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COLLECTORS.

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HE Crown Agents for the Co-j (ounced) were placed on

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of the pictorial postage stamps comprising six designs spread THE original engraver's proof over nine denominations, for Ber of the head and background: muda. The values are as follows: for the first stamp executed by Fre- erick Heath was sold at Messrs. -d green; 1d., black and red: 11⁄2d black and brown; 2d. Harmer, Rooker and Co's on Janu- black and slate-grey: 214d., lightjary 16 for £84. It was purchased blue and dark blue; Sd., black and Mrs. Weatherley, of Kensing red: 6d. red and mauve: 1- on, a great-granddaughter of the

green; 1/6d., brown.

artist who prepared the design. The designs will consist of Henry Corbould. various local scenes with suitable

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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1936

"East of Java," featuring Charles Bickford and Elizabeth Young, is being shown in the Colour for the first time to-day at the Central Theatre.

fine mint block of 30 of the SHUTE COMBINE border displays. The border of

Great Britain 1840 1d. black,; the ld. and 1d. duties (same de sign) and the 236d, and 1/-values late 11, with side margin, fetch- (same design) have a portrait ofed £500 at a recent auction.

hand corner. The name of thel

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Argentine Republic"

1933 the Falkland Islands

BEATEN

Second Triumph For Kowloon Tong Pair

of

C.R.C. ROUT SAINTS

issued

beautiful set 2 stamps picturing life and scenes on and around the islands. One of these stamps shows a map of the

America These islands

of Great Britain for over 100:

To-day's Short-Stary:

Doo-Doom Got To Hang

By Herman. B. Deutsch

hang! Isome is fo' a-friend, and some is

DOG-DOOM got to limpa't-only come to see does. Doo-Doom

street all de mens and, all de got to hang. ladies.sayin' it.

Doo-Doom got to hang! Dryades-street, Lib'ty-street, Gravier-street, P'dido-street, Doo-Doom, got to hang!

Call' de witnesses fo* De Strick Attorney Stanley, yuruh ke by de

table wid de law books. Call de witnesses good and loud, hoŸuh out dey name in de ballways. Call Dey sayin' it on a Friday night, de witnesses to tell de jurymens yessh, Friday de thitteenth, day how Doo-Doom go to de grocery of de month, because dat's when de sto' en de Gentilly road early in de jurymens done say so. Say so mawnin and kill de lady and kill when de trial's frish while de son de chile, sho he did, be say so hel gwine down. Trial in de big co't own self when he confess to de room on top de big co't house law. Co't room wid 3

Call de witnesses loud and high. plum-colour carpet on de flo'. Silver-hair res call dem. my brudder, call de jedge wid a crinkle silk robe ones what fin de bodies a-layin' - what's black. black, black. Black on de grocery do'. Call de police i za de black cats on Friday the cap'ns, call de police mens call thutteenth day of the month. Joe Davis de black man wid de Bring in Doo-Doom! Bring in gol teeth, what's de husband of |Doo-Doom ON

Wednesday Cinderella Youngblood, call Cia- mawain so de jurymens can see derella Youngblood, too. him in de white folks' co't, bring Joe Davis say: in Doo-Doom wid plenty cap'na

"How I know da's my ax, Law. fum de parish jail-horse se's hoyer? I know da's my ax de same [don't run way, 'cause he kill de way you knows T'a de same nigger lady and be kill de li'l bov. He what's, sittin' yuh does you see me kill 'em wida ax las' April in de jon de street to-morrow mawnin'.

Doo-Doom done

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jes" as certain as I see you's a confess to de white man.”

