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NOTICE

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Tribe Raise War Fund

CAPETOWN.

A MEETING of the Bakgalla tribe in Bechuanaland has de- cided that each initiated member should contribute Ave shillings to the Bechuana War Fund,. "to assist the King in his struggle against Germany.”—Exchange,

Bomb Dropped on Ship:

January 17; 1940.

Envelope Should Have Read: Rear Admiral

NAVAL HERO'S SON WROTE TOO SOON

A WAKENED by his headmaster at a Sussex school,

a sleepy-eyed boy learned that his father was to be

It Failed To Go Off knighted and had been promoted to the rank of rear-

IN a north-east coast port, fifty-four-year-oldl Captain Thomas Rooney and his crew of seven sat drinking tea and congratulating themselves on their escape from two Nazi air raiders who sank their ship, the 487-ton Serenity.

Captain Rooney said: "The ********** Jerries are washouts us marks- men. They put it lot more bullets and bombs into the sen than they put into the boat.”

Out of about twenty-five

As from to-day, botiles bearing the trademark of 3.B." and the bombs, they hit the ship with name "Hongkong Brewery & Dis-three. tillery Ltd.," will be redeemed

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mails are losed 15 minutes earlier than theat:-

me given below unless otherwise sinted, and where mails are advertin-

ed to close at or beforo a.m, regia- tered and parcel malls are closed al 5 pm on the previous day.

When made me iverlised to close after 5 p.m, Registered and

are closed at 5 p.at.

Parcel

malis

INWARD MAILS Ale Mall by "Air France Direct Ser- vice"-Paris date, 16th January,

Jan. 17. Jan. 17

Caleuth nd Struks

Canton..

Haiphong

Japon

Japan and Shonnghai

Straits

Australia and Manila

Canton

Haiphong Shangland

Shanghal and Ainoy

Straits and Salgon

Air

"QUARTS"

"PINTS"

cents each

4 cents each

the

The planes circled over Serenity, then dived. Machine-gun bullets went through the engine- room skylight, sputtering on the flour round chief engineer W. Daw- so11,

The bridge was the main target, Hongkong, 15th. January, 1940..however, and Captain Itooney was forced to leave as shots splintered the wheel-house,

FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

What to do to help a child

Anyone knowing of a child who Jan. has been assaulted, neglected, or

17. Jan, 17.

#1-treated in a nanner likely to Jan. 17. cause unnecessary suffering or injury Jan. 17. to health, or knowing of п parent Jun. 18. who is seeking advice on any matter Jon. 18. concerning a child, would be doing Jan. no act of kindness by communicatug

10. Jan. 10. at once with- .Juta, 18.

The Hon. General Secretary, Jan. 1.K.S.P.C., Old City Hall.

The Inspector, 49, Pokfulam Road. Ist flour.

U.S.A., Honolulu and Japan (San Francisco date, 23rd December

1930).

....Jan. 10.

The Inspector, 15, Star St., Wanchai, "Inierial Mall by

Airwayn Direct Service" London date, 10th) The Inspector, 12, Sat Yeung Chol

Jan. 19. January

10. St., Kowloon. Canton

Jan. 19.

The Inspector, 52, Argyle St, Sondakan

dan. 10. Kowloon. Bangkok, Saugum and Tourane Jan, 19.

All further steps will be taken, and Europe via Suez and Straits-(Lon-expenses borne, by the Society.

The Informant's name will be don date, 2nd Dec. 1939), . .Jan. 19. *Haiphong, Hothow and Fort, yurd kept strictly private, except in cases

Jan. 20, where malice is proved. Shunghat

.Jan. 20. Shonghot, Amoy and Swatow

Jan, 20. Jan. 20, Straitu Air Mail by Pan American Air- ways Direct Servier”-San Franels- eo date, 13th January ...Jan. 21. Air Mail by "Imperial Aleways Direct Service-London date, 13th Jan.

Jan. 21.

STOCK MARKET REPORT:

Hongkong Stock Exchange Oriol Calcutta, Stralls and Salgon Jan. 21. Suminary issued yesterday says:.

Japan

Shonghat

Shanghai and Amoy Halplong and Hoihow Haiphon und Hollow

Java and Manila Shanghui

OUTWARD -MAILS- Wednesday, Jan. 17

Fort Bayord

Maalla

Jan.

on

21. To-day's trading has been a Jan. 21. larger scale than that of yesterday, Jan. 21. Sales reported suggest an incipient Jan. 22, demand which may easily bronden. .Jan. 23. .Jan. 23.1 Jan. 23.

