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WEEK-END TEASER

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Do you think you are a keen observer? See how

many of these questions you can answer cor rectly. Then look at the foot of Column Five.

Who is the taller, Hitler or Mussolini? 2.-Every Hongkong Government $1 note in numbered. How many numbers are there, and how many would be completely covered by a ten cent coin?

3.-Most railway signals are on the left of the lie to which they refer. Do they point left or right?

4Are the tops of your ears above, on a level with. or below your eyes?

5.-Is an egg a perfect oval, or is it thinner at one end than the other?

BOMBS ARE NOT AS

BAD AS YOU THINK,

SAYS D.S.O. GENERAL

'MINERS READY'

Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 29, 1939.

By Walt Disney

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Y' DUMB

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Clue

To Foreign Rights

Foreigners Built Up Mud Flats

THERE

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Look Through The Telegraph" -

50 YEARS AGO

July 29, 1889. The frith members and Bír. Gladstone will support the Government against Messrs. John Morley and Labouchere, who oppose the increase to the locomo of the Prince of Wales, although upon different grounds,

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The city of Berlin derives a largel are five kinds of revenue from various enterprises car- ried on for the public benefit. No lear foreign-controlled areas in than 1,270,000 marks annually nen re- Tito China-concessions, settlements, ceived from the herre railrands. treaty ports, lensed territories, way) contributer 513,000 marks and the gas company in London affair, by the and colonies. Here is a glos-occupants of publie lands pay 60.000 sary explaining them:

Concessiona.-Established

by

the

| Chinese Government at various times for the residence of foreigners with commercial interests in the country. They were usually chosen for their extreine undesirability, were mostly mud flats on sen coast or river bank. They have been converted into im-

maria mere,

25 YEARS AGO

July 9, 1914, Speaking in the House of Comment, Sir Edward Grey regretted that the situation was not less crave than it was yesterday.

Austria had begun war against Servin," while Russia had partially mobiliard, HERE is reassuring news about bomba-the words of a major-portant commercial Interests only by This up to the present hit nut led to any corresponding steps by the other general, of a professor, of the board of an Anglo-Chinese rail-incessant inbour and heavy expendi- Powers.

Great Britain continued to strive for way which was attacked for nine months by Japanese warplanes, ture by the foreigners concerned.

There are munielpal councils in the European peace. He was glad to any Major-General Sir Frederick Pile.

(Concessions, elected by the residents, that up to the present there had been who fought throughout the great

police turce manned by the nation- dificulty in keeping in touch with war and won the D.5.0. And the There are two things that can be ala concerned, with Chinese sub-the other Fowers, though it had not been posible for the Powers to join M.C., said, in opening a Territorial done to ensure safety-1. To build ordinates, and the laws are those of in the fiplomatic action which he had drill ball at Bexley Heath. Kent, re-deep shelters in densely populated the country to which the Concession proponed on Monday, rently: "Should war come, attacks areas; 2. To build tunnels in areas belongs. from the air will not be as bad as less densely populated. you have been led to belleve.

"An awful lot of tripe is being said and written about that, but we can take courage from the fact, as was

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HOW PARLIAMENT

IS

RECALLED

MEMBERS of Parliament are arging the Prime Minister not

to permit Parliament to go into summer recess on August 4. But, as he says, Parliament can be recalled if the crisis intensifies,

Simple (but not without its proper buckground in history) is the method of reculling Parliament. Into the London Gazette) oldest publi- cation in the British Isles, which is "Printed by Authority,” quen a notice algnett by the Speaker of the Commons, Oft. In, ex-Life Guard Edward Algernon FitzRoy.

