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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
HASA
HOUSECOAT HAS A
NIGHT
CAT
OUT-
--but it comes down to breakfast with equal distinction. A go-ahead relative of your old friend the dressing gown, housecoats make the first real fashion change-over of the war.
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IT'S taken the black-outs at Home to make them leave their evening dresses hanging in the wardrobe along with the
moth balls.
One of London's best known dressmakers took his autumn collection for a tour of the provinces. He found Englishwomen
have made up their minds-evening dresses are out of the war- time picture. He said: "Women will not dress up in the even- ings-not in even the most simple dinner frock. What they want are houseconts,”
And there you have the key to the fashion picture this war- time winter-housecoats, housecoats and more housecoats.
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HOUSECOATS, or, even worse, hostess gowns, as they sometimes get called, sound high-flying for you and me. But a description of my call-it-what-you-like would take three lines of type, starting off with breakfast robe through ten gown into evening wrap.
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THE housecoat illustrated is made mainly of soft navy blue woollen. The front part of the bodice and the neat collar are scalloped on in cyclamen wool. The waist is small, the skirt full, and a zipp fastener closes it down the front. Strips of grey Iamb make epaulettes and trim the skirt pockets.
KLARI VAGO
Music
Erarn the **Hayal Hungarian Academy." first time in the Colony, in willing to give few pupila
PIANO LESSONS
For particular please call at 16 Cap Road. Top Floor, (Race Course), between 5-6 pm. week days (except Saturdays).
THEY CAN'T TAKE IT
Erstaz Wool Makes Berliners Shiver
"SPECIAL TO THE "TELCORAPHIT
GERMANY is in the throes of
|a severe Arctic spell.
It has, because of the shortage of coal, resulted already in the death of one man, whose body was found frozen to death this morning.
He is the first victim of Berlin's coldest winter in cleven years.
Reports received by the "Tele- graph" of Berlin's discomfort are from the neutral “United Press."
They tell of the object mileery of the populace, who are unable to
Armed Thieves In keep themselves warm on the mea-
Kowloon City
Four men, one armed with a I volver and the others with knives, entered the Hop Lee grocery shop in Lai Chi Yuen, Kowloon City, Inst night while the mistress, Li Chun-tal. was playing a game of cards with
LONDON, Jan. 11 (Reuter). several women friends,
The men threatened the
women
gre ration of coal allowed by the ¡Government,
The coal ration, says "United Press," is 50 amall bricks per week for each household.
Despite the meagreness of this ration, many Berlin' householders have beei unable to secure cool, for supplies AVO become hausted. Householders are not permitted to use wood.
EX-
Extremo Discomfort "Thousands of people are suffer-
The appointment of Mr. R. G. and suld they had come to search for Gaser as Australia's first Minis- contraband. They ransacked tor to Washington was also the shop, and after five minutes, raning extreme discomfort and misery,"
the away, Moncy and a ring to
value of $18 were stolen.
the
the one "United Press" message states. The mercury dropped to 21 de- grces centigrade in the heart of the
subject of comment in British Press to-day.
The Times" welcomes the strengthe closest collaboration will maris city last night, and the river and thening of diplomatic representation the relations between the British and canal are frozen over. of the El Commonwealth Washington,
In the now Australian Legallon.
Hundreds of over-age workmen Mr. Casey's knowledge of the are When Canada first decided to have gonerat International situation is not snowfalls on the main
busy clearing off the thick a vainister of fier own in the principal surpassed by anyone in the Common- fares,
thorough- foreign capitals, some fears were felt wealth, the "Time" continues, and that this might lead to divided coun- the Australian Government's decision official buildinge look
Military sentries posted before nets and divergence of policies. In and choice of Mr. Casoy implies a stuffed mattresses
like actunt praético, things were just the definite compument other way, and there is no doubt that States,
United
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to the
HONGKONG
PENINSULA HOTEL:
HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL;
&
SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL:
HOTELS.
