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NANCY

NANCY~

NO--I. DON'T

WILL WANT ANY

ARGUMENTS!)

You

PASTE

THIS

IN YOUR

WINDOW?

VOTE FOR WILLKIE

HEY, NANCY--- PUT THIS IN YOUR WINDOW,

HUH?

NO!

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

HERE.

DON'T NANCY! WANT

VOTE FOR

"SWILLKIE

HEY, NANCY--

HIT/

DO YOU

WANT A ROOSEVELT

SIGN?

NO!

November 7, 1940..

By Ernie Bushmiller

THIS IS GETTING ON MY

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LETTERS

Evacuation Appeals

To the Editor,

The "Hongkong Telegraph." Sir, send you herewith copies of correspondence regarding the ap- peal on behalf of my wife which was heurd on Saturday, 2nd. November. In view of the publicity given to the statement made by the Secretary to the Advisory Committee regarding my inability to support my wife, shall be obliged if you will publish these letters in full.

Shooting Affair At North Point

A Chinese boatman attached to the Chinese Bathing Club at North Point was found in the club's offices yester-

A day dead from gunshot wounds. revolver was found by his side.

Police Inter discovered that the Chinese revolver belonged to a revenue officer who had left it in his locker before going for swim. Police state that deceased must have seen the revolver and used a key to open the locker and take out the

weapon.

such arrant nonsense as the article which appeared under the above caption in your fasue of yesterday

The "apology submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee and at once withdrawn by their Secretary, [evening. bears the hall-mark with which we are all becoming so familiar these days.

G. B. S. THOMSON. .COPIES

4th. November, 1910.

The Chairman,

The Evacuation Advisory

Committee,

Colonial Secretarial,

Hongkong. Str-On Saturday last, during the hearing of the Appeal lodged on be half of my wife, the Secretary to your Committee

in his preliminary summary of the evidence stated-

"On 2nd. August lust a letter was received from Messra. John- son, Stukea & Master, Solicitors, applying for permission for Mrs. Thomson to return on the grounds: that you were unable to support her in Australin and yourse't here." This was the complete 1ference made to that letter,

As you are well aware at no time

during the hearing did I mention the

question of maintenance of my wife, but unfortunately the above state- ment was given wide publicity in the Press as my main submission to your Committee, and was in some cases attributed to me.

The letter In question is follows:-

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When will non-Catholles realizo that His Holiness is Hend of the Roman Catholic Church, only Inso- far as the Spiritual welfare of its members is involved, and that he has no more control or direction over their political opinions as, say, the Begum of Bophal.

the

The Innuendo contained in article is subtile, but Catholles the world over-irrespective of their race or political belief, know that the priest comes before the man and that whether the percentage of Italians in the College of Cardinals be large ori small, the function of that body is in no whit altered.

Its function is Spiritual only.

R.S.P.

Refutes Argument

Rowland Jones.

power. erned by two powers essentially

HMILLER

JEM

STOCK MARKET REPORT

Hongkong Stock Exchange Official Summary, Issued yesterday says:

The market was quietly steady.

Buyers H.K. Banks $1,210 Union Ins. $387. Douglases $135 Providents

$4.40 Hotels Lands $30.75 $3.10 Trama

$16.75

Electrics (old) $36.75 Electrics (now) $36.50 Telephones (old) $23 Ropes $0.10

Dairy Forma $17 Waisons $0 Entertainments $8.00

Bellers Vibro Piling $8

QUICK RELIEF

· from · ···

TORTURING ITCH

STILLMAN'S

ITCH RELIEF

Sir, in the final edition of yester-i Don't suffor from itch due to day's paper there appeared an article under the heading "The Popel eczema, hives, nettles, insect Can Take It." I wish to retute the bites, ring worm, chiggors, arguments set down by the Rev. W dhobies itch, prickly host and

The Rev. Jones asks why the Pope other itching cruptions. has not forbidden every Catholic to stop fighting and cease assisting in any way the immoral objects of the Pagon Leaders of

of the Dictator coun- tries. It is because the Church is a Since a man is "The Honourable Tho Colonial

Governed Secretary.

dist reference

the temporal power which Sir-We are instructed by our has

to the civil order, and client, Mr. G. B. S. Thomson, the the spiritual power which regulates accountant of The Hongkong & Kowloon Whart & Godown Co. Ltd., to write to you and ascertain this world." This sets the Church Packed in a handy, dispenser whether there is any objection to above all nations.

bottle. Just remove closure cap his wife returning to the Colony. Mr. Jones has also said that the and rub over skin area for quick Government were originally given Catholic Church is not universal

client at all but Italian, and that it is the relief. This healing liquid is arranged for his wife to proceed expression of one nationality. This applied from bottle onto skin- The Church is truly no waste. You will be thrilled privately to Australia and she left is not true. on the 5th, ult and is at the pre-universal, when

"to"do" Popo were sent time in Sydney. As her on sides for, the soc refuses to take with the quick results obtained Unued sbsence from the Colony Mr. Jones suggests he might be ac- and with its modern method of The application-used exclusively for cused of being pro-English. will involve, our client giving up his present home and dismissing Church is above warring factions and Stillman's Itch Relief, his staff he would, if it were the Pope, Christ's "representative on possible, be glad if she could return earth, is the Prince of Peace.

"When the instructions of the

for the evacuation, онг

to the Colony and, as we have mentioned, he would be glad to know if there is any objection to her doing so.

We may add, as far as help to be given here is concerned, she is the holder of an AR.P. Warden's Certificate which she obtained in London.

"We have the honour to be, Sir, "Your obedient servants,

(Sd.) "JOHNSON STORES &

MASTER."

I cannot see how it was possible to construe this letter as was done by your Committee.

You will appreciate that a Press statement to the effect that I am unable to support my wife in Aus- tralla is greatly, resented by me, and I must request some explanation for this gross mis-representation of fact. I shall be obliged if you will favour me with an early reply,

Yours faithfully,

(sd.) G. B. S. THOMSON. Colonial Secretary's Omce,

Hongkong.

5th. November, 1040.

Sir, The Chairman of the Evacua- tion Advisory Committee has asked me to reply to your letter of 4th.. November. ber.

In preparing the notes on your enre, I assumed that the words "As the continued absence from

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Colony will involve our client giving up his present home and dismissing his staff

"which were used by Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master in their letter of 2nd. August, were Intended to imply that your appeal was based on Bnancial grounds.

If my remarks, which expressed this assumption, were incorrect, you were, quite at liberty to contradict them. presume that since no con- tradiction was forthcoming the Press reporters assumed that you accepted my Implication.

At

I must assure you that the Com mittee has made every effort to avoid embarrassing members of the public who have appeared before it and that this particular misunderstanding is Togretted by all the members. the same time I do not feel justified in accepting responsibility for an interpretation of a letter written on your behalf which you let pasa with- out question or comment. »

I am, Sir,

Your abedient servant,

(50.) C BRAMWELL Burgess, andymed Secretary,-27 Evacuation Advisory Committee

"The Pope Can Do It?

Siramdeodorantuntered that you permit your newspaper to feature

whatever concerns religion. Christ Stops that itch instantly. Himself said, "My kingdom is not of

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