Saturday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 30, 1939.
By Walt Disney
DONALD DUCK
A BAD INFLUENCE ON THE OTHER ANIMALS?
GWAN, WHAT---OKAY! OKAY!
I'LL TAKE MY
OSTRICH BACK, THEN I
a
GRUMBLE ---BAD INFLUENCE --A LIKELY
STORY---PHOOLE,
GRUMBLE---
Ford 1919. Wit Davey Pula 11-20
DONALD PUCK
USE ONLY
"ANCHOR BRAND
NEW ZEALAND'S FINEST
BUTTER
The World's Best
SOLE AGENTS-LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD., and from ALL LEADING STORES & COMPRADORES
BISHOP PLANS TO MONDAY IS JANUARY 1, AND—Gay Colours
SEND PADRES
TO GERMANY
DR. B. S. BATTY, Bishop of Fulham, who also holds the Anglican jurisdiction over chaplains in North and Central Europe,
is canvassing the possibility of sending British chaplains to enre for British prisoners of war..
"If the war follows the course of the last conflict this will; become a major question," the Bishop said.
"IL muy be injudicimes to announce that we envisage the pos-j sibility of a number of men being captured," he went on, "but thej fucl remains that between 1914 and 1918 no fewer than 9.760 men) died in prison camps in Germany-most of them with no British chaplain to ense their hours.
TYRES BULLETS CANNOT BURST
A BULLET-PROOF tyre is now being used by the Army for! their supply, scout and armoured
carн.
It is the first efficient type to be produced by any country. It stands
"My own plan . if possible, and
| it required, to enable one chaplain to be admitted to each camp. My pre- decessor, Bishop Berry, was allowed Into Germany, and I should welcome the opportunity of going myself,
Not Army Padres
"The men I should seleef," mitter! Dr. Batly, "would not be Army diaplain: anyone from the War Omce. would be suspret. 1 should prefer them to be bachelors, as they would have to stay in Germany for the duration; and I should also like them to have some educational
uzle
qualifications, for then they would be
to organise classes.
1 should try to include a Ronum Catholte priest and a Nonconformist in my little band. But in the case of not so Roman Catholics the need urgent, for there are priests in Ger-
up for at least 100 miles after be many who could minister to them hit by gunfire.
Brigadier J. S. Crawford, Director
satisfactorily."
fitted with
of Mechanisation at the Ministry of evt. trucks have been Supply, sakt recently: "We be bullet-proof tyres for a considerable research during the last war. Years time, and now we have one of in- of experiments: folfowed, Our 15-proved design and performance."
NUFFIELD JOINS
AIR MINISTRY
workable.
YOUR
YOUR FIRST
DAY WISH-
FIRST
DAY
WISH-
if you were
OUTCH
would be
NIEUWEJAAR (New Year)
and
If you
were an
ICELANDER
would be-
GLEDILEGRA NYAR
Happy New Year)
and
If you
if you
were
**NORWEGIAN
GODT NYTTAAR (Good New Year)
ARE a
SCOT
A GUID NEW YEAR TÅE ANE AND A
(A good New Year to one and
all)
"First Footing" As Popular In Britain As In Hongkong
BY ARTHUR SHARP
YOUR FIRST DAY WISH.
if you
are
IRISH →→
will be
GO MBEIRIMID BEO AR AN AM SO ARIS. YMay in all be alive this time.
apath...
and
if you
are
RUMANIAN
LA MULTI ANI. (I wish you good luck for many years.)
1940 STARTS
JAN. 13--
In War Time
LONDON dress designers are learning a lot about their own) country folk by taking Fashion!
in-
WAS ARROL
AS ROUND
Protruding Stomach Made . Him Look Deformed H Excess fat is unhealthy and un
on tour in the Provinces. Said pleasant-for both men and women. one of the exhibitors;
I should be got rid of whenever it "Birmingham was not very
appears, whether early in life or late, terested, I felt it was perhaps be-This man, for all his three score years cause it is fairly close to London; and and ten, determined to reduce his, also so many people live a good way weight. Read how he succeeded: outside Birmingham.
"Manchester
"A few years ago
I felt I was way Kreat beller, and many people came to a barrel, for I am not very tall, and deal almost finished. I was as round as sce the collection,
"Lecris,
with my protruding stomach I looked splendid, and showed to 300 people there, many of 10 lbs., and on top of it all, I suffered we deformed. My weight was 16 stone whom ordered.
