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HANGOE
Ribachi
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Imatra
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ESTONIA
--THEN SEE WHAT THE SOVIET
Suojarvi
Vammelsuu
ALENINGRAD
ARE DOING TO FINLAND BRITAIN'S
COMPARE the circled numbers on G. VIBORG. Timber harbour 64 the map of Finland (above) with bombed by plane, Many Incendiary the numbers below, and you will seej bombs dropped,
bombed,
what has happened so far to the 7. ENSO, Industrial district
ittle republie, attacked on land, in the air, and from the sea by its neighboor-the U.S.S.R.
1. HELSINGFORS.
The White City by the Sea" Capital of the Re- public. Hundreils dead in air raids.
8. LAHTI, Finnish broadcasting siation here. Air-raided.
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"CARDINAL" ERRORS
German Propaganda
Gives A List
9. IMATRA, Electric light plant allacked from the air.
Bombarded. 2. HANGOL
10. SUOJARYI. Town with an im- portant strateglo harbour-Bombed strip.of territory occupied..
---One-of-the-latest pieces of anti- 3. SEISKARI. Island,
Finland's
only British propaganda la contained in a book called "For a New Europe," by prepare to land.
12, RIBACHI. Bombed.
The Baron Werner von Rheinbaben, who tato Dr. peninsula is partly occupied.
was Chief of Stoff to the The island of HOGLAND has been Stresman. [occupied.
Russlans
11. PETSAMO.
Aretlo port.
The Russlan 4. KRONSTADT. Navy leave their base for attacks.
VÄMMELSUU. 5.
Bombarded
from the sea,
War On Trousers
No Quiet On
The West-End
(Dress) Front
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BRAD OFFICE:-HONGKONG 10. Des Voeux Itood, Central
BOARD OF DIRECTOR
Bir Shawson Chow, Chatream. Li Koon Chun, Esq. Li Lan Bang, Esq. P.K, Kwok, ESQ. Wong Chu Son, Es. Wong Yun Tong, Eng. Kan Ying Pa, Esq. Chan Ching Shek, R. Fung?ingWah,Es
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Amoy Hatayin Hambay
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Kowloon London
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Current Acrounia opened In Local, Cur rency, and Fixed Deposita received for One year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies on terma which will be quoted on application,
Salo Deposit Boxes To let.
KAN TONG 10,
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TOKYO'S AIRPORT Big Development Scheme
Tokyo, Jan. 9. In preparation for the international developments of Japan's avintion. Tokyo will be provided with a 1,000-acre airport with all up-tu-dalo 1000.000 landing facilities.
Head Ofre:-25, Gracechurch Street,
London, E.C.3,
Authorized Capital Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund and Rest ............
BANKERS:
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1.800.000 1,050,000
The first stage in the construction 1,252,175 of the airport wil be completed by the end of 1941, when an airport extending over an area of over 400 neres will be made available on the reclaimed tand along the south- eastern waterfront of the metropolis.
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Every description of Banking Exchange Business transacted.
TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORBIT
UNDERTAKEN.
The Ministry of Communications has set aside an appropriation of yen 10,000,000 to finance the first part of the construction plan.
According to the revised plan, upon completion of the first stuge, the air- port will be provided with five run- ways including une east-lo-west 100 and metres wide and 1,200 metres long, one 1,350 metres north to south, and che n 1,000 metres north to south, one 1,650 metres south-east to north-*. west, and one 1.250 metres north- cast to south-went.
Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits at Rates that may be scertained on application,
D. BENSON,
MABAE
During the second stage, the area of the airport will be doubled and the runways extended. Upon com- NOTICE.pletion of the second, stage, the air- nurt will be provided with/winches capable of Wfting seaplanes 100 metres long and 60 metres wide, a quarantine station, a customs stallen, hotel and various other installations, -Domci,
CONSIGNEES'
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES
ATESSAGERIES MARITIMES
Bringing Cargo from Marseilles via Saigon
Consignees are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Oplum, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored Into the Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow- loon, whence delivery may be ob- tained immediately after landing..
