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Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April

12, 1940.

DONALD DUCK

By Walt Disney

AND IF I CATCH THEM IN MY

APPLE TREE AGAIN,

THERE'LL BE

TROUBLE!

SO!

5

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LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN S'HAI ELECTIONS

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAFH"

SHANGHAI, April 12 (UP).-The voting in the Shanghai Municipal elections resulted in a landslide for the "Anglo-Saxon bloc."

The ballot resulted as follows:

Mr. Norman Allman (US)

Mr. Joseph Garney (US)

Mr. W. J. Kesivick (British)

Mr. G. A. Haley (British)

Mir. T: 5. Powell (British) Mr. R. McDonald (British) Mr. G. E. Mitchell (British) Mr. Y. Hanawa (Japanese) Mr. M. Den (Japanese)

All of the above were elected,

8,000

7.308

1,883

7,860

7,800

7,831

7,830

5,211

5,205

declared out en masse and elected seven ap- proved British and Amertem candl-

The remaining ihrer Japanese dates by big majorities.

The Japanere gained only the usual candidates managed to poll an average of slightly over 5,000 vates two eats on the Municipal Council instead of the five which they had

10 win.

But Mr. Ronald G. McDonald, the hoped it re Independent British candidate who.

Whe

results follow:

N. F. Allman, 8,000; W. J. Carney,

it wng feared, might split the Aug7.000; W. J. Keswick 7,883; G. A American vote and who was boy- entied by the British and American Haley: 7,000; T. S. Powell, 7.860;

AMERICANS MAY EVACUATE

Scandinavian Residents Given Opportunity

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, April, 11, (UP). The State Department has arranged for the evacuation of all Americans! in Scandinavian countries desiring toj return to the United States.

It has been decided to carry out the evacuation through Sweden and Denmark, Germany and Italy to Genoa, thus obviating the necessity of sending American ships to the Norwegian coast.

There are 3,371 Amerleans In Norway, Denmark and Sweden

The State Department's decision was reached on the probability of the Scandinavian fighting areas be coming wider.

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Of all the numerous advances

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vacuum power shift lins scored the most spectacular success, company sales

executives report. Even

at the LONDON, Aur. 11 (Router)-The higher price obtained in 1930 for

sections of the market have sharply overwhelming preference

election committees, polled only 325 Roderick G. MacDonald. 7831: G. S. Stock Exchange reports that all cars with this feature, there was

votes.

Japanese Snowed Under SHANGHAI, Apr. 12 (Reuter).

The Japanese lost the election yester day by a la majority.

The Japanese were "mowed under"

as British and American voters turned

i

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The unsuccessful candidates were I Okamoto (Japanese), 5,203; K. Kuroda (Japanese), 5,188, O. Okamo

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The total number of voters were 13,000; invalid votes, DB.

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Improved Operation

The vacuum mechanism, and the

Dvorak Concerto In

Minor Played By Menuhin

Radio Programme Broadcast by controls mounted 013 the steering. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 k.e's. column, were reined in several and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. respects In preparation of the 1940 and 8-11.00 pm, on 0.32 m.c's. per product. Operation has been im-second.

12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- proved by means of a new mount- cession. ing, on the side of the transmission housing, where the actuating unit is readily accessible for inspection. The controls within the driving compartment have been redesigned and repositioned, so as to present a more pleasing appearance, although operating characteristics remain as before.

ro-

re-

12.30 Artie Shaw and His Orches- ira and The Andrew Sisters.

1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea her Report.

1.03 Alfredo Campoli and iis Or- chestra-The Fiddler's At The 1.18 Charlie Kanz 'at the Piano. 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce-

Op.

63.

For the benefit of motorists who ments.

1.45 Dance Music by Billy Cotton lave not yet driven cars thus equipped, Chevrolet engineers de-and His Band.

2.15 Close Down. scribe the vacuum power shift as al 6,00 Dvorák-Concerto in A Minor,

which booster power-actuated lieves the driver of 00 per

cent. of

6.32 Beethoven-Variations In E the effort once required to shift Rears. The driver

simply selects the Flat Major ("Erolca"), Op. 35-LI Kraus (Plano). Rear desired, by means of the con- at his Angertips, ond venient lever the vacuum-actuated mechanisin res- ponds to his gentle pressure on the lever, completing the shift.

