visited the Chancellor, who was very agitated. The Chirellog began-a prolonged har- augur, declaring just for n ягрир of paper, containing the word "neutrality" Britain won making war with a kindred mution, and that his policy of friend- ship with England had tumbled like n
Bator...
Cleveland.....
6 10
12
Williams hotuned for the Red Sox and Trosky for the Indians. Battery, -Red Sox. Auker and Peacock.
Washington
St. Louis
2 + 12 17
Travis homered for the Senators and Befner for the Browns. Battery. -Browns, Trotter und Harsbany,
The match between Philadelphia and Chiengo will be played at night, -Reuter.
LETTERS
Quo Vadis Lusitania?
The Editor.
Hongkong Telegraph.
to
Sin. The press notification by the Portuguese Consular Authorities their citizens to hold themselves pro- pared for evacuation elicits some! comment. I hardly think there are more than a dozen Portuguese, native of Portugal, in this Colony, and if Portuguese Colonials are meant, least 50%, if not much more. are British Subjects, a great percentage of whom were born in Hongkong anti have no connection at all with Macho.
nt
The sad point of it all is that Mac keeps sending to Hongkong every year a large quota of her children. most of whom are given cierleat jobs by the large British hongs of Hong- kong.
If there are a hundred Portuguese Colonial in Hongkong, perhaps not even 15% are independent bushess- men-they all depend upon the British longs for employment to keep their home fires burning and it would be a bad reflection on them were they to abandon Hongkong in her hour of
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distress.
house of cards.
The question of Tsingtau bas natur- ally dawn attention to Germany's colentil'Interests in other parts of the world. The news to date in that the British forces have neized Lome, in
German Togoland, that the Germans have vacated Swakopmund and Luderitz Bucht, in German South-west Africa, and occupied Taveta, In. British Enai Afrien.
The total extent of German posses. sion In Africa is stated to be 031,400 square miles, with a white population of 22,405 and an estimated native popu- lation of 11,405,024. The pussessions In the Pacife total 68,164 square miles, with n white population of 1,934 and native estimated
of population 643,570, while the total foreign depen- dencies, which have been neqüiced dør. "ing the yours to 3898, have an even-of 1,027,420 muure siles, with 姐 white population of 24,389, and an estimated native pupulation of 12,041,603.
MA
10 YEARS AGO
August 29, 1929, with dramatie suddennis, enhanced] by the common fear of a hat rupture of the repurattens conferener at the Bague, a settlement low cume like 1L holt from the blur.
A special meeting of the Powers wan called yesterday afternoon "lo end a situstion without prospect of success.” nut Inte but after the delegates haf into the night, there came the unex- pected nanounerment that a settlement was within picht.
The promise was later fulfilled, and official statement by the British delegie- tien revealing that the principal British
demands have been mEUS.
5 YEARS AGO
August 20, 1934. Russo-Japanese war АГАГ rumours They should never forget the fact still persist, hut nothing hus necurred that Portugal had never encouraged
to change the view previously expressed them
businessmen to be
by the
that neither country is rendy to throw establishment of Portuguese banks down the gauntlet without a great deal and other institutions to finance and more provocation than it has at present faellitate Portuguese to be indepen-
en I received. dent business people, so
so much so, as ! have said, that not even perhaps 1% of them Arc independent business people. The vast majority are de- pendent on this Colony for their bread and butter, and this makes the
Russo-German Trade Pact
notification for evacuation oppeur Reich Gives Credit Of
chemy
somewhat ridiculous. Perhaps I may but if I were to be in the be wrong,
200 Million Marks company 01 my worst (fortunately, I have no enemy,
BERLIN, Aug. 28 (Trans- know of) I would never tolerate that Ocean)-Details of the German- while he is in my company someone Soviet trade agreement which else should attack him, much worse were revealed to-day for the first
been enjoying pri- vileges of the soil of this territory time indicate that of the German
we are threatened with an invasion credit of 200,000,000 marks, my password is "Boys, let's only 120,000,000 marks will be
# sland by
this is the spirit of used during the first year. sportsmanship where we all stand one for all and later all for one,
Goods which Russia will receive
What the consensus
pr
In allently and swiftly canvassing from Germany include factory equip- Portuguese trend of thoughts I find ment, mine Installations, machinery opinion is for chemical Industrials, laboratory against evacuation for, although inaterial and electro-technical equip few of the majority who comprise
have might Luken such
umalaidom
Isomcat.
Russia will provide Germany with step, the majority
who are Colonials agricultural and forest products, as да Tow materials, unfinished themselves in Hongkong are keen in well
articles, and petroleum.
standing by to help the British,
is an admitted factor that Portuguese and Russian deliveries
It is emphasised that the German under the Volunteers are usually well com-
be Bgreement are to
regarded OR G.O.C. mended by the
"supplementary", and are not wever, Portugal is slowly
in- if, however, drifting away from her ancien vix chuded in the current commerce be-
tvcen the countries, liance with the English we may easily forget it but then should Portuguese, ellizens leave Hongkong, the British might in future pass the word between
themselves ever to give a job to any Portuguese, other than British Subjects or to such who have not abandoned Hongkong In`ter, moments of stress.
I confidently feel that 99.99% of Portuguese Čitizens оге perfectly willing to take arms in defence of Hongkong rather than to go to Macao and relax in fontan shops and to re- turi for jobs when conditions -be- come normal. So let's all stand by.
Jostra A, GUTIERREZ.
& CO.
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