All claims must be sent in to me on or before 1701-January, 1940, or they will not be recognized."
Damaged Packages will be exarnin-
by the Company's Surveyor Messrs:-Goddard and Douglas in the presence of the Consignees at 10.00 am. on Saturday, 13th January, 1940. Consignees must have a Revenue He lists "cardinal errors made by omeer in attendance when any Britain before the present war, stat-dullable goods are examined by the ing that:-
Company's Surveyors.
Britain did not count on so quick a collapse of the Pelle Anny and
State;
Britain. "Nourished the mistaken hope of making the Inexhaustible re- sources of Russia terve her inter- ests":
The Western democracies did not count on the neutrality of Italy and their hope was shattered that Italy's entering the war would "press Tur key, Rumania, and Greece imme. diately into the wor;
Britain again miscalculated when she assumed that after the German- Russlan pact "Japan would dis- appointingly change over into the camu of Germany's opponents.”
Where are the tangible results of the pompously announced guarantee of Turkey by Briinin," the writer nsks, and reminda Britnin that now, as before, Turkey aims chiefly at
A NEW WAR has been declared in England. It is on women who have adopted trousers and are said to have become slipshod in their dress since the other war began.maintaining cordial relations
The declarers of this new war are determined that it is going to be a Blitzkreig.
The Arat shots were fred at the Pleendly Hotel, W.
There the people who make and the people who sell fashions met to discuss the strategy of the campaign. First they talked of the alarm trousered, ullpahod women have enused designers, manufacturers and shopkeepers..
They recalled that British women in normal mes spend more than
£200,000,000 a year on clothes.
They deplored the loss of "dress consciousness" which has made thou- sunds of workera idle.
Then Marylebone's Mayor, Cour- cillor Walte, gave a warning to the "many women who seem to think
Soviet Russia.
with
"Britain went into the war be- cause this time' she considers herself specially well-equipped from a mill- "What the Germans have," he tary point of view. The progress of added, "and what we have not, is rent the war thus far gives no justifica- organisation. Our organisation atlan for this" atrocious"
British propaganda the Baron de- But for all that, the trousered wo-cribes as "no inane, so without sub- man is a marked woman.
stance, tint all hope of a favourite For the dress trade appointed afksue of the war from this angle commitice, whose duty It'is_to_pro-¦ lacica seriousness." secute the war on släck and sloppy His conclusion is that Britain must
1 lose. fashions.
War and the law part them peace
passport
until
MISS FLORENCE CHUMBECOS, twenty-three-year-old that all they have to do to go out tancer from Alabama, has gone to America--and she cannot get
for the evening is to put on a pair back to England and her husband.
of slacks or boiler suit."
Her husband, Mr. Harry Foster, thorities as soon as she arrived.
It was this: Soldiers will soon bo London representative of stage ned This means that she cannot come home on leave from the Front. They dlm stars told the story.
back to England until the war i will want to kеo smart women. Wo- Soon after war began Mr. Foster over. men will need to pull up their socks. sent his wife to America because, na
"Atrocious"
ninember of the Officers' Emergency The trade itself, however, did not Reserve, he expected to be called up escape criticism.
and to be separated from her any
Mr. C. Rowland said that Germany way,
had financed its fashion trade sub- But Mr. Foster hasn't been enlied. stantially, and that recently 31 Cer-up.
man textile firms held dress shown fils wife travelled on her Ameri- |
Although she is English by mar ringe. American law still regards her an American national and will not allow her to travel to belligerent countries.
Mr. Foster says: "I'm still on tie reserve and can't go to see my wife becauso I don't know when they'll
in Amsterdam, Oslo, Stockholm and can passport, which was confiscated want me. And the law won't let
by the American immigration nu har come to see me Copenhagen.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whalever,
L. QUIL.
Agent.
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