6.58 Closing Local Stock Quota- tions.

7.00 Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone), Nan Maryska (Soprano) and Light

Orchestra.

7.30 London Kelay-The Nows. 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

Mastery of the new mechanisın is easy and quick, Chevrolet owners assert. The gear-change, pattern is the famillar H-type, with the lever pointing to the right instead of upStalling, The A. B. C. March,

on the old conventional

ward

8.03 Reginald Foort at the Organ. Medley of Daly's Favourites, Keep

8.15

London Relay--"Things

have done for Radio."-By C. Dennis

shit. It is If the FI were into on its right side, the neutral position Warren, being the centre, upward and ahend being reverse, upward and backward

8.30 Schubert Duo for Plano and

being low gear, and downward and Violin in A Major, Op. 162,-Sorgel (Plano) and Fritz backward being high.

he shifting mechanism is so daachmaninoff

(Violin). signed that the gears can be shifted

8.30 Schubert Songs-Aufenthalt, manually, in case a depleted battery Alexander Kipnis (Bass) with Frank should make a "push start" neces Bibb at the Piano; Fisher-Ways, Op. sary. The linkage between the shift-100. No. 4, Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel, Op. 2. Elisabeth Schurriann In lever and the gear mechanism was carefully worked out with this (Soprano) with Gerald Moore at the

Piano. possible requirement in mind,

LETTERS

Danger To Children

To The Editor,

The "Hongkong Telegraph." Sir,-Although the PW.D. Ein-

0.00 J, II. Squire Celeste Octet Souvenir, Phantom Minuet, Narcis- sus, Valse Bluette-Air de Ballet, Silver Threads Among the Gold.

0.15 London Kelay-News Sum-

mary.

9.30 London Relay "World Af- fairs".By Vernon Bartlett,

9.45 New Variety-All Through 10.15 Latest Dance Muslo. 11.00 Close Down.

ployee operating the plant protects A.P.C. MANAGER'S

his eyes with a suitable shield no effort appenra to have been made by the P.W.D. to prevent pedestrians from

watching electric are welding operations now in

progress Boundary Stree!.

There

ESTATE

in Mr. W. A. Lewis Loaves

are three colleges in this street and during the morning and afternoon practically every student

$122,659

At the Supreme Court this morn-

pusses the P.W.D. workmen at work Ing. His Honour the Chief Justice. Sir Atholl MacGregor heard an op- on the new street mains.

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

$35,000

A large proportion of the children,plication by Mr. D. J. N. Anderson unaware of the danger to their eyes, concerning the estate of the late Mr. Archibald Lewis, retired stand and watch the electric welding William

Manager of the Asiatic Petroleum operations.

a notice Company (North China) Ltd., who THE Isn't it compulsory for board to be Axed in a prominent died in Hongkong last year, leaving gross value position warning of the danger to Hongkonir property to the the eyes? Or aren't the eyes of of $122,050.54. pedestrians Important enough to war-- Mr. Anderson, who was instructed in 1948 to meet the increasing needs of alch rant this elementary precaution. by Mr. P. Wynter-Blyth, said this was and destitute children in Hong Kong, against

un application for an order that which the Income to date in $12,000 only. letters of administration with the In order to continue its work, the Society 8 P.M. Closing

Will annexed to the estate of the late appeals for the balance of $23,000 before the Mr. Lewis, be granted to Mr. Harold close of the financial year on Jist October, Sir-Your Correspondent "Anti-John Armstrong, of Messra. Deacons, A copy of the Annual Report for 1039 may be Humbur" is right. Anyone walking the lawful attorney of the two re- obtained from: down Nathan Road after 8 o'clock at siduary legalees named in the Will Mr, A. MCKELLAR, UA. night now would be pardoned for of the late Mr. Lewis. imagining that Kowloon was having The late Mr. Lewis' Will bequeath- compulsory "black-out". Honged the whole of his estate to his wife kong is dead enough at any time and provided that if tho predecensed without having all the shop lights him, his estate should be divided switched of,

equally between his two children. MODY ROAD. Its Lordalilp granted the order.

c/o Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co.,

P. & O. Building Mr. KWOK CHAN

c/o The Banque de L'indo-Chine,

Hong Kong.

Hon. Treasurers,

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