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BOMBERS FOR NAVY-On assembly line at Consolidated factory at San Diego, Cal., are rows of twin-engine patrol bombers for U. S. Navy. Some of them may also go to British Royal Air Force. Ships have long range. Machine guns mounted forward and amidships.

Jockey Pulled

Rival

Horse By The Tail

A jockey was disqualified for six months at Oakbank, Ade- laide, recently, because he held on to the tail of a rival horse.) The jockey was K. Parris, rider of Collegian in the Great Eastera Steeplechase, says the Sydney "Daily Telegraph."

A policeman reported to the starter that Parris had been noticed hanging on to the tail of Dark David during the race. The matter was taken before the stewards, who called Parris and L. Ateenan, rider of Dark David, before

them.

Parris is believed to have returned

Melbourne.

Mrs J. Wheeler, wife of Collegiat's trainer, sald: "It is a mystery how the allegation Parris pulled the favourite's all can be true.

"Pards has only two Bngers on his ight hand. It seems there was a

Parris was charged with iniproper mistake somewhere." practices.

The policeman told the stewards at the inquiry that he had heard the spectators near by call out, "Let

tail."

The Great Eastern Steeplechase was won by National Debt from Nevizes and Baldasair, David fourth. Collegiari was pulling with Dark

up at the finish.

STOCK MARKET REPORT

Hongkong Stock Exchange Oftcial Summary, lasued Saturday, is:

Buyers

H. K. Banks $1,305

Bank of East Asia $71 1.K. Fire Ins. X.D. $176 Indo-Chinna (Pref). $10 Providents $5.05 Hotels $2.85

Lands $31

Realties $2.70 Light "O" $5.70

Electrics Ris $11.33 Ropes $6.50 Entertainments 56.25

Sellers

Providents, $5.15 Mueno Electries $10 Telephones "O" $22,00

Sales

Lights "O" $5.85 Maeno Electrics $19.10

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that figure before

June 17,

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all that is required.

Donations to Date: $1,930,770,88

Remitted to "London: £116,889.19.6₫

GRAND HOTEL AS BRIDE'S HOME

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Ghita Sayer was married in London recently-a romance of Grand Hotel. And she is going back, as Mrs George Ronus, to live in the hotel where she worked and met her husband who was her boss,

That is the Dorchester, in Park-lane, W. A large suite there will be waiting when she and her husband return from their honeymoon in Surrey.

Ghita Sayer went to the Dor- chester five years ago to learn a job how to be

an hotel housekeeper.

She learned about "sorting sheels,; seeing that the rooms were proper- ly heated, seeing that the lights were fight. She learned about handling a staff of chambermaids, and how to prepare rooms for receptions.

Success Story

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story. Soon: after, she finished her six months' training she was made a floor house- keeper. Then she was given the

post of head housekeeper for the whole hotel.

INDIAN

OFFICER'S COURAGE

Cleared Road Of Land Mines

Recently, lying in a Khartoum She was the woman behind the military hospital, suffering from recnes,

managing the domestle split cardrums, exhaustion and staff. Guests rarely saw her. shock, was a 21-year-old Indian George Ronus, her husband, went officer, who performed what his to the Dorchester in 1935. hotel manager. The business is in commander described as "one of his family-his uncle directs n for the longest continued feats of bus string of hotels in Switzerland.

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He is a second lieutenant of Every day Grita Sayer's job took Indian sappers, and the scene of her to George Bonus's office. There his gallantry was the Metemma- was all the vast network of Grand Gondar road in North-Western Hotel comfort to be run between Abyssinia.

details of this them. There were and that to be arranged.

Friendship grew from this daily business contact. It ripened.

So they were married at the Swiss Church in Endeil-street, W.C., and held their reception at Drowns Hotel Mrs George Ronus has retired from being hotel housekeeper. From now on her job is housewife.

When our advance began he was charge of a barty removing Italian mines from the road and its sides.

In one stretch of four miles there were 14 separate minefields with up to 300 mines in each.

Despite all precautions, our cars were twice blown up, and on each occasion this officer was the only

survivor.

After he had been on duty con- tinuously for 48 hours, the cont mander saw him with a view to relieving him by a fresh officer. But he declined relief, declaring: "I think I've learned the Italians' system in laying mines on this road. Any relieving officer would have to the learn it all over again and could not five possibly do the job es efficiently as

me."

TRY, TRY AGAIN Private James Davis, in training at Camp Shelby, Missouri, received a letter which was addressed to him at "National Guard Training Camp, somewhere in Mississippi." In the upper left hord corner was notation: "If not delivered in days, try on the sixth,"

Support of China's Friends Overseas

Any success by the Chinese Government was and is due to the efforts of the people of China, and to the support of China's friends, declared Mr K. T. Loh, Special Commissioner for Chinese Oversea Affairs, in a Sydney speech.

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the nationals and friends of

China in Australia and other Governor Öf

countries of the South.

Air-raid shelters in Chungking, were so good, he said, that experts had been sent from Singapore, Bur- ma, Hongkong, and other places to inspect them

They were built in

the rock. By ruthless bombing Ja- pan was wasting money and Japan- ese lives for a very small result.

