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AUNT FRITZI -- ARE YOU REALLY GOING
TO HAVE THE
PLACE PAINTED ?
YES--- TOMORROW
Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
ARE THE WALLS ALL GOING TO BE RE-PAINTED
TOO?
YES--- THE WHOLE PLACE WILL BE DONE
OVER!
February 19, 1941.
By Ernie Bushmiller
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE
"My mama gives my sisters and 'me Castoria. We like its taste --
she knows it's safe!"
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British Shipping Situation; Mr Alexander Optimistic
LONDON, Feb. 18 (Renter).—"The very heart of our struggle is keeping open our lifelines to the world and especial- ly to the United States," declared Mr A. V., Alexander, First
Lord of the Admiralty, in a broadcast review of the Navy
work.
The construction of every type of escort vessel is being speeded up to the, full and Britain's shipbuilding capacities are being employed to the full, feet of Malla hnd cost the enemy
"We shall take full advantage of about 90 machines.
the "We may leave the dive-bomber States an what the United
regards the to be dealt with by Admiral Cun- Dominions can do as construction of merchant shipping,"ningham. We shall break the threat of the Stukas just as we have broken he said.
"With the assistance of American the threat of the Italian Navy. We Mediter- mercantile shipbuilding. I see no rea-hold the laltiative in the son to expect anything but that we runean and shall continue shall win through, and the figures it."
of shipping losses for the last minai weeks are encouraging."
Invasion Gamble
Referring to possible invasion at- tempta, Mr
Alexander said we have repeatedly heard of feelings of despair
soldiers who amongst know that they may be fated to perish in this reckless folly, and While remorselessly impelled by the unyielding pressure
sure of events towards this desperate gamble of invasion, another nightmare af Germany will come true, namely a war on fronts due to the collapse of Haly which has let the
plans
German
two
"Our great successes in Africh are ho flush in the pan. it in pursuit of a quick end to his desperate gamble against time, an attempt at invasion
made, the men whom Hitler con- demns to the task will play a ter- rible role; they will be the army
of the doomed, doomed because of Hitler's fatal miseniculations."
Initiative In Mediterranean Reviewing the position in
Naval Water Carriers
Exchange At A Glance
T.T. I
British Estimates For Coming Year are Higher
LONDON, Feb. 18 (Reuter).-Considerable Increases in the cost of running certain Government departments appear in the 1941 estimates in a vole "on account" presented to the House of Comnions to-day.
and
Colonial *Once
Foreign Oflice estimates are £834,769 compared with £474,- 917 for the present year.
Donilnion estimates are up. India-Burma services are estimated at £2,180,743 against the estimate for the present
for broadcasting is,
£5,000,000
RADIO
ZBW, 355 metres (645 k.c.) and 3145 moires (9,523 kilo.cycles)
A number of departments present Second Talk by Fr Byrne On
forniation, Shipping and Supply.
"Makers of Medicine"
Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency
The Secret Service is represented of 845 k.c's. on Short Wave from
SELLING
T.T. London Demand London T.T. Shanghai T.T. Singapore
1/236 .1/27% 420
year of £2,110,319.
The estimate for
for
the coming year.
.6244
ngainst £4.700.000.
102
.832
to use
T.T. U.S.A. T.T. Manila
.40%
Production, Economic Warfare,
only a token vote for expenditure, including the Ministries for Aircraft
In-
T.T. Batavia
.45
T.T. Bangkok
1401
T.T. Saigon
..105
Num.
TT. Switzerland T.T. Australia
.103
1/01/2
BUYING
1/31/2
1/35%
,25%
Nom.
84
On the flank of our advancing ommy and preventing reinforcement and supplies reaching Marshal Graziani, aval vessels have acted as water- carriers .to our troops and have transported an embarrassingly large number of Italian prisoners, who fell into our hands with such obvious pleasure and relief.
"The Navy is now carrying out similar operations in support of our South African troops and air force uults, who have penetrated Italian Somaliland and have already tured Kismayu and are pressing northwards."
T.T. France
4 m/s L/C London
4 m/s D/P London
4 m/s L/C U.S.A.
4 m/s France
30 d/s India
U.S. Cross rate in Loudon 4,02%
U.S. Cross rate in N.Y.
cap-
N.Z.-U.S.A. To Exchange
Ministers
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (Reuter). The United States and New Zea- Janel have deckled to exchange diplomatic representatives, Mr Sun-
Welles, the ner
Under-Secretary
of
Mediterranean, Mr Alexander said State, announced today at a press that the dive-bombing atincks on the conference.
.4.03
In a token vote for £100, while the 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. on 9.52 estimate for the current financial yeur is £1,500,000.
m.c's. per second.
13.15 p.m. Short Servled of Inter-
These civil and revenue depart-cession. ment estimates for the coming year total £534,290,535 compared with
£622,542,580.
Ad. H. Stark
On Warships
Cricket Cancelled For England
The Anal fixture of the Volunteer
cricket week which should have been
previous
Axtures
.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (Reuter).
