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Appeal For Funds
Red Cross Society And War Organisation
The Committee of the Hongkong branch of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St, John War -Organisation, which was formed at the pubile meeting of Government House on Thursday lesued its Drst appeal for funds yesterday,
The Committee in headed by Lady Northcote, as President, who alg the appeal together with the Vice- Presidents, Lady Noble, Lady Mac- Gregor, Lady Pollock, Lady Ho Tung and Mrs. A. E. Graseli.
The appeal states:
We appeal for contributions to the Fund, the object of
of which is to be of service and comfort to British fight- ing men and civilians who may be the victims of the war between the Alites
Germany.
and
Part of the money raised here will be used to finance work undertaken locally; the remainder will be re- mitted to the main Fund in England. We trust elucerely and confidently contributions hat many generous
that
will be forthcoming for this noble purpose. At the same time we wish to make it clear that no sum is too small to be helpful to those sufferers. Cheques, bank notes ele, should be sent to: The Hon. Treasurer, British War Organisation. Hongkong and Shanghal Bank,
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"POTATO" JONES
September 18, 1939.
War On Sea
Tanker Sunk By A German U-Boat
London, Sept. 17.
The then rescued from the New- castle tanker Cheyenne, owned by the Anglo-American Oll Company, described how a British destroyer caught the German U-boat In the act of shelling them, The Cheyenne nighted the
Friday submarine on afternoon when it WALK about six miles away.
The tanker went full speed ahead
On
in an effort to escape, by the sub- marine caught up and began shelling her. Suddenly Emoke appeared the horizon and shortly after
destroyer British
rushed ta
scene.
去
the
The U-bont promptly dived and the destroyer dropped depth charges over a wide aren.
As
result of the
shelling
the Cheyenne broke in two sections and driited apart. As she was n danger to navigation the destroyer tacen sank her. The
Ida the Norwegian ship aboard
Dakke.
crew
were
The entire crew of the Cheyenne, numbering 37, have been landed in England by lifeboat. There were no the casunities. The erew declared submarine offered to tow the crew towards the Irish coast if no rescue vessel arrived.-Reuter,
Allics' Prizes
Paris, Sept. 17. L'intransigeant reports unofficially that Allies have sunk two and
Poster Led "Potato" Jones captured eight German submarines,--
Him Astray
POSTERS of young men in
bathing trunks, advertising Richmond
Raths, Surrey, in-
duced Mr. Kenneth M. Turner, of Friars Stile-road, to go for a swim-with bathing trunks.
But he was refused permission to
bathe with them. Costumes, he was told, were necessary for gentlemen.
So Mr. Turner sent a letter of pro- fest to the Baths Committee, saying that their advertisements are con- tradictory to the regulations..
Mr. Newman, superintendent of Rletmond Baths, call: "I am res- ponsible for the regulations, and I am taking no notice of the complaint. "IT ISN'T DECENT"
Does It Again!
United Press,
Danish Steamer Sunk
Flushing, Sept. 17.
the Danish 11 is revealed that steamer Randa of Bergen, en route to Antwerp, sank after striking a mine of Terschelling on September
Runs Gauntlet Of The man steamer Providenza
German Fleet
rescued
landed here twenty and persons, including four Americans, while seventeen. Including four Americans are still mission-Reuter,
LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuter).— The British collier Bramhill, which first came into the public eye during the Spanish DISORDERS IN CAMP War, when, under the com- mand
of Captain "Potato" Chinese Internees Throw Jones she ran the Franco
Stones at Doctor blockade, has run the gauntlet of the German fleel and mine- felds in the Baltic.
Another disturbance at the Matau- chung internment camp was revealed
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HANKOW
STARE
"I don't think it decent for men to The Brambili arrived in a home port following the appearance of three TOMORROW
wear trunks in a closed-in bath.
It
is different in the open air, where people want to sun hathe.
"The women here would object to
il. Men must not display their
chests while swimming.!!
The posters were bought by the ilaths Committee, who displayed
them.
War-Time Nerves
Some of Britain's most brilliant
internees before Mr. Himsworth at
to-day with a cargo of wood pulp Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday, A Warner Bros.
for some paper mills.
when Hing Cheong, 34, Cheung Captain Parker, who is Brst nate Cheong-hol, 25, and Pant Shu-sang, under Captain Jones, refused to 26, were charged with assaulting Dr. reveal the port from where the
E. M. Tai and with disorderly con- Brambhna lett,
duct on Friday. The crew were equally uncommuni-
cative, though one of the man sald:! "It was an exciting voyage."
LATE NEWS
Flight To Rumania
Inspector Rogers sald Dr. Tai wng visiting patients in the hospital ward and while leaving the camp was stoned by a number of internees. He was injured on both hands and the Thead.
On defendants being found guilty, Inspector Rogers asked that a serious view be taken.
"The Military are not in charge [nuw, and it is taken all our time speelulists in nervous direuses are co-j
to take charge of them," said Inspec- operating with the Government
BUCHAREST, Sept. 10, (Reuter).for Royers. "The men have a deviring means to deal with the
Foreigngrievance against the doctor which emotional and mental strain of war--Colonel Beck, Peland's the w evans and the armed Minister, has arrived in-Rumania Dye unfounded, and we have to provide roati, Other Polish Foreign Office Police escort for him when he visits officials arrived by buses, cars and the Camp," wagons, many of the ears having only Sentencing defendants Mr. Hims-
forev
Important expleted shortly.
recommendations
A sub-committee, appointed at ajenough petrol to get them over the worth sald-This is a particularly The whereabouts of other vicious and cowardly attack by 30 or recent meeting between Sir Walterfrontier.
140 men on one man. You will each Womersley, Minister of Pensions, and Polis leaders is unknown.
The last seat of the Polish Govern- be sentenced to two months im- the specialists, met recently in an effort to formulate practical conclu-nent (Kuty) was heavily tombed prisonment.”
****just as the foreign diplomats were Flons,
leaving and
morning, Mr. yesterday
Lord florder was in the chair. Buzzard, Dr. Bernard Hart, Dr. Gor-aad Mt. Noel, the French envoy, are don Holmes, Dr. J. I. Macdonald, now in Humania.
Fifty-five Polish planes have land- Dr. E. Mapother, Dr. I. Crichton- Miller and Dr. W. Aldren Turnered in Rumania. were present,
Sir Hubert Band, Sir E. Farquhar Kennard, the British unus Duchess Of Kent
There were no poll- board, The tical passengers on
were followed by German
It was explained that experience planes and scientifle research in post-war chasers six miles inside the Ruman- years had
added immensely
tolan frontier,
medical knowledge of nervous and cognate disorders, and Sir Walter felt.
ко that this knowledge might be collated as to be of service to medical men in another war,
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