1939-09-05 — Page 12

"I suppose

I'm

fussy..

but I don't see

why, at my age, I

should put up

with

second-best... For

instance, I'm fond of the theatre; but, believe me, I'd rather stay away

than see an indifferent play.

So that's why, when you offered me whisky, I asked you

to make mine a White

Horse. I daresay some men hold that one Scotch whisky is as good as another. Well, when they know as much about it as I do, they will think differently.”

WHITE HORSE

Whisky

You can tell it blindfold!

Sole Agents for South China: Jordine Matheson & Co. Ltd.

most

World's

economical

10

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On a recent R.A.C. Official trial, over 1,000 miles of public roads, the 10 h,p. Saloon did 48.4 m.p.g.

And it has Independent Springing, Hydraulic Brakes, Controlled Syn- chromesh and many other fine car. features,

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Bringing Up Father

MOTHER-DARLING-

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THE CHINA MAT

Chinese Smuggle

MYSTERY TREASU HIDDEN STORE OF UNTOLD WEALTH

LONDON, YESTERDAY.

IN A DINGY LITTLE HOUSE NOT FAR FROM THE BANKS OF THE THAMES AND WITHIN SIGHT OF BIG BEN LIES THE SECRET TO THE WHERE- ABOUTS OF JEWELS WORTH A KING'S RANSOM. A tall, slightly bald, elderly Chinese sits for several hours every day under the glare of a powerful electric light in the securely shuttered basement, recording in neat Chinese characters the description and value of dia- monds, pearls, rubies and emeralds, that come to him from war-ravaged China.

Pearls that once graced the hair and throats of man- darins' favourite wives, and rubies and rare emeralds that were, only a few months ago, parts of centuries- old ancestral shrines, lie in apparent confusion on the table beside the old man.

There are other guardians of the treasures which have been sent to London, but this old man is trusted by clients who, for reasons of their own, demand special secrecy:

SAVED FROM THE JAPANESE

Chinese business men and small up-country farmers who have hoard- ed the precious stones as heirlooms are hurriedly packing them up as the Japanese advance, and are send- ing them to the only country they think is safe.

As city after city falls to the for- eign invaders and even the foreign Concessions are being combed by Japanese spies for Chinese wealth, business men and farmers alike have lost faith in banks and strongrooms.

can Bombs, they argue,

break down banks and pillaging Japanese soldiers can steal from strongrooms.

But both rich and poor have com- plete faith in their countryman who sits at his table thousands of miles away, recording in his ledgers the names of the men who, although many of them do not even know his name, trust him with their treasures, to be hidden away in a place that only he knows.

Many of the jewels are smuggled into the country from foreign cargo vessels coming in from the East.

Before they leave Chinese ports, and almost under the eyes of the Japanese, holes are drilled. a little way into the sides of packing-cases that hold ordinary merchandise.

A diamond or emerald is pushed into the hole, which is then filled up with plastic wood.

green eyes that are exported from China for the curiosity shops of the East End pass the watchful

Cus- toms men with ease.

But many of the dolls are worth, not, the sixpence the hundreds "of others like them cost, but fortunes.

ITALY'S F vernor of Libys into excellent to guide their - fighting forces. sert on parade. screen them fro

PLOT

ARN

The bulging red and green eyes Plans to kid

are not just glass, but rubies and emeralds.

When the sound of Japanese aero- planes and the crash of falling bombs. have ceased, the Jewels will slowly be returned to their owners, if they are alive, or to the womenfolk and children who are left.

The old Chinese who is looking after all this wealth gets no reward from his countrymen for his ser- vices. He does it for the love of China and in order to save at least a little from the Japanese. Our Own Correspondent.

WANDERING OVER A POLICE STATION

Seen in the corridor outside the

Sergeants' European

Quarters on Mongkok of the second first floor Folice Station, à Shantung Chinese,

charged Li Sul-tin, 32, was

with trespassing this morning before Mr. E. Himsworth.

He was fined $3 or one week's hard labour,“

At the warehouse, the packing- case, which has a secret mark to show where the jewel is hidden, is Accused was arrested by a Sta- broken open, the stone dug out of tion "boy," when he could give no its hiding place and taken to the lit-satisfactory explanation for being tle riverside house.

Odd-looking little. wooden and animals with bulging red

YOUR DAUGHTER IS JUST TOO GORGEOUS FOR * WORDS – SHE WILL BE THE

TOAST OF ENGLAND .. WHEN I RETURN ABROAD-

YOU MAKE A CHARMING COUPLE-1 AM

SO PROUD TO HAVE A NOBLEMAN FOR A SON-

IN-LAW-

dolls

on the floor.

as Arm

and pro up by t campaig Undercover

to unear

ed to the Immediate step: to frustrate any American

gangst

One of the precau thening of the b binet ministers.

According to the |lic men, when ki held as hostages now serving pris exchange of pris be offered.

Men and women

from England und of Violence Act h new line of actio:

Owing to the al thorities, they kn taining of explosi ing of bombs are n

He had a rattan basket and a keyan, alternative sche and in his hand when arrested.

GOSH-MA- YOU SHOULD BE 1.DOUBLY HAPPY TO HAVE ME AS A SON WHOSE SON IS GOING

TO BE A PRESIDENT | SOMĘ DAY-

YES - WEVE MADE UP OUR

MINDS TO THAT HAVEN'T WE-SONNY?

GOOF GOO GAW

continuance of th

BY. JOVE: NO WORRIES AR MY SON HAI

-MARRIED WONDERFUL

AND YOU PLEASED

MY SON-

INEXPENSIVE- SATISFYING