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Gift WINES and LIQUORS

ASSORTED CASES FOR CHRISTMAS 1935.

Case No. 1;

2 Bots. Golden Guinea (Sparkling).

Bot.

Bot.

Sauterne. (White Wine).

Medoc Claret.

Gilbey's Invalid Sherry.

$35.00.

Sandeman's Five Diamonds Port.

Italian Vermouth.

Saccone & Speed's Three Star Brandy

Cilbey's London Dry Gin.

Saccone & Speed's Highland Milk Whisky,

Orange Curaçao M.B.R..

Case No. 2.

$45.00.

Ayala Extra Dry Champagne.

Margaux Claret.

Chablis.

Saccone & Speed's Marina Sherry.

Italian Vermouth.

Rouyer Guillet Three Star Brandy.

Saccone & Speed's London Dry Gin.

Watson's "E" Whisky.

Dewar's White Label Whisky.

Dolfi's Kirsch d' Alsac Liqueur.

2 Bots. Robertson's Fine Old Ruby Port.

Case No. 3.

$52.00.

2 Bots. Custave Ferrand Grand Cordon Imperial Champagne. 1 Bot.

"

Sandeman's Very Old Tawny Port.

Robertson's Privateer Port.

Madeira.

Ruiz's Superior Solera Fina Sherry.

Italian Vermouth.

Renault's Five Star Brandy.

Saccone & Speed's Liqueur Cream Whisky.

15

Dewar's White Label Whisky.

*

Burnett's London Dry Gin, Benedictine.

IDEAL CHRistmas gifTS !

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY,

DECEMBER

Airman's Wife, Waits For

KINGSFORD-SMITI!

will not dinnan

become un

Jin Moal!

POLITICS ARE REAL ISSUE IN LONDON

"Smithy," Says: "My Son Will Never

1935.

Be An Airman"

Sydney, Dec. 10. LADY KINGSFORD SMITH, the attractive twenty-six-year-old brunette wife of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, the Australian flier, who has been missing since he was seen over the Burmese coast a month ago, has not yet given up hope.

Resolutely, though fearful and anxious, she refuses to regard herself as a widow,

In an interview this week she said:

"The hardest part to realise is that the chance of finding my dear husband alive is dwindling as each day pasSÓS by, and yet Smithy' and his companion, Mr. Pothybridge, may both be safe in a jungle as the guests of a tribal headman, or living with fishermen on one of the many islande."

That evening at the captain's table, she was introduced to him. On her birthday, a fortnight after reaching Australia, she be came engaged to him.

A. fashionable wedding took place on December 10, 1930, at her parents' mansion in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak.

"Even though Smithy' Is a man's man our married life is ideally happy. He is a thoughtful and charming husband.

"It has been a financial struggle, hoping for recognition of the establishment of a successful busi-

ACK..

"My greatest worry, strange-

FIRST MEETING Wistfully she recalled her 'first

ly, is immediately before meeting with "Smithy" aboard the

'Smithy' starts a big flight. BATTLESHIPS ARE steamer Aorangi at Vancouver in

There is so much uncertainty 1920, when the ship, bound for

about the time of departure SMALL ISSUE

Australia, was held up several

and the weather. I always feel Delegates to the five-power hours for the arrival of "Smithy".

very relieved once he is aloft. naval conference, now in sos-much to the annoyance of the pas

"Modern communications keep sion in London may talk of sengers,

She was then twenty-year-old me constantly advised, and recent- ships, guns, escalator clauses Miss Mary Powell-one of the pas-ly he radiophoned me from Lon and other paraphernalia of the sengers who greeted the airman don." fighting seafarer. But they with a scowl as he ascended the aro thinking of political con- gangway. trol and competition for mar-

kets in regions near and far

from home.

and fifth article, the Telegraph

Lady Kingsford Smith then re vealed that she has often tried to induce "Smithy" to quit flying.

"We have often talked of. quit- British capital investments there and ting flying," she said. "I have

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ANGLO-SAXON'S ALARM

Thus, Japan's demand for naval equality with the United States nad

in

"Throughout the day and night my telephone rings every few minutes. Sometimes it is a call from some clairvoyant telling me that some seance was interrupted with a crash and the fusing of lights. I am told that at this psychological mo ment 'Smithy' died.

"Such things drive me frantic.

1 even had a telephone message this morning declaring that he had

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1 The other occupants of the room may be, if you say you rather like draughts.

In the following lest Japan, as she did in Manchukuo, pointed out to him that the most take unto herself the bulk of the famous of airmen remained on the probes the political background Chinese market, leaving Britain, the ground, abandoning hazardous

United States and other countries to flights after getting into the spot of the conference on navics. HE admirals and lesser bemon their adversity and vainly to light and achieving fame. THE

protest.

What is true of China applies, "If only I could hear something, naval officers, who since Monday have taken their though less scutely, to much of the Just a little message to say that rest of Eastern Asia. The United he is all right. Anything to net seats at the green table at States, Britain, France, the Nether-my mind at rest from this dreadful

lands and other Powers with far-waiting.

