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CHINA Shipping Company Centenary
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NOTICE
THE HONGKONG *
YAUMATI
FERRY
LTD.
B.I. MAINTAIN CONNECTIONS
WITH APCAR
Today, September 25, 1956, the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited celebrates its 100th birthday.
A hundred years ago today, William Mackinnon formed the Calcutta and
Burmah Co. Ltd to operate a regular mail service between Calcutta and Rangoon with two small 'screw-ships'.
This ventue proved
successful that, four years late.
14
because of other deinende via the ships concerned,
by furrneri The Eithn ed, It was resumed in 1010. Stemm
Navigation
(2 14.
registered in Scotland, with the firm of Mackinnon, Mackenzie and Cu, Caleuth agente
Although
ך חיי,
In the late 1920s, the company 1ER VARATATO valis Ainoy and Swatin for lock pissengers, in nunging; aclliFors to the call at Shanghai,
It was felt
that this extension currparty Ex- was an inch trium into established panded rapidly throughout the
La freight Wat Indian Ocean fo Australia onk started Past Africu with KenzieKling It wa thought that Himly's links to Europe, it was not until
Were the eb.rtere of the 1012 that the B.1 exter x
When it was found that Calcutta beyond they wor service trvan
sowie und operated Sagapore to China and Japan by the and its fest yesssel, the Thongan recit
alled at lingkong that yea
COMPETITION
The Apene
zat agreement Awar
At the egght of the struggle.
deck passenger pad 00:
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form Hongkonut 1. Singapore. | หาด ૧ ।
present of £1
decided | trowel from the shipping com-
puny
tamny thai, In view of the severe com-
Atition
lines. from JapaYERE They could no longer afford to operate then Calcutta/Japan i service--the Apear Line-and their four ships were put up for side.
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IMPROVEMENTS
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QUEER THINGS HAPPEN
IN NEW ZEALAND
1
Wellington, Sept. 24. Queer things happen! match
this atomic even in
age. Here are some of them:
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Wangenul church duplays "Landes gambal, meu gamle both are Berred."
20
After the cond would wa Ци Арета Lane servier
resumed ant Sangola and the Sithama both cat.cat at Any during
1947
A emprater tell six fleas in- The service is flow operated a lift in a Welling, on build- Tween
Hongkong, the
ambuliaze In a whin the Strate
Rangoon and Calcutta, amivel
of the jassenger
5213 pas sec cichert. Sunthia and Singel, with their detetive white halls
small out our dels chupa
The
th 411t"!!, examining his only
MECAN
ing
test
A South Islander rugby
fon visited friends in whose elty a match was about So be played. He brought his lunch in shoe beg, with doran eggs for his stags. When be capped vest, he hunded the box hoster. ver saying to his Take the
"
CRAM, bit leave the
Imagine the Hostess when pargel to find
8:
surprise of the she openedi the a pair of stres
*
WHA
were
Tho
oner prosperous husi- nten and amurement center of Liosa city in Toyama, Japan, Was completely gutted by fire
homes recently——1,800
,000 persons destroyed and were rendered homelem. Damage
estimated st $8,000,000. It was the sixth biggest fire in Japan this year. Photo Shows:-After the hre homeĺtan search the their flooded wreckage of homei.....n the hope of salvag- 110211.- ing something—al Express Photo,
LEADER FIRED ON
An
Danes Prefer Pipes Το Cigarettes
J
NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF SMOKING HABITS
Copenhagen, Sept. 24.
Danish men prefer to smoke pipes, Glamorous young blondes do not walk through the streets of Copenhagen smoking big, fat cigars,
These are some of the facts If the present trend continties, revealed by U comprehensive in 20 years' time there will be survey of the nation's smoking as many women smokers us habits and health carried out by men in Copenhagen, Denmark's
The Donish Nntional Health only large elty: Ja 30 years
Service
Women
will have drawn level with
in the nven
provincial towns: and in 40 years, the country housewife will imoke as much as her husband.
