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A Look Through The Telegraph.

50 YEARS AGO

April 23. 1890.

M. Coubert, the celebrated engineer, and Inventor of submarine heats, proposed to the French Minister of Marine to bulld half a dozen submarine bouts for the and passengers traste between Dover Calais and to establish a regular service for the use of people who dreaded sen- ckness. The Minister declined on the ground of the danger of amothering the passengers, whereupon Goubert tried to arrange with the British Government whleli, being opposed to tunnels, bridges. and submarine boats, for tear of spoiling the Isolation of England, refused. but said there would be no objection to a anmer balloon arrvier between the countries.

INWARD MAILS Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Service"-San Francisco Direct

...Apr. 23. dale, 16th April

.Apr. 23. ΔΙΠΟΥ

.Apr. 23. Stanghal

.Apr. 23. Salzon Air Mail by "Air France Direct Ser-

vice"-Paris date, 17th April,

Apr. 21.

A correspondent in Berlin writes that Air Malt by "Imperial Airways Direct

It is probable there will soon be all open question ruled as to the sanity of the Service" London date 17th April.

Apr. 24. present Emperor. He had indulged in so many fantastic tricks nad comminifted Fo Apr. 24. Apr. 24. many acts of petty meatues, that people tire of his conduct. 24. are beginning to Apr. 24.

One of the latest events of this rort wan Apr. 24.

the publication by the Emperor hiscit the Apr. 24.

that thenceforth of a statement Apr. 29. Kreuz-Zeitung." stuelly Tory paper, would be rigidly excluded from all royal Appalacen. This, it was trankly stated in Apr. 25. Apr. 25. dailion, was because the editor had un

tlant Fad Haiphong, Hoihow and Fort Bayard fortunately done shinething. Apr. 25.med the royal displeasure. Apr. 25.

Canton

Canton

Java and Manila

Shanghal

Japan and Shanghal

Solgon

Australia and Manila

don

25.

According to the Pullsh press, fainine has already hraken out in Austria's great Pallah province of Callela,

-

Salgon Shanghal, Amoy and Swalow U.S.A., and Manila—(San Francisco

A letter fron Sir Samuel Baker to "The date, 16th Mar.)

Apr. 25.imes censures the polley of Great Canton

.Apr.

25. Britain in abondaning the Soudan. and Europe vin Suez and Straits(Lon- says that we cannot grudge Germany's advancing along the While zile. Str date, 10th March) .Apr. 26.

Santiel recnmmended England to con Monlin

.....Apr. 20.

Pentrale her attention of Egypt proper as a means of properly securing her route Shanghal

Apr. 2n Air Malt by "Imperial Airways Direct to India

25 YEARS AGO Service" London date, 2011 April

April 23, 1915. Apr. 37. The German artillery at St Miles ba Apr. 27. the ears, but the French field the Арг. 27.

devold of shelter, unler at hurtleane of strett completing the destruc- Abr. 77.

stan of the wood at which only a few .Apr. 27.

shaltered trunks remain. The men lay thu on their stomachs and battered .Apr. 20.

trenches, protected by their knapsacks, the officers walking over their backs, on the Alert for enunter attacks. In the final bombardinent, the Germans in me mad

Canton

Haiphong

Japan and Shanghai

Shanghai..

Calcutta and Straits

OUTWARD MAILS

Tuesday, Apr. 23

Sandakan

2.30 pm

гое.

a poured 20,000 shels of all cafibres along a front of 330 metres, with

depth of 100 metres, but not a French- Shanghai, Japan, Honoluhi, U.S.Aman, though the losses were considerable

Central and South America and teft his post. Canada vin San Francisco (No.

Ficht Masshat Sir John French in his Parcels for Canada only)-due bulleun says that the German attacks n San Francisco, 13th May

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Parcels

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Ord.

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11 No. 0, renewed several times since Monday, have all falled and have ceased for the time being. We hold the entire

4 p.m. crest at the ill and so deny His use to .5 p.m. the enemy, who attach grent importance .5.30 p.m. bereto.

•

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German wireless reports state thal 20,- Parcels

41.251 063 Allied troops have landed at Enos Reg.

