1939-09-05 — Page 17

DONALD DUCK

GOIN' TO GET MY BRAKES FIXED BOYS!

BE GOOD!

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

September 5, 1939.

By Walt

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THE MAGINOT LINE (Continued from Page 6.)

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The artillery officers are in hermetically realed chainhem, and thuy direct the Aring They are able to a battlefield through the panoramie telegrapes built into the mur plate. The hambers! ure all ventilated by electricity, the eply shell-canes are automatically evacuated, and the barrels of the! mathine-guys are contantly cooled The electricity plant, ntled, among the mod important of the

for it tpplies] forts equipment, power, heal, ventilation, and rakes the air prezure to keep nut poison,

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In battle telephone commumra-)

ia ahoiutely indispensable. During the treat War the lines were! offen cul; these of the Maginot Line are buried 14 feet deep in concrete dabs and there are alternative lines. ! The exchange. tre 15 feet deep and equipped for service to 25,000 "mberibers."

Nothing has been forgotten and done for the everything: has been comfort of le men. The kitchen

Thei arrangements are admirable,

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kitchen..

all-electric and arc equipped with hupe refrigerators. The commisariat are stocked with suticlent food to andain a quarter i of a million men during a year of siege. When meals are to be served, antinition electrically driven

trains hul the food to the mi

benches swung from the bulkhead

walls.

Experience of Verdun

The French have constructed this amazing system of defence from the experience their army gained dur- it the fercest of all sieges of the Great War, that of Verdun, where the French covered themselves with imperishable glory. Between

1920

and 1030 hundreds of thousands of men dug out 12,000,000 cubic metres of earth; 1,500,000 cubic metres of concrete were built in; and 50,000 steel plates were set in pusition. The result stands us one of world's engineering wonders, to-day surprise is impossible. whole of the eastern frontier of France has become a zone of death; in limes of hostilities a sheet of Jame would leap out from north to south.

and The

The heaviest shells would fail to anake impression upon these enorm11- ous forts of steel and concrete, even if three fell simultaneously upon a single spot. One of the reasons why able to the furts at Verdun were

hold out against what was perhaps the mot terrifle series of bombard- ments in the history of warfare was because of their chorious strength of steel and concrete. luge shells falled to put the gun turrets out of action.

The French were mut satisfied reientists even with this. Their carried out elaborate tests. and il was decided to give the fort easings to resist three shells, as strength mentioned, falling at the same point of impact. Actually during struction the thickness of the pro- tection was again tripled.

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Stocks of Rice and Flour Still Plentiful

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Hongkong's colmness in view of safety during the Inst World War. News of the war was known to thnny

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-RADIO-

ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles)

First Part of Priestley's Celia (Monro)......Nan Moryska (Soprano) The Ole In The Ark "Let the People Sing” (Edgar)....Stanley Holloway Come- dian); Rakoczy March (Liszi)....

TSCHAIKOVSKY CONCERTO Mark Hambourg at the Pinno; It Was A Lover and His Lass (Shakespeare

Radio Programme, broadenst by and Morley)....The B.B.C, Wireless ZBW on a Frequency of 845 K.e's, Singers. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.. and 0-11 p.m. on 0.52 Me's per second,

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7.08 Sorokin Russian Choir, Prince Igor Peasanta Chorus (Borodin); tulan Cheruble Hymn (Vorolnikoff).

12.15 pan. Service Intercession. 12.30 Compositions of Meyerbeer, Marle aux Flambeaux........ Band of M. Coldstream Guards: U. | Paradiso (L'Africana)............Jussi İljort.

in:

Ballet (Tenor);

Suite Les Patinrurs.. Sadlers Wells Orchestra; The Shadow Song from "Dinorah"... Report and Announcements. Miliza Korjus (Soprano); Torch

7.25 Tschalkovsky~~~Concerto No. 1 In D Flat Minor,

Dance No. 1 in B Flat Major........Ber

in State Opera Orchestra; Coronation March from "Le Propheté...Berlin State Opera Orchestra,

Play by: Eron Petri (Planoforte); and the London Philharmonie Orches tra.

