1940-12-31 — Page 9

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 31, 1940.

AIR RAID The R.A.F. Is striking hard at Gorman In. dustries and hore a bombing Aight bogins. First, loft, a line of 250 pound bombs is hauled to the bombor. Thon tha "oggs" are stowed in plane's bolly, bolow. Fully loaded, abovo, a bombar soars off in search of Nazi target.

Conference of Labour Women

Must Plan Now For New Better World

Women want a better world to emerge from the

wreckage of war. This was the keynote of the presi- dential address which Miss Grace Colman gave at the opening session of the National Conference of Labour Women at Southport.

SON OF

GERMAN DOCTOR Took Photos of Aircraft

THE son of a German doctor and the deputy commander of

There were 300 delegates, representing Labour women's or-the town's Home Guards, was sentenced at Arundel, Sussex, ganisations in all parts of the kingdom.

"Some people think," said Miss Colman, "that our sole pur- recently to three months' im- pose in this war is to defent Hitler and Mussolini, and that Prisonment. He was also fined having done so they can return comfortably to their pre-war lives. £30, with £2 15s, costs.

"But things cannot be the

same again. We are fighting

this war, not only to destroy a

vile thing, but so that on its

ruins we may build a better

The man, Willium Treutler Holmes, aged 37, was charged with photographing aircraft and a wireless station at a naval aerodrome where he was cm-

More

In ployed.

world, worthy of the great] Women In

sacrifices made."

Ordinary People

War

Industry

Thomas Spencer, a Biter, said he saw Holmes, who had the bottom button of his coat fastened and the two above, it unfastened, "standing hard" against some wire.

A plane was on the other side. his hand into his coat and put bent over.

When some other civilians come along Holmes put a cigarette into more his mouth and walked away. Later Game back and repeated his

"This war will have been won by ordinary people in the fighting ser- vices and in the factories, and by women who have kept their fenirs going in the face of great difficulty.) Never again must their interesis be sacrificed to those of the so-called

The move to absorb Government classes, Social and pull- float inequality must go,

women into war-time industry, he "Whatever the war muy do, we which has the Woman Power actions. must see to it that the essential Committee, authorised by Mr Harald Henry Sinclair, of Arundel, Boeint services, especinity those con Bevin, Minister of Labour, hellotment employer and commander cerned with the health and education hind it, is likely to develop used to lecture to the N.C.O.3 an of the Home Guards, said Holmes expanded. An underfed und un shortly. educated people cannot build a biete: ter world,

of children. are maintained and

London Homeless

The Ministry of Labour has

aircraft.

Was At Sandhurst Sergt Elphick said Holmes stated Miss Mary Sutherland, Chief Wo¦ issued an instruction in regard that he took a picture of a bomb mun Onleer of the Labour Party, to the training of welfare crater in front of a wireless station read to the conference a message of workers for the engineering for a lecture to the ilome Guards goodwill from women's representa-1

on high explosives. tives of the Social Democratic Move-industry, and has asked a num- Mr H. S. Falconer, defending, sald ment in iropein countries.

ber of organisations in touch Holmes father, a well-known Ger- with women to recommend man medical doctor, died some time. Mrs Barbara Ayrton Gould, bring-candidates,

ago.

Holmes was educated at Sand- ing greetings from the Labour Party Executive, sald that the Labour re-i Among these organisation Is the hurst and became a lieutenant. presentatives in

Government British Federation of Business and When the war broke out he joined were doing magnificent work. Professional Women, of which Miss the Observer Corps because of his "If we had not gone into the Gov-Caroline Haslett, the well-known wo-keenness in studying aeroplanes.

Mr ernment when we did we should not an engineer, is president.

that Falconer complained people in Arundel had been saying thai Holmes was o. Firth Columnist.

we are

the

be speaking here torday.

"But we are only in the Government, and our Ministers can only do as much

not the Government.Į“

as public opinion enables them to du,

Three Months' Training

Miss Huslett said that the candi- dates for welfare work, who must

"The position of the homeless Ive over 25 and have a good educa

London has been

given three months' training at a univer

sential. we tional background, will be

have been kicking and trying to get sity.

something done.

Ex-Convict Lived In Monastery

A 47-year-old Chinese, who

"Finally, after weeks of disgrace- Ghis without melns will not be ful inaction, public opinion was penalised, if they have the necessary worked up to such an extent that qualiflentions, as living allowances Herbert Morrison was put in instead will be made during training. of Sir John Anderson.

