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DONALD DUCK.

AND IF I CATCH THEM IN MY

APPLE TREE AGAIN,

THERE'LL BE

TROUBLE!

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Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 12, 1940.

By Walt Disney

5

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Shop Robber Was An Army Deserter BLACK-OUT GUNMAN GETS 7 YEARS

A 21-YEAR-OLD deserter from the Army was sentenced at Leeds Assizes to seven years' penal servitude for armed robbery during the black-out.

He is Francis Fitzpatrick, a Sheffield labourer,

It was stated that during the black- out of November 29 he entered Shef- Held pawnbreker'a shop, held up the pawnbroker and his young woman assistant and took 44.

During the black-out op December 0 he presented a revolver at two young women assistants in a Shemeld bool shop and said, "Hand over the paper money, Bister."

When one of the 'women started to move Fitzpatrick told her to keep still or he would shoot.

lie took 414 10s,

When arrested it was found that the revolver was loaded with blank ammunition.

Fitzpatrick also had 19 other roundsia

of blank ammunition and one live round..

le said he was driven to the of-| fences beenuse his wife could not manage on her Army allowance.

The Army, it was stated, did not want him buck.

With Two Black Eyes

FRED

PUNCH

) WON'T BACK.

FRED CAVE, 22-year-old conscientious objector, of Theatre- street, Battersea, S.W., appeared before the South-Eastern Tri- bunal with two lovely black eyes.

He got the black eyes when à said afterwards, "was only a friendly man taunted him about his con-argument. victions and atruck him.

But Fred did not hit back.

For, years ago, In Stockport, he hit; bully.

And the bully was in hospital for a week us a result.

Fred vowed then that he would never fight again.

He told the tribunal of this vow and reserved its decision.

"This business on Friday." Fred

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it is just that I don't like Kila things."

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Logan.

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Of all the numerous advances which Chevrolet has pioneered, the

vacuum power shift has scored the

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overwhelming preference

among

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Improved Operation

The vacuum mechankam, and the controls mounted on the steering]

Minor Played By Menuhin

Radio Programme Broadcast by Frequency of 815 k.c's. column, were “refined in several Z. B. W. on respects in preparation of the 1940 and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. product. Operation has been im- second.

and 8-11.00 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's, per proved by means of a new mount-

TAILORS.

ing, on the side of the transmission 12.15 p.m.. Short Service of Inter- s housing, where

where the actuating unit is cession.

kendily accessible for Inspection.

The controla within the driving

12.30 Arlie Shaw and Ifis Orches-

compartment have been redesigned tra and The Andrew Sisters.

and repositioned, so as to present a

1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea

more pleasing appearance, although) ther Report. operating characteristics remain as before.

1.03 Alfredo Campoll and His Or- chestra. Tho Fiddler's At The For the benefit of motorists who

1.18 Charlle Kanz at the Piano. bave not yet driven cors thus 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, equipped, Chevrolet engineers de Weather Forecast and Announce- scribe the vacuum power shift as a ments.

power-netuated booster which re={ 1.45 Dance Music by Billy Cotton lieves the driver of 60 per cent. of and His Band.

Die effort once required to shift 2.15 Close Down.

gears. The driver simply selects tho 0.00 Dvorak-Concertà in A Minor, gear desired, by means of the con-Op. 53.

venient lever at his fingertips, and 0.32 Beethoven-Variations in E The vacuum-actuated nechanism res-Flat Major (Erolca”), Op. 35——LUI ponds to his gentle pressure on the Kraus (Plano).

lever, completing the shift.

0.58 Closing Local Stock Quota- Mastery of the new mechanisin is tions. cany and quick, Chevrolet-owners-7.00--Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone), Assert.

The gear-change pattern is Nan Maryska (Soprano) and Light the familiar H-type, with the lever Orchestra.

pointing to the right, instead of up-| 7.30 London Helay--The Newa. ward as on the old conventional 9.00 Local Time Signol, Weather shift. It is as if the H were laid on Report and Announcements. its right side, the neutral position 8.03 Reginald Foort at the Organ. being the centre, upward and ahead-Medley of Daly's Favourites, Keep. being reverse, upward and backward Smiling), The A. B. C. March.

8.15 London being low gear, and downward and

Relay "Things I backward being high.

have done for Radio."-By C. Dennis Warren.

The shifting mechanism is so de- signed that the gears can be shifted 8.30 Schubert--Duo for Plano and manually, in case a depleted battery Violin In A Major, Op. 102. Sergel should make a "push start' neces- Rachmaninoff (Piano) And Fritz sary. The linkage between the shift-Kreisler (Violin).

in lever and the gear mechanism 8.50 Schubert Songs.-Aufenthalt, was carefully worked ou! with this Alexander Kipnis (Bass) with Frank possible requirement in mind.

Bibb at the Plano; Fisher-Ways, Op. 90, No. 4, Gretchen at the Spinning; Wheel, Op. 2, Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano) with Gerald Moore at the Plano.

HOLLAND DETERMINED

The Hague, Apr. 11.

9.00 J. H. Squire Celexto Oclei. ~~:

Ballet,

High oMcial quarters say that Souvenir, Phantom Minuet, Narels- Holland will make no governmental sus, Valse Bluette-Air dé declaration in reference to the latest Silver Threads Among the Gold.

they 9.15 war developments. However,

London Relay-News Sum- referred to a previous official state-mary, 0.30 ment that if anybody attacks Holland

London Relay-"Vorld Af regardless from which side, Hollandfairs"--By Vernon Bartlett. will meet the attacker with all its 0.45 New VarietyAll Through strength and all available forces.r 10.15 Latest Danco Musle, United Press.

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THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN The Society asks for

$35,000

in 1940 to meet the Increasing needs of sick and destitute children in Hong Kong, against which the Income to date is $12,000 only. In order to continue its work, the Society appeals for the balance of $23,000 before the close of the financlat year on 31st October. A copy of the Annual Report for 1939 may be obtained from:

Mr. A. McKELLAR, 'C.A.

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Hong Kong.

Ilon. Treasurers.

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