1940-12-20 — Page 8

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 20, 1940.

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THE HONG KONG SOCIETY. FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

The grateful thanks of the Society Is hereby tendered to the many subscribers during the year ended 31st October, and the Treasurera are pleased to report that the Income nearly, covered the increased ex- penditure.

Hon. Treasurers:

Mr. A. McKelinr, C.A..

c/o Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co.

P. & O. Building.

N. Kwak 'Chao.

c/o The Banque de L'Indo-Chine,

• Hong Kong

November, 12th, ̈1040.

COLLAPSES IN WIND--Remarkable picture shows the collapse of the G.$6,400,000 Tacoma Narrows bridge into Puget Sound, after a heavy wind started it swaying. The bridge had the third longest suspension span in the world. Arruiv, reporter's automobilo. He crawl- ad to safety on hands and knees.

London's Chinatown Among Most

Areas Heavily Bombed

NEW AND FASTER FIGHTERS

་་

It is no secret that new and very formidable British fighters

are now in production, and will shortly make their debut in action. Reference may also be made to an advanced series of a fam- ous fighter typo, In which increase of power will mean an increase of speed and the improvement of other qualities.

This machine will still further | increase British speed supre- macy, ng the top speed will ex- ceed 400 m.p.h. It is therefore faster than any of the German machines,

The speed claimed for one of the new German fighters, a two-seater Focke-Wulf, is 325 m.p.h. By 1941 standards this is by no means won

derful.

SECRECY IN

COURT

Two long messages written by Felicy Amy Willheim, a 27-year- old Austrian, were produced. 'in court at Maidenhead when sho In the fighting over and around was charged with attempting to Britain since Aug. the RA.F. have commit suicide by gas posloning. Jost

an average of 70 aircraft a week, and in these nine weeks about cause she was an enemy subject was A reference to "pin-pricks" bc- of our airmen have been saved made in one of the messages, which by parachute. In the operations over

were read to the magistrales in Germany and enemy-ocoupled terri- quiet voice by the Clerk -(Mr C. R. tory about 90 of our 'aircraft have Thomas). He afterwords told the falled to return.

poilee not to allow the Press to sẹo them.

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Production Growing

Production of fighters and bombers In unother passage Willheim is considerably in excess of these wrote: losses. Moreover,

the Prime "We Austrians are not your Minister sinted on Tuesday, so ef- enemies.

ficient is our maintenance service "I have friends in Germany and that the number of damaged aircraft Austria who are only outwardly restored to service by themselves Nazi. In their hearts they await the exceed or make good the losses, "so hour of freedom.

that

in many weeks wo see the new construction ever expanding s 弭 clear gain."

DEATH OF DOPEY Eddie Collins, Hollywood comedian who inspired Dopey the Dwarf in Walt Disney's "Snow White" fin, hasa died.

Collins, an old-time vaudeville star, was chosen as the model for Dopey

LONDON'S East-end Chinatown has been amongst the most heavily bombed after Disney saw his act in a burle-

of this great city's stricken districts. Little laundries and restaurants, formerly kept by industrious, frugal, Chinese proprietors, who employed as workpeople many of their poorer compatriots, are now just sad heaps of bricks and broken beams by the side of bomb-pitted roads.

Beneath some of the ruins are still buried the bodies of those who formerly worked there, and rescue workers are still digging

to recover the remains.

Most Chinese who could afford to do so have already left the danger area for less menaced districts in London, and many, if not all, of the Chinese women and children have been evacuated to the country by Government schemes.

The few men who remain are thoseja young Cantonese

lounged easily, lucky enough to have Anderson shel-glancing without any particular in- iers in their back yards, or those terest at the sky, and, apparently stuies who declare that they are not] cogitating on some problem for re- afraid of what their relatives have moved from the current unpleasant suffered so 'bravely In Chungking ness.

and

other Chinese cities. So they He had just arrived, in a ship from hang on in their ramshackle little Singapore, and was waiting for the houses of flimsy brickwork and await rald to end, and the Tube station to the bombs with fatalistic indiffer-open, in order to go up to see his

ence.

in

London University used to act as unpaid teachers, and the club soon developed into Chinatown's real so- clal centre.

Now, the laughter of the children no longer sounds within its walls— they are far way in Somersetshire, Gloucestershire

Oxfordshire. and But the few Chinese elders remain- ing assemble here periodically meet the Chinese Consul, who comes down to see that all possible help is their time of trial.

given to the being

community In

to

Funds he provides assist those tradesmen who have lost their bu siness to carry on, and he is some- times able to accelerate the evacua- tion of those who have no longer brother, a cook, in the West End. any inducement to remain in this

"What do you intend to do after heavily damaged district. that?" the reporter inquired.

"I have made long voyage," he

answered, with plenty hard work.

Some of the Chinese lodging-house keepers remain to cater for the Chinese seamen constantly arriving the London docks In ocean steamers from the Far East..

So I wait here week or two for Seamen Have No Fear rest and fun, then take ship back to These sailors,

endured Singapore again when having

money all calmly the must savage attacks by gone. Thank you. Goodbye now." submarines and Nazi warplanes at: So saying, he retreated with a mild sen, face the London raids without smile into the interior of the house fear, or, for that matter, much visi-to rest until the "All Clear" should ble interest.

make it possible for him to go up

Chung Hwa Club

Birch For Thefts

In War-Time

A threat to use the birch-rod to pul down petty thefts in war-time when people were busy on jobs of national importance, was made in St Andrew's Juvenile Court recently by Captain llow, who prended when 30 juveniles appeared on various charges of theft and malicious mischief.

"Petty thefts," declared Captain

"must be kept down in wor-

He placed several boys on proba-

When, for example, ~a~reporter-West- visited the Chinese Seamen's Lodging! House, a raid was in progress and the

Not far away in the Chung Hwa cracking rear of bursting anti-aircraft Club, founded by the Chinese Am- shells thundered in the sky obove, bussador a few years ago to enable Shrapnel seemed to be falling thick- | London-born Chinese children

to time" ly all around, and conditions, to say tearn something of the culture of the least, were by no means reassur- ancient China and to gain. some little tion for a year when they pleaded ing.

knowledge of their classic tongue, guilty to charges brought against But, in the doorway of the house Mandarin Chinese students from them.

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NORWAY EXPLOSION

Eight people have been killed in mysterious explosion at i ex- plosives factory ni Hurum, Norway.

This is reported by the omelal Swedish news agency.

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