1935-03-06 — Page 9

TO-DAY IS YOUR

LAST CHANCE

THIRD CODE MESSAGE

H

FOR SOLUTION

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1935

VOLUNTEERS

PARADE

Practice Before Annual Inspection

SMARTNESS THE KEYNOTE

To-day's Short Story.

Something In Common

There Are

By C. Gordon Glover

Two hundred men of the Hong S Mr. LEACH it his pipe he, he must be for over haunted with

Kong Volunteer Defence

Corps A cared above, the rising and their weak, undecided starings. | TERE is your last chance to win two complimentary dress circarried out. their practice parade, falling leaf of dame at his "Here, Bet, put 'em in the waste-

cle seats for "The Key", showing at the Alhambra Thea- tre from to-morrow. This is one of the simplest codes used by in preparation for the annual wife. Puff, puff, puff. He drew paper basket," he said with an ef-

in his breath with a long sigh, fort, secret service operatives. See If you can unravel the cipher.

inspection next Tuesday by H.Ereleased it husklly. She was

..Nine

Twenty-two Seven

Six

Nine Thirteen

Twenty-six Seven

Twelve

Thirteen

Twenty-four

Twenty-two

the General Officer Commanding taking things out of paper bags. She moved across the room to do the Troops in South China, Major. The crooked, tea-brown hands so, pulling with her free hand at General O. C. Borrett, C.B., C.M.G., plucked bonily at the rustling the shapeless, buff-coloured folds of C.B.E., D.S.O., to perfection on the paper as they lifted out the her sagging skirt. Always tug, tug, crumbly rock-cakes one by one tugging at that confounded thing. Murray Parade Ground yesterday and laid them in a row on the No wonder it looked like a potato afternoon.

dresser. Then the bread, then

TO-MORROW'S STORY

· To-morrow's story will be "Through A Glass Darkly," by Simion Dewes

Arriving first on the ground were the five apples which went to the Signals, led by Lt. Bottomley make the pound. He would followed by the Motor-Cycle Sec even that she would begin tion, under the command of Lt. Wil pluckily off the stalks, at any liams. Two armoured cars, under moment. the command of Lt: Moutrle, were; Ah, there she went,

one, two, also on parade.

three, four, five. Why, in the name] The main body of the Corps then charity..... She turned round marched on headed by the Corps vaguely and faced him, the stalks in Pipers. It consisted of five com her hand, peering helplessly here sack. There was a small grey stain panies, The Battery, commanded by and there for somewhere to put halfway down one side of the skirt, Lt. Deville; the Engineers, com them. Her eyes wero pale blue and but she hadn't troubled to take it manded by Major Johnson; the feeble in the mottled, characterless out. She dropped the apple stalks Troop, commanded by Capt. Polls face.

into the basket, hesitated," turned, and then began slowly to retrace her steps to the dresser, going by way of the aide-table so that she could-plek-off-the-dend-flower-heads-

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No. 1 Company (M.G.), commanded "Dear ever-so blue, Mr. Leach Capt. H. Owen-Hughes; and the had said once. Now it seemed that Corps Infantry (Portuguese), com;

manded by Capt. Jarvis

Smartncas featured the march SITUATION BETTER between finger and thumb.

past, Col. Dowbiggin, the Command- Ing-Officer, taking the salute,

It is understood that more than 300 men will be on view next Tues- day at the annual parade.

INTERNATIONAL CONTROL

FEARED BY JAPAN

(Continued From Page 1)

IN NORTH

Sino-Japanese Issues Nearly Settled

MR. HSU HSIU-CHIH REPORTS PROGRESS

Shanghai, March 1.

"Here, Bet, put 'em in the waste- paper basket," said Mr. Leach with an effort, for again she was raking the room with those 'fish-blue eyes. She did not answer him, but came lover, again and dropped the flower-

heada in beside the stalks.

I'll go and hot up the stew,,] said Mrs. Leach.

He would have liked to draw her attention tartly to "the rock-cakes, the bread, and the apples which

Since the settlement of the re- cent Chahar disturbances, the were still spread on the dresser be He refused to comment on the situation in North China has be-side the paper bags. But it didn't press reports that Britain and come more stable and the Sino-seem to be worth it. It just didn't

This was the message the famous secret service delective re America were discussing the eco-Japanese issues in the Demill-seem to be worth it. She had for- ceived when he returned to his hidden headquarters.

What were the" instructions he received?:

If you know the key, send your solution of the code to the Contest Editor, China Mail, accompanied by the above picture Solutions must reach this office not later than noon to-morrow.

The first three correct solutions opened will be awarded two seats each for "The Key the thrilling drama of the last Hong Kong. evidently, contains many amateur detectives able Lo-ferret out the meaning of code messages, judging by the large number of solutions of the second secret message received.

Irish rebellion.

The correct solution read "Report on duty by nine to-night" and the three lucky people whose correct solutions were the Grat to be opened were: P. C. S. Chan, .9. Queen's Road Centrai, Kong. Kong: Peter McRae, 4 Duke St. Kowloon; and Miss E. Moses, c/o Messrs. Mc. Donnell and Gorman. Two tickets for "The Key" will be sent to each.

nomic situation in China, be-tarised Zone are expected soon, to gotten about them," he knew. Her yond rointing out that such dis- be arranged, stated. Mr. Hsu mind was absorbed completely with cussions were quite natural and Hsiu-chih, the newly appointed the stew which had to be holted. "That's the stuff," he cried gent that Japan had been informed Vice-Minister of the Interior, at Concerning them.

a press interview following his fally. "Nothing like a good "stew, He concluded by saying that arrival here from Fefping.

that's what I always say." Japan disfavoured any interna-| Mr. Hau until his recent ap-| tional action which might lead to pointment was a counsellor of the She cleared, her throat, "Yes, it eventual international, control of Peiping Political Council Che is nice," she said. Her voice was China, Reuter

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From Our Own Correspondent]

Canton, To-day.

Construction

GOVERNMENT SPEEDING UP CONSTRUCTION

Changsha.

Acting under orders from General Chiang Kai-shek, Presi- dent of the Military Affairs Com Major-General K, Dolhara, Chief mission, the Department of Re- of the Intelligence Bureau of the construction of the Hunan Pro Kwangtung Japanese Army, is vincial Government is speeding scheduled to interview Generals Liup 'the work on the Hunan- Chung-jen and.. Pai. Haung-hai, Kweichow. Inter-Provincial High- ranking Kwangsi military chief-way, which is scheduled to be tains, at Nanking to-day. They will completed before the end of July be asked to support Nanking's this year. friendly policy towards Japan.

The highway leads from Tao-

The Japanese officer will By back yuan in northern Hunan to to Canton on Thursday and will Chengyuan ini western Kweichow

leave for the North via Hong Kong.

and totals 1,000 11(about 310) miles) in distance-Chekiai

A pact of amity between Nanking Agency. and Japan will be signed after General 'Doihara's return to Shang- hai.

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No serious development is expect ed here over China's present policy towards Japan. The cancellation of the proposed circular telegrafi by the South-west leaders is it la believed meant to gain the good will of Nanking and Japan.

BLACKPOOLS AWAY WIN OVER BURNLEY

CHINA'S CURRENCY DIFFICULTY

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All three Governments have now expressed readiness to con- sider any practical proposals to safeguard Chinese currency in the interests of international trade.

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