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Monday,

ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENT

BY THE MANAGEMENT. OF

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH -

December 23, 1940.

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AND

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1940-1941

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CHRISTMAS

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A. CHILD !!”

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THE STORE WITH THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

Count the "TELEGRAPHS" everywhere

CHINESE WOMAN'S SUICIDE

How She Answered Inspector

HOW a police inspector obtained a statement from a young Chinese woman who had taken caustic soda and was unable to speak, by asking her questions and receiving replies in the form of head and hand motions, was explained in the Singapore Coro- nor's court recently.

The officer was Inspector Goh Kong Chiang, of the Tanjong Pagar Police Station, who described his visit to the woman in the General Hospital when he gave ovidence at an inquiry begun by Mr W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, into the woman's death.

The woman, Sim Ah Lian, a

23-year-old Hokkien, was stated

to have drunk a solution of HOUSE FOR WAR

caustic soda, in her home on Nov. 18. Sha died a few days Iater.

Describing his visit, Inspector Gon

sold:

uaked her in Hokkien how many years she had been married and she indicated eight by means of

her fingers.

"I then asked her if she had drunk a solution of caustic soda and tho nodded her head.

"When I asked her if she had taken caustic soda by mistake, she shook her head.

Nodded Her Head

"I then asked her if she had taken the soda to end her life, and nho nodded her head in aree

meni.

When I asked her why she had taken the soda to end her life sho

waved her hand.”

Inspector Goh said he then asked her if she had taken the soda because she wanted "to go away," but she shook ber head,

AND PEACE

Blast-proof housing for indus- trial centres is the subject of an exhibition of architects draw- the Ings opened recently at RLBA. headquarters in Port- land Place, W.

The purpose of the exhibition is to teach housing authoritics that though war-time needs come first there is no need to

or future pence-time uses. neglect either present amenities

Therefore the R.L.B.A. set a

com-

petition open to all architects for a typical housing-estate house to com- ply with three conditions:

(1) Economy of material and speed of

of construction so as not to interfere with pressing war needs, (2) the house must be built for pence-time use yet affo

afford extra sleeping accommodation for war- time needs. (3) it must give ade- quate ARP. protection. qualc

A second competition has provided

"I then asked her," Inspector Goh continued, "if it was because she had been driven away from home, and she nodded her head." To another question put by inspec-for the estate lay-out and this section tor Goli, the woman indicated that produced two ingenious plans. One she was worried.

emphasises some buildings and

Husband's Evidence

WOULDN'T: REGISTER-Assorting they were com scientious abjoctors, Rov. Keith C. Kanaga, loft, Congrega- tional clergyman, and Rev. Harry H. Kruenor, Baptist, botk of Boston, refused to register for conscription in the United States.

No Right To Beat Boy- S'pore Dutchman Fined

"YOU had no right to beat any of the children or take the law. into your own hands," said Mr Kenneth Byrne, Singapore magistrate, to Peter van der Weerdt, a Hollander employed as an assistant at the K.P.M., when he convicted van der Weerdt recently of using criminal force on 81%-year-old Donald Urquhart,

Donald William Urquhart told the court that he was in Stan- dard I at St Andrew's School.

"About 5 or 5.30 p.m. on Oct. 29," he said, "I was playing with

camouflages, others to leave the im- pression from the air that the estate is several other boys outside van Ng Kec, husband of the woman, only an old-world village; the other der Weerdt's house in Cairnhill said that he visited his wife when shows the houses arranged in the Road. she was in hospital and that he scattered, inconsequent manner of on questioned her.

"She told me that she had taken English village, the caustic soda unintentionally," said Ng Ker,

Questioned about his wife's wor- ries, Ng Kee said that she had been brooding over the loss of her child some months ago,

Ng Koon Chuan, the woman's father-in-law, said that she came home from work on Nov. 13 shortly after 4 p.m., had some food and then went up to her room. He left the house to buy something and when he returned he saw his daughter-in-law come running out of her room and collapse in the hallway.

