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Now Comrades
Strange Anomalies
In Finland
Jan.
23
HELSINGFORS, (Reuler),-Among the foreign volunteers to arrive in Finland to fight against Soviet Russia is an Italian air pilot, who passed through Germany on his way to Helsingfors,
He told enquiring Nazis he was on his way to some winter sports.
The attack on. Finland wan a great mistake for the Bolshevists, he said. All italy feels great admiration for Finland, and the longer the war goes on, the more Italy's admiration grows.
An Indication of the high deals of the volunteers is provided by a Swedish detachment, which in- cludes anti-Communists and anti- Nazis who fought on opposing sides during the Spanish war.
NEUTRALS LOSE MOST SHIPS
Jan.
LONDON,
33 (Reuter).--- Figures issued by the Admiralty show once again at last week tho Nazis 'sank more neutral ships than British,
Britain lost four ships totalling
24.000 tons. Neutrals lost 11
totalling 35,000 tons.
ships
During the-same-week (up__10
tariff is
ruary 23, 1910. A new now in preparation. HONGKONG/PANAMA FREIGHT
"
CONFERENCE.
Hongkong, January 22, 1940.
FOR THE PROTECTION OF
CHILDREN
What to do to help a
child
Anyone knowing of a child who has been assaulted, neglected, or -treated in a minner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health, or knowing of a parent who is seeking advice on any matter concerning a child, would, he doing
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
DUKE TO LIVE IN PALACE
THE Duke and Duchess of
Kent, who gave up their house in Belgrave-square. SW, at the beginning of the war, are considering making Kensington Palace It has their future home. becu empty since the death of Princess Louise at the beginning of this month.
The Duke is at present serving as a rear-admiral on the staff of the Commander- in-Chief of the Home Fleet, and he and the Duchess 11 house in have taken Scollnad near his base.
But ever since they post- poned their departure to Australia for the Duke's term of office as Governor- General. Kensington Palace has been discussed as their possible future home.
Princess Louise left the greater part of her private fortune to the Duke of Kent, and it was her wish that after her death her home should become his.
the AN an Duke Is
frequent visitor to the palace, and each time he goes there he considers possible moderni- Many thousands zallons.
executor
IL
of pounds will have to be spent.
January 24, 1940.
Small Buffer State Has 650,000 Men Mobilised
BELGIUM'S
TO RESIST
ABILITY
NAZIS
BELGIUM'S ability to resist aggression and her} co-operation with Holland in the building up of a defence system are stressed by Senator Paul Crockaert, President of the Commission of National Defence of the Belgian Senate and Minister of National Defence in 1933.
Senator Crocknert told the Brussels Correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" that never be fore has Belgium possessed an
"The forest of Ardennes with its camouflaged shelters and its reliance) on the Fortress of Nomur
Would
We Aid
Dutch
E.I.?
POST OFFICE
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A list of prohibited articles may be seen at the General Post Office.
Small Packet Pont to all countries, ⚫ suspended.
OUTWARD MAIL TRIES
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r closed at 6 p.m.
"The second fortifled line Joins! Antwerp to Namur. This line is partially protected by the flood areas,
erotusted the DUTCH COMMENT AMOY
three-comered
emplacement,
army of its present size. To the lefend her lines Belgium had! Antwerp-Nieuport-Ostendi, mobilized in full force the two milltary classes of her trained forces-about 650,000 men.
Modem Armaments
"The fire power of the Belginn army
ON BLOCKADE
LONDON. "THAT Britain would come to
Canton
INWARD MAILS
Jen. 24..
Jan. 24.
Java and Manila Saigon Shanghai .............
Jan. 24.
Jun, 24.
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is beyond comparison with 1914 or the aid of the Netherlands Indies
Her troops are striking if they were attacked by one or Air Mall by "Air France Direct
U.S.A., Honolulu, and Japan (San Francisco, dute 23rd. December 1930)**
..... 25.
Servico"-Paris date, 170: Jan.