H. M. the King in the top rigislands, which lie about 300 miles E. L. Shute and Mrs. Shute, grocery sto'. way dowa on de I nows dat ax, yessah. I knows it! Colony is shown at the top, the east of the southern tip of South one of the strongest pairs in Gentilly road.

have the Mixed Doubles Badminton word "Postage" at the base, in all been under the rule and protection League, lost two games in one law an' to De Strick Attorney designs. The duty tablets are at

fixture for the first time last Stanley, but bring in Doo-Doom the bottom left and right-hand

the Fire Brigade anyway. Got to have a tri-l în de years. The Argentine Republic night when corners, except only in the 3d has laid claim of ownership to the Recreation Club beat the Row-white folks co't and see does de value, where these are shown cen-islands, although they have been loon Tong Club by 6 games to 3jurymens say guilty widout arre at Kowloon Tong. This was the capital punishment, or dres dey trally left and right flanking the

second defeat which the Shutes say he got to hang when Friday de vignette. The d. 18., 1d.. 3d.

have suffered at the hands of thutteenth day of de month come S. A. Gray and Miss A. Mac-round" and disheer trial through, Kenzie. Kowloon Tong's first bless Gawd and praise He Name! string.

Show Doo-Doom to de inrymens.

and 1/6d stamps are horizon'al in

shape, and the 2d., 24. 6d. and

1/ upright in shape.

The stamps will be printed on

script water-marked paper.

According to the original plani

ward VIII will first appear оп these new Bermuda Stamps.

MONDAY'S STORY

Monday's story will be "The Old Lady Returns," by Josephine Johnson.

Cinderella Youngblood say:

"I cross de road to get back dat

The Chinese Recreation Club One got a bald head and one gotjar fum de ya'd whereat Junias i registered an overwhelming 'z musstash and four got g'sises live wid dat woman. Nossuh. I

at Causeway Bay when out the all twelve, so dev kin look never bother wid dat woman bes] a portrait of the late King Georgej under British protection for so win would be incorporated in each de-long, and recently issued a 1-peso they defeated St. Andrew's by good at Doo-Doom and see does he cause she jus' ain't my class, I

map of South 9 games to nil, while St. John's got to hang.

works for my livin', me.” sign. It is, however, quite pro-stamp showing a

Falkland Is-Club beat the Sailors' and Sol- Doo-Doom got no lawyer mena Da's what Cinderella Youngblood bable that the head of King Ed-America, with the

lands indicated as part of the Ar-diers' Home by 8 games to 1 at because he got no money. aosanh. tell de lawyer, and she say to De rentine Republic.

Wanchai

all he got out de grocery sto' Strick Attorney Stanley: Chile To commemorate thej Detailed results of the where he kill de lady and kill de

"I got to borrow, a ZI ali de 400th anniversary of the dis-matches as follows:-

i boy was f' dollars and it long time now to cut wood to put under C.R.C. Clean Sweep igone, long snert, long throwed my folks clo'es, because you keep THE Government of Nigeria covery of Chile by Diego de A1-1

state that the

new issue of magro in 1536, that country has

At Causeway Bay last night, the away on a yellow ral. Can't have my ax up yuh in de co't house fo' issued a set of 12 postage stamps. Chinese Recreation Club beat St. so white folks trial widout he got a witness. Junius Robaire hel (already stamps

On the 5c value is portrayed the Andrew's Club by 9 games to mil-a lawver. so de silver-hair jedre, walk off dat day wid de ax what Desert of Atacama ; on the 10(C.R.C.)

sav Mist Frank Rhodes and Misf|I give him when he come fishing boats; the 20c, the palm beat H. Kew and Mrs. Dawson 211 Eddle Mahoney got to he Doo borrow it

pictorial

Nigeria

RIFLES SPORTS MEETING

H.Q. Wing Score Most Points

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S. P. Chan and Miss W. Cheung

tree at Ocoa; the 25c, sheep; the beat E. F. Fincher and Miss

beat

it

M. Chur

Weill and Miss F Vong

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to

1306, a mining scene; the 40c, z forest: the 50c, the Port of Lota; the 1 peso. Port of Valparaiso; the H. Woo and Mim Ülian Khoo! 1.20 pesas, Mt. Puntiagudo; the 2 (CR.CJ pesos, a portrait of Diego de Al-beat Kew and Dawson

beat Fincher and Chufa magro, the 3 pesos, grazing cattle beat Weill and Weng

a mechanical. W. Link and Miss B. MAGAZINE GAP RD. de silver-hair jedge in a black-

