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WHITE AND COLOURED CEMENT

MIXTURES

FOR EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL

DECORATIVE WORK.

We are now in a position to offer these well known Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers products ready mixed with the proper proportion of specially prepared sand. This sand is uniform in colour and has been washed and sieved to the correct degree of fineness.

The extra cost of these mixtures is very small compared with the advantages of being able to obtain a material that is

ready for use.

NO WASTE

·

. UNIFORMITY IN COLOUR

Prices on application to

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT

CO., LTD.

Exchange Building, Hongkong.

OF

Tel. 21463.

Exakta

Jhagee Dresden

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909008

BRITAIN'S

PURP

URPOSEFUL as ever, but with an unprecedented energy, England has builtˇup, during the last months, à political line of de- fence, economically sustained, in Eastern Europe.

The Anglo-Rumanian Economic Agreement that has just been con- cluded and has caused so much talk owing to its political back- ground is, as a matter of fact, only the last link in a chain of treaties between the East Euro- pean States and Great Britain, from the Baltic to the Black Sea. The North-South Axis organised between Germany and the Soviet Union by England includes the three Baltic States-Lithuania,

Latvia and Estonia-as well Poland, Rumania, Greece and

Turkey.

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of opinion between Russia and' England, and also between Ger- many and England, the main pur- pose pursued by the latter was to gain a firm footing in the Baltic. With the aid of the commercial treaties concluded in July 1984 with all Baltic States, England succeeded in conquering a domin- ant position at the cost of Ger- many. Of the four primary Bal- tic exports-timber products, but- ter, flax and bacon--the main por- tion is absorbed in 1938 by Eng- land, and the economic relations with that country are being con- stantly reinforced.

as.

This diplomatic work had to be

undertaken at the two ends of the

Axis. In view of the influence potential that might intervene in the solution of certain differences

HELMUTNOCHT

ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING

Bringing Up Father

WELL THANK GOODNESS - WE ARE RID OF MAGGIE'S LAZY BROTHER- MAGGIE TOLD HIM

·HE EITHER HAD TO GO GET A JOB OR LEAVE TOWN-SO HE

TOOK HIS CHOICE -

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CHATER ROAD,HONGKONG

·WELL-WELL- MR. JIGGS - DO YOU REMEMBER ME? I AM SIR VON PLATTER- FANCY- I WAS LOOK- ING FOR SOMEONE AND I FOR- GOT HIS NAME-1 ACCIDENTALLY CAME IN HERE AND FIND YOU-

ARE YOU LOST?

YOU!

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ELEMER 1

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UND SECRET

all, for British p ficult for Great with the dominan Germany in Ruma trade. England chosen the system port and credit. If ly proclaims that States have from the natural suppli chasers of the Rei Powers, and Engla place, are in a pos

A further and visible symptom of the English penetration of Eastern Europe is the Anglo-Tur- that, without their kish Financial and Commercial the most attractiv schemes could not; Agreement, which counts as aised. And, althoug

forerunner.and as a model for the last few years the intensification of Great Britain's tor may have negle

bian States, Englan economic relations with other

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far the most import States. In order to relegate the all those countries,

to Treaty of Sevres the back in Rumania. Of the ground of oblivion and to counter

of Rumania, estimat 80 million lei, one- the influence of other countries in stituted by British Turkey, England - mobilised her Rumanian oil indus financial resources, and gave Tur- main the concern

Powers, especially key loans and credit guarantees to the amount of 16 million pounds tain, and the same rapidly developing sterling. England has built a of the country. The smelting plant in Karabuck and a Rumanian treaty pro ther credits of 10 m it is not as comprel agreement concluded

great coaling port with an aero- drome on the Black Sea. In Eng-

land, war and merchant ships are lier with Germany, being constructed for Turkey. certainly produce it This far-reaching economic inter-

aid was bound to affect the poli- Greece is an impo tical situation. Turkey has been in the British E closely knit up in the British net- Greece has always b work of treaties.

British sphere of int complained for 80 But the fact that credit is not years that England sufficient to solve all difficulties concerned with her 1 of political allies was made clear litical destinies ratl to England in the case of Poland. than her economic England therefore concluded with terests. In addition that country a mutual guarantee the recent milits pact assuring Poland of any assis- guarantees afford tance Great Britain was in a posi- Greece by England, tion to give. It is certainly to be latter now inten presumed that, in addition to mili- through adequa tary guarantees, Poland also bene- credits, to help Gree fited by active economic assis- to solve her main p tance, despite the fact that the blem, namely, in the d method and scope of the latter is velopment of her econ

: mic resources, in par cular of her ore d More is known with regard to posits. England's relations with Rumania, in which country, since the con- It will be difficult f clusion of the Germano-Rumanian Great Britain to cou agreement, England is endeavour- ter the growing Ge ing to save what remains for Bri- man influence tish industry and trade and, above Jugoslavia, Bu

unknown..

COME TO THINK OF IT- IT MAY BE YOU-BUT NO- † KNOW - YOUR NAME-AND I'VE FORGOTTEN HIS- THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM—– HE WAS, A LITTLE BOY-BY: JOVE MAYBE I WOULDN'T KNOW HIM

ANY MORE-

ARE YOU. SURE YOU EVER KNEW HIM?

By Geor

WELL IF I SAW H TELL BUT- HE U HAVE A LITTLE BUT HE MAY HA BUSINESS AND:

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