1940-07-27 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 27, 1940

MUTT AND JEFF

MUTT, YOU'RE A NO GOOD! I'M RECEIVING

COMPLAINTS FROM

YOUR WIFE AGAIN!

BUT, YOUR HONOR, I AIN'T DONE NOTHIN'S HONEST I AIN'T!

SHE HAS NO RIGHT TO COMPLAIN! I DIDN'T

DO ANYTHING! YESTERDAY

I SAT AND HELD HER

HANDS FOR TWO HOURS!

MY GOODNESS, MUTT! I DIDN'T KNOW.

YOU WAS SO

ROMANTIC!

I'M

NOT-

Page 5 By BUD FISHER

IF I'D HAVE

LET GO SHE WOULD HAVE

:KILLED ME!..

TRULY "EMPIRE"

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Nearly every R.A.F. flying boat that goes on ocean patrol is "Empire boat" in the fullest sense of the word.

Not cely are the large aircraft themselves the military counter- parts of the Empire flying boat

but of civil aviation, percentage of their pilots and

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BEFORE THE

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EVACUATION DELUGE QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

́WHAT IN THE form of economic pros- high perity in the Colony the evacuation put its ele- crews comes from the Douinions, phantine foot into, is revealed in official sta- In the Officers' Mess the accents tistics released yesterday of the Colony's

vary from the Canadian drawl}

to the sharper pitch of New Zea- trade in June. land and back again to the deep tones of a Yorkshireman.

The captain of one flying boat]

wears the dark-blue uniform of

the Royal Australian Air Force.

His second pilot is a New Zea-

lander, Englishmen. Scots and Welshmen, plus one other Aus- tralian, make up the crew.

In another flying boat the cap- tain is an Englishman: he flies with Scots, Welsh and Canadians.]

The combined values of imports and ex- ports of merchandise as declared during the month totalled $126.5 millions (£7.8 mil- lions) as compared with $109.9 millions (£6.7 millions) in June, 1939.

Another Sunderland has a Cana-says mournfully "I'm a foreigner dian captain: his companions are on board my boat." His crew is Welsh and English.

principally Welsh.

In another flying boat, all are One captain is from London

His English-except for one lone Scot. -pure Cockney, he, boasts.

but is not second pilot is from New Zea-He is a minority land. His crew comes from the oppressed! four corners of the British Isles.

In terms of local currency the total visible trade of the Colony increased by 15.1% in June, 1940 as compared with 1939; and by 16,4% in terms of sterling.

Imports totalled $69.9 millions (£4.3 millions) as compared with At one time it was hoped to $59.3 millions (£3.6 millions) in The veteran of one Squadron get all-English, all-Scots, Irish, June, 1939, and exports $56.6 mil- is a South African. As his se- Welsh or Canadian flying boats,

caused by lions (£3.5 millions) as compared cond pilot he has a young York-but the reshuffling

(£3.1 mil- shireman from Doncaster, An-'expansion has made this impos-with $50.6 millions

lions). other member of the crew-a sible.

Imports increased by 17.9% in There are already all-Australian prominent Yorkshire family from whose flying boats, and there will be terms of local currency, and by boats 19.4% in terms of sterling. Ex- grounds the young Doncaster of plenty more all-Dominion ficer says, he was often chased as when trained pilots and crews ports of merchandise increased by begin to flow to Britain from the 11.9% in terms of local currency. and by 12.9% in terms of sterl- One English flying boat captain' Empire training scheme.

ing.

fitter comes of a

a boy.

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record

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gallant

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volce

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The figures were lower than in! the three previous months, but were better than any period prior to that.

Combined values of imports and exports of merchandise during the first half year totalled $764.4 mil- lions (£46.1 millions) as compar- ed with $571.0 millions

(£35.1 millions) in the first half year of 1939, and $612.1 millions (£37.8 millions) in tht first half year of 1938.

Imports amounted to $419,6 mil- lions

in (£25.9 millions)

the first six months of 1940 as com- pared with $301.0 millions (£18.5

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