PAGE 12 -HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
BRITAIN'S FIGHT AGAINST
MUSSOLINI
HONGKONG. CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS NAZI RAIDERS AND MINES: REINFORCES
JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG. CANTONE MACAO STEAMBOAT CO LTD THE
TRAVEL
THE
SHORT
SAFE
SEA
WAY
by the
British Line
CHINA NAVIGATION CO.LTD
CANTON LINE
WEEKLY SAILING
MACAO LINE
DAILY SERVICE
(including Sunday)
Note:—All pussels equipped with Wireless.
QUEEN'S BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD
Talephone 20101
MAERSK LINE
API
Fortnightly Express Sailings
via
KEELUNG. SHANGHAI and JAPAN
to
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE,
NORFOLK & SAVANNAH
Through B/L are issued to Central and South America, Gulf and Caribbean Sea Ports.
EXCELLENT AUCOMMODATION FOR PASSENUERS AT MODERATE RATES.
For Freight and Fassage please spply:--
JEBSEN & CO.
Canton Shameen, B.C.. Agoata.
Hong Kong, Fodder Building
Top 10916.
Tel. 31205-6.
E
il
What do you want?
If there is anything you want to buy or sell,
try a small Classified advertisement in the
Hongkong Daily Press.
25 words $1.00 prepaid for 3 insertions.
THE
FUNNE
BLUE
LINE
试
REGÜLAR AND FAST- PASSENGER SERVICES
FREIGHT AND
TO UNITED KINGDOM PORTS.
Two
well placed Sailings during DECEMBER For dates and ports of call apply to Agents.
PACIFIC AND NEW YORK SERVICES are maintained as hitherto
Information regarding INWARD CARCO and all matters relating to freight and passage will gladly be given by
Butterfield & Swire,
Tel. No. 30332,
Agents.
1. Connaught Boad.
REVIEW OF WAR AT SEAFRONTIERS
41
LONDON, Dec. 11 (Reuter)-Presenting his fortnight-
ly review of the war at sea, the B.B.C. Naval Observer dealt with raiders and mines.
When Germany built her three pocket-battleships, she designed them as commerce- raiders which could beat off a cruiser and run away from a battleship. They can steam 20,000 miles without refuelling-almost right round the world.
Discussing the difficulties Machinery too develop defecta of finding these ships, hein time, which eventually need asked his listeners how many handing in to a dockyard, ships they actually saw on, say, a trip from Britain to New Zealand? Very few, he suggested.
lights.
· ALMOST BLIND
Hunting raiders might tako time, but sooner or later they would get caught. The ships of the British and French Navies were after them day and night,
3
A ship at sea is almost bind,
'MINES MENACE he went on. On a clear day, the Turning to mines. the Naval horizon is only ten miles away, so Observer said that at first the that a ship could see for little Nazis had
certain amount of more than 200 miles around. At success with their magnetic mines. night visibility was only a couple Yet the blockade was more fright of miles for raiders travel without rul than effective. British ports were still open and the mine- A ship, in those circumstances, sweeping feet had been strength is rather like, a
wandering ened and reorganised to meet the In a thick mist on the Yorkshire menace. It would take a little Moors. A ship has only got to be time for the counter-measures to on the other side of the horizon make the seas safe, bat at pre- sent, at any rate the menace was held in check,
to be invisible.
man
In the North Atlantic, where the Rawalpindi met her doom, the position was even worse, Gales were almost of daily. were only Occurrence, there about 31. hours' daylight and for a good measure there were fogs, mists, rainstorms" and snow-storms,
RAIDERS' RISKS
These mine sweeping boats were chiefly manned by volunteers and fishermen and, as an instance of the remarkable qualities of these men he told the story of a peaceful fishing trawler which was shelled at close range by a U-Boat
14 PLUCKY ACT"
ROME, Dec. 11 (Reuter) -Signor Mussolini was in consultation last night with his defence chiefs. It is understood that the re- inforcement of Italian forces on all frontiers was decided upon:
PHILHARMONIC PRODUCTION REHEARSAL
"No, No, Nanette" Bright Show
Philharmonic Society to attempt a The decision of the Hongkong lighter type of production appears to be well justified.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1939.
