1940-10-29 — Page 23

NANCY

OH, GENERAL--- I HEAR EDDIE JOINED OUR ARMY!

YEAH!--- HE WANTED TO JOIN OUR SECRET SERVICE AND DO

OUR SPY STUFF

FOR US!

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

OH, HE'S PERFECT FOR THAT JOBY

NAW-IT DIDN'T WOIK OUT SO

GOOD!

October 29, 1940.

By Ernie Bushmiller

I TRIED CAMOUFLAGE BUT YA CAN STILL SEE

-HIM!

A. R. P.

EQUIPMENT

Empress Of Britain's Gallant All Guns To End

Fate; Fired

LONDON, Oct. 28 (Reuter).-Survivors from the Empress of Britain, landed.

at a western port on Sunday. They declared that the 42,500-ton liner was bombed 700 miles off Ireland on Saturday morning.

The attacking aircraft then disappeared but returned and dropped four more bombs, includ- ing Incendiaries.

A number of people were killed when the bombs exploded and some of the ship's lifeboats caught fire and could not be lowered. But as there was little danger of the ship sinking im- mediately, there was plenty of time for the passengers to take to the lifeboats before the liner' was completely ablaze from stem to atern.

The Inst people were taken some six hours after the attack.

No Panic

Pedder Street

of Subject of

Shop Claim

An action for $800 was brought against K. Weiss, manu- facturers' representative, by Lucy Tong, of Tong's China De- light, 61 Des Voeux Road Central, before Mr. Justice E. H. Williams at the Summary Court this morning.

The claim was made up of balance of purchase price of fix- tures and fittings, and rental due for the ground floor of 8 Pedder Street.

month from September 1.

Delen-

Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared for dent then paid $1,400 on account and DT plain, and defendant was repre-gave plaintiff a series of post-dated

sented by Mr. D. McCallumn.

elcques to the extent of $1,750--$800 as purchase price for the fittings, $750 as rental for September and $1,000 to cover the deposit which plaintiff had with the landlords.

In the meantime there was no panic. a number of women and children calmly obeying instructions to remain until the time to leave,

was The youngest passenger

months who wag baby boy of 11 strapped to a sailor's back.

Captain Charles Sapsworth, the the bridge commander, slood an

encouraging his gunners as they battled with the raider until all were killed or wounded and the guns were out of ilon,

Captain Sapsworth is belleved to be among the survivors.

Rafts From Doors The crew made rafts out of cabin, doors in case the boats proved in Buffelent.

A member of the crew declared that the raider machine-gunned the ship's anti- passengers after aircraft guns were out of action. He praised the women stewards who, he sald, behaved marvellously.

Mr. Silva said that his client was at one time carrying on business at 0 Pedder Street, ground floor, which Chinese Estates, she rented from the Ltd. at $800 a month and on payment of two months deposit. She had spent over $2,000 in decorating and Axing the premises, but towards the July, 1979 she found she was end of

money because of the heavy

10tal

It was understood by both parties that if by the end of September all the cheques were met and honoured, 。 furler the defendant would raise month's deposit and take over tenancy, but in the event of defendant being unable to do so, plaintiff would continue to hold the tenancy until such time as he was able to take li over.

be

At this time defendant saw her manager and tried to persuade him to let him have the premises for his business, which was that of men's

Cheques Dishonoured wear specialist. After several d's- cussions, an arrangement was arrived All these arrangements, continued at between plaintiff's manager and Mr. Silva, were made verbally. When defendant whereby the latter was to the post-dated cheques were eventual- pay $800 for the fittings and fixtures, ly presented they were dishonoured. take over the tenancy and to sub-ict Defendant was approached but

the kept putting plaintiff off on the cackloft to plaintiff at $50 a month. However, when the land-

Mr. Silva concluded by enying lords were approached about the found that he was short of funds. transfer of the tenancy, they said that he understood the defence was months that his client had failed to arrange they would require three

take it the tenancy with the landlords and deposit if defendant was to

had taken away certain fittings. over.

Short Of Funds

Following evidener by plaintiff and Defendant then informed plaintiff's

cuse was adjourned. manager and plaintiff, who had by her manager, Sheung Slu-jam, the this time returned-from-Shanghai.. that he was short of funds and was unable to pay the $800 for the fixtures

CHUNGKING, Oct. 20 (Central or three months' deposit. A new ar-

Wank Chung-hul, rangement was arrived at whereby News).-Dr. the tenaney was to continue under Minister of Foreign Affairs, gave a A British flying boat spotted the the name of plaintiff, and the pre-dinner party in honour of M. Alex- Semionovitch Pannouchkine, blazing liner and brought warships tomises, with the exception of the andre the rescue.

cockloft, sub-let to defendant for $750 Soviet Ambassador to China.

the

An R.A.F. mon repaired the damagi ed engine of a lifeboat and this was used to tug heavy lifeboats from place to place picking up survivors, while a naval offeer aboard the liner led party of men through flames and smoke to lower a lifeboat which saved many lives.

BADMINTON CHAMPION LOSES FORM

(THINKS)

I SEEM TO BE LOSING

MY PEP-BADMINTON

IS A GAME OF THE

PAST FOR ME.

