1941-05-19 — Page 7

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 19 1941

NANCY

FU.S.

ARMY

SORRY, SON... CAN'T USE YOU!

COME BACK IN TENE YEARS!

NOPE--SORRY,

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U. Sa NAVY

U.S. MARINEL

CORPS

WELL IT'S NO USE I'VE TRIED EVERY BRAIN-OF

DI SERVICE

By Ernie Bushmiller

OF COURSE

THERE IS

ONE OTHER-

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BOMBERS FOR NAVY-On assembly line of 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 Forco. 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. taille, recently, because he held on to the tail of a rival horse. The jockey was K. Parris, rider of Colleglan in the Great Eastern Steeplechase, says the Sydney "Daily Telegraph."

A policeman reported to the Parris is believed to have returned starter that Parris had been to Melbourne. noticed hanging on to the tail of Dark David during the race.

The matter was taken before the stewards, who called Parris and L. Meenan, rider of Dark David, before

them.

Parris was charged with improper practices,

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

o his tall.**

Mrs J. Wheeler, wife of Collegion's trainer, salt: "It is a mystery how the allegation Parrls pulled the Javourite's tail