1939-04-10 — Page 3

Monday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Supa's

April 10, 1939.

LIVER AND BACON AT 11:00 p.m.

BLESS MY SOUL! SAID THE JUDGE

SAID Mr. Justice Charles, in the King's Bench Divi- sion recently: "Bless my soul. Liver and bacon at 11.30 p.m. You cigar merchants are stout fellows!"

He had heard Mr. Louis Brooks, a cigar merchant, of Sackville Street, W., allege that he was thrown out of the Windsor Castle Dive and Oyster Bar in Victoria Street, S.W., after having a meal of liver and bacon.

A claim for assault damages by Mr. Brooks against Carrs' (London) Ltd.,

-owners of the premises,

missed with, costa,

Was d}s-

Mr. Brooks cempluned that while

waliing for a taxi,

after having

missed ht overcoat, he was and thrown out of the pince.

setzed

NOCTURNAL UNEASE Replying to Mr. J. D. Cassels, K.C. (for the defence), Mr. Brooks denied that he was abusive, and shouted ut the top of his voice: "I will have the law on this house and the supervisor who let another muni take my coat away.

A doctor gave evidence that, when he was called to see Mr. Brooks the -day after the alleged assault, he was told that the plaintiff had been groan- ing all night.

The Judge: It tony have been the liver and bacon: nocturnal unease.

Mr. Justice Charles said he found,

GAS MASK FOOTBALL

WHEN a greengrocer sued a firm for damages, his wife told Jambeth County Court Judge that men delivering gasmasks played football with one, and kicked it through the window.

The defence was that kickiar a gasmask was not in the course of Tho freengrocer cmployment:

lost his claim.

an the evidence, that Mr. Brookes and violent acted in a disorderly

leave, be way. Refusing to put out without the use sonable force,

TV3

of unrca-

But

Lotte Krauss, refugee from Vienna, arrived in Miami, Fla., und got a job pushing a broom after hours in a night club, someone heard her singing and soon the management told her to quit the broom and come up. to the microphone.

Wife Volunteers For Bullet

Test In Shelter

YOUNG Birmingham wife recently volunteered to sit in a steel air-raid shelter while it was bombarded with bricks-and machine-gun bullets.

"Why

She is Mrs. Kathleen Hamilton, a 24-year-old city typist, of Yarningdale Road, King's Heath. should I worry?" he said. "I'm sure I'll come through safely.

"I told my husband about it. He advised me not to go, but I'm going for the thrill of it."

The shelter, which is bell-shaped and mude of heavy steel plate, was demonstrated by its manufacturers, a Birmingham firm, Then the shelter was taken to One of the fem's executive and Mrs. Hamilton took part in the tests. the gun-proof house at Small Heath. The shelter has room for one persen Here Mrs. Hamilton-or the exccu- tive-will stay Inside while thou- only.

Tons of masonry was collapsed on sands of bullets pound the the shelter, which was placed in-platen.

be de- side factory about to molished.

РИСКИНЕТ

When the Soviet freighter Chelyuskinets docked at Jersey City. N. J., four women were

in her crew. They were: Stewardess Ullana Lebedeva, Radlo. Operator Elizabeth Georgopulo, Second Mate Galina Gradskaya and Stewarders Nina Todary.

One Torpedo Drives

Fleet From Baltic

Blow To Germany's

1915 Strategy

Shanghai Engagement

THE engagement is announced be- tween Miss Sylvin Rapozo, London, and Mr. Robert Gascoigne who is a subaltern in the Seaforths and is not seen each other for nearly eigh-i teen months.

Trout Curious Fish stationed in Shanghal. They have

Plumns National Forest, Cal.

