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CHRISTMAS MY
BRIDES
Many Ceremonics Hold On Saturday
Many Christmas weddings were solemnised on Satur- day.
THE marriage of Mr. Eric Arthur Matthews to Miss Margery Grace Knapman took
at the place quietly
Peak Church, the Very Rev. J. L. Wilson, Dean of St. John's Cathedral officiating.
The bride, who is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. FURNISHED FLAT, Prince Edward Knapman, of Clifton, Bristol, was Rand. All modern conveniences. Avallible im-
given away by Sir Vandeleur $150 per mensem. mediately. Write Bux 562, "lang-Grayburn, and attended by Mrs. L. Goldman, as matron-of-honour. kong Telegra."
The bridegroom is the second son of the late Albert Lister and Mrs. Matthews of Putney, and is a bank fletal of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hongkong.
They Couldn't Keep Him Down
Legless Pilot Joins R.A.F.
Mr. W. G. Carruthers undertook The reception was held at The Cliffs," The Peak.
the duties of best matt.
At the Registry
At the Registry before Mr. T. J. Gould. Deputy Registrar, Miss Eliza- LONDON, Dec. 24 (Reuter).beth Davis, teacher Stanley Fort. --Eight years ago Flying Oflleer became the bride of Sergeant Instrue-
tor Donal Maenair, of Stanley Fort. D. R. S. Bader, ex-Hendon aero- batic age was coming out of a slow roll when he crashed at Reading and received terrible injuries.
Ite hovered between live and death in the hospital, losing both legs.
Now he is once more an air fover pilot, samewhere in England.
As soon as he was able, he took a course in evil aviation, actually learning to put a plane, operating the controls with his false limbs.
His application to rejoin the air force was refund in peace tane, but on the outbreak of war he renewed his application, asking to be allowed to fly single-senter machines.
Flying Over Dader who has stolently overcame his injuries, now has a short handicap at goll, dances, and drives his own car.
New Type Of Government
|
The bride is the daughter of Mr. Wilfred Davis, mining engineer, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. Neil Machair, clerk. The witnesses were Miss Hilda Belty Harker and Mr. W. S. Campbell.
Mr. Len Schmelder, secretary of W. S. Bailey and Co., Ltd., was married by Mr. Gould to Helene Korczyn (nec Bondi), demonstrator at the School of Pathology of the Hongkong University.
Messrs. A. Vago and Karl Gluser witnessed the ceremony;
Scott-Gidley
December 26, 1939.
'GOODBYE Hitler In Two
VIENNA?
"DANUBE SPIRIT
IS IN PARIS”
-SAYS WALTZ KING OSCAR STRAUS, Viennese compo- ser, creator of "The Chocolate Soldier" and many other operettas, who has just become a naturalised Frenchman, will never go back to live in Vienna again.
"I am too disgusted with what has happened there," he told me, and I am indeed happy to be a Frenchman. Paris, of all the capitais, comes nearest to the spirit of pro-Nazi Vienna." Gay No More
I don't want to talk politics," he sald. "i am to politician, but I know that the Nazis have trampled down the gay artistic spirit of Vienna and Austria.
now
"I had to leave behind many of my "private possessions, Perhaps
they still play some of my songs and lunes. Last they do not, of course. mention, my name. Songs For Troops
"Yes, I suppose they are stealing my work-but then they have stelen counley, so one must not be sur- prised."
songs-sungs
I found bir hard at
work on batch of lively now written freshly for the saldiers of France and Britain to sing
Spiders Are Doing Their Bit
By MEA ALLAN
TEN spiders are helping us to win the war. They are playing their part in, mak- ing the binoculars used by men in the field and at sea.
I visited the factory in Clerkenwell, E.C., where they work, and met Mr. "Friday" Creel, who is their "foreman."
"This one is called Blackle," was "Oh, yes, I am trying to make them his intraduction. When I reached gay," he said. "I have a new oper- to touch it he said: "Careful! etta with a military theme opening Black spiders don't ke shaking
Mr. Christian James Ernest Scott, engineer of Imperial Airways, mar- ried Miss End Mary Jean Gidley, of Kimberley Road, Kowloon, at the
Rev. Fr. L. Ross Rosary Church. offelated at the ceremony.
Parson's Bride The Clergy were well represented | don."
Je Zurich, events permitting. "I have an operetta performed in Czech national dress opening soon in Bordeaux. And the úpereita Three Valses, which ran for so long in Paris. may soon be staged in Lon-
Son Volunteers
volunteered to fight for the Affies.
hands. They hito.
And a
"Stripey in better tempered. grand worker, too.
