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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
January 19, 1940.
P.&O.S.N.Co.
TO.
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AND
UNITED KINGDOM
PASSENGERS AND Cargo
SAILING
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All vessels may call si any porta on or off the route and the route and wil sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without
Lion.
‹Passengers are requested to register their requirements but under prekat circumstances sultings are perforce restricted.
For details apply to
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1940
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A selection of over 60 excellent views of the Colony. Very suitable for sending abroad.
Pictures comprise views of the latest buildings and hospitals, schools, churches, the harbour, The Peak district, Kowloon, Jubilee Reservoir, New Territories. Cheung Chau, Aberdeen, Repulse Bay, Deepwater Bay, besides street and wharf scones, etc., etc.
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NAZI SHIP FLEES TO SAFETY
THIS GERMAN PHOTOGR API, received via Siberia, shows a N.D.L. liner which succeeded in running the British blockade and returning to port in Germany. She will be tied up for the rest
of the war-Domci Phots,
NAM SANDWICH TWO-GUN TYPIST, CLEARED, SAYS-
FUTURE AT STAKE That's A
LONDON.
A phase of the "waiting war" threatened the future of the ham sandwich-popularly reputed to have had its start In England.
Under the rationing plan, food Icat books contain only two tickets a week. A sandwich will count as half a tloket. A Food Ministry official expressed doubt that many persons would spend their meat allowances in that fashion.
Cure
For
Rainy Day Blues'
DALLAS (Texas).
A GRAND jury of Texas men upheld to-day the tradition of America's lone star State, that it is a place where men are gentlemen, by refusing to indict pretty blonde Corinne Maddox, two-gun typist, who shot her boss, Attorney Brook Coffman.
The jurymen declared that Corinne upheld the honour of Tex woman- Hood by Pumping bullets from both her revolvers Into Coffman as he left his office with another girl-one of his former, slenographers -- on November 20,
Japan Seeks Air
Line
To U.S. Utilizing Guam
TOKYO.--Only international politics and 120 miles
Telling her story to the grand jury
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Consignees of Cargo are hereby MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
informed that all Goods are being funded at their risk into the hazardous Bringing Cargo from Marselles vin and/or extra hazardous Godowns of Saigon.
Consignees
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are being landed and stored into the No calms will be admitted after Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon the Goods have left Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow-and all Goods zermaining undelivered the Godowns, toon, whence delivery may be obtain-after the 18th January, 1045, will be ed rumediately after landing.
All claims must be sent in to me
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Will not be
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before the 2nd February, Damaged Packages will be examine 1940, or they will not be recognized.
On or behind locked doors, Corinne said ed by the Company's Surveyor Ta camply with the General Bond- over and over again: "I hated him." Meters: Goddard and Douglas in the
She said: "I was afraid he'd presence of the Consignees at 10,00ed Warehouse Regulations consignees miust have በ Hevenue Officer in burn me alive. I'm glad he's dead,am..on Monday, 22nd January, 1940.
attendance when damaged dutiable "I tried twice before to kill him.
Consignees must have a Revenue
| goods are exambied. able goods are examined by the No Fre insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.
R. ONLA
Agent.
of sea prevent Tokyo from being brought to five days me there was too big Omeer in attendance when any du:- from the San Francisco airport.
erined round him, and the second time my revolver jammed.
"But I got him the third line." Eleven bullets found their mark that third time,
the
She jumped for joy. "Fine," she said. "That's sure a cure for the rainy day blues."
With little publicity, Japanese about 600 miles of water with officials are now trying to break Americon Jundplanes without mishap.
Humour! down the first barrier, knowing
If desired, that American aircraft already
American' staplarzes Corinne. said that Coffman was in could be put in service-Japan has love with her and wanted her to in their possession will hurdle them. But the land ship is favoured elope with him. She refused, so he the second as though it were not for its superior speed and eflücocy, drave her to the outskirts of Dallas, there.
and Japanese operators feel (8 du stopped his ear in a gravel pit, and During recent months the Japanere many operators elsewhere, mere sub-stabbed, her with an ico-plek.
The jury deliberated; then have been extending their air lines, set to popular prejudice) that the not so much through Japan proper der twin or four-engined land-news was taken to Corinne that they that was an easy task indeed but plane is at least equally as sale for had exonerated Iter. to outlying possessions and territory re-water operation as the seaplane hard to define precisely, such as which is not, after all, deigned for Jon-occupied China. Unfortunately none of these routes taps any "main Jine" directly.
At present the nearest approach to channels, not only the United States said. "I'm so glad I'll be spared the such a thing in the Tokyo-Shanghai but South America as well receive trouble and embarrassment of a pub- service, which in another day would And to use a North America trans "Of course, H-fel-that- the outcome-
occial attention in Tokyo these days. lie murder trial. have connected--with-a-Chinese- operated (with American minoritycle air line to proniole Japan's of a triat would have been the same." And then she turned to arrange o Interest) line running from Shanghaluth Amerleurs trade would be a down the coast to trongkong, where bit of humour of very grateful sort. 'large bowl of roses in her window. it would join the terminal of Pan American Airways, trans-Pacific Clipper service ny well JUST the European services of Imperial Air- WHY's (British) and Alr France (French).
Chinese Lines Affected The Sino-Japanese hostilities, which
iding in or riding out a high sea. With the European war eling off many of Javan's ordinary trade
CO.
