1939-10-10 — Page 9

NANCY

HE'S NEW AROUND HERE--- HIS NAME

IS WINDY" NO MATTER WHAT YOU TELL HIM, HE KNOWS SOMETHIN'

BETTER!

OH ONE OF DEM GUYS, EH--

GUESS I'LL

HAVE A LITTLE CHAT WID)

HIM!

Tuesday,

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FIELD

OH, IT'S ALL RIGHT-- BUT WE HAD A BETTER ONE WHERE I USED

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RELIEF IN CHINA

Exhibition of Chinese Paintings in America

Shanghal, Oct. 8.

MG Anne Hai, daughter of Hal: Te-mou, General Manager of the Bank of Chine, now du route to New York where Mrs. Theodore Koosevelt

olier prominent Americans are arranging for the cx= < hibition of her paintings for the benefit of Chinese relief funds.

and

Miss Hsi is accompanied by her younger sisler, Maying, who spent a year in Boston as a student in the New England conservatory of Music.

Miss Hai's more than 100 paintings | are mostly water colours in classical Chinese style, which she has studied since childhood under one of the foremost modem mastera,

Miss Hsl in an unusually attractive young woman. She and her sister are among Hongkong's most popular Chinese debutantes. They had stay- ed in Shanghal until the war forced their family to move to Hongkong.

Some of her works are examples of the difficult use of Anely powder- ed coloured stone applied with glue lo painted background to reproduce auch delicate colours as flower petals.

seen in

TYPHOON THREAT

The typhoon threat to the Colony, definitely passed last night, accord- Ing to the Observatory.

UFS

Paying a visit to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, recently President Albert Lebrun of France was graciously greeted by Grand Duchess Charlotte, ruler of the Hille country. Mine. Lebrun accompanied him,

FAILED TO RETURN Seamen Delay Sailing of Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Two

AMERICAN SEAMAN LOST

Shanghai, Oct, 0, A brief message received in Shang- bal states that an American scaman (torpedo man) of the United States destroyer Pearly was lost overboard British seamen, Thomas while the ship was ploughing through Henry, Berry, 21, carpenter, and very rough weather en route At 3 pm. yesterday the typhoon | Alexander Minnis, 35, donkeymun, Shunghai to Manila. No details are from was situated at latitude 21, longitude were sentenced to 14 days' imprison- available.--Reuter. 119, going north-west and threaten-ment by Commander G. F. Hole at ing the coast between Swatow and the Marine Court yesterday for miss was held up for more than 15 hours Amoy.

ing their ship, the EF.A. War waiting for the return of some mem- The No. 1 signal which was hoisted Biintata. Berry's excuse was that he bers of the crew, but the defendants yesterday afternoon was still up at had too much drink and was unable failed to midnight but the typhoon was then to return

appear. They had been to his ship on Saturday transferred to that vessel from the 359 miles from the Colony and near-morning.

War Sirdar which was paid off on In the coast.

It was stated that the War Bharata Thursday.

Exhibition

OF A SELECTION OF THE ENTRIES IN THE NINTH ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION CONDUCTED BY

"The Hongkong Telegraph'

TO-DAY TO THURSDAY

9-30 a.m.

5-30 p.m.

Morning Post Building

TAKE LIFT TO TOP

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†

A Look Through The "Telegraph"

· 50 YEARS AGO

Ort. 10. 1889.

The experience of the Electele Light

Gave Life To Poland

At 10

Committee in Leeds has been that incan. IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI,

descent lampa hecome usoless after a

life of 800 to 900 hours, though the the patriot and pianist who Blasients have a nominal life of 1,000, made modern Poland, first de- cided to give his life to his coan-

hours.

It is now alleged in England against try when he was ten, he revealed Zola's works that they familiarize the recently.

drmocracy arlstocracy.

crimes with the

of the

in defence of the fashion of flirting with grooms, English society girls urge that they are impelled to this course by the shameless manner in which the Married

women mop up the young

en".

While the Germans are pounding away at the capital of Paderewski's beloved Poland, his memoirs are pub- led telling how his patriotle am- btions began in a boyhood dream to build a monument to the famous Polish victory over the Germans at Grundwald in 1410,

about the

Greater advance seems to have brou mnde in Rapala in the displacement of He tells how, when he was ten, he wood and coal as fuel than in almost read for the first time any other part of the world. Nephtha battle of Grunwald-"a crashing vic- dregs are used everywhere,. and the railroads and manufactories

for have! tary

my country over the adopted the new fuel to the exclusion Teulonte knights who were

then

of the usual articles, it is fully 35 robbing Poland of her most cherished per cent. cheaper than alther wood or

coal occupies much less space in store possession, access to the sea. nge, and can be handled more readily.. "My response to that historical Its uses have already lecome cotamon account was so tremendous that I for domestle purposen, and le la rapidly said to myself then: How happy 1 supplanting all other means of furnish-would be if I could make a tribute the heat.

to that splendid victory-if I could live long enough and become rich and powerful enough to celebrate the 500th anniversary of that glorious battle by a monument those great patriots.'

