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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 16, 1939.

BRITISH

HUGE SHARK

WAR FUND TAKEN OFF

Follow is the latest list of subscrip-

ABERDEEN

tions received for credit of The Bri-

'tish War Organization Kong Branch:----

Fung Hong

The largest shark yet caught in the waters of the Previously Acknowledged $86,518.07 Colony was "landed" by Mr. 35.70 Wong Chung-lam, of The Sun Company, Limited, yes- terday morning, at Aberdeen.

35.70

The Hong Kong Club

Max Malini

S. W. P. Perry

50

James Lee

50

Hong Kong and Shanghai

Banking Corpn.

10,000

Anonymous

Tester and Abraham

250 75

Mrs. B. H. Church

100

Hong Kong Company, Corps

of Military Police

50

Miss Z. Antonova

225

H. R. per J. P.

25

J. Pestonjee

25

Mr. and Mrs. C. Blaker

500

Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Sorby

600

Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Hars-

ton

500

T. J. J. Fenwick

40

E. P. Streatfield

30

W. W. Rae

25

25

T. V. Soong

2,000

M. Y. Tang

1,000

Staff of the Bank of Canton

Ltd., Hong Kong

Netherlands India Commer-

500

cial Bank

R. J. Maitland

O. Eager

Miss S. F. Sutton

1,000

25

100

100

Anonymous

R. A. Rodgers

E. M. Raymond

D. L. Newbigging

200

25

250

300

T. M. Gregory

100

B. C. Lawrence

50

N. Brandel

50

Gande Price and Co., Ltd.

50

Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Comp-

ton

150

Anonymous

1,000

Anonymous

5,000

Joseph Prentice

25

R. Goines

It was a mother-shark, weighing 245 pounds and measuring 8% feet, and when cut open, nine small sharks, each about 12 inches, long were found inside.

Two parties set out yesterday morn- ing one led by Mr. Wong Kwok-chun, also of The Sun Company who caught several sharks last year and the other by Mr. Wong Chung-lam.

Mr. Wong Kwok-chun proceeded to the Tsun Wan area, but was unsuc- cessful.

to

Off Wong Chuk Kwok at Aberdeen, Mr. Wong Chung-lam, managed hook three sharks. Two managed to escape but the third was landed safely after an hour's "play."

This is the first time that sharks have been caught in waters off

Aberdeen.

BEATTY'S SON IS BACK IN NAVY

Earl Beatty, son of the famous Admiral, has gone back to the Navy.

In the "London Gazette" it was announced that he had re- signed his commission.in.the.Yeo..... manry and has been transferred to the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant-Commander.

Lord Beatty joined the Navy as a cadet in 1919, He left the Navy to enter politics and was elected Conservative M.P. for Peckham.

WORKERS SUPPORT THE ALLIES

The Trade

Paris, To-day. International Federation, of Unions has unanimously ap- proved a resolution of unity of view with French and British workers. Reuter.

GOLFBAG STOLEN

STRUGGLE

IN PEAK MANSIONS

IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE, A CHINESE BURGLAR, ABOUT 20 YEARS OF AGE, BLIND- LY LEAPT THROUGH THE WIN- DOW OF APARTMENT NO. -12, ON THE SIXTH FLOOR OF THE PEAK MANSIONS AND WAS KILLED AT 3.30 A.M. TO-DAY.

The apartment was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Guenther Stein, who were awakened by the intruder.

There was a struggle between Mr. Stein and the intruder, in which the former received slight injuries. The Chinese broke away and blindly dash- ed through the window, crashing to his death, six floors below.

The man is believed to be a sub- stitute coolle employed a week pre- viously by Mr. Stein.

The body has not yet been identi- fied but the police are endeavouring to locate a cook who is employed by a Peak resident and who is said to be father of deceased. Mr.. W. M. Thomson, Assistant Sup- erintendent of Imports and Exports, his car. The articles were either lost has reported the loss of a golf bag or stolen between Wanchai and the and golf clubs, valued at $330, from Gloucester Hotel on Saturday.

50

31-32

30

28

25

1907

1939

ANNIVERSARY

UPON THE, OCCASION OF OUR THIRTY-SECOND

ANNIVERSARY

WE WISH TO EXTEND GREETINGS

AND BEST WISHES TO OUR

MANY FRIENDS - OLD AND NEW

Miss V. N. Brett

Miss M. Webster

50

E. A. R. Newton

25

Mrs. J. H. Taggart

.500

J. H. Taggart

1,000

Mackinnon Mackenzie and

Co.

800

Gibb Livingstone and Co.

500

H. V. Wilkinson

500

Foreign Staff Mackinnon

Mackenzie and C.

320

Foreign Staff Gibb Livington

and Co.

170

1

Local Staff Mackinnon Mac-

kenzie and Co.

114.

Local Staff Gibb Livingston

and Co.

Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gerondal Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Fahn-

stock

96 100

1,000

Mr. and Mrs. Leo D'Almada

Jr.

250

Mr. and Mrs, W. R. Mans-

field

1,000

Emile Essig

100

B. Herschend

10

A. M. Levenberger

25

D. Forbes

25

In Memory of "Karl"

20

D. J. Gilmore

250

E. C. Tregillus

500

Miss C. B. Robinson

100

The Hon. Sir Henry and

Lady Pollock

1,000

C. A. Blum

100

Mr. and Mrs. G. W. G.

50

Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Baskett

25

Misses Aileen and Doris

Woods

10

S. E. Edgar

5

R. E. M. Devaux

50

Jardine, Matheson and. Co. 5,000

Anonymous

1,000.

Mr. and Mrs, D., Benson

100

H. J. Armstrong

100

N. C. Horne

25

D. J. Wilson

10

B. S.. Carter

25

The Officers 5th Bat. (Na-

piers) 6th Rajput Rifles

58

C. Austin

10

20.

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