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A HA'PORTH OF TAR

* Steward, there's tar on my dinner | won the Irish Sweep. All the other gentlemen are confined to their banks, jacket."

Sir. They say it was the lobster mayonnaise."

Yessir. Off the rigging, Sir. We told you is wat wet, Sir, but you wouldn't take no mokier. Up you went like a two-year-old."

*I see. And what did I do next?" * You sang some songs, Sir. Greatly appreciated they was. Some of the crew asked me if you'd be so good or to write out the words.”

"I'll have to think about that, Steward. So altogether it was a pretty matey night?"

"There's been nothing like il on the South China Sea, Sir, since the Purser

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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 7, 1941.

Greek Officers' Alleged Neglect Of Duty

CLAIMING TO HAVE BEEN given to under-

A.T.S. TO "MAN"

stand that they would be released from their duties, GUN-POSTS

three Greek officers of the s.s. Epaminondos C. Embiricos absented themselves from the vessel since June 26 and were this morning charged with continued wilful neglect of duty between June 26 and July 5, before Commander T. C. Stiff, Deputy Harbour Master, in the Marine Court.

Accused were:-

Wireless Operator Damianos Grammatas;

Third Engineer Pavios Morrai- tis; and

Third Omcer Alexandros Gou- landris.

solicitors, the Harbour Master, or anywhere you like."

more.

on

by

For the first time in British history women are to go into action against the enemy.

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The first will be girls of the A.T.S. who are now to work with anti-aircraft batteries engaged with the enemy,

They will handle the predictors delicate instruments which

the work out Tor range and height of

He then turned his back accused and refused to talk any-

gunners the Under cross-examination

enemy air- Mr. Evans, accused after persis-

craft. tent replies to the contrary, even-

It is probable that Waats and The master of the vessel, Can-tually admitted that the

Wrens will also be brought into bonus was given to the

to active service, they were willing provided continue to serve during the next voyage.

D. B.

tain Constantine Marmuras, in re- ply to his solicitor, Mr. Evans, stated in the witness-box this morning that none of the ac- cused had been discharged from

had the vessel. They

absented themselves

since from the ship June 28 without leave.

The ship had been requisition- ed by the Greek Government and arrived in Hong Kong on May 23.

None of the accused were special contracts. They were paid in accordance with the Greek Wage Schedule.

£25 Bonus

оп

On May 13 when the voyage was ended, he paid the crew and officers each £25 bonus, including three accused. He had been in- structed to pay this bonus to all who were willing to continue to next voyage in the serve on the ship. This bonus was paid to all including those under special con- tracts.

Before first accused entered the witness-box he objected to the presence of the master of the Olga E. Embiricos who prosecuted four officers on an identical charge on Friday and Saturday. The objec- tion was overruled,

First accused claimed that in ac- cordance with the Greak Law he was entitled to a "rest" after six months' service in the ship. Ten days ago he submitted his resign- ation to the Captain acting on the advice he obtained from the Greek Minister at Tokyo that he could leave the ship at any port if he so desired.

BC-

The Captain, continued cused, accepted his resignation provided that others did follow suit.

"Reported As Deserters"

not

On June 26 the Captain agreed

in the

to meet three accused afternoon in the Gloucester Hotel and that day, first accused added, the three took part of their belong- ings off the ship. That day, how- ever, they did not meet the cap-

been discovered, on" the ship...

On July 2, first accused met

The case is continuing,

PREMIER DID

NOT CARRY MASK SO-

Dock

and

£ 25

crew

women

workers whose homes have been bombed mobbed the Premier when, along with Mrs. Churchill, he paid a surprise visit to Swansea.

During a tour of a badly hit

Mr. Churchli part of the town called to Mr. J. S. Winant, the U.S. Ambassador who was in the party, and said:

"This happened one night."

the docks a When he visited

Premier for worker chided the not carrying his gas-mask.

Mr. Churchill said it was in his car,

but the man replied: "That's not the point, sir. You should be carrying it." Immediately Mr. Churchill sent his for it and, slinging it over

"I shall carry it shoulder, said: from now on."

Picked girls, who will be given a highly specialised course of the anti- training, will direct aircraft firing, and will share with men gunners the hardships of gun-post life and the dangers of bombing and machine-gunning.

When on gun sites the women will wear Army battle-dress and will receive higher rates of pay than other A.T.S. girls.

B.Sc.s Wanted

Already a number of them have passed through the course of train- ing with honours and are ready to go into action.

Girls who pass the test are

are

entitled to wear the Gunners' field service cap and regimental badge. de- High qualifications manded by the War Office before the A.T.S. will be allowed even to take the course.

Bachelors of Science and those with keen mathematical minds are the women required. Dexterity mental acuteness of fingers and are other necessary factors.

This new women's work is a development of the kine-theodolite units-A.T.S. girls who record and calculate A.A.”“” gunfire at practice camps. They have proved them- as the men at selves as efficient such work.

SECRET SERVICE HELD U.S.

BLONDE AS

SPY

BLONDE 25-YEARS-OLD Mrs. Margaret Starr,

tain since a case of cholera had a New York society woman, asserted that the Bri- tish authorities at Nassau had seized her as “a Ger- the Captain in the gents office man spy," then stripped and searched her before He asked the Captain what pro-allowing her to leave the Bahamas. gress has had been made in their case,

The Captain replied (alleged W. R. Loxley & Co., (China), Ltd. accused): "I have reported you as

deserters.

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The liner Evangeline was held up for nearly an hour while three Secret Service agents, a matron, and the ship's purser assisted in an inspection of her "person and baggage," Mrs. Starr said. Other details were supplied by her friend William Ladd, a Wall Street broker:

Of German Parentage

He was having dinner a picture, when an armed guard objected. I said, "Oh, why don't with Mrs. Frederick you let her do it? She's only a Watriss, mother of the German spy. wealthy debutante- glamour-girl, Brenda Frazier, at the British Colonial Hotel, at the next table to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, when news of the event was brought to him.

• He immediately got touch with the authorities and succeed ed. in obtaining Mrs. Starr's re lease

"Nothing was done then, but when she want aboard the ship, 'she was given a complete going-over

"Only vigorous protests by Kier friends succeeded in getting-her released in time to sail with the

Mrs. Stort is an American citi ten of German parentage. She fold that she believed there was more behind the investigation then Mr. Ladd's joke

I felt I was being watched dur He said: "I think, the whole-ing all of my ten-days vacation," thing was the result of a wise cracit I made on the day before Mrs. Starr left.

"We were driving near the old fort in Nassau and Mrs, Starr took out hor camera and started to take

she sali. 7 "The search, was most thorough. A matron and a nurse Stripped me and went through every inch of my clothing and tapped the soles of my shoes: A

intend to ask the State De partment for an investigation."