The survey was made with the help of a grant from the Rocke feller Foundation and Danish institutions. The investigations, nescribed by the World Health The only place whero men Organismalon *18 4123 "inter-
prefer cigarettes to a pipo in national demonstration” are Denmark is Coponhagen, where belang used as
per model for 80.4
vent
cigarette ponlar undertakings in other amokers und 20.0 per cent pipe countries.
Small Decrease
Pre
keis. In the countryside,
Three
01. The other hand, pipe smoker.i number 45.3 per cent of the population compared with 13 per
of cigarette smokers.
If the trends in Deninurk juhi-
reasons are given for caled by
the the survey are any
of the pipe popularity Aukle, then tobacco manufae- | First, pipe-sinoking by far Jures have utile 10 worry the cheapest way of smoking. about.
Debates about the Ninev pipe laburco is taxed only | dangers of lung Cancer from alkul half JLS heavily 05
cigarette smoking have jed to
Second, it is more only a emall decrease in that convenient to smoke a pipe on, habit in Denmark--and the de- way, a tractor in the country- Third, when a man has Teroase is balanced by a switch rude. |to other forms of tobacco con- become neeus lomed to a pipe,
sumption.
The sidom changes.
More important, perhaps, for the manufacturers, Is the fact that an increasing number of women are nequiring the smok- ing unbit.
Fi).
cigareties.
Best Way
The best way of remaining non-smokey is, apparently,
a
ot
to start un13 you are over
per cent are smoking regularly men smoke, by the age of 15 and before they
who
The survey, based on the re- plies to questions put to about 35,000 propte in the years 20 Among Danish boys. 20
1951-94, shows that 77.8 cent of all Danish Fez, Sept. 24.
I while among Danish unknown peryodi Textas
women are 20, some 80 per cent fred
per vent still do not smoke. of machinegun! a burst
mirmed
Those smokers Among those who do sinoke, Lave not mequired a taste for to bellets n lori bile An Auckland railway worker
roughly half of those between bacco by that age, for the most eession It which Si Allat the age slipped as he was jumping 011 the moving
Icader cif Morocco's cowentcher of an Fasad,
part keep away from it for the Felgarette
one Only with Istiqual Party, was riding.
of their lives. engine, and was trapped
quarter
WITCH living his icg only meros from the A car belrind el Fusest wa country districts smoke.
or girls
under 15, only ve front wheel JEN the engine struck by three bullets, Lik
Clarette smoking is mucli per cent smoke, but by the age there were no victims.
more popular wih both sexes of 20 this tus risen to 50 per
the
of 14 und 40 smokors
of
arc
They luid bully hap ficient service with sold tod will
The trade. of carrying Chinese coolies as well as cargo This was largely from and to and Singapore
Hongkong
with but the connections with Amoy u Japon were sovuvi and regular, 111 spite of the activities of Chinese pirates.
The B mtains 17 Tents Well into the
Bons of improving its vers la baj 20th Century the ships had to bo armed
sandbagged the beneth 4 stupper, with Ave against attacks.
new cargo ships being built, end
Du se im stopped, Between February
of expanding its services to meet and May
ten soki 114 car
It Within minules The engine The incident occurred halfway world needs with the balling demes that be hos 1912, the Bt bought over the
mmy inten- | had been jacked up by fellow | between Sefrou and Boulemunė. Apear Line, madrily due to thas) of
Jour tenths Give innkers a compl try ton of giving up deving. He workers Junx? the JTIMTI Wor The procession continued on cigarettes consumed in Denmark, foresight and the pension of new venture, but one in keeps never bera jeficed a leener, taken to hospital with
Boulemane, where el Fusst although they account for only the managing dirtelor of the ing with the prouressive polley | naud hoki. o vald cg for this leg lacerations.--China Mail | presided over 1 political oire-fifth of the total tobacco managing ngerits James Lyle of this great compitiy
Specint
Lincoting.-France-PresIE,
consumption, Mirkav.
first Eart [t
CO.,
Notice is hereby given thist na Interim Dividend of Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per Share 08 the Company's Issued Capital has been de-incherpe clared in respect of the year ending 21st December, 1956.