PILOT'S 40 NAZI VICTIMS

There is a pilot in the R.A.F. who has already brought down He summoned the police.

40 enemy aircraft. In the last Remarking that he was satisfied war Major E. Mannock was top that the woman took the soda with scorer with 73. the intention of taking her own life, Mr Porter returned a verdict of "suicide.".

ENGLISHWOMEN'S Plight In Paris

But though pilots' records are kept, the Air Ministry does not approve of the glorification of bomber, squadron team work is the air ace. In fighter, as in

the thing.

Two of them, Joe and Pete, had a fight and I tried to separate them Then van der Weerdt came out and asked me what was the matter.

P

Beaten In Back "Before I could answer him," Donald declared, "he took hold of me with one hand and hit me with thei other, beating me all over my back

four or five times.

Donald's evidence was corroborated by Joe Sassoon, also aged 8%, who admitted that he had a quarrel with Pele Bas because Pete spat on his

Blanche, Urquhart said that that evening her son Donald came running into the house complaining that he had been thrashed,

"He was crying and was very up- all red," she stated, cet, and I found that his back was

Had Dengue Fever In his defence, van der Weerde front a very busy day said he had come home that day the office and had also a touch of dengue fever,

He sat

in the verandah of his

RHAPSODY BY BLUE

Two detectives who called at Canterbury Deanery told the dean, Dr. Hewlett Johnson, that there had been reports of mysterious gatherings in the deanery after Sunday evening service.

Dr. Johnson gave the explanation at a meeting in Manchester recently. "As a matter of fact," he said, "the highly dangerous thing that happened there was extremely highbrow musle.

One of the constables was a first-class The police and I became friendly.

musician,

he delighted us the other evening for "He now comes to the deanery, and forty minutes by playing Beethoven in n masterly way."

Vichy Acquires Havas

Reorganisation Move

The plight of 500 British list of factional victories, a third of a about ten or 12 children were play" French government has been Fighter pilots often have a long house, he went on, in front of which VICHY, Dec. 18 (UP).--The women who were unable to leave bomber here, a halt there, and a third ing and shouting. Paris when the Germans entered on the following day, for many vic- the city is described-by--an by joint action. Englishman who has just reach-

are

tories over enemy aircraft are secureding,nly.

No. 2: "I followed No. 1 and de- remarked that there was no cles, the others each nowa agen-

Here is a report of three sergeant ed London from occupied France pilots of Hurricanes, who recently as "pretty terrible."

| sent down a Dornier 17 bombers:

No. 1: "The section was in line When he left Paris the Gestapo A were tightening their surveillanteestern, so I turned to intercept, and over the Englishwomen. All the attacked from beam quarter, deve British menfolk have been taken to loping into line astern. 1 noticed prison. The women are all allowed bullets hit enemy aircraft, and then their liberty, but are spied upon and I broke off the attack to allow Nos. are kept in a constant state of appre-12 3 to carry on theirs," hension,

Many absolutely penniless. Ivered an astern attack, giving The meagre funds which most of long continuous burst.", the women had are now running No. 3: "I followed suit, enemy fire low, and unless some means of ceasing after a prolonged burst from providing them with money is found me. The enemy aircraft was ob- soon the outlook for them this winter viously badly damaged. It continued will be terrible,

to lose height and attempted to Dat- The French people are not over ten out above the water. The tall friendly, because of the persistent unit touched the sen and broke of, Nazi propaganda which seeks to show the machine nose-diving and dis- that the calamity of the French defeat appearing after a few seconds. No is largely due to Britain's leaders.

wreckage was to be seen above the

,

Suicide During Air Raid Warning

A verdict of "Suicide while the balance of her mind was disturbed" was recorded at a Lewisham inquest, on Mrs Rosina Scholey (73), of Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich, who took her life while an air raid warm- ing was in

was in progress,

the husband,

Mr Francis Scholey

said that when the air raid warning

surface."