.1.30 p.m.

.1.30 p.m.

Air Mall for Indo-China, Iran,, and France (Paris and Northern Pro- vinces only) by the "Air France Airways Direct Service"-dus Parts 25th January.

J

Straits

Rez., Ord.,

Reg Ord...

K. P. O.

........... Jan. 17, 5,00 p.m. Jan. 17, 5.30 p.m.

G. F. O,

..Jan, 17, 5,00 p.m. ...Jan. 17. 7.00 p.m. ...7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18

Canton Amoy and Shanghai Japan

Sandakan Calcutta

Parcels

Ord..

Saigon

Haiphong

Friday, Jan. 19

7.15 a.. 2.30 p.m. .7.00 p.n.

8.30 3.m.

Jan. 19, 5 p.m. .Jan, 20, 8.30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20

H.K. Bank

Buycra

Union Insurances

Wharves Docks

.$1,340 $460 $102

$21.40

Providents

$4.70

Humphreys

50%

Realties

$4.60

Yaumati Ferries

$24

China Lights (New)

$4%

Electrics

.$55

Maruo Electries

$184

Sandakan Lights

Cements

Dairy Farms (New)

Watsons

.S18.85 $21% $9.15

Entertainments Vibro Piling

ST

SO

Sellers

H.K. Bank Wharves Providents Hotels

.$1,370 ..3104

..$4.75

.$54

Sales

.$1,385

$180 .$2112

11.K. Bank Fire Insurances Docks .10.30 a.m.

Providents

Shanglini and Japan Straits, Ceylon, India, East

.2 p.m. .3.30 p.m. Africa,

Aden, Egypt, Malta ond Europe vin Suez and London Parcels-que London 3rd March,

Parcels,

Reg

Ord

G.P.O, and K.P.O.

Air Malt for

Jan. 20, 3 p.m. Jan. 20, 5 p.m. .Jan. 20, 6.30 p.. "Imperial Airways

Direct Service”—due London 28th

Jasivary.

Re

GP.O. & K.P.O.

..Jan. 20, B p.m. Ord.,

Jan. 20, 5.30 p.m. Amoy

.5.30 p.m. South Africa via Durunu.5.30 p.m. Air Mall for Manlia, Guam, Honolulu and U. S. A., by the “Pan American Airways Direct Bervice”—due,Ban Francisco, 28th. Jan.

Reg.

Ord,

*Flex.

Ord.

K.1.0.

.Jan. 20, 3.00 p.m. Jan, 20, 5.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

Jan, 20, 5.00 p.m.

Jan, 22, 7.30 am. Sunday, Jan. 21

Forl Bayard and Holhow.....0 a.m.

Shanghai.......... .9 a.m. Swalow, and Parcela only for Tien-

tain

....10a.m.

Monday, Jan. 22

Tourane and Saigon

Haiphong

Canton

.8.30 4.m. .i. p.m. .7.p.m Tuesday, Jan. 23 Shanghai,

.2.30 p.m. Manila, Straits, Ceylon, India, 'East | Chad South “Africa, “Egypt and Europe vin, Naples-due Naples, 10th February

Reg

Q.F.0, and K.F.O.

Hotels Tramways

Electrics

Macno Electrics

Cements

Watsons Constructions (Old)

ILK. Govt. 4% Loan

.$434/.70 .$53%

$17.00 .$55 .$1.10/18

$18.85/10/

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Jan. 23, 2.40 p.m.

Jan. 23, 3.30 p.m.

Henry Burlord, of King's Lynn, was at the wheel, but he did not leave his post until the captain or- dered the crew to the boats.

admiral.

The boy reflected for a moment. Then he said: "How sick father will be! I wrote a letter to him. to-day and addressed him as commodore."

was smiling

As he turned over and closed his eyes he happily.

The boy was Cyprian, 13-year-old son of Rear-Admiral Henry Harwood, who has been honoured by the King for his

British

Guns Fire As "gallant and successful action" with three

Band Plays

WIDLE guns went off at one East Coast town visited by Nazi air raiders, a band on the pro- menade continued to play a Christ- mas carol. the first few lines of which are:

As they swung the lifebont out. . n bomb hinced of the stern. failed to explode.

