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THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN..

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

August 8, 1940.

KING OBEYS SERVANTS

SHOULD an air raid warning be received at the private A.R.P. post at Buckingbarn Palace, members of the staff who have been trained as wardens and first-aid personnel would go on duty their and the King" and "Qucen would obey instructions Implicitly.

The air-raid precautions at the palace pro- vide an example any household can follow with profit. Everything is prepared beforehand and reduced to the simplest and quickest organisu- #otion; and everybody, from the who King and Queen to the youngest fame pantry-boy, knows exactly what

to do in an emergency.

Millicent lips, the prano, achloved

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Phil.

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at 14 gramophone rc- cord.

ENGLISH GIRL WITH A

news.

DEANNA DURBIN VOICE

BY STUART FLETCHER

Every day the deep cellar shelter rooms are Inspected and made ready. Fresh water is stored by the little stove for making hot drinks, and there are tins of biscuits and sweets, periodlenity replaced. Once a week the roams are thoroughly warmed through, to prevent an accumulating dampness which might cause chills.

There chairs, are

a table and n desk with a telephone extension in the

shelter, which the King and Quern and the Royal Family use. The Queen keeps a piece of knitting there, and a portable battery radlo set.

GRAMOPHONÉ records make NINE years ago John Donner was a choirboy at Manchester Cathe-

Both the King and the Queen bove bass-baritone warm clothes, and their gas masks laid on a chair near their beds every Two dises present a 14-year-dral. Now he is a old English soprano who can be singer at Lincoln Cathedral. compared with Deanna Durbin baritone singing a duet with his ewn voice of nine years ago.

ife has dubbed" n vocal accompani-night.

to a nine- ment by his present voice year-old recording made when he was a

soprano, of "Somewhere a voice is call- ing" and "Angels guard thee" (Colum

Millicent Phillips, the daughter of an 10-inch). string factory worker, of Reddlich, Wor cestershire, in the Englisti Dengna.

She has a voice which has all the Woman Caught Boy

tech-

sweetness of a young girl, with nique far beyond her years, a true in- tonation, and an amazingly certain coloratura (Parlophone 10hchi,

This pupil of Mavis Bennett, the well-

A youth who escaped from Port- land Borstal Institution was caught

PRETTY WEDDING

Miss Reilly And Mr. Baynes At St. Andrew's

Miss Frances

by a woman. Mrs. Ethel Honeyman A charming wedding took place at St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, known singer, is discussing a seven-year caretaker in a local museum. She contract with Alexander Korda to sing told him she was a policewoman.

when yesterday in British lis

Another Portland Borstal buy Stickson Reilly, daughter of the tained Wright, who has a pronounced late Mr. and Mrs. John Reilly, Jr, squint, was still at large recently of New York City, became the wife of Mr. Eric N. Baynes, son of Mr. after three days' liberty.

and Mrs. Richard Dudley Baynes, of Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.

She makes her debut in Arditt's "Il Bacio," the song which Deanna Durbin sang in "Three Smart Girls," and a ver rlon of Strauss' Voices of Spring."

A.R.P. FOR ANIMALS

The Rev. J. R. Higgs, Vicar of St. Andrew's Church, officiated at the ceremony.

The bride, who wore a charming creation of white satin belonging to her mother, was given away by Mr. undertook the duties of Best Man.

MINIATURE stretchers will be will be led by a veterinary surgeon used to carry cats and dogs, wounded or a fully, trained official, and the c. Crofton, while Mr. J. H. S. Duncan in air raids, to the 500 first-aid posts Injuries are slight, attention will be for animals which have been esta-given on the spot" blished in London and the provinces. These first-aid posts will be in telephone conmunication with mo- bile units-to be known as "animal fying squads." The mobile units

vehicles- will comprise different from animal ambulances and, travel- g dispensaries to private cars learned by veterinary surgcous,

The organisation is controlled by "Narpae" the National Animals A. H.J. Committee, of which a member said:

A reception was later held at the Peninsula Hotel, where the health In the case of horses it has been arranged that, wherever possible of the bride and bridegroom was. they should be led Into a quiet tosted in traditional style.

The honeymoon is being spent t street and people with

empty! garages are asked to accommodate the Repulse Bay Hotel. them during raids,

The bride's going-away dress was Separate arrangements have been of green and white silly with a preen nado for farm animals, Farmers haveinen coat to match. been advised, how to get in touch with flying squads, how to gas-proof | their stables and how to deal with anhnals affected by mustard gas.