Was
"The approval of the collection no longer able to work, I started so badly with rheumatism that I was itself was generous throughout the tour," he continued, "and from the taking Kruschen Salts, and now both trip we discovered quite definitely rhmallstri and fat havo disappeur
ed. My weight is now 12 stone B lbs/
that--
"(1) To-day very few people ever can dig my garden, and do my own change into
even the most simple work, in spite of my 70 years."—V.R. dinner dress in the evening. At the
val they will buy a grand but prae-internal organs to throw off each doye The six salts in Kruschen ossist thó tical house bout
the wastage and polsons that encunt
(2) They are all doing some sort ber the system. Then, little by little,
of war work and have little tine for at ugly fat disappears, Ickure
"(3) They want only suits (and by that I mean all sorts of suils) and phila woollen dresses with coats
"(4). They love colour and are sick to death of black and black-out
"(5) They are as interested and as cheerful about clothes as ever, and given the opportunity are anxious to carry on with their buying as before, though, of course, they have no use for an ranny clothes as they had be fore.
"Shortly we shall be in Bath and WILE the rest of Britain ecle Cheltenham-a very different, cort of brates New Year's Day on Monday, in countryside with a different sort of the valley called The Gwaun, hear people."
Fishguard, in West Wales, they are
waiting until Janulity 13.
When the Gregorian calender was
introduced into this country, in 1759,
the Inhabitants of the valley consider their lives.
NOTWITHSTANDING all the modern gaiety when the Old Year fades out to the blare of "swing" music and cacophony ofed they had been robbed of 13 days of trumpets and sixophones, many old customs will linger, both in Great Britain, Ireland,and Hongkong.
of ancient
For instance, in contrast
Farkl
one's
Su..._to_get_eventhey-do-nut-begin
refresh-
AMERICAN
SHIPS
Washington, Dec. 20.
It is believed that Navy officials just ready to support the proposal, if and when made, to start building at the next few years, least four 65,000-ton battleships in
In fact, the present, enthusing in night; the good folk let themselves
the New Year until January 13.
On that day farmers ieave their Navy Officials Support welcoming the New Your with every go: there is dancing in the squares ploughs for a day's shooting, and call LORD NUFFIELD has been appointed Directoring of church bells, the blowing of with vociferous renderings of "Auld ment.
kind of noise imaginable-the peal and much handshaking, culminating on neighbours' houses for
Latest Proposal General of Maintenance in the Air Ministry, without outers and mator-horis Lang Syne." It Is all in hearty In the hamlet of Cilředyn Bridge,
anything that will kick up a din-ls coct-fellowship
heart in the valley, 72-year-old Juhn Page remuneration. This was officially announced last month.really a relic of far-away times when warms to une's fellows on such an revealed why this custom had per
folk sought 10 Neare of necasion.
sisted. He will be responsible to the Air Council, through the Air Witches and evil spirits supposed to
"We call it Hen Galan," he said, Member for Supply and Organisation, for the organisation already be peculiarly active on this suspicious "Burning The Claivie"
"and originated years ago, when established and in course of rapid expansion, for the repair of cension.
And you can step out of this and workers were paid extremely
Naval experts argue that at a cost aircraft and ancillary equipment of the Royal Air Force,
of £32,500,000 each, they will be re- Many of the older customs and modern revelry bencall the electric low wages. observances are obsolete;
Or January 13 all workers would latively more economical to build and Lord Nuffield will also exercise |
but here ights into the Saturnalian ritual of AS CRITIC
and there we find various savivals ancient tradition by visiting Burg- take a holiday and go round the farms operate than 35,000 or 45,000-ton general supervision, under the
He criticized the Air Ministry Isles in particular seen to cling of "Burning the Claivie"--the crate We used to get such things as half Air Member for Supply and;
tradition. The British head, where is the age-old ceremony with bags and sacks to colleel food. Verris,
The designs are said to be already available Organisation, of the supply ser-and described the "shadow" aircraft
the remnants of medieval rites, more of turret slaves, which is carried, a cheese.
result of the lang "To-day people who go round the loading practice of Blue azing, on the shoulder of a swift.
printing vices of the Royal Air Force, Industry scheme of that date as un-thon many countries.
sure-footed young nm, pursued by farms get cake and sometimes a sub-admirals ideas of future battleships. with a view to their co-ordina-
to the hooraying" crowd to the top of antial dinner."
Retter. tion with the repair services. Two years later, he agreed to brilliant dance-bas where
the bill facing the Moray Firth where Lord Numeld will be assisted by Since then, he has given fall support New Year a rousing cheer, with up- of the "claivie."
help in the R.A.F. expansion scheme. "bright young Modernis give thea Lontre is made with the remains Mr. Oliver Boden, who has been op- the great task of building up to-date galety and pageantry,
It is suggested that pointed Deputy Director-Generai.
you the ceremony is a relic some Jung- Britain's air arm.
may take a Deep u
Carhampton forgotten faith. UNPAID
near Minehead, Somerset, where the [Mr. Oliver Boden is managing ancient custom of Wassailing the In parts of Galloway the ancient) Both Lord Nußeld and Mr. Boden director of Nuffield Mechanisation fruit trees is still observed on New custom of drinking the "cream" or have undertaken to discharge, thei; and Aero Lid. He has
been with Year's Ev..