As the new pulled away other bombs fell. Most of them were wide!

of the ship.

The Serenity crew were rowing for several hours before being picked up. Their distress signals were scen nt a lifebout station.

the

Mrs.

ships."

Humber Raided

Hark! the herald angels ang Glory to the new-born King: Peace on cartla smi ETCY

mtid,

God and sinners reconciled. Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join

the triumph of The akica....

"Gullivers Travels

On Screen

troubles

against the Graf Spee.

Rear-Admiral Harwood heard the news by wireless as he paced the bridge of the cruiser Ajnx, waiting of Montevideo for The German pocket battleship to come out and tight again.

His knighthead is the first of thin war. He becomes a Knight Com- mander of live Order of the Bath,

Parry (H.M.S. Captains W. E. Achilles), C. H. L.. Woodhouse and F. S. Bell (H.ALS. Ajax) (H.M.S. Exeter) are matic cum- panions of the same ur fer.

Congratulations descenttext in shoal on Mrs. Joan Harwood, wife of the new rear-admiral,

To every message she returned the reply: "There is only one message I have, and it is this: I am

sume

very

at

proud that the King has honoured my husband.""

Mrs. Harwood was Miss Joan Chard before her marriage in 1924.

She said she was sure her hus- band would not approve the publicity which had attended his leat,

"He would.put it that he was only doing his duty" she said, and added. "I only hope that the rest of the en-

cruisers

Line

Siegfried

Soliloquy

Why must I stand in this death-

swept trench,

Fear...and nolae...and

·

.and stench.

horror

My spirit and sout exhausted? Why must I face the suffering, the

fright

My father faced in the Kaiser's

Bght.

Unit he fell exhausted?

WHY? Mu Fuehrer, my leader,

has ordered it so,

Mine but to do, to die; just to

know

HIS PATIENCE IS EXHAUSTED.

LUMBERMEN LOVE

OUR

JAM, HATE OUR DAMP COLD

Lumberland.

BIG, blue-eyed Peter, handsome, like a great boy who had never grown up, sat down on a log to-day sharpening

a bow saw as he told me his ideas about England, says a correspondent.

HAZARDS

We were 1,000 feet up in a pinewood forest, just below the Scottish border, and Peter is one of the 300 Newfoundland Inds who have come over to cut

ragement with the Graf Spee will OF WINTER timber and help win the war.

turn out as well."

Besides

There is another Cyprian. He is Stephen, aged seven. Both boys have made up their minds to follow father's footsteps in the

Navy.

THAT'S ALL

MR. A. C. SARRE gives public notice to people who have been illegally pleking tomatoes ni Deloraine, St. Baviour, Jersey, that he will be shooting rabbits there every night from now on.

That's all.

TRAGIC LOSS OF THREE BRITISH SUBMARINES

FROM PAGE ONE

FLYING

How R.A.F. Combats Natural Enemy

"Fishing in summer, logging in winter is what most of us do along the shores of Now- foundland," he said. What Bur- prises me most is how cold it is

here.

"We all feel It badly though we The difficulties of winter fly-have been used to 20 degrees of trust. ing round the coasts of the But that is not cold. It is just dead dry. Here it is damp, which makes British Isles are exemplified by it cold. That is why you see us all the following account of a patrol mufled up in woollens. by n Royal Air Force Constul Command aircraft.

Big Appetites "Since we have got on the job at

Hundreds of people on the sea- front raw the shipping attacked by an enemy bomber in the Humber

HOLLYWOOD (UP)-Dave district. They saw guns open, e on the raider, saw it chased by de-fluischer, the movie producer fending aircraft. One witness said who dares not look the Cali he saw u uchinc come down ap-fornia Chamber of Commerce in purently out of control.

