1937-03-03 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 3, 1997.

THE

WORLD

GOES BY

you see a sinister figure slink

ing about town wearing very bushy and obviously dyed purple beard, tinted glasses and a cynical smile, you will know it is

me:

There are no prizes for spotting me I'm just telling you all this because I thought you would like to know.

THE FLOWER

SHOW

CHALLENGE CUP WINNERS

*Wes-

In spite of the inclement ther, there was a constant flow of visitors to the 1937 flower and vegetable show of the Hong Kong Horticultural Society yesterday]

The display one of the best of recent years despite the somewhat erratic weather conditions. It will continue open to the public to-day until 4 pm.

The following were the winners of the different Challenge Cups:

Pot Plants (Open); Mr. Eu Tong.sen.

Pot Plants (Peak):-Mrs. F. C.

There are three reasons why If may don this disguise and appear Hall. bearded like the pard in the streets of the Colony.

1. To escape from the

shroffs

2. To ditto from my large

and admiring public.

3. I have joined the Secret

Service.

The first two points call for no! explanation. Even if they did wouldn't give you any.

But the third obviously must be expanded

upon.

The fact is

that my old friend

Vegetables (Open)-Lady Ho Tung

Vegetables Hospital

(Peak): Matilda

Cut Flowers (Open):-Sir Alfred Des Voeux

Cut Flowers (Peak):-Mrs. F. C. Hall

Lady Peel Challenge Cup for gen- Ieral exhibits: Mrs. J. T. Bagram. Lady Southorn Challenge Cup for most meritorious exhibit: Mr. Ea Tong-sen.

Dr. Bughaus (Devil Take Him) of FRENCH NAVAL

Pogranitchnaya is back in the Co-

lony.

EXPANSION

"Bigger Brest Base Necessary

Seeing me in the Hong Kong Hotel the other night he called for a round of drinks, handed me the chit and dragged me off to wash our hands. Unfortunately it proved to be the wrong room but this little difficulty was straightened out by stunning the hysterical amah and is to be considerably enlarged in charting a less erratic course. the near future, according to the

Having arrived in the right com- newspapers. partment, so to speak, Dr. Bughaus

Paris, To-day.

The French naval base at Brest

The action follows the recent

revealed his plan to me. The room visit to Brest of the Chief of the was crowded so he shouted his in-French Admiralty Staff. formation. You can fool your op-f Extension of the port's docking ponent by doing the obvious, he said, facilities has become an urgent ne- when I reproached him for this cessity, the papers say, in view of most un-Secret Service-like proceed the new French battleships which ing. So there are now at least a are now being constructed and dozen people in Hong Kong who which will be based on Brest. know what I look like and that I Trans-Ocean.

am a Secret Service agent, but I don't think he fooled them.

A number of heavy-bombers, believ

But they don't know what Power in the direction of Italy.

ed to be German, passed over Innsbruck

I am working for (I don't myself)

and so will be completely bamboozł-

ed.

little so-and-so he is too," he yelled)

The first thing to do, the Doctor but it was me. Fortunately he was told me, was to obtain information drunk so I did not resent the This surprised me but then I am epithets.

easily surprised. Hopefully I sug This merry little game went on gested that I knew someone who for what seemed to be hours. Every had seen some guns in Hong Kong now and then the road would rise about fifteen years ago, and would and hit us in the

which we

this do? No, it wouldn't, said the thought mo insporting but could Doctor. No self-respecting Secret do nothing to re Serviceman would take the plunge Eventually

and ferret for information immegoing to his diately. Why all the hurry?

said, he

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the bars and cabarets. Here, he

to sta

said, we would find rival Secret When we

Service agents of all, nationalities. (1 can only tell you

I broke the news to him with tears Kowloo further revelations wo

in my eyes that there were no real be most indiscreet) the Doctor cabarets in Hong Kong (ze my-vealed staggering newg

out

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self, the Doctor was brought up on This news, a complete and utter the more meaty variety as found scoop for the “Clung Mai 2- that in the China coast ports) but the La Carioca, most glan said bars would do, so we started Europe and heroine and/or villai

Beer, said the Doctor, was nim-ness of a dozen international in- portant commodity in time of war cidents, is in Hong Kong. and should be investigated thorough- But the "China Mail" to ly. We investigated thoroughly. for further revelations in

At 1 am, or thereabouts when alsational development heartless barman threw us out, we lishing were seeing rival Secret Service story agents by the dozen. They wouldn't edit sub editor stay still an we had some dif-y muust, not miss £kris culty in grabbing hold

the agel Bead it in

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