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INWARD "MAILS

Air Mali by "Air France Direct Ser-

vice"-Paris date, 17th April,

Apr. 24.

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date, 16th April

FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

What to do to help a child

Anyone knowing of a child who; bas been assaulted, neglected, or -treated in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health, or knowing of a parent who is seeking advice on any matter concerning a child, would be doing an act of kindness by communicating at once with......

The Hon. General Spcretary, II.K.S.P.C., Old City Hall.

The Inspector, 49, Pokfulam Road, 1st door.

The Inspector, 82 Stone Nullah Lane, 2nd, Floor,

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPHI April 24, 1940.

FILM ACTRESS SHAKES BACK £100-a-Week

FROM

A

In

LONG

CRUISE

HER DOOR-MAT("Proud Valley")

The Inspector, 12, Sal Yeung Chot! Apr. 21.

24. St., Kowloon.

Sea lions have been trained by the Navy to help in the détec- ilon of enemy vessels.News diem.

* Oscar reckona he'll Antah up among the stars."

Air Mali by "Pan American Airways Kowloon.

Direct Service"-San Francisco

All further steps will be taken, and| Apr. 21.1 .Apr. 24. expenses barne, by the Society.

will be The Informant's name .Apr. Apr. 24. kept strictly private, except in cases

where malice is proved, Apr. 24.

The Inspector, 52, Argyle St. Nazi Looters

Australia and Manila

Canton

Canton

Shanghal

Struits

Australian and Manila

Japan and Shanghai

Salgon

Shanghai

AP: 24.

Apr.

A

.Apr.

25.

25.

Haiphong. Hothow and Furt Bayard

Apr. 25,|

Apr. 25.

Apr. 25.

Apr. 25.

Shanghal, Amoy and Swatow

STOCK MARKET REPORT

Hongkong Stock Exchange Oficial Apr. 26. Summary issued yesterday says:

U.S.A. and Manila-(San Francisco There was a shade more of a turn-

date, 31st March).

Monitu

Left Nothing

For The Reds

"RACHEL THOMAS... this wholly natural · and "effortlesa amateur actress is the first British acreen

covery."

wartime dis-

P. L. Mannock, the well-knowni London film eritle, wrote that a paper when he reviewed "The proud Valley," a tale of Welsh mining ife renturing Paul Robeson

"Mrs, Thomas, who is 35, plays"Uic" part of a mother.

One day recently she hurried back to Cardif after. seeing the world's premiere of "The Proud Volley."

She had promised her daughter she would be home, and not all the direc- | tors in fimland would have per- suaded her to stay in London.

Her daughter tx Delyth, aged two, and she is more important to her mother than all the screen fame in the world.

Garden Village

Mrs. Rachel Howell Thomas,, to give this latest star her full nume, is the daughter of a Welsh miner und, wife of a Welsh school teacher.

She lives in the garden village of Rhiwbina on the outskirts of this city.

When

I called to-day she was shaking a mat outside the front door, says a London correspondent, Delyth: was picking a crocus from the lawn. usked Mrs. Thomas about her

plans.

"I have had one or two offers to appear in other Ahns but I have not made any decision. I have no plans) for a film career or anything like that,

"I love acting-but my home! comes Arst. I have no desperate ambition to become a dlm star."

Since A Child

Although she has acted since child, Mrs. Thomas had only nine weeks as a professional before she was chosen for "The Proud Valley."

"I don't know what my mother would have said if she knew I had acted in a film," she said. "She didn't like them.

"But my father would have been picosed, I think,”

Even Took Polish Thomas, the film star went back to

And us 1 left Mrs. Rachel Howell

Bread

I TALKED to-day to the first refugee from

her mat-shaking.

overseas allowed WEALTHY

to land in England since the war began, says a London corres-

Apr. 25. over during the day, alded by a line pondent. He is a young Czech FIRM MAY

Europe vin Suez and Straits-(Lon-of Lands at $30% and some Untons

don date, 10th March)

Bangkok

Japan Straits

...Apr. 20, at $502.

OUTWARD MAILS Wednesday, Apr. 24

.12.30 p.m. ..? p.m. .7.00 p.m. Air Mall for Indo-China, Iran, and,

France (Paris and Northern Pro- vinces only) by the "Air France) Airways Direct Bervice"due Paris 2nd Mar

Ber.

Ord,

Reg.

Ord.

Buyers

H.K. Banks $1,500 H.K. Fire Insurances $172 Douglares `$120

Docks Ris. $0.00 Providents $4.35

H.K.