25 YEARS AGO

Oct. 10, 1914.

The War Office has accepted the afferi hundred and ten men for service at the of a Shanghai British Contingent of

front. All the men have had milliney training and can ride as well as shook. The British community is paying the

pages of the men, who are sailing at the earliest possible moment.

China Const Gaelic,

Mr. C. W. Crum, second oficer, lisin Peking, has resigned. 1.

Mr.

erected to

BUILT IN 1910

became the dream and my life.

"From that childish moment it It never left my heart and conscious- news. And in 1910 I accomplished it.'

To-day at the age of 79, Paderew- ski, now i in Switzerland, again sees his countrymen defending their W. 1. Roberts, chief oficer. right to an outlet to the sea.

Ningpo, is on leave,

And in Cracow, where Paderewski MIT. G. Hawkins. 'chlet officor, Kashing, has gone chief officer, Ningpo, built his monument, German troops

ince in occupation,

Polish

Mr. A. Herd, second ofter, Poyang, Paderewski from 1918 to 1919 led han one neting ehlet officer, Kashing.

Mr. J. W. Goodrick, second officer, in organising the

Republic, Foochow, has gone accond fear Pond became her Premier in 1919. He resigned in 1021 and left Poland. He was a member of the Paris Mr. J. Williams, from reserve, has] Pence Conference and won, for Po- Kone chief engineer Kashing.

yang

land her Versailles concession. Mr. G. Hutcheson, chief engineer Though he has rarely been. In his Paderewski is a practical patriot. Kushing is transferred to Hongkong.

country since 1021, he contributes Aft. R. H. Brown, supernumerary, monthly to Poland's defence loan Hein-Peking has gone second-engineer, and will continue to do so. Liangchow

Mr. W, G. Ramisoy, second engineer Llangehow, has gone second engineer, Szechuan.

turn to Polish politics, but

Two years ago he decided to re- Illness prevented him.

Mr. H. M. Rogers, supernumerary, bas Райстечакі has written the gone recent engineer Foschow,

memoirs in conjunction with Mary

Captain Lavor, of the Kanchow, has Lawion (Collins, 11a,). gone master, Kalcan, Captain D. R. Davies, of the Kalgan, has gens master,, Konchow,

10 YEARS AGO,

were

Gel, 10, 1020. The Best broadcasting experiments in Hongkong were carried out about eight years ago when transmissions made between the Hongkong Hotel and; the Hongkong Telegraph office, then in Ica llaure Street.

|PAPERS CONFISCATED But "Suppression" Proves Admirable Publicity

Shanghai, Oct. 9.

A gang of apparently pro-Japanese of the podiums started a lightning raid on Later came the formation Hongkong Radle Society in 1923 and newsboys who were about to start credit for much of the early work goes delivering 10,000 copies of the Chi- to Mesare. C. D. Melbourne, W. E. Or- nese-Amerleun Daily News which ap- chard G. Taylor and D. Tollan, who peared to-day after three weeks' were officers of the Society during its suspension ordered by the Municipal career. In 1923 also test transmissions Council for allegedly violent anti- were carried out by a private company Wang Ching-wei articles. The which broadcast grand opera excerptsl

hoodlums grabbed the from the Star Theatre, The following, years a little progress but various escaped, Jemonstrations were given.

In 1020, the Radio Society embarked The paper WAB

papers and

the target for

couple

on a more ambitious programma of test large-scale terrorist attack on the concerts with the object of providing Shanghai's "Fleet Street" a radio entertainment for members and of months ago when an American, showing that there was scope for a Captain Albert "Tug" Wilson, was broadcasting association. A number of among those killed by flying bullets. concerts were organized in the hope. that sufficient Interest would be aroused The publishers of the paper yes- to warrant the Institution of a broad- terday Informed the Police, wno casting service by others whose sole storied the newsboys who peacefully was loma Umited than the Bociety, sold the papers like hot cakes. When 1027, the transmittar used for those the news of the legal confiscation concerts was taken avar by the Y.M.C.A spread, the Chinese throughout the Entertainment for the increased garri.

son was abandoned owing to a reduction City sought coples which later sold of the number of troops here. Broad-as high as 11 cents. Instead of the casting by the Government started in usual three vents-United Press,

IDZJ.

5 YEARS AGO

Marseilles, Del. 10.-1934. King Alexandor of Yugo-Blavio bas shots from the gun of the regleide enrtally wounded out Bartho French Foreign, Minister, who rode the King's side. Europe is shocked by the tragedy and in America the simi- Jarly between this and the affair at Saravejo in 1914, which caused World Wor has caused some apprehensive-

The rain

Yugo-Slavian| exile, and was stalled by at least one accomplice. The real murderer" was killed by polles sabres and his cam- panion was arrested.

been seanssinated in Marseilles. Two

пеле.

WAR

Kruidos the King and M. Darthau, four others word" killed, They Aro General George, a French officer, at- teched to King Älaxender's staff: -Count Alexander Dimitrie Jevilch, Court Mar- sheil end the King's Replʼn MI"tary Alle. One policeman was also stain.

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