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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 4, 1940.

Bringing Up Father

IS MY HI

MY DEAR-YOU KNOW I'M HAVING EVERYTHING IN YOUR FATHER'S ROOM PAINTED WHITE - YOUR HUBBY SAID HE COULD DO IT- SO I LET HIM- HE WENT TO GET SOME MORE PAINT-WON'T YOUR FATHER BE SURPRISED?

GREAT HEAVENS!

WHAT HA HARPE

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By George MacManus

WHOS BEEN IN MY ROOM' M WITH THAT WHITE PAINT.?: ALL MY SUITS ARE PAINTED WHITE AN LOOK AT ME HAT-

EVEN THE MIRROR IS WHITE-

AN YOUR DOGS IN THERE ON THE SOFA-AN HE'S

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EGYPT'S

BOMBS IN RETORT TO

TREASURES SWEDEN GERMAN

PLANES NEAR MALMOE:

PROPAGANDA

EGYPT IS TAKING SUIT-TERDAY

THE YES-L ABLE PRECAUTIONS TO PRO DURING THE NIGHT FOREIGN ANNOUNCED. THAT TECT AND PRESERVE · HER LITERARY TREASURES FROM

DROPPED BOMBS THE DANGERS OF AIR RAIDS. Many thousands of valuable manuscripts, ancient copies of the Koran, and other sacred books are being stored away from danger in a huge cave in the hills behind the old city of Cairo:

was

The bombs did some damage but no one was injured.

asking the

The Swedish Government is German propagandists £2,000,000 for defence purposes.

Riksdag for another are spreading Reuter.

reports throughout. occupied countries that the London food distribution ·ma- chinery has broken down.

This cave, incidentally,

a safe storage place in time, used by the ancient Egyptians as war-Reuter.

of

STAR THEATRE

Purpose of these reports. is somewhat obscure unless it is an endeavour to discount the Nazis. own inability or refusal to carry out equitable food distribution for populations for which they are responsible.

.In fact, there is no shortage of

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in London shops.

So true this that those persons whose ordinary shopa at which they registered have been bombed by the Nazis have been given' "raver coupone"" entitling them to draw on sup- piles in any other shop.

That supplies are fully equal to demands and also the meat ration has recently been increas- ed show there is no difficulty about food distribution in London which is the main target of Nazi terrorism. Food centres dealing with victims of the indiscriminate Nazi bombing have not so far found it necessary to collect.ration coupons from people they serve, so adequate are food supplies. British Wireless.

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The recently instituted Nazi "new order" in Nor- way has been given an icy reception by the general public, according to the Norwegian telegraph agency in London yester- day.

The agency cites an article in the Norwegian Nazi organ. "Fritt Folk" threatening, opponents of the movement.

The paper states there are reports that some terror is still going on, especially among business circles in Oslo.

It warns those concerned that, assistance will be given to sup-' porters of the Nazi Party.➡Reu-

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DUKE OF KENT TOURS

FIRE STATIONS

The Duke of Kent yesterday visited a number of London Fire Brigade centres. During the tour there was an air raid warning and heavy gunfire could be heard. He went to London Fire Brigade. headquarters and the other cen- tres visited were in south and cast London.-British Wireless,

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