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SARAH SIMPLE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

FOR SERVICES

A special performance of "Sarah Simple" has been arranged

distraction from the cares of war, income tax and

BANKING CORPORATION,

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Sterling

Hong Kong Currency Re-

SCIVO

prietors

$50,000,000 ..$20,000,000

.£ 6,500,000

.$10,000,000

$20,000,00

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG,

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

W. H. Lock, Esq., Deputy Chairman.

3. K. Bousßeld, Esq., G. Miskin, Esq.. A. II. Compton, Esq.,

E. 8. Morrison, Esq. L. J. Davies, Esq., fion. Mr. T. E. Posrow, Bon. Mr. 8. B.Dodai, Hon. Mr. A. L. Shields,

Sir Vanduleur M. Graybum

Chief Manager.

The deflance of a for men of the Services to-night. Reserve Liability of Pro-

A. A. Milne's play is very light member of the crew of fare, full of amusing and swift the British steamer dialogue and scenes and it pro- Shakespeare, 5,029 tons, vides admirable who preferred death to evacuation.

The opening night is to-morrow being rescued by the Ita-

and the play will run until Satur- lians was described by day. Booking for seats at $3.30, His exclu-$2.20 and $1.10, is being handled Capt. Bailey. sive story was to-day by the Anderson Music Co. and it would be as well to book as Italian Silver Medal for Military cabled from St. Vincent, soon as possible as the lust nights Valour, was wounded three times,

are already heavily booked. mentioned in despatches and pro-Cape Verde Island.

The number of invitations ac- for three moted. He is married and has one

Capt. Bailey, who

the cepted by

Services for to- son and one daughter.

hours fought with a submarine of

night promises a full house for superior armament, had been to this comedy of the vague inventor to speak of his experiences be-who named the wrong man as co- respondent when his wife left him, This slip leads to complications and trying situations on his char- ming wife's sudden return just as he is attempting to establish a liaison with the attractive but conventionally minded widow of a Canon.

in his letter Col. Bingham wrote: "Never was the old school

tle and the best that it stands ¦ fore for more justified than it is to day.

"Our new armies are being officered by classes of society who are new to the job. The middle. lower-middle and working classes are now receiving the King's Com- mission, is that he

No statement has been authoris- ed concerning the future employ- ment of Col. Bingham. At the moment the position

will, at least temporarily, be re- tired. It is a matter for future emisideration by the Army Coun- 1 whether fr he employed in another capacity.

"When after three hours' fight we abandoned our sinking ship the rubmaring took our lifeboat in tow." he said. "One of my men. an elderly seaman, shouted won't be saved by them."

"

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CURRENT ACCOUNTS Local Currency and

The cast is headed by, Sheilah SITS received for One Year or shorter Mackinay as

the lovely periods is Local and Other Currencies Sarah Simple, Claude Bur-

will be quoted terms which Un We / gess

15 her corkscrew in-application.

"He scrambled to the bows of "These classes, unlike the old the boat and began hacking at the aristocratie and

feudal (almost) į tow-rope with a knife. Shipmates classes who led the old army, pulled him back, but he kept on

their people toj shouting to the submarine, Iventing husband.

dont need help from you."

have never had

sader. They have never had anyone to think of but themselves

Breach Of Regulations This aspect of bfe is completely

Capl Margesson. annobleifig his decision in reply to Mt Lees Smith (Soc.), sanel Col. Bingham had committed a breach of the King's Regulations. An expression of the Army Council's severe dis- pleasure had been conveyed to Jeran

This disposes of the disciplin-

the matter." Capt., ary aspect of Margessun adied. "In addition, I have decided that this offleer is no longer suitable for the command of an officers' cadet training unit (cheers) and I have given in- structions for him to be relieved of his cutanand."

new to them, and they have very largely fallen down on it in their Capacity as army officers,"

CITED, HE IS LEFT £7,000

A fortune of £7,000 has been left to Mr. Frederick

Mr. Bellenger (Soc.) asked whe-T. Ryan, ther the Army Council dissociat- d itself entirely from the views expressed in the letter

Cant Mareesson; I do not think

I can usefully add my answer, which is perfectly clear.

Major-Gen. Sir Alfred Koox (Cons ): Does not the Minister agree that the "Times" newspaper was greatly at fault in publishing the letter? (Cheers.)

Capt. Margesson's attention was drawn to a work called "Re- ginald" by the inimitable Saki, H. H Munro, which tells the story of the unfortunate results to # woman who set it to tell the truth?

ed.

This question was not answer-

Saki's Story

F

Lord Charle-

mont's former chauffeur, whom Lord Charlemont cited as co-respondent in his petition for divorce.

Jumped Into Sea

Then he broke away from his Shipmates and jumped into the Stat We tried in vain to get him back. For a little while he swam, behind the boat until exhausted Then he raised an arn in an attempt to wave, and called mul 'goodbye' before he disappeared."