Jan, 25. Calcutta, Straits and Saigon..Jen. 25. ..Jnn, 25. Haiphong, Hothow and Fort Bayard Jan. 25. Jan, 25. Straits
In addition they had at their dis-even 1918, pouni the third class of trained re-ly provided with modern armaments. other of their Eastern neigh
Apart the best in existence. These weapons
ances, extremely unlikely." Canton servists not yet mobilized.
This opinion, with its startling from that Belgium could call to herre Belgian in conception and inana-bours is, in present circumst-
"The 47-millimetre anti-tank gun, ald several hundreds of thousands of facture.
the big 120-millimetre gun and the implication, is expressed by the inen, many of them youngsters.
"For our defence," sald Senator infantry mortar are better than those Netherlands correspondent of Crockaert, "we can also rely met any army in the world. pllely on the Dutch.
J
aggressor.
Air Mall by "Pan American Air-ways
Direct Servico-San date, 13th January,
Francisco
Jan. 26.
Jan. 20.
Jan. 20.
Jan. 26,
Jan. 20.
17th
Jan. 27.
"If we are attacked we shall put the "Times." up a fiergo resistance, foot by foot, He proceeds to argue that, there and this resistance will have more fore, Britain ought not to restrict Manila "As to Belgium, she possesses three
than ose surarise in store for the German exports through Holland to Japan successive lines of defence. The first
an extent which, leading to the tine, Camping-Llege-Ardennes, in
"In the event of a Dutch-Belgian practlent extinction of German-Dutch Shanghai and Amoy
date, divided into three sectors:
war there is one point trade, would make it impossible for Air fall by "Imperial Airways Direct
GOmuny from
London, "The water sector from La Cam-defensive
which must not be lost sight of. Our the Dutch to buy
We have armaments designed for the defence pine, with the Albert Canal,
The bastion of the Fortress of army is solely defensive.
of the Netherlands Indies. no heavy tanka.
Without such arms, or the German Liege with its modern forts,
"eniphasize this poirs because if middle Holland is invaded we cannot supplied metals for their manufacture go to her rescue.
Lived To
Tale
5 Men
Tell The
"JUMP FOR IT!" The pilot of the R.A.F. scouting an act of kindness by communicating plane gave the order only when he knew that he could no Secretary, longer fight against the ice that coated the wings, jammed
the rudder.
at once with
General Hon. The H.K.S.P.C., Old Cily Hall.
The Inspector, 40, Pokfulam Road, 1st floor.
The Inspector, 15, Star St., Wanchu
The Inspector, 12, Sai Yeung Chot St., Kowloon,
Holland, declares the correspon- dent, "the chances are, that, in the Unguarded Corridor
case of altack, the N.1. would fall a "Between the Dutch Army, en-prey to the aggressive forces The Europe, and trenched behind its water lines, and usefulness of the Indies not only to the Belgian Army, standing to its Holland but also to defence positions, there wil be an un-particularly to Great Britain, would guarded corridor about 40 miles wide thus be lost"
London Unsympathetic between Antwerp and the mouth of
Well-informed opinion in London the Scheldt.
"An enemy coming from the cast does not attach much value to this of argument against "Inter- through this large corridor, which opens on ference" by the British blockade
exports German Holland.
It is fell that, in Germany's present. "In conclusion let me, say some- thing about the extensions made by economic plight, the indirect contri-
of ense, make to the defences "I take credit for having created would be of no practical importance. three month my during the past bulion which the Nazis could, in any while I was Mintsier of National Moreover, it is not admitted that Defence, over and above iho exist-Great Britain would be content to [ regiments, the regiment of are the Nellierlands Indies pass from the possession of the Dutch into the Ardennes Chasseurs.
Great Power which "When the time came this regiment control of u was expanded to two divisions, which might, in due course, prove hostile are in the front line of some part of to Britain. in the Forest of Ardennes.
will not meet efficient resistance in line
the sea at the month of the Scheldt, with either from Holland or Belgium.
One by one his crew of four took to their parachutes. At last he followed. As they drifted down, through the clouds they lost sight of each other. But all landed safely, The Inspector, 52, Argyle Stand by chance met again round a table in a cheerful All further steps will be taken, and French cafe behind the Allied lines. expenses borne, by the Society.
