1941-01-07 — Page 13

FIRST DAY HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

By an Aircraft Woman driver appeared and made a sud-

den dive for our luggage. 2nd Class

"Here we are",

he announced

The envelope had "Air That's your mess."

cheerily. "In through that gate.

Ministry" in the bottom|

left hand corner. My post-path and knocked timidly at the We struggled up the garden ing! I tore it open with door. It opened and we saw a eager fingers. Would it be sea of faces.

announced.

"Come in," cried someone, and

BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised Capital ..........................$30,000,000 Issued und Fully Paid-up ...$20,000,000 Reserve Funda-

Sterling

Hong Kong Currency Re-

serve

Reservo Liability of Pro

prietora

.£ 6.500,000

.$10,000,000

.$20,000,000 *

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG,

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, Chairman,

C. C. Roberts, Esq.,

Deputy Chairman,

the Orkneys or the Isle of "We're the new W.A.A.F.", we Wight? It was neither merely in, somewhere in we trooped. Soon pillows, in England. (I'm bound sheets and blankets appeared as by the Official Secrets geant initiated us into the art of Hon. &c. . H. Dowell, Hos, Mr. A. L. Shielda,

if by magic and the Senior Ser-

Act). It was not exactly cold air out as possible.

making a bed to keep as much

J. R. Donsfleid, Esq.,

A. 11. Compton, Eq.

0. Miskin, Eq..

E. B. Morrison, Esq.

L. J. Davies, Esq.. Ilon. Mr. T. E. Penres,

Amoy

We were where I should have chos-given three square objects known en but I had now signed told they were filled with horse Bang

as "biscuits" for mattresses. I was away my right to reason hair, but after the first night I am willing to believe it to be stones. why.

Six blankets, two sheets and a Canton horse hair pillow completed the Luelno

outfit.

Sit Vandeleur M. Grayðurn Chief Manager.

BRANCHEB:—

Ipob

Rangoon Saigon

Ban Francisce Shangbal

Kuala Lumpur Singapore

Bourabaya

Sungei Patand

Baterie Bombaj

Joborn Kobo

Kowloon

Calcutta

London

L.vone

Qolembo Dairen Footbow

Malecos

Swmlow

Kianila

Treatm

Muar (Johor) Tokyo

Mukden

Tsingtao

New York Piping Po

Yokonams

Iloilo

Several hours later I was sitting in the waiting room at —— rail-

Three of us had to sleep in one Haiphong way station, along with six other new members of the Women's room. The furniture consisted of Hankow Auxiliary Air Force. We had al a dressing table, a large built-in | Harbin

chair and a met on the platform. Only one wardrobe, a

locker had a uniform, but it needed no] with three shelves. There was a

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in Sherlock Holmes to know we had tiny fireplace shaped like half a

Local Currency and FIXED DEPO all joined something. Our air of cheese Another bedroom with SITS received for One Year or shorter newly acquired importance, tinged two beds was on the same floor, periods in Local and Other Currencies with a slight bewilderment at our while downstairs there were

which will be quoted on application. new surroundings and ouf service small kitchen, bathroom, coalhole SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES of varicus type respirators, drew us together and the largest room presumablyzes To Let like a magnet.

the former dining room. which undertaken. held three more beds.

a

TRUSTER and EXECUTOR busines

Hong Kong 13th December, 1840.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

Outside the station we looked

"You can sort out your own anxiously around for the transport | things afterwards," said the Ser- which our orders had said would grant, looking at her watch. "It's be provided. After a while we almost time for supper and I sup- heard the sounds of a lorry. Once pose you're feeling like it."

The Business of the above Bunk is again we picked up our luggage. We all agreed, most of us hav-

conducted by the HONG KONG AND A voice called out from the dri-ing had no time or opportunity for SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, ver's seat. "Are you the

new lunch.

For supper there was sal-Rules may or obtained on application. W.A.A F.?" From his intonation|mon, bread, butter, pickles and FOR THE HONG KONG AND it sounded like a new breed of cocoa. There was no tablecloth, SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, animal. "Yes," we all chorused only bare bourds, but they were

V M GRAYBURN, He jumped out of the driver's seat clean and the crockery, thrugh

Chief Manager, and came round and undid the thick, was of china, not, as I ad Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937. back.