Doom's lawyers and ask the jury- LI Wy Arthur Mack, T mens please suh not to say Doo-black boy what only nine year old, 21-4 Doom got to hang..

dey call him for a witness. Call Lots uh cullud folis yuh in de Willy Arthur Mack, call him good co't Some is fo' a witness and and loud in de co't room, in de hallway, on de stair, call him to de witness stand. yessuh. He splain

10 pesos

(C.R.C)

The Royal Ulster Rifles athletic and the sports were brought to a finish ali shovel, Caroline Hill yesterday when the Liechtenstein-A new pictorial beat Kew and Dawson remaining eight events on the pre-set has been issued by the Prin gramme were held, the other cipality of Liechtenstein. On this events having been on the preset are shown beautiful vious day.

beat Weill and Wong beat Fincher and Chara

21-11 21-11

21-3

21-16 21-14

21-18

COLLISION

High Court Action

For Damages

Fire Brigade Win. scenes At Kowloon Tong last night, thé aken amid the picturesque, moun-Fire Brigade Recreation Club beat Headquarter Wing-won the in-lain peaks that lie to the south of the Kowloon Tong Club by 6 games ter-Company Championship, while Lake Constance between Austria to 3:- L/Cpl. Dempster again won the and Switzerland. Individual Championship and with

it the Commanding Officer's Cup. BISHOP ON MODERN

It is interesting note that this

is his third successive champion-

ship.

At the conclusion of the sports Mrs. Rodwell, wife of Lt. Col. R M. Rodwell, the Commanding Of- ficer, distributed the prizes.

Yesterday's results were as fol-

lows:-

1,

· 100 Yards Individual (Final): L/CPL Dempster; 2, Eden. Bailey.

Boys' Race (Final): 1, Boy Swin- field; 2, Boy Edwards.

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One Mile Relay: 1, "D" Company: Headquarter Wing

WARFARE

League Of Nations Society

ANNUAL MEETING AT CATHEDRAL HALL

The annual meeting of the local League of Nations Society was held last evening in St. John's Cathedral Hall. the Rt. Bey, R. O.

Pole Vaalt: 1, Cpl. Stewart; Hall, Bishop of Hong Kong pre- L/Cpl. Wall

220 Yards (Final): 1, L/Cpl. siding.

Dempster; 2, Bdsm, Bailey.

Javelin Throw: 1. Bdan Bailey; 2, at

Bickering.

One Mile Team Hace 1

Hamilton; 2, WCpl. Barkley.

Rin.

SA. Gray and Miss A. MacKenzie (Kowloon Tong)

7beat E. L. Shate and Max

Shute

lost to 3. In Anderson and

Miss M. Griffiths beat A.L. Fisher and Mrs.

Kirkwood

NAVAL OFFICER SUED

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black crinkle silk robe. how be on'y nine year old but he can be. a witness and talk to de jurymens because he know if he don't tell de |troof Gawd'll kill him when he

make de oath.

He run he ' pink tongue or he lips when he talk to de jedge, on accourt he on'y 'I bitte black As a sequel to a collision be-boy; and he scxid. tellin' how Mist" on de baak 21-12 tween two cars on December 28 Doo-Doom sent him

last in Magazine Gap Road, anfand on de mawket to get paper 14-21 action was begun yesterday be-money fo' all de copper centses and

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More Mr. Justice J. J. Hayden de silver dimes and de two-bitres P. C. Leung and Miss Anderson in which Mr. J. C. FitzHenry he took out de sto' on de Gentilly (Kowloon Tong)

Deputy Superintendent of the road where he kill de people. beat Shute and Stute ..... 21-23 Fire Brigade, claimed $110, for Call De Strick Attorney Stanley lost to Anderson and Grifiths 8-21 damage done to his car, from fe a witness, yessuh, call De lost to Fisher and Kirkwood 6-2 Sub-Lieutenant A. A. Mowbray Strick Attorney he own self, call

B. E. Wour and Miss I. Woolley

him loud and clesi, to tell de jury-: of HMS. Phoenix. (Kowloon Tosig)

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lost to Shute and Shiste... 5-21 The plaintiff alleged. that the mens how Doo-Doom confess to de lost to Fisher and Kirkwood lost to Anderson and Griffiths 1-21 accident was caused by the negli-law. He saw dey treat Doo-Dooms

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gence of the defendant.

