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WHAT'S THAT

THING,

7-5

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:

August 19, 1940.

Ubrary

By Walt Disney

HERE'S YOUR BEES, MR. SMITH!

DONALD DUCK

UNCA DONALDE

IT'S A HIVE! SMITH'S BEES ARE SWARMING

AND I'M GOIN!

OUT AN CATCH EM!

IF YOU'RE HUNTIN' FOR MY BEES, SON, I'M WARNIN YUH

----STAY AWAY!

G'WAN! SWARMIN! BEES BELONG TO THE GUY WHO CATCHES EM!:

SMITH'S

HONEY FOR SALE

I KNOW THE LAW!

AND FREE HONEY

IS WORTH--!·

Winkl Rights Rosemal

THE BRAVE NEW FRONT

JOHN PUDNEY, cent vistas where "you don't, know there's a war on," to the who has just returned firm thresholds which have from a visit to North- murmured "it won't happen

Eastern England, hore here.”

I have seen this Britain, in

describes the courago that North-Eastern corner, and common senso

with which ordinary men and women have

faced their frequent air-raid alarms..

"HE'S

TE'S late." The night porter glanced at the hotel clock. "Not like Jerry, He hasn't missed Intely."

Familiar words, this war and last; but the setting has shifted. This is the North- East of England, the evening bracing and opalescent, the in- dustrial skyline almost audi- bly pulsing in its industrial dream, the business men's hotel weighty with the heavi ly dined.

on

"Keeps me my feet, the mind you," continued night porter. "The customers don't seem to want to go to bed. It saves them being dis- turbed."

So this is the new Britain, land wherein the first child- ren, the first old people, the first married couple have been killed by bombs, wherein the first shattered houses have shocked the orderly streets, and the first windowless rows have been left empty, but for salvage squads and policemen at the barrier. ·

This is the Britain in which we will love and fight. This will come; with all its cour- age, its agony, its comrade- ship, its fury to the compla-

MIDD WITNE

where the bombs have been' falling this week. It must be

an example to the rest of us, awailing action.

Outside the hotel where the guests "sat up," the balloons had risen over night working factories, foundries, shipyards and wharves.

In the narrow blind streets of working-class houses a fow men stood on corners. There a confused murmur of Was voices in the dark.

"Who are you, anyway, mate? Hadn't we better look identity each other's at cards 7"

are

On this front, you see, even the ordinary uninformed folk are cautious. Satisfied that the stranger is identifiable the men reveal to me that they the husbands of women who, with their children, are already in the shelters. It is their voices-that-wo-can hear coming up the concrete sleps. night

After Wednesday when I sat with mine in the cellar and felt the earth and the house rocking over us, I said never again all of us did. And to-night, you won't find a woman in this street

TRIALS OF AN

1940

MELBOURNE CUP

MANFRED

PARLAP

AUSSIE BOY

AJAX

YOUNG IDEA

EVACUEE

WIND BAG

CARBINE

AMONIUS

GLOAMING

NIGHT MARCH

FIRST EVACUEB: Look Mainis! They've even ovatusted

from Happy Valley.

(The Melbourne Cup is run at the Annual Race

* Derby: Day) Kym

who has not gone down be low."

Owners of flooded, neglected} shelters, shelterless people, and despisers of public shel- ters, take note of this solid worker's common-sense steel words.

It's a

town of abundant always

com- (though not pleted) public shelters. They stand generally in the centre of working-class streets.

Till the Wednesday to which everyone refers, when a num- ber of people were killed in

ASK ME

ANOTHER

1. (a) Who was the last King of England to claim to be also King of France?

(b) What town in France was last actually in English hands, and in whose reign was it lost?

2. "A fellow of Infinite jest, of What most excellent fanes."

93YA character Shakepearean

this, and of whom?

3. Five countries are known to inhabitants as (a) their asin Hellas (b) Nippon, (c) Island, (u) Muang Thai, (e) Miar. Un der what names are they known 10 us?

4. (a) Which of the following held the office of Poet Laureate: Milion. Byron, Shakespeare. Shelley, Wordsworth. Tennyson, Browning. Kipling, Bridges?

our first official

(b) Who was Laurenic?

(c) Who holds the office al pre- sent?

G. Which of these are metal Strontium. Solatium. Sodium Honorarium, Viaticum, Vanadium Uranium, Vasculum?

G: Knights of the Order of the "garier blue" Garter wear £2 ribbon. Of which of our "orders of chivalry," are the respective. (b) sky ribbons (a) crimson,

blue, (e) green?

7. What are the fatictions of Trinity House, and, from whom did 14 receive its charler?

8. One poet commemorated the death of another in an ode "Adenals." Can you name the two ports?

9. The British Empire Games were last held at Sydney in 1938. What famous athletes triumphed in (a) the 100 yards, (b) the quarter-mlle, (o) the High Jump?

Humpty- did 10. (a) What Dumpty mean when he said. "There's glory for you"?

(6) What was the sum which he, inaisted should be worked out "on paper"?

