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THE CHINA MÀIL, OCTOBER 31, 1940.

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SHANGHAI BOY NEW STAMP HONGKONG & SHANGHA

TELLS OF WAR EXPERIENCES

They have caused damage,

of

GLUE

UNCLE SAM'S POSTAGE STAMPS SOON MAY BE COM- PLETELY AMERICANISED.

The event may stiru à now market for the American farmer and a profitable new industry for American capital and labour.

Fronts of United States postage stamps might be said now to be 100 per cent American, hożouring as they do the nation's great and its memorable events.

But the backs

have a foreign

starch manufactured from cassava

BANKING CORPORATION,

Authorised Capital Issued and Fully Paid-up Reserve Funds?—

Sterling ***

Hong Kong Currency Rew

serve

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

...$50,000,000 ..$20.000,900.

¡£6,500,000

$10,000,000

$20,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG,

BOARD OF DIRECTORS; H. V. Wilkinson, Esq., Choirmat.

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson,

Deputy Chairman, »

2. K. Bousfeld, Esq., E. 9. Morrison, Baq.

Hon. Mr. S. H. C. C. Roberts, Esq.,

Dodel, Hoà B, do đ G. Mistin Esq.,

Shields, Sir-Vandeleur M. Grayburn, Chief Manager.

Rangoon

composition. The glue is made of. B. Campton, Etq., Honi Mr.T. E. Fesros root imported from the tropics.

Recent tests have shown, how- ever, that dextrin made from what can you expect of a Ger-sweet potato starch was satisfac- man? Read on further, and per- tory for postage stamp glue as haps your blood might boil,

well as for labels and envelopes.

Agriculture experts say there is a large potential market for the sweet potato starch. The United States uses more than 1,000,000,- Chefoo 000 pounds of starch annually, of Conto

Dalren which approximately one-fourth Foochow comes from the imported cassava Haiphous

Children Machine-

Training conditions among the troops at of milk for the day. Home were described in a letter recently received course, but mainly to civilian pro- from a former Shanghai boy who is well-known as perty in towns. These are no ac cidents, I can assure you, but de- a sportsman, having distinguished himself as a liberate foul play. But then, goal-keeper with one of the local senior football teams. He joined up with one of the battalions which was in Shanghai, and went with them to India. From that country, his adventures are told in his own words. The food situation at Home and

I was out yesterday on a job of how the public are reacting to Nazi air raids are

work which took me to a place well recounted. The letter follows:-

which I'must not name and which After a couple of months of en-thick grass, balmly dry weather was visited by Jerry. I was driv-root. forced silence due to the exigen- and, best of all, no mosquitoes, oring a lorry and when Jerry came cies of the service (good old stand-other biting and stinging horrors. over I pulled up on the side of and sat by excuse!) in the shape of six Bees and hornets are plentiful the road under a tree weeks on the high seas and moun- but peaceable. Wonderful Eng- tight. There was no time to do

anything else.

lains of work since our arrival in

land!

this country, I can now write. Disappearing Tricks

again and tell you all about my- self and what has happened to me since ray last letter.

Escort Increased

Training these days has a dash of spice. Mimic warfare, because it is mimic, always makes careless about "safety tactics", but

Gunned

.

A hundred yards ahead of me was a little playground in which a couple of dozen little children When Jerry came were playing.

were us up, these kiddies

rounded up and hurried along, I suppose, Two days out of Liverpool, our now we have to be extra-careful to an air-raid shelter. At any escort was increased and during-not about the friendly "enemy", rate, they had to run down the the last 12 hours the. sea literally but because of the real

enemy road. They were machine-gun- swarmed with protecting boats, overhead. It is amusing at times, ned from the air. while overhead were dozens of while careering about chasing, or

One dirty hound came right 'planes. All very impressive, and being chased by, the other side, down and sprayed the street from doubtless a great deterrent to any to see all troops suddenly stop end to end, right along the line of enemy subs. which may

have "shooting" each other up and running kiddies.. How none were been around, for not a sign was vanish completely from sight on hit is a mystery to me. I could there of any excitement,

the appearance of a 'plane-any see the bullets hitting the road all 'plane and only continuing the about them, but they got

battle" when the umpires' whis- away, thank goodness.

clear

tles blow the "all clear." We are I wish I could say I saw that now very expert at making our Jerry hound shot down. He zoom- selves, and all our impedimenta, ed straight up immediately after- oured carriers, absolutely invisible he was one of the 140, and such as two-ton lorries and arm-wards and disappeared. I hope from the air. Jerry 'planes have that burned all the way down. I - Aldershot was our final des-passed over us by the score, sing-bave never felt so mad in my life tination and there we stayed twoiy and in huge masses, but never before. I am angry even now as weeks, while we were fitted out once have they spotted us-"us" I write of it. with all sorts of new gadgets for heing battalions of infantry plus waging war, and had time to get scores of lorries and such-like. over our embarrassment at hav-, Touch wood! ing to wear romper-suit-like Bat- tledress. wonderfully comfortable! clobber" with no buttons. to clean, praise be!