8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather

8.03 Compositions of Sir Edward German.

"Beary VIII" Dances; Shepherds Dance; Mortis Dance; Torch Dance.. ....New Symphony Orchestra cond: by Dr. Malcolm Sargent; Glorious Roberi Radford (Bass); "Nell Gwyn" Dances; Country Dance;

Juck

and his Orchestra;

Devon

1.00 Time Signal and Weather. 1.03 Elgte Plano Ensemble, Lazy Bones (Carmichael); Dinan (Akst); Speak Easy (Gunner); Rel-Pastoral Dance; Merrymakers Dance.

in' leme (Rose).

1.15 Daner Musle. ·

nnd

his

"Merry Eng Vocal Gems..

Miram Licette (Soprano) Clara Sercun (Contralto); Francis Russell (Tenor) Dennis Noble (Baritone); Robert Carr (Bass) and Chorus and Orchestra.

Fox Tro!--Goodbye, Little Dream Goodbye (Cole Porter); Fox Trat When A Woman Smiles (Ellis)... Jack Hyllun and His Orchestra; Waltz-The Wallz In Swing Time 8.30 London-The Beggars Opera' (Kern)....Johnny - Green

Excerpts from Gay's Opera with Orchestra: Tungo Jingle Brits Olive Groves (Soprano) Joyce New- (Bobr); Tango Twilight (Donato).. ton (Contralto Frederick Ranalow ..Bohr's Argentine Tango Orchestra. (Baritone) Ernest Lush (Harpsi

chord), 1.30 Itouter and Rugby Press, 9.16 Londen The News. Weather Forecast and Announce- | 9.30 London Food for Thought... Inculs.

Short Talks on matters of topical 1.45. A Programme of Gershwin's Interest. | Analo.

Cuban Overture...Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra; Selection from "Porgy and Bess; Anna Ziegler and Webster Booth: with Carroll ribbons and the Savoy Hotel Or- pheans; Rhapsody in Blue....Boston Promenade Orchestra; Salo Pinno: J. M. Sahroma.

9.45 London-The Sports News and Market Noles.

0.50 Reginald Dixon at the Organ. Medley: Introducing:-Lost, Lave- ly Lady, The Glory of Love; "Chorus Gentlemen, Please."

10.00 London-Let The People Sing' by J. B.

of twelve serial The first readings. The first and lost instal- ments will be read by the author.

10.20 Dance Music.

2.15 Close down. “MAYFAIR play-boy, with cocktail parties, bottle parties and C. G. Perdue, Commissioner of Police

6.00 The Alasle of Ravel.

0/8 One Step-Follow the Band sa on," was the description given by his counsel to Paul Vincent jare:

Piece En Forme de Habanera...

(Sarony); Fox Trot-Toot, Toot, Tootle Chinese Company

Maurice Marechal (Violincello); with Desgrands Mitchell (23), who was sentenced at the Old Bailey

On Your Flute (Holmes)......New

Orchestra

Sweet- recently to 20 months' imprisonment.

11-The Maurice Faure at the Plano; Sonato Mayfair Dance Course-Part Mitchell and Harold Lough White (30), who was sentenced to undermentioned members of the for Piano...Alfred Cortot; Jeux hearts Waitz (Herbert); nine months imprisonment, were found guilty of conspiring to Chinese Company will attend Chinese D'Eau. Alfred Corfet: Alhora Where Is Our Bluebird of

Training

as some of the defraud. Mitchell, who wus also found guilty of obtaining money Company Headquarters for Part del Graclosu (Extrait des "Miroirs") tone? (Nor)... Victor

but according to a preliminary Aurvey it is estimated that Bong-

sideration.

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and

and

Lips (Davis): Swing Fox Trei-Ain't by false pretences, asked for other cases to be taken into con-of Training Course on Tuesday, Sep....Orchestre des Concerts Strorum. his Orchestra; Swing Fox Trot-Hot 6.30 Closing Local Stock Quotations. Misbehaving (Waller) Quintetto tember 5, 1330, at 5.30 p.m. sharp: The chief Chinese concern at the

Programme of Fopular the

of

Club of France; Tango- Twenty-two-year-old Betty Patricia Cappel, charged with

Constables R100 Tang Shiu-woon, Classics.

