Friday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
DONALD DÜCK
YOUR PHEASANT,
SIR!
PHOOIE! IT LOOKS LIKE PLAIN CHICKEN
TO ME!
I ASSURE YOU, SIR,
IT IS PHEASANT!
YEAH? WELL, AT $2.50 AN ORDER, I DON'T TAKE NOBODY'S
WORD!
Tore. 1940, Wak Kimer Production World Birbag Pwervect
THE LOVE LETTERS STOCK MARKET
AFFAIR OF M. RICHAUD
'Erbert 'Iggs Again
To The Editor,
The "Hongkong Telegraph." deer mister editer,-corlumme wot ju skylark!
eres a lot of people ritin letters to say they wants to meet mister erbert iggy on a lot of uvver people saying they knows who e is PARIS. will you pleen tell em M. ALBERT RICHAUD,fter that i aint ritin any of these
mayor of the town of Valensole, near Nice, looked out of the window of his office in the main street.
mister
ere umanimos letters in i mite be in
the navy an I mile be in the army an i mite be in the bloomin airforce
I won jus plain erbert iggs an i might be a sensor or an inshorance! He saw, working at her telephone bloke or mite be a sanitary in-
specklor
switchboard near a window in the
Was
post office. Mile. Odette Terrasson. thats one thing that I trewly nini
The
Innyor
attracted. He-on thats a dockyard 'matey alho a waved to her and shouted. They lot of peepul finks i am becos of atranged to
the way writes you us to be very neet. it was a case of love at first sighteddicated ter be in the dockyard, Two days later M. Richaud proposed out ere the duckyard peepul re marriage to Odette, "Give me time for reely posh ones, they dont take to think it over," said Odelte.
their dinners to work in Bitle red ankercheefs but they an sossidge un The mayor looked out of his office mash most days an kippers on friday window again in the hope of catch-un calls it tiffin and they washes ing a lumpuse of the woman hethelr ands evry time they goes in loved.
the fav thats proper honk style uint
He saw her. She was off duty and she was walking along the street, arm in arm with an airman.
it but they still saves saterday nite for burfnite
sorry this ere letter aint so brite mister editer but I am a bit worried The mayor telephoned Odette. "nuart ole alf 'e sez e as gol honkong is M. Richaud speaking," he said. "I dorg i dont know egznekly wat it is asked you to marry me. Your reply but it seems ter me 'e might ave a is to walk out with another man. I whole blinkin litter of puppies cor- am going to kill myself."
lovndurke has been dushin abart Odette heard a revolver Ko off wie is coat tails at the orizontal for She rushed from the post office to the last couple of days the mayor'a parlour. M. Richnud maybe 'e as got alleles fool-thats had fallen, with a bullet lodged just januvver name fer rotten hocks over his heart,
yores trewly
ENHENT IGGS
He Is now recovering in bospital,
REPORT
in
Hongkong Stock Exchango OMelol Summary issued yesterday says: reported Business wag ngain HK. Banks at $1,510 and Unions at $500 but the rest of the Markel was neglected.
Buyors
Bank of E. Asia $73 H.K. Fire Ins $171
HK. Steamboats $11 H.K. Docks Cum tts $2134 H.K. Docka X Ria $10,40 Providents $4.35
H. S.. Hotels $4.05 X.D. Lands $30.85 Reallics $4.40
Troms
$17.85
Electrics $65.40
Macao Electrics $221⁄4
d) $28.40 (now) $10 H.K. Rope $3 Dairy Farms $21 Watsons $9.35 Wan Powell $1 Entertainments $0.00
Sellera
H.K Docks Cum Ntr $22 Trams $18
Sales
H.K. Bonks $1,516 Unions $500
H. S. Hotels $4.79 X.D. Electries $65.70 Watsons $9.35
MEXICAN SAFEGUARDS
Mexico City, Apr. 18. The Minister for the Interior has ordered an inquiry into Communist and Nazl activities in Mexico. He said anyone who was illegally in Mexico would be deported, regardless of his politics or nationality--United Press.
VERY WELL,
SIR!
April 19, 1940.