...5 p.m. amidst a heavy cannonade from warships Orü,

.0.30 p.m. and Turkish batteries, Telegrain from Parcels only for Rangoon.....5 p.m. Alien state that the Allied warships are

vombarding Gallipoli peninsula. Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolults and, U.S.A.. by the "Pan American Airways Direct Service"-due San Francisco, 30 April,

RCK..

Ord..

K.P.O.

....Apr. 23, 5 p.m. Apr. 23, 5.30 pan, G.P.O.

Reg..

.Apr. 23, 5 p.m. Ord.;

...Apr. 23, 7 p.m. Air Mall for "Imperial Always

Direct Service" duo London, 1st) May

RCE.

Ord.

K.P.O.

.5 p.m. 5.30 p.m.

Q.P.Q

M. Augagneur, the Minister of Marine, has returned from a tour in the north of France in the course of which he met Mr. Church. In an interview with a correspondent, he said that one of the principal objects of his conversation with Mr. Churchill was to discuss the best means of bastening the forcing of the Dardanelles. There was no occasion for the public to worry over the delay, The dentred result would be achieved before Jong.

"Eye-witness“ at the British end- quarters, in the course of some detail concerning the fighting on 11 60, near Ypres, says that heavily-charged mines exploded under a German trench, burying 150 men. We immediately rushed into the German line. The attack WAL 10 sudden that it hardly encountered resist

the course of operations the enemy bombarded Ypres with 17 Inch shells, and exploded two mines on the 21st opposite our right in the neighbour- hood of Labrasse, but failed to damage

ance,

Reg.

.5 p.m. Ord.

During .7 p.m. Air Mall for Malaya, Java and Aus- traila by "Imperial Airways Direct Servico-due Sydney 29th April K.P.O.

Reg Ord,

G.P.O.

Reg. Ord Salgon

our frenchies.

..5 p..

Thirty eight years wựo to-day war was .5.30 p.m.j Reclared between Russia and Turkey. It in easy enough to be wise after the event and to criticise in the light of subsequent 5 p.m. happenings, but why and the question 7 p.m., has been asked many times) did not the p.m. politicians of our fathers day mind their own business and leave Hussin to deat with Turkey in her own way?

Wednesday, Apr, 24 Swnlow, Amoy and Formosa

Bangkok Parcela only for Tientsin Fort Boyarit Japani

Straits

J

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Air Mail for Indo-China, Kran, and

France (Paris and Northern Pra- vinces only) by the "Air France Airways Direct Servior"-duo Paris, Japan. This treaty ensures the Indepen

2nd May

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Ord.

Rex.

Oni.

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 23, 1940,

erbert 'iggs This refugee has a big plan

'is collum

A TORK ABOUT JOGRAPHY

in mi Inrai collum i rote about istery an' its effeck on

but internashunal affirs fergol ter menshan jography wich is annuvver importent fing in the 'ole cuboodle,

the cheet ang in Jography is the climet wich in corsed by the emo- tion of the carf rarnd the sun.

this corses natralisation wich is sumfing a bloke doen wen 'c geta fed ter the teef wly is own cuntry an' wants ter live in anuvver one if finds it more cashy

frinstance in honkong there is a Jub of natrulisation. lots ul rushi on zecks an' marstys on' lots of uvver fancy relijon's all wants fer be british but 1 ave got a ideer that wen the littel ole in- cum tax bloke gifs goin they will or wont ter change baek ngen

but tarkin abart Jography, in honkong there is a lot of orstry lians. orstrylia is a land off the const of honkong. the elect ant- mals there is kangeroos boomer- ongs an anzacs, the nashun;ü porstine is "wu tip"

oratrytia

is near the ducb east in- dees wich i see in ther nouspaper is now called the duch gibralter an' the peepul there dont want sookeyuki fer their shunal parstime.

gibralter is ʼn stralt on the west coast of france an' is famus for its butiful

100k rock. the british ribralter an' put a lot of guns an' apes on it. the uvver peepul are the they are proud of 'em becos only apes in gibralter

honkeng 'as also been called unavver gibralter wich i fink nint bad becas there is a lot of apes ere too. most of the peepul in honitong pre Chinese which cums china. their mushunal pars- Irgen time

Inshaw an' the call of the cast wich the mornin post calls civi- tubercloses. they was once Used and shaved 'arf their 'eads au' ad pigtails. 'arf their brain was covered wiv ale an' got 'ot an' the uvver arf wes naked on' got cold thats why the chinees carnt ark proper,

china is necks dore to rusher Hind- wich is a carniverus cuntry.

ber

Is the capital of rusher ankl the nashunal pirstine is borsh an' mickey Anns.

rusher is neclus dore to gerineny wich is famus for odour golong an' sossidges, they also tries ter make beer, germeny is indus- trial cuntry becor the pore peepul ave nuthin ter do so they makes

lot of factories,

D

the euntry is managed by privat cummpany called a. Itler & wat goes in fer real estate in a big way.

