1940-07-15 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 15, 1940

MUTT AND JEFF

HE SEEMS AWFULLY HAPPY FOR A SICK MAN WHO ONLY HAS SIX MONTHS TO

HIGH DEEDLE DEE DEE -LA LA LA LA

HIGH DEEDLE

DEE DEE

'DOCTOR

A BROWN

6-1

YOU SEEM VERY HAPPY FOR A MAN

•WHO ONLY HAS; SIX MONTHS TO-

LIVE!

P SMITH M.D.S

SIX MONTHS ¦ TWO YEARS? NOTHING! I'M GOOD FOR

ANOTHER "TWO YEARS!

"HOW DO YOU! FIGURE THAT?

I WENT

TO SEE FOUR DIFFERENT DOCTORS

· ́AND EACH ONE OF 'EM GIVES ME SIX MONTHS

TO LIVE!

Page 5 By BUD FISHER

HIGH DEEPLE

DEE DEE

DOCTOR

QUACK

BRITISH DESTROYER TORPEDOED

An Admiralty com- munique, announcing the loss of the de- stroyer Escort, says she was lost in the western Mediter-

ranean.

Escort was hit by a torpedo and dam- aged and subsequent- ly foundered while in. tow,--Reuter.

. PETROL THEFT

CHARGE

A MAORI SOLDIER

FINDS ENGLAND QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRO

“IT WAS THE ENGLISH poets who showed us England, and now that I have seen it for myself I know that what they wrote is true,” said a Maori sol- dier in London yesterday.

He belongs to a unit made up almost entirely of Maoris, he said. There are four or five European officers, including the Commanding Officer, but the majority of the officers and all of the men are Maoris. They number several hundreds and several hun- dred more are in training in New Zealand and will, no doubt, join them one day as reinforcements.

MINOR ACCIDENT

That may not sound many when Jone thinks in terms of brigades and divisions, but it must be re- membered that the total 'Maori At about 6.50 p.m. on Saturday, a population is only 83.000. At the car driven by Miss V. Ivanchenko|time the Maoris left New Zealand, collided with the rear of a sta-one in every 18 Maori males had Fung Man, 29, licenced, driver, turn into Middle Road from Ash-

tionary car as she was about to enlisted voluntarily. was charged before Mr. H. G.ley Road. Both cars were slightly been under British rule for 100 Sheldon, K.C., on Saturday, with damaged. stealing four gallons of petrol from a car belonging to Mr. T. H. Jordan, of the Royal Naval Dock- yard.

The

RADIO STOLEN

The Maoris, he continued, have

years.

"When we look back," he went on, "we Maoris of New Zealand can say with all sincerity—thank goodness we are British! We have manager of the Navy, a tremendous pride in the Empire Army and Air Force Institute, and are loyal to a man. Defendant pleaded not guilty, during Friday night, a Philips freedom

has reported to the police that "We cherish British justice, this radio receiving

and liberty ・ and, ・ of set was stolen course, when called upon to de- from the corporals' room.

fend-the-things-you-cherish,-na- turally you obey. That is why I am here. That is why we are all here."

and

was remanded morning.

till

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HORIZONTAL

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4 Additional

9 Gaelic sea-god

'12 To cool

13 To rebuke 14.Swiss canton ..15 Qay

17 Obstructed

19 Australian

.kiwi 20 Venezuelan

Indian

21 Sciar disc

23 Note of scale

24 To move

furtively

27 Unhappy

28 To hammer

*down! 30'Algonquin

'Indian

31 Symbol for selenium

32 To estimate 34 Concerning 33 Winglike

37 Buddhistic

: 'language

30 To be sick

39 Alts

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...language

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43 'To calumniate

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mountain.

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more osten-

tatious

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seaport

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support

52 Weird

64 French

marshal

55 Dance, slep

56 Sacred song

57 English river

VERTICAL

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mulberry

3 Gazed

4 Airican herb,

5 Archaic: your

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of surprise Icelandic literature

8 Fosters

9.To move

clumsily

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11 To disen- cumber

10 Vast age

18 To utter

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20 To liken 21. Brazilian beverage 22 Chinese coins

23 Wet 25 Nest

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20 Chinese

woollen cloth 32 Summary of principles.

33 Noto of scale 30 Blankbooks 30. To 'nfx- 40 Blumber 42 Music: high 44' Angers

Ancient --- Egyptian alloy

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money

48.To lubricato' 40 Bórn

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England and what she stands for means just as much to the Maori, as it does to the English,

He The continued.

has always known England. He has known jabout its pastures, its meadows, its villages and even about the smell of new mown hay. It was the English poets who showed the Maoris England and now that the Maoris have seen it for them- selves they know that what the poets wrote is true.-Reuter,

GENERAL SIKORSKI'S THANKS

OF

THE

ITS

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· IN

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