By Walt Disney
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TO-DAY'S RADIO
8.15 London Relay="1080 nod All Thal"
ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 "kilo-cycles) Radio Programme Broadcast by Relay of Musical Comedy April 10, 1890. German Influence has Induced the Bul-Z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 k.e'n. Į tan of Zanzibar to withdraw the conces and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m., sion of the islands of Manda and Patta and 8-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's. per from the British Africa Company. The Leller's proxy has declined to accept the withdrawal.”“
The French papers consider that Prince Bismarck's resignation of the Chancellor. ship is a guarantee of peace. Thero te les excitement in, Berlin ihan in any other of the European capitais. To people in Berlin express great confidence Ja the Emperor Willam.
Mr. Parnell
led denials of the Acoustions preferred against him by
second.
12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- cession.
12.30 Delius-Brirt Fair, London Symphony Orchestra con- ducted by Geoffrey Toye,
12.48 J. H. Squire Celeste Octet. 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report,
1,03 Patricia Rossborough (Piano) Captain O'Shea in connection with and Robinson Cleaver (Organ). association with Atra. O'Shea. The res
1.13 New Light Symphony Orches- pondent anks for a manth's delay, tu i tra, which the plaintif objects, urging" that { 1.30 Reuter Mr. Parnell and Mrs. O'Shea are delay Weather Forecast
and Rugby Press, and Announce- ing the proceedings to serve the former's political ends
ments,
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Austria has respived to spend two milion forins in the purchase of smoke- Tenk powder.
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A number of Maxim guns for use by British Regiments will probably reach India during the current” year.
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Amilitary balloon which ascended from Berlin collapsed over the forest of Posen, A satdier who was in the car was killed and a Captain of Engineers who was in charge had his legs broken by the fall,
25 YEARS AGO
April 19, 1010. It is stated at Rotterdam that the fight- south east of Ypres was very fierce. The wounded are arriving at Bruges, un- ceasingly. It in stated that the enemy is preparing to evacuate Menia.
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Killed: Sir Roland Corbet, D. F. Dou- G. Stantland, 11. M. Whitehead (East Surreya).
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Dief of wounds: A. Drickwood. Wounded; Second, Laurien (Worcestershires), Ka Darrien Smith, Drummond, G. J. Harvey, C. II. Hood, n.
Jackson, R. R. Lart, W. E. Lloyd Į Liverpools). C. Melrose (Royal Scots). 1. J. Milne, C. Suelling. 9. Webster. F. Whitaker, B. Wreford.
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To-night's "London Gazette" announces the awards of five further Crosses to the following
MY TWO YEARS -
WITH HITLER
(FAILURE OF A MISSION)
P.C.
Sir Nevile Henderson, G.C.M... Lute His Majesty's Am-
bassador at Berlin.
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1937 1939
podate
BY
SIR NEVILE HENDERSON
LATE HIS MAJESTY'S AMBASSADOR AT BERLIN
This is a people's War and therefore it is only right that the people themselves should be told the whole truth.”
WITH
WITH these words Sir Nevile Henderson, late His Majesty's Ambassador at Berlin, begins exclusively in the "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" on Monday next, his own first-hand account of what actually happened in Nazi Germany from the time he arrived in Berlin in April, Here, 1937, to the fateful day of September 3, 1939. PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME, is Sir Nevile Henderson's own story-simply and vividly written of the tremendous events which led This is NOT a summary of an official document but eventually to the outbreak of war. a specially written personal narrative in which many new and important facts are disclosed. Hitler, Gooring, Ribbentrop, Goebbels, Himmler-what manner of men are the masters of Nazi Germany? The Ruhr, Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, Poland! What really went on behind the scenes? Sir Nevile Henderson now reveals to the world THE WHOLE TRUTH. This remarkable document-probably the most important ever to be published in a newspaper- will appear in the "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH”—starting on Monday, April 22,
EXCLUSIVELY IN THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Starting Monday Next
Private Barber. of the 1st Grenadiers; For. at Neuve Chapelle, running in ad- vance of his grenade company and throw- When the Company came up
't
tha
Chappelle.
they found him quite alone, and the enciny surrendered an all side.
Lance Corporal Fuller, of the Greondlers. For. at Nouve preventing, without aid, nitty of
RTV escaping along a communication trench. He killed the leader with a bamb. and the remainder surrendered.