Kowloon.
The Informant's name will be
kept sirictly private, except in cases where malice is proved,
CZECH
Britain's New DEATH-ROLL
Speed Limit IS 1,700
January 171, the record of safety in 20 M.PH. During The REPORTS reaching Budapest from
convoy was maintained, at one lost
in 500,
These figures give a proper propor- tion to the reports of individual ships loat from day to day.
COMING TO THE
Black-Outs
LONDON, Jan, 23 (Reuler). -The Government has decided that there is an overwhelming case for the speed limit of 20 miles an hour in built-up areas
This may give an idea of our
They talked over their adventure, and now their story is revealed another of those terse, official Royal Air Force reports which have told sotary effort in the last three months. much of the courage and endurance and of the military power which we
have prepared for many years." for Britain's airmen.
"Flying Blind”
"Snow was making a carpet on the
four of the front Runner's cockpit. Thames 'Grave'
ice covered the windows of the cabin! and isolated us from everything out- side. We were flying blind..
So runs the report.
Prague, lo-day give the total --The pilot and his crew carried on number of people so far killed by the with their job, thankful for inc of the recent joxygen that kept us going and our Nazis as the result
{spiriis up." Czech demonstrations aз 1,700.
They sang popular songs, "South of The figure is given from an official Nazi which source, adds the Border," "Roll Out the Barrel," that Jews accounted for one third and "Hanging out our washing on the
Siegfried Line." of the total,
There have been several thousand
KING'S during the black-out, announced further arrests in the past five days. Trapped By Wiras
Danger drew him as a magnet draws iron!
SAMUEL GOLDWYN presente
Baril
COOPER THE REAL GLORY
David HIVEN-Andrea LEEDS
Reginald OWEN *
BACK CLAWICH « KAY JOPENON
thead by Chertori Collant:
Mr. Euan Wallace, the Minister
The majority of those arrested are Buchenwald,
For Radium
The
FRENCH WARSHIP
SINKS U-BOATS.
Shanghai
Service"
January. Hulphong Japan
Jan. 27. Jan. 27. ..Jan. 27.
Jan. 27. Air Mall by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"London date, 20th Jan.
Japan and Shanghai
Shangbuk
Canton Japan and Shanghai
Shangbal
Haiphong
Manila...
Jan. 28.
.Jan. 28. Jan. 28.
Jan. 28.
Jan. 29. .Jan. 20.
29.
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Manila (San Francisco, date, 4th January).
Japan and Shanghai Japan and Shanghai Java and Marila
Jan. 29.
Jan. 30,
Jan. 31.
Jan. 31.
.12.30 p.m.
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.2.30 p.m. Ticatsin Amay, Shanghai and Parcels only for Thursday, Jan. 25
7.10 a.m. Canton..
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K.P.0.
.Jan. 25, 9.30 am. Jan. 25, 10 mm. G.P.0.
PARIS. Graphic details of how a French German sub- destroyer sank two marines in three days were given this evening in a French Admiralty communique, which stated:
Reg.
Ord.
Ord.
Friday, Jan. 20
enemy
.Jan. 25. 9.30 8.m. Jan. 26, 10.
....9.30 a.m. "One of our seaplanes reported an Straits
.2.38 p.m. submarine. The destroyer Shanghai Siroces, on patrol, hastened to the Parcels only for Tientaln.3.30 p.m.
Buried-In-Secret-mot, making for a busy dropped by Manila, Australia and New Zealand
Repository
the seaplane where the nubmarine had just emerged.
"Before reaching the buoy the des- LONDON, (UP).-Fifty feet royer put is bomb-thrower into deep in the Thames gravel under action, fring first one chain of depth afterwards a second chain. At the Westminster Hospital a "safe bombs and then almost immediately deposit" vault is being construct-stern, just in the wake, the crew ed for the hospital's radium of the destroyer saw the submarine
of Transport, in the House of How in the concentration camp ofereeping over the wings, coating the bombs and the contents-six | slowly emerge, listing over on its
Commons to-day in a debate on the increase of road accidents STUDENT'S ASHES and deaths since the black-out was instituted.
