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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 19, 1940.
POLISH PRINCE SAFE
He Escaped In A Workman's Suit'
PRINCE and Princess Radzi will. descendants of the former Kings of Poland, arrived at al northern part in England, re- fugees for the second time from German invasion.
Prince, Radziwill, who was, dj-) lag with the Polish Army in France, had to abandon his my uniforni to escape.
mrived in a stalned rain-! cont, striped trousers, such as French warking-en wear, and a Jacket of n different pattern.
When he stepped off the gang way anon a group of soldiers A sergeant un tie embarkation staff. not realising his identity; said: "Here, no civilians can get off."
It was not for a moment or two that the difficulty was cleared up.
HE wife, dressed in inbulance service uniform, wore the ribbon of fthe Legion of Honour on her dress. After hiking Prince Radziwill has been just, she found him on the
"KING of the LUMBERJACKS" ridge of the ship.
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"He had disappeared with some unit which became suparated from The rest of the force" she said.
"I had been running a war hospi-i tal in the south of France.
"When I went aboard the ship I had no idea that my husband also had reached safety unti} } JIK taken on the bridge-and there be was.'
After escaping from Poland, Princess Radziwill stayed with Sle
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"think we
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Catalogues HelpEnemy
BRITISH commercial firma are warned to be on their guard against giving vital information the enemy in catalogues, trade leaflets and publicity ma- terial,
to
ROYALTY'S KIN➡ Patrícia, left, and Pamela Mountbatten. great-great-grandchildron of Queen Victoria of Britain, arriving in Now York from Europe. They will live for duration of war with Mrs, Cornelius Vanderbilt.
THE BABY ARMADA
Cars sold for 5/- each
Channel Islanders left
as
MORE than 50,000 Channel Islanders--half the civil population—are now in England, Scotland and Wales. For a week they poured into south coast ports under a Govern- ment scheme for voluntary evacuation.
There was no panic. The Several two-seater cars were sold evacuation was orderly and well for 5s. organised. But they came in all Valuable hercis ot eattle were kinds of craft.
turned loose to fend for themselves The regular Channel Island Jas formers joined the evacuees. steamers were usslated by cattle Whisky, normally 98, a bottle, was boats, potato boats and flat little sold off for 5s. Thousands of ents Dutch coastal motor-boats.
and dogs were destroyed until the All the possessions they were veternary surgeons ran out of drugs. allowed to bring away were packed
People shut houses, garages and in suitcasen--26 lbs. of luggage was
them shops--and just left the maximunt
for the
Behind them they left a commer-duration. cini desolation almost equal to the First news that people had of the materinl damage. Hitler's hordes proposed voluntary evacuation was in à Jersey newspaper, last Wednes- have caused in France.
"Unwittingly, certain firms have helped the Nazis by including de- scriptions of important processes in their publications without submit- ing them to censorship," said Mr. B. S. Townroe, ' director of the A wealthy woman drove up to the Censorship Di
side of cattle boat in a mahogany- "Commercial catalogues are wide-panelled Rolls-Royce. She got out
People abandoned expensive day, motor-cars on the quayside. They were used as hotels by other people waiting to embark.
Division.
ly distributed, and there is always and auctioned it on the spot. It £5. Then she climbered the risk that they might be sent out fetched
of the country in commercial travel- down into the hold.
lers' bags, or by other means, and,
so reach Berlin.
"In one case,
said Mr. Townroe,
-a-manufacturer-published-an-air
view of a large building of unusua}| shape. This appeared on the outside cover of the trade catalogue.
"IS was obviously *ulde from the air to most important munition areas in this country.
excellent one of the
"Another catalogue included full details of apparatus installed at a new works. This indicated clearly that certain research was being ear- rled on in that factory.
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Motor cycles not being employed on public services were taken to Central and Tsimshatsul Police Stations yesterday at the request of the Police, in order that their usefulness to the authorities in the event of an tested.
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For days they had been listening to the thunder of guns in France and hearing their houses tremble with the tumult of war.
