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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

November 20, 1939.

CATHEDRAL LETTERS

SANDBAGS

Protection För

Canterbury

Appeal Courts

To the Editor,

"Hongkong Telegraph."

Sir, Will any one please explain

legal

3 MORE SHIPS ARE SUNK

CANTERBURY, Danger of bomb-c technicaltryone knows that Two Neutrals And ing raids has turned twelfth century Sir A. Macgregor is the Chief Justice Canterbury Cathedral Into a busy of Hongkong, and in supposed to be workshop to protect the edifice in the highest authority in Legal Litiga- event of air raids.

A five-ton truck grunts method-

ically through the great west door, dumping loads of earth in front of the pulpit,

tion here.

But in the above are the decision of the Chief Justice was appealed to a Court composed of two Judges who A two-foot gauge rail track mount the Chief Justice. How is that?

are supposed to be junior in rank to td on rough wooden tles winds up

Why should the appellants go down the sanctuary steps, runs through to the Junior Judges for appeal in- the choir and terminates at the highstead of to the Privy Council in Eng-

altor,

Dynamor, humming busily where the Lectern normally stands, send a rall truck grinding through thei church.

Labourers dump the earth, shovel it into sandbags, and send the truck back for more.

Carpenters toll at work benches that formerly were choir stalls.

Sand bags stond in place of the Bishop's throne.

Harassed Cathedral canons watch workmen root out prized, centuries- old ornaments, crate them in boxes and haul them to secret hiding places. A mound of sand bags hides the lomb of Thomann Becket, 'twelfth Century Churchtnan. ·

What few services there are now are held in the dim crypt. The vaulted arches are backed up with double walls of wood Alled loome earth.

land which is the highest Court of Authority for Colonial or Empire Htigation?

PUZZLED.

One British

LONDON, Nov. 19 (Reuter). Just before midnight news was received in London that three more ships had been sunk-Į off the East Coast of the British Isles in circumstances similar to the Simon Bolivar outrage.

Two of thom were neutral ships and one was British.

Italy's First Loss

(The full Court Appeal is the highest authority in litigation here

The Italian steamer Gracis. of even though may be composed of

5,880 tonn, was Italy's first shipping loss of the war. Judges junior to the Chief Justice. There must be two or more judges.)

Swedish Another victim was the

tonk. Ordinarily, the Chief Justice would freighter, Borgholm, of 1,500 have been the presiding judge, but while the British craft WILS 2,000 as the appeal in question was against i tons. his decision he could not possibly sit. Full details of the sinkings are not Should there be an appeal against yet known, and there is no informa- the decision of the Full Court; then tion yet regarding the loss of life. the matter would be referred to the Privy Council.—Ed,).

Revenue of Thrift

Simon Bolivar Casualties

In the meantime it is revealed that only 100 persons are now thought to

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A New Universal Just originally feared. Ume me to spend my spare with

It L. however, revealed that no

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fewer than 44 of the missing pas- Civil Service List for 1930,

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'Blackout' Fatalitics LONDON-Police disclosed to-day that there, were nearly five times us inuy fatalities in London traffic nevidents during the first 10 days of the "blackout" as during the previ aus 10 days.

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Hongkong Stock Exchange Orial Summary Issued Saturday says;.

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I whole-heartedly agree with you that the "Civil Service is overloaded with highly paid offleers and starved of local men on dollar salaries." The next thing that struck me was the

allowances conveyance

liberally granted to the already highly pala] officers.

The victims in hospital in London were visited by the Netherlands Mister to-day.

Lith Steamer Sunk SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

(UP).-- ZEEBRUGGE, Nov. 19 The Lithuanian sierer Taunas

of

I notice that 40 nursing sisters (1,500 tons) which was en route to are allowed 500 ench per annum for England in ballast, was sunk 10-day of the Belgian coast, conveyance allowances. The sisters 60 miles quarters are just a stone's throw believedly by a mhic. from their respective hospitals and!

A fishing boat rescued sixteen quarters, fuel and light should they! besides being provided with "Iree the crew. Three were drowned.

Explosion On Tanker be provided farther with some more SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" of the taxpayers' money?

NEW YORK, Nov. 19; (UP).—An Why is it that the Medical Omeer explosion on board the Standard Oll in charge of one of the three Governanker 3. A. Mowinckel, under ment controlled hospitals is given Panama registry, shattered a plate $360 per annum for conveyance glass window and injured a woman allowance when he works only non Station Island, one mile away, that particular hospital? Why is But none of the crew were injured! also that a Health Officer is allowed

The explosion was due to the de- $120 per annum for conveyunce ol-cidental ignition of fumes while the lowance when Government launches tanks were being cleaned. The deck can take him to any part of the Bar-on the port side of the vessel was bour?

ripped out.

This leads me to ask on what basis) Government agents are investigat are conveyance allowances granted? ing, but sabotage is denied.

It is common knowledge that oflicera provided with conveyance allowances.

Five Men Killed

LONDON, Nov. 20 (Reuter)-Five are also given free use of Governmen were killed in the explosion With petrol at which sank the Italian stcamer $1.00 per gallon a tidy sum of the Grazia.

ment-owned cars.

taxpayers' money must

have

been

The vessel sank in a few minutes, expended not including repairs, Two trawters rescued about 29

chauffeurs' wages, elc.

survivors.

This

prompts me to ask why Government officers should be pro- vided with tax-free petrol. I sup- pose cars owned by Government ser vants are not considered luxuries.

QUIET DAY AT

THE FRONT

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I understand there are in the Medical Department doctors whose

PARIS, Nov. 10 (Reuter) qualifications are not registrable munique issued to day states that it Hongkong nor in any, part

the

British Empire. I'am at a loss why was a quiet day at the front.

There was local artillery action, this should be so when people with however. similar qualifications are not allowed to practise here.

~FACTS ARE FACTS.-----

Disappearing

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LATE NEWS Silk Store Companies

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Operations Resumed

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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" PARIS, Nov, 19 (UP). The enemy's land operations, were sumed to-day, reports from the Western Front state. On the Saar front French machine-gunners drove Back Germon patrols in the East In the Moselle and Pied sectors. Blies region a French patrol repulsed a German attack. Six dead Germans were abandoned,

French headquarters report that

Saturday. This compelled

the

The well-known disappearing the Rhine rose C0 centimetres on trick was worked successfully French as well as the Germans to again, this time on Messrs. evacuate several inundated casc- Wassiamull Assomull and Com- mates on the river's banks. pany, Queen's Road Central, on Saturday.

A man walked into the shop and ordered $80 worth of silk to be de- livered to No. 13 Salkung Road, took delivery of the material from a shop assistant, and disappeared up the slair

Hoth day and night communiques report: "Qutet with local artillery action."

CZECH, POLISH LEADERS MEET

LONDON, Nov, 19 (Reuter),-Dr. Edouard Benes, the former Czech HELSINGFORS, Nov. 10 (UP), Premier, and General Sikorski, the The American Ambassador to Russia, Mr. Laurence Steinhardt arrived from Moscow to-day сп roule to

Stockholm.

Polish Premier, had a long interview

sald

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General Sikorskl afterwards that there was common decision to He denied that his visit has any repair the damage done to political significance.

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