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42.—Post Office Gets a Bouquet for Quick Handling of Malls

We have always understood it a settled question that Post Office authorities never could give satis faction to Editors of Newspapers especially in the Colonies. We can not say whether it is, that we are favoured more than our contem- poraries, or whether we are easier to please than they-or whether the present manipulation of Postal matters at this port has fallen into hands, whose management gives the lie to the adago we started with, we do not pretend to say--but this we know, speaking for our, solves, that we have felt both pleased and grated at the re gularity, attention, and dispatch which have latterly characterized the department.

During the past week the duties. must have been most onerous For curiousity's sake we recapitulate

them.

On the 5th instant the Pelin ar- rived with the mails from Europe,

Same day the Fangiste arrived with mails from Shangbai.

On the 7th instant, the Shanghat, arrived with mails from Foochow and Amoy...

Same day, the Chusan sailed with mails from Manila.

Same day, the Yangtare sailed with mails for Shanghai.

Bame night, the Theber and Lancefield arrived with mails from

Calcutta

On the 8th, the Formosa arrived with mails from Shanghai.

R.A.F. MIMIC WARFARE

Attackers Have The Best Of It

300 'PLANES AND 5,400 MEN ENGAGED

LONDON, July 18,;- More than three hundred aeroplanes and 5,400 men of the Royal Air Force are engaged at the moment of writing on the 1833 "Air Exercises," a mimic war be.

tween the two mythical countries

of Northland and Southland which is designed to test the efficiency of the Service squadrons in certain maures of strategy and tactics.

London and East Anglia assumed to be regions - of, high mountains which macroplane can pass are excluded from the area of the war operations.

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Same day, the Vorna sailed with mails for Shanghai,

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On the 9th the Rajah arrived with mails for Amoy and Foochow

On the 10th the Bombay Castle sailed with mails for Bombay.

On the 12th, the Pekin left with Europe mails, and today the Thebes and Lancefield are to be dispatched..

Truly an immense array of work in addition to the jogtrot daily de- taila The P. & S.N. Company must have had a busy time of it too, and should have a fair meed of praise, not only for doing their duty by their coatfacts, but for the accommodating spirit they have invariably evinced towards the public.

POSTE RESTANTE COR-

RESPONDENCE

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Ahmed. Ali Janab, A. Abdcolla Co., Danish Anglo Shipping Co., Mr. R. Boyach, a.s. Isleworth, British Chinese Trading Co., Mrs. Boldero, British Flashlight Co., J. M. Brown, A, C, Butler & Co.. Mrs. C. A. Bartlet, Boy Dr. & Co., Ltd. Oheung Wai Po, T W Chinn, Chinese Com- inercial Bank, China Traders' In- surance. Co., Mrs. Eva Charles, The China Special Bank, Upton D. Close, J. F. Clarkeson., S. Cooperman, Dickson Parker Co.. Eastern Trading Co., Edison Music Store, Eastern Produte & Import Co., Mr. M. E. Elias, Ex- port Central Union, J. F. Fetter stonehaugh, Fupau Hermanos Cia., Mrs, P.-H. Le Fevre, Roger Fennell, Messrs. J. B. Gutierrez & Co., Mr. F. L. Heath, Hong Kong Commercial Co., Hardware Mig Co., Messrs. W. D. Hoe & Co., Hong Kong China Tdg. Co., Ltd., The detention of the Forno for G. P. Henry, Mr. Hamays, Inter- Shanghai from 9 to 11 am on the national Industrial Trading Co., 8th, to enable the public to avail International Book Co., Mrs. H. of the Calcutta advices just arriv Jones, Fred Kunsu, Ora L. Kopis ed per Theber and Lancefield, asca Kohchi Small Lamp Mfg. Co.. also to reply to the advices per Khoo Keng Tay, Capt, E. C. Lavan Formosa just arrived from Shang ski Dr. Lee, Miss G. Logan, Paul hai, was a great boon to the com- Luigi, W. Loew, L, Loring Mr. J. munity. We understand that the W. Lum, Jafla Llord, Mater A, Lac- asting Post Master suggested the son, Ming With Mantle Works, Mr. detention, which the Superinteu- A. Major, Capt. T. Miyata, A. dent of the P. & O. at once a

Mauer, E. J. Marshall, Ng Kim corded. This departure from red Tee, A. P. Notland, Oriental tapeism, entailing on them both, as Engineering Co., W. F. O'Farrell, it must have done, an extra Okara & Co., A. G. Patteal & Co., amount of labour, deserves well to 0. Pallanjes & Co., Mr. R. R. be recorded, and to be held in Ryder, Riberio Son & Co., G. E. grateful remembrance by the public, Reynolds, Reman Knitting Mil. whose interests it exclusively H, L E. Roseller, Mr. F. Šakamo- served.

to Dr. H. G. Strong, G. Sahib, Hong Kong, September 14th.

Mrs. W. M. Skinner, Lee Tan Say, Miss A. M. Todd, Miss L. Taoi, Y. Tanaka. United: Chemical Works, C. Watson, Miss Warner, Wimminhin "Battery Co.; F. A

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STOCK EXCHANGE Xavier & Co., D. Yoshite, Mrs. M.

BOMBING

LAWYER ARRESTED FOR GAS BOMB INCIDENT

NEW YORK, Aug. 3. Very few persons in the United States ever heard of the Common- ers' party and that, my the police, explains why the New York Stock Exchange was flooded with tear gas yesterday and compelled to close an bour ahead of schedule.

Had someone just thought of giving the party a little publicity, it would never have been necessary.

to put two tear gas bombs in the

ventilating system of the exchange...

To-day the Commoners' party had its publicity and the police had Mr. Eugene Daniels, lawyer, on a charge of placing the bombs in the ventilations.