(7).

germeny Is 'avin a war why england wich is a tle bit of diet england err the coast of franco.

is famus fer chamberlains an' fox 'untin. the nashunal parstime is yorkshire pudden an allsops

france is famus fer its little bitя of ortright corlumme kin remember wen me an' ole alf in "the "Tarst war goes to parce ter do-

a bit of parlyvooin. :

He tell yer abart that necks time

STOCK MARKET

REPORT

CHUNGSHAN to smash Siegfried line

INVASION

ROBOT SOLDIERS:

VAST

TANKS

Vast new war machines to smash the Siegfried Line are the spcarpoint of a sensational plan for the Allies' conduct of the war put forward by Dr. Arthur Janser, internationally-famous re- |search chemists.

Monster tanks, armoured machines, which can leap like grasshoppers, and robot soldiers are some of the inventions pro- posed by Dr. Janser, who is an Austrian refugee now engaged on secret war work in Britain.

By.DR. ARTHUR JANSER

THE SIEGFRIED LİNE CAN BE SMASHED. BUT TO SMASH IT THE ALLIES MUST GET BUSY WITH NEW WEAPONS AND NEW TYPES OF AMMUNI- TION.

THIS JAPANESE photograph claims to show some of the war materials captured when the Japanese recently invaded the Chung-like battleships, mounting siege guns guns and the remote control of guns. shan arca.Domci.

AMERICAN IN BERLIN SAYS:

Nazis "On Border Of Malnutrition'

99

NEW YORK.

"GERMANY," says the Berlin correspondent of the New York Times in a special article, "is in no immediate danger of actual starvation, but it is admitted here that present rations border on malnutrition.

fish.

"The nation is woefully short of fat, feeding stuffs and

RADIO

"Before the war Germany's domes tie fat production met only 50 per cent, of her consumption. This pro- portion has been further reduced by the paralysis of her whaling feet,

"Her fishing fleet has been badly hit by haval warfare and the hard winter,

Tanks weighing 500 tons, armoured pussibilities of automatic machine-

which fire speckl concrete-breaking! shells, are the only offensive weapon which the British and use to crack Hiller's defences in the West.

machine guns French can

Recent advances in metallurgical research have made the construc tion of 500-ton tanks possible.

Dr

con-

Robot soldiers armed with grenade- throwing apparatus und trolled by beam radia should inunch the attack on enemy in- fantry positions.

Even enemy Jamming of the wire--

Scientists' War

Steel armour cun now be cut down less waves could not put the robots in weight by nearly one half without of action. out losing powers' resistance. And these minerals which toughen steel; cannot be obtained by Germany. British scientists have evolved an

alternative means- Substitutes are useless.

of control A tank of 500 tons built of this robots. Ultra-sonic bening can be radlated to play on the receiving double-strength steel would sail

sets in the robols. Some of these serenely over tank traps and be in-beam controls are alrendy in use.

for

land-mines. Ferro-con- pervious

And why do the Allies rest con- crete booby traps would crumple

tent with small caterpillar tanks under its advancing caterpillars.

when special war machines might be The tanks would be equipped with constructed, capable, like the gruss- sleg runs. In fact, they would be hopper, of jumping from place to moving fortresses hurling themselves pince?

against the fixed and doomed for- tresses of the Slugfried Line.

I would add them to my nssmuiting wave, carefully prepared like the . others in large numbers and re- served for the surprise assault.

I would use them in the know- ledge that the Germans could never duplicate them in the same numbers

Special concrete-shaking shells must be manufactured in thou sands. These shells have the effect of a pneumalle hanuner rather than "Her feed supply depends on what

that of a pointed stroke. jsl- Proportion of her grain arid potato erop can be spared, but

The 500-ton tanks, moving up or quality, besides being confronted mitted that she

cannot hope to after heavy bombardment, would be by the impenetrable, strength of the maintain her livestock without feed the battleships of a land action.

