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ETHEL MERMAN • JACK HALEY JEAN HERSHOLT HELEN WESTLEY JOHN CARRADINE WALLY VERNON,

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RUTH TERRY

20th Century-Fox Pleture

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HUMANITY"

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GARY COOPER

Adventures-Marco Polo

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· BRNECT TRUEX • GEORGE SARDIER - ALAN HALE - DINNIS BARHES. Cast of five Thousand « Released them UNITED ARTISTS

SHERWOOD Directed by ARCHIE MAYO' Scrmenplay by ROBERT E. SHERWOOD

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street in the City of Victorie, Hongkong.

February 22, 1939.

Japanese Spy Plans To Clear Danger Zones

BILLETS FOR CHILDREN

U.S. Manoeuvres In

The Atlantic

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21. FEDERAL AGENTS are in- vestigating reports that Japan- ese fishing boats from Los Angeles and Sandiego followed the United States fleet to the

Caribbean.

The United States attorney, Mr. Benjamin Harrison, said that he was informet that a number of boats had appeared in the Caribbean Sea coin- cident with the manoeuvres.

"It seems rignificant that these

BRITAIN will save its children first if war comes; move millions of them out of areas likely to be bomb Swept. But millions of adults will not be moved and have to rely upon whatever protection is at hand.

Recently the Ministry of Health issued a circular to local authorities telling them to hold house-to-house surveys to emergency homes for children.

It is calculated that 1,000,000

will be moved from London

boats should be fishing there for the alone and nearly 3,000,000 from industrial areas and large towns.

first time," he added.

He said that he was informed that several Japanese bonts had been observed watching the warships through "long-range #losses." -- United Press.

Scandinavian Recognition For Franco?

Stockholm. Feb. 21. The Foreign Ministers of the four northern States, at present assembled in Heninki, are deliberating Joint recognition of the Franco Govern- meni, mays a report in the newspaper

Afton Bladet

It is presumed that at this con- ference the question of the neutrality: of the Scandinavian countries will also be discussed.

A Finnish newspaper emphasises | in this connection, that the relation- ship to the League of Nations must now be made clear. Possibly all the four northern States will Withdraw from the League simultaneously,

Among other important, questions to be dealt with by the conference is that of the fortification of Aaland Island, economic collaboration in the event of war, and closer, relations--Traus-Ocom.

cultural

No Trade Pact With Rumania

London, Feb. 21. Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade, slated in the House of Commons tu-day that Lord Sem- pill, during his recent stay in Bucharest, did not conclude a com- merelal treaty on behalf of the British Government either with the Rumanian Government, or with pri- vale Arms,

Mr. Stanley added that Lord Sem- pill will shortly return to Bucurest in continue his negotiations-Trans- Ocean.

Foreigners Robbed In Canton

Canton, Feb. 22.

A foreign source reports that in the past week there have been several armed robberies in the heart of the foreigners city, and in some cases were victims.

It is stated that five foreigners

were robbed whilst making purchases irt Canton's famous "Blackwood Street."

No names, however, have been dis- closed.--Reuter.

Italians Arrested

In Tunis

Rome, Feb. 21. Another 10 Italians have been arrested on a charge of explounge reports the Tunis correspondent of the "Tribuna".

Among them is the head of the Italian emigration olice, and director of one of the leading hotels in Tuni.

The newspaper also reports that fresh troop transports are now going on south of Tunis-Trans-Ocean.

U.S. COMMODITY

PRICES

LATEST CABLED

QUOTATIONS

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Plans will be made to move them, school by school, with their teachers and medical of- ficers.

Transport and extra food supplies in the districts which adopt them will be ur- ranged.

Householders who provide homes will be paid, by the Government, 10%. 6, a week for one child, and 8. Ed. each a week for several. ACCOMPANIED BY MOTHERS

Children under school age will he mothers or accompanied by their suardians, and householders will be asked to provide lodging only, at Ss. a week for adults and 3%. a week for chaildren.

"Duty will require the majority of people to remain where they are." states the circular, and adds that the national interest will be best served by urolding an indiscriminate movement of

large numbers of people from one part of the country to an- olher.

The authorities, who are asked to complete their surveys by the end of next month, are those in areas away from London and congested neigh- bours

VOLUNTEERS HOPE

find

Fishing For Gold

In N.Z. Rivers ·

CHARLES EDWARDS, n

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Cen-old resident of Manly,

who bas already dived for pearls in the North of Australia in a diving suit be devised and made himself, intends to dive for gold in deep pools of New Zealand mounlah rivers.

Accounts in the Sydney press of Edwards's exploits in his itghtweight simplified diving apparatus were read by a mining engineer who has worked in Afrien and Canada. The engineer las arranged with Edwards to take his gear to New Zealand. pectors are recovering satisfactory quanties of gold from the margins of New Zealand rivers; but deep pools in the mountain ranges have never been explored, the streams being too the swift to allow dredging und country too ragged to permit the

heavy standar porterage of the diving apparatus.

According to the engineer, pros-

RICH ACCUMULATIONS Rich accumulations of gokt e in those pools, the engineer asserts, and he believes that, with Edward's

DEATH

POLIVEHA,—On Monday, 20th February, 1939, at his residence, Foochow Antonio (Nitte) Marques d'Oliveira; passed away suddenly Maeno papers please copy.

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of

The Government will pay penses, but it is not thought that light diving gear, they can be re- local authorities will have to enzare covered.

Edwards will take his eighth cxt staff. It is hoped that there

diving apparatus the outcome will be plenty of volunteers.

The Ministry's circular gives ad- vier on carrying out the census.

Health visitors, housing officers, sanitary inspectors, teachers, and volunteers can take part.

tight years experimenting and as the whole outfit weighs 100 lb., ne- cording to its maker, they are con- fident they will be able to carry it into the steepest ranges.

Nobedy will be forced to supply Edwarda expects the deepest pools accommodation, and visitors have to will be 25 feet, at which denth he be kindly and tactful."

says he can stay under for about two The Ministry prefers accupied hours at a time. He will shovel mud houses for wartime care of children into buckets to be hauled to the sur- because of the advantage of securing face and washed. householders' supervision. But camps, He will be accomanied by his empty

buildings, hotels, "tender" and friend, Sydney Dudley, and bearding houses will also be, 22, also of Manly. used.

Edwards expects that the New An officiul said that it Zealand diving, in fresh water, will for people to be unadventurous and dull. com- would be impossible reserve rooms on the ground that pored with his experiences in salt they could get £5 a week from an water, which Include being knacked individual, and would therefore not down by a shark, attacked by an let them at the rate of ten shillings octopus, and, about 18 months ago, a week.

a mild attack of divers' paralysis,

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