1940-12-30 — Page 4

G

DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN

TO YOU! ·

USE

WATSON'S

DOUE

DISTILLED

BAYERUM

THE CELEBRATED HAIR TONIC

A toy drops sprinkled on the head and massaged in each moring almulate the roots of the hair, cleanse the scalp and promote healthy growth.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. (EST. 1841) Wholesale. Rotall & Manufacturing Chemist,

GET THE WORLD'S GOOD NEWS THROUGH THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

An International Dally Newspaper Published by

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY One, Norway Street, Boston, Massachusettes Regular reading of The Christian Science Monitor is considered by many a liberal education. Its clean, unblased news and well- rounded editorial features, including the Weekly Magazine Section, make the Monitor the ideal newspaper for the home. The prices are; (US. money).

1 year $12.00, 0 months $0.00, 3 months $3.00, 1 month $1.00, Saturday issue, including Magazine Section: 1 year $2.00, 6 issues 26c, and the piper is obtainable at the following location:

Christian Science Reading Room

First Church of Christ, Scientist, 31, MacDonnell Road, Hong Kong

Swan, Culbertson & Fritz

Investment Bankers and Brokers

Members of New York Cotton Exchange

Chicago Board of Trade

Manila Stock Exchange

Winnipeg Grain Exchange

Commodity Exchange, Inc., New York

Canadian Commodity Exchange. Inc., Montreat

New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange,

Hongkong Sharebrokers Association

Shanghai Stock Exchange-

SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, MANILA and BUENOS AIRES

Cable Address: Swanstock

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SAFE, SURE-FOOTED BRILLIANT-PERFORMING

STUDEBAKER

CHAMPION

AVERAGED 35.03 MILES PER IMPERIAL GALLON İN THE LAST GILMORE-YOSEMITE SWEEPSTAKES WITH AN EXPERT DRIVER AND LOW. EXTRACOST OVERDRIVE- DECISIVELY DEFEATING ALL

December 30, 1940.

ISLANDERS DIDN'T SEE

DARING

COUP'

THE OTHER LARGEST-SELL FOR hours after the Ger- Within two hours they mans occupied Guernsey, had taken charge of the few of the Guernseymen island, although few Guern- seymen knew they were knew they

there at all.

ING LOWEST PRICE CARS.

AND ALL OVER THE WORLD, "JUST AVERAGE" DRIVERS ARE ENJOYING EXCEPTION-

ALLY HIGH PETROL MILEAGE

WITH THEIR STUDEBAKER

were there. Fred Hockey, the signaller Those who did know real- at the end of St Peter Port ised it was hopeless to resist

CHAMPION — WHILE RE-harbour, who later escaped with no arms and no am-

from Guernsey and was able munition to speak of.

MARKABLE OIL AND UP- KEEP ECONOMY FURTHER INCREASES THEIR SAVINGS, COME IN TO-DAY & DRIVE. A STUDEBAKER CHAMPION, HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

Stubbs Road Tel. 27778-9

to tell me this story of the The officers went to the German occupation, did not telephone exchange and dis- himself know that he had connected it. been invaded until some 18 hours after it happened.

FUNNY SIDE UP

Cope. That by Called Jvalore Fjedrenia, Tan,

By Abner Dean

K.P.

"You can never tell what the future holds in store for.

you.......when I war a kid they said I was a born leader!”

They hurried to the north- ern tip of the island, where On the morning of Sun-the cable runs to England, day, June 30, he saw a Ger- disconnected it, and warned man plane land somewhere the man in charge that if he touched the cable gear he in the south, and speedily would be severely punished. "The policeman had no rise again. In the afternoon

definite news either. He asked he saw another plane dip. Then they took charge of me what things were like, and I

the other cable at the south- said, "Very slack. LARKEN-On December 20, 1040, at and that one did not rise.

Except for pn., Jean, the beloved

eastern point, that leads to those planes going over, and 1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy

don't know quite what to make Larken, aged 8 years. Corlege

All that evening he watch- France.

of that.'

to-day.

DEATH

At that time Fred Hockey

will pass the Monument at 5 p.m. ed large, lumbering planes

going back and forth from knew none of these things, the coast of France, and all though he guessed there was

The

Hongkong Telegraph. that night he heard the some dirty work going on.,

Monday, December 30, 1940.

Wyndham St., Hongkong Telephone: 20615

drone of their engines.

Saw Nothing But of Germans he saw indicato ne kongkong Telegraph to nothing the following morn cador the provisions of the Telecommunting, and it was only after-

THE prex "Special to the Telegraph"

news which is strictly copyright

cations Ordinance, 1936. Such news

bears the indication "Up" is received twards that he learned how Hongkong on the date of publication by the invasion had taken place,

the United Press Associations, who re-

serve all rights and forble republications, so that he could tell it to me

in detail.

either wholly or in part without previous arrangement.