LIMITED
In moociation with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lih Peking
over-
Shivering Doopló sombrely watched a trade policeman in the Wilhelmstrasse do an Indian war dance around his control box this afternoon
attempted So
restore his arealation, Erstar wools-fow Germans can obtain real woollen garments are no protection against this sortat weather.
Chungking Will Have
Very oriental in this covered- up dinner costume in red crepe with red wool gold embroidered bolero,
IDEAL DIET FOR DIGESTIVE DISTURBANCES
The big problem with sufferers from gastritis or other digestive disturbances is how to avoid pala and discomfort when eating. The inflamed stomach walls are so sensitive that solid foods can not be retained. Even Hquid foods are often vomited.
Yet the patient must get quick: new strengtža into his body.
No Truck With Wang Doctors and nurses have found
CHUNGKING, Jan. 12 (Reuter).— An emphatic denial of the reports alleging that Wang Ching-wel had reached an understanding with the Chinese Government at Chungking | concerning his plans for the proposed new Central China regime was volced by the Foreign Office spokesman at a Presa conference yesterday.
The spokesman emphasised that the Chinese Government had no con- nections with any puppet regime de facto or de jure.
that Horlicks is retained in the stomach when other foods are rejected. The reason is that Horlicks, is so easy to digest, At this same time it rebuilds the. exhausted body, and restores strength-and stamina.
Keep Horlicks ready at hand. It is delicious to taste. Your store sells Horlicks.
January 12, 1940.
Bine wool scalloped edging on pink brushed rayon adda the decorative.note at the drawstring neckline and defines the uset sorsolet, as well as ridging the three-quarters open sleeves,
NO MORE PETROL CUTS, YET
Britain's Rations To Continue
LONDON, Jan. 11 (British Wireless)-The next issue of petrol ration books for privato motor-cars will cover a period of three months from the end of January,
Apart from the ordinary supple mentary allowances which, generally speaking, will be made on the exist ing basis, there has been some re- laxation of the regulations in respect of large motor-cycles.
The extension of the basle ration- ing, period to three months is evi- dence of the Government's belief that existing situation regarding sup- plies and stocka is suffelently satis- factory to justify a longer range policy in petrol rationing. At
pre sent, therefore, it is understood that the Government does not contem- plate any further early restriction of civilian petrol consumption, though the position will naturally be care fully watched in relation to Co- tinued supplies and the essential “needs of “defence.
Collaboration Assured
In this connection, the Anglo- French economle co-operation
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fully effective, and close collabora- tion between the British and French Governments have been assured by contacts between the respective ministers concerned, who have estab- lished a complete identity of views. The
considerable ure of private motor vehicles, which the present scale of petrol rationing in Britain permits, may be compared with the edict pub Lished in Germany on November
1 forbidding, the use of motor-cars for private purposes and giving the Police the right to halt motorists and question them on the purpose of their journeys.
Cheerfully Accepted
Restrictions here are cheerfully accepted by the British public, which realises that continued supplies on an adequate scale are only available because of the efficiency of the Royal Navy and the courage and tenacity of tanker crews. In 1038, Britain required to import 3,000,000,000 gal- lons of petroleum products, which meant that every day of year three or four large tankers had to dis charge at British porta. The num- ber of tankers now in commission is larger than at the outbreak of war when the total tonnage was 3,279,000. The total British tanker losses up to January 7 amounted to 00,000 tons, or 2.07 per cent. of the whole, and this defciency has been more than made good by new building, acquisi tion and in other ways,
The same is true of the French tanker feet.
More False Figuron
The Germans have recently pub- lished figures designed to show that the British tanker losses are 4.51 per cent of the total feet. This is en- tirely false. They also gave a gure for the tanker tonnago now under construction in England with which they doubtless hoped to elicit parti- culars which it is not in the national Interest to publili,
The Germans can draw little con solution from the true facts, which prove conclusively that German acti- vities have not interfered with the normal supplier of patrol and off to the United Kingdom.
LONDON, Jan. 12 (Router). Mator Genera] Andreas MaNouston, C.-in-C, of the Canadian Expedition ary Force, visited. Gonorai: Head- quarter in France yesterday, accom panied by members of his staff.
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