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tempting thither capital from all see ilons of British domialans. It now has LONDON, Dec. 19 (Router).
7,000,000 tons of shipping per year, -Major Ilinski, of the Polish over $36,000,000 of locally registered Military Mission, spoke in Lon-capital, and it is practically the finan don to-day on Poland's war efforts to organise her fighting forces.
of dex- Polish ships, consisting troyers and submarines constituted part of the Allied forces and operated under the Pollsh flag under officers.
clul centre, for the whole East."
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Latest Claim Over Graf Spee Sinking STOCKHOLM, The post-card is twenty years old. it in Austria which has the credit of (Reuter).-The fate of the Brat adopting the invention, though i Gruf Spee is a severe blow Canton
the cebu was Brat advocated by that well-known
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astonished Con- first burat on thin inental world. The Idea enught un, "Dagbladet," who declares Homburg and we need not remind our readers that official quarters of the how woon it became popular in this country. The post-card is so much a capital are very bitter, re world's institution" now that it mea
garding the refusal of the atrange to think how young it in.
ppplication, Uruguayan Government to reneles at rates which will be quoted on BAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in allow the battleship an eX- Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed obtainable on application tension of time in order to Banka Head Once to Landon Undertakes Executor & business, Tax overpaid, on terms which may br enable the necessary repairs
ascertained at any of its Agencies and Игопелев to be made.
Men of the Polish merchant marine
were liable to be called up for ser- of an in- vice in the ney in case
creased demand, and a special Palish naval depot is being established for the
of training further purpose personnel and formation of reserves.
Soon To Sail Again
He hoped that the day was not far again all the Ballle.
distant when the Polish Navy would
25 YEARS AGO
Dec. 20, 1914. An offelal statement says that 82
persons were killed and 240 wounded In Hartlepool: also
the barbardment of Harties and ten on the dentroyer Doun, with Afteen wounded. in the engagement off! Our ships were hit by the coast fartlepool. A Beriin official statement Batteries but only slightly damaged..
protectell acout, sister The Patrol in ship to the Fathinder, of 2940 tona, She is armed with 94. gun. duis 25 knuls and has
crew of 288. The
For the land forces now training somewhere in France it was intended to form infantry divisions as well as armoured and merchanised units under the Polish High Command.
Ilinski mentioned the Major recruitment of manpower, and said that the Polish forces would be composed of officers and men of the Polish Army
succeeded in who renching Allied territory, of Polish reserves who were in Britain, France and elsewhere abroad, and by calling to the colours Poles in Britain and France.
Last but not least were the Polish of the all parts Volunteers from world,
Millions Available Major Ilinski mentioned that there were four million Poles in the United States, half a millon In South America. 150,000 In Canada and 100,000 in France.
The training in France is in full swing.
The Polish air force is divided into two groups, one in Britain and the other In France.
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The Poles were lucky in getting away fairly large number of force personnel and already several squadrons are being organised,
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Similar power is conferred on the Reserve Bank of India.
French Loan To China Report Unconfirmed
PARIS, Dec. 19 (Reuler).-Reports from the Far East of a 180,000,000 franes loon to China for the construc- tion of a railway linking the pro- vinces of Yunnan and Szechuan are not confrmed in official quarters.
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They accuse Uruguay of a breach of international law and declare that the matter will not be forgotten by Germany.
They allege that Uruguay sub- mitted to English pressure. There- fore their action in sending the Grat Spee out of Montevideo "in a state of disrepair" was not in conformity with strict neutrailty.