"A Victorious New Year"

TO-MORROW is New Year's

This is the second in stalment of the first full description of the occupa- tion of the Channel Islands by the Nazis, told by Fred Hockey, of St Peter Port,

to

DUDLEY BARKER

the beach.

"The policeman said that all we could do now was hope for

the best, and it was his belief the Germans had arrived.

The Mere Man

After the Great War of 1014-18, it was

I got my bicycle and went honte, and still there was Growing- nothing unusual to see. The Our Own widely realised In island was very still, except for the sound of these planes and Food the sound of the sea.

Britain

that there

was need to make the country us self-

"It was a lovely night. Every-sufficient as possible in the matter. thing was all right when I got sufficiency, in Insular territory with of food. Obviously, complete self- home, so I just went to bed.

First Germans

a large population, cannot be attain- ed. Yet, there were important Items in respect of which Britons could "Next morning I went down make themselves, independent of out- to the sea wall at Bordeaux Bay, side supply. But there was more This is what happened.

which was the usual meeting talk than action; and whilst in At about half-past ten on "I was off duty for the after place for us villagers, and there many other countries, particularly in the totalitarian states, vast agricul- that Sunday morning a noon," he said, "and I had just were about a hundred people tural experiments and conservation | Eve-eve of a year fraught with / German plane circled and had dinner, and was going off there, sitting on the wall, talk-schemes were seen, British people

with George, Harold and ing, looking out to sca.

A

made no progress in this direction. tremendous possibilities. It may landed on the Guernsey air friend to spend a few hours on "They knew had been The Briton, in a peaceful period, is well see eliminated from the port, which was deserted.

duty at the harbour, so they not easily roused from his dialike of world the cruel, avaricious de-

"That was when we saw the asked me for news--but I had innovations, and it has remained for spotism of dictatorship; this, at

A German officer stepped German plane drop down to the none to give them.

the present war to pull him from "Then two German officers his lethargy. lenst is the hope and the New from the plane, went into the airport, and although we waited

drove-by-in-a-car-

"But What hits Been" Kccomplished Year wish of that part of the operations room, unbuckled it did not rise again.

"They were the first we had already, by quickened effort. with universe whose faith in the his revolver, and laid it on "We Sat Staring" seen, and we were too surprised far-seeing direction from the Gov- rightfulness and righteousness the table. He was there for

to do anything but stare at ernment's food experts, has been of freedom and democracy re-about ten minutes, when a we could do, so we just went on

"There didn't seem anything them.

gratifying. The latest news is that "They were eating some fruit, tens of thousands of acres, which British plane came in sight to the beach and sat there all the which they had bought that have lain waterlogged, will soon be But ere this total destruction from the direction of Eng. afternoon, wondering what it morning from Le Riche's shop in unter cultivation

was all about.

St Peter Port, paying in German land-drainage schemes being pushed accomplished, there must be land.

marks. The car was a Guernsey ahead in many parts of the country. "The boys didn't have the

Land which has been derelict for car they had commandecred. The German officer ran so heart to go bathing. We just

"They were driving alone, years will now "grow for victory."

So successful have agriculturol not talking very much.

shine, towards Fort Doyle. We plans in Britain become from the that all this was happening in at us, and saluted. Then they it, here in Hongkong, we cannot do "It seemed to make it worse stared at them, and they smiled pooling of brains and energy that there is a temptation to ask ourselves

mains unshaken.

of brutal Totalitarianism is

UBNÍKJUDANTIUNEDITERRANICZNnamas days of anguish and anxiety; it

MAKE THE

is inevitable. The enemy of our

cause is still materially strong;/astily to his own plane that sit there, staring at the sea, and cool as you please, in the sun-

and as he sees Nemesis overtak. he forgot to pick up his re- ing him he will become desperate volver, and took off again

Chantecler Restaurant and more vindictive. Experts The airport was silent.