Lands $35

Electrics $65

Telephones (Old) $28.00 Cements $17

Dalry $21.00

K.P.O.

Watsons $9.35

p.m.

G.P.O.

6:30 pm.

.5 p..

Lane Crawfords $7.00 Wm. Powell $1 Entertainments $7

7 p.m

Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu and U.S.A., by the "Pan Americau Airways Direct Service"-due San Francisco, Int May. K.P.O.

Rek..

Ord.,

Ref..

Ord..

Canton

Amoy

.Apr. 24, 5 p.m. Apr. 24. 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.

Apr. 24, 5 p.m. ..Apr. 24, 7 p.m. Thursday, Apr. 25 ·

Parcels only for Tientsin..

Shanghai (Parcels only) Shanghai and Jupan

Fort Bayard

Hulphong

.7.15 a.m.

10 a.m.)

12.30 p.m.

..1 p.m. .1.30 p.m.

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TO-MORROW

AT

THE

Sollers

Dacks Cum. Rtz._$22. I.K. Lands $37 Electrics $654 Telephones (Öld) $29 Telephones (New) $10.40 Watsons $91⁄2

Sales

HK. Banks $1,005 Unions $502

H.K. Fire Instrances $175. ILK. Mines 0 cls. H.K, Lands $30%

China Lights (Old) $8.05 Electrics $65% Telephones (Old) $29 H.K. Ropes $5.50 Lane Crawfords $8

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WEST FIELDS My Little Chickadee

JOSEPH CALLEIA - DICK FORAH DONALD MEEK » FUZZY KNIGHT.

MARGARET HAMILTON

doctor, now engaged as medical

the

Russian-

GO ABROAD

THE Australian Government

R

Should

Parsons Take Up Arms?

CHURCH authorities in Britain should follow the example set by those in France, and allow its young clergymen to enter the combatant ranks of the Forces during the war,

That is the view of the Rev. J., P.

officer at a hostel for Czech refu- grees near London, and he believed he is the first man to considering a proposal by one of the Evans, of Trethomas, Mon. get through from the Russian- largest manufacturing Arms in Eng

Mr. Evans, after asserting that the land to transfer the whole of its plant occupied half of Poland.

muin' objection the ecclesiastical He left Czecho-Slovakia for Poland in a Manchester cotton-weaving and authorities have to the clergy serving just in time to escape the German fabric-printing factory, valued at

as combatants is that fighting is in- invasion. When

Nazis came more than £1,000,000, to Australia, consistent with their office and voca- ugain he crossed into

The name of the company has not tion, asks: occupied territory and found him- been disclosed. self the only doctor in a town of 7,000 A representative of the firm has "How can this discrimination be people.

discussed the proposal with Govern-reconciled with the fact that lending the frst few days of their ment representatives, but no, official Churchmen are the first to assure us occupation of Brest-Litovsk the announcement of the result has been that we are fighting to save Christian Nazis arrested 5,000 people including made.

civilisation? women and children and all able-

To Take Experts

"If this can only be saved by war, bodied young men Were at once

The works would provide large-then surely the clergy should be ex- deported to Germany_to_help_in_the scale employment-for-Austrailans,pected to take part es combatants In harvesting.

The firm proposes to bring its defence, of their principles?" own technicians and experts, and a number of highly-skilled workers. Australians would be trained in various branches of the Industry.

In

The Germans plundered houses, factories and shops, breaking down the doors of locked shops with their rifle butts.

They came out of the deserted

Monks Now Poilus

Wales

During recent weeks West "It would be a tremendous thing soldiers with the B.EF. have written houses with what they could find for Australla," an executive member France, polius who, before the war, hame, saying they have met, is armfuls of gramophona records, of the Sydney Chamber of Manufac-were monks in the monastery

Tenby, West Wales,

cushions, even large pictures,

When the Russians took over the retreating Nazis had not left so much as a slice of bread in the shops for

Hours In Bread Queues "People had to queue for bread from 2 n.m. sometinies till mid-day, and then the S.A. then would come along and pick out all the people of Jewish appearance.

"The Nazis lived in abundance. They had fleld kitchens with them, cooking three times a day; and even then they robbed the stores of all their foodstuffs.

curs

|turers said.

"Other British manufacturers would be given a lead to come to Australia,"

Sabotage By Parachute

Home Defence Plans

Gamble On War Ending Soon

TWO middle-aged men are to gamble £100 a week on the war ending quickly and prosperity {returning to their business.