IN BOX
But as they song ice was steadily rudder. The plane became unman- ogcable.
"Jump for it!**
grammes
of
for
vla Thursday Island-due Thurs day Island 8th February
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Ord.
G.1.0.
Ref.
.5 p.m. .5.30 p.m.
.5 p.in..
Ord.
7pm.
Airmail for Manila, Guam Honolulu
and U.S.A., by the "Tan American- Airways Direct Service"-due San Francisco, 2nd Feb.
Reg.
Ord,
Reg.
Ord.
K.P.O.
Jan. 26, 5.00 pm: ¡Jan. 28, 5.30 p G.P.O:
Jan, 20, 5.00 p.m. Jan. 27, 7.30 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 27
Radium salis port ballast tanks.
"It listed further, remained valued at between £30,000 and about 10 seconds on the surface in then impossible this
position, The front gunner jumped first, £40,000.
Fifty feet of steel tubing 15 inches foundered.
Three days later, in the same Details of one incident showing the pushed off by the navigator. He had ruthlessness of the Nazi terror cam kept on his inter-communication car in diameter, has been sunk into the pieces, and the wires became so en-
travel. An additional luft. brings waters, the destroyer nolled by the paign are revealed.
German submarine on the surface. Increased Road Fatalities
The parents of a student named tangled that he was nearly hanged the mouth of the well to the level light of the moon the silouette of a
The first shots were immediately Japan The work has been carried out o But somehow all five men struggled of the radium bomb room. Mr. Wallace mentioned that during Oblatka received in a box the ushes before he was released,
from the police, His the period. from September 1 to of their son December 31 last, namely the first sister then went to the University of free, to drift to earth and meet again that it may be possible to bring back fired at the submarine. A shell from Salgon
The gunner who had been almost the hospital's radium from a similar the tin, gun found its marks and the Shanghal
Sirocco dropped depth four months of war, 4,133 persons, Prague and told his fellow students, in that French cafe,
"I was knocked un-well at the Royal Carcer Hospital submarine dived abruptly, About 200 students who knew
where it was deposited at the out- it including 2,057 pedestrians, died from
Iny parachute as road accidents, compared with 2,494 Oblatka marched at once to the grave hanged sald: the Czech Unknown Warrior, conscious by
opened. When I came round I found break of the war. The radium bombs charges, then went again over the
of bomba. in the corresponding period in 1938. [or
"Just as the last bomb exploded, Mr. Wallace stated: "Until the day carrying the old flag of the city.
In this way, while the radium Is] The Czech police tried to disperse myself lying on my hack in a field will be deposited in the tube each spot and dropped a further string comes and may it come soon-when
anfely stored at night it can still be the bow of the submarine was seen we have destroyed a sufficient pro-them in a friendly manner, says among a herd of utterly unconcerned night In case of an air raid.
used in the hospital during the day, to rise vertically in the wake of the Amoy and Shangi:al and put away hurriedly in case of destroyer. Then it suddenly plunged Bangkok portion of the German striking force Reuter, but the Nazi police intervened and completely indifferent cows.”
straight down and disappeared." as to make the menace of air-ridu brutally.
danger.
un this country no longer ren), we
are bound to maintain the black-out, GIRLS WERE substantially in its present form,"
The reduced speed limit comes into force on February 1.
FOOD PROBLEM
SHOT
building,
"Went To Sleep"
The pilot said: "I landed softly and was taken care of by the locali gendarmes."
The students returned to the unl-
The wireless operator laughed, " versity and Nazi police entered the wns chased by some bulls," he said.
cavagely attacking
I was still in full dying kit, but It elderly member of the senate, who reckon I nearly broke the record for the 100 yards. I escaped by vaulting went to meet them.
From a lecture theatre the police over 411. gate."
Another member of the crew then took 30 students and led them
WITH GASTRITIS ter the same day 11 of them, thought he was in water as he fell
For years, doctors wanted to find a food that would not ir- ritate the inflamed stomach walls of patients suffering from gas- tritis and that at the same time would rebuild the pailent's atrength. In severe cases of goa- tritis solid foods are out of the question, even liquid foode arc Yet the patient eften vomited, needs quick now strength to re- build his exhausted body. In Horlicks, doctors and nurses have found an ideal food.