SPECIA NON-DI

Your Rendezvous for the New Year Holidays

ALA NIGHT; Dec. 31

New Year's Eve

Extensi "Streamei

DANCE P

L DINNER AND DANCE

NERS

POPI

$5 each. $1 cách.

in military strategy appear to be convinced that Iitler must and

a

a result of

such perfect sunshine, and such were gone.

tlie same. Different geographical "Nobody said anything, except and economic factors naturally will At half-past two in the peaceful place,

that I muttered "We went home for ten, and about, "There go the aquare- if some concentrated effort is made. something require plans sulted to our own particular problema and needs, but. will attempt an invasion of afternoon a German plane

then I got on my bicycle to go to headed pigs." Britain; and the people of Bri-landed on the airport again, work at St Peter Port. All the

there is no reason why we should "Well, that answered all our not be equally successful in our bid tain are alive to the danger, and this time three officers people were standing by the questions, the Germans were to make this Colony, if not self- They stand ready to meet and got out (one of them re-doorsteps again, and some called here all right, so the meeting on other sources, for some of our food. repulse any such threat, They

are not boastful about their claiming his revolver from to ask if I had any news, but I the seawall broke up and I went

know no more than they did. home to breakfast,

suficient, at least lesa depèndent on

Patrols. On Roads. I understand that Government has

With regard to vegetables, poultry ability to defeat Hitler's final the table in the operations

"I cycled on into the town, and fast in my kitchen two more periments achieve fruition. The con- "Whlie I was sitting at break-and dairy goods, we have seen the enterprise of certain small local ex- throw for the domination of room).

still I saw nothing unusual, Europe and a large part of the

They approached a soli- except that everything seemed German soldiers, went by, on viction grows that Hongkong can br German motor bikes that they made to supply a good deal of lis rest of the world, but their quiet

quiet and nervy. There were no must have brought with them in own food, and Government, to whont determination is backed by con- tary policeman standing Germans to be seen,

the planes. They didn't inter- should urgently consider the matter, the matter must be of vital concern, fidence in their fighting men and near the airport, and asked

"I went out to relieve my mate fore with anybody.

from the point of view of economy ay woll as defence, material-confidence begat by him, in perfect English, to at the signal station, and he experience; the experience of the fetch the officials of the asked me what I thought of great aerial victories in the island,

things now.

"By noon the place suddenly vestigations Into the subject, and already made some preliminary in- opening stages of the battle of

"Don't like the look of them," seemed to be full of Germans. that a report on the possibilities has Britain.

No Resistance I said. 'I believe that was a By nightfall they were all in been prepared.

I was interested the. It is Hongkong's destiny to The policeman telephoned German plane, that came down their positions, and the German Queer

other day to rend on the airport.' :

that, in football *s, Confetti and Fun Galore" watch this grim and stupendous the station, and soon the "He went off home, and I was "And that's how the Germans Football

match in. Europe all struggle from afar; we can help bailiff and the police inspec- left alone in the signal station. occupied Guernsey. It made us Game twenty-two players with our money and may it tor came down in the police There was nothing to do. No. laugh a bit, a day or two later, geld by the referee. They were al

were ordered, off the never be more lavishly given car.

No ships to read the German communique lowed to come back later to continue than in the new year of 1941-

body came near me.

about it, which was printed in the game. but it will be hard to avoid a

The German officers asked came into the harbour.

our newspapers. feeling of helpless impotency as for the Guernsey papers, Drone of Planes

The Gorman we continue daily to be specta- which were handed to them.

said: tora of a fight, the decision of

on till 3 a.m..

ALSO MISS ALSO STEVE CATCHY

All

ROGRAMMES ARRANGED BY THE

JLAR CHANTECLER DUO.

Tables may ba

Come to Chantecler

VALIYA, PIANO ACCORDIONISTE, MORINY AND HIS BANJO IN RS AND POPULAR MELODIES.

booked in advanco. Tol. 50021

which is to affect the future of at the police station and the mankind. We can, however, in Royal Court. thoughts and prayes, be with

those who are near and dear in

patrols were out on the roads.

"The

The report did not mention what communiquo action was taken, but I hope the referee stood the offenders. In tho "It was all deadly quiet, except

British Island of comers of the changing-rooms, until for the drone of the big troop. Guernsey was captured in a they felt tahamed of themselves. carrying planes that started to daring coup de main by detach- A friend of mine tells me that the come over about six o'clock and pients of the German Air Force. queerest game of football he ever In an air flight the German saw was in Turkey, There were

the terrible ordeal which they New Year" for only by victory kept it up all night, are suffering to-day and which in the battle against Hitlerism "At midnight one of the local reconnaissance neroplanes shot about forty thousand people on eitch ur Cakes, Biscuits, Sandwiches or Broad still lies before them.

can the world realise happiness policemen came to relieve me down two Bristol Blenheim side, no gual-posis, and, as far as lis

could judge; nó, þall, and prosperity which, in normal (one of the signallors had bombers!"", Let us, therefore, make this times, are the sentiments ex-slipped away at the last moment TOMORROW SWASTIKA, week's greetings a "Victorious tended at this season.

in the pig-bont from Alderney),

-25,『,:་

THE FIRST DAY.

Claudius