נד
FOREIGN MAILS
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, 19tà DECEMBER, 1939, 9:30 AM.
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended. Christmas and New Year Ca 13 bearing not more than fre written words and 'enclosed in opsa envelopes are accepted by the Post Office at the rate for printed matter, Le. 5 cents per 3, ouncça, for all countries.
Hongkong, China and Macao at 3 cents per 2 ounces, Envelopes must not be closed.
INWARD MAILS
From
Japan and Shanghai,
Shanghai
Shanghai..
Java, and Manila,
Air Mail by "Air France Direct Service"-Paris
Straits.
Canton Manila. Shanghai and Amoy
Japan and Shanghai.
"No, No, Nanette" had a full dress rehearsal at the Queen's Theatre last night and the galety: Japan. of the plece, the tuneful music,
the brilliant lines and smoothness of production generally augurs well fur a successful run.
Straits
Shanghal Shanghai
Jean Greig, as Nanette, is a win- some actress with a rather as-Haiphong
Manila.
tonishing voice while Harry Cockle, as Jimmy, is "grand.”
"No, No, Nanette" is produced by Mr. W. Robertson with Capt. A. C. and The trawler crew launched their Houghton as stage director In such weather, one's quarryboat while the shells whizzed all Mr. R. C. Butler as stage manager. The music 1 betag handled by can be invisible, although she is around them. The U-Boat, after only a mile or so away,
seeing the small trawler sink, left Surg. Capt. G. V. Hobbs while the Nevertheless, the raider did the crew to their fate in the North dances have been arranged by not have it all its own way. It Sea. While it was being launched, Carol Bateman, formerly of Shang-
!! must eventually feed its crew and the ship's boat had a hole knock-hal. refuel. It must get supplies and as ed in its side and it was in danger "No. No. Nanetta" will open at soon as it captures a ship it runs of sinking. The engineer however, the Queen's Theatre tomorrow the risk of giving away its post-promptly stuck his foot into the night. tion.
hole and the other members of
Recently several German ships the crew plastered it into place
tallow left neutral ports, probably intend-with
and grease.
For
g to supply the raiders. That twenty-two hours he kept his foot did not matter as now they had in one position, for the lives of been either captured or scuttled, all depended on him. They all
Sooner or later too the raiders got ashore safely. speed and steaming performance would safer, particularly in tropical waters,
marine growths are prolific.
where
SOVIET PROTEST
TO ALLIES
LONDON, Dec. 11 (Reuter)-
The Soviet protest to Britain and France against the block- ade of German exports declares that the Allied methods of economic warfare violate inter- national law and reserves the right to claim compensation if state-owned Soviet merchant- men are forced to call at an Allied measures otherwise damage Russia's trade.
Gracie Finds A Rhyme For Hitler
Gracie Fields did not forget Hitler during a half-hour broad-. cast.
She honoured him in a ballad about the Aspidistra, and conclud ed with the riotous lines:
He's going to string old Hitler.
On the very highest bough.
Of the biggest aspidistra.
She came on the air. in the ter-
riac good form we knew of old. She
sang without a tremor of uncer-
"We are still a race of sea- meu, carrying on a high tradi- tion," concluded the commenta- tor.
BADMINTON LEAGUE
EASY WIN FOR KING'S COLLEGE King's College beat Tong
In 3 Badminton League match last night by eight sets to one.
Kowloon
H. T, Woo and K L. Lui (King's College) beat N. A, E. Mackay and A Chan, 21-8, beat R. E. Lee and F. S. Ko, 21-18, beat B, P. C. Flet- cher and A E H, Castro.21-7.
KIL Lo and T. Lam (King's College) lost to Mackay and Chan 10-21, beat Lee and Ko, 21-13, beat Fletcher and Castro, 23-21.
8. P. Chan and W. C. Hang (King's College) beat Mackay and Chan 21-15, beat Lee and Ko,"21- 14. beat Fletcher and Castro 21-14.
