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Saturday

Landhoff - Corry

Appearing To-night for the First Time in Hongkong

AWHONGKONG TELEGRAPH

in their. Sensational Acrobatic

Dance Creations AT THE

GLOUCESTER HOTEL

ALSO

QUEENIE & DAVID WITH THEIR

HAWAIIAN TROUPE

DINNER $10.00

Half a

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Air Mail To-morrow

Swallows' Nest Sample

By The Dolia

The Imperial Airways plane Della Innded at Kal Tak at 135 p.m. yea- terday with mails from Australia. There was one passenger aboard, Lt. Commdr. J. G. ittekenver, U. S. naval lear on leave. Among the plane's freight was a sample of edible swal lawn' nest sent from Bangkok for Shanghai.

The Delphinus left at dawn yester- day with the outward mail.

There will be no United Kingdom mail to-day. I will arrive by the Delphinus to-morrow at 2 p.m.

FLYING POSTMEN

London, Dec. 12, Britain's flying postmen have ul- ready delivered over 200 tons of Christmas mall and have two more weeks in which to carry the remain-

in 140 tons. They were told by the Post Office to expect 350 tons of Christmas mail for delivery within live weeks. A Beet of 00 planes is being used. On Christmas Day the Blying postmen will be spread niong, thousands of miles at Empire routes making their way home.Our Own Currespondent.

SEEK NON-STOP RECORD

Italy Prepares Plane Able To Travel 8,000 Miles

!

December 24, 1938.

GOVERNMENT PRAISED Views, of Departing Japanese Consul

extended to me by Government of

"I am thankful for the kindness

ficials and other residents of long- kong, and 1 am very pleased that we have been able to pass through such difficult times without any perloan the.dents. This has been entirely due to the good administration of the Colony and the good behaviour of the people."

These remurka were made by the former Japanese Consul-General in Hongkong, Mr. T. Nakamura, In the course of a statement which he mude before leaving for Japan by the Em- press of Rusala yesterday. He lac- companied by his wife and twu children.

He added: "I hope the worst time is past, and find we shall soon seri some Improvement of the situation."

He said that he been abroad for the years, and hoped to be allowed to rumala in Tokyo for a time. He had asked for a position there.

Those who went to the ship to bald Mr. Nakamura farewell included his successor, Mr. A. Tajiri, also th American Consul-General, Mr. A. E. Southard, and the German Consul General, Mr. H. Gipperich.

BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS

Colony to Have Panel Of Volunteers

Italy has prepared a bomber plante to smash Brian's 7,10%-mile non- ! It was officially learned yesterday stop fight record, set up by two Wellesley R.A.F. bombers that arrived at Darwin, Australia, from Egypt on November 7.

that the Police Force, the St. John Ambulance Brigade, the Honrkonst University, and the Hongkong Volun- teer Defence Corps, have been asked if they can find volunteers for blood transfusions, in case of werkdent and certain diseases in which blood pres- sure is indicated.

EKREJKA

LOVE

SITUATION WELL IN HAND

THIS IS WHAT SHANGHAI THINKS OF THIS CHRISTMAS SEA- SON.-Sarpajou, the brilliant North-China Drily News cartoonist, is responsible for this motif for a Christmas card received by the "Tele- graph" yesterday.

The services of the blood donors, personnel

full

particulars

of the Pension Plan At College

Wooster, O.

The Italian plane is 3 Savon Marchetti, similar to the tallan Air Force bombers, and is elatined to be capable of 8,000 miles non-stop,

Its three engines are of the British Bristol type. built in Italy under special licence.

It was stated, will not be confined to scheme have been circulated: The Italian flight was held back the exclusive use of Government

HEALTH BULLETIN la see how the British Wellesleys got, hospitals but also to others, though

A pension plan including all Woo- on. The Wellesleys were

Two cases each of Diphtherla and single-under certain conditions. engined machines.

Typhoid, one case of Measles. and ster College employees working on The Hon.

of Medical in cases Director bomber with three engines,

of Dysentery, were re- the campus has been announced by burning two to three times as much Services is making, enquiries from ported to the Health authorities on the college. The plan goes into effect petrol as the Wellesleys and which

the units concerned, among whose Thursday.

next year. could lift enough fuel for 'an 0,000- milo cruise, would probably be the world's most formidable air raider.

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A tri-motored machine would need a teast 10 tons of petrol for an 8,000-mile hop. Most of that load could be made up of bombs on a 2,000-mile flight.

Calculations made as result of the British bombers' Australia flight show that Wellesley planes could By nun-stop from Calcutta to Sun Francisco, Bombay to New York, South Africa to Japan, Barcelona to Honolulu, Rio de Janeiro to Spitz- bergen.--Dally Express.

AVIATION PIONEER

Flight L. Charles, W. Bailey, uyin- tion pioneer who passed throughị Hongkong in October, has reached Miami. He is flying half-way round the world from Singapore to London for the British Air Ministry, inspect- ing American air-lines. On Ducein- ber 11 he was due to catch the South American Clipper for Buenos Aires. He will stop at Cuba and Jama.ca, and at the Pan American Conference at Lima, Peru.

AIR SERVICE

Arrivals and Departures -

of Planes

Ostwärd

For London. Australia, British Countries and Europe: Imperial Air- ways 7 a.m. December 27. Imperial Airways 7 a.m. December 30.

Wor Chungking, Stan, etc.: Curasiá und C.N.A.C. services indefinite.

For U.S.A., via Manila, Honolulu, Guam: Pon American Philippine Clipper 8.30 u.m. December 20; Chinu Clipper 8.30 January 5.

For France via Hanol: Air France, 6.30 am. December 24; 0.30 a.m. December 31.

Inward

From London, Australia and Bri- tish Countries: Imperial Airways 2 p.m. December 25. Imperial Airways 5 p.m. December 20.

From Chungking. Yunnonfu, Kwel- lin: C.N.A.C. Eurosta Services in- definite.

From U.S.A., via Honolulu, Guam, Manila: Pan American Philippine Clipper 12.30 p.m. Decrmber 28; China Clipper 12.30 p.m. January 4. From France, via Sanol: Air France,, 12.30 p.m. Deermber 29,

CHARGE OF MURDER

Two men, Chau Yeung, 30, and Tse Chuen. 21, appeared en remand be Iore Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowton Magistracy yesterday on a charge of murder,

The defendants were formally re- manded-for a week, the date of the hearings of the case being provisional- ly fixed for 2,30 p.m. December 30.

The men arc alleged to have murdered a man on a hillside above the washing tanks in Taipo Real on December 1.

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