NANCY
BOATS IN THE BATHTUB AGAIN-THAT
KID IS DRIVING ME BATTY!
AND IN. THE SINK
TOO:-- EVERY DAY
IT'S THE SAME THING!
Go Empress
ONE MANAGEMENT DIRECT
to North America
and Europe!
EMPRESS LUXURY
July 25, 1940.
Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
By
Ernie
Bushmiller
THIS BOAT BUSINESS. HAS GOT TO STOP --- IT'S GETTING ON MY NERVES-
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SECOND WEEK IN AUGUST.
romiting Honolulu)
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Colonies Give Generously
Gifts In Cash & Kind To War Effort
FIGHTING IN. LIBYA
More Enemy Losses Reported
Special Court Trials Bill
Criticism Producos
Amendments
LONDON, July 24 (Reuter). The House of Commons to-day resumed consideration in com- near the fort of Capuzzo, Libya, mittee of the Emergency Powers
The communique continues: "In
patrolling by Defence Bill, which provides Somaliland active
the powers for the trial of offences motorised detachments and
Somaliland Camel Corps continues. by special courts in certain
LONDON, July 24 (Reuter). CAIRO, July 24 (Reuter).— In reply to a question in the A communique reports further House of Commons to-day. Mr. enemy losses of lorries and runs G. II. Hall, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, stated that since the outbreak of war a large number of generous and valuable gifts, both in cash-and kind, had been made by Colonial Govern ments and private individuals and organisations both to His Majesty's Government for the prosecution of the war and to various war charities.
"Many Italian frontier posts have now been successfully raided and areas. indentinentings and information have been obtained.
"On other frents there is nothing to report."
Cash gifts, including loans free of PAY FOR FRENCH
interest but not including gifts in kinds. amounted, he cald, to over
£9,250,000..
The list of these, gifts is very long from and
Rifls includes money Colonial Governments and individuals previously mentioned in "Reuters"
services.
SOLDIERS IN
ENGLAND
LONDON, July 24 (Reuter).-In
As the Bill stands at present, it is luld down that the proceedings of such courts shall be subject to no review.
Criticism had been advanced in this respect and to-day Sir John-Anderson, the Home Secretary, declared that li was never in the mind of the Govern sent to exclude a review in the case) of prerogative of mercy.
Right To Appeal
In cases of capital or lesser sen- tences, everyone had the right to appeal to the elemency of the Crown. the House of Commons to-day. Sir and in the ease of death sentence, be Edward Grips Under-Secretary for fore It could be carried out, a review War, sald that negotiations were pro- was made by the Home Secretary as
with ceeding
of representatives
a matter of course irrespective of any General de Gaulle as to the rates and emoluments to be fixed for the pay-
appeal. ment of French volunteers.
20.000 Bottles Of Rum Among the items not previously recorded are over 20,000 bottles of rum for His Majesty's forces from Jomnica Central War Assistance In the meantime, advances had Committee, £1 12s, from the Swahili community of Eldama Ravine, Kenya, been issued to them on a provisional
Tanganyikan tribes have presented scale.
Similar negotiations were pro money and in some instances a pro- portion of each person's harvest of ceeding with Poland. Advances had coffee and maize for the use of the been made to Polish troops and also
to the Czechs. King's African Riftes.
In the case of Norwegians, Dutch The inhabitants of Tristan u
Belgians, payment of these Cunha have sent a large parcel of and woollen comforts made by themselves, traps had been undertaken by the
} The chiefs of the Northern Pro-ovchuncuts concerned vince of Nigeria are making a volun-own rates.
lary contribution of live per cent.
of their salaries, but it's noteworthy
their
that an offer of £200 by, the Oron MEXICO WELCOME
nutive administration of Calabar Province, Nigeria, was declined by the Government In view of the loyal Anancial situation,
FOR EVACUEES
MEXICO CITY, July (Reuter).
AFRICA AMERICA These are only examples in a com-Mer discussions with the Mexten
NEW
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clude gifts, hospital supplies and Government, the British Consul has knitted comforts forwarded by wo-issued a statement that any British in children evacuated from Britain to ren's voluntary organisations practically all colonies and depen- the United States or Canada would be welcomed in Mexico if brought by parents or
or well-intentioned zocieties.
dencies.
Compensation For Injury
Ministry Of Pensions New Scale Of Rates LONDON, Júly 24 (Reuter). The Minister of Fensions has
issued an amended scheme of compensation. for physical injury sustained by civilians ду the
tions.
ife suggested that insertion of the amendments on the report stage would go a long way to meet mi- givings.