Mrs. P. Wilson said she saw several the face, came out from his planes dying ins and out of the clouds, Miami, Florida headquarters to Then she saw a black machine dy-put the finishing touches on ing just under the clouds and making America's second full-length up river,

cartoon movie. Two tremendous reparts were fol lowed.

by ashes of flame and great Walt Disney's "Snow White" was splashes in the direction of the ships. the Best. The Fleischer brothers' The plane disappeared, then re- "Gulliver's Travels" is number two. appeared after a few moments Disney is

hard од working heading for the sea pursued by fighter "Pinnochio" as number

Two junior oMeers at a station in comp we have had no food. They three and

the far North were detalled for a re- say we have got big appetites. Per- planes.

several other cartoon factories also

connaissary fight, one to pilot, the haps we have. The best thing in Wilson added: "I think all are busy on similar productions.

up England is jam. We help ourselves explosions were clear of the

other to navigate. They were We would not be surprised if the

before dawn and were driven to the to that." aircraft through sleet and a driving The camp manager told me

be had Mr. II. Teogood, who was on the birds and beasts of the cartoon fea-

wind. Their lorry become bogged in never met such Jam eaters. promenade, saw one of the machines were competing soon with the Gables and the Crawfords. But that

the mud, but they pushed it out and

Captain Jack Turner, the Colonial fall at great speed, leaving a trail of smoke.

Government forestry officer, who is It looked to be out of has nothing to do with Fleischer and

went on. ble

in charge of the men, is very proud control.

with the Californin

Joined by a wireless operator, they of his contingent. For the

ilme, sccond

R.A.F.boosters

The three vessels cast approximate-climbed into their aircraft and took "Prettiest bunch of boys that ever "blockade" planes bombed German

Cost $1,500,000

off in the grey light against the gale. came over from your oldest colony to ly £225,000 each. mine-sowing planes that were walt-

Out at sea weather conditions were the motherland," was his comment. The only other British submarine ing to leave their bases-in-the-Frisian brother Max, and nearly

Prothe past 18 monik hit his ost during this war-was- H.M.Sworso-The-aircraft-was-alternately Most-of-these-lads come from

Australian prished up from below, like ping furnilles that settled out there 200 ployees have been busy in their Miami Oxley, formerly of the The first time bombs were dropped studios, putting Gulliver's adventures Navy, which blew up.

pong ball on a fountain and forced years ago, by the "accurity patrol".

downwards on celluloid. This has cost them

so suddenly that the Whon dusk fails, and the axes no The official German news agency $1,500,000 so far and has gained them

Nazis Claim To Have

navigater would rise from his seat longer ring across the hills the men dismiss the bombing by saying: "150- great favour with the

Destroyed Two

into the air, hang polsed for a mo-got back by lorry to their camp-19 citizens of [lated enemy aircraft reached

the Florida.

miles from nowhere and make their Heligoland Bight last night in com-

LONDON, Jan. 10 (Reuter).-The ment, and then drop baelt with

own evening entertainment, plete darkness, but only managed to

Admiralty announces that during the crash. Fleischer blushed when asked point-past week three British submarines

These young giants, partnering drop a few bombs in.o the sea far blank why he did not make his movies did not return to their bases, nor tore him were leaping up as if they quadrilles, whizzed

His instruments on the lable beach other in the lancers and outside the aren of the German in Hollywood. He looked carefully to have they reported.

unother right and left to see whether any

were the subjects of levitation.

a hundred admirers round, while Actually Britain is now running Botive sons were present, and sald: carded as lost.

It is feared that they must be re- The pilot was held in his seat only clapped. "We used to make our pictures in

by his safety strap, but he was some- They were the Seahorse, Undine times jerked against it so violently many's northern seaplane bases. New York. But we got too crowded and Starfish.

that he was almost "winded." dawn, and we started looking around for All the three submarines, says the wireless operator was also suffering far larger quarters. Florida offered us Admiralty communique, were "en- from the further handicap of auf

land tax free for the next 20 years gaged on particularly hazardous ser- sickness. If we would build our plant there.

vice." We did not notice any

One enormous just threw the air- such offers The loss of two of the mentioned craft almost on its back. Salt from NEW YORK, Jan, 16 (Reuter).— from California, so we chose Miami, submarines is referred to in a Ger- the white foam rising from the sea It is learned that negotiations

"We are glad we did. Living con-

man High Command communique, was whipped 1000 ft into the air, and progressing between Britals and the ditions are ideal, prices are not too which says that they were destroyed crusted the windows of the aircraft Brewster Aeronautical Corporation high and our whole staff is enjoying by "German defence measures in anill it was dimeult to see through for an $8,000,000 order of pursuit life in Miami."

Heligoland Bight and that part of them.

planes. When a man like Fleischer makes the crew were saved.

