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DONALD DUCK

M. P.'s Told Of China Affairs

London, Feb. 7.

Dr. Chang Peng-chun to-day ad- dressed a largely-attended meeting of the China Sub-Committee of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Conservative Party in the House of Commona

Dr. Chang dealt fully with the prospects of China In the new phase of the war, which he said, was about to begin.

He added that hitherto, China hud been fighting on the defensive: The Japanese had falled everywhere to round up and exterminate the Chin- -ese armies, and China now had far more men under arms than at the beginning of the war. They had also, been tempered by fighting.

Describing the character of the offensive planned in the coming months. Dr. Chang dealt with the international position, und pointed out that Japan had lost in

force, rother than gained by entering Chion,

Dr. Chung's speech appeared to make a deep impression, and he was. warmly applauded at the conclusion, -Renter.

Disgruntled Railway Workers' Sabotage

Lipe by War Dianey Legalis

News is Knowledge

Q-The Dutch nation's wedding gift to Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard was officially presented last month, two years after their marriage. Why the delay?

A-Because the gift took the form of rebuilding and furnich- ing a wing of the Royal cou- ple's

palace

Soestdyk. at Among new Installations paid for by the Duteli people are a elnema, a gymnasium, tennis courts and a swimming pool.

Q. How mants people were

killed in Palestine in 1938? A.--According to statistics com- piled by the foent. British news- paper, "Palestine Post," 1.997- An increase of 1,000 over the figure for 1037,

Guerillas Stop Rail Traffic

Railway

Peiping. Feb. 7. traffe between Peiping and Tientsin has been interrupted by the blowing-up of a bridge near the "cene of a train-wreck which occurred

New York, Feb. 7. A group of railway workers, faced last month.

with discharge, threw one of the

Damage is reported to be serious,

elty's underground systems in com- and it may be necessary to build a plete chaos at the height of the loopline round the break.Reuter. morning rush to-day.

The men lied communication

cords, prevented giving the all-clear

signals, and abandoned loaded trains

at the stations,

1-9

Wednesday,

·HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

ON MAIDEN VOYAGE

Hulda Maersk Duc Here On Sunday

The Hulda Maersk, Intest vessel to Join the fleet of the Mnerskline (A. P. Moller), Copenhagen, will reach Hongkong on her maiden voyage on Sunday. She In a token that this company is taking its part in the widespread production of faster and more comfortable cargo vessels.

The Maerskline has of present the motor vessels Laura Maersk and Lexa Maersk under construction, and In June this year avili institute a regular fortnightly service from the Philip- via Hongkong, Shanchal, and pines Japan to Los Angeles, and vin the Panama Canal direct to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Nor- folk, and Savannah,

The Hulda Maersk was built last year at Odense, Denmark, at the Maerskline's own shipyard. She is bulk for a speed, fully leaded, of

15 Knoly, and her

accommodation ncludes six double passenger cabins, each with attached bathroom. Her specifications uire as follows:

Overall length 480, feet; breadth 57 feet; gross tonnage 5,000; deadweight cadeny of 8,000 tons at 25 feet 53% enes; capacity of cargo holds. 13.350 tons of 40 cubic feel; deep hunks for bulk oil cargues, 2,875 tons; refrigerated

space, 30 tons at 12 degrees centigrade, especially for Hongkong requirements.

The machinery consists of one D-vylinder diesel englue of Bur- meister & Wains four-cycle, single- sicung type, 1.1.P. 5,800,

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Points of view by travellers from Elrick and Illa Swing Music Makers; the Dominions and Colonics. 12.30_Dvorak-Quartet In A Flat Tango

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8.55 New Light Symphony Or- la....Orquesta Tiples Fran- String cisco

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Salut Accordion) and Ilis Six Swingers.

D'Amour (Elgar); Parade Meet The Boys-Fox-Trot; Sammy Orchestra

Henry King and His Hotel Pierre Of The Tin Soldiers (Jessel); Police-

with Vocal Saxophone Fox-Trot...Scott Wood Jalousic.

Refrain; man's Holiday (Ewing). Xavier Cugat and His and His Six Swingers with Vocal Hotel Waldorf-Astora

9.15 Ducts by Dora Labbelts (8o- Orchestra Chorus: Stars Over Devon (Egan); Fox Trots Goodnight To You Aprano) and Hubert Elsdeli (Tenor). Speak To Me Of Love (Lenoir).... The Trouble With Me Is You (alm George

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Closing local Stock Quota- Plano; Moon-Enchanted (Dowdon and tions.

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Swingers; In A Little Gypsy Tea 6.45 London Relay 'Ghosts of (Bingham and Melley)....with J. H. Room (Burke); Lulu's Back In Town London'.