ANSWERS

George III (b). Calals; Queen Mary. I. 2. Itamlet, of poor. Yorick," 3 (2) Greece; (b) Japan: (c) ferland; (d) Slana; (0) Egypt. 4 (a) Wordsworth.. Tennyson, Bridges; (b) John Drydeni (c) John Masefeld. B. Stronulum, Bodi um. Vanadium Uranium, 6 (a) Order of the Bath; (b) Order of St. Patrick: te) Order of the Thistle. 7. The ad.

ministration of 1 and of pilet

1. In "Adonais,” services. Honry Shelley commemorates the death of Koals: 9 (a C. By Holmes (bw. Roberts; (c). Thacker, 10 (8) "There's /regular knock-down argument for you"; (b) The subtraction of: 1 from Sro. to determine tha, number of "u¤~ Birthdays, in a 'yeur??

the district, folk just "stayed put." To-day the shelter is be- coming the centre of life and a focus for morale in every street.

Here, for instance, is every- body's chair, sensible kitchen chairs and stools-and Grand- ma's with yellow satin cushion--placed ready for the next time. "After the first night we found it was too tir ing to stand."

very In one street there is n

of working vigorous committer men's wives which has installed carpets and mais, a table, an oil lamp led daily, and daily fresh water in their street shelter which holds 50.

The (unemployed) docker's wife who runs this solid rampart of faith which deles death and des- palr, says, "We watch Rosita every evening. Sho's that barrage balloon over there, that goes up last. When Rosita goes up all the women in this street bring their children in here. The kids are used to play- so they Ing here on rainy days. don't mind. And nobody heara co nuch when we're all chatting. In- side. We feel we've BOL encl other."

So speak the women of this new Britain of the front line. The common sense of not making things neigh- worse than they are; the

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bourliness; their practical humani-

ty are qualities which bave killed panle.

But how does the morale of the British civilan stand

to the ยม reality, the actual bomb blast which follows the threat?

"I'll show you where, the missus and I were sitting when it hap- pened," says Mr. William Spurs, whose house has been a wind- dusty gap blown heap of rubble, in a row of blasted houses, since that Wednesday night.

We climb, beneath precarious facades of destructiun round to the bark where the cellar steps are, intraculously, Intact beneath the ruin of the staircase. "We were sitting there on the steps, four of us, listening to the noise of the bombs and anti-aircraft. After a time I pulled open this door at the top of the steps and instead of my was open sky own hall there through what was left of the upper floors of this house."

The matter-of-fact story of their crawling out, their rescue of dog. canary, and the wife's false teeth, scon ended, and the more import- ant job of salvaging his joinery tools ("my bread and butter") is completed, while we wail. Then over a drink Mr. S. cnimly changes to another subject a fragment of the Dunkirk eple-telling us how his sun got home.

Several of his neighbours killed, his own life saved by a sulid stair- case, a week's work losi, compen- sation for his smashed house un- settled, he raises his glass with a steady hand and says: "Yes, we've had sevetal alarms since, and we just go quietly into the shelter at my daughter's place."

There are funerals on the North- are corduned East Consi; there streets; there are sleepless nights; and long, "go-to-it" days; there are applications for child evacua- tion abroad. Grim war has come,

But with war I saw no panie, no refugees, no sauve-qui-peut whis- pers shaking the line.

The corrupt stupidity of politi- cians, the white tics, the racegoers, the red-tape trimmed dollies of the Civil Service, the job-seekers, the dodgem, and all the timid and will have to complacent rout emulate the humble people of this new wartime Britain if they can. The rest of us must joyfully grasp their-single-heartedness and neigh- bourliness, their loyalty and cf- Ociency; and we, too, will stay the air-raids.

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The famous Thomson sub-machine gun-famous weapon of American gangsters--was used by Nazi parachute troops. Now Britain is buying them by the thousand. The guns have an accurate fire up to 750 yards and can be fired elher pistol-fashion or. from the shoulder.

Nearest approach to the "Tommy Gun" in the last war was the Mondragon au- tomatic rifle, originated in Mexico and was used by Germany to a small extent.

The "Tommy Gun" ia really more of a heavy au- tomatic pistol.

It was first of all choson by the American police for anti-gangster work, though it had been invented during the war by Brigadier-Gen- eral J. T. Thompson.

The drums containing the ammunition are circular and... fixed in front of the trigger guard. They hold twenty to fifty rounds.

including The rate of fire, changing drums, is about

300 shots a minute, com- pared with the 450 to 500 rounds per minute achieved by heavier guns such as the

Vickers.

Weight would probably be between four and five- pounds. (Service rifle weight 8lb. 10 oz.)

As the "Tommy Gun's" barrel is short, its range is short, too, and it is suitable only for close fighting.

"Possibly it will replace the bayonet... only a bayonet doesn't run out of ammuni- tion. The Jerry is known to have a distinct dislike for cold steel with a point on it. And there's no bayonet on "Tommy Gun!"'"