The flerceness of the gate can be These are the first British sub-estimated by the fact that on the first a cartoon and sells it for nation!marines to have been sunk by enemy "leg" of the patrol, against the wind, distribution, that, surprisingly, is only the beginning of his business.

Paramount will put Gulliver thentres all over the Innd-and some. 300 concerns will put him in other ¡places.

Islands.

islands."

n. full-scale air blockade of all Ger-

It goes on from dusk to seven nights a week and so without one British casualty.

French Deny Sending Arms

To S. China

700 cm-

הו

nction during the present war.

onc

The $8,000,000 WORTH

OF PLANES

the alteraft made a ground speed of only 60 knots, But on the lust purt, with the wind, the aircraft came home at more than 200 knots,

Big Loss Of Life Likely LONDON, Jan. 16 (Ruter).-The three British submarines, whose loss

Such flights are the daily duty of was announced to-day, carried a total of over 100 men,

Coastal Command. In spite of wind, The Starfish and Seahorse coch sleet and snow, the aircraft of this hod a complement of 40 and the Command nust patrol the sens Undine had 27.

around our shores and far out over the North Sea and Atlantic, to guard British and Neutral shipping from submarines and mines. Flights have recently been carried out hundreds of winds of 'gale miles from land, in force.

Fire Follows Breakdown

Indignant Reply To Japanese Reports

Paintings. Sold PARIS, Jan. 16 (Reuter).-A categorical official denial is given A New York art dealer has can- thousands of to the reports from Japanese tracted for all the sources that arms and munitions facture of the flim. Most of them will paintings that went into the manu- are being sent to South China by be sold for around $10 each, But the French Indo-China railway, some of the more elaborate ones- It is stated that the insistence of beautiful pieces of art, really-will these report, which French circles bring $500 each, Fleischer said. ure obliged to deny as regularly, asi Ten cent utores already are stock- they are clrculated, appears to being up on Gulliver books, illustrated the reflection of the desire of certain with scenes from the picture. One Japanese circles, particularly the of the biggest sanp companies military circles; to justify by military making bath tablets in the hero's considerations the destruction by likeness. nerial bombardment of the last rali- way communication existing with kerchiefs, scarfs,

There are Gulliver dresses, hand- that part of Ching which is free from plates, highball glassos, table pads-One Japanese occupation.

book-ends, reading lamps, radios, freighters, Merchant Chiefly U.S. Goods

medallions, writing tablets, balloons 1.(5.265 tons) was towed into North Australian coast to-day, The statement says that the puzzles, balls, Anah lights, sweat greater part of the trame on this line shirts and so on, almost ad Infinitum. Bilbos by the British steamer, All are safe.

There are 08 passengers on board. consists of goods from the United All to articles will be in the California Star, after she had markot by December 1 in plenty of

States,

ash trays, dolls,

Exciting Adventure For British Ship

SHIP AGROUND ON REEF

DARWIN, Jan, 16 (Reuter)-Tho PANAMA, Jan. 16 (Reuter). British steamer, Kerkur, 5,932 tons, of Britain's latest bound for Melbourne from Singapore, Prince went nground on a coral reet on the

miles out at sea.

...

If these allegations and bombard-time for the Christmas trade, and the mysteriously broken down 800 ments are repeated, French circles Fielachers will get a royalty from will be tempted to think that every one, despite the

A vessel has gone to her amistance.

Mr. Churchill To Speak On War

While the vessel was drifting orientation of tho When: Djeney (made "Snow White" hopelessly as the result of the break- Japanese Government, which does he encountered some little trouble.

down a fire suddenly broke out not desire difficult relations with from squeamish parents who thought among the wood stored on deck. Westem Powers, these

The fire was extinguished aftor ave gets come įsomo of the scenes were too territy- from the militarists which thinking for their youngsters to, sco. The

hours.

LONDON, Jan. · 10 · (Reut¢r)—-—Mr. thut they need not

The British Consul General at Winston Churchill, the First Lord of respect, Flelschers hope to escape such threats with due discipline, the Instructions to the box office. They have cen-Bilbon is conducting Investigations, the Admirnily, will speak on the coming to them from higher au sured the film and censored it.again Prince commends the conduct of the

The Captain of the Merchant progress of the war on Saturday.

His speech will be broadcast from thorities and the Japanese Govern-jin hops of producing giggles in place

'ol chills.

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