[pow'ful, kind. He say dey tell de] LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE.

A counter-claim for $108.80 was cap'n in de first precinct to give brought by the defendant, who Doo-Doom anything he want. Ask want fo' he P. W. LF. APs alleged that plaintiff was guilty Doo-Doom what he

93 24 24.of negligence in that whilst driv-breakfas', and Doo-Doom say. he ing his car. No. 1771, he attempt-wast poki chope and chocklit ice ed to cut the corner of Magazine cream, yessuh he did so, and dey Gap Road without due care, failed, brung it to him fo he breakfts' to keep a proper look-out; and gave in de árs' precinct station.

¡C.R.C

Fire Brigade There were about fifty present Recreio "A" the meeting, including the St. John's - Honorary Secretary, Mr. S. v. Recreio "B Boxer, and the Honorary Treasur- St Andrew's

Kowloon Tong Trikoo..

440 Yards Individual (Final): 1, er Dr. Y. S. Wan. Rin Barns; 2, Rn. Hamilton.

by Headquarter Wing.

13 12 14 12

9 8 1 60 12 13 7 6 60

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The statement of accounts S and S. Home 12

no sufficient warning of the ap Mist' Mahoney, zay, dey, treatin' proach of his vehicle..

Doo-Doom too kin'-hearted account

Inter-Company Championship: Won showed a balance in hand of $68.-

Mr. O. E. C. Marton appeared dey want him to confess, and de

like dat. Sev dey brung him pok Winner of the CO. Cap: L/Cpl. 24 23 against $59.51 last year. Expenditure amounted to $349.57 for plaintiff, and defendant was re-confess is agin de law when you do Dempster (third year in succession). (Continued at Foot of Next Col) including $196 subscriptions to presented by Mr. Peter H. Sin.

After plaintiff had given bis chops and chocklit ice cream fo') the League of Nations Union.

The report of the Secretary version of the affair and denied, he breakfus' so's he'll make de stated that the membership of the under cross-examination, that he confess. He say it like dis: "Pok society bad remained almost un-, was going at a terrific speed, the chops!" De people in de co't room changed, the present number be case was adjourned till Friday start to laugh but de silver-hair

(Continued On Page 111 ing 120. It had not been possible ext at 2.30 pm

Robert Young, Barbar. Stanwyck and Cllr Biwarda äta in the United Artiste production, “Eed Salate," which will be nhơn at the King's Theatre soo

to arrange for more than one lec- ture during the past year but the society was active in other con- nections. · ·

Prominent Residents Leave

WAX

to

The Bishop, who is leaving on

There was a large gathering of] Mr. A. B.. Whibley, who furlough shortly; gave an address friends on the s5 Taiping yester- formerly the Victualler of B. M embracing major events which! day to bid bon voyage to Mrs. R. Naval Yard, but who retired were influenced by the League. Ingram and the Misses R England and recently returned to Speaking of the economic securit and W. Angram, tão deft for #its- the Colony, for a short stay of two of the man in the street, he said 'tralia in the company of other months, continued his trip round that trade agreements gave more well-known Colony residents. the world by catching the sa. Tal- hostages to peace than the most Dr. H. D. Matthews, President ping for Australia. He was one elaborate system of royal mar- of the Australian and New Zea of the first residents at the Euro- Triages:

land Association in the Colony.[pean_V.M.C.A.

He also expressed his cariest who is retiring to New Zealand Another prominent Colony re- enviction that the new and terzi-with Mrs. Matthews, - were also kident who sailed by the Taiping ble devices of modern warfare given a rousing farewell, Mrs. was Mr. J. Hennessey Seth. Frin- will ever be used in a European Matthews being the 'recipient of cipal of Mears. Percy Smith, Seth iconflict.

many bouquets of flowers.

iand-Fleming.

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