1939-08-26 — Page 6

Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 26 1939.

Athletes

What did the

Planter say - planting himself

in his chair?

"Good old JOHNNIE WALKER.

-there's a whisky for you"

"It's good to get back to Johnnie Walker !"

That is particularly true free a hard day's work. There's something delightfully clean and refresh- ing about the flavour of Joh. ie Walker. And no wonder. For Johnnie Walker is the finest blend of the finest Scotch whiskies, perfectly mellowed and matured. It's old and it's good.

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Boycott School Sports

Staveley, Derbyshire. Twenty boy athletes who went on afrike at a school sports day here recently were, lectured by a woman

ex-pupil and told they were poor sportsmen.

He Saved a Train From Landslide, Then Drove Away

TEALBY (LIŃCS).

|HAD AGONISING PAINS.

IN HER BACK

Could Not Turn in Bed

Like many other sufferers from backache and rheumatie aliments, this woman deelded to, try Kruschen Salts in a inst nitempt to obtain relief from pain. To her surprise, the pains did grow less, and in a few montis the backache had disappeared. Having made sure of the results, she now writes as follows!--

THOUGH widespread inquiries have been made the "For about four 'months I bad identity of a motorist who saved the market train fromising pains in my back, and could not turn in bed. During that time I Lincoln to Louth from disaster during a storm recently is tried various remedies, but obtained Ino relief, and was seriously consider- still unknown.

Jing going into hospital. However, Following a heavy rainstorm over half a mile of the seeing a case similar to mine describ- fed in an advertisement for Kruschen, The boys, all of Rhodes House of line was blocked by a landslide. A motorist passing thought i would try it, and was School, deciled to burolt the sports along a by-road from Donington-on-Bain was startled to more than surprised to find the poin when the school's star athlete, 15-see from the bridge crossing the railway that much of getting less, I have

the bank had given way and that the line was buried.

Staveley co-educational Grammar

years-old Charles Jolinson, WOR barred by the headmaster from taking part because he went into lessons 15 minutes late after a cricket game.

Rhoxles House were champions last. year, and the boys had been count-

A.R.P. "Ready

Happens"

LONDON,

ing on Johnson to win the shield for Whatever

them again.

genuse of the strike, six events. had to be cancelled.

been taking Kruschen for four months, and would not be without it for anything. I must say I am free from those drend- Knowing that the Lincoln train ful pains."--(Mrs.) B.C. was almost dae he drove at top

The six salts in Kruschen coox your speed to South Willingham, two miles away. When he got within kidneys back to healthy, normal sight of the station the signals were netion, so, that not a particle of pol- art for the train to pass.

sonous waste matter remains unex-

He could not drive up to the station as there was three feet of Pelled. Your Inside is thus kept In wartime, the Port of London water unter the station archway, so clean and serene. You experience would be found to be indestructible, shouted to Maurice Richardson Joyoun relief from those old dragging 20 boys stood apart watching;

This opinion was expressed by Mr. (15), who was on the olier side, to kidney pains. other events when 33-years-old Miss W. I Wrightson, Chairman of the stop the train as the line was blocked. Rose Woodcock, a former captain of River Committee of the Port of Lon- the school and a well-known hockeyden Authority when the annual ins- player, went over to them andpection of the river and dock was appealed to them to put the school made on S.S. St. Katherine. before their own grievances,

LOST THE SHIELD

RAN TO SIGNAL BOX •

"I ran to the signal box" sald Maurice, "as 1 heard the tralu coming. By the time he reached the Mr. Wrightson said that at one time box the train was in Sight.

Mr. J. Moseley, the stationmaster, consideration had been given in

who also operates the signals, pulled closing the port in wartime, but them back to danger. "If another She declared: "1 pointed out that had been decided that without the minute lad gone by before the warn people had come to see the sports,

ins, car that it was up to the school fa put up port the country could not function. Stating that ports in the West A good show, and inat they were bad sportsmen if they could not abide by could he put out of action by "a few the decision of their headmaster.direet hits from enemy aeroplanes". however much it hurt,"

he pointed out the great number of ports available for shipping along the Tharnes.

tion later.

came the train would have got through, and we could not have done anything" Mr. Moseley said.

The motorist waited until he saw "I had the train halted, then said: better go and see if it has been rain- ing at home," and drove away.

themselves provided

cra

After her appeal come of the strikers took part in the later events.

"This port Eና an indestructible But they were too late to preveni Rhodes House losing the champion-port," he declared. "We are ready. Thames had ship shield.

We are prepared to carry on what-protection for the staffs. The headmaster, Mr.

"Then the Authority has provided E. Denton, ever may happen and; whatever calls ignored the strike, and no mention may be put upon our officers and for morrings for some 78 large ships was made of it at the prize distribu-staffs, they will be acted upon within the lower reaches of the Thames,

the utmost efficiency.

and, should any dock system be put

action, the of

small "The Port Authority have provided out

there are some £50,000 for A.R.P. for men working urganisation-and in the dock system. They have pro-19,000 barges and tugs capable of teeted all those vital points which handling 1,600,000 tons of cargo-have into one complete could but large parts out of action been organised

pool with one control. They would if a lucky homb should drop,

place their whole services at "They have provided over three disposal of the port. and a half miles of trenches for pro-

"The organisation has been com- Hunting frogs on the San Joaquin tection from blast and splinters, and pleted for evacuating essential food river one night, Al Sebastion took they are providing protection for stuffs and dangerous goods that and lunged with his spear. Exain-30,000 workers within their own dock might be in the warehouses."

Five thousand members of F1 moment later, aren," Wing his prize

Sustinni found not a frog

In addition, the owners of wharves Authority's stuff had been trained in but LL and warehouses which stretched for A.R.P. work and 3,000 lightermen lar coyote speared through the 30 or 40 miles on each bank of the were now being instructed. Reuter.

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