Miss Rapozo, dark and twenty-two- British submarines frequently Trout are much more interested in years old, was presented when she penetrated to enemy waters during

than the average was seventeen. She has been doing) the Great War, in the face of all human beings sorts of difficulties, and in at least fisherman could ever be induced to a lot of V.A.D. work at Home lately one instance completely upset a com- believe, according to O. J. Erickson, and her two chief interests in life Cow Hollow. miner. Erickson, in n are riding and Highland dancing. paign.

deep sea diving outfit, has been This last is probably just as well, as Full details of these exploits based mining extensively at the bottom of she is marrying a Scot and will pro- on official sources, are given for the Feather river. He states that trout bably have to live "among those bar- first time in "We Dive At Dawn." by constantly swim around his outft barians." Li-Cmdr. K. P. M. Edwards, pub-and peer at him through the glass

(Tuch and Cowan, openings. lished recently 12s. 6d.),

The first British submarine lo en- ter the Baltic, on Oct. 17, 1914, was El, commanded by Lt.-Cmdr, N., F. Laurence. In company with Lt.-Cmdr. Max Horton, he soon in- terrupted

munitions Germany's

On Aug. 18, traffle with Sweden.

24 deter- 1915, the Germans made

Way mined attempt to force their into the Gulf of Riga, at the entrance! to which Ei was patrolling.

"At 8.10 a.m. Laurence sighted German battle cruisera steaming in line abreast, He did nct have much time, for the visibility was only twe miles, and the enemy were steaming fast; but 10 minutes after sighting the enemy he fired a torpedo at the Seydlilz, the starboard wing ship of the enemy squadron.

"It was only possible to get off one torpedo, for E1 had only one bow tube.

Moreover, Laurence was not ycum given time to turn to fire a

im- tube: in his own words, 'E 1 mediately went deep to avoid being rammed by a destroyer which passed within a few feet."

THE MOLTKE OUT OF ACTION

the

Actually the torpedo missed Seydlitz, but hit the Moltke, the next Ship the line flooding-her-forwardi torpedo room and killing eight men. As soon as she was hit Admiral Hip- per turned his entire force und re-

turned to Danzig, where the Malthe was found to have shipped 459 ions of water. She was out of action for

a month in consequence. According

to the German effeint history:

The whole operations were at ouce

suspended, and two days later an Imperial order directed that the ships of the High Sea Fleet were to Icave the Battle."

Thus E1's one torpedo led to the withdrawal of the naval forces en whose support the German army had been relying, and the operations against Riga were not renewed until October, 1017.

Cmdr. Laurence, as he soon after- stucl wards became, was sent for by the Tsar, who thanked him personally and said, "You have saved our elty Home Offer experts, local M.PSI Rigo. He is now Viec-Admiral and A.N.P. authorities watched,

Sir Noel Laurence, the Admiral Com- The makers claim that the sheltermanding Reserves. falling masonry, glass, blast, bullets and incendiary, bombs,

Mrs. Laurel Wants is proof against splinters, sheapnel,

£27 For Food

New York.

£3,000,000 SUBWAY

A £3,250,000 bomb-proof-under- THE marital switchback of ground subway to run one and a half Stan Laurel, film comedian, miles under Central Birmingham is being considered by Birmingham has taken another sharp turn. Public Works Committee.

His third wife, Illiana, the Russian singer, stating he de serted her, has filed a renewal of her action started a few months ago, and asks for £170

Shrapnel 22 Years In His Heart

For 22 years shrapnel has been em- bedded in the heart of Mr. David Jones, of Lime-grove, Bangor, North Councillor Norman Tiptaft stated Wales, but he did not know it until at a recent meeting of the City Count-recently, when he heard the result of cit that the subway, which, would on X-ray examination. have a 40ft. carriageway and two Mr. David Talf, headmaster of Arma- dale School, West Lothian, col- footways, would be capable of shel- tering 24,000 people.

lapsed while making his round of classes and died..

a month alimony, with a house. Its peace-time Intention, was to

She demands £110 for foud, 13 relieve traffic congestion.

for musle lessons, £10 per doctor's The Council passed A.R.P. plans

bills, £19 for servants, £6 for laun-providing an expenditure of £170,- Work for several hundreds is likely

dry, and £20 miscellaneous CX-1000 on air-raid shelters. penses, in addition to the unsinted

cast of the rent.