Maginot Line.

Too much thought is being given

ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) London Relay of Speech By Winston Churchill Radio Programine. Broadcast by imports. Z. B. W. on n Frequency of 845 k.c's.

And the Allies must recruit more to armies and man-power. This war and "While food. Anunce

raw soldiers-robots. The Czeclis and will be won by the engineer and the and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. | materials are lacking, however, the the Germans have both explulted the scientist, and 8-11 p.m. On 9.52 m.c's. per | Reich's war machine is unchecked. second.

12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- cession.

12.30 Compositions of Ivor Novello. 1.00 Local Time Signai and Wea- ther Report.

1,03

"It appears that the blockade is unable to storve out Germany, und, so far it has been unable to cripple her war machine, which is still working at-capeity.

Gracle Fields, Leslie Henson and Tommy Handley in Variety.

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast und Announce-spect. ments.

1.45

"But it has definitely put Ger- many on short rations in every re- "Whether these rations will cripple

Sea Shanties by John Goss Germany's military night will de- (Baritone) and The Cathedral Male pend largely on the conduct and the

duration of the war." Volco Quartet,

1.55 Music of Roger Quilter, 2.15 Close Down

0.00A Chronological Programme

Brides Rationed

While-the-Nuzis-are-busy-en-.

of English Music from Purcell to couraging their young folk to marry,

Elgar.

7.00

tions.

itioning restrictions are making it Closing Lucal Stock Quota-almost impossible for newly-weds to

set up house.

7.02 English Ballads.

7.23 The Band of II. M. Coldstream ]

This is the linen allowance, an-

Guards playing a Wartime Marchnounced by the Hamburg Fremden-

Medley.

Intro: Tipperary; Quand Madelon; Ca c'est Paris; Wish me Luck; The Hongkong Stock Exchange Official Siegfried Line; Beer Barrel Polka. 7.30 London Relay-Tho News. Summary issued yesterday says:

Weather A fair demand for Electric at $65%

8.00 Local Time Signol prevented the market being absolute-Report and Announcements. ly negected.

Buyers

H.K. Banks $1,500 Bank of E. Asin $73 Docks Cum Rts $214 Docks X rts $10.40 Providents $4.35 H.K. Mines 5 els. Lights $7.00 Electries $05% Telephone (Old1 $20.00

Telephones (New) $10.30 H.K. Ropes $514 Watsons $9.35 Wm Powell $1 Entertainments $6.00

Sellers Docks Cum Rls $22 Trams $18 Lights $8.20

Sales

H. S. Hotels $44 Electrics $6511⁄2 Cements $17

Municipal Council. For the fourth time, the issue was recently put to ratepayers for decision, and even the very moderate scheme advocated was turned down.

8.03 B. B, C. Recording"London." A somewhat mis-conducted tour of the Capital of the British Empire: Written and produced by H. L. Mor-

501.

8.30 Latest Warilme Variety: Fox-Trol-Haw-Haw; Vocal-How

blatt, which, on production of signed permit from the authorities, bride may buy, "if necessary": Two mattresses;

Five blankets, sheets and pillow- slips;

Six table napkins;

Six teacloths;

Two white tablecloths; One coloured tablecloth;

Eight polishing rags:

Two dusters,

If she prefers to hem her own

Ashamed I Wus (Sarony and linen she inay buy sixpennyworth of Holmes), Kiss Me Goodnight, Ser-sewing cotton.

geant Major (Noel and Pelost); Fox-

Trols-Good-byo Sally, They Can't

Black-Out The Moon; The Black-Out

Stroll, Party Dance-Knee Up, Mo- Art Treasures

ther Brown; Fox-Trots-It A Grey-

Haired Lady Says "How's Yer May Keep In

Father?", We'll Meet Again.

9.00. London Relay-Speech by Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty at the luncheon of the Royal Society of St. George, followed by a speech by the Chairman, Lord Cleveland.

9.30 London Relay-News Sum- mary.

0.45 Eric Coales---Four Sulte.

Their Sandbags

SPECIAL ROOM AWAITS THEM

HE Parthenon Room at the Ways Buitish Museum is practically

be

New Light Symphony Orchestra ready for opening.