1
Dividend Warrants will de available for collection at the Registered Oler of the Company No
Des Voetia Road. Central.
nor. Hongkong. or will br dealt with in accordance with standing instructions, on wid After Monday the 22nd October, 1966
Notter is also given that the Share Register of the Company will be closed from Saturday the 13th October, to Saturday the 20th October. 1956, both days inclusive
By Order of the Board. LAU CHAN KWOK, Managing Director.
Hang Kong.
21st September, 1966,
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG CLUB
Members of the Hong Kong Club are reminded that
And
The vani nel of sade tipulatení i that the EMZETI Apr Lis would be retained, with the existirst agents, and a member?" of the Apeur faptly would be codoy d
one of the in the monoglog agents in Calenfla
SAME SERVICE
110t turstil 1955 that the
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I wa
THE thils 1001at changed
the to East' service
Messes Himly Lid, who ha arted by the stevedores and deck jssenger brokers for the Apoat Lane in Hongkong. Swatow and Any stuce 1903)
still perform these services in Hongkong to
this day
Sassonn's velained the Agropy Hongkong until 1919, when I was taken over by Markinnon, Mackenzie & Co
The Apeas Lie service was
ducing The
Nurses Join Strike In India
New Delhi, Sept. 24. Twenty-five Indian ayahs Extraordinary General Meet- (nurses) abandoned their ing will be held at the Club | baby charges and marched Houso nt 6.30 pan. on Thyra in procession with:6,000 do- day, the 27th day of Septemmestic servants through the ber, 1956,
streets of Delhi recently in support of their demands for better wages and holi- days with pay.
By Order of the Committee,
K. W. KIRBY.
Secretary.
+
25th September, 1956.
The
demonstrators cooks. Buffers, beavers and nurse —
arched on Parliament with red Angs and stood for two hours NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES shouting slogans while, over 100
"DELLEROPITON"
Damaged corgo ex this ersed will Be mirveyed by Mowers, Cloddard & Dotas at Holt's Wharf from 10 Am. on September, 21 and 28, 1958, artdi
• consignees are requested to their representatives prcent during the surve
เ BUTTERFIELD & WINE.
Agente.
*
Hong Kong, September 2, 1960.
TO ADVERTISERS
nave
policemen guarded the Patio- ment gates.
Led by their president, Mr busi- Daljit Singh, himself o nessman nail a member of the teral legislature, domestle servants are demanding pro- vision of proper quarters, free médient nk, a 10-hour working: day, one day off a week, one month's leave with pay, every year and prompt payment of Their salaries on the first, of every, month.
VAGARIES
At present, the treatment" of Inding servants depends on the vagaries and Income-of their employers. Almost every mlikule SUNDAY POST-HERALD | class. family, 1showover
poor, நிம்
commercial manages to have a "tar"
al servant, advertising should be often a small boy of
about 10 booked not elatur, kban. yours, the:/younger son of a noon on Wednäadaya.. ponant hill family, who scrubs,
cooks. cleans, pret waits at Labis
Willings a
For the SOUTH CHINA In return for his keep and about MORNING POST and the 13
month. CHINA MAIL,248 hours a newly-formed. Domestle.
* bergie, date of ppbetan Workers Union hos os for 24
and Zolamined: Advertise. 5,000 of the 40,000?1 dorneio-
Ching Mall Special.
*
*
An
de ver
Ap-seat-cli
your.
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
ANY MORL
NO, THANK GOODNESS||
REPORTS
FROM MISTER CRAB?
MEN SHOOTING OUT OF CHIMNEYS-- NO LESS! HOPE WE'VE
HEARD THE LAST
OF HIM!
FERDINAND
NANCY
LET'S GO FOR A PONY
RIDE
I CAN'T
HEY, MAC, REMEMBER THAT CRANK MISTER CRAB? HE'S REPORTED MISSING, LEFT HIS DOG LOCKED UP --AND UNFED.
