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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 8, 1939.

DONALD DUCK

By Walt Disney

DOGGONE IT, HOW AM I GONNA GET HIM HOME?

HE'S YOURS NOW, CHUM-

YOU DOPE

IT OUT!

Cope 1999, Wak Fogy tha to mạc

WEEKLY CAVALRY HONOURED

TRAFFIC TOLL

of

During the week ending on Satur- day, there were in Hongkong 77 traffic accidents, as the result which a man was killed and 30 people Injured. The man killed, Chinese aged about 35, was knocked; down by the carriageway carelessly.

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bus while he was crossing

car-

FOR BRAVE FIGHT

From DAVID SCOTT

FRANCE.

TO-DAY, for the first time in this war, I saw a scene that is enacted in all wars after battle, and never fails to produce a curious conflict of impressions, brave and sad.

TRAINS

CRASH!

CUBAN DICTATOR

Now A Candidate For Prosidency

Ïinvanu, Dec. 6.

Colonel Batista has retired to pri- vate fe after six years as Chief of Staff of the Constitutional Army.

It was £ review, by the A trick of the Nazi propagandists

In his farewell speech to the armed General Commanding a group has been an attempt to create alarm

forces, Colonel Batista announced his the Presidency and of armies, of a regiment that among Aisation refugees.

Most of there have been sent to candidacy for Of those injured, 10 were pedes had distinguished itself in ac-South-West France, and Nazi agents referred to the Army's "blessed con- trians, who were crossing the

in this area instructive revolution." He appealed riageway carelessly und were struck tlon and was now going to the have spread tracts

riders rour.

which the Alsations are told that the to the civil and milltary forces to up- by. vehicles. Two bicycle were injured as the result of coll-

rantee a fair Presidential election. The four squadrons of the regi-homes they have abandoned have hold the electoral code and to gua- sions between vehicles. A privatement were there. On the right or been looted by the French troops. car driver and a motor cyclist were the line was the light artillery-anti-that the French

It was partly to scotch these lles "I hope to triumph, but I do not Army authorities want to be elected if the election is injured when their vehicles ran off tank guns drawn by horses, and invited British Journalists on the bad for Cuba," he declared. the rond. Two lorry passengers and inchine-guns tonded оп pack French front to Strasbourg to see for twa tram passengers were injured on falling off moving lorries and moving trams respectively. Three tram pos- sengers and three bus passengers were injured while alighting from moving trams and moving buses res- pectively.

Of 77 accidents 39 were collisions between vehicles; 41 were collisions between vehiclen und pedestrians; seven accidents were due to other causes.

Dance at I.R.C.

The Indian Recreation Club wili hold their first dance of the winter p.m. nt Sookunpoo to-morrow at 9 The Francis Cameiro band has been engaged

Prizes will be awarded for the most original fancy dress and also for spot

dances.

Admission is 12 for men and $1.50 for ladies.

animals.

themselves how they are taking care In Army's Case

In the centre was the "damme," of it. white horses's fall tled to a lance- head, which follows the Commander at the Regiment, and can be seen from far off.

The soldiers gave him an ovallon and carried him on their shoulders to the Officers' Club where a banquet was heid, after which he retired to Perhaps for the first time in bls-his surburbun home at Miramur. lory town of 200,000 inhabitants has been taken over by the Army,

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Colonel Jose Pedraza Cabrera was

Troops carried 1 small crepe streamer for the regiment's dead. and is now under Its care. Essential sworn in to succeed Colonel Batista.

On the left of the tine were the municipal services, such as street-United Press. Regimental Colour, and the mounted cleaning, sanitation, and the little trumpeters. Faces of the inen, under lighting still allowed, are provided close-fliting steel helmets were by the Army. Strasbourg is a very sombre for the most part-marked | clean town. with grim memories, yet touched with pride.

They Rode Proudly This was an entirely equestrian cavalry regiment, and it has great tradition.

So the men rode pust proudly, in spite of spongy soll, and six weeks fighting.

The officers hardly needed the little tecture which the General added to the congratulatious of the High Command,

HAW PAR AMBULANCE

During November the Haw Par Accident Station trented 833 cases, including the Outpatients' Depart ment. These comprised 25 accident cases, BD sick patients and 719 out- patients Seven people were dead on arrival.

Of the outpatients, 310 were child- ren under the age of len years.

Colonel Batiala is turnous as the power behind Cuba; he has made two Presidents and unmade three since 1933 when he came into the open as the head of the Sergeant's Rebellion. It took an all night session of all the officers of the army to persuade Batista to become a colonel after this successful revolt which he carried through as a sergeant. Colonel Batista established good relations with Mr. Sumner Wells when he was American Ambassador to Cuba and last year he was received by President Roose- velt with whom he is credited to have agrx on close milliary relations. between Cuba and the United States.

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BRITISH OFFICERS WEAR Z20

-War-Time-Colour- Standards for Uniforms

SEALED specimens of the correct shades of Army khaki, Air Force blue, and Admiralty blue have been sent by the War Office, Air Ministry and Ad- miralty to the British Colour

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, photographed recently at

Council for official registration South Hartfield House. The house is shown in smaller picture.

in their Dictionary of Colour The Duke has since gone to Franco. Standards, which is the rc-

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These officially-approved shades are being copied on colour charts and sent to textile and dyestuff manufacturers and large and small

¡BOUND FOR AMERICA

Day of Thanksgiving For German-Jewish Emigres

End of Congress

Bombay, Dec. 7. President Jinnah, Dr.

Stowaway on U.S. Ship

Shanghal, Dec. 7. of the

Two German 18-year-old Jewish tailoring concerns all over Britain Muslim League, has instructed Mus- emigres who attempted to stow away lims throughout India to observe nboard the President Talt yesterday Jand the Empire.

December 22 as a day of deliverance were discovered en, the promenade

Low minutes after the President Tuft

This will eliminate the enormous and thanksgiving that the Congress deck nonchalantly walking about a waste in materials, dyes and money Governments censed to function which necurred in the fast war, when He urged the League to hold meet-had cast off. ・・・ in the absence of colour standardisa-ings on that day to pass rezolutions tlon many uniforms were returned that the

A tender picked up the stowaAWAYE. Congress Ministries had and turned them over to the French

the rights of Follee.

The youths will be tried to-morrow as useless simply because they were folled to safeguard not uniform in colour," said an Musilms and fouted their opinions,

and that the Provincial Governors in the Chinese Court, but as it has official of the Council.

should. Institute inquiries Into the no Inw against stowlog away It is wrongs done to the Muslims by the probable that the offenders cannot be autgoing Ministries.-Router Special, punished-United Press.

"In 1914 there were, for example, some 20 different shades of military khaki. Now only two are in general use, and we have registered them as Z20 for officers dress and Z21 for other ranks."

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