Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 31, 1940.
AIR RAID The R.A.F. Is striking hard at Gorman In. dustries and hore a bombing Aight bogins. First, loft, a line of 250 pound bombs is hauled to the bombor. Thon tha "oggs" are stowed in plane's bolly, bolow. Fully loaded, abovo, a bombar soars off in search of Nazi target.
Conference of Labour Women
Must Plan Now For New Better World
Women want a better world to emerge from the
wreckage of war. This was the keynote of the presi- dential address which Miss Grace Colman gave at the opening session of the National Conference of Labour Women at Southport.
SON OF
GERMAN DOCTOR Took Photos of Aircraft
THE son of a German doctor and the deputy commander of
There were 300 delegates, representing Labour women's or-the town's Home Guards, was sentenced at Arundel, Sussex, ganisations in all parts of the kingdom.
"Some people think," said Miss Colman, "that our sole pur- recently to three months' im- pose in this war is to defent Hitler and Mussolini, and that Prisonment. He was also fined having done so they can return comfortably to their pre-war lives. £30, with £2 15s, costs.
"But things cannot be the
same again. We are fighting
this war, not only to destroy a
vile thing, but so that on its
ruins we may build a better
The man, Willium Treutler Holmes, aged 37, was charged with photographing aircraft and a wireless station at a naval aerodrome where he was cm-
More
In ployed.
world, worthy of the great] Women In
sacrifices made."
Ordinary People
War
Industry
Thomas Spencer, a Biter, said he saw Holmes, who had the bottom button of his coat fastened and the two above, it unfastened, "standing hard" against some wire.
A plane was on the other side. his hand into his coat and put bent over.
When some other civilians come along Holmes put a cigarette into more his mouth and walked away. Later Game back and repeated his
"This war will have been won by ordinary people in the fighting ser- vices and in the factories, and by women who have kept their fenirs going in the face of great difficulty.) Never again must their interesis be sacrificed to those of the so-called
The move to absorb Government classes, Social and pull- float inequality must go,
women into war-time industry, he "Whatever the war muy do, we which has the Woman Power actions. must see to it that the essential Committee, authorised by Mr Harald Henry Sinclair, of Arundel, Boeint services, especinity those con Bevin, Minister of Labour, hellotment employer and commander cerned with the health and education hind it, is likely to develop used to lecture to the N.C.O.3 an of the Home Guards, said Holmes expanded. An underfed und un shortly. educated people cannot build a biete: ter world,
of children. are maintained and
London Homeless
The Ministry of Labour has
aircraft.
Was At Sandhurst Sergt Elphick said Holmes stated Miss Mary Sutherland, Chief Wo¦ issued an instruction in regard that he took a picture of a bomb mun Onleer of the Labour Party, to the training of welfare crater in front of a wireless station read to the conference a message of workers for the engineering for a lecture to the ilome Guards goodwill from women's representa-1
on high explosives. tives of the Social Democratic Move-industry, and has asked a num- Mr H. S. Falconer, defending, sald ment in iropein countries.
ber of organisations in touch Holmes father, a well-known Ger- with women to recommend man medical doctor, died some time. Mrs Barbara Ayrton Gould, bring-candidates,
ago.
Holmes was educated at Sand- ing greetings from the Labour Party Executive, sald that the Labour re-i Among these organisation Is the hurst and became a lieutenant. presentatives in
Government British Federation of Business and When the war broke out he joined were doing magnificent work. Professional Women, of which Miss the Observer Corps because of his "If we had not gone into the Gov-Caroline Haslett, the well-known wo-keenness in studying aeroplanes.
Mr ernment when we did we should not an engineer, is president.
that Falconer complained people in Arundel had been saying thai Holmes was o. Firth Columnist.
we are
the
be speaking here torday.
"But we are only in the Government, and our Ministers can only do as much
not the Government.Į“
as public opinion enables them to du,
Three Months' Training
Miss Huslett said that the candi- dates for welfare work, who must
"The position of the homeless Ive over 25 and have a good educa
London has been
given three months' training at a univer
sential. we tional background, will be
have been kicking and trying to get sity.
something done.
Ex-Convict Lived In Monastery
A 47-year-old Chinese, who
"Finally, after weeks of disgrace- Ghis without melns will not be ful inaction, public opinion was penalised, if they have the necessary worked up to such an extent that qualiflentions, as living allowances Herbert Morrison was put in instead will be made during training. of Sir John Anderson.