We arrived in Liverpool on a cold, misty morning, which did not give me a favourable impres- sion, at first glance, of England. Strange to say, I felt no thrill at setting foot in my own country for the first time.

:

days are over.

Which naturally brings me to is interesting the subject which the whole world-Jerry raids on England. We are at the end of one week of Going's so-called Blitzkrieg. Yesterday the RAF. topped the century for the second time with a bag of 140, of which day more anon.

Without exaggeration raids are a frost. Jerry over in crowds-hundreds

Civilians Keep Calm

one

But let me get on to something pleasant.

The behaviour of the civilians here during the raids is something to marvel at-they are so cool, so unhurried and so cheerful even in j the middle of a bombardment. I is that it is all a nuisance which think their attitude towards it all

must be endured. Certainly 1 these have ́never heard one of them comes express fear yet. If Adolf could

at

LOCAL SHARES

SHIPPING

Douglases $130 b.

LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS.

H.K. and S. Hotels $3.15 b. H.K. Lands $30% b., $31 s. H.K. Realties $3.35 b.

PUBLIC UTILITIES

Yaumáti Ferries $221⁄4 b., $223%

S.

H.K. Electrics (Old) $38% b. H.K. Electrics (New) $361⁄4 b. Sandakan Lights -$1211⁄2" - b. Telephones (Old) $231⁄4 b., $24

Telephones (New) $9.55 b.

INDUSTRIALS

S.

H.K. Ropes $6.10 b., $6.35 s.

STORES, &C. Watsons $8.90 b., $9.10 s.

MISCELLANEOUS Entertainments $61⁄2 b. Vibro Piling $8 s.

STOCK EXCHANGE QUIET

Baigon

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BRANCHES:-

Amor latarin Bombay

Bangkok

Ipoh Jobore

Xobe.

Bowloon

Calcutie Canton

Bankow Harbin

Iloilo

San Francis

Shaoghai

Kuala Lumpur Singapore

Loudon

Lyo

Mulacs

Mouila

Sourabaya

Swatow.

Sungai Patan

"

Tiental

Telugteo Yokokams

Bluar (Johor) Tokyo

Mukden

Now York Felping

Penang

Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Looaf: and other currencies on terms which will be quoted on application.

ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES in various alzca TO LET.

Hong Kong, 28th February, 1940.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CONFORATION.; Rules may be obtained on application/ FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief. Manager.

Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937.

THE BANK OF EAST. ASIA, LTD.

Authorised Caɣáfəl "*":"$10,000,000,00 Paid-up Capital Reserve and Undivided.

Prosta

5,598,600.05

2,903.201

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG 10, Des Voeux · Road; 'Centini...

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman; Li Koon Chun, Esq., 'P, K. Kwok, Es44 Wong Yun Tong. Esq... Chan Chink Shek. Esq. Li Lan Sang, Esq., Wong Chu Son, Esq.. Kan Ying Fo, Esq. and Fung Ping Wah E. {!}

Kan Tong Po, Esq., Chief Manager. Li Tse Fong. Esq.; Manager,

BRANCHES AND AGENCES1–

Seattle

Amoy

Batavia

Bombay Calcutta

Παύλος

Manlia. Melbourne

Bamarang

Nagasaki

New York

Shangha Singapore

Paris

Bourabaya

Pulplog

ЯWALOW

Penang Ilangoon

Bydney

Kowloon

Saigon

Tiantais Vannourer

San Francisco

Leave In Worthing During those two weeks, half the Battalion was sent away at a time for six days leave.

I spent mine with a fellow-sergeant at his home in Worthing, a lovely little town on the Channel coast, set amongst the loveliest Downs

see them during a raid he would The London Stock Exchange | phong country imaginable. I fell in love time-is met by our aircraft

as stop his terrorising tactics at once, was generally quiet yesterday Honolulu with the whole place, and have they cross the coast, chased by because it would be apparent and business was limited. Gilt-Robe made up

my mind that I shall the Spitfires and Hurricanes

all even to him that these tactics are ledged securities was fractionally Londen settle there when my soldiering over the place, shot up to blazes wasted on the civilian population. higher and certain Industrials

by tremendous barrages of A.A. They simply refuse to panic, it were supported while sinking Every description of Banking and fire, and such as are left are glad ever a thought of it has entered fund purchases sided Brazilian Exchange business transacted. Lunner This, my second glimpse of to be out of it. The speed with their heads.