GET OUT ---
I HAVE TO
STAY UP. IN MY ROOM
JOHNNY HAZARD
HOW'D YOU KNOW INTA ∙PILOT?
--LIKE I WAS SAYING, MB-HAZARD-THIS WAS JUST A LITTLE LESSON YOU CHOPERATE AND YOU DON'T GET YOUR QUEENZIRA CRUNPERPA'S CATCH T
I'LL GET MY OLD
LADDER
severe
THAT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS LET THE MISSING PERSONS BUREAU HANDLE THAT ONE. I'VE GOT ENOUGH HEADACHES.
-ERNIE BUSHMILLEN,
YOU ARE LOOKING FOR TROUBLE THINK YOU NEED
̧ ̧A LESSON »
OH, MG. HAZARD¬I
·
SAID CO-OPERATION!
UNNERSTAN
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
CRABS CRANKY BUT HE'S NOT THE SORT TO LEAVE HIS DOO.
I WONDER WHAT,
HAPPENED --
ID BETTER
LOOK IN--
TOMORROW: MR.CRAB
By Mik
1-20
By Ernie Bushmiller
THAT OLD LADDER---NOW I
CAN'T GO FOR A
PONY RIDE
JULY
By Frank Robbins
ཅན་
·SIMPLES. YOU'RE FLYING |BEGINNING TO, FALCON'S PLANE IN THE |DAWNI WHAT'S 'COMING TROPHY RACE- YOUR GAME? WELL, MY CLIENT WANTS
FOR YOU SHOULD LOSE ||
smolce
rral
towns, but women cent
of
mil
TALK
ABOUT
MAGIC!
Have you seen
Admiral
AIR CONDITIONERS
AND REFRIGERATORS
If we were
any fresher
we'd still be on the vine!
Libby's
TRY FROZEN STRAWBERRIES
TODAY
ROWNTREES
this situation
calls for a
San Miguel
Smoking habits in Denmark vary with different age groups. Both cigarette and pipo smokerS Pre relatively most numerous between the ages of 20 and 40. After that, there is a rise in the consumption of cigars and cheroots, at the expense, parti- cularly, of elgarettes
This is
sten particularly in the oase of Danish women who nave,
SCETIA, received M undeserved notoriety In other countries as cigar smokers. In fact, they acquire a taste for cheroots, as opposed to cigars, mainly after the age of 40 Between the ages of 60 and 60, one in two women who smokes takes o cheroot. Over the age. of 60, twice as many women prefer cheroots to cigarettes, although it is only fair to add that more than 80 per cent in this age group do not smoke at
all
Two Women
A Careful Ealysis statistics suggests
of
of the that instead the story 01 D beautiful blonde with a cigar, there is much more of a case for the beautiful blonde with a pipe. Seven
times as many Danish women between the ages of, 20
and 20 smoke pipts as cigars. But then only two women out of 2,330 admitted to smoking cigara.--China Mall Special,
Judged Sane After 7 Years
Geneva, I., Sept. 24.
A jury today freed Diana Allen, an attractive 20-year-old girl who drowned a playmate seven years ago because of an urge to kill”.
The jury ruled that Diana had " regained her sanity and should be released from the Elgin Slate), Hospital She walked out of i the Cireult Court room a foco person.
!
The girl cannot be re-tried for the drowning in "1949 of seven-year-old Charles (Snooky) ; Johnson because she had been found not guilty because of in- sanity after the original trial.
Today's verdies' ended a long legal fight to leave the Blatë mental Institution.
In 1040 Diána confessed, that i ohe held the Johnson boy's heatt underwater in a shallow,greek: because of an uncontrollaBIG) Purge to kill":"
At Elgin she became na exceptional high school shident and used money she purned to buy more textbooks, Thé siast psychiatrist and the director of the *Howphthi helped her today with evidanoe that they believed
Diana burst into
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