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BLUE FUNNEL LINE

TO

UNITED KINGDOM PORTS

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Information regarding INWARD CARGO and all matters relating to freight and passage will gladly be given by

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Agents

Tel. No. 30332

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AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTAL LINE

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AUSTRALIA

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Cargo and Sailings apply to

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Agents

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PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

TO NEW YORK & BOSTON Via

Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay,

Capetown and Trinidad

FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER

To UNITED STATES

FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD WEEKS IN SEPTEMBER

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PARTICULARS

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"ROUND-WORLD

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KAIPING COAL

FOR HOME, FACTORY & POWER HOUSE

HOME,

FACTORY

AND

BUNKERS

POWER

HOUSE,

TUGS &

LOCOS

For Price Apply to

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RENT

BEEF HIGHER

$

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who he thinks he can meet the

In creased cost of living without expanding the household bud- get.

BOMBER CHASED ME.

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 29, 1941.

..

BIRTHDAY OF QUEEN OF NETHERLANDS

Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina

***

RUSH FOR REPAIRS

Cobblers, cleaners, dyers and clothing repair workers in Britain are

of the Netherlands, who with Her working at top speed try- Government had to leave Her

country after the German invasion ing to cope with the great- and who has taken temporary est rush of work they residence in London, will have

her sixty-first birthday on Sunday. have ever known.

The Netherland community will celebrate this occasion to-morrow.

The Acting Netherland Consul- General will not, us customary in peace time, give an official re- ception, but Mr. Middelburg has invited Netherlanders in Hong! Kong, Macao and Canton to his residence for Saturday evening.

Arrangements have been made at the Consul's residence for re- ceiving and amplifying the world- wide radio link-un to be broad- east by the BBC, from 11 to 11 30 p.m. local time.

Cleaners are renovating old styles, and in some places are accepting articles for cleaning on a booking arrangement-giving the customer a date when the clothes can be accepted.

Shoe repair shops in some provincial towns cannot guar. antee repairs in less than three and in some cases six weeks.

Dyeing In Demand

"We are overwhelmed with work." the proprietor of a Lon. don shpe Separe shop told the "Drily Mirror,“

London will be calling alter- nately Batasa. Paramaribo, Wil-

"Our order. through the post lenstadi, Pretoria. Washington, the are six times what they were in Netherland Legions 18 Canada

peace-time.** g ́and England, HR.11 Tincess Jul-

tana in Canada and the Nether- "Most of the repairs are n land Navies in Netherlands Indies women's uthty shoes, and it looks An 811 battle between two of and European waters wheels though fashion our heavy bumbers and several|

shoes will go the answers will be received and out until the end of the war ** fighters Peacher! stage where

broadcast bomber chased Bighten

After a fighter on the starboard

quarter had been engaged, another Me on the port side wan türkled. Both were hit and broke away.

**The

A QUESTION OF EYES

"We expert an even greater rush of work to cu,ne," dry cleaner sand

"When granting pensions, whyust have articles cleaned.

"In normal times people would Now does your departiment differentiate they are having them completely fighters dived right between the man who has lost an enovated, and mended, dyed and across our bow," says the pliot.ye and the man who retains an cleaned. "We went like a bat out of hell

eye but cannot see with it?" the after one. With

full throttles Minister of Pensions is to be asked "We are seeing we followed him

styles among right down. by Colone! Carver (C., Howden-old clothes that haven't appeared our front guns blazing the whole shire) in the Commons,

for years." time.

"I certainly saw two bursts go in at hus port wing root. Smoke began pouring from him. We saw han go down to within fifty feet of the water I am willing to bet that he never came out of that dive."

A third Me. astern rolled on to its back and dived vertically into the sea, its pilot probably shot.

ESCAPED FROM SAIGON

WHEN THE FRENCH STEA- MER BRINGING BRITISH EVACUEES FROM SAIGON ARRIVED IN SINGAPORE SHE ALSO BROUGHT A YOUNG STOWAWAY FROM THE PRI- SON ISLAND OF PULAC CONDOR.

Twenty years of age, he was a warden in the gaol. but was anxious to serve Free France.

He slipped aboard the steamer! while she

was handling cargo. | hid in a lifeboat. and did not reveal himself until well on the way to Singanore.

On his arrival in Singapore, he was handed over to the Immigra- tion authorities.

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