(Srescdo); Tango moment is fond prices and fear of

Where the Bee Sucks (Shakespeare Crepsecule due to war pronteering; conspiring with Mitchell and White and attempting to obtain £630 R111 Chan Chi-wing. R112 Chan

(Codevilla)....Geraldo on a forged cheque, was found not guilty on both charges, and Ching-man, 129 Li Chung, R139 and Arne); Come Let Us Join The and his Gaucho Tango Orchestra;

Chan Tak-cheong, R134 Leung Tak- Roundelay

(Wm

Beale).The Fox Trot-Me and My Girl (Gay); was discharged.

kwong, R125 Yung Fook-pul, R130 B.B.C. Wireless Singers: The Lute Fox Trot-Lambeth Walk (Gay)....

Tam Hung

R137 L Tung-Player (Allen); The Floral Dance Ronnie Munro and his Orchestra.;

R139 Chan she was led from the dock, lang F10 C.

Chan (Katie

Dawson Quickstep--Could Be (Donaldson); Fox Trot-Hurry Home Wal-shun, R140 Wet When the jury, after an absence of Shlu-kwai, R142 Seah Choow-(Mendelssohn).... Mark Hambourg (Emmerich, Mantovani and his

R143 over two hours, had given their hon

John Ma

R144 Wu Mon- hong

one's rice is suffelent to last three months. So far the supply of rice from Annnn remains unaffected by the war.

The stock of flour is sufficient to

EXPLOSION VICTIM

last six months. Chinese dealers Funeral of Engineer Of

Dutch Liner Ruys

estimate the stuck to be between 200,000 to 300,000 sacks.

She broke down and cried as Joseph AIG.ng-yuen, R141, (Ba:s-Baritone); On Wings Of Song Slow

Moss).....Pettr

Delicate Air (Arne); My Lovely

11.09 Close Down.

verdicts Mitchell's career was related hon, 1145 Wallam lo, R140 Inu Mau, at the Plan; The Lars With The Orchestra. by Detective-Sergeant O'Sullivan, R147 Lung Chi-lup, R148 Charles Mitchell, he said, was bound over Tam, R149 Tang Kwing-ting, R150 for three years in December, 1936, at Koh Kwal-sun and R151 Lam Chong- The funeral of the late Mr. Jolanthe Old Bailey for obtaining credit shing.

Camrabuis. 30, fourth en-to the amount of £532 by fraud.

SHARE DEALS

In that case he instructed a firm of

The prices of poultry, Ash and

75 vegetables have increased, but only Mightly. Chirkents from Macno and George

Patrol Duty-Patrol duty will be the Chungshan area are quoted at gineer of the K.P.M. liner Ruys, who

carried out as ordered. an increase of 301 was killed in an explosion on board

Indian Company $1.10 per catty, per cent. Chickens from Kwang-the ship on Saturday, took place at stockbrokers in the City to sell some chowwan are sold at 80 cents per the Colonial Cemetery, Happy Valley, shares and to buy others. They Training Courre-Part IL-The catty. Ducks are quoted at 50 cents.

members of the yesterday.

carried out his instructions, but undermentioned per cafty, an increase of 20 per cent.

to meet his Indian Company will attend Indian The Rev. Charles Strong, Chaplain Mitchell was unable Vegetables from New Territories!

Company Headquarters on Tuesday, Habilites. are sold at about their usual prices to the Missions to Seamen, officiated.

Sergeant O'Sullivan added that and Friday, September 5 and 3 res while those from Kwangtung are The coffin was draped with the Mitchell was educated at Cheltenham pectively, for Part If of Training being soki af 20 per cent, higher. K.P.M. house flag.

College and Bradüeld College. Then Course at 5.30 p.m. sharp: he was employed as a clerk at £2

Meat on the whole is said to be, Capt. Noordenbos of the Ruys was unaffected. The community's demand chief mourner.

for fish remains about the same and

Constables R206 Mchar Bux, R218 per week by a firm of City stock-Buraydat Abbas, 11229 Kurshed Alam, brokers, but was discharged.