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HANOI GLOOMY

Intrusion Of Japanese Inspectors

ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.e.) and 31.49 motres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Recital by Haf Lorenzo From the Studio

An account of the humillallon in Hanoi endured by the French Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency following the arrival of large num of 845 k. c.s. and on Short Wavebers of Japanese military uniformed from 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 pm. on inspectors, was given by a traveller

on his arrival in Hongkong. 0.32 m.c's. per second.

12.15 p.m. Intercession.

Orchestra. Stesta

Short Service

of

"When I was in Hanoi I saw Rev- Vaughan Williams-Sero-eral Japanese military planes, which 12.30

were coples American Douglas and nado to Music,

Sir Henry J. Wood conducting the Lockheed alrcraft, using the French airport. The planes arrive from B.B.C. Orchestra.

12.45 The London Philharmonie Canton to carry out reconnaissance fights with the inspectors," he said. Walton), Crovi (W.

"I saw the French wince - as Diamonds-Overture (Auber).

and Japanese crews swaggered from their 1.0 Local Time

planes about the airport. There are. Weather Report.

1.03 The Bireet Singer and the about 100 of these so-called inspec tors in Hanoi, as each member of the large Orchestra Mescoite.

first party was followed by a 1.30 Reuter und Rugby

star," he added. Weather Forecast and

ments.

Signal

Press, Announce.

the

"From what I saw of them the 1.45 A Light French Programme. Japanese were poor pilots. Their 2.15 Close down.

planes appeared to be having a great

6.0 Half an hour of Dance Musia dent of engine trouble," he said.

6.40 New

Orchestra.

tions.

Light

Symphony

Some

The arrival of the Japanese bas

Indo-China. 7.05 Closing local Stock Quota-added to the gloom of the French

population in banned at nights in hotels and 1.07 Songs by Elisabeth Schumann time after war started dancing was (Soprano).

cabarets, as the authorities declared there was to be no pleasure-making while others in France were at the front.

7.17 Moszkowski-Sulto Foreign Lands."

"From

The State Opera Orchestra. 7.30 London Relay The News. 8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report und Announcements,

6.03 This week's programmes. 8.07 Studio-Jazz Plano Reollal by Hal Lorenza.

"Now, following the collapse of France and the Japanese intrusion, even Hanoi is dead. Women are stopping using perfume: Champagno which used to be only $4.50 (Hong-

8:27 Bydney Gustard at the Organ.jkong) a bottle is now four times this price. All able-bodied civilians are training," the Musical Comedy Medley.

8.35 Dance Muslo by Victor 8-in uniform, and in

travaller said, Vester and His Ballroom Orchestra.

3.0 London Relay The News and Topical Talk.

8.45 The Kentucky Minstrels. 10.0 Light Variety ProgTRENING, 10.30 Dance Music by Ambrose and His Orchestra

11.0 Close down.

TIENTSIN DEPARTURE

The French can hardly be ex- pected to oppose the Japanese de- mands. They have only got a hand- type bombers at Hanot." - ful of fighter planes and a few old

S.C.A. RESUMES DUTY

It is notified that Mr. H. A. C. North resumed duty as Secretary for Chinese Affairs on August 12.

Large Crowd Gathers To OPENS FRIDAY AT THE

Say Farewell

Tientsin, Aug. 18.

KING'S

NATIONAL / ZUPERB! /

ZORINA

The closing of another chapter in GRAND DUBLE ATTRACTION the long and variegated history of Tientsin was seen to-day when Bri- tish troops embarked at dawn on a river steamer for Tangku where they whl board n Jardine vessel for an unknown destination.

secrecy

It was still dark when the small force marched smartly up the Bri- tish Bund unheralded by either! drumma or band. Despite the deep their official

surrounding withdrawal a large number of Bri- Including Lous and other nationals Chinese gathered to bid the troops God speed, The majority of the spectators were in evening dress.

Although their stay here has been! short the British troops have made friends. Some 'griet numerous stricken sweethearts did not attempt to conceal their emotion and sobbed

as the men marched away.

darted

Hordes of Japanese photographers including movie. cameramen about the Bund attempting to work despite the darkness.

A large guard of honour was pro- Volunteer vided by the British Carps, British Municipal Polite and the recently formed force of special which includes a con- constables siderable number of prominent Bri- lans, but other foreign troops were not officially represented by uni- formed men,

The departing troops, while sorry to leave Tientsin; which they learn- ed to like: during their brief stay, wero elated by the hope of seeing some action instead of vegetating in Tientsin, as one exelted young pri vate put it. The same could not be said by the local Britons "who are saddened by the loss of something which amounted to a great local in- stilation. They felt also that the departure of the troops, amall as their number was, broke another alender link with home far away

As the troops settled down on the steamer à corporal produced a piano. necordeon and started playing old time favourites in which the troops and spectators on the jetty Joined. Many of the latter sang with tears in their eyes. The steamer cost off at @ am amid thunderous cheers which continued until she was most out of sight. Reuter.

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