"Plie in," he said. "Sorry can't take you all in front "

We led in. Around corners and along straights we rattled and bumped. Then, just as we had found a position where the bumps didn't hurt quite so much, the lar- ry drew up with a sudden stop that threw us into each other's laps.

We peered out but could only dimly perceive a long line of buildings on either side. The

JAPANESE ROADS

ON BURMA ROAD

sometimes feared, of eni e!. There were two long tables, th about sixteen girls at each, but I understood that there were nearly eighty W.A.A.F. altogether. I felt like a new girl at boarding school, only no one asked me any questions.

I un-

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA. LTD.

...$10 000,000,00 5.598.000,00

*.083,201.50

Authorised Capital Pa'd-up Capital Reserve and Undivided

Profits

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

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:—

Manila

Besista Molbourns

We were told to be on parade for drill at 8.10 a.m. Breakfast HEAD OFFICE:--HONG KONG was at 8:30 a.m. and before going

10. Des Voeux Road, Central. on parade we had to sween our room and make our beds.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-- dressed with eager anticipation of Li Koon Chun. Esq., P. K. Kwok, Esq.. Hon Sir Shou-gon Chow, Chairman; a good night's rest. I had slept Wong Yun Tong. Esq., Chan Ching out in the open in New Zealand Shek, Esq Li Lan Song Esq., Wong and Australia and on bare boards Chu San, Esq. and Fung Ping Wah, in mountain huts, but-I had not Esq. Islept on "biscuits" before. As we tossed and turned we thought of King and country, of the search- light and balloon barrage heroes: but always our thoughts returned Continuing operations, six Ja-to the nice mattresses we had left panese bombers, escorted by behind. three pursui.s, again attacked in south Yunnan yesterday.

They dropped scores of missiles, most of which landed flelds.

An undivulged point on Burma Road was also bombed nine other Japanese aircraft.

Early yesterday scouting 'plane conducted a connaissance flight over a wide area along the Yunnan border and the Burma Road, Central

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THE CINDERELLA

PART TO GO

The Queen has accorded her patronage and has given doria- tions to a new civil defence com- forts scheme organised by the Ministry of, Home Security.

"Often in the past," states the official announcement, "these men and women engaged on civil de- fence have felt themselves meni- bers of a Cinderella service.

"Don't be surprised." the Senior Sergeant said next morning. "if nobody asks how you've slept, No one ever does for the first week, but now I wouldn't change my biscuits for the softest bed at Har- rods." We looked at her in ed- miration. Of such stuff are Senior Sergeants made!

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1899

Paid-up Capital

***** Reserve Fund.... Reserve Liability o

prietors

Pro-

£3,000.000 £9,000,000

€3.000.000

HEAD OFFICE: LONDONÍ 28, Bishopagate, E.C.2. Sub-Agencies in Londont 117/13. Leadenhall Street, E.C.. West End Branch: 14/16, Cockspur Street, 6.W.1.

·Manchester Branch:

6. Mosley Street, Manchester, 7

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

Blenkow PROIDE

Rangoon

Alor Star

"They spend long hours on duty Art every night in all weathers, Bangkok throughout the country,"

Bateria Bombay

Hartin

Hons Long

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(pob

Karachi

agencion: Klang

Local committees and. a centralloutta fund are to be set up-British Wireless,

WELLINGTON HEAD KILLED

Mr. R. P. Longden, headmaster of Wellington College: was recent- ly killed by enemy action, it was

announced.

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Saigos

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Cawnpore

Caba Oolombo Delhi

Halphons Hamburg

Looking

Medau

Kew York. Pulploy

(Viking)

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General (Banking Business, transacted.

· CURRENT ACCOUNTS ''opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for Drie Year or shorter perioda in Lecal vor Other Currencies at rates, which will Mr. Longden, who was thirty be quoted en application seven, was one of the youngest BAYINGS ACCOUNTS"alin" opened headmasters in the country when Local Currency and Birling with n

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Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in Local

Foreign Currencies and

on terms which will be quoted on application.

Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.

KAN TUNG PO,

Chief Manager.

THE WING ON BANK, LIMITED,

Head Office: Hong Kong. 26, Des Voeux Road, Central. Auchorlaod Capital.......... $10,000,000

LONDON BANKERS:———. Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every description of banking business transacted.

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