1941-04-21 — Page 91

'THE CHINA MAIL'S WINDSOR HOUSE SUPPLEMENT, APRIL 21, 1941.

VITAL PART IN LIFE

OF THE COMMUNITY

Kong is performed by means of a travelling crosshead which car-

, the cylinder and inking rol- Jer. The cylinder prints the paper on both the forward and the return stroke, top and bot- Lom smuk andar ay During the operation of ming, the paper running through the machine is stationary over the formes, but The paper as a whole continues to Involve at The same speed. In order that the paper may remain stationary whilst receiving the mpression and that the spred of the paper werd should be courtant, The machte is equipped 111173

equchsing device for taki Tip the slack which would other We be accumulated between the teething in roller and the dia

201

Even Speed

NEV

:יין... *tr!

3

Tu Kas into the que ut ..|| even prend and dina otal at an even -topping whilst the length of Duke beng pred

The prapt

then travel at dubie the

through the DEVON dopping at de another muptes don and so on

Introduction of tim

permitted

Pak lapto mmandante

mmprovements to be effected 11 the lay-out of the "Can Mail" and Sunday Herald."

ah candy

The "Cha Mni printed for some time as a tablet. was enabled to increase the num- bur ol its endumdy from foutt b five and the striking advance in the general appearance which resulted was instantly appreciat- ed, both by readers. and adver lisers Coliman length wa E creased page arranged & WOLF changed to advantage, improve- ment, which without the Pupor would not have been posible

The "Sunday Herald" later went to eight columns to the poge, with a column width harmony with the "China Mail" and again the result has fully Justified the experiment.

The “China Mail"

No useful purpose would be served furnishing, in a. publica-

before the “China Mail' bul it was the "China Mail" alone that survived, and it can claim con- tinuous publicalim since Febru ary 20, 1845, four years ailer the establishment of the Colony

From the very outset, ;] ' "China Mail" has played a vital part in the life of the community. though it has naturally been exalted and has just

Jegged

A battery of linotype machines in the printing establishment of Newspaper Enterprise, Ltd.

fion of this type, a long history of the paper. It is sufficient to say. perhaps, that the history of the Press in Hong Kong is insepar- ably liked with the bislony of the "China Mail."

The English papers actually started publication in the Colony

along, according to a procession of men and circunstances.

Forthright Comment

In the early days of Hong Kong journalism, more than one

Jocul edilon was prosecuted, some of them going to prison. Editors were then outspoken in a man- ner which to-day would be deem- ed "vulgar and scurrilous,” al- though as intre than one histor- ian has recorded, now that the passage uk time has enabled clearer view to be taken of The picture as a whole. there was much in the early life of thus Colony that called for blunt, forthright comment and ericism.

For Briance. Mr W H. Donald Cone of the formger editors DE the "luna Mail) wrote that the Howing admistration. WW dingtime to the British me."

"The editor of the "China Mail" several tunes singled mat Tor attack, and, two years after the bulb of the

M Joe tal Shortiede. its editor, WHA The victim of a proceration se veNa at even the Crown Pe seenlan ated to have any lian!

11

No Favours

For *** eight VANDEN "China Mail"

was the offigank or -

#tar of the Colony, excbravely

publishing all Government Holi- ferations This privilege, how- ever, did not prevent the

paper from criticising the Government as freely and as hottestly as It enjoyed nu favours. and be- Cause (11 this the Government started its own journal in 1853. the "Government Gazette."

Offsprings of the "China Mail' are the "Overland China Man" (containing the week's news) and the "Hong Kong Sunday Herald", which has the largest circulation of any English paper in South Clunia.

SHEWAN TOMES & CO., LTD.

HONG KONG

CANTON

CONSULT US FOR ALL BUILDING MATERIALS

BEFORE YOU BUILD- INVESTIGATE.

SCHLAGE

THE MODERN LOCKS FOREMODERN, HOMES

ESPECIALLY

LOCKS

ROOFING

RUBBER

TILING

CRESSONITE TILES

SANITARY WARE VAULT DOORS

ALUMINIUM

WE MANUFACTURE

STEEL FURNITURE

STEEL SHOP FIXTURES WINDOW GUARDS FENCING ETC.

70 LOCK

-press the button

70 UNLOCK

- turn the knob

The newest and easiest way of obtaining privacy Do not make the serious mistakel of associating antiquated mortise locks with the many modern con- veniences that will otherwise distinguish your new home. Investigate Schlage Locks now, be- fore you have allowed your doors to be morred with old style locks.

Certain-teed

Extra Quality

Roofing

11