He says, "I do hereby give notice that I am satisfied, after consult- Ing with his Majesty's Government, that the public interest requires that the House should incet

Similarly Sir Henry Badeley (38 years ago he won the Parliamen- Lary Golf Handicap), Clerk of the Parliament issues in the Gazette his nolice on behalf of the Lord Chancellor-bidding the Lords to attend. This done, the officlaf machinery for recalling members to their benches, completes its work. But holiday-making legislators do not always (indeed, very seldom) buy the London Gazette, They must therefore be rounded up by the Party Whips,

Normally the Whips send their charges n letter; urgency would demand telegrums.

Of the 600-odd M.P.s a good proportion would surely be away from their constituencies. They would be untucky in this respect. If they went from their holiday centres to the House they would have to pay their own fares.

Contrarily, if they are at home their travel vouchers (first class- sleeper too, if necessary) will bring them to town. The State spends around £35,000 n your seeing that MPs have free and comfortable travel between their constituencies and the Houses of Parliament.

For the recall the Houses are crowded-and hungry before the day is out. Responsible for feeding the Commens is Mr. Bencewell Smith, member for Dulwich, who is chairman of the House of Commons Kitchen Committee. He is a Yorkshireman, has blg Hotet interests.

lle sees that Mr. R. J. Bradley, manager of the catering department, produces a good menu. Mr. Bradley has most of his key-men on the premises, can easily get in touch with others, so that a full staff tends to the hungry.

An argent conference at Sir Edward There are Concessions at Tientsin, Grey's residence has taken place bo- 200,000 unemployed Welsh miners Hankow, and the island of Shameen tween the party lenders in an endeavour! who have the experience to start on The major port of Shanghai has a

to procure a settlement of the Irish) question. the work immediately."

French Concession with its own Gov.

Mabillastion in proceeding in Afty-two Kovernments in Jusnin.

The House of Commons to-night de various parts of Europe creating, a Now turn to China. For nine crument, police force, and troops.

SETTLEMENTS.-Shanghal's other! The Emperor Francis Josef Is'return-| bated tho Government's provisional greater sense of uneasiness than had proved during the lost war, that months before the Japanese cap- foreign-controlled area is the Inter-ing to Vienna.

programine for increasing, during the hitherto been experienced. There was bombs do not completely blot a place tured Canton, South China's capitul.national Settlement, where there is burg states that na artillery battle is 41 squadrone.

"Reutor's" correspondent at St. Peters- next five years, the loyal Air Force by a spirit sbrand in purts of Europe, last October, the Japanese warlords

which if it could not be curbed, might, out of existence."

In describing the circumstances which some day make the task on which their. sent wave after wave of airplanes to municipal council elected by the vari reported to have begun near Smederevo,

cus nationals living there.

to the south of Belgrade.

led the Government 10 adopt this thoughts were centred intpostible of: "Never has London been better bomb the Anglo-Chinese railway

The police force are appointed and From Malta, "Beuter's" correspondent course, Mr. Baldwin onld questions of achievement. defended than it is to-day."

between Canton and Hongkong.

controlled by the counell, und the reports that the precautionary stage of Imperial Defence and of armament The House of Commons to-night res had occupied the mind of the Govern- jected by 401 votes to 00, a mnation of There were no efficient anti-air-area is also occupied by detachments mobilisation has been ordered.

The dockyard is most active, working) ment for many years paat, but never censura numitted by the Labour Party, craft batteries, no regular patrols of of American, British, and Italian

all night. All leave has been can- had a survey of these problems been condemning the Government'e air expan- celled. fighter planes. Yet eighty-three out oops.

conducted under conditions of greaterį rien programime.

· There is also a settlement at Amoy. of every 100 bombs dropped missed

"Router's" carrespondent nt Berlin dificulty and more constaut change TREATY PORTS—Foreigners in says it is reported in diplomatie eireles than in the Inst twelve months.

A violent press campaign but whipped; their markt.

these ports possess specific trading that Germany has asked Russle for an The deally of working for a Dis-up Italins feeling agalast Germany, and residential rights, but there are has requested a reply as speedily as creased not only by the absence of being directly responatite for

explanation of her mobilisation, and armament Conventing had been in whose invernment is being charged an

the no foreign police or troops there.

possible.