Dartmoor

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Cruelty, bribery and plundering have followed the German army of occupation Into vanquished France. Information which has just reached London by way of New York shows the extent to which the superficially correct and disciplined behaviour of the modern German soldiers is just clever showmanship, cover- ing the old German instincts for pillaging and looting, cunning, treachery and bad faith.

An American observer says: "France is being drained by its victors. Practically no house, large or small, has been spared from theft. science, so thorough and methodical are these modern gangsters.

Of ransacking and plundering they make almost a

"The Germans have taken from the country 70,000 railway waggons. Lack of transport material is the essential cause of the present food shortage, a situation which the Germans have themselves wilfully creat- ed," he continues.

How grim life would be for sub- Ject peoples If the Germans won the war is shown by facts, many from official Naz! sources, which have been collected by the International Transport Workers' Federation,

Plan for Natives For the coloured peoples of Africa the Nazis already have a

plan, the principles of which are slated in the "Nationalsozialistische Monatshelle." the Nazi

monthly organ. official Negroes would be required to work in the plantations, but would then be sent back to their tribes. They would be barred from urban occupations,, and only a limited number would be educated. The "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" sums fi all up: "The native must be handled firmly; he must feel a strong hand in control, and nothing must be conceded to him even out of kind-heartedness.”

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The Queen stooped to pat a HONG KONG POLO CLUB decidedly frim-looking bulldog

in London. She smiled when she was told its name. "Winston."

It was

The occasion was a visit to the headquarters of the W.V.S.

Boundary Street, Kowloon

GYMKHANA

IN AID OF B.W.O.F.

"Th power of endurance of a great race, as shown by the Chinese people and the great people of the British Empire, can be considered as a decisive fac- ior in modern ivarfare. I have every confidence in victory for China and Britain."

Major Pannell, who Is 02, has To c

convey expressions of friend- been Governor of Dartmoor since ship from the Chinese people to the shortly after the mutiny City of Sydney and to New South when convicts set fire to

in 1032, some of Wales, Mr Loh and Dr C. J. Pao, the buildings before being over- Chinese Consul-General for Sydney powered. In December, 1932, he called on the Lord Mayor. Alderman had to take special leave to re-used to be occupied by Viscount H.E. Sir Geoffry Northeste, K.C.M.G. in the Eaton-square house which Under the distinguished patronage of cuperate following an attack on

him a convict whom he went to see Halifax, before his appointment SATURDAY, MAY 24th

as Ambassador in Washington. the W.V.S.

"Winston's" owner, Mrs Whittle oft

was delighted at the Royal interest in her pet. which was The wearing a a red, white and blue bow. "The Queen remarked that she is very fond of dogs," said Ales Whittle, "and no one could be in doubt of that from the nunner in which she walked up and

S. Crick, and the Chief Secretary, Mr Tonking.

Britain's New Bomber

Heavy Armament

ps his cell.

In a statement Issued earlier the Prison Officers' Association nileged that warders in Dartmoor had, re- cently been assaulted and that the life of an instructor there had been threatened.

Mention may now be made of Germans Shoot

ac-

the new Avro Manchester twin- engined bombers, which, cording to reports from America, must be ranged along-sido the new Short Stirling as among the greatest military weight-carriers in the world.

Dutch Jew

Accused of spraying acid on members of the Gestapo during recent riots in Amsterdam, a

It will help to build up the Jew was executed at The Hague promised heavy bombing offen-recently by shooting. He was sive against Germany,

also accused of using his home

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at 3, p.m.

Band of the 1st Bn. The fiddlesex

Regt. (D.C.O.) by kind permission of Li-Col II. W. M. Stewart. . M.C. and Offers will play during the afternoon. Mr. W. E. Kifford, Bandmaster,

Later, as the Queen my bulidng" Conductor:

war about to enter her car she noticed a

group of R.E.S. Appronching the men she asked what their duties were. Sgt Winton explained that they were engaged on demolition. "I think that is very sad work," commented her Majesty.

HUGE SALES BUT SMALL YIELD

Programme

3.00JUMPING COMPETITION (a) China Ponies. (b) Australian Ponies. 4,00~~ALARM RACE. 4.30-MUSICAL CHAIRS

(for all ranks),

POLO MATCH:

Little may as yet be said about as n meeting-place for terrorists. the Marchester except that it con-

Sale of about 25,000,000 coples of 5.00-V, C. RACE ON MULES: A number of other prisoners were the book "In. Hin Steps vlekded only forms to established British practice, sentenced to terms of imprisonment n pittance in royalties to its author, has the ordinary "bicycle" retractable | with hard labour undercarriage,

of 10 years or Dr Charles M. Sheldon, of Topeka, 5.30 as opposed to the more. Six persons were tolled and Kansas. Considered the most widely iricycle undercarriages fitted to some others wounded in the Jewish quar sold book in the world except the of the new American bombers, and ter of Amsterdam on Fab. 25, ac-Bible, Mr Sheldon's work was pub 6.30COCKTAIL CABA is equipped with heavy defensive cording to the official German news listed under a faulty copyright, ho

armament.

agency.

revealed

"(The "Diehard".

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