12.30 Light Orchestral Selections. 12.50 Sea Songs and Shanlies sung Try the Portsmouth Royal Naval Singers.
1.0 Lucal Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.03 Dance Music by Nat Gonella and Is Georgians with Vocal' by Frances Langford,
1.30 leuter & Rugby Press, Wea- ther Forecast and Announcements.
1.45 Sclimbert-Quartet Minor, Op. 29.
2.15 Close down.
5.45 Indian Programme.
in
A
6.30 Closing local Stock Quotations.
6.32 Seliumtun-Symphony No. 1
played at Hongkong Cricket Club to--Asked whether it was possible that further United States warships could day between the fleers and Ser- geants, and Other Ranks, has been transferred to Britain, Admiral In D Minor, Op. 120. cancelled. Both were also cancelier.
The match between K.C.C. and
should have been! R.A.S.C. which
tell played at Cox's Roud to-day has also been cancelled.
London Symphony Orchestra con- Haroki Stark, United States Chief of Naval Operations, told newspaper-ducted by Bruno Waiter. inen to-day: "Not for the moment. But what will happen later, I cannot |
The Admiral further stated:
Try-
ing to legislate for what may happen six months from now is impossible.
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7.0 London Relay Tho News,
7.15 London Relay-Talk by Robert Donat.
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1.30 Richard Tauber (Tenor) and Debroy Somers Band.
You Must Have Musle; Heaven in
Song (both from 'Land Without Musle-Ossar Strutts-Clifford Grey),
"Earlier Adiniral Stark had called Richard Tauber (Tenor) with Or-
at the White House and conferred chestra and Chorus: Irving Berlin with the President, but he declined to Waltz
state the purpose of the visit, He Somers Band Medley,
ago,
Debroy
with Vocal by Dan
was accompanied by Admiral Gorm-Donovan; Smile For Me; Simple Little Melody (both from. 'Land ley, who visited Britain some months
Without Music-Oscar Straus Clifford Grey), Richard Tauber (Тепог) with Orchestra; Theatre Memories-The Gaiety', Debroy Soners Band-and-Chorus:
C.-in-C., India
Sees Veterans
9.0 Local Time Signal Weather Report and Announcements.
8.03 Three Songs by Elsie Suddaby (Soprano),
Ave Maria ('Cavalleria Rusticana' -Mascagni); My Mother Bida Me Bind My Hair (Haydn); Nymphs and Shepherds (Purcell).
8.13 Purcell-Sulle for Dido and Aeneas.
Raising Of Recruits BULANDSHAHR, Feb. 18 (Reu- ter)-Old soldiers greeted Lieut-Gen. Claude Auchinleck when he attended fle Soldiers Board Meeting, and re- 8.30 Studio "Makers of Mediclue plying in Urdu to an address of wel-
Scenes: Tho "Behind the No. 2:
д was stated that Making of Doctor', come (wherein It under General Auchinleck's leader- Talk by Father G. Byrne, S. J. shilp India would take a full shore in 8.50 Songs by Amellia Galll- the war), the
C-in-C sald Unt the Curci (Soprano). British army, navy and air force Air and Variations were undefeated and the air force Warbler (Zemire et Azor-Gretry), was gaining in strength. The enemy with flute obbligato by Clement in Africa had been routed, and vic-Barone and: Orchestra.
(Proch); The
tory was certain. He added he had 9.0 Landon Relay-Tho News,
soldiers in the 9.15 London Relay Questions of seen many Indiau Sudan and they were cheerful and the Hour". well looked after.
0.30 Selections from Musical His Excellency expressed pleasure Comedy. at the Board's assistance in the rals~! ing of recruits.
the DeckVocal Gems. (Youmans), Light Opera Company
The Meeting was followed by a with Orchestra: The Gold Diggers of demonstration of the manoeuvrability and striking power of tanks, on which the old soldiers were invited to ride.
Orchestra with Vocal Cherus; " 1933-Selection, The B.B.C. Dance Desert Song Vocal Gems (Rom- berg) :
Mazurka" Vocal
Gems (Lehar), Light Opera Com- Orchestra; "Glamorous
PIERCE TO PICK panelection (Novello). Drury
UP EVACUEES?
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” TOKYO, Feb. 18 (UP).—A mem- ber of the British Embassy stated to-day that he was unable to com- ment on the report from Shanghal that the President Pierce had been requested by the British Embassy to stop at Kobe to pick up evacuees.
British
one Theatre Orchestra..
Lane
10.0 London HelayMy Weekly Newsletter'
Talk by an English woman, 10.15 Dance Musle. 11.0 Close down.
SUEZ RAIDED
CAIRO, Feb. 18 (Reuter).—Enemy Sucz Canal He said he had received "conflict-planes raided the
early this morning, it was announced ing reports about this."
Bombs In an omein! communique. The reported rejection of the re-
WAS. no quest by the President Linos is pre-were dropped but there sumably due to the fact that the Pre-damage or casualties. sident Pierce is scheduled to sail
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