Thundreds of women Were engaged Conference
Parsed ' emer-ins welfare workers in the munitions gency resolution endorsing the de-factories in the Inst war. The fuet declared that for seven years, claration of the Labour Party that atat training for this work is to be from 1931 to 1938, he was in Insting peace may be brought nearer gin almost immellately suggests the monastery studying to become by stag elearly our immediate war possible absorption of more wonen purpoc.
Into the engineering industry itself, a Buddhist priest, pleaded guilty
10 minition making, in the near in Singapore recently to being a police supervisce who failed to report.
Billet Dodgers During discussion on evacuation future. problems, Miss Susan Lawrence, re- ferring to billeting, said:
"I want to see the large houses) taking their share with the smaller) houses; and they are not doing it.
"The billeting offleers in some localities are up against the force of the feudal systém,”
The conference demanded that the Ministry of Food should fix prices
of al) essential foods at
Czech Helped Poles
The man, Lee long, was convicted In the criminal district court on a charge of housebreaking on Apr. 22, 1930, and sentenced to three months rigorous imprisonment, to be follow- ed by a year's pallte supervision.
prison in July, for Discharged from
The President of Poinad, M. Ritz- the next seven months, until Febru klewicz, han decorated M, Jurayary. 1931, Lee reported regularly as Jevel with Slavik, Czechoslovak: Envoy in police supervise.
Warsaw until the outbreak of war,
In the rench of all workers.
Arrest For Chandu
Miss Mary Sutherland described with the Grand Cross of Polonia ile failed to turni up in March, and soria of the broadcasts about food Restituta, one of the highest Polish a warrant was issued for his arrent as "n pain in the necks," and the Government's appreciation of the en Mar. 9, 1931. In November of B.B.C. talks about cookery were excellent work M. Slavik did in this year Lee was arrested by Cus criticised as "foolish."
Poland
toms officers in conneellon with a
MILITARY- HONOURS
FOR TEDDY
The President stressed at the core-chandu offence, and his fingerprints mony the necerally for closer proved that he was the police super- collaboration and understanding be- vleee wanted for falling to report in tween the two aallons after their March,
1931. restoration.
Lee admitted the facts, saying he Since the formation of the new had retumed to China where he had The Royal Canadian Dragoons" last Follah Government by Gen, Sikarski studied for seven years to become a horse, ""Tekly"; i a veteran of the last the relations between the represen- Buddhist priest, returning to Singa- war, has been shot at St. Johate, talives of Poland and Czechoslovakia, pare in 1038. Québec, and was later burled with in England have rapidly improved. The magistrate. Mr Oun Khye milltary honours. The Dragoons are Until the outbreak of war the two Klang, sentenced Lee to four weeks' now a mechanised unit,
countries were far from friendly. rigorous imprisonment.
CHEER UP GEORGE-
WHAT'S
WRONG?
NEWSPAPER REPORTER NEARLY LET HIS EDITOR DOWN
I DON'T KNOW -NEVER SEEM TO HAVE ANY ENERGY THESE
DAYS.
AT THE DOCTOR'S
L7
IN YOUR CASE] ALSO THIS HAS LED TO AN EXCESS OF ACID WASTE PRODUCTS IN THE BLOOD, RECENT TESTS HAVE PROVED THAT HORLICKS AT BEDTIME IS WHAT. YOU NEED.
TWO WEEKS LATER
IT'S WONDERFUL HOW MUCH BETTER I FEEL
ALREADY
IF THIS IS THE BEST YOU CAN DO σONES, I'LL HAVE TO ASSIGN YOU TO| LESS IMPORTANT
EVENTS IN FUTURE.
SIX WEEKS LATER
JONES, THIS IS A
· MARVELLOUS SCOOP FOR THE PAPER
GOOD WORK.
SORRY SIR,
It CERTAINLY
SEEM TO HAVE. LOST MY GRIP- THINK I'LL SEE
¡A DOCTOR.
ROTIGE
THANK YOU SIR
(THINKS) I'VE GOT HORLICKS) TO THANK FOR
THIS.
DO YOU FEEL WORN OUT, DEPRESSED, OR NERVY? DO YOU EVEN AWAKE TIRED?
AT THE DOCTOR'S ANATEL A
... I EVEN
WAKE
TIRED
YOUR TROUBLE IS. NIGHT
STARVATION.Į YOU SEE, WHILE YOU SLEEP, YOUR HEART, LUNGS, AND OTHER
·AUTOMATIC PROCESSES CONTINUE
USING UP
ENERGY.
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IN HOSPITAL TESTS
:
RECENTLY tests were made in a great
on men and women who com- plained of always feeling tired."
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