M. Young.

Registered Article.

Henry Dicks & Co., E. B. Filiin ger, Mr. F. R. Janes, Box 87,G.. Junguman Mr. Lesa Muradjalian, Carapet Manasseh Esq., A Con- dukchis T. W. Simmons & Co., Arthur Sanger, U. Tonhe Sante, List of Unclaimed Radio Telegram. Aug. 1st Kingcheonglée Camgi

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chong, from Baigon.

2nd. Kopelman, from Ham-

burg. 1 A

3rd Chutaktai, from Manila, 4th 7500, :from' Swatów, 8th Kirakaingtai, No. 139,

Bonhamselstreet, from Talhoku.

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from Shanghai.

9th Ngwinglai, 481 Nathan Road Second Floor, from Canton.'

9th 5810, from Phatdiem. 9th Vinglongtuong, from

Tonrene. } GOVERNMENT RADIO "OFFICE. Hong Kong, Augsut 10th, 1933,

THREE CHINESE FINED.

According to the police, Mr. Daniels had admitted that he plac The Northland aired the bombs there 'realising that force, consisting in 152 aeroplans the whole nation would come to THEFTS OF FLOWER POTS (most of them single and two-seater fighters) is called upon to defend a territory consisting in all that part of England which lies east of a line drawn through Lancaster, Birming ham Swindon and Poole against the raids of the Southland enemy why disposes of 168... bombing.

planes.

Defence Keans Intercept'on. - 'Defence this year means intercep tion, because. no counter raids on "enemy" aerodromes are permit ted The attackers, therefore, have to run the gauntlet on the inward, and outward journeys. for only: 150) miles. Further, the rules govern

ng the exercises forbid attack by more than one fighter squadron at a time. Thus far the attack would scan to be favoured, but on the other hand the bomers must enter the vital areas of Northland along two clearly defined corridors and in these gaps the defending fighter squadrons are posted: The North and aerodrones are located forty to seventy miles from the imagin ary frontier, whence comp reports of the raiders as they are ssen

crossing the border,

attention if stock traders wept. And further, according to the po lice, the party leader stood by and rejoiced at the weeping but took a position outside the great trading room. He wanted no tears mixed with his own rejoicing...

Whether the arrest of four eus pected radicals in Boston led to the arrest of the public relations coun sel for the Commoners, the police did not say but at any rate they gathered him in and said the report they made came mostly from the defendant,

The Commopers did not have a candidate in the last Presidential election despite the fact the party has some Harvard graduates in its ranks including Mr. Daniels. They were not even mentioned in the

Literary Digest poll Now the Commoners party is radical and non-capitalistic and has an entirely new plan for over- soming depressions, getting men hack to work, running governments and closing stock exchange

The fact that people

know

fore Mr. Schofield at the Central Three Chinese were charged be-

Magistracy on Saturday morning with larceny and receiving stolen property.

"Evidence was given that on the 27th ult, the 1st defendant stole. four pots of palms from No 7. St. Steven's Lane, and that on the 10 inst., he again stole two pota from No 51, Conduit Road, and that the 2nd, and 3rd, defen-J dants had received the stolen pro perty.

They were all found guilty, and the Magistrato fined the 1st de- fendant 875 or seven weeks hard labour, and the 2nd. 225 or one month, but the 3rd owing to his youth was bound over in a aum of 850 for one year. (473)

LINCOLNS PRIVATE

GAOLED

about all this very disconoft ag to Mr. Daniels who was sup

wm2). He set : CURIOUS EXCUSE FOR STEAL- posed to make ib

mation ac about correcting

INGA WATCH: cording to Polics Commissioner Ed- ward Piores. Mulroney.

and certainty of action are demanded of the defending units The fighting planes must got off the ground, climb to 15,000 or 18,000

Private- Walter Langdon, of the feet, and engage the enemy before he has covered more than half the Mr. Daniel is now accused of Lincolnshire Regiment, was sen distance from the frontier. The malicious mischief. The Commis tenced to six weeks imprisonment fastest bombers engaged can fy vioner's office has not found that at the Central Police Court on seventy miles in about 5 minutes. Mr. Daniels has done much of any Saturday on a charge of theft of a The fastest and quickest climbing thing before but they, all agreed gold wrist watch from the Hong fighters can get of the ground by that he did his work yesterday ex-Lee jewellers' shop at 157, Queen's squadrons in less than two minutes, ceedingly well.

Houd Central, on Friday evening. reach a height of 10,000 fest in an-

The police hope he will plead It was stated that defendant other eight minutes and at the same guilty but other party members walked into the shop at about 1.30 time maintain a speed of nearly 180 have poy come out of the shadows and asked to "sco a gold watch. miles an hour over the ground and advised him not to do it for When it was handed to him he With good information and not too publicity's sake.-United Preu. walked out of the shop with it. much cloud cover: for the bombart, the enemy should be engaged; with- in a quarter of an hour of the warning of his approach reaching the Northland aerodromes.

Clouds and, Rait

One of them-Stratford-on-Avon suffered a heavy attack from 2% machines, but the raiders were suc- cessfully repulsed." Attacks on Hal- ton and Wantags were shocemful; but others on Hatfield and Bicester till failed of complete sch ament arshal Before midnight soven who is had taken place Mir deandgatern

- to plan

fle was chased and when arrested by a district watchman the watch

Lieut. M. J. Muspratt William was found in his trouser pocket told the Magistrate that Langdon hád a good records of a

He had probably committed tho theft in a fit of depression.

Defendant.

said liked spell came over me, bern | Hi passing sentence

Premarked that," "he"

bad, but the option "of

ling) hid X previous convictio

for breaking a. gĺka.

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