10

Capt. Bailey refused the sub- marine commander's invitation to aboard to have his wounds dressed. As a result of exposure

the open

boat before being nicked in by a Portuguese slonp he is suffering from severe blister- ing caused by the sun and sali

water.

and Day Sage a the attractive widow, a part which carries some of the print shaitening lines are the play

Jesan Critchett and Tim For. scue are the sindiul, adolescent

F. twins, and W

Kirby gives a car**** 21 a depressed detective-

nuded pub waiter

BLACK-OUT TO-NIGHT AT TAIPO

OM

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES of various sizes To Let.

TRUSTEE and EXECUTOR business undertaken.

Hong Kong. 26th February, 1941. HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Kules 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 Capital

Paid-up Capital Reserve

Profita

and Undivided

$10,000,000.00 5,598,600,09

2,983.201.50

HEAD OFFICE:-HONG KONG 10, Des Voeux Road, Central.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-

If fine weather conditions hold, "The submarine attacked about ja black-out exercise to experiment

the with

Star-lighting system 150 miles north of the island of sal, in the Cape Verde group." he will be held at Taipo, between II p.m. and midnight to-morrow. "Immediately she fired the

In order that the greatest value said. Arst shot I ordered the gun crew from these experiments may be to reply. The men behaved with

nagnificent courage in the face of residents and the sea-faring pu-Li Koon Chun, Esq., P. K. Kwok, Esq., obtained, the full cooperation of Hon. Sir Shou-sun Chow, Chairman: repeated hits.

pulation of Taipo is sought by wong Yun Tong, Esq., Chan Ching asking them to ensure that all shek, Esq.. Li Lan Sang, Esq., Wong lights in their premises are either Chu Son, Esq. and Fung Ping Wab.

obscured so that Esq. extinguished or

be seen from any light can direction.

It comes to him under the will of Evelyn Fanny Charlotte, Vis- countess Charlemont, of Nell

Sloane Gwynn House.

Avenue. Chelsen, who was

the killed during and air raid last Octal o.

Lord Charicmont in his peti. tion alleged that Lady Charle mont and Mr. Ryan had visited the Old Ship Hotel at WILK.

Mere.

He obtained a decree absolute

In April last year.

The decree nisi was not due to

or

"As 800 as one member of

gun crew WBs killed wounded another man leapt for ward to take his place, without needing the word of command. Our fire certainly killed two and wounded several others."

Motorists who may find it neces- sary to pass through Taipo are requested to take the necessary steps to black-out their lights, or stop outside the failing this, to area affected and switch out all The area in which the

79 Of Crew Missing

The captain and 25 other sur- be made absolute before July, but vivors of the torpedoed British lights. Lord Charlemont, who was then steamer Nalgora, 6,579 tons. reach-trials will be carried out at Talpu "The Woman Who Told the very ill, applied to have the mat-ed the Cape Verde Islands after is bounded by the Railway, the San Bridge, and the Truth" is a modern fable in one ter expedited because, if he should seven days in un overcrowded life- sea, Kam of the "Reginald" sketches by die in the meantime, his former boat. The remaining 79 members northern end of the Taipo Cause-

in four other boats Way. Saki. It points the moral that it wife would have inherited £300 of the crew are missing. does not always pay to tell the a year.

left £27,688 truth. The sketch tells of a wo- Lady Charlemont man who contracted the habit of gross, with net personalty £23,-

865. Estate duty amounts veracity until she stitutionally incapable of telling £4,667. After bequests amount

ing to £12,000 to a nephew and a lic-even about her age.

"At last the dreadful thing nieces, she left the residue of her came, say; the author. "On a property to Mr. Ryan.

raw

became con-

Wednesday morning,

in a few well-chosen words, she told The the cook that she drunk. cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go, she went,

MAPLE LEAF UNCLE SAM?

to

One of the survivors, whose arm

a shark which off with a boat

projected over the lifeboat's Bide, THE CHARTERED BANK

OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA was attacked by the captain beat

AND CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853

hook.

be at

A submarine, believed to Italian, attacked the Nalgora night without warning. After the vessel had heeled over, the sub- marine commander gave, the crew 35 minutes to abandon ship. Then he ordered the Nolgora to be sunk Flight Lleutenant Nick Nicker- with gunfire. The submarine left bocker. formerly A Hollywood the British crew 100 miles from

tunt ayer, has asked the Cana-land. dian Government to allow Ameri- can airmen in the Royal Canadian Air Force to wear on their tunics a representation of the figure of Col. Bingham, who was educat-Uncle Sam, super-imposed on the

at Eton, is 55. He served maple leaf.

"Miriam Klopstock (a friend who had been insulted by a pre- vious out-burst of candour) came La lunch the next day. Women and elephants never forget,"

ed

Served In Last War

throughout the last war, during} The Government is considering which he won the D.S.O, and the the suggestion.

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the glass has been taken away to what the Nazis call a "place of safety."

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