Bonds. Trinidad oils hardened, granted on approved securities. ~England, explained why English- which they disappear is amazing. It makes me smile to think that Wall Street was quietly steady.

men rave about this little island. One lot of about 300 passed dir- in 1937 half the population of Reuter. There can be very few places in ectly overhead one day, heading Shanghai left town because half- the world like the south of Eng- | inland in temporarily mightya-dozen bombs were accidentally land. Beautiful hardly describes formation, but before they had dropped on it. A bit of a con-

gone quite out of sight they were trast, don't you think? Leave over, we settled' down to all back again hell for leather, hard training, moving out of Al- every man for himself-heading dershot, to quí present place to do for home. su. We are still at it and, ́un- They drop bombs, of course, Į like most training, thoroughly en-but never with much accuracy.

for joying it, exhausting though it They are too harried

that. some times is. I have been over Most of the bombs are dropped in nearly all of Hampshire, Sussex bunches, as they lighten their

it.

VICAR

and Kent on manoeuvres that is machines to make more speed, but WANTS

why I know the south of England most of these drop in open coun- is so lovely. Sleeping out in the try and do little damage beyond open is really enjoyable-soft, spoiling one or two cows' output

WEST LOUNGE THEATRE

Y.M.C.A., KOWLOON, On Thursday, November 7, At 9.15 p.m.

VAUDEFUN

In aid of

B.W.O.F. FOR THE WORK OF TOC H. WITH THE HOME FORCES.

Tickets at Y.M.C.A. and Gas Company's Showroom, Gloucester

Tickets $2.00 and $1.00.

Arcade.

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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA, Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

Reserve Llability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000 £3,000,000,

£3,000,000

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON: 38, Bishopsgate, E.0.2. Sub-Agencies in Londons 117/122, Leadenhall Street, E.C.2. West End Branch: 14/16, Cockspur Street, S.W.1, Manchester Branch:

52. Mosley Street, Manchester, 2.

AGENCIES AND BRANCHEST

Berom)

THE VICAR OF ALL SAINTS -CHURCH, DARLASTON, THE REV. T. CHADWICK, WHO RE- CENTLY ASKED THAT ALL CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS | Alor Star SHOULD BE DEPORTED, NOW | Amritsar Bangkok URGES IN A LETTER TO HIS

Batavia PARISHIONERS - THAT THE Boday GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT. Calcutta HESITATE IN ** ORDERING† Glive Stroos. Baba SWIFT AND DEADLY RE- Patrila Piese Kuala Lumpur Taiping PRISALS WHEN GERMAN Centon

Madran Cawnpore, 'PLANES BOMB" OUR UNDE- Cebu

Manila FENDED. TOWNS: · AND “VIL- Colombo

Medan LAGES AND MASSACRE HELP-| Dell

New York LESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Hamburg Haiphong "I have no patience," he says,

*Haskow

Florblo

Fonsag Rangoon

Hong Kong

Saigon

Iloilo

Ipoh

Shanghai

Karsabi

Blogupere

Klang Agencies:

-- Sitiawan

Bourabaya

Tontin

Tongkah

(Bhuket)

Tringisc

Tokobama

Kushing

Peiping

Peklog)

Current Accounts opened in Local. Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies 'on' terms which will be quoted on application,

Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.

KANTONG PO,

Chlef - Manager.

THE WING ON BANK, LIMITED.

Head Office: Hong Kong. 26, Des Voeux Road, Central, Authorised. Capital $10,000,000 LONDON BANKERS:— Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and everɔ description of banking business transacted.

Current Accounts and Sayings Accounts opened. Fixed Deposits received at rates which will be quoted on application,

Safe Deposit Boxes for hire, PHILIP GOCKCHIN,.

* Chief Manager.

YOU

ARE INVITED TO INSPECT OUR

STOCK OF

ASIATIC, FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

"with the puerile cries of some FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General POSTAGE STAMPS

people, even though they may Banking Business transacted.

hold high positions, when they talk of mercy and, try to dis sociate the German people from their foul rulers.

"Let the German people perience the war as their wage, it in England.

men

CURRENT ACCOUNTS 'opened ana FIXED DEPOSITS received for "One Year or shorter periods in Local or Other Currencies at rates which wil be quoted en application.

"

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Locat' Currency and Sterling with in- tarent. nilowed at rates obtainable on ,,、 application.

"Reprisals on. German towns will arouse German anger.against The Bank's Head Office in London Hitier and his satellites,

undertakes· Executor and Trustee busi- ness, and claims recovery of British "The bombing of open towns Income Tax overpaid, on terms which and villages, followed by instant may be ascertained at any ol thổ reprisals in Germany, will pave Agencies and Branches the way for a rising in Ger many,

B. A. CAMIDGE..

Manager.

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GRACA & CO.

Dealers in Postage Stamps, Philatelic Goods, Pictures, Postcards, Religious-Goods, Garden Seeds, & etc,

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