Tapestry Work Is Soothing

A conturies-old remedy for

sounded, he and his wife went to the soothing nerves has been & dugout in the told him that she had got tired of spond their nights in shelters or the garden. Later she vived by British women who' waiting and was going to the house standing by for duty. They are

to get some bread and railk.

When the All-clear rounded he stitching elaborate tapestries went back to the house and found his like those worked by the women wife, lying dead on the kitchen floor of medieval days as they waited in front of a gas stove. The room for their men was full of gas,

to return from

His wife dreaded the prospect of battle. havien jenter hospital shortly. Sho was in por health.

Hundreds are Anding that em- broidery makes the long hours of walling pass more quickly, takes their minds off the sound of gunfire

Aircraft Factories and enemy planes overhead.

For India?

Queen Mary has just started work on two lovely old French fruit do- | signs of pomegranates, grapes, and The British Government is nego pears. When they are finished, the Unting with Mr W. D. Pawley, the tapestries will be mounted as chair aviation expert, who supervised the scata. building of Nationalist China's only The Royal School of Needlework aircraft factory, with a view to the which is remaining in London de, India, says the "New York Herald- number of clients with designg and Tribune."

materials.

I saw two boys fght- authorized to acquire a 25,000,- said, "and-i-van-out-and-000-franc-holding in Arence naked What has happened here?" Donald, who was in the corner where Relative to a Reorganization of:.

Havas under a law entitled "Law "All the boys ran away excepti

him two slaps on his posterior. I saw the boys fighing: so I gave the Havas Company.”

Technically, Agence Havas has "He was very calm, and told me been he would tell his mother, and I sald with a total capital stock for a news a. private company hitherto that he could, and he concluded van de werked away," and an advertising agency of about

Weerdt.

105,000,000 francs. It has been the Fining van der Weerdt $10, Mr largest of three

at all that Donald was telling und

Agenco Radio Fournier. Agence. Radio the truth, and had not been fighting discontinued publication at Bordeaux

und Agence that evening. He advised van der on June 25 after the retreat from Weerdt to complain to their mothers Paris. Agence Fournier continues to if children gave trouble, and not to function at Vichy, having accom- beat them.

panied the government.

The law relative to Agence Havas reorganization does not state the

od the government intended to

control of the news agency thereafter would function openly as portion of the Havas company, which a government agency, sifallar to Ger

NEW DOCTRINE

Preached By Berlin vasion, la not necessary to bring about Germany is now 'declaring that fo-

Britain's defeat.

This new view is now being sedumany's DNB and Italy's Stofant, fously spread by official quarters In the Wilhelmstrasse, according to the Berlin

Nachrichespondent of the "Basler

The now argument is, the corret pondent says, that Britain

can bo brought to her knees by the destruc- tion of her economic life by the air attock and blockade.

French Red Cross Women In London

Red Cross are now in London en a secret mission after travelling from unoccupied France.

Two women offlelais of the French

They are Mile. Helene Terre and Mlle. Edna Nicollo.

"I cannot tell you at present the reason for our visit to the Red Cross in your country," Mile Terre told a reporter, "as our work is not yet completed."

MANY VOLUNTEER WORKERS Helping to keep the wheels turning Retired business and professional men at Patcham, near Brighton, turn out and deliver newspapers and periodicals, when, owing to ale raids, they arrive

100

late for the normal

the well-known journalist, a high grade ex-Civil, Servant, and a prom Inant engineer.

Their rewardchners and miles. It's all they suicide play

promotion of a similar project in /spile the war, has been supplying utlov.inter #hows boys"

Mr Fawler last month made a The principal, Lady Bmith-Darrien, survey of sites in India and studied said: "There has been a great revival the aptitude of Indians for the work in tapestry work since the 'rnida necessary for the building of aircraft, began.”

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