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50 YEARS AGO

Nov. 2, 1849. Lecree, the President of the now Brazilian Republic, proclaim a federal Republle of the United States of Brasil, to which Babin ndheros.

fact

Although Viceroy Chang Chih-tung has been ordered to 'roniove the scone et his activity to another part of this Chinese empire, the following may serve to show that he still retalus an interest in the Kuangtung province, We are rollably informed that a few Ануя дро

an experienced offcor. way deputed by him to go to Kowloon city, opponite this Colony, and report on the feasibility of making it a port of trade which would in timo rival Hongkong. If the

expert's report has proved favourable one, is Excellency intends to memorials the Throno to that offert.

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November 23, 1939.

SEVEN GERMAN PLANES DOWNED IN DOGFIGHT

(Continued from Page 7.)

London Relay of Talls By whom were seriously wounded, from

Dr. Benes and H. G. Wells

5.45 Studio-Children's Hour. 0,45 Closing local Stock Quota tions.

a rubber boat in the North Sea.

For hours this morning the Royal Air Force and anti-aircraft ins played hide and seek with a German raider along the Thames Estuary.

Roof-Tops Chase

0.47 Hawaiian Selections. Fox-Trot-Serenade In The Night, Slippery Fingers (Smieck)....Thos

Crowds in the streets of towns Kealoa Hawaiian Players; Palikko Blues (Traditional), Pau Carnationlong the estuary saw the raider skim

combers (Vocal). (Traditional).....The Tahi Beach- the rooftops with RAF. chasers in

hot pursuit and bursts of shrapnelį dotting the sky. Later guns boomed in south Essex but no planes were seen.

7,0 Dance Music.

7,30 London Relay The Newz. 8.0 Local Time Signal, Wenther Report and Announcements.

8.03 Chausson-Poeme, Op. 23. Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) and Orch. Gearges Entesco. Symphonique de Parte conducted by

8.20 Studio-Concert by Helen

Shaw, at the Piano, Lockhart (Contralto) with È, O'Nell

We believe, however, that owing to the shallowness of a portion of Kow- Toon Bay close to the elty, a report

1, (a) Se Tu M'Ami (Pergolesi); unfavourable to the Viceroy's Achamo (D) The Sandman (Brahms). spill ho made, Go that Kowloon, Helen Lockhart (Contralto). 2, (a) falling yallway connection with Remembrance, (Keel); (b) O. Mez Canton, which I still far distant, from the felda (Hughes)

Helen! will haver he more than it le now Lockhart (Contralto), 3, (h) Rose- u refuge for the fanlar and po-ter sheds, which attract so many mothsary; (b) Valee Coprleceuse (Frank frain Hongkong and aro a place of Bridge from "Three Sketches refuge for the unhonged scoundreliam Piano")... E. O'Neil Shaw (Piano). of this calony And the adjacent 4, (a) The Blind Ploughman (Con- province,

Ingsby-Clarke); (b) O, Pencetul Eng- land (Edward German); (c) There's a Land (Allison)... Helen Lockhart (Contraito).

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25 YEARS ACO

Nov. 23, 1014. The South African rebelHon Kendunity collapsing Frequent war- renders are hoing made, then already Including Awu of De Wet's soon chlef henchmen as well as over half of his command.

and

In consequence of the continueus norlaun depreciation of German cur. reney, the Frankfort Gazette slales that further polleation o! German exchange rates is prohibited. The normal exchange of a 100 muck note is 124 francs now it is only 11 franen.

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8.45 Studio-Education in Hong- kong" A Retrospect,

0.05 Concert Waltzes.

Gipsy Princess-Waltz (Kalman) ... Alfredo & His Orchestra. Danube Waves (Ivanovici); On The Shore... International Dance Orchestra,

9.15. Lendon, Relay-News Sum-

mary.

9.35. London Relay-Foyle's Lit erary Luncheon speeches by Dr. Benes and Mr. If. G. Wells on "The Future of Europe."

A letter to the papers aigued by Mr.

10.30. Allary Band Condert Asquith, Lord Rosebery, Mr. Balfour; with Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone). and others, on behalf of the Central 11.00. London Relay. “Back- Committee of National Patriotic ground to the News.” Opinion, which In distributing iterature to neutral countries on the justice of; the British cause, says:

11.15. Close down.

"Glven steadfast, unwavering fortitude Golf un the part of the whole British people, we believe that victory will be ours. But there must be no weakentag, no wateringe no patcherl un true that will expone our children to revival

of the Gorman mennce,"

10 YEARS AGO

The evacuation

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New Course Opened In Penang

Nov, 23, 1020. of Wuchow by the Cantoneл Lroups wax completed yes- terday and a deputation of the city Tenders have proceeded to inform the

MAKING » 200-yard drive from Kwangsi troups of the fact, and to the first tec, and handing a dollar note request them to take over the city im-to to caddle who picked up and mediately.

