1941-03-10 — Page 7

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 10, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

I ́C-CAN'T BELIEVE IT !

OH, NANCY?...... I

HAVE SOME

\NEWS FOR

you!

WHEN DO WE START?

NANCY

YES---I'M. MISS RITZ!

I'M AN ATTORNEY I HAVE SOME IMPORTANT

NEWS FOR

YOU!

---A DISTANT RELATIVE HAS LEFT YOU AN ESTATE

DOWN SOUTH --- HERE'S THE DEED!

Italian Raider Destroyed

Another New Zealand

Naval Triumph

London, Mar. 9. The career of an Ralian com- merce raider in the Indian Ocean has come to a sudden end and her crow are now prisoners of war, taken by a New Zealand cruiser.

The story is told in an Admiralty communique issued this morning, which states-"A fast Italian mer- with chantship, which was armed

four 4.7 in. guns and was acting as a commerce raider, has been eaught In the Indian Ocean by the Leander (Capt R. H. Bevan), a cruiser of the New Zealand squadron..

The Italian ship was the Ramb 1, 3,607 tons, 18 knots speed, and was owned by the Halian Government. She was flying the Red Ensign when intercepted by H.M.S. Leander.

"On being ordered to stop the Ramb I holated Italian colours and opened fire on the Leander with the gun mounted on the forecastle and poop. The Leander at once, replied and she had fred five salvors when the Ramb I struck her flag.

"Eleven officers and 09 men were

BERLIN EVACUATION:

FIRST PICTURES

THIS PICTURE, Issued by the German Propaganda Ministry, shows an evacuço tain filled with children leaving Berlin. A mili. tary band was playing on the platform and children were provided with Naxi flags to wave as the train steamed out of the station.

alcked up by the Leander and are Proceeds Of Bridge

prisoners of war. Among those pick.

ed

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were five wounded. The

CAESARIAN BIRTH

FOR SHARKS

Ramb I burned fiercely and sank about And Ma-Jong Drive, Florida fishermen, gathering sharks

15 minutes later. casualties.

No damage or. were suffered by

The Leander is a

for tanneries, have discovered that the the The Hongkong Women's Interna- unborn young, delivered by Caesarian tional Club have issued the following operation, are a good by-product of statement of accounts regarding the the shing industry. The young are Bridge and Ma-jong Drive held at kept alive and sold to aquariums. the Club's premises on March 7, pro- As regards sweets and cigarettes, cects of which were in aid of the half proceeds go ta "All Souls" Bomber Fund:

(London) Comfort Fund, as gifts were solicited by Mrs Turner,

Leander."Reuter,

vessel which gives her name to the cruiser class including the Ajax and Achilles, which shared in the destruction of the Graf Spee.

The examination of witnesses by the Commissioners appointed to in- quire into the affairs of the Immi- gration Department will be conducted in public at the Council Chamber, Colonial Secretary's Once, on Tues- day, March 11, at 10 am.

Receipts-Admissions, $101; dona- tlons, $258; sale of coupons at 50 cents cach, $250, half proceeds of sweets and cigarettes, $40; sale of enke tickets, $27.30; sale of tomatoes $15; sale of cakes $23.50: "Lucky Dip", $92.00; Mrs Eldon Potter's winning $4. Total H.K.$900.86.

Mrs Turner's "All Souls" (London) Comfort Fund wus entirely separate from the Bomber Fund, and prizes for coupons cold for this fund were provided by her. The sale of coupons and donations realised H.K.$504.70 nt exchange 1s. 2d, equivalent to £35.

MONSTERLE RAFFLE

ONE DOLLAR TICKETS

ON SALE

Now

Millingtora

WHISKY

SUNBEAM-TALBOT

SPORTS CAR VALUE $5,950

Yacht, value $4,000

Diamond Wrist Watch

value $3,000

RADIOS; REFRIGERATORS; ELECTRIC COOKERS; MOR- RISON PIANO; JEWELLERY; WATCHES; STEAMSHIP TIC- KETS; WINES & SPIRITS; SILVERWARE.

For Full Prize List See S. C. M. POST, Tucadays; H.K. TELEGRAPH Saturdays. and hundreds of valuable Prizes

TOTAL VALUE OVER $46,000

ONE DOLLAR TICKETS

at loading Stores, S. C. M. Post and The Hongkong Jockey Club, Exchange Building

IN AID OF THE

BOMBER FUND

No More Reports On Weather

The Hongkong Royal Observatory. ceased issuing daily weather reports as from yesterday. Unill further notice, such data will not be published for general information, through the press, radio or other channels, sald Mr C. W. Jeffries, Director of the Observatory,

The last weather report issued by the Observatory was at. 4 pm, on Saturday.