"ENOUGH TROUBLE”.

Laurel again left her, she says,

after drinking beavily

DEEP SHELTERS ESSENTIAL A.R.P. news from other parts of Britain includes:

An urgent. plea for deep shelters. Issued statement made in "As if I haven't enough trouble with the signatures of over 308 already with the Hal Roach case doctors practising psychological coming up," he said.

He is seeking £19,000 damages medicine throughout Great Britain.

Ireland. Northern

to be provided at a factory which will be built on a 20-acre site ot Theale, Berks., bought by the Im- perial Tobacco Company for one of 11s London branches, W. and F Faulkner.

Colonel H. L. Nathan, M.F., has been! -appointed a JP. for London; his wife, a member of the L.C.C., has been a London J.P. since 1929,

from Hal Roach Studios for allegedanatories Include leaders in Ernest. Hill, Hull fisherman, who

The

breach of contract.. Roach's do- fence alleges that Laurel was 'dis- psychiatric medicine, some of inter- charged after violating the national fame, and 50 who are super- "morals" clause in his contract by intendents of mental hospitals. drinking and ignoring studio.

studia calls Recruiting and training of air raid wardens in the Metropolitan Police to work. Efforts are still going on to settle area are to be transferred from local these differences and restore the authorities, to the police.

The Metropolitan Boroughs Stands Laural ani Hardy screen team again. But studio opleluls are hampered by ing Joint Committee, the authority continual changes in Laurel's marital dealing with the question; has been

conferring with Sir John Anderson. arrangements.

gained the Stanhope gold medal for rescuing a shipmate, sought a shore jab because of 1-health, and has taken a post as caretaker, at Burn ham-on-Crouch, Essex,

British Parliamentary "methods, Mr. Henri Valloton, To study

President of the Swiss National, Council, or Parliament is in Lon- dont changes are to be made in the procedure of the Stous. Parliament,'

1

They got engaged by post, and Miss Rapazo will soon arrive in China.

Smoke

Lloyd's Bondman Tobacco A BRITISH PRODUCT

MAN

Swan Culbertson

چھ

Frith

Investment Bankers and Brokera

Members of New York Cotton Exchange

Chicago Board of Trade Winnipeg Grain Exchange

Commodity Exchange, Inc., New York Canadian Commodity Exchange, Inc., Montroal, New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange Manila Stock Exchange

Hongkong Sharabrokers Association Shanghai Stock Exchange.

SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, MANILA AND SINGAPORE Cable Address: Swanstock

THE NEW 1939

PHILCO-TROPIC

11 TUBE PHILCO-TROPIC

Other PHILCO-TROPIC Models in stock:-

8 Tubes 100-130/200-260 v. A.C.

+

a

5

A.C.

AC/DC AC/DC

Radios

BUILT TO

TRIUMPH OVER EXTREME CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

FREE HOME

DEMONSTRATION

LIBERAL TRADE-IN

ALLOWANCES

✪ EASY TERMS.

M

M

Every PHILCO-TROPIC RADIO has been especially constructed to withstand the decay.. spoilage and deterioration caused by extreme conditions of humidity, heat, salt air, cold to defy weather at its worst. These radios have been treated for the most extreme climatic conditions, not only the chassis and integral parts but the cabinets as well.

Specially constructed for locations where super reception of short-wave is necessary increased selectivity and sensitivity, overcoming of drift, plenty of reserve power

with performance second to none.. specially engineered International Radio

thrill to wide SEE AND HEAR these handsome new models world reception not as a novelty but as reliable, enjoyable sources of radio entertainment.

PHILCO RADIO DISTRIBUTORS

Gloucester Arcado. Phone 27484.

King's Building. Phono 32192. Sub Agents: TSANG FOOK PIANO CO., Marina House.

VICTORIA RADIO SHOPPE, 14, Poking Rd., K'loon.

You'll hear it better on a Philco