Where other foods are rejected, Horlicks is retained by the patient. And almost at once strength starts to come back, with the result that convalescenc Is shortened too, Get Horlicka to-day from your store. It ir delicious to taste.
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9 youths and two young women, were through the clouds, and started shot dead on the ground of the Slavia inke off his boots, Football Club.
Lloyd George
Looks Back
to
nearest
I sprained an ankle on landing he said, "hobbled to the housand went to sleep.
"The
TO SAVE HIS MATES.
HE RETURNED TO TORPEDOED SHIP
LABOUR LEADERS ing by & U-bost inst Thursday. OFF TO FINLAND
I
.10.30 am. 10.30 a.m.
2.30 pan. Air Mall for "Imperial Airways Direct Service"--dis London 4th February.
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...7 p.m.
.7.15 a.m. 1.00 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 30 Straits and Calcutta,
Parcels,
Letters, Haiphong Fort Boyard
Air Mail
Jan. 30, 11 a.m.
Jan. 30, Noon.
...2 p.m.
.2.30 p.m.
for "Imperial Airways Direct Service" dae London; 7th February.
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Jan. 30, 5.80 p.m.
G.P.0.
Jan. 30, 5 pm. Jan. 30, 7 p.m. first Air Mail for Atalaya, Java and Aus
tralia by "Imperial Airways Direct Service" due. Bydney, 5th Feb.
THE STORY of an engineer who risked his life by returning to a torpedoed ship to save his mates, was told when 22 survivors of the Arlington Court were landed at down below, although another tor- an Irish port,
pedo might find its way to the vessel The ship was struck without worn or she might capsize at any minute.
"He turned cd the engines and]
the For four days and alghts the 22 managed to get back to
and men fought against Atlantic gales in lifeboat.
Бер were running "Hugo an open boat. LONDON, (AP)-Mr. David Lloyd
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 23 (Reuter)- Their food was three biscuits a there were several inches of water in the boat all the time. We had to keep it George was relatively restrained re- cently in a broadcast relating details A British Labour delegation, headed day, washed down with water.
The crow of 34 took to the boats, keep rowing and balling of the sorry plight of the Allen on by Sir Walter Citrine, which is en
"On Sunday Chief Engineer H dinghy," Second and Uree in a Dec, 0, 1010 the day he was appoint-route to Finland, is now here cor-23 in one lifeboat, eight in another niloat.
Bulting Swedish Labour leaders. ed
Minister. Prime
The delegation is going to Finland Officer Claude Boothby, of Leicealer, Pearson, of Cardiff-he was turned 00 collapsed and died. We. burled On Uils 23rd anniversary of his
Trade told the "Daily Herald,"
"A south-west galo made, the him at sea. appointment he said it had always at the invitation of Tinnish
"When Monday dawned we began pleased him to hear the oft-repeated Unions to report on the altuation and ministerial phrase in alluding to Finland's needs to the British Labour launching of the boats terribly dim-
cuit, and those who did not get into to think our chance was hopeless."
Then, as reported in the "Dally vessel some mathod or measures adopted in movement.
Sir Walter Citrine, in an interview, them quickly stood little chance of
Merald" recently, the Dutch the current wor: "That was only done in the third year of the last said that he hoped one result of the being saved.
visit would be to show the British "Second Engineer Richard Hughes, Algenily sighted the boat and took The other two boats, containing 11 "But that's not to say," added Mr. Government a more effective way of of Holyhead, realised this, but he the men aboard. Lloyd George, "that everything now helping Finland if necessary. He also know that if water got into the
So at the risk of his life he went! traced. is being done that was done in the added that he and his colleagues engines the ship would blow up of the crew, have so far: not been
would visit the Bghting fronts. third year of the (World) War."
work!
"
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Ord.
К.Г.О.
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Thursday, Feb. 1'
10.30 am.. Sharighal Manila, Rabaul, Australia and New Zealand via Brabane dug Bruk- bano, 19th February.. Parcels
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