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Count the “TELEGRAPHS” everywhere

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

HE WILL PAY JEWS

£83,000,000

The man who is ready to pay the entire £83,000,000 fine imposed on German Jews by Herr Hitler recent ly told how he would do it.

author

FINE

December 17, 1938.

Mr. Samuel said he could lay his hands on a billion of these marks any time he likes. Originally a quarter of a billion pounds" were paid for them.

Mr. Montague Samuel, City pro-

"On the Continent people paid the perty dealer, of Hodford-road, Golders Green, the

the equivalent to £370,000,000 for them," of plan. handled the money which he and Mr. Samuel let a bundle of 100,- is offering the Nazis German marks (000-mark notes fall back into lis of the 1920's,

case.

"I am making this offer in all

"British people," said Mr. Samuel, seriousness," he said. "It is no joke, "paid £230,000,000 sterling for those. I could send the marks off within a

"Then the German Goverrunent de- (week."

faulted on them. To-day, of course,

they are not in circulation.

"But, I see no reason why Hitler-

If he claims that in his present actions he is doing the honourable thing- should not accept what amounts to his own dishonoured cheque In pay- ment of this debt he has created.

"I is n perfectly decent commercial transaction."

500 B.C. or A.D. 1937

Experts Hoaxed by Bogus Venus

PARIS.

Phidias, Greatest of Greek sculptors, born at Athens about 500 years B.C., had nothing on Francois Cremosene, born in Italy soon after this century began. Andths why,

YARD

START

DOPE DRIVE

Scotland Yard is to make a deter- mined bid to clean up the dope tra- Me.

Simultaneous action is being taken by pollee at the big ports.

A closer watch on chemists' pol- son registers and doctors' prescrip- tons is to be kept. Suspected haunts In the West End of London are to be rolded.

DISGUISED DRUGS

Desnite the more drastle, control recently exercised in the world traffic in narcoties by the League of Nations increasing quantities of drugs have been entering Britain by illicit means during the last few months.

Eighteen months ago a farmer of St. Just, ploughing his field, brought to light superb statue of Venus. In addition, under the guise of re- Archaeologists from all over themedies for colds and other minor world examined the find.

Unani allments, new preparations are being

nously they declared it to be sold which can easily be adapted by #genuine work in Paros marble by jdrug addicts to their own purposes. Phidius."

They pronounced the statue to be "extremely well preserved,” though natus the legs, one arm and the nose,

It was "one of the most interesting discoveries in recent years."

A special museum was but at St. Etienne near by.

Then came Francois--and

Went Phidias.

Recently, Francois owned

bang

"Yes," he said. "The statue is my work. If they don't believe me I can show them the missing legs, arm and hose

FREIGHTER AS TROOPER

Ship. Adapted In Singapore

Giving in indication of the speed "It took me nearly two years. lo

with which British cargo ships can make it Irunt a block of Carrera be transformed into troopships, the marble.

When the job was done I Blu Funnel vessel Philoctetes was took it into a field and buried it."

BABY LEFT IN MONASTERY

A month-old baby boy found in the church of the Franciscan monastery at Solihull, Birmingham, had a

recently tied out at Singapore in two and a half days as a troopship by the agents. She carried an R.A.E. draft of BU N.C.O's and men, who salled later for England,

Arriving at Singapore with a full cargo if noon on the Saturday, the 11,400-ton Philoctetes was soon made complete with mess deck, wet and dry

canteens, orderly room and hammocks in No. 7 hatch.

Special pipes, providing a good sys- ften of steam heating for the cold weather, which will be experienced later in the voyage, have been in-

Remembering

stalled in the hatch.

that the RAF.

&

BOLSKUMMEL APRICOT BOLS

Bolskummel is man's favourite liqueur. Derived from the Dutch Caraway, its magnificent flavour has spread its fame throughout the world. Comparatively dry, it forms the perfect end to any meal,

The Ideal Gift

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But for the ladies--Apricot Bols is delicate rather than robust and is much appro clated by sensitive palates for its exquisite quality, Cooled beforehand and sipped slowly after cheese - it is perfection itself.

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draft will spend their Christmas just DDDDDCHENNENEISMUSEEDUSGESENOMES.

post Gibraltar, special supplies were ordered for their Christmas meal.

For the men's comfort on deck,

note pinned to his clothes. large garden seats were loaded aboard

It read: "Please bring this darling baby up as a Catholic. Be kind to him, father. I love him."

The baby, was taken

the vessel,

Baby To Dentist. Early

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Although Bertie Mae Eddy Is less than a month old, she has already been to see her dentist. She was

an institution to await iden-born with two teeth, and when the

tification.

was Just seven days old the tiny white molars were 'extracted.

WE DIG OUR GRAVES WITH

OUR TEETH

The very food you eat either de velops or destroys you. What you eat, how much you eat, when nod how, is recording every day, every night whether you are climbing up or digging down. Millions of people are digging down, deeper and deeper, isto their graves.

Why? Because the things we eat, the things wo drink are continually creating acid polsom in the system. When this acid becomes excessive, wo get stomach distresses, dangerous atid indignation, sour stomach, wind, colda, headaches, neuralgia orrheumatik paineK. It is dangerous to neglect this situa- tion. What you need at once is te se the pain and neutralise this exc acidity.

Alka-Seltzer

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Dissolve one or two tablets of ALKA-SELTZER inglase of water and drink it. Your pain will ease and your relief from distress will be amazingly quick and refreshing. Then in case you make the error of over-eating or aver-drinking, ALKA-SELTZER will always come to your rescue. Try

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infy you.

Alka-Seltzer is not « laxative.

You can take it as often as you

like, without Inconvenience.

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