1940-07-25 — Page 23

NANCY

BOATS IN THE BATHTUB AGAIN-THAT

KID IS DRIVING ME BATTY!

AND IN. THE SINK

TOO:-- EVERY DAY

IT'S THE SAME THING!

Go Empress

ONE MANAGEMENT DIRECT

to North America

and Europe!

EMPRESS LUXURY

July 25, 1940.

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

By

Ernie

Bushmiller

THIS BOAT BUSINESS. HAS GOT TO STOP --- IT'S GETTING ON MY NERVES-

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NEXT SAILING. FROM HONGKONG

SECOND WEEK IN AUGUST.

romiting Honolulu)

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OT

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DON'T GET SO EXCITED,

YOU'LL HAVE A

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THESE

DAYS!.

I'LL TAKE A

HOT FOOT BATH,

MAYBE IT'LL CALM MY NERVES!.

Colonies Give Generously

Gifts In Cash & Kind To War Effort

FIGHTING IN. LIBYA

More Enemy Losses Reported

Special Court Trials Bill

Criticism Producos

Amendments

LONDON, July 24 (Reuter). The House of Commons to-day resumed consideration in com- near the fort of Capuzzo, Libya, mittee of the Emergency Powers

The communique continues: "In

patrolling by Defence Bill, which provides Somaliland active

the powers for the trial of offences motorised detachments and

Somaliland Camel Corps continues. by special courts in certain

LONDON, July 24 (Reuter). CAIRO, July 24 (Reuter).— In reply to a question in the A communique reports further House of Commons to-day. Mr. enemy losses of lorries and runs G. II. Hall, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, stated that since the outbreak of war a large number of generous and valuable gifts, both in cash-and kind, had been made by Colonial Govern ments and private individuals and organisations both to His Majesty's Government for the prosecution of the war and to various war charities.

"Many Italian frontier posts have now been successfully raided and areas. indentinentings and information have been obtained.

"On other frents there is nothing to report."

Cash gifts, including loans free of PAY FOR FRENCH

interest but not including gifts in kinds. amounted, he cald, to over

£9,250,000..

The list of these, gifts is very long from and

Rifls includes money Colonial Governments and individuals previously mentioned in "Reuters"

services.

SOLDIERS IN

ENGLAND

LONDON, July 24 (Reuter).-In

As the Bill stands at present, it is luld down that the proceedings of such courts shall be subject to no review.

Criticism had been advanced in this respect and to-day Sir John-Anderson, the Home Secretary, declared that li was never in the mind of the Govern sent to exclude a review in the case) of prerogative of mercy.

Right To Appeal

In cases of capital or lesser sen- tences, everyone had the right to appeal to the elemency of the Crown. the House of Commons to-day. Sir and in the ease of death sentence, be Edward Grips Under-Secretary for fore It could be carried out, a review War, sald that negotiations were pro- was made by the Home Secretary as

with ceeding

of representatives

a matter of course irrespective of any General de Gaulle as to the rates and emoluments to be fixed for the pay-

appeal. ment of French volunteers.

20.000 Bottles Of Rum Among the items not previously recorded are over 20,000 bottles of rum for His Majesty's forces from Jomnica Central War Assistance In the meantime, advances had Committee, £1 12s, from the Swahili community of Eldama Ravine, Kenya, been issued to them on a provisional

Tanganyikan tribes have presented scale.

Similar negotiations were pro money and in some instances a pro- portion of each person's harvest of ceeding with Poland. Advances had coffee and maize for the use of the been made to Polish troops and also

to the Czechs. King's African Riftes.

In the case of Norwegians, Dutch The inhabitants of Tristan u

Belgians, payment of these Cunha have sent a large parcel of and woollen comforts made by themselves, traps had been undertaken by the

} The chiefs of the Northern Pro-ovchuncuts concerned vince of Nigeria are making a volun-own rates.

lary contribution of live per cent.

of their salaries, but it's noteworthy

their

that an offer of £200 by, the Oron MEXICO WELCOME

nutive administration of Calabar Province, Nigeria, was declined by the Government In view of the loyal Anancial situation,

FOR EVACUEES

MEXICO CITY, July (Reuter).

AFRICA AMERICA These are only examples in a com-Mer discussions with the Mexten

NEW

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clude gifts, hospital supplies and Government, the British Consul has knitted comforts forwarded by wo-issued a statement that any British in children evacuated from Britain to ren's voluntary organisations practically all colonies and depen- the United States or Canada would be welcomed in Mexico if brought by parents or

or well-intentioned zocieties.

dencies.

Compensation For Injury

Ministry Of Pensions New Scale Of Rates LONDON, Júly 24 (Reuter). The Minister of Fensions has

issued an amended scheme of compensation. for physical injury sustained by civilians ду the

tions.

ife suggested that insertion of the amendments on the report stage would go a long way to meet mi- givings.