Sir John added that he was quite willing to propose insertion of words to make it quite clear that provision must be made by regulation for secur ing that no death sentence shall be carried out until the question of re- prieve has been duly considered.
Third Reading LONDON, July 24 (Reuter).The Emergency Powers B was read a third time to-day in the House Commons without a division.
Conscription In India
Bill Has Limited Application
SIMLA, July 24 (Reuter).
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Friday, Kamakura Maru SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe)
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• Sagami Maru
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Tuesday,
6th Aug.
Sunday,
28th July
LIVERPOOL via Cape Town,
+
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Second week in Aur.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.
Kitano Maru
Saturday.
27th July
BOMBAT via Singapore & Colombo.
Anyo Maru RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore,
Thursday,
1st Aug.
Saturday,
27th July
KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
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Thursday, Thursday,
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8th Aug.
If hoines and maintenance were A compulsory principle for the assured, wormal restrictions for im- migrants would be waived.
recruitment of European-born
The Press-moves-that-a-vian British subject in India for work has been made to receive 500 British children.
It is pointed out that many Spanish been refugees In children have Mexico since the Spanish civil war.
PEOPLE TO GET
of
national importance is embodied in an Ordinance being issued to-morrow.
Domlelled Europeans are not affecl- ed by the Ordinance which provides for service in the armed forces or in a civillon eapaelly.
No Radical Change Apart from the element of com- pulsion, no radical change is made
THE NEWS in the existing procedure as laid down
LONDON, July 24 (Reuter)-In in the National Service Bill passed Tribunals will be established to direct result of warlike opera- the House of Commons to-day, Mr. by the Central Assembly last April. A. Dull-Cooper, Minister of informa- tion, was naked whether any arrange-heur appeals with regard to availabl The effect of this scheme' is to ments had been made, in the event Jity and other questions,
Provision is also made for con- insure the whole civilian population of any reglan of Britain being cut off against injury caused by air raids or during an enemy invasion, to secure selentious objectors who will be Invasion if they were gainfully em- the distribution of newspapers on the liable for elvillan service unly. ployed at that time.
widest scale possible.
LONDON, July 24 (Reuter).—The that he understood that adequate Treasury has placed a buti on bank- arrangements had been made both by ers making payments or transferring instructions TC- the national and provincial news-gold securities on papers on their own account to secure ceived from Estonia, Latvia distribution should such a period of Lithuania or any corporation
trolled from these states, emergency urine.
The new scheme increases, allow- ances and persions to meet the rise in the cost of living.
53. 11d. A Week
BUENOS AIRES, MONTEVIDEO, totally disabled. SANTOS & RIO DE JANEIRO
VIA
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A married man with two children will now receive 53s. 11d. a week if
bcen Already 127 pensions have granted under the scheme either for serious disablement or to widows.
The
Ministry states that it deals expeditiously with pensions and in one case the widow of an air raid warden, who died on duty received the pension within 24-hours of his death.
REPATRIATION OF. NAZIS
The Minister of Information replied
NARVIK BATTLES COST NAZIS 9 DESTROYERS
and
Ton-
LONDON, July 24 (Reuter). That the following seven large German destroyers were sunk in the second battle at Narvik was revealed by the, Admiralty to-night:
Diether von Roder, Hans Ludo-
mann, Wolfgang Zenker, Bernd bontain gave orders to abandon ship, 50
Erich Koellner, Arnio,
Herman for 60 wounded men were left to die in the burning hull. Eighty or 100
LONDON, July 24 (Reuter)Kunne and Erich Glest. Between 13,000 and 80,000 Germans At least 2,000 German sailors were escaped overboard. but many perish- from Besserabia and Northern Buko-
killed.
Led
d in the cold before reaching the
vino ore being re-settled in Germany In the Brst battle of Narvik, the shore. necording to the "Dienst Aut
Aston Schmidt and Wilhelm Held- Deutschland."
kamp were sunk.
The paper says that they are the descendants of Germans from East Prussia and Southern Germany who settled there about a contury, ngo.
Replacing Sacked Canal Employees
CAIRO, July 24 (Reuter). The newspaper, "Almo Kattam," reports that the Suez Canni Company has re- quested the Egyptian Government to nominato 200 Egyptians to occupy the posts made vacant through the dismissal of enemy nationals;
A London report states that if this is accurate, It is thought by those in close touch with the Canal Company's; affairs that the dismissals referred to would involve a number of Italian [officials occupying minor posta.
She lay on her side with fames Issuing from every port-hole. Sud-i Left To Their Fato
denly there was a sheet of flame us A description of the end of the one of the magazines exploded and Erich Glese says that when the Cap-lehe went to the bottom.
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