HATES
Then she became more serious. I felt confident 18 be cleared," she
EVERYTHING
ENGLISH, EVEN WEATHER
allowed Japan to accomplish its long-A CONSCIENTIOUS objector, Wilfred Barrett, of Wallcote
cherished desire to extend its airways
Avenue, Luton, whose application was heard at the South- over to China, at the same Unie
Eastern Tribunal attacked England, its weather, its working class caused suspension of such Chinese airways as lay within Japanese- and its upper class.
occupied territory or near it with the In a statement Barrett declared: "I own no subjection or exception of the inland line-Arst 10 sovereignty to any State (though for legal purposes am domi flonkow, Inter to Chungking out of clled in the Isle of Man), and I challenge the right of the Hongkong. These lines have had to keep going somehow although the English Crown (a buckward form of Government) to compel Japanese shot down several commer- any free man, whether British or otherwise, to serve a cause for elal planes.
which he has no sympathy." No such necessity, nor opportunity, existed at Shanghal after the city Other phrasts were: "I have no was completely encircled and there- sympathy with the English interfer- fore any traveller from Japan wishence policy and no love of England. ing to fly to America must first y Its climate is atrocious, its working to Shanghai, thers take a ship trip classes are dirty, lazy, foolish and down the coast which cannot be qub-normal in physique and shorter than two days and may run tality. Its upper classes are ridicu- to five or six-to say nothing of the tous Agures of egoism, snobbishness fact that the ship schedules are and Irresponsibility." framed with no bearing on Clipper
men-
As Barrett did not appear, his case schedules. And even if the trip couldź was adjourned.
be made by air all the way, a glance!
at the map will show it to be ni tremendously round-about counse hardly worth anybody's while as
Told To "Clear Out'* !
Clarence Place,
Kemp Town,
Girl Who
Was Told Not To Marry
Albert E. Arnold (21), baker, of SIR BERNARD SPILSBURY
gave evidence at a St. Pan compared with the direct steamship ton, declared that he would cras inquest on Thelma Kath- wly face a firing squid rather leen Denyer (27), of Clissold tha ake Life..
|Crescent, Stoko Newington, who
voyage across the Pacific.
Long Chain Of Islands
But Japan has a long chain-some father, it was stated, who was was found gassed after being regard it as a barrier of Jalants.
as jer in the last war, had told his told that it would be unwise for running southward down the Pacific. zon to "clear out and never return." The chain falls across Guam, which, Arnold was exempted on condition her to marry because of heart. incidentally, the Japanese would like he remained in his present occupa- trouble, to buy. Nearest to Guam Salpon Island, lying. 120 miles to the
tiny (lon
Company's Surveyors.
Goods are to be left in the Gedowns, All broken, chafed, and damaged
where they will be examined en the 18th January, 1940, al 10 am, br Messrs. Goddard and Doughs
od.
No Fire Insurance has been effect-
STOCK MARKET signed by,
REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange Olleto)| summary issued yesterday says:
Although the market sill remain quiet business reported was spread over a representative selection..
Wharves $102 Locks 321.40
Providents 34.00
Lands $33,10
Buyers
Tramways $1734 Youmat Ferries 224 Ching Lights (New) $4 -Electrics-943. Cements 310
Entertainments $7
Constructions (Old) $13%
Vibra Piling 1024
Bills of Lading will be counter-
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO, LTD.
Akthis. Hongkong, 12th January, 1940.
Providents $4 Hotels $34 Lundi 134
Sellers
Sales
K. Unak $1360 Union Ind. $470 Wharves 3103 Provedents $470.65 Hotel 15.70%.63 L'ida 33.00 Hamphieyu $214 Tramway-$37,60 – China, Lights (Old) $7.70 Electries 15K Cements $10 Watson 1920
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northeast. Salpan would not have to "I am willing to die for my coun- inrged and the valves were affected, be u stup on a Tokyo-Guam air line try because I am an Englishman, but
and probably the trip would be best I cannot kill for my country," stated but he had seen many worse hearts. breken only once, or at most twice, R. Brown, lorry driver, of Somerset There was no reason why the young for refuelling, But the fact that Road, Reigate, “I would rather cut woman should not have lived for a Japanese territory lies within 120 my right hand off than it had to the long time. miles of Guam is of interest to com- death or suffering of my fellow men," mercial airmen as well as to the naval He was placed Оп 1:0 non- authorities of both nations,
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Ú. S. Deal Wanted
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In short, it is hoped that somehow the United States-may be argued into Jetting Japanese commercial planes fly into Guam and thus lop the
BERLIN-Hitler has announced Ainerican trans-Pacific, roule at a new decoration, the "crots for merl- post most advantageous to Japan. torious 'war`servico," 'to be'
given There is no doubt but that the perians outside the Army u welk ́ ́as Japan Air Transport would be most, lo military men.
hapne to establish, regular schedules Designed in "two clisser,
to Guam on virtually no notice. It and Elver, the medal hipa - been running American, land-j pointed, cross-which. Bear plates to Formian for deveral years, coire: a swanukė: bordered The Shanghal-route. [3x
Saying that disappointment at not being able to marry and save a farmily appeared to have preyed on her mind, the coroner recorded 'n verdict Wor "Sufcido while of unsound mind."
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