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ROUSING THE EMPIR

TO UNITY

Sir Henry Page Croft On The Result

"NO ONE COULD WIN AGAINST US"

"The hour has struck when, if you would preserve, all you' care for, you must rouse yourselves to unite your brethren seat- tered over the Seven Seas in order to

through win peace strength and unity." This "call" to action" was sound- if London were subjected to a plt- ed by Sir Henry Page Croft, M.P.. at a meeting of the City of London Conservative Association recently, when he inaugurated the great Empire Unity Campaign, which has been planned in honour of the memory of Joseph Chamberlain. says the "Morning Post."

The campaign will be held in all the large cities and, towns of Bri- tain during the coming winter.

Sir Henry declared that the Bri tish Empire was the last great bulwark of peace, freedom and re- glony There had been too much windy talk by old gentlemen that it ever a war took place again it would be "the end of civilisation." That was sheer nonsense. .'

The Alcazar defence showed how a few resolute men and women

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If condensation be the art of Journalism, then the third annual year book of the Hong Kong Volun- teer Defence Corps, published by Millington, Ltd., advertising prac2 titioners, is indeed art in the realm of journalism,

Death Of

Sub-Insp. Mist

Popular Officer Passes Away

The Hong Kong Police Force In particular and the community in general has suffered a heavy loss by the passing of Sub-Inspec- tor Leonard George Mist, M.M.. who died at the Kowloon Hospital at 215 p.m. yesterday afternoon

after a short illness,

The deceased officer was taken: to hospital' on November 1. He was taken suddenly 1 in the

afternoon while setting out in a less hall of bomb and gas, it was motor car. He was then in a childish to imagine that such serious condition but during the frightfulness would end even Eng- past week hope was he d for his land, much less "the British Em-recovery. Despite all medical at-

tention he passed away pire.

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Profusely illustrated and senson- ed, with some really humourouą sketches, this year book conveys very convincingly the vigour and cheerfulness animating the Corps.

Not the least interesting feature of this excellent publication is the|| 66/ adroit manner in which advertise- ments have been fashioned to. harmonise with the general tone of the publication:

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DETECTIVE

OPENS FIRE

Culprit's Alleged Attack

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A sensational shooting drama occurred in the Yaumati district

yesterday morning shortly before

10 o'clock.

issued from the Yaumati Police:

According to a polce report

Station, Lee Kai, aged 24 years, mitted to the Kowloon Hospita

ad- unemployed 'coal coolle, was suffering from two bullet wounds in the left leg.

Lee Kal, according to the police report, was shot twice in the leg by Detective P.C. C194, I Tong.

when he (Lee), it is a leged, armed himself, with a chopper and at- tempted to attack the detective. who had arrested Lee on a charge of unlawful possession.

It is not known what the alleged culprit had in his possession,

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CIVIL WAR TRAGEDY

Relative Of Hong Kong Priest Murdered

REV. J. NOVAL, O.P.

News has been received in the

uncle of Fr. F. B. Noval, O.P., Pro Colony that the Rev. J. Noval, O.P.

curator of the Spanish Dominicans, who was a resident in Hong Kong Hor many years, was murdered in?

Madrid by the Reds.

Ave years of age, and he was put He was, an old man of seventy-

to death. for no other reason than that he was a priest.

Fr. Noval also has a brother, what is a parish priest in Madrid and he fears that he may have met a sirullar fate,

Among those in the picture are:-H.E. the Governor," Lady Caldecott, Capt. "Crags, H.H. Sir Atholl MacGregor, Lady Mac- Gregor, Mrs. Carrington Sykes, Mrs. Cock, Mrs. Hills, Mr. H. R. Sturt. Mr. J. W. Alabaster, Mrs. Sedgwick, Mrs. Mitchell, Mr. E.-J. R. Mitchell, Hon. Mr. Dodwell, Commodore Sedgwick, Col. Dowbiggin, Mr. and Mrs. "Edmondston, Mr. Pentreath, Mr. Hancock, Mr. Ken- nedy (Mercantile Bank), Mr.. Masson (B. & B.), Col Blake, Hon. Mr. Edgar Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. McClay, Me, Drummond.

"Our Troops Will Be

Here To-morrow"

MANILA GOLD SHARES Franco's Message To Madrid

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Madrid, November 9.

General Franco's planes Yesterday dropped proclamations over the clly reading "our troops will be here to-morrow,” add- ing that all women and children, also Foreign Embassies, Lega- tions and Consulates will be scrupulously respected.・・・

All shops were closed in the morning except milk and coal," depots where long quenes of women walt in turns patiently- Reuter's Bulletin. Service.

(Other nfessages on Spanish conflict on Page (9),

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