"Striped spiders are more certain for spinning and give a better web."
Caught In Garden
his
Moods
Inside Germany
Shy Shop Windows
DRASTIC W regulations Jus
isatted in Germany forbid the display of foodstuffs in shop- windows,
In particular, the display of the fow foodslaffa which can be oh- tained without rallon-qards is a crhininal offence.
ANY action which could be re-
Farde
as un "inettement fo
[' 'Don't disturb our Fuchrer's, buy "ouch as labelling
meditations,
** Le Populaire," Paris,
HITLER: What! After taking half of Poland you still want to dominate the Baltic and Scandi
navian countries?
cer-
taln clothes in shop-windowa "Not rationed"s prohibited.
The regulations are described as n protection for genuine custo- mers against hoardern.
DR. GOEBELS Propaganda Ministry has issued a, secret order to German newspapers to restrict home, news as much a possible.
The German Press, as an instru- ment of the war, shoukl containt optimistic reports and war storles from all over the world, it is stated. But other Rems, such as crime ohd new laws and regulations, should be dealt with briefly and without prominence.
THE Basle "National Zeitung"
tells a
strange story of how a complete Issue of the Radical Nazi paper, the "Schwarze Korps," was banned, withdrawn,
and then hurriedly reprinted,
The Nazi censor objected to a cartoon about the R.A.F. which was shown dropping leaflets over Germany.
TRUE, an Inscription over the
ર
cartoon minde British airnien,
STALIN: Well! Aren't I the Beloved Father of the People? "Gringoire," Paris
General Wu Due
At Lhasa
CHUNGKING, Dec. 25 (Reuter).-
fun
of
the
But the drawing dir! 1105 Tow a single Nazi fchter going up to combat the ralders!
Stalin's Message To Ribbentrop
POST OFFICE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
On Monday, the 25th December, and Tuesday, the 20th December tite General Post Ofce and Branch Post Omees will be open as follows:-
Monday, 25th December General Post Once 8 am to 10 a.m.; Kowloon Central Post Office B a.m. to 10 a.m.; Sheungwan Branch. Post Office 0 a.m. to Dam,
Tuesday, 26th December
G. P. O. B .m. to Noon; K, P. 0. 8 a.m. to Neon; Sheungwan 8 path, to 10 a.m.
All other Branch Post Offices and Money Order Oflice.will be entirely closed during the Holidays,
There will be one collection from the pillar boxca each day as on Sun- days and one delivery of registered and ordinary correspondence at 10 a.m. on Monday, the 25th and at 11. a.m. on Tuesday, the 20th.
The Branch Post Omecs at Stanley, Tai Po and Un Long will also love one delivery of ordinary correspon→ dence each day at 11 nm,
Stnali Packet Post to all countries 3 suspended.
Christinas and New Year Cards enring not more than five written wards and enclosed in open envelopes are accepted by the Post Office at the ute for printed matter, ie, 5 cents for 2 ounces, for all countries,
Hongkong, China and Macao pt 2 ents per 2 ounces.
Envelopes must not be closed.
OUTWARD MAIL TIDIES Registered and Parcel Mails ure dosed 15 minutes earlier than the ime given below unless otherwise nated, and where mails are advertis- ed to close at or before 9 a.m. rogis- ered and parcel innils are closed at When pun. on the previous day. mails are advertised to close aller 5 2.11. Registered and Parcel malls
re closed at 5 p.ra.
Francisco
INWARD MAILS Air Máll by "Pan American Alr-ways
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Dec. 20.
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Haiphong.
Japan and Shanghai
Air Mall by "Imperial Ainvays Direct Service" London date, 20th December .....
.Dec. 28. U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Manila (San Francisco date, 3rd Decem- ber).
at the wedkling of Miss Annie Wild to Rev. Frank Evison at the English
The method of using spiders in the Methodist Church, Wanchal, on Saturday. The ceremony was con- Mr. Straus has two sons with him, making of scientifle instruments is a ducted by Rev. J. E. Sandunch,
in France. One of them has already complicated one. assisted by the Rev. 11. B. Batten-Other members, of his family are still garden at Caterham. Surrey.
Mr. Creed catehes them in bury, and Rev. Won; Chung-hol.
The bric is the daughter of Mr.
in Austria.