Asia-and perhnas "I am often gripped with fear. than those countries, I feel certain that he is safe some- musty office building in even more

Russin believe that Japanese here which the naval conference mony is being enforced to the virtual where--but where? is being held, talk of war-exclusion of western political and ship displacement and battle- ship gun calibres, but the governments which have sent these delegates to Lon-Britain has alarmed opinion in those don have bigger issues in Anglo-Saxon countries. For the con-

cession of equal sea-prevailing

to Japan, mind.

according to the view And not only the governments, but the west, would make Japan supreme also the bankers, manufacturers, mer-in Asiatic waters and on immense chants and shippers are meditating stretches of the Asintie minintand. upon the markets which the feet. The Japanese argues, in turn, that -side from home defence in even with a fleet on a par with those been found, and then I learned it destined to safeguard or to conquer. of Britain or the United States, was one of many rumours..

naval war dapan could not carry a

"If the worst happens," she con- into the inne

of those waters countries, whereas with a ratio of five cluded, "I will have his, three- year-old son Charles to console me. instance. Take the Far East, for

to Japan's liree, the taro Kreut The natal experts are discussing

anyway, young Charles will not be Japan's naval strength in relation to western sea-powers might be able to After all, nature is like that, aml,

altack Japan. the United States and Britain, Many

To this contention, the Anglo-an airman."; of thein, besides being skilled ex-Saxon governments retort that Japan ponents of naval warfare, alsa grasp the political and economic forces of has neither territorial possessions nor which fleets are merely the instruvast financial Interests in the west, meats. Those men realise that, he comparable to the territories or com hind the jockeying for technical and mercial and financial outposts of the numerical superiority of warships, United States and Britain in the east. there is a far greater struggle for JAPAN IMPREGNABLE?

Venice, Dec. 1. dominance of vast regions of

Skeletons fully, urrayed in mediaeval earth.

Unless Britain and the United Having entrenched her interests in States come to a naval understanding armour have been found in excava Manchukuo, Japan has been turning between themselves, even implicitly tions in this region to-day, all of them her paramount

In China. attention

directed against Japan, western ex-being in a perfect state of preserva- In the words of Captain Arata Oka,perts insist that Jayan is secure andtion.

in

Workers engaged on excavations her island empire. was Japanese naval attache in pregrable who London until this summer, "By the Moreover, they emphasize that, while for the new great canal which is now circumstances of her position, her ex-Japan is a growing imperial nation, under construction not far from here In the picturesque district surround- perience and her culture, Japan has the Anglo-Saxon powers belong to been forced, without planning it, into the "haves," being satiated with tering Stra' where Il Duce mot biter

ritory and

in amply provided with the position of leading nution of the

1933, came across what undoubted- natural resources.

I must have been the scene of 120 orence put up with this family And yet at the close of the 1934 great battle in the days of the ancient 30 CLOSING THE DOOR

tripartito nayni conversations in Venetian Republic.

One of the many skeletons in armour 51 Develop. April 18, 1934, the Tokyo London, faced with Japan's denuncin- Foreign Offee's spokesman proclaim- tion of the ratio system, a tendency was

Ensti

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Will land you in a hole, you hope.

Whether it means to go out or not is something that has to be settled.

Compulsion.

10 Stage direction.

11 In Northumberland.

12 Counsel

to let you know.

14 One of Cook's Lours is in this

direction. SKELETONS

Japan's "special position and mis-an the part of the United States and hire to have a sword still between 1

the

10 Here you get tied in a knot. 17 What the worm did.

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23 Origin mostly acid.

26 Very ugly with all the skin one

side.

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are always telling us that what this sounds like is thus irritating thent.

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28 Dough is for bread, but is it

this way? spelt

for quite a long time..

32

that Thing

Appeara every in another twenty-four hour form.

presumably where he fell in slon" in China. In that connection, Britain to come to an understanding battle and has lain undisturbed all Japan claimed the right to net single between themselves, with or without these centuries.

was considered discernible. Japan, handed and refused to share.

Quantities of ancient weapons and 33 Administering physic and asking

you to perform. country except It was argued that this trend might armour were with any

also found, together China. Sino-Japanese relations, at least lead to a British-United with beautifully modelled vases which, 34 Points in development:

quadruped starts them. nol to engage in when the centuries old dirt had been which Tokyo saya are to be those of States accord

against one another washed away, were found to be paint-

DOWN close friendship, are regarded by pre-naval building agai

expand their fleets only iffed by hand with designs and figures, ponderant opinion in the West as the and to friendship nf the lion and the lamb, Japan set a new pace for construction. the colours being perfectly preserved. The Japanese will undoubtedly The curious and is remarkably re a lamb weak if not utterly innocent.

Britain has been uneasy lest Japan's watch closely for any recurrence of miniscent of Longfellow's "Skeleton

vast auch inclinations at the conference. In Armour."---United Preas. mission in China imperit the

SALESMAN SAM

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success.

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20 Levant island.

21 A two-faced action.

22 Getting your own back.

23 Never Been in the Basi. 24 How can

of

this tune suit John- Bull (two words, 3 and 4), 25 There is a completo lack

finish about this sort of thing.

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