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MUTT AND JEFF

DURING THE WORLD WAR- I COMMANDUD THE WHOLE BOLONGY REGIMENT AND

THE DRILL WAS PERFECT),

I 'WAS

IN THE BRITISH ARMY

MESELF!

WHEN I SHOUTED, "PRESENT ARMS,

ALL YOU COULD HEAR.

WAS, SLAP, SLAP,

CLICK!

[SLAP!

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WHEN I WAS ON PARADE AND Wɛ .....- PRESENTED ARMS ALL YOU COULD HEAR WAS

BLAR SLAP JINOLE, JINGLE, JINGLE!

JINGLE,JINGLE,

JINGLE? WHAT?

THE JINGLE,

JINGLE,

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 11, 1989

By BUD FISHER

JINGLE

THEMS MEDALS!

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Cataloque

Catalogo

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Columbia

SELECTIONS

FROM

THE GREAT WALTZ

AS PLAYED BY JOHANN STRAUSS AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

C 5027-Thousand and one nights.

Freuet euch des Lebens.

C 5028-Roses of the South. Wiener blut.

C 5029-Tales from the Vienna woods.

Artistes life.

C 5030 Volces of spring.

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Radetzky march.

9224-Wine women and song.

The kiss waltz.

9247-Die Fledermaus.

9389 The Gipsy Baron.

C 8083-The Blue Danube.

THE ANDERSON MUSIC COMPANY, LTD.

MACK NOTES

Phone 21322.

Dine at the

Ice House Street.

Parisian Grill

Good Food

Dinner and Dance Music

by

THE BLUE DANUBE TRIO

Open till 1 a.m.

Fine Wines

G. FALCONER & CO. (HONG KONG LTD.) WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS, DIAMOND MERCHANTS,

UNION BUILDING (opposite G.P.0.)

Agente for:-ADMIRALTY CHANTS,

·ROSS’· BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL" INSTRUMENTS, ENGLISH, SILVERWARE: Direct from Manufacturers. High Class English Jewellery

The China Sail

DEALS

CONCISELY AND ACCURATELY

WITH THE NEWS

"EARLIEST WITH THE LATEST"-

THE DAILY SHORT STORY

No Powder Marks

Inspector Bach Hodges came into the death room and found District Attor-. ney Martin bending over the body of a girl on the floor. A guard was stationed at the door. Two uniformed men roamed about the room, prying into things like curious.

us children. "How does it look, Tom?" the in- spector asked, pointing with a rolled up newspaper toward the corpse.

The D. A grunted; glanced up and got to his feet.

"This is one time I pulled a fast one. on you, Bart. The girl here was mur dered. There isn't a single powder. mark on her face."

There was a triumphant note in the D. A.'s tone. It wasn't often he could

"Pretty thin, Bart. Pretty thin. If the girl had shot herself there'd have bcen powder marks"

Hodges slowly unfolded the rolled-up newspaper.

"Not necessarily," Tom." Not when the girl was smart like this one."

He spread out the paper and flicked up the first few pages... The D. A.. stared with a growing curiosity. corner of an inner page showed a bullet hole, with powder marks on one side.

A

"Get the idea, Tom?" Hodges smiled. chance to at it. She had his gu "She laid the paper on the table, lifted the first three pages and shot through this inner page. It prevented powder marks from showing on her forehead.

By James Freeman

find a flaw in the inspector's, analysis of a case, a fact which, was decidedly rritating at times.

If

Hodges nodded, "Sounds like logical reasoning,.Tom, she'd shot herself there would have been powder marks, sure enough." "Furthermore," the D. A, went on, striving to restrain his elation, "I've got the kid downstairs who did it. He was mad about the girl. Jealous as the devil,"

"You sure, work fast, Tom. Who is the kid and who was he jealous over?". "Name of Bob Emery, And he went green every time anyone else looked at her, expecially a bird named Travis She was giving Travis a lot of time and Emery found it out, came up here to the girl's room and had it out with her. Probably the old stuff about kill- ing her unless she would be his.

The inspector blew smoke rings at the ceiling, eyes narrowed.

"Where'd you pick this Emery kid up?"

"At his house. The gun is his. He admitted it!"

"Didn't admit killing the ho?"

girl, did

"Of course not. But he will after

The concussion of the shot jarred the first three pages back into "place and the paper fell to the floor. Innocent- looking thing, isn't it when it's folded up nice like this." He smiled again. "Sorry you couldn't pull your fast one, Tom, but I was up here this morning before the news renched your office."

(Copyright, 1939, By The Associated Newspapers.)

PUBLIC AUCTIONS

The Undersigned, have, received-- instructions to sell by Public Auction on

:

Tuesday, the 14th. March, 1989. commencing at 2.30 p. m. at their Sales, Room. No. 2 Connaught Road, Central, Ground Floor. A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD.·

comprising

FURNITURE

Hatstands, Divans, Wardrobes, Dressing Tables, Chests of Drawers, I work on him a while."

Dining Tables, Chairs, Sideboarda, "Don't be too sure, Tom. Hodges Dinner Waggon, Desks, Typewriter walked over to a window and stood a

moment or two in thoughtful silence. Tables, Filing Cabinets, Glaas. The 'D. 'A's methods of "working" Cabinets, Bookcases, Rugs, Carpets on a victim were only too familiar to & Runners, Electric Heaters, Lamps, him. Usually, especially when the Cookers and Boilers, Radios, Gramo-- victim was a boy, he'd admit any phones & Records, Cutlery, Alumini- thing to get away.

um, Brass, Porcelain and Glass Ware, Filters, Wash Basins, Cameras, Binoculars, “Ornaments, Magazines, Cooking Utensils, etc.,

Hodges swung around suddenly. "Listen. Tom I hate to disappoint you, but that girl killed herself."

The D. A.'s face wont purple. "Don't be a fool, inspector. If she had there would have been powder marks. You can't deny that.. Besides, what was she doing with the kid's gun?"

Hodges crushed out his cigarette in an ash tray.

Plenty. She went to the kid's room last night. She was in trouble and wanted him to. marry her. He was skunk all right. He kicked her ou She grabbed up the gun and threaten- ed him, Thoy struggled. The kid got hold of the gun and throw it out the window. Then he carried the girl out- side, and locked the door. She hunted around the house, found the gun and returned home.”

"Well?" said the D. A.. far from convinced.

The inspector gestured again with his rolled up newspaper..

"Life didn't mean much to her after ho'd thrown her out. Still she wanted revenge and she saw an excelfont She shot herself: eno made it look like murder The know they'd round up r the kid'

The D. A., sighed, as though in roliof.

etc.

also...

A Few -Pieces of Blackwood Furniture

3

and

Chesterfield Suites

1. Ashwood Bed Room Suite 1 Grand Father Clock

Upright Piano", "Collard: { Collard"!

1 Cooking Stove “Dover"" 1 Typewriter "Ideal" : 1. Geyser

1 Electric Refrigerator "Wes-

tinghouse".

1 Electric Refrigerator "Elec-

trolux Ltd,”

On View from Monday, the 18th March, 1989 Terms; Cash on Delivary.

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 7th March, 1988,