NANCY
AUNT FRITZI --- I'M GOING TO TAKE MY BATH!
NOW REMEMBER--- THERE'S A SHORTAGE
OF WATER--- SQ
DON'T WASTE
IT!
Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
By Ernie
- March 26, 1940.
Bushmiller
WELL, NANCY! --- ARE YOU BEING CAREFUL
WITH THE WATER ?
YES
MA'M!
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ANOTHER SCUTTLE: COLUMBUS
ELECTRIC
CURE
FOR INSANITY
ELECTRIC shock, applied to highly skilled operators. Apparatus) the brain, has been demon-need not be expensive.
It is well-known to mental experts
strated by two independent that a severe shock, whether physical groups of British doctors as a or psychological, can lend to a rapid
method of curing mental dis- improvement In cases of mental dis-
order. order.
"Split mind” have been coordin- By coincidence, both the "British Medical Journal" and "The Lancet" ated by shock-injections of insulin cairy accounts of this dramatic new or of the powerful drug cardinzol. One. Both methods involved risks. The of healing minds. process comes from the Burden Neurological Board of Control report last year in-
cardiazoli Institute and the other from War- cluded ten deaths from lingham Park Hospital.
The methods are similar.
treatment,
Electroden are clamped to the akull Club Hockey XI
These arg pada through which, thei electric charge is transmitted into. the! brain. High tension voltage, varying from 80 to 100 volts according to the pre-determined needs, of the patient,
is applied.
3.10.pant
HERE are the first pictures of the sinking of the Nast liner Columbus, scuttled by her crew of the United States coast. They were taken from the United States cruiser Tuscaloosa.
is seen blazing fiercely just before slie sank, while the British warship which had chased her stands by.
Below, the Nazi crow rowing in lifeboats to the Tuscaloosa, which took 570 survivors to
At the top, the Columbus New York.
British Warships Are So Healthy, Say Doctors
- are incoming air is rendated by steam
or electric radiators,
Near the engines it in cooled. In more exposed parts of the ship It is beatest. modern electrical gadgets; kitchens The cooking galleys are fitted with
WUYUAN RETAKEN
Brilliant Chinese Success Claimed
After being under Japanese occupation for two months, Wu- yuan, an important city in West Sulyuan, has been completely re- captured by Chinese forces, says a "Central News" message.
Further, this report elaims thint Chinese troops pursuing the retreat- ing Japanese have recovered Sishan- chui, a point 37 miles west of Wu- yuan and are now' continuing their advance towards Ulushan.
is stated that work of rehabilita- flon has already begun in battle-torn Wuyuun.
The Japanese have sustained more Pan 2,300 enstualties as the result of feree Chinese onslaughts; which com- menced Inst week. Eleven Japanese were taken prisoner, and 27 artillery pieces, 112 heavy and light machine guns, 15 motor lorries, five radio sets. several cases of poisonous gus shells, as well as a quantity of ammunition were captured.
Japanese Use Cas
In Anhwil a Japanese detachment attacked the Chinese positions at Wuyoshan, north-west of Chihteb, last Sunday with the support plunes and artillery.
uf
It is alleged that the Japanese used gay in this attack.
Combats at close quarters resulted but the Chinese tenaciously held their ground.
The invaders near Shyang, in south Honan, have launched a three- pronged drive to the south. One column, striking from Liulinchih, has, suffered a serious setback, as
the result of suff Chinese resistance. Another column struck at Chiulik- wan, on the Honan-Hupeh border.
Both columna converged on Pan- sintien, south of Loshan, a few days) ago but were beaten by the Chinese. Pansintien, after a brief Japanese occupation, was recuptured by the Chinese.
Kwangtung Retreat
The third column, advancing on Wuchiapo along the Sinyang-Loshan highway, has been put to flight, ne- cording to the Chinese.
On the Kwangtung front, Japanese troops, who were defented at Ling- shon arc now and to be fleeing by three routes.One-column ts retreat- ing westward to Nanning, second column westward to Siutung and a third column southward to Yamchow,
Tries To Rob Church Box
17-Year-Old Youth Sent To Prison
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The House of Quality & Service
Appearing on remand before Mr. Edwards at the Central Mugistracy this morning charged with attempt- ed larceny from a collection-box at St. Joseph's Church, Garden Road, on March 21, William Boyd, 17, un-166 employed, whs, sentenced to four months' hard labour.
A boy employed at St. Joseph's Church saw Boyd trying to open the ccllection box with a screw-driver. When he saw the boy approach, Boyd ran away followed by the boy who eventually caught him.
Addressing Boyd, Mr. Edwards asked him to see him after the com- pletion of his sentence and he would iry to find him a job.
EASTER CRICKET WASHED-OUT
had taken an hour and a half to score a hundred for four wickets,
After
Tthe time of sending these notes in there appears no chance of eric- BRITISH warships
ket to-day (Saturday morning). But healthy places to live in.
I should mention that we went into The following will represent
commities over the point I raised in Hongkong Hockey Club in the Trian
According to an article in the
the last paragraph while refreshing gular Tournament against the Army current issue of the British
the inner man after the game. There on the Club ground to-morrow at Medical Journal, they aro models
statement that the runner must be Is nothing in the rules--not even the of hygiene.
dressed as the batsman for whom ho are clean and tiled. "The vast revolution in hygienic
Drinking water passes through runs Le, pads gloves etc. But this is practice which has taken place, in purifying and Icing apparatus. always done, now at any rate, and first point is a civilised countries
Then there are no rats, but plenty rather think my nowhere
matter of eliquette. better lustrated: than in ships of of showers.
It stands to reason that it is n AMBULANCE INSPECTION who are capable of making hundreds Bound proposition in the case of men
Thieves who broke into a garage vertical compartments. Fresh air is His Excellency the Governor will and then being wanted to send down Both groups of research-workers in Gascolano Rond on the night of delivered by power, to every remote Inspect the si, John Ambulance ten or twenty overs. A bit of have found that the method is rafe. March 24-25, atolo a camera valued corner. It is changed many times on the Naval Recreation Ground, wangling would be very useful though
The at $240 from a car owned by Mr. T. hour.
Causeway Bay, on Monday, April 8, of without ill-effects - afterwards.
would hardly method is simple and does not need, Taylor.
The ship is air-conditioned: the at 5.30 p.m.
happen
The shock produces a convulsion. V. Reed; J. Pennington, W. A. Reed, V. M. Benwell; E. Yourieff and E. The patient becomes unconscious.
N. Whitley; S. A. Fowler, T. S. D. He recovers within a few minutes, Whitley, G. H. Fowler, B. I. Bickford with no memory of the shock or of and R. A. Bates. the preliminarles. Where higher voltages are necessary the effect of an epileptic it is produced.
war."
Modern ships are built in small
course
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UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF LADY NORTHCOTE The Hongkong Branch of the National Women's Relief Association
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FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHINESE VICTIMS OF THE SINO-JAPANESE HOSTILITIES-
Queen For A Night"
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