Shand. Captain of the Golf Section, brought the ball back, Mr. W. W.

recently opened the new Turf Club Golf Course in Penang.

A circular message issued through the Bureau for Foreign Affairs in Canton to the foreign consule informs them that the West River has been closed to all traffic as from Thursday

November 21.

No vessels will be allowed to pass up further than Sanshul as mines have been laid in the river, and highly charged electric netting has been stretched below the surface.

H..S. Tarantain and II.M.S. Beamew ure remaining in Wuchow to-anfeguard foreign interests: it is also reported that the U.S.S. Mindanao is proceeding) to Wuchow.

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Fears of an early invasion of Canton are strengthened by a report which hos just come to hand to the effect that the Kwangel troops of General Lui: Woon-yin entered Wuchow last night,j and that the General has not new Provincial Government-with-him-; selt at the head of affairs.

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It is further stated that General Lul has declared war against the Centrul Government In Nanking. cotenequence, on Kwangtung.

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5 YEARS AGO

Nov. 23, 1934. Despite for which reduced visibility to a few yards, immenso cheering crowds gathered at Victoria Station und lined the route to Buckingham Palace along which Princess Marina and the Duke of Kent drove on their arrival in London this afternoon. Later, the Duke and Princena drove to York Hou to take len with the Prince of Wales.

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Dollar on Demand: 1 7.

December 17 will see the inauguration of the Singapore-Australia air mail ling, according to advices from reliable local source this morning.

ROYAL GIFT TO Y.W.C.A. WORK

LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter)The King and Queen, and Queen Mary have sent the first donation to the £100,000 appeal launched by the Y.M.C.A. for welfare work among women engaged in National Service. The appeal says that a great deal has to be done for the comfort of thousands of women in the uniformed services alone, and these numbers will soon be increased.

How to Stop Stomach Pain In Five Minutes

course site is a nine-hole course of The Course on the new Race 3,220 yards, and has been planned by Merses, Colt, Alison and Morrison, d., the well-known Golf Architects of Berks, England.

Bogey has been fixed at 37, and the distances and the bogey for each hole are as follow:

Hole

Yards

480

Bogey

5

2

370

4

3

200

3

430

370

420

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170

410

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OUR GUIDE TO THE CINEMAS

plece of foolishness. Eddle Albert, "Brother Rai" (King's): A Boy

drafted from the original stage cust steals the acting honours from Pris

It's

An omeini communique also ad- nounced that the coastal defences drove of a German seaplane ai-; tempting to reach the coast during a tog.

Over The Shotlands"

LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter)-Ger- man bombers flew over the Shet- Jands to-day Anci bombs were dropped,

The air-raid warning was given in une town, and the "All Clear" followed shortly afterwards,

Nazis Admit Loss LONDON, Nov, 22 (Reuter).—The Germans now

officially admit the loss of the Dornier bomber shot down un Tuesday near Deal.

The Admiralty and the Air Ministry confirm that the RA.F. destroyed a Nazi plane which ap- peared over the Thames estuary on Monday and which was driven out to sca.

on

Two German dying ocers and a rating were picked up in the North Sea

Monday by a British destroyer.

This was the only German plane to reach the outskirts of London that day, and so here is obviously no truth in the German allegations that their reconnaissance flights that day had been successful.

Frontier Activity LUXEMBOURG, Nov. 22 (Reuter). There was great acrfol activity an the Luxembourg-German frontier 10- day.

Unsuccessful Raid

LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter)-It is omelally stated that an unsuccessful attack was made by the enemy on shipping in the Shellands area this morning.

The attack was driven off by AA.

Are.

The enemy then attacked with bombs an R.A.F. seaplane lying at ils moorings and set it aftre.

We suffered no casualties.

Pot-Pourri Of Nazi Nows BERLIN, Nov, 12 (Reuter)—The

evacuate further fortifications along that the French have been forced to official.German news agency alleges

the Upper Rhine, due floods.

German plane failed to return from The agency also admits that one

a reconnaissance fight over Scapa Flow to-day.

It also states that German war-: ships sank a number of ships in the North Sca,

Shetland Raids

LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter).-De- talls are now available of the air raid over, Shetlands to-day.

The raiders first appeared over the area_bornbed by the nine.days.be- fore

They met violent anti-aircraft gun fire, turned and circled several times.

Seven hundred school-children were leaving the schools for lunch when the air-raid warning was sounded.

Most of them hurried home, but o number were taken in the school air- rald shelter, where they passed the time singing.

Large crowds calmly watched the German machines as they flew close overhead.

cilla Lane and Wayne Morris. all about Virginis Military Institute, the "West Point of the South,"

"Hotel Imperial" (Oriental): A

Members of the crew of a bombed familiar spy story, with an interlude British seaplane had narrow escapes.

