By BUD FISHER
NEVER MIND THE GANG! WHERE'S THE TEN BUCKS?
BUT I GOTTA
SEE THE GANG,
MY WIFE?
SHE WANTS ME
MUTT! I SHOWED | WHAT
TO GIVE THEM
YOUR WIFE THE
DID SHE
LETTER AND--
SAY?
THIS TWENTY BUCKS TO KEEP
YOU HERE!
WOMAN BEGUILED BY 'RIDDLE OF THE SILVER TREE'
"YOU MUST PLANT a silver tree to drive away the evil spirits around you, otherwise you will be un- lucky for the rest of your life," was the “fortune” that a fortune-teller told a Chinese woman.
"Yes," he urged, "plant a silver tree and enjoy the good luck and happiness which the Gods bestow- ed upon you at your birth."'
"I am willing." replied the wo- man, asking eagerly. "but how does one go about it?**
She was shown how to plant a silver tree and it cost her some $1.600 in money and jewellery.
She
was persuaded to put all her
money and Jewellery into three cigarette tins while the for- tune-teler placed them in front of him, lighted candles around them and then started chanting to "appease the evil spirits."
After chanting some 15 minutes, the fortune-teller got up and walked slowly towards the douer. "Do not follow," he advised, "I am leading the evil spirits away,
He walked out of the premises and disappeared.
An Hour's Wait
she looked into the tins, which apprared to be the same in which she had placed her money and jewellery, and found they 2011- tamed rice.
This happened about a month ago
On Friday, the woman passing! a shop in Mongkok District the alleged trickster apparently engagedi
The same business, She assisted by two other men. informed the Police who arrested | the m011
The marriage took place at the Registry Office on Saturday of Mr. So Kwok Hung, wireless operator. and Miss Sung Ngan Ci, teacher.
THREE NAZI BOMBERS SHOT DOWN
Three Nazi bomb- ers were shot down by British fighters over
Coast the East Saturday morning. - British Wireless.
on
INDIA'S LARGE WAR ORDERS
India continues to re-.
of No. 231, Nathan Road. Mr. J.ceive large orders from!
The woman waited for almost' Reynolds, Deputy-Registrar of the Commonwealth coun-
n hour and growing Suspicious Marriages, officiated.
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HORIZONTAL
1 Garland
4 Sun-dried
brick
To urge
12 Completely 13 Goods cast
adrift at sco
14 Confederate
-
general
15 City in
Texas
17 Firework
10 Country in
Europe
21 Symbol for
Bamarium
22 Glacial
ridges
25 Swiss canton
27 Ascent.
31 To disfigure
32 Onlooker
34 By
38 Cereal grass
36 Warm
37 Indo-Chinese
Janguage
38 English cain
41 Bitter vetch
42 The dil
43 Owing
44 Gaelic
45 Printer's
measure
47 To pivot 40 Red gem 43 Small
mollusk
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50 Judge
60 Southwest-
ern, Indian
61 To mend
62 To expinte
63 To devour
VERTICAL
1 Youth
2 Guido's high
note
3 Sick
4 Turkish
regiment
5 Burst
asunder
6 King of
Bashan
7 To prohibit
8 Man's name
Large deer
10 To turn left
11 To obtain
SATURDAY'S SOLUTION"
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14 Gaelic sea-
god
18 Gem weight
20 Before
22 City in
Nebraska
23 The devil 24 Land
measure
20 Civet-like carnivore
28 Pronoun
29 Glides
30 Eaten away 32 Plant fuld
33 Plaything
35 Many Ilmes 30 French
article
40 Hard-shelled 1, fruitiatu
41 Teulonte
daity
(44.Abstract" being
40 Broad table-
land
48 Teutonic
alphabetic character
40 Fuel 50 Fruit drink
1 To propel by
dars. 52. Youngster 54 To petition -65° Greek- latter'
56 To permit 50 Behold!
tries for war require.
ments.
The latest orders include khaki drill and webbing for Australia, cotton and canvas for Britnus, sandbags for Ceylon, towels for New Zealand and tents for South Africa.
Further larger orders for miscellaneous fabricated steel bulidings have been received from the Middle East.
It was stated in Bombay yes- terday that a general increase in the output of factories was re- corded while Indian-jute mills aro undertaking further, munitions supply work. Reuter,
CINEMA PRICES
FROM THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH, CINEMA THEA- TRE-GOERS WILL HAVE TO DIG DEEPER INTO THEIR POC- KETS. AS A RESULT OF GOV- ERNMENT HAVING INSTITUT- ED AN INCREASED SCALE OF ENTERTAINMENT TAX.
regarding
No decision
the Increase bas amount of the net yet been reached by the companies who are calling a representative meeting within the next 10 days to discuss the matter.
Owing to the increased cost of paper, and printing, the companies have decided to take the oppor tunity of slightly raising their
rates.
INDIA APPLAUDS WAVELL ARMY
Tabled separately by 20 prom- [Incnt Indian and European mem-- bers, a resolution, is to come up before the Indian State Assembly on March 25 recording high appre- ciation of the great success of the Army of the Middle East, parti- cularly the magnificent part play- ed by Indian troops in those suc- cesses, and recommending that the Governor-General convey "warm- est congratulations to General; Wavell and those associated with the operations.-Reutor,
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