1940-08-16 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 16, 1940

SAILORS LURED AWAY "GERMANY ESCAPED

THAT GANGS OF MEN LIE1Janne August Hakonson, in Back WILL RULE AS ONION

"

some

WORLD"

The

SELLERS

!

men Four young B.E.F.

were

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised Capital .........$50,000,00 Issued and Fully Paid-up ..$20,000,000 Reserve Funds:-

Sterling

Hong Kong Currency Re-

serve

..£ 6,500,000

.$10,000,000

$20,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.........

prietors

IN WAIT FOR SAILORS AND Maryland Street, Liverpool.

Hakonson said that Anderson! ROB THEM WAS DISCLOSED and another man got into conver- AT LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT, Sation with him in a public-house BY MR. H. R. BALMER, PROSE-and, after they had had

drinks together, they offered to

"Beginning in Europe, Germany captured by the Germans in Reserve Liability of Pro CUTING SOLICITOR.

The police are having great take him back to his ship. They

made difficulty, he said, in dealing with led him into a back street and will rule the world and will or- Northern France and locked up in gangs of men who lie in wait for then attacked him. While he was ganise it for the Nazi regime," a church. They escaped,

becoming unconscious he realised says a pamphlet which was mailed their way to the coast disguised

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: sailors;

H. V. Wilkinson, Esq., .. They lure these unfortunate they were going through his poc-to thousands of Argentiners and as Breton onion sellers, and ar-

rived in London safely.

Chairman. kets. When he came back to his foreigners in Buchos Aires. seamen into public-houses and ply

German Embassy has They were Corporal Pat Hanley,

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, them with drink. Then, pretend-senses all his money and his par-

denied either connection with or of Deal, and his pals, Private A.

Deputy Chairman. ing to take them back to their cel had gone.

approval of the four-page pub-Halls, also from Deal, Fusiller S.) ¡lication. ship, they lead them into some

Davis, of Rochdale and Lance-3. E. Bousfield, Esq., K. S. Morrison, Esq. dark, back street, where they beat

Printed in Spanish; the pam-Bombardier J. Croft, of Stoke-on-A. II. Compton, Esq., T. E. Pearce, Esq.;

Hon. Mr. B. II.

C. O. Boberts, Esq., Dodwell, Hon. Mr. A. L them and rob them of all their

phlet was signed by an unknown Trent,

"We were locked up in the o. Miskin, Esq.

Shields, belongings,

The demand rate on the HongA. Hudal," who described him-

Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn, In the dock was Thomas An Kong dollar to-day was 1/2 7/8. self as "A comrade of Hitler dur church for eight days," Corporal

'Chief Manager. derson (29), of Brunswick Gar- London Silver was quoted ating his political struggle, and to-Hanley told reporters, "and we got dens, Liverpool, and he was sen-23 1/2 for Spot and 22 11/16 for day, after his success, his humble fed up with it.

BRANCHES:- tenced to one month's imprison-forward. ment for stealing a wallet, con- The cross rate London/New taining £3 10s., and a parcel of York was quoted at £-U.S.$4.- clothing valued £6 16s., belonging|0250 and the New York/London

Swedish 3

seaman, named rate at £-U.S.$4.02 1/2.

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should not entitle her to despice other peoples less endowed with Aryan blood."

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When

"A sentry came round every servant."

Ipoh The pamphlet states that since hour or so, and on the eighth day Amoy

Dangkok

Sobe the I said to my pals that if he came Batavia is the seat of Germany Aryan race, the task of ruling round that night I was going to Bombay Calcutta the world naturally falls upon bash him.

Canton "The sentry came round all Chefoo superiority her, "but racial

right. I gave him a couple of Colombo good kicks in the pants, and we got away into a wood. "We were in the wood for four Hankow The pamphlet sald Germany had been accused of imperialism. "It's days without food and we only true, but it is only for humanity's had dirty water to drink. sake. We shall build the United we got out of the wood we found States of Europe and then of the a barn where some natives were Currency and Fixed Deposits received world. This union can be achieved hiding, and they gave us a meal. for one year or shorter periods in Looal only through force."

LOCAL SHARES

BANKS

Hong Kong Bank $1200 b.

INSURANCES

Canton Ins. $210 s.

Union Ins, $355 b.

China Underwriters 10 cts. s. H.K. Fire Ins. $138 b., $136 sa. DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, ETC.

H.K. Docks (Old) $14% b. H.K. Docks (New) $14% s. Providents $3.55 b. LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS. H.K, and S. Hotels $3.35 b. H.K. Realties $3.40 s.

PUBLIC UTILITIES H.K. Tramways $15 b. Star Ferries $551⁄2 b., X.D, Yaumati Ferries $21 b. China Lights (Old) $6.40 b. China Lights (New) $3.35 b. H.K. Electrics (Old) $37/30/-

37 sa.

H.K. Electrics (New) $35% sa. Telephones (Old) $22 b.- Telephones (New) $8.60 b.

INDUSTRIALS

Cements $144 b.

·STORES, &C. Dalry Farms $18 s. Watsons $81⁄44 b.

LAST DAY'S SALES

2 H.K. Banks @ $1172 125 H.K. Fire Ins..@ $136 100 Electrics (Old) @ $37 200 Electrics (Old) @ $36% 200 Electrics (New) @ $35%

WEAK TONE ON STOCK EXCHANGE

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Current Accounts opened in

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Hong Kong, 28th February, 1046,

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"Later we met some Belgian refugees, borrowed some clothes and berets, and with sticks of onions over our shoulders off we went like four onion-sellers. "Then some kind French people near the coast kept us and fed us: The Business of the above Bank is for three days. We waited for a conducted by the HONG KONG AND good night and decided across the Channel.

to

get SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Rules may be obtained on application.

THE FOR

HONG KONG AND "We 'borrowed' a white row-

SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. ing-boat from a shed, painted 16]

. V. M. GRAYBURN, black, and set off, taking some

Chief Manager. corks with us to plug any holes Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937. made by machine-gun bullets. "We brought a couple of French soldiers with us in the boat. were lucky enough to escape any shooting on the way over."

In The Dog-Days!

We

When-the-dog-days-are-with_us.

it is not unusual for people to be irritable, short tempered, depress-

THE BANK OF EAST

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

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for

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