Cossack by the Don Miranda appears as the girl who sets they leaped into the water, a bomb

fell near one of them.

Six Brush airmen were picked up by boats, and the seventh was ashore,

None of them was injured,

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out to avenge the death of her sla-. ter in a. town somewhere on the borders of Russia and Austria during the Great War. Ray Milland and. Reginald Owen also included in the

Germans dropped missiles neur # Before .attacking the seaplane, the

was not hit. small inter-island mali steamer, which

The steamer proceeded voyage.

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"News Is Made at Night" (Majes tic): A newspaper editor and girl reporter and themselves involved in a trail of murder ond blackmati.

Nine Nazis Downed Preston Foster and Lynn Bar are the stars.

LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter). It is "Four Girls in White" (Cathay); now revealed that ninc Dedicated to the nursing profession planes have been shot down, with no German this film tackles a serious subject British and two French losses within effectively despite occasional over the last 48 hours. doses of sentimentality. Florenco Air activity marked the return Rice, Ann Rutherford, Una Merkel, clear weather. Alan Marshal and Kent Taylor in

of

important roles. !

Dry frost has settled down on the northern section of the Western Front| and large-scale operations in the next few days are not a remote possibility. There was intense artillery fire on

Wrong Again Nazi Predictions

Go Astray LIVERPOOL, Nov. 22 (Reu- ter)In a talk before the Liverpool Branch of the Royal Empire Society, Major General Sykes said that as in 1914, If you want an astonishing demon-Germans had predicted in 1999 stration of how quickly and com-that- pletely acute indigestion can be. 1-Brlisin would not come Into the stopped, just tako alevo) teaspoonful war; and

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THE NAZIS

both sides from the Moselle to Vosges False Propaganda

to-day, and patrol activity to the west

of the Saar was considerably in-

creased.

In the Rhino zone, several sections

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BUTLER REVIEWS THE FAR EAST DIFFICULTIES

Shipping Obstacles

LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter)-In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. R. A. Butler, the Under-Secretary for some German troops have been forced-A report was recently publish facilities made available to Third of the front are still under water and LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter). Foreign Affairs, Hold that whartage to move from the west wall positions.ed in American newspapers that Power shipping at Tsingtao continue

Night-Raid Over Essax British warships were sighted

to be inadequate.

At Cheloo, In the Atlantic and that Canada brought to bear on Chinese merchants. pressure has been LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter)- Anti-aircraft guns opened are on the was preparing to build ships to ship by other than Britian vessels, Essex const. late to-day and at one

Thereupon, the Germans falsely but the situation, according to reliable above the clouds was heard. point intenzivo machine-gun Are represented the "New York Times" na unofficial reports, is now stated to be

saying that ILM.S. Hood, H.M.S. somewhat easier, of Bisurated Magnesla in water- 2-If she did, the Empire would stated that the air raid whrning was

An Air Ministry announcement taken repair in Canada, where they Renown and HMS. Repulse had four tablets are equally effective. I zo to pieces. have found

At Tientsin, British shipping has that the

sounded in the district of Essex

were safe from moment On both occasions, they were shortly before 9 p.m. and the all-

enemy attack. 'Bisurated'

been subjected to certain delays Magnesia reaches the mistaken, miscalculating the spirit clear was given half an hour later.

Hero's The Answer

Jowing to the examination imposed by. atomach you feel the pain abate; and strength of the British Common-

In fact, air raids on warships are the Japanese military authorities as flatulence is relieved, heartburn and wealth of peoples!

A later Air Ministry announcement totally ineffective. Only the antl part of the blockade of the conces sourness pass off, the feelings of We are facing the greatest ordeal the south-east coast, Anti-aircraft ficlal damage compared with the 17

stated that enemy aircraft approached quated Iron Duke suffered super-sions, weight and oppression are lifted, and in this hour of history, but our cose guns.opened fire and R.A.F. fighters ralding planes destroyed in five minutes the pain, has dopis overwhelming General Sykes were sent to intercept the raiders,

In South China, certain porta, peared. You can get Bleurated said....

at Foochow and Wenchow, have been Magnesia from all Chemists and He added that Britain, France and at sen by anti-aircraft fire, and a support imaginary news in an attempt are in. Japanese hands, temporary were blocked by mines, whilst at others, aliogations One enemy aircraft was shot down fabrications of neutral ovidence to including Canton and Swatow, which Stores. I advise you to get some nud. the Dominions were fighting for second enemy aircraft was engaged to bolster up the morale of the home arrangements have been made for try it after your next meal

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and driven oft by the aghters.

front, says a special commentary,periodical visits by British warships.

The

German

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Tientsin Restrictions

such