Nazis Consolation The correspondent adds, however, that there is consolation in Germany that the Deutschland and the Admiral Scheer.can still harass English ship- ping, and that English warships will
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"Tipperary," the once rejected but now world-famous song, has its crities well an its admirers. Aas if we are to judge from the Ilome papers, thrac critics are mostly musicians, who are very much out of the picture Just now, but who are turning to scraps of music which are popular at the moment, and their usual standard. Some of the be obliged to operate for away from and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. Exchange Business transacted, are attempttug to measure them by eminent critics have suggested that "Tipperary should be suppress have cause it has no musicni merit, and offered ather Lunes in its stead such as Elgar's "Land of Hope and Glory,"
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The Berlin representative of the "Tidningen" says that mouming for the Graf Spee is combined with gratification that the battleship, did not fall into English hands.
"Cheap Victory" Prevented The British had counted on a cheap victory, says the German Press, but Hitler fooled them by the order to blow up the vessel.
and 8-11 pm, on 9.52 m.c.'s per second.
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12.30 Evic Hays (Vocal) and Jack Harris & His Orchestra.
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The following appointmente unen made in the Hongkong Volunteer Reserve--Lieutenant G. K. Hall Brut- ton to be Captain; Corporal F. Grone The newspapers unite in declaring to be 2nd Lieutenant; End Lieutenant that the end of the Graf Spee was anther Forecast and Announcements.
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Donjamin
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and in conformity
gant Richard John Stevenson to be with the traditions of the German Warrnat Officer (Sergeant Major In- Navy. Ktructor) with the rank of Honorary
Band Lieutenant in the Engineer Com Graf Spee Crew To
pany. Hongkong Volunteer
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 20, 1929.
The following will reprerat the Recreio in their League Match against the Royal Artillery to-morrow on the Park J. Reerele ground. King's Guterres, H. A. Alves. 11. 1. Xavier RP. Xavier, E. Noronha, A. P Pereira, C. M. Sauen, G. Guterres, J. H. Figueiredo, M. P. Pinna and P. 1. Car-
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With Wing Commander A. . 5. Steele-Perkins s principal host, the Royal Air Force, including both Kni Tak base and the fleet air nrm, gave ball at the Peninsula Hotel last night briliant which was in every way
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Der. 20, 1934.
Japan's dreiston to Abrogate the Washington Treaty has called forth comment from all over the world, and; Mr. K. Hirola, the Foreign Minister, Lo-day reiterated Japan's polley in the matter of naval armaments. Battle- ships and aircraft carriers must be totally abolished for the sake of world perce, he said.
The Abyssinian Government has tele graphed to the League of Nations' refterating the charge that the tallann were the aggressors in the clash In Unlun diatelet, on the Somaliland frontier. The Abyssinian Government also charges that the Italians were the aggressorn in a second encounter with tribesmen three days later further in the Interior. The Ethiopians take the Atand that alual is Abyssinian terri fory anyway and that the Italhus havr: no right there, Baving recuplet the place illegally. The felgrom staten that these are the two principal quen. lans to be settled and repents the Government's desire for arhiization of the subject which the Hallan Govern ment has declared to be unnecessary.
Built for Poland, the first liner over to eat under Poland's flag, the leant- shi Marshal Pilsudski wan Inched Enge today. She is a 1,000 tons vessel with a speed of 26 knote, and is nained after the famous Dictator of the country: who is responsible for the paiñession of the nation and the post-war pro- pressiveness. (She was torpedoed Innt. week.--Ed.).
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POLES TRAINING TO HIT BACK Navy And Land Forces To Join Allies
LONDON, Dcc. 10 (Reuter) ---- Poland's war efforts in the Allied cause wore discussed by a member of the Polls Military Mission to An agreement has been reached
with the British Government for unlis of the Polish Navy to operate with
Advertisers are Britain. requested to submit copy for display adver tising not later than 2 p.m. on the day before publication.
the Royal Navy for "the duration."
They comprise destroyers and sub- Few Polish merchanfiden are now in enemy handa,
Marines, which are manged by Poles.
Pollal land forces are now train- ing in Franec,.
Be Interned
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 10 (Reuter). The Argentine Government has decided to intern the oflcers and men of the Graf Spee, who landed at Buenos Aires following the seuitting of the battleship,
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