They are Mr. Ernest Hamilton and Mr. H. I. Jefferies, who recently fought in a London sale-roum for their life's work.

open

At C00,000, after bidding against 50 other prospective buyers, they bought back from the OMetal Recolver 12 Moon's garages that are still out of the chain of 22. they had taken 18 years to build up before the war.

Mr. Hamilton said that,

starting with a (ny garage in Borough High- street, Southwark, he and his partner sunk £250,000 in the business. Now they intend to run the garages again, und it will cost them a weekly loss of

£100.

work,"

"We are fighting for our He's

he said. Ve have a

certain amount of

capital, and are gambling that the war will end, soon, and prosperity re- turn to the garage business before it runs out.

We

are taking a terrible chance, but we're a couple of Cockneys and know that Britain will win,”

Besides the £60,000 purchase nahey, the two men had to find an- >ther £20,000 for stocks in hand and goodwill.

"When we sinried with our ing arage in the Borough in 1924 my urther and I did not work on the ars ourselves, but spent hours count- og customers.

of

"By last year we had a chain of uper garages in London selling be- ¡ween 5 and 8 million gallons petrol a year. Then came the war, petrol rationing, business crashed and

Stoker Jim Gibson (above) renews acquaintance with his three-year-the Oment Receiver was put in.” old daughter Jean. She was only six months old when he 'miled

away in the Afax.

'erbert 'iggs 'is collum

thats a prety nifty bit wot sir nevile 'enderson is turnin art. abart little old ‘itler aint it.

ibet'e knows a fing or two wot 'e curut tork abart an' I'm gorn ter wotch is collum prely close becos, I got a ideer 'es bla pinchin sum ov mi stuff

OLE ALF AN' ME KNOWS A FING OR TWO JUST LIKE SIR NEVILE AN' WE 'AVE DESIDED TER MIKE SUM SENSASHUNAL. DISCLOSYERS. IN THIS DISC COLLUM

ERE.

WE WILL REVEEL FER THE FUST TIME THAT LITTLE ·OLE "ITLER AINT MAN-ES A BLINKIN COMMITY A BLINKIN BAKERS DUZZEN

THATS WHY THEY CALLS 'IM A FUROR

Alf an me knows becos we wunce. 'ad jobs as itlers dubbles It orl appened wen we was windin up the ole watch on ther rine wen the ger (.mins_wos doin the recl estate bisnis..

We was 'avin sum nurishment In one of them beer putschs (germin fer pub) wen a big fat helny cums up During the Ajax's long cruise the an' sez "gorinimmler" (germin fer crew had a chance to go ashore in | gorblimey) an' 'e plunks Isself dara

the United States. Leonard Pitt-an' starts holierin fer beer, with him this picture, in which he fings you orter see that bloke scuttlin man, of West Ham, brought back tork abari the germing scuttlin

scen with Shirley Temple. muga av beer. on' 'e kep sayin mine Below Pittman is with a crowd of admiring children outside lais London home.

near

19

1s

"Our view is that Mr. Evans

mistaken," profoundly

commented Mr. Henry Martin, secretary of the Lord's Day Observance Society

"We take the view that clergy- men, in their present vocaiton, are doing the highest possible, form of

national service."

The Rev. Henry Carter, Methodist Church leader, gave us his personal comment: " don't belleve that Christianity can be defended by kill-

The possibility of enemy agents. Its victories must be won by its being dropped by parachute in this methods, which are moral and country to organise sabotage is not tirely from the

spiritual. 1, therefore, dissent

suggestion

that

"Nazi organisation was excellent," he told me. They moved in endless stream of cars-first, open belog lost sight of as the season Christian ministers should be urged

with high officers; then areat advances. Our scheme of defence to enlist in the armed forces. six-wheeler lorries, all camouflaged, has recently been strenghtened toj every torry carrying 12 privates, an meet any dunger from that quarter. N.C.O.. and a heavy machine-gun. Instructions how to act in the event These brutal young men,

Hitting of unidentified aircraft

reraft penetrating TOLD THE Wrong womaN erect in every lorry Ilke waxen our defensive system have been issued candles, seemed to go on for ever. to all units on the home front All The magistrate at Tottenham said

Then came the Russians. At first such aircraft will immediately be to a witness:-

"But this woman seems there were only few motor vans, reported to the proper authority, to-

to have gether with particulars as to direction used affectionate terms." dirty and overloaded.

carried, not 12 saldiers ind probable rate of fight.