Arrived in Clerkenwell, the spiders
MOSCOW, Dec. 25 (Reuter).-M. and Mrs. P. Wild, of Oldham, Las- "Do you know, I feet a French-are put to work. Mr. Creed sits them General Wu Chung-hain, Chairman Stalin, in a message to Herr von I love the French and their on a small metal frame, taps them, of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Ribbentrop, le German Foreign Chiang Wants Creation easter, and is a recent arrival. She
is due, to was dressed in white satin broche, entry, I have composed many of and when they drop he winds the Commission,
arrive at Minister, acknowledging the latter's) Of Constitution
Lhasa, in Tibet, on New Year's Day birthday congratulations, cut on medinoval lines with trainy works here. As to whether I webs round the loom. and circular net vell trimmed with shall produce new operettas soon, Il The webs are then transferred to according to the latest information that the friendship of the peoples of Shanghai CHUNGKING, Dec. 26 (Reu-white cosmes. The bouquet was ter). The Chinese Govern- spray of red glacioli. ment's policy regarding the pro- posed early establishment of a constitutional government is set forth in a statement by Generales Edith Anstey and Phyllis Finch. Chiang Kai-shek, published in the Chinese press here to-day.
The Generalissimo declares that a constitutional period and pollent well proceed training period way parallelly.
It is not necessary, he says, for a constitutional period to Come only after the completion of a political ---Training-period
Political Training Urged General Chiang Kai-shek advocates the promulgation of a constitution with the, Government at the same lime enforcing political training, en- abling citizens properly to exercise their rights under a constitutional governnient,
The Generalissimo, however, warts the Chinese people of the evils of Chinese Parliament in the past after The establishment of the Repubile in 1911.
On those occasions, he asserts, members of Parliament not knowing their responsibilities, brought about
Rev. D. D. Childe gave the bride away and Rev. P. Jones was the best man. Bridesmaids were Mis-
They carried bouquets of inl gladiol, and wore dresses of blue taffeta trimmed with pink, with sil- ver head-dresses and shoes to tone with the dresses.
The Matron of Honcur was Mrs.
must
say that All composers and the diaphragms of telescopes, binget-reaching Chungking from Tibet.. producers are waiting a little while." Jars and levelling instruments. and
gummed into place.
General Wu arrived at Darjeeling as Decanber 6.
Church Bell
Splitting Threads
Sometimes with over-industrious spiders whier weave double or triple webs, each tiny thread has to he spill.
Injures Pastor
QUILPIE. (UP.) Pastorships, Although more modern methods where the pastor is required to ring have been developed for using the church bell, are now listed as a spider-webs in the graticules of bino- dangerous nccupation here. While culars, the web is still best for use the Rev. Father Donovan was per- in the troples.
S. I. Moore. Her ciress was of forming this duty part of the bell For wire stretches and fuses 1s printed it, swagger cont with wine broke use, dropping on his head, accuracy, while a web is elastic and accessories, She carried a spray of inflicting a severe wound. white cosmos and wine chrysan- Themume.
never varies Its tension.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr. NOT ONLY SPIDERS, BUT ALSO—
and Mrs. C. Evison, Oldham, Lan- caster. He is a member of the Methodist Missionary Society, and is now at Tung Chiling, Hongkong,
Mr. R. Stansfield was the organisi, and the others were Mr. E. Lloyd Jones and Rev. E. Moreton,
A reception WOM held at the Gloucester Hotel.
The bride's going-away dress was
3,500,000 Silk-worms Spin for Victory
a white coat, black fat and blacktion in which Queen Anne once lived, with a Norman-
LULLINGSTONE CASTLE, Kent, a Tudor founda-
accessories,
the failure of Chinese constitutional H.M.'S STIRRING RADIO million war-workers. They will be silkworms.
founded chapel, and a lake, is to house three-and-a-half
governments,
The statement also emphasises that political training does not mean that the Govermnent may use high-hand- ed measures towards the people, bul should adopt the manner and methodn of school-teachers helping the people to become worthy of their rights and privileges.
CHRISTMAS EVE RAIDS
(Continued from Page 1.)
numbers of Russians were leken prisoners."
Populace Spends Hours In Rald Shelters HELSINGFORS, Dec. 25 (Renter), -Helsingfors spent
anxious Christmas Day and the inhabitants stayed in air raid shelters for hours ne alarm was sounded.
The first siren went shortly after
10 o'clock in the morning, and 'was
MESSAGE TO EMPIRE
The Government is now test- ing silk (produced by the worms' predecessors) for use in para- schutes.
(Continued from Page 1)
prepared to sacrifice everything that freedom of spirit may be saved to the world,
Spirit Of The Empire "Such is the spirit of the Empire, of the great Dominions, India and every colony, large or small,
"The main question is," sald Lady Itart Dyke, chatelaine of the castle, "whether we can produce enough
Twenty-five
some branch of the ollk-worm in- dustry.