No explanation was given as to why this information has been stop- ped, except that it was "on orders." There is no indication what provision will be made in the typhoon season. accordance The suspension is in with precautions taken in Britain and elsewhere.

the

IMMIGRATION CERTIFICATES

A BERLIN GIRL, Kissing her mother before she left on the evacuce train

என்னவம்

Balkan Sobranie

The World's Finest

CIGARETTES & PIPE TOBACCOS

Shipment just received from England

C. INGENOHL'S CIGAR STORES

"La Porla del Oriento"

War Fund Donations

Bridge Drive Swell Total

A total of $1,600.533.85 was reached at

noon on Saturday by the War Fund in augurated by the S. C. M. Post, Lid, with the following tonations:

Proceeds of 7 Springer Puppies (Mrs

ford).363!!

l'Hombre

"P.6.5. Chicken Feed"

Jinumny's Kitchen Music Box-

February

Ofteers of the Tric Captain J. Lossiur

Dept P.L.Q,

Hong Kong Women's International Club Proceeds of Bridge and Mahjong Drive ........................ Ex-12th Foot (Seventh Donation) Cheero Club, Proceeds of old tins

and old newspapers A.R.P./G.C.im

Places European

AY.M.C.A., Proceeds of old tins and old newspapers ....

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

Amoy University Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the Alumni Association of Amoy University was held in the Cafe Windsor yesterday, It was well attended. Mr Lai Mari- ching presided.

Mr Lai, in his address, reported that a telegrum had been sent to Mr 10.00 Lin Sen, President of Free Chino, 20.00 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and 23.60

to all generals and soldiers at the 92.00 front paying the respects of the As- 70.00 sociation. 50,00

A lelegram had also been sent, he 900.00 said, to Mr Tan Kah-kee; founder of. 100.00 Amoy University, and Chairman of

the Overseas Chinese Relief Assocla- 100tion, urging him to retain the Chair- 80.00 manship.

2.00,

24.59

Mr Lai also told the gathering that he had sent a message to Mr Tan, giving him every

support in hl efforts to persuade the Ministry of The 5. C. M. Post has received the Education to establish the proposed following donation ta šzie Society for the

Prolection of Children in memory of the Overseas Chinese Teachers' Training Into Mr and Mm Fung Kwak-wa; Head College in either Fukien or Kwang- Office and Ilok Un Work Staff, Creen tung Provinces, as the majority of Island Cement Co. Lid, $1.

The following donation has also been Chinese overseas came from received for the Society: F. 5. Ko provinces. Friends. $231.

EMERGENCY REFUGEE COUNCIL The SCM Past he received the following donation to the Emergency Rene Counen:

Sympathisers, fant Contribullon) '210. 3.W.0.F. The 5. C. AF. Post has received the following donation in the British War Organisation Fund:

Capt. 1. 9. Lessius (February) $20.

these

Mr The meeting endorsed

Lal's remarks, and several members spoke in support of Mr Lal's appeal to Mr Tan to retain his post,

Mr Christito F. J. Chen presented a brief report on the Alumni's activi-

les during the past year.

The occasion was also have the annual dinner.

taken 10

BEING FORGED 44 THE GREAT DICTATOR"

Steps have and are being taken by

Immigration Department

to

combat the circulation of forged im- migration certificates which

have

been detected not only in Hongkong but also in Macau. It is learned that recently at least 10 persons were arrested in Macao.

Interviewed, Mr H. A. D. Forrest, Immigration Officer, said that the forgeries were, on the whole, well donc and only by careful examinn- tion with the original could anyone detect them.

Is

"The printers whom I have con- sulted

ted are

of the opinion that the forgery is done by photography. People who are found in possession of false permits cannot be regarded as entirely blameless, because it common sense that the permits can- not be procured, as these were pra- cured, in half an hour, by sending a hotel boy to buy them."

"Statements have already been In the vernacular Press in

made in

public and Macao warning the

against accepting permits ex- cept after application made in writ- Ing through our own offices or through recognised

a. list of

of whom has been published."

Mr Forrest said that Immediately after discovery of the forgeries, slepa were taken to check circulation. "It is hoped that by the end of this week all certificates issued will have a new anti-forgery device," he con- cluded.

Light Charges

Increase

The China Light and Power Com- pany notines that charges for electrl- city are being raised by 10%.

The Increase in to operate from March 17, in the form of 'n surcharge on accounts: but will actually be im- posed on meter readings from April 24.

The existing scale of discounts le to remain in force,

Recently the Hongkong Electric Company notified increases for the Island of about 7%.

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