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HONG KONG DALLY PO

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1935.

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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

HONG KONG HORTICULTURAL

SOCIETI..

TOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the above Society will be held at the Board Room of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., (by kind permission) TO-DAY, the 17th instant at 5.15 p.m.

J. T. BAGRAM,

Hon. Secretary,

NOTICE.

WE

E have this day Romared to "MARINA" HOUSE, Queen's Road Central, First Floor.

ELLIS & EDGAR, 16th December, 1935.

EPIDEMIC OF MUMPS

·AND MEASLES

Heavy Toll On Italian Battlefront

NEWS SUMMARY

Over 300 creditors were present- at the Creditors' Special Meeting. which was held at the Board Room at the National Commercial and Savings Bank, Limited yesterday.

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Henry K. Yu appeared before Mr. F. I. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, charged with

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4 Gossip We Must

(BY "ONLOOKER")

Variety is the spice or life; and we have certainly had a bit of every thing for our entertainment

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Port Sald, Dec. 16. whom are volunteers from America two counts of forgery. The hear

ing' was adjourned till to-day, An Italian hospital' ship passed and abroad.. through here to-day carrying eight | Renter thousand sick and wounded from the East African battlefront.

Count Ciano, Mussolini's son-in- law. who has been taking an active part in the bombing raids on the northern front, also passed through en route to Rome,

AERIAL ATTACK

Mogadiscio, Dec. 16. Severe bombing causing "enor mous losses" to Ras Desta's army 24 reported from the Somaliland front to have been inflicted on a strong concentration at Uregell. 150 miles northwest of Dolo

It is revealed that the Italian troops have been suffering badly Fifteen bombers flew low dis from an epidemic of mumps and charging projectiles for two hours measles, which has taken heavy tell' and claim to have set fire to over [4058 in sickness and disablement, half of the Abyssinian tents. The aeroplanes encountered a fierce counter-attack and anti-aircraft

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In the meanwhile extra Italian troops continue to pour to the south through the Suez Canal and ariather batch of four thousand arrived to-day, a large number of

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Hong Kong, DzorMBER 17, 1935.

FRANCE FLIRTS WITH GERMANY

In Paris at present there is a strange and nightmarish kind of nervous tension that may snap so eusily and let armed anarchy run wild. Then again, the French "Anancial crisis has turned out to.

be intractable so far, and the domination of the panks remain unbroken. M, Layal's task is-made much heavier by the nearness, of the rapidly rearming Third Realm. It is, therefore, a wonder that there is so much confidence in the future of France, but perhaps is not such a wonder, for the French people have prodigious inner vitality and have survived dangers incomparably worse than any that threaten now,

CUP DRAW

Teams In Third Round

London, Dee, 16.. The following is the draw for the Third Round (Competition Proper) of the F. A. Cup to played on January 11-

Manchester C. v. Portmouth Everton v. Prestin Bradford C. v. Bournemouth Crewe v. Wednesday Tottenham v. Southend Westham X, Luton

be

Liverpool Swansea Clapton v Charlton Norwich v. Chelsea Derby v. Dartford " Halifax or Hartlepools v. Grimsby Middlesbro v. Southampton Stockport v. Plymouth Wolves v. Leeds

Leicester v. Brentford Chester or Reading v.

Manchester 7. Chesterfield or Walsall v

Newcastle

Notts C. v. Tranmere Doncaster v. Notts Forest Oldham or Bristol R. v. Arsenal Aston Villa v. HuddersÄëld · · Burnley v. Shefield U. Sunderland v. Port Vale Fulham v. Scarborough or

Millwall v. Stoke

But what does the present trend of 'events in France indicate? It indicates that M. Laval is not con. cerned with remate prospects but with Iminediate needs. In the first place the obdurate antagonism withi Italy had been brought to an end, thanks above all to his skill and diplomney. But there is the pre- sent danger that the success achieved may be smothered in the crisis engendered by the -- conflict between Italy and Abyssinia. France has been dragged into the crisis much against her will, par, Reuter

Licularly against M. Laval's, will.

Laval now realizes that the pre-

stige he won by making friends

Brighton

Darlington v. Bury West Bromwich v. Hull Southall v. Rotherham or

Watford

Bradford v. Workington Barnley v. Birmingham " Blackburn v. Bolton Blackpool v Margate-

with Italy has been lost. And he FUTURE OF THE

still wants to remain in office, to

gain his end, he must restore this prestige, and there is no better way than to extend a hand of friend-

ship to Germany, The French

PHILIPPINES

people want peace, and if Laval con Maintenance Of U.S.

put off or reduce the German dan- ger, will he not add to his pre- stige? Will he not go down to his- tory as one of the greatest states- men of our time?

Protection

Seattle, Dec. 18.

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one machine limped home with a splintered propellor.- Beuter,

PARIS PEACE FORMULA

Opposition At. Geneva

Geneva, Dec. 15. It is now thought here that no reply from Italy to the Franco- British peace proposals wit be received by the League of Nations before Thursday or Friday.

Meanwhile, It is expected that the League Council will try to side-step any decision when it meets on Wednesday but wil suspend an intimation of judg- ment of the merits of the Paris peace plan.

Mulingtons, Ltd. were sued yes- terday at the Summary Court for damages. It was mentioned that one of their advertising hoardings

fell on two children and an' amah.

All of them sustained injuries, and they were awarded damages and compensation.