The town ball at St. Helier was opened at four o'clock next morn- ing to register those who wished to leave. By ten that night 9,000 people had registered.
Jitterbug Died
Dancing
A young man who was dancing the "jitterbug" with a girl when she fell and died afterwar ds, gave an exhibition of the dance to the coroner at the inquest,
The girl
Guidotti, was Virginia uged nineteen, of Wickham-raad.
Heard It Said She Brockley, S.E., who died in St. Al-
Had Heard-And
Rumour
Cost
Him £10 Fine
FOR spreading a false rumour, emergency could be Sidney Hawkins House, 54-year-
A large number were tried out by old Mansfield Labour Exchange the Follec, and the machines were employee, was fined £10 with classified according to their standard. five gulneas costs at Mansfield. The owners were naked to report
phege's Hospital, Greenwich, Vor- diet was Accidental death.
Henry George Cox, of Parkfield-
road, Deptford, said he met the girl
at New Cross Palais de Danse, and they danced several times together. Then they danced the "Jitterbug,"
which, he explained, they did all
kinds of fantastic and funny things." Mr. Cox then stepped on to the coroner's bench, and locking lis hunds, went through various move- ments of the dance.
At one slago he said the girl fell backwards on the floor, and he fell on her.
The Coroner, Dr. W. II. While- house: It is peculiar. It sounds to me valgar. Tell me exactly what happened. Mr. Cox gave another demonstra- with their machines to the Police! It was the first case of its kind should an emergency arise and such under the Emergency Defence Retton and said that after the fall he that the girl should have a suggested machines as are required will then gulations: He was charged with un gloss of water and she said she would be taken over, and due compensa-lawfully making a statement which be all right. She disappeared. He tion paid.
he knew, to be false.
inquired for her in the cloak room
It was alleged that House told the and did not see any more of her na
LATE NEWS police he had beard in a broadenst she had apparently, gone home,
by "Lord Haw-Haw" certain in- Dr. J. D. Laycock, of St. Alphege's
relating formation
to the occupation Hospital of schools in Mansfield.
If this had been true it would have pointed to a serious leakage of Information, but police inquiries. showed House's story of the broadcast could not be true.
House then said, according to the police: "I am sorry. I did not hear it. I overheard some people talking as they passed my garden, but I do not know who they were.
that
He mode a further statement admitting he had not listened to the German news bulletin
previous night, but saying his wife told him something about what a Mrs. Robins had said was a matter that ought to be cleared up by the police,
TAXATION EXPERT
Mt. P. D. A. Chidell, a Cinrlored Accountant, has arrived from England to join the Hongkong War Taxation Department.
said death
Lo was due tubercular meningills,
Mr. Fivash, the manager of the Palais de Danse; said the manage- ment did all that they could to stop this dance. It was stated that Miss Guidatt! complained on May 3-the day after the dance of a headache, following day the doctor ordered her removal to hospital.
and the
PORTUGUESE SLOOP Goncalves Zarco Arrives To Go into Dock
The 1,430-ton Portuguese Bloop Goncalves Zarco has arrived at Hongkong from Macao to proceed to Tolkoo Dock for repairs.
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EVACUEES IN MELBOURNE
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Melbourne, Aug. 17.
Singapore, Aug 18. Another group of Hongkong fami- Mr. Tamotsu Kurose, manager of les, numbering 407 persons, has arla Japanese trading firm and lecturer rived in Melbourne after an enjoy at Calcutta University, and the Rev. able and speedy trip.
Maruyama, a priest of the Buddhist Thanks to advance arrangements, Nichiren sect, have been advised to the disembarkation and accommoda-leave India shortly, the Japanese
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The Gencalves Zarco, which was tion of the evacuees was accomplit-Consulate revealed here on Friday, built in England in 1932, has a com-ed without a hitch-United' Pres3, plement of 128 and carries three 4.7
inch guns and two 40 mm, anti-
Several experts in this Geld, are ülveruft guns, She has a speed of being attached to the Department. 1714 knots.
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