H
MUFFLERS AS SOS FLARES
U-Boat victims, drifting in an tainty, as if she had never been ill, open boat in the Atlantic, took off and in a hundred moods known their mufflers soaked them in her million fans-gay and paraffin, tied them to an oar and serious, mocking and boisterous, set them alight. proud and humble, dreamy and intimate
two
the numbers.
The men stood on a seat in the boat and waved the blazing.muf- Gracie started right away fers as a distress signal. buttonholing her audience in her They were the crew of the Ticet- old confidential style, and hardly, wood trawler Sea Sweeper, and waiting for John Watt to announce they told this story of their res- 1
cue when they were brought ashore in another trawler.
Skipper J. Tomlinson stated that German submarine broke surface: about 200 yards astern of the Bea Sweeper and immediately fired a warning shot.
First she sang
the Rainbow.” Then she gave an eccentric number in her croaking, joking, squealing, and chortling manner. Next romantic song trilling along on her well-known high violin- `like notes.
Y
"
BOY, 14, AMONG NAZI PRISONERS
When 14 armed
merchant cruiser docked at a Scottish port German prisoners of war were taken of under military escort
The men who left the ship dur- ing the blackout boarded motor- coaches waiting of the quayside and were driven to an internment camp.
The prisoners were mostly young man, and with the ex- ception of one or two, wore civilian clothes. The other men were wearing the uniform of the German merchant service. One of them was a boy, aged about fourteen.
The men appeared to be quite cheerful and made Joking · re-
| marks among themselves. One man sald to his companion with a laugh: "Keep your chin up."
"
Due
19th Dec,
18th Dec.
12th Dec.
13th Dec.
date 6th December
13th Dec.
Straits.
13th Dec.
Halphone and Fort Bayard ....................
13th Dec,
Canton
13th Dec.
. 13th Dec.
Air Mall by "Imperial. Airways Direct
Service"
London date, 6th Dec.
14th Dec.
14th Dec,
14th Dec.
14th Doo.
14th Dec.
14th Dec.
14th Dec.
14th Dec.
16th Dec.
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Manila (San Francisco
date, 19th November)
15th Dec.
16th Doc.
18th Dec.
17th Dec,
17th Dec.
17th Dec.
17th Doc.
18th Deo.
18th Dec.
Japan and Shanghai,
18th Dec.
Europe via Suez and Straits (Landon date, 13th
November).
20th Dec.
20th Dec
Java and Manila,
Rabaul.
20th Dec,
20th Dec.
U. S. A., Honolulu, and Japan (San Francisco,
22nd November).
date
21st Dec.
Shanghai
31st Dec.
Australia and Manila,
21st Dec.
Australia and Manila. Straits. Japan.
21st Dec
22nd Dec.
22nd Dec.
23rd Dec.
23rd Dec.
Air Mall by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-
London date, 9th Dec, Calcutta, Straits and Saigon Halphong one's Shanghai
......
BAY.COM
Air Mail by "Pan American Air-ways Direct Ser-
vice" San Francisco Date 5th December. Strafts and Manila
Straits.
Japan and Shanghai,
Europe via Suez and Straits (London date, 18th
November).
OUTWARD MAILS
earlier
Registered and Parcel Mail are closed 15 minutes than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m. registered and When parcel mails are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day. Dials are advertised to close after p.m. Registered and Parcel malls are closed at 3 p.m.
Shanghal
For
TUESDAY
Shanghai and parcels only for Tientsin
5
The men gazed through the windows of the coaches and air Mall for "Imperial Airways Direct Service" Reg. showed great interest in their sur-
-due London, 20th December. roundings.-Dally Mirror.
13
"Life Gas" Kept In Secret Cave
Every day men descend secretly into a cave in the Derbyshire hills to collect a gas which to many people is priceless. It means re- lease from agonising pain, new hope where there was despair.
And it represents the victory of British doctors over war conditions, gives them the means to carry on the war that must never stop the battle against disease,
The gas is called "radon." It is generated from the £15,000 to £20,000 worth of radium which Manchester has stored under the earth,,so that it may be safe if air raiders attack the Christie Radium Hospital, at Fallowfield, where in peacetime it is used.
