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HOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY!

Hector: Cat About Town Notorious Gossip

Car; caress; careless; carless,

"I hate playing cards with a bad loser, don't you?" asked the first man.

"I don't know," replied the second.: "T'd rather play with a bad loser than any dad of win- ner!"

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An elderly woman, having book- ed her seat to Toronto, was asked

SATURDAY'S QUOTATIONS

T.T. ON LONDON--1/3 ld."(nom) T.T. ON NEW YORK:-31.9/16.

ITALIAN TANKS TRAPPED

Ethiopian Swoop. At Dawn

Addis Ababa, Jan. 11. Abyssinia is being soaked with

by the booking clerk at the rail-torrential downpours, which the way. station if she wanted an in- surance ticket.

oldest residents declare are "with- cut precedent at this time of the "Oh, dear, no," she replied. "Tyear, and there la every indica- tion that the rains, which are often take tickets but I never have

regarded generally as most for any luck."

tunate from the Abyssinia view- point, will continue..

The Junior class was having a General Intelligence Paper and the third question on it was "Where are elephants found?"

Little Tommy brooded awhile and then wrote, "Elephants are large animals and in consequence are seldom lost.”

The resort to paleolithic warfare by the Ethiopian troops under Oedjasmatch Byelu in combating modern tanks is related by an exe- fitness of the battle in the Bene desuina Pass, in which the Ethin plans claim to have captured '10 Hight tanks. From their watch- A small boy, asked by his school-posts in the mountains overlooking teacher to compose a few hes to the pass Syelu's sentries saw the rhyme with the name "Nelly," Italian tanks halt in the valley said: "There WIN a little girl below named Nelly. She fell into the water and wet her little teet."

When told that didn't rhyme, teacher, but the water wasn't deep enough.”

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MONDAY, JANUARY 13 Anniversaries and Holidays. Blessed Veroriles, V.

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King's:-"Anna Karenina” Queen's:"A Midsummer Night's

Dream* Central:Little Miss Marker." Oriental: Roberta." World: "Chinese Pictura - Alhambra:Anna Karenina.” Majestic: The Farmer Takes

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Star:-"Brewsters Millions."

Meetings Fortnightly, of HK. Football Referees Association, at Sports Club, 7.45 p.m.; St. John's Cathedral Council Meeting, 5.30 [p.m.

Miscellaneous Clairns against the Estate of Thomas Oscar Ber- card Harman due: Servicemen's Whist Drive, European YMCA, 9

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It was a warm day, and a aun case concerning the rights of ceT tain river commissioners' was be- Ing argued.

Reinforcements were hurriedly summoned and when dusk fell hours later the Abyssinians stealth carrying thousands of boulders which they placed at both ander et the defie, preventing, egress of the tanks at the

SURVIVORS SUBBENDER At dawn the Abyssinians attack Counsel made speeches of terri-ed in mass formation, but found fle length, and the judge fell into the Italians ready for them with devastating are Though scores a doze.

and or Abyssinians fell dead

surrounded the wounded they tanks by sheer force of numbers, shooting some of the occupants through the lookont holes

"But we must have water, ny lord!" thundered the defending lawyer in such stentorian tones that the judge came to with a start.

"All right," he mumbled hastly, "but only a very little in mine."

After an hour's fighting tha Italian survivors surrendered and were taken to Dessie. The Abys- The magistrate glowered at thesinians hope to utilise the tanks man in the witness-box. "You and expert mechanics have heen say this man robbed you?" he said neavily. "Can you pick out any of your property from this heap or articles found on the prisoner?”

"Yes; that's my handkerchiet with "B in the corner," said the witness.

"But that is no proof, my man," snapped the magistrate. "I have handkerchief with in the cor- "Well, I bet two handkerchier,” said the witness.

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sent to the north, from Dersle' to inspect them and train the soldiers in their use...

This haul has brought the total Abyssinian tank strength to 24, of which 23 are in sound condi- tion, and form the nucleus of the

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 14. Anniversaries and Holidays. -- Bt. Hilary, BD. and D. Blessed Odorle of Fordenone, Pioneer Mi- stoner to China, (1331).

Cinemas.

King's: Anna Karenina."

Dream."

tanks section the Emperor intends Queen's A Midsummer Night's to form to help the morale at his Central "Little Miss Marker".

Oriental: Roberta." troopi.-leuter

World: "Chinese Pictare Alhambra: "Anna Karenina." Majestic-The Farmer Takes "A

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FFALIAN LOSSES IN THE CONFLICT

Star: "Brewsters. Millions."

Meetings-Kowloon Chess Club,: at Central Britian School, 5.30 p.m.

Miscellaneous- Rotary Timn. Hong Kong Hotel.

Rehearsals-Hong Kong Bingers, "Messiah, Union Church, Kennedy Road, 5.30 p.m.

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daly Press" (Copyright),1

Rome, Jan 14, The Italian losses in the Abys Binjan conflict published a few days ago are now supplemented by official statements as to the num

Social Police Branch of the ber of wounded and slek invalided Alexandria, Jan. 10. home. Since the opening of the M.0L, bold Whist and Mah Jong The general disposition of Great campaign in East Africa 58 Italian Drive at Police Recreation Club, 3 Britain's forces in the Near East soldiers and 519 natives have been p.m.; Cheero Club Whist Drive, MAIN TA 2008.30 p.m. Whist Drive in Matshed is clearly defensive and not ag-wounded. gressive. Nevertheless, the streng- During the months of November Church, Shamshulpo,« for All thening of garrisons and the other and December three steamers ar-Ranks, Families and Friende. 7.45 precautions taken, are evidence of rived in Italy with sick people to- P. Britain's grim determination to de- calling 1,252, including only the fend Egipt and the Empire's 'com-wounded, these homecomers be- munications against any aggressor, longing to army and midtia work. The coastal road from the fron-ers. Some 348 belong to the army, ter town of Sollum to Alexandria, mayy and air service, 320 to the presents the only possible route for militia, and dio to the working an invader, from the west. Men of corps, the Egyptian Camel Corps lie con- Of 11.338 workmen returned cealed all day and all night long home in the year just ended, there In the sand dunes between Sollum were 1:289 sick from Eritrea and and the frontier watching every 78 from Somaliland → movement on the other side of the Transocean Kuo Min.

On the Italian side of the fron- ter-sentries are posted on roof tops and on fort turrels and scan the desert with field glasses constant fy. Britain and Italy watch each other closely at the back door of

GREETINGS EXCHANGED Reuter's special correspond- ent visited the wire-guarded fron- tier recently and exchanged greet- hogs with Italian améetk across the

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