"Lieut.” Martin, of the Royal Engineers. At Spanbrookmolen, though wounded, he led six Grenadiers 15 the enemy's frenches and held back the reinforces ments for two and a half hours.
Private May, of the Cameronians. For, at La Pontillerie, endeavouring to rescue, under the heaviest Dre, a wounded man. who was killed before he was able to be saved, and, on the same day, enrrying a wounded officer while exposed to a very severe fre, a distance of 300 yards Inti rafety.
Private Toileston, of the Comeron figh- Ianders. At the Battle of the Aisne, dei- pite a heavy fire, carried a wounded of- Acer to a place of treater safety. Al- though wounded, he struggled bnek to the Betur ne, oud, when the Battalion retired I returned to the officer and realnert with him for three days 1 both were rescued.
10 YEARS AGO
April 10. 1950. A crown of 30,000 moonrchists, highly enthelastic and very orderly, today demonstrated loyalty to His Majesty the King in the Plazza del Toros, the princi- pal Square of Madrid.
Dr. Robert Bridges, the Poet Laureate, led at the age of 16,
5 YEARS AGO
April 10, 1935. It is understood that the navat mathorl- ties in Hongkong have made an ofter through the Jajanove Consulate General. to render may help that otay be required In connection with the Formosa earth- quate disaster. At the moment, it is nat known whether any old is needed.
Already the toll of lives has reached 2,700 and it 1 expected that further casunities will be reported from paris of Fonnosa attil out of communication with the outside world because of disrupted telephone and wireless xylem. Inil- wasw, too, have been disorganised, many tunnels having collapsed. The heaviest loss of Bfe is reported from Talehu Pro- vince, where 1,140 are dead. Besides, the killed 3331 are injured, many of them
VEGETARIANS WANT BUTTER
Ment rationing is in force in Eng- land, but the appeal by vegetarians for an extra ration of butter in Heu of meat is still under consideration.
The case for the vegetarians, pa outlined by Mr. Frank Wyalt, seere- tary of the London Vogetarian So- etely, is that they should be allowed nt least Goz. of butter ʼn week insiend of 4oz.
"The Food Ministry," Mr. Wyatt dded, "scerns to think that we should moke up our requirements for futs with margarine. The answer to that is that there are only three brands of margarines entirely of vegetable origin.
"These brands
nre not readily obtainable, and only one has vitamin A. The others have only vitamin
D."
"1066 and All That"
1.45 Verdi's “Alda” Act II. 2.15 Clone Down.
0.00 Garden."
Lehmann-"In A Persian
0.15 London Relay-News Sum-
mary,
0.30 London Relay-"World Af- fairs."
0.45
Elgar "Woodland Interindo" (from 'Caractacus', Op. 35) and 0.35 Closing Local Stock Quota- Dream Children" Op. 43, Noa, 1 and Hons.
6.37 The London Theatre Orches-
tra.
6.55 Dance Musto,
7.30 London Relay-The News. 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather sport and Announcements.
8.03 Plano Selections by Billy Mayer).
2.
London Symphony Orchestra cond, by Lawrance Collingwood..
0.54 Two Songs by Alexander Kipnis (Bass),
10.00 Anton Bruckner-Symphony No. 4 in E Flat Major,
Sachsische Staatskapelle conducted by Karl Bolm,
11.00 Close Down,
KING'S THEATRE
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IN AID OF B. W. O. F. TO-NIGHT AT 9.30 P.M.
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BATTALION MIDDLESEX REGIMENT BAND by kind permission of Major H. W. Stewart O.B.E., M.C. & Officers
BETTE
DAVIS
The greatest actress of the screen as the queen who want-
ed to be a woman...more than
the world's mightiest ruler!
YOURS
BODY SOUL
THRONE
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"The Private Lives
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ELIZABETH ESSEX
in greater than ev
TECHNICOLOR
WAND
OLIVIA
with Donald Crisp. Vincent Price Alan Hale Henry Stephenson Directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ
DE HAVILLAND
A WARNER BROS. Picture
Deres Pay by Normen Rally Rutas and Posse Mackorde 1. Mared on the Simps Play by klarvet Aaterson-Prodead by dhe Themes Delhi, Ian, - Most by lrich Wellaris Koregal
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