1940-02-07 — Page 10

"You're picking winners well today- see if you can tell this whisky.”

"It's White Horse, of course—

could tell it blindfold'

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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 7, 1940

ICE-BREAKER SUNK

Helsinki, To-day.

A Finnish ice-breaker, the Vigo, was sunk yesterday by Soviet bombing planes when escorting a convoy of supply ships from Sweden to Fin- land.

Several bombs struck the ship, but the crew escaped over the ice to a nearby island.

The captain stated that the convoy was also attacked, but only the Vigo was hit. The rest of the ships escaped In the gathering gloom, after the Russians had emptied their bomb- racks.-Reuter.

SHORTAGE OF COAL

LONDON, TO-DAY,

M.P. UNDER 12 PREMIERS

Lord Shuttleworth, a friend of Gladstone and an M.P. under twelve Prime Ministers, has died at his home, Barbon Manor, Kirk. by Lonsdale, Westmorland, two days after his ninety-fifth birth- day.

Up to the end he retained his remarkable memory, and there was no detail of his life or the people whom he met that he had forgotten.

The twelve under whom he sat included Dis- raeli, Gladstone, Lord Salisbury and Lord Rosebery.

Prime Ministers

INCREASED WAGES

London, To-day.

a week as the result of the

agrec- ment between representatives of em- ployers and the Unions.

Altogether 1,250,000 workers in the WHILE BRITAIN IS RETURNING | engineering and shipbuilding Indus- TO NORMAL IN THE MATTER OF tries will receive an increase of 5/- COAL SUPPLIES, THERE IS NOW A GREAT SHORTAGE IN NORWAY AND DENMARK, WHICH HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTED BY SLOWING DOWN OF TRANSPORT OWING TO THE WEATHER.

Large announcements in the Copen- hagen press say that there are now

THE

The rare and subtle character of White Horse sets it apart from any other whisky. You can tell it by its exquisite bouquet alone. But it is the perfect blending of fragrance with mell-only 4 days' supply of coal and coke. owness and smoothness which makes White Horse Whisky the equal of a fine liqueur. The millions of gallons of finest Scotch whisky matured and maturing ensure that the quality of

White Horse never varios,

WHITE HORSE

WHISKY

Sole Agents for South China: JARDINE MATHESON AND COMPANY LTD.

'CELTIC' SILVERWARE

Substantial, Hall-marked silverware decorated with restrained but exquisitely chased banding of Celtic design.

TEA & COFFEE SETS

SWEET DISHES

ENTREE DISHES, Etc.

GEORGE FALCONER & CO., LTD.

PEDDER STREET.

EAT AT

KINGDOM

TELEPHONE 22143.

Jimmy's Kitchen

INEXPENSIVE SATISFYING

Bringing Up Father

-

TELL ME - IS THIS WHERE COLUMBUS DISCOVERED

AMERICA?

NO - DEAR- THIS IS THE

OF COLUMBUS-

ITAL

and people are asked to take hot baths only once a week.

Many houses are without fuel

The Danish Government has taken over one-fifth of the existing stocks.

Regulations in Oslo now allow cen-

tral heating once in three weeks and

The Unions had asked a 10/- in- crease and the present agreement is subject to modification by individual Unions.-Reuter.

PAN-AMERICAN AIR LINE TO

NEW ZEALAND

San Francisco, To-day. Pan-American Airways, using 72- passenger planes of the Yankee Clip-

the temperature must not exceed 84.5 per type used on the Transatlantic

deg. Fah.-Reuter.

BRITISH SHIPPING GROWING AT A RAPID PACE

In connection

London, To-day.

with the announce-

service, will open a regular service between San Francisco and New Zen- land shortly, by way of Honolulu, Canton Island, New Caledonia Auckland, N, Z.-Reuter.

INDUSTRIALS IN

STRONG DEMAND

and

LONDON, TO-DAY. HEAVY INDUSTRIALS WERE

ment that 25,000 tons of British ship- ping was lost by German air attacks and other enemy action last week, it is officially disclosed that the British STRONG AND ACTIVE ON THE mercantile marine has been steadily | STOCK EXCHANGE YESTERDAY increasing at the rate of 200,000 tons

ON THE REPORTS OF A NEW

a week by new construction, pur- ARMAMENTS DRIVE. chase of foreign shipping and the capture of enemy vessels. Reuter.

MINESWEEPER

WASHED AGROUND

Gilt-edged securities eased and home ralls declined after an early ad- vance.

Late demand for Kaffers caused im- provements in price.

Wall Street was steady-Reuter.

CHIANG MISSION IN

U.S.A.

London, To-day, The minesweeper Sphinx, which was lost when the towrope parted as she was being brought into port, was washed ashore yesterday and now

Genoa, To-day. lles upside down on the beach.

Mr. Li Yu-ying, President of Four bodies are visible inside but] Chinese National Academy, sailed so far have not been recovered.-Reu- | from Genoa for America yesterday. ter.

MEDIATION REPORTS

REPUDIATED

Amsterdam, To-day,

Renewed reports that Hitler

con-

templates mediating in the Russo- Finnish dispute are denied in Berlin,

the

Political circles bellevé he is charg- ed with a propaganda mission on behalf of General Chiang Kai-shek.- Reuter.

NEW BEST-SELLER

London, To-day. Ten thousand copies of the English where Nazi officials told neutral cor- edition of the French Yellow Book respondents: "There is no question of | have been sold in two days. such a thing."--Reuter.

NOW-DON'T INTERRUPT- CHILDREN- LISTEN TO THE GUIDE-

THIS IS THE CMIC CENTER OF COLUMBUS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SCIOTO RIVER- ON THE LEFT IS THE CITY HALL-POLICE HEADQUARTERS

"AND CITY JAL-

ter.

Reu-

By George McManus

HELLO JIGGS-

HEY. JIGGSY!

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