But for the war, the removal to conducted by Joseph Lewis.

0.58 Studio-Talk on "Shakes there of some of the world's most peare" by Professor R. K. M. Simp-famous sculptures would now The recent gathering of amateur radio transmitters and the growing attention sou

*10.18 Peter Dawson (Bass-Rart-Well in hand. being paid to the reception of short wave stations are highly encouraging features tone) and the New Light Symphony In the spread of interest in wireless in

Orchestra.

11.00 Close Downt

The growing interest in short wave ro-

10,30 nm. Once again Sir Edward Grey hon .12.30 p.m. endeavoured to lay to rest the suspicions .12.30 p.m. or appreliensions of a certain section of

Hongkong. the community as regards the Empire's .2.30 p.m. interests out here in the Far East. Ac-

..7 pan. cording to yesterday's wire, the Secretary ception is reflected in the demand for this 7.00 p.m. for Foreign Affairs Have a dog to the type of receiver and the keenness which memory of these nervous ones by polnje led to one local enthusiast receiving a ing out what should have been borne in description of the signing of the Naval inled from the beginning: that Britain's Trealy In London, broadcast through Chelmsford station, ia to be warmly policy in governed by the terms in the

commended. existing treaty between herself and dence and Integrity of China and equat `opportunifles for the commerce and 15- | austries_of_ail nations. (The Halics are our). Sir Edward added that the Ifauro "might rest assured that the Government would endeavour. to the best of its power, to secure the open door for British commerce in all parts of Chinn."

10 YEARS ACO

K.P.O.

G.P.O.

.5 p.m. 8.30. p.th

.5 p.m.

Thursday, Apr. 28 Isiphong

3.00 p.in. Shanghai (Parcels only). ....1 p.m. Shanghai and Japan

.1.30 p.m. Straits and Calcutta

Parcels

Apr. 23, 5 p.m.

Lettors

Adioy

Cánton

Japan...

April 23, 1830.1 S. 8. Draaland. Offers are invited for purchase of the wreck of the above vastel as sho lles on the Bombay Reef Paracels., Gilman & Co., Ltd.

ANZAC CEREMONÝ

These sculptures include the Elgin Marbles, which actually came from the Parthenon, and are the glory of 2,500 years of art, and worka from other Greek temple sites.

will

The Parthenon sculptures have the Parthenon Room to them- [selves, in the wing of the museum The Australian and New Zenland given to the nation by the Inte Lord S. YEARS AGO

community in Hongkong will observe Duveen. April 23, 1039.

Anzac Day, which falls on Thursday,

Delicato Task On the 6 May next the British Empire is giving thanks and praise that for 25 by the usual wrenih-laying ceremony years This Majesty King George V has at the Cenotaph. been preserved to bear the scopira at

Even if the work of transferring

sovereignty and maintain the unity of the Observance of the day is in memory these sculptures to their new home Empiro. e Majesty's great interest in of members of the Austrailan and began soon, I would be some time All forma of charity is universally re cognised and it I known that New Zealand Army Corps who fell before it was completed. Majesty desires this auspicious occasion at the Gallipoli Ianding on April 25,

Some of the museum's experts used to dealing with the dellente task

to be in some manner dedicated to assist= |1015, ing charitable objects. It has, therefore, been decided to collect funds throughout this Colony for charitable purposes, the landers In the Colony are invited to now subscriptions not to exceed $1 and humbly the ceremony, which will take place to pray His Majesty u numinate that 11 a.m. charlies In this Colony to which the

their country.

'Ail Australiens and New Zea-osing rare works of art are Besides, it may not be polley to remove such treasures from their. .Apr. 25,7 p.m. to lose its unique distinction of being money; collected should be devoted. A wreath will be inid by the Aus- sandbag protection while air raids

....7 p.m. practically the only big elty in the world

Hongkong is still waiting for this money tralian and New Zealand Association, on London are stil

possibility, 27.15 am. Es-day, witich does not admit Press ros to be expended on the projected play Personal wreaths may also be inld.

to the meetings of Its grounds-Ed.). p.m. presentatives

Shanghai le apparently determined not

considered Ռ

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