AT THE DOCTOR'S TWO WEEKS

IN YOUR CASE ALSO THIS HAS LED TO AN EXCESS OF ACID WASTE PRODUCTS IN THE BLOOD. RECENT

●TESTS HAVE PROVED THAT HORLICKS AT

BEDTIME IS |WHAT YOU?S

NEED.

KORLICKS!

"LATER,

(THINKS)

THE DOCTOR'S RIGHT THIS HORLICKS IS DOING

ME GOOD.

YOU WILL HAVE TO LEAVE ME OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT OLD MAN.

I'M FINISHED.

A MONTH AFTER

THE CHAMPION

IS BACK

ON HIS OLD

FORM AGAIN.

NONSENSE- YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT. WHY

NOT SEE A DOCTOR MEANWHILE?

YES, SINCE THE DOCTOR PUT

HIM ON

HORLICKS.

DO YOU FEEL WORN OUT, DEPRESSED, OR NERVY? DO YOU EVEN AWAKE TIRED?

Hongkong Hero Prisoner of War

Is

Flight Lieutenant J. R. T. Smalley, D.F.C., born in Hong- kong 21 years ago, is now reported to be a prisoner of war. Newa to this effect has been! In the fighting in France he received by his father, Dr. J. T. forced down in flames, but managed

to escape from his machine unhurt. Smalley, from England.

Flight Lieutenant Smalley, up to the time that his plane was forced down on October 17, had been in the thick of the fighting since the Ger mal invasion of the Low Countries. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in August.

Ie has had several narrow escapes

Wis

Shortly afterwards, he was forced down in the English Channel. He was in the water for several hours before he was rescued,

on

He was again forced down October 17-It is not stated where this occurred-and there was no news of him until October 23 when he was reported to be a prisoner of war.

GOVERNOR OF MACAO CMDR. TEIXEIRA IN HONGKONG

"In the words of Portugal's leader Dr. Salazar during the early days of the war I can say that we do not turn over face] away from friends in dark times,"

BUBONIC PLAGUE

Thus declared the new Governor of Macao Commander Gabriel Maurico Teixeira in'an interview with a "Telegraph"

this representative

morning when asked to comment on Portugal's position on the Nazi- dominated continent of Europe.

The new Governor arrived by a Netherlands liner early this morning and will leave for Macao by the Portuguese sloop Goncalvo Velho to- (Reuter)ive rely implicitly on our leader.

N. Manchurian Precautions

Oct. 28 MOSCOW, Bubonic plague has broken Northern Manchurin,

out in

H.K. JAPANESE

He is to command; we to obry. I can not think of anybody more enp- Governor conse-able than him," the new The Soviet Government quently have imposed quarantine | added. regulations on Otpor and Prgrani-

Succeeda Barbosa chnaya, vallway stations for the ports

who has of Vladivostok and Nikolayevsk. Commander Teixeiro,

All passengers from Manchuria are

been appointed in succession to the affected.

late Governor Barbosa was formerly a member of the Portuguese Parlia- ment. Al 43 he is one of the young- est Governors in the Portuguese Em- pire. He is a former naval officer and served in Portuguese East Africa In province as Acting Governor of Mosambique. He is accompanied by his wife, two daughters-and-con.

The new Governor, who is on his jetrnt first visit to the Far East, speaks English well. He said he English as a child before Portuguese being taught by an English aunt.

"I have many English friends in- cluding friends in high naval posts,"

added.

RELEASED

Yamaguchi, the Japanese merchant who was arrested here and detained at La Salle College Internment Comp on suspicion of breach of the local defence regulations, has been released on Instructions from London.

No other official statement on the subject is authorised.

AT THE DOCTOR'S

.....1 EVEN

WAKE TIRED

YOUR TROUBLE IS NIGHT STARVATION. YOU SEE, WHILE YOU SLEEP, YOUR HEART, LUNGS AND OTHER AUTOMATIC PROCESSES CONTINUE USING UP

ENERGY.

DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS UGE HORLICKS

RECE

IN HOSPITAL TESTS

ECENTLY tests were made in a great

hospital on men and women who com plained of always feeling tired,

It was found that those people had an excess of acid wasto products in their blood during sleep.

This acid wasto kept the brain and nerves 'on cdgo' all night even though the rest of the body was sound asleep.

But when Horlicka was given to these people last thing at night, this excess.neld, waste was completely neutralised. They woke refreshed, with increased energy, and vitality,

Take HORLICKS

THEN YOU WILL SLEEP SOUNDLY- WAKE REFRESHED AND HAVE EXTRA ENERGY ALL DAY

he

He was met on arrival early this morning by the Acting Consul for Portugal, Senhor F. P. de V. Soares and the Governor's Alde-de-Camp, Capt. S. H. Batty-Smith, who pre- sented Senora Teixeira with a bou- quet

Commander Teixeira said he hoped to return shortly to fiongkong to make a formal visit during which he would meet Lieut-General E. F. Norton and members of the Portuguese community.

has

local

set

Pope Plays Part With Prayers Special Day Nominated

VATICAN CITY, Oct. 28 (UP),—|

the Pope His Hullness November 14 as an extraordinary day of prayer during which he will preach instruction to the world, re- cite special mass at St. Peter's Basillen and exhort God to grant the world

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