Cocoon-11⁄2 Miles
Nazis' Mass Migration Plan
silk to make it worth while. My few GERMANY and Russia are worms can only produce about 000 planning a huge migration parachutes, and they want thou-
scheme, by which the 120,000 sands," "From all alike have come afters
Germans living in the former of help, for which the Mother Coun-
out of the fifty-four Polish territory annexed by the rooms in the house are devoted to Soviet will return to Nazi Po- try can never be sumelently grateful. Such unity in aim and effort lin
land, and 600,000 Russian no- never been seen in the world before. "I belleve from my heart that the
[tions resident in the former cause which blads together my peoples and our gallant and faithful of 15 all the year round, spinning the be transferred to the new Soviet Lady Hart Dyke maintains a staff Czech Republic and Poland will alles is the cause of Christian civil-silk. In the season, June and July, districts. salon.
during which the silkworms emerge, Many of them are While Russians "On no other basis can true clvi- grow, had make their cocoons, the and Ukrainians, lisation be built.
staff rises to 50.
A number of German delegates ar- "Let us remember this through the dark times ahead and when we are
Gipsy labour and hop plekers rived in Warsaw recently to discuss
the project. working before the regular work
Germany is sponsoring the scheine for two reasons. Departure of the hand. We in the morning-plek the mulberry Russions will give space both for the
leaves on which silkworms feed.
| Germans called home from the Baltle "We got through 75 tons of mul- States and Poles elected from the bc. If it brings continued struggle, | berry leaves this year," said Lady Corridor and Posen. we shall remain undaunted.
Hart Dyke.
"Ench cocoon contains 11⁄2 miles of silk "Meanwhile I feel that we may all "To breed our worms we keep ono And a mercage of encouragement in every 200 cocoons, and let them the lines: I said to the man whotch. Every two years I import stood at the gate of the year:--Olve 100.000 eggs from Marseilles,
followed by repeated alarms through-making the peace for which all men starts--they arrive at 3.30 or 4 o'clock
out the day.
Red planes apparently succeeded only in reaching the suburbs of the capital, and no bombs were dropped, It is reported, however, that Viborg was rolded,
Golfer Shoots From Tree
PITTSBURON (UP)—When B Mercer's tee shot landed in a free bordering the 10th fairway, he was undaunted. He did iTarzan," climbed the trèe, braced himself be- tween the limbs and hit the ball from its high perch. Mercer's scoreboard for the hole showed a "nine."
pray.
"The New Year is at ennnot tell what it will bring. If it brings peace, how thankful we shall
Message Of Encouragement
It wit thus be possible for the Natis to carry through thele plan for making the Corridor "pure" German land.
Next move may be a request to the Soviet for the return of the so-called "Volga Germans."
me light so that I may tread safely "Silkworms, In their 28 days of These people have lived in the into the unknown. And he replied life, grow in sudden stages; they cast Soviet Union for 20 yeifts and are
farmers in Go out into the darkness and put their
times, each time among the finest your hand Into the hand of God.emerging larger than they were, bo-State
akin four
That shall be to you better thon fore. No sooner have the moths
fight.
May that Almighty hand Kuida and uphold us all.”
declares Germany and the Soviet is cemented Straits by blood and that it has every reason
Sandakan to be lasting and firm.
ULLMANN'S.
DIAMONDS
SETTINGS
WATCHES
THE BEST for price
and quality
the
J. ULLMANN
CHATER ROAD,
laid their eggs than they die. perature. If you lower the tempera-
"All exts are orphans, and we In-ture they don't eat so much." cubate them, rolsing the temperature The war has sent the price of silk of the incubator one degree every rocketing from 10s. 3. to 225, 3d,, 24 hours for 18 days," said Lady "strusa"the conrse fibre-has risen Hart Dyke.
from Is. Od, to 3s. 7d." "But we "You can speed up the silk worms shan't gain by this," said Lady Hart -The ship is slated to be a total | listened in to the speech from a laud-work by heating the run and Dyke "Everything else will go up in
slow it down by decreasing the temproperllon!"
LONDON, Dec. 25 (Reuter).-The British steamer Inverlane (0,000 tons) which, was mined last week, has how burried 'out."
loss.
Royal Family Liston
The Queen and the
speaker In 'quother room.
Princessen
& CO.
Dec. 28.
Dec. 28.
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.Dec. 20.
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.Dec. 20.
.Dec. 30.
Japart and Shanghai
Dec. 30.
Japan, Shanghai and Formosa
Dec. 31.
Japan
.Dec. 31.
London and Straits
Shanghai and Amoy
Straits and Salgon
.Dec. 31.
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and Tulagi
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