Sir John added that he was quite willing to propose insertion of words to make it quite clear that provision must be made by regulation for secur ing that no death sentence shall be carried out until the question of re- prieve has been duly considered.

Third Reading LONDON, July 24 (Reuter).The Emergency Powers B was read a third time to-day in the House Commons without a division.

Conscription In India

Bill Has Limited Application

SIMLA, July 24 (Reuter).

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Thursday.... Asama Maru

Friday, Kamakura Maru SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe)

Sth. Aug.

30th Aug:

D{

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• Sagami Maru

(Convenient connection from Hongkong)

Tuesday,

6th Aug.

Sunday,

28th July

LIVERPOOL via Cape Town,

+

Husimi Maru

Second week in Aur.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.

Kitano Maru

Saturday.

27th July

BOMBAT via Singapore & Colombo.

Anyo Maru RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore,

Thursday,

1st Aug.

Saturday,

27th July

KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

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Thursday, Thursday,

8th Aug.

8th Aug.

If hoines and maintenance were A compulsory principle for the assured, wormal restrictions for im- migrants would be waived.

recruitment of European-born

The Press-moves-that-a-vian British subject in India for work has been made to receive 500 British children.

It is pointed out that many Spanish been refugees In children have Mexico since the Spanish civil war.

PEOPLE TO GET

of

national importance is embodied in an Ordinance being issued to-morrow.

Domlelled Europeans are not affecl- ed by the Ordinance which provides for service in the armed forces or in a civillon eapaelly.

No Radical Change Apart from the element of com- pulsion, no radical change is made

THE NEWS in the existing procedure as laid down

LONDON, July 24 (Reuter)-In in the National Service Bill passed Tribunals will be established to direct result of warlike opera- the House of Commons to-day, Mr. by the Central Assembly last April. A. Dull-Cooper, Minister of informa- tion, was naked whether any arrange-heur appeals with regard to availabl The effect of this scheme' is to ments had been made, in the event Jity and other questions,

Provision is also made for con- insure the whole civilian population of any reglan of Britain being cut off against injury caused by air raids or during an enemy invasion, to secure selentious objectors who will be Invasion if they were gainfully em- the distribution of newspapers on the liable for elvillan service unly. ployed at that time.

widest scale possible.

LONDON, July 24 (Reuter).—The that he understood that adequate Treasury has placed a buti on bank- arrangements had been made both by ers making payments or transferring instructions TC- the national and provincial news-gold securities on papers on their own account to secure ceived from Estonia, Latvia distribution should such a period of Lithuania or any corporation

trolled from these states, emergency urine.

The new scheme increases, allow- ances and persions to meet the rise in the cost of living.

53. 11d. A Week

BUENOS AIRES, MONTEVIDEO, totally disabled. SANTOS & RIO DE JANEIRO

VIA

SINGAPORE, COLOMBO, MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR, DARES SALAAM, BEIRA, LOURENCO MARQUES, DURBAN, PORT ELIZABETH AND CAPTOWN.

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A married man with two children will now receive 53s. 11d. a week if

bcen Already 127 pensions have granted under the scheme either for serious disablement or to widows.

The

Ministry states that it deals expeditiously with pensions and in one case the widow of an air raid warden, who died on duty received the pension within 24-hours of his death.

REPATRIATION OF. NAZIS

The Minister of Information replied

NARVIK BATTLES COST NAZIS 9 DESTROYERS

and

Ton-

LONDON, July 24 (Reuter). That the following seven large German destroyers were sunk in the second battle at Narvik was revealed by the, Admiralty to-night:

Diether von Roder, Hans Ludo-

mann, Wolfgang Zenker, Bernd bontain gave orders to abandon ship, 50

Erich Koellner, Arnio,

Herman for 60 wounded men were left to die in the burning hull. Eighty or 100

LONDON, July 24 (Reuter)Kunne and Erich Glest. Between 13,000 and 80,000 Germans At least 2,000 German sailors were escaped overboard. but many perish- from Besserabia and Northern Buko-

killed.

Led

d in the cold before reaching the

vino ore being re-settled in Germany In the Brst battle of Narvik, the shore. necording to the "Dienst Aut

Aston Schmidt and Wilhelm Held- Deutschland."

kamp were sunk.

The paper says that they are the descendants of Germans from East Prussia and Southern Germany who settled there about a contury, ngo.

Replacing Sacked Canal Employees

CAIRO, July 24 (Reuter). The newspaper, "Almo Kattam," reports that the Suez Canni Company has re- quested the Egyptian Government to nominato 200 Egyptians to occupy the posts made vacant through the dismissal of enemy nationals;

A London report states that if this is accurate, It is thought by those in close touch with the Canal Company's; affairs that the dismissals referred to would involve a number of Italian [officials occupying minor posta.

She lay on her side with fames Issuing from every port-hole. Sud-i Left To Their Fato

denly there was a sheet of flame us A description of the end of the one of the magazines exploded and Erich Glese says that when the Cap-lehe went to the bottom.

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