Germany from international counsela, murder of the tato Chancellor of Aun- LEASED TERRITORIES. These

"Reuter's" correspondent at Vienna but by the fact, thera had seemed trin, Dr. F. Dolituss, and with platting ure territories Icased from China for states tint it in officially announced throughout the year little probablility to overthrow the Austrian republican in the nine months traffic was a period of years. The largest is that Belgrade is in flames.

of getting Germany in the rear future Government. suspended for only ten days. I Hongkong.

An Austrian despatch says that con- to join once more in these discussions. Newspapers denounce Germany a requent upon the renewal of machina

Moreover, there had been events in antion of barbarians. gun fire i Belgrade at midnight, the

OPALA SIGURNE*:* Austrian manitors repiled, bombarding)

·tho-cily..

Professor J. B. S. Haldane, speak- ing on behalf of Mr. Gabriel Carritt, Independent candidate in the Abbey (Westminster) by-election at Caston Hulk recently, said:

"You will be safer on a second or third floor than in a basement in the event of an attack by de layed action bombs (which do not explode on striking an object, but penetrate).

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The Norwegian Lieutenant Gran has aeroplaned from Crudes In Scotland to Stavanger a distance of 320 miles, in 250 minutes.

This the longest overses flight yet accomplished.

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In looking over the report of thr Director of Public Works for 1013 we were interested in that portion which refers to the lighting of Kowloon. Glancing over R, it was observed that the total number of gas lamps in usa at the end of the year was 20, an in- creuse of one as compared with the previous year, while the number of electric lamp in use was 43. or four more than war the case in 1912. Anxious to get at the detulis, we dived further into the report and gathered that the four nåditional electrić, Jamun were placed in Jordan Rond, while us regards gas illumination five new Inmo were added two in Austin Boad, near Shanghal Street, and one each in Pitt Street. Shanghai Street and Lo Lung Hang Honghom-three were Yemoved | from the south Praya on nccount of the

area being occupied by

railway terminu, also was another from the Police Fier.

the

10 YEARS AGO.

July 29, 102D. Honakong now possesses, for the first time in lis history, a fully-equipped broadensting studio which makes pon- sible the transmission of cancerts, etc. without recourse to relaying from a concert hall or theatre,

The completion of the audio, which Is located in the Post Office Building, marks further important step is the development of radio broadeniting in Hongkong, enabling better and more Varied programmes to be transmitted via B.

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An official communique Issued from the Foreign Offee this afternoon, sistem that Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Foreign Secretary, received M. Dovalevsky, the Soviet chroy. The relationship between the two countries formed the' subject of a friendly exchange of opinion, last- ing about an hour and a half, each ex- plaining the viewpoints of their respec- tive Governments.

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The depot ship, 11.M.9. Modway, sc« companied by the now submarines Osiris, Oswald, Otsa and Odin, are to leave England in October for the Ching station. They will proceed via Bouth America

5 YEARS AGO

July 29, 1934. "War is not Imminent, but has more- ly been postponed," says the Washing- ton correspondent of S. E. Lovy and Company, commenting on the Austrian situation. "The Nazi Party is renewing propaganda urging voluntary Incorporn ilon of Austria with dormony, which will cause a crisis in a few months or possibly in a your."

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HERE are the answers to the

observation test questions:

the (1) Hiller 16' taller by 11⁄2in. Mussolini is only 6ft. 71⁄2 in. You get the impression he's tali man because he's always photo- graphed from below.

(2)

Apart

the from

letter, there are six numbers in a row on a Si note and a ten cent coin covers all of them. Try this on your friends. They will nearly all say a ten cent coin covers only fve numbers.

(3) The signals point left- away from the line.

(4) In most people the top of the ears are level with the eyes. It is usually a sign of good breed- ing when the ears are below the eyes.

(5) An egg tapers slightly to one end,

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