Thundreds of women Were engaged Conference

Parsed ' emer-ins welfare workers in the munitions gency resolution endorsing the de-factories in the Inst war. The fuet declared that for seven years, claration of the Labour Party that atat training for this work is to be from 1931 to 1938, he was in Insting peace may be brought nearer gin almost immellately suggests the monastery studying to become by stag elearly our immediate war possible absorption of more wonen purpoc.

Into the engineering industry itself, a Buddhist priest, pleaded guilty

10 minition making, in the near in Singapore recently to being a police supervisce who failed to report.

Billet Dodgers During discussion on evacuation future. problems, Miss Susan Lawrence, re- ferring to billeting, said:

"I want to see the large houses) taking their share with the smaller) houses; and they are not doing it.

"The billeting offleers in some localities are up against the force of the feudal systém,”

The conference demanded that the Ministry of Food should fix prices

of al) essential foods at

Czech Helped Poles

The man, Lee long, was convicted In the criminal district court on a charge of housebreaking on Apr. 22, 1930, and sentenced to three months rigorous imprisonment, to be follow- ed by a year's pallte supervision.

prison in July, for Discharged from

The President of Poinad, M. Ritz- the next seven months, until Febru klewicz, han decorated M, Jurayary. 1931, Lee reported regularly as Jevel with Slavik, Czechoslovak: Envoy in police supervise.

Warsaw until the outbreak of war,

In the rench of all workers.

Arrest For Chandu

Miss Mary Sutherland described with the Grand Cross of Polonia ile failed to turni up in March, and soria of the broadcasts about food Restituta, one of the highest Polish a warrant was issued for his arrent as "n pain in the necks," and the Government's appreciation of the en Mar. 9, 1931. In November of B.B.C. talks about cookery were excellent work M. Slavik did in this year Lee was arrested by Cus criticised as "foolish."

Poland

toms officers in conneellon with a

MILITARY- HONOURS

FOR TEDDY

The President stressed at the core-chandu offence, and his fingerprints mony the necerally for closer proved that he was the police super- collaboration and understanding be- vleee wanted for falling to report in tween the two aallons after their March,

1931. restoration.

Lee admitted the facts, saying he Since the formation of the new had retumed to China where he had The Royal Canadian Dragoons" last Follah Government by Gen, Sikarski studied for seven years to become a horse, ""Tekly"; i a veteran of the last the relations between the represen- Buddhist priest, returning to Singa- war, has been shot at St. Johate, talives of Poland and Czechoslovakia, pare in 1038. Québec, and was later burled with in England have rapidly improved. The magistrate. Mr Oun Khye milltary honours. The Dragoons are Until the outbreak of war the two Klang, sentenced Lee to four weeks' now a mechanised unit,

countries were far from friendly. rigorous imprisonment.

CHEER UP GEORGE-

WHAT'S

WRONG?

NEWSPAPER REPORTER NEARLY LET HIS EDITOR DOWN

I DON'T KNOW -NEVER SEEM TO HAVE ANY ENERGY THESE

DAYS.

AT THE DOCTOR'S

L7

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 NEED.

TWO WEEKS LATER

IT'S WONDERFUL HOW MUCH BETTER I FEEL

ALREADY

IF THIS IS THE BEST YOU CAN DO σONES, I'LL HAVE TO ASSIGN YOU TO| LESS IMPORTANT

EVENTS IN FUTURE.

SIX WEEKS LATER

JONES, THIS IS A

· MARVELLOUS SCOOP FOR THE PAPER

GOOD WORK.

SORRY SIR,

It CERTAINLY

SEEM TO HAVE. LOST MY GRIP- THINK I'LL SEE

¡A DOCTOR.

ROTIGE

THANK YOU SIR

(THINKS) I'VE GOT HORLICKS) TO THANK FOR

THIS.

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

AT THE DOCTOR'S ANATEL A

... I EVEN

WAKE

TIRED

YOUR TROUBLE IS. NIGHT

STARVATION.Į YOU SEE, WHILE YOU SLEEP, YOUR HEART, LUNGS, AND OTHER

·AUTOMATIC PROCESSES CONTINUE

USING UP

ENERGY.

DOCTORS AND SOIENTISTS USE HORLICKS

IN HOSPITAL TESTS

:

RECENTLY tests were made in a great

on men and women who com- plained of always feeling tired."

It was found that these people had an excess of neid waste products in their blood during sleep.

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

But when Horlicks was given to these people last thing at night, this excess acid 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

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