Here, la the last hours: "lower" of the water at midnight on offices without reniuneration of any Lord Nuffield since 1927. In 1030 h of the old year, the villagers form Hogmanay is still practised, when
was appointed managing dicelor of themselves into Wassall Parties, and the puris at
Dear Kiddler. Lord Nuffield was 02 last month. Morris Motors Ltd.
party wait until the Previously he proceed to certain oreturris, where; last stroke of midnight ins clonged dies. I
Very few entries this week, kid- In 1936, he caused a sensation by had directed the Morris Commercial the farmer and his family join them out from the church tower, and then many more because I know you are thought Here would bo stating that his offer to make tera Car Co. from 1932. Last July he
dnsh off to the nearest spring to fond of colouring competitions. How- engines for the Government had been agreed to serve on an industrial
Toasting The Trees secure the "ereom of the year." The ever. I suppose you have been 60 “turned down fat" by Lord Swinton, panel formed in connection with the
girl who succeeds in drinking the busy this Christmas that you had who was then Air Minister.
Standing in a ring round the trees, first "pitcherful" of the new year he time for the competitions, Ministry of Supply.]
the company sing the old-time Wasure to have good luck, for there's t sallern Song. with
The prize-winner ringing chorus:
special virtue in the water at that nie- witching hour.
kind,
Swan, Culbertson & Fritz
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Members of New York Colton Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
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Commodity Exchange, Inc., New York
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its
Old-apple tree, old apple tree, We've come to wassall thee
Northern Bonfires
II
not WIS
unustal to make
Girls and Boys' Corner
ORLIGEN PNI MIRENC.
BNISA
DIEHSS
this week
SCEAUAPN CEG BATRE ALOLE SVEIE
Ghazi Khan (aged 11). 1, Ashley Road, 2nd Floor, Kowloon,
Iloracio Ozorio (aged 9), 289,
To bear, and to boss applewhoopee" in olden-time on New Prince Edward stead,
enow,
Year's Eve, and survivals of it may Hats full, caps full, three bushelbe seen in the custom of lighting bags full,
bonfires to mark the year's passing,
under the stairs.
Joey Yung (aged 6), 42, Cheung On Street, 2nd Floor,
Coupons have been sent to Ghazi,
Barn floors full and a little heap Allendale, in Northumberland, an-teme
et Biggar, in Lancashire, and at Horacio and Joey which I want them the "Hongkong Tele- father relle of the ancient festivals of raph" offices in Wyndham Street. After the song, cider in drunk the fire and light, Irish folk welcome The coupons will then be exchanged trees being toasted repeatedly. Final- New Year with revelry
for money prizes.
and son,
Specially commended for excellent! ya piece of toast is placed in the health-drinking, and many people
work aro the following: fork of the biggest tree, ostensibly attend the Walchnight Services. for the birds, but it is really intend Perhaps tho
*Senlors: John Grey, Paul Vessoona, most universal old Penny Lee, Young Kit-wa.
Ozorio,
Nume
Address
This is all my own work
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ed, so the old Granters whisper as custom existing is that of first- Intermediates: Roberto Quan, Alice on offering to the spirits who watch footing." It is prevalent in Scotland, Pan. Patricia
have found the names, write them Micheline over apple trees. Just a little touch the North of England, and the mining Mabille, Albert Green.
down neatly in a list. Fill in the you see, of the pagan superstitions of villages of the Midlands-friendly long ago. But it's all very jolly..
Juniors: P. Wong, Lily Lee, Lora name, age and address coupon and send your entries to Uncle Eddle, and zociable observance. On no ac- Jidkoff, Ines Law.
I want to thank Paul Vestoona, c/o "Hongkong Telegraph", Wynd" Travel into Scolland where they count must a woman be the first to know how to welcome the New Yenrienter over the threshold to "let in" Kors Jukoff and Elsa Laurel for the hum Street.
In proper spirit. (indeed the Newthe Now Yoar, it must be a man, and lovely Christmas cards and greetings for the best entry in each age
Threo prizon will again be given,
We are having an interesting type
section.
Wishing you all a Hoppy New of competition this week, kiddies, Mother Rabbit, seen in the picture Year, above," makes such good things to ent. Her kitchen - ls -a, fascinating place. The jumbled letters
re Jaho uses for her cooking.. When you farranged spell, the names of things
Year holds its own among the tall dark man is all the more wel- which they sent to me this work. festivals wherever Scolemen gather) come. Ife is regarded as a "lucky- and keep Hogmanay right heartily, bird" or luck-bringer. But a woman
as firat foot la taboo, for note:-- There is much "first-footing" atid parties of friends go round from house to house greeting each other. In town and city allke there is much excitement' as the clocka chime mid-^^
If the fist-fool is a wornan, And that woman she be fair, In all the days that follow -You will have a' care.
Uncle Eddi
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