Squire Celeste Octet. (htm Broadway Gondolier').... George

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A new series of musical mernorics Wood assisted by written

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1.30 Reuter

-Tate Glider, conducted by Stand- and Wark); "Please, Teacher"- So- and Rugby Press, ford

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7.40 London Relay To Talk of New Mayfair Orchestra with Vo-

calists. Many Things". 1.40 London Palladium Orchestra

Permitting by Robert with Jean

Sharks Cross (Soprano)

10.0 London Relay-The Kentucky and Gibbings.

Minstrels. Raymond Newell (Baritone). an ac-

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Berlin State Opera Orchestra con- per; Bancs, Tambourines, Camer by Richard Crean; Say

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Men, Crack Banjo Team, Stump! ducted by Professor H. Abendroth. Will Not Forget (Alm 'Forget me 8.10 Studio-Recital by Eva Tarn- Speech, Old and New Metodics; not')....Joan Cross (Soprano) with er (Soprano) with Lindsay A. Lafford Among the artists taking part will be IT'S GIVE AND TAKE Orchestra: Dreaming Waltz (Joyce); at the Plano.

Scott and Whaley, and Harry S. Pep- The Druid's Prayer Waltz (Davson)

1. Chide me, if thou will ("Den per and Doris Arnold will be at the The London Palladium Orches-

Glovanni"-Mozart); 2. Grant Oh Planos: The BBC Variety Orchestra tra cond, by William E. Pethers;

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Leslie Woodgate; Orchestral and Turbridge); Here's To Life

am ("Marriage ofments by Wally Wallond; Music ar- collected $74 too much. However, as

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Figaro

-Mozart)....Eva Turner ac- ....Raymond by Lindsay A. Lafford; 4. ranged by. Doris Arnold; Books writ- there was a deflelt last year and he Newell (Baritone) with Orchestra; Piano Interlude. in-

Mandalay (Kipling and Willeby) for Mozart); 6. Saper Vorreste

Lindray A, Laf- ten and remembered by C. Denier made up the difference out of his ford; 5. Voi che Sapete ("Marriage of

Warren. Raymond Newell (Baritone)

11.0 Close down.

Thousands of suburban travellers Reporting Progress: by Ritchie Caldor]|ments.

going to work were delayed by the

demonstration.

In one instance, several uniformed A PIECE of telephone cord, CASHIERS

who "doctor"

employees "kidnapped" an empty severed by a burglar to count book have little hope of train and drove across the points at prevent his victims from call-avoiding detection nowadays. an important junction, blocking all

Figures, skilfully erased, reappear frame-Reuter.

jing the police, was sent to the cleary under ultra-violet light.

G-Blen laboratory at Washing- Another invisible ray, . Infra-red, ton.

can see through ink.

Public Safety Act

For Eire?

Dubilu, Feb. 7.

A poison-pen addict who wrote With it was a pocket-knife, abuse on school notepaper with the found on a suspect.

address blacked out was convicted by infra-red. It showed the original address as legibly as though it had never been touched.

The scientists of the Federal Mr. Eamon De Valern to-day an- Bureau of Investigation found on the nounced to the Senate that the Minis-, blade of the knife, under the micro- ter of Justice in the Dall would to- scope, a tiny brown stain.

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CHERLOCK HOLMES uncanny morrow introduce Bills to provide They placed it under the spectro- stinct for recognising the ori powers necessary to the Government scope, and found it consisted of vop-ginal of dust on a suspect's shoes to maintain its position of authority. per and tin, identical with the wire is now reduced to a matter-of-fact

understood that far-reaching of the cord.

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science.

them "seven-league glasses"-enable the detective to identify dust from places half a continent away.

powers will be sought to deal with Result: Five years' imprisonment, Special microscopes-Hoover calls extremist elementa,

This is one of the many instances Probably the Public Safety Act wil which Edgar Hoover, capital G-mon, be resurrected. and the milltary who might be called the Dean of the tribunal restored.-Reuter.

Faculty of Selentiße Detection, gives in a learned article in "The Review of Scientifle Instruments."

marked

Henshaw On Return A BLACKMAILER

Flight From Cape left by painting a rock white.

Capetown, Feb. 7.

Alex Henshaw, who took off from

ANOTHER advance is “comparison. A microscopes." With these the jexpert studies the ball, the enrtridge- theeze and the rifte-bore of a gun.

By adjustment, the microscope fis the Identical ridges, one to another,

a way no jury can question, A trapper was murdered in Alas- Two neighbours had Identien) guns enpable of having fired the fatal Dutlet.

Was

spot where the money was to be

In the home of a suspect found a pol of white paint. In this case the

spectroscope came to the tiny difference, undetectable by

constitution of the two paints,

Gravesend on Sunday in on attempt] rewup.

to fly to Capetown and back in four!,

A

days, left at 10 p.m. GMT, to-daviany other method, was found in the laboratory, thousands of miles away,

on the return flight to England.

But a telegram of the G-man's

released him and convicted

the

Public men in America are nerv-other. Henshaw necomplished the outward ous about mysterious packages. Su Aight in 39% tours, which was are the

For the comparison-microscope police to whom hours quicker than the previous handed. They might contain bombs. run which had fired the shot. Tests they are hard shown that it was the other's record set by Flying Officer Clouston Now they X-ray all doubtful par- of the suspect's clothes proved the and Mrs. Kirby Green.-Reuter, ccls.

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