To which the witness answered; · each, but

"Yes, that is why I struck. She 30 or

Efficient look-out even 50, In

work uniforms which did not match,

phasised. AD members of Ar used them to my husband." with old and out-of-date rifles, the

Defence units, Including Nation Defence bayonets of which

battalions and Observer Corps, are expected to identify all types of alreraft entering their parti-| cular sector; they must leave nothing) to chance.

with bits of string, Were tied on

They wore a funny sort of cloth- Ing, made of two pieces of linen with cottonwool in between, and stitched together with cottonwool."

ia

em-

The Home Defence authorities are satisfied that enemy aircraft will have little chance of cluding our defences. Should any succeed in crossing the

undetected.

Germany Proves She coastline they would not long remain Is At War With Egypt|

The Navy Prize Court at Hamburg FOR THE

have announced a decision regarding consention of goods, which means that Germany recognises a state of war between herself and Egypt.

The Court announced the con- fiscation of cargoes of lumber from dreek steamers bound for Egypt from Sweden, but released the vessels.

Egypt in already regarded in Ger- man quarters as an enemy for all

SPORTSMAN

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practical purposes, but the legal post- Obtainable at all local Dispensaries

tion was considered to be obscure.

and 'Blores.

At the outbreak of war Egypt broke Sole Agents: TRATMANN & Co., Ltd.

off diplomalle relations with

Relch, but did not declare war.

the

'GOING INTO ACTION"

Signalled Captain Lee From Narvik

"Shall I go in?” was the radio message received by the Ad- mirally from Captain B. A. War- burton-Lee.

lic was abdard II.ALS. Harly in charge of the flotilla off Nar- vik.

As Mr. Churchill admitted the Admiralty told him that he must be the sole Judge. It would back him up whatever he did,

Then Captain Les signalled:-

"GOING INTO ACTION,”

llo led bis five destroyers up the narrow fJord into the midst of an enemy force of superior strength supported by heavy shore- balleries:

Only three of the destroyers

came out again. The Hardy and Hunter remained behind, among the blazing

Wreck uf thetr enemies.

Captain Warburton-Lee's home Is at Swanmore, Soberton, Hants. He is 45 years old,

Last July he was appointed to command the Second Destroyer Flotilla, of which the Hardy, Hunter, Hostile, Hotspur and Havoo form a part,

Most of his 32 years' service in Royal Navy has been in des troyers, but as a midshipman he took part in the destruction of the German cruiser Koenigsberg in the Rußgt river.

turor mine camp mine got and alf nn' me kep sayin mines a pint an ther larst Ang I reckerlek was bein pushed outer the putsch an umped. darn the clink by a blinking copper wiv seabools on

in ther clink there was sum uvver blokes wiv seabouts on an they all pokes us abari and wun of em sez you vos bole kot zer pudden face ile itler an' then we was umped orf to barricks an' they takes our trowsin orf an' we goes ter 'ave sum ahuteye In a blinkin grate room wiv a lot öv uvver beds

necks mornin we wakes up feelin like we woy led up wiya loita dirty spunges an' corlumme we see a lot ov uvver blokes or sittin up strite in bed warin pink niteshirts an orl gibberin like them, munkees in the tarsin plcksures

alt an' me as seen corlovaduck dubble a few times but this bent the blinking band. there wos 11 of 'em wiv lttle charley chaplin bowsers an' the bits of air dangiin just like adolf. I looked at alt an' 'e looked at me. an' we soon tumbled ter the Ideer. we 'ad been fixed up ter look like a furor wile we was drivin the pigs ome.

we 'ad pink nileshirts on

100!

we got torking ter the uvver blokes wot sed it wos a cushy number an alt an' me desides ter give it a go..

there was the ekonomic itler, perlitikal itler, the military ler, the navy Itler, the airforce itler, the propergander itler, the, arts itler, the musikle itler, the appy iller and the metonically iter an the tubby binke the wot we met in the putsch wos cheef of the OHDC wich meens omshul.itler dubble ketcher.. 'o cums In and tells alf an mo we 'as ter tike the plice ov a cuppel of dubbies wots missin

an' we soon finds art alf as ter be the sophul itler an' i 'as ter be the assassenashun itler wich is the dub- bles with keeps on bain missin elver by blondes or bear putschs.

lumme alt on me soon fixes the ole caboodle. we kids 'em along we kes the ideer gets sum itier close gets Inter one ov illers musines (the.. choter fort 'e' wos scein Gings) un! we driven over the blinkin border singin hel seig yew agino“ honest mister editer 1 aint #planin a

ERBERT IGGS.

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