No one could stay in the cavern where the radium is stored. So As soon as the crew of twelve eyery day for the duration of the war men will descend to collect the had left in their small boat the
She joked with Louis Levy, submarine Bank the trawler by radon. "gagged" the revue chorus, gunfire,
and said, "Come on everybody- you've got to help me out of this.” It was a variety show of all the Gracles we have ever heard.
At the end of her broadcast she turned to her excited audience and said, "Thank you very much, I'm going to cool off a bit.”
And so the best broadcast the B.B.C. have given us-well, it seems for years came to an end,
"We had a terrible time," sald Skipper Tomlinson, "BY midnight," when we had been rowing for eight hours, we were thoroughly exhausted. At about four o'clock In 'the morning wè had about given up when we nighted the light of a ship,'% "We tore off aur mufflers, soak ed them in paraffin and tied them
It was Gracie revived and onto an oar. The rescue ship was top of the world.
another trawler."-Daily Telegraph.
They must not delay, for the gas loses half its active life in four days,
Date and Time
Tue. 12th
8.30 AM
10.30, AN
KPO, .
Beg. Ord.
5.00 PM
5.30 PM
G.P.O.
5.00 PM
Ord.
7.00 IM
K.P.O.
Rog, 5.00 PM
Ord.
5,30 pr
Airmail for Malaya, Java and Australia by "Im-
perial Airways Direct Service"-due Sydney, 18th Reg. December,
OP.O.
5.00 PM
Ord.
7:00 PM
WEDNESDAY
Wed, 13th
Shanghai and Parcels only for Tientsin:
8.30 AM
Manila, Makassar and Bourabaya..........
8.30 A
Parcels only for Swatow.........
Swatov & Formosa ....
Straits (Parcels only) Haiphong
Straits and Calcutta. Anoy.
ין
10.30 AM
10,30 AM
1:00 PM
1.00 PM
1.30 PM
9.30 PM
K.P.O.
Reg
5.00 PM
Airmail for Indo-China, Iran. and France (Paris Ord.
and Northern Provinces only) by the "Alr France Airways Direct Service"-dae Paris 21st Rog. December,
5,30 PM
G.P.C.
Ord.
5,00 7.00 PM
THURSDAY
Thu. 14th
9:30 AM 4.00 PM
7.00 22
Sandakan. Amoy. Amoy.
FRIDAY
.........
Fri, 15th
GPO.&KP.O.
Shanghal, Japan, Canada, U.S.A., Central and South Par. 14th 5.00 PM America via Vancouver BC., (Parcels for Cana-Reg. 16th 9.15 AM da only)-due Vancouver B.C., 1st Jan, 1940. Parcels only for Shanghai and Tientsin. Fort Bayard and Holhow, Halphong
Canton
SATURDAY
Straits and Calcutta, A.
Ord.15th10.00 AMˆ
10.30 AM
· 1.30 PM
200 FM
8zt. 16th
Parcels
7.15 AM Noon
Letters 1.00 TM
A small party of men from the hospital laboratories, accompanied
Shanghai, Japan, Hamblulu, USA, Central & South G.P.O.&XFO. America and Canada via Ban Francisco (No Par Paroels 4.00 cels for Canada)-due San Francisco, 8th Janu- Reg. ary 1940,
Ord.
5.00 PM
1.30 PM
GPO. & XP.O.
Service" Reg.
ly difficult and dangerous task of
dus Landen 24th Dec.
Ord..
5.00 M 5.30 PM.
installing apparatus in the cave.
SUNDAY
Sun. 17th
Along" a narrow path four men Amoy. carried hundreds of lead bricks to
9.00€
the assembly of the apparatus.— Daily Mirror.
by experts, undertook the extreme- Alr Mill for "Imperial Airways. Direct
build in the care a chamber for Printed and Published by Henry Lloyd Murrow, for the Hongkong
Daily Press, Ltd; at Marina House, third floor, 15-19, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong. London Office: 53 Fleet Street EC.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.