In some districts the committee are endeavouring to arrange a corps of

"Immediately after on air raid we shall patrol the different sectors, and bicyclist messengers between farmers į

injured animals are found, the and the mobile squad. squad leaders will telephone the

nearest first-ald post. Euch squad

AFRICAN FIGHTING

Rome. Aug. 7.

The 60th, war communique, issued to-day, referred to the East African

Magistrate

Tried-To-

Bribe Police

QUEZON AS DICTATOR

Monlia, Augs 7.

The National Assembly to-day un- animously passed the Emergency : Powers Bill's second reading. The third reading will be voted upon to- morrow, although this is merely a formality.

-The-Bill-gives-President. Quezon. vast powers for the time of crisis, the suppressing of subversive 13 movements, to require ellizens to perform public duties, to prohibit luck-outs and strikes, to regulate

|offensive. It stated.-"Our columns A FINE of £200 was imposed on rents and prevent monopolisation, erossed at various points on the Dr. Alfred Hugh James (70), chair-hoarding, and control of industries, frontier into British Somaliland.mn of Blaenavon magistrates for ete. East African afr and unvat basts in five years.

Aden and Berbern were

effectively

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There was some little opposi- tion, but this was soon squashed, This was the second draft of the Bill, He was charged at Monmouth-hot it is practically the same as the bombed and one enemy plane

widely shot down. North African cumpshire Assizes at Newport with cryst although the first was

One ruptly offering a gift of £5 to a police criticised-United Press. four-mptored plane wassergeant. brought down near Tobruk and the Dr. James was also ordered to pay erew of eight was captured..

south of Sollum were bombed.

Ifritish

The comminunique did not mention costs, not execeding £50.

the point where the Italians crossed In default of payment of the fine Into British Somaliland, but it is and costs. Mr. Justke Hallett, said understood that they made theirhat James would go to prison for entry from both Ethiopla and Italian three months in the second division. Soimalland.

The judge remarked: “I regard thus

Combined naval, air, and land Aghting are considered to be a part

In many ways as one of the gravest

of the general African offensive, in-cases I have ever heard of."

Mr. J. Bourke, prosecuting, sald!

against

eluding an attnek agalust Kenya. Air that a charge was activity has been increased, including a young man named Doggett, agert bombing raids ភ្លន់1

18, of breaking and catering a house

railways

Alexandria and Mersa Matruh.-- | 4o, United Pro33.

Egyptian Drive Imminent?

and stealing money and attempting

James

offence.

the same le four attempts to in London. Aug. 7. duce Sergeant J. Haskill to have the British military circles to-day cun-charge reduced to larceny. firmed the report that there were in- On March 31, James, Mr. Dourke dications of the boginning of an added, told the sergeant: "It is £5 Italian advance from Libyn towards to get

You might it reduced.

25 wel! Etypt, although there was no in- have £5 worth of petrol. I have timation yet that may lalians had told Pritchard (Doggett's uncle) that erossed the frontier, along which they it is for a professional man. You are concentrated strong forces #

professional man. Doggett won't know. Make the-pay."

United Press.

Egypt Not Yet Violated

Alexandria, Aug, 7. There is no foundation for the re-

When told he had been reported, Jamdy replied: "Oh God, I can never sit on the Bench again."

Mr. A. J. Long, K.C. (for Dr.

port that Egyptian territory has been James), said:

invaded by fallan forces. It is be-

"This elderly man, with ginvely

lieved, however, that an Italian t-affected health, allowed his zeal to

tack from Libya is imminent.

A semi-official announcement made putrun his Judgment."

In Cairo to-day stated. All is quiet on the frontier. The only Itallans at present on Egyptian 30 are ne general and 818 officers and other ranks who are prisoners."-Reuter Bulletin,

"Cairo, Announcement

Cairo, Aug. 7. It was announced to-day that the Premier would to-night make an important declaration in the Cham- ber "of interest to the inhabitants of Cairo." It is understood that he plans to announce, that'.Cairo, as a holy. city, will not be defended in order to preserve it from. bombardment.

“BRITISH INTELLIGENCE" Such an announcement has British

A Warner Bros. Sensational Diama

approval and would be transmitted to Italy through the Swiss Minister United Press,

AMBASSADOR'S · RETURN

Shanghal, Aug. 7.

The British Ambassador, Sir Archi bald Clark Kerr accompanied by Lady Clark Kerr arrived here lost night from Welhaloi. Reuter.

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