1231 Abdul Karim, R251 Mohamed the cheapest kind of fish is sold at i Among those present were Mr. H. in 1930 Mitchell married but he did All, R255 Rahmet Din, 1207 Jamal Din, R272 Nazir Ahmed, R278 Mo- only 25 to 30 cents. per catty as the J. Tadema Wielandt, (representing not live with his wife very long. supply from Macao has not been the Netherlands Consul-General), ktr.]

Witness said that Michell bad hamed Sadiq, R277 Mohamed Aizal, disrupted. Owing to the recent re- vival of Jatanese attacks on fishing A. H. Veltman, Manager of the Java-stated that it was more or less a mar-jund R250 Abdullah Khan. junks ontside British waters fisher-China-Japan Line, and members of rlage of convenience arranged in order to enable his wife to accelerate mrn in Aberdeen and Shaukiwani his staff, Mr. B. J. Israel, Manager an Inheritance of £12,000 and for carried out as ordered. have been discouraged from ventur- of the Nederlandsch Indische Hundels- that service he received. £1,200. ing outside British waters.

banit, and members of his staff, In August, 1037, Mitchell was arrested Mr. J. H. van der Laan, Manager of in Switzerland charged with ultering the Netherlands Trading Society and worthless cheque and on suspicion of members of his staff, and Officers and misappropriating jewellery. some of the crew of the m.v. Ruys.

BORDER

SITUATION

The Military authorities announced yesterday morning that the situation on the border remains quiet.

Pharmacy Record Flawless

PULLMAN, Wash.

P. H. Dirstine, denn of the school

Patrol Duty-Patrol duty will be

Strength. The following members have been takeh on the strength of the Flying Squad, as from September 1, 1930:

Constables R367 Lam Ho-kwan, R369 Chan Wah-kuen, R360 You Chi- cheung and R370 Chan Chun.

Patrol Duty-Patrol duty will be

JEWELS RETURNED The amount of the cheque was pro- Floral tributes were sent by m.v. Ruys: Nederlandsche Handel-Minat-vided by his mother, the jewellery was schppli: Namens Families Camphuis; recovered and he was released. J.C.J.L

Detective Sergeant O'Sullivan added carried out as ordered. Staff, J.CJ.L Konaklyke

that he had known Mitchell for the past Pakelvnart Mautschappij, Paper Co. four years as all associate of undertr Van Reekum (Hongkong) Ltd.; Mrs. able characters, pariicularly of abaro

Emergency Unit Reserve Strength-The following members

Alexander and Mrs. Curie, Mr. B. J. pushers and other people who lived by have been taken on the strength of

Israel and Staff, Ng Chak-wah, and their wil Leung Man-king.

Javanese Fireman Dies

The boiler explosion aboard the

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Be WAR an exantiate of four young the Emergency Unit Reserve, as from men who wore recently at the Old, September 30, 1939: Balloy and was frequenter of doubt ful night clubs and drinking dens

Constables R454 F. A. M. Da Cruz, Every opportunity had been provided 12455 J. M. D'Almada e Castro, R456 of pharmacy at Washington Slate K.P.M. Liner Ruys on Saturday night by his parents to enable him to be A. M. Souza, R457 J. O. Sequeira, College, said that for the 15th conse claimed a second vletim yesterday someone werth while, but he had falled R458 B.. A. Young, and R450, II, J. cutive year every pharmacy graduate when a Javanese fireman, Majong, to take advantage of these opportuni- Smits.

Regarding White, Bergeant O'Sullivan died in the Queen Mary Hospital. The ties.

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Repulse Bay

HOTEL

Pio - Ulski's String

Quintette

During SUNDAY Tiffins

1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

A la Carte & Table d'Hote

Patrol Duty--Patrol duty will be THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD. of the Institution has successfully fourth engineer, Mr. F. C. Camaphuis, passed examinations of the stato board. During that period more than lost his life when he and Malaus said he was regarded by the polics as a carried out as ordered, 400 future pharmacists were were showered with burning oil frum,

examined.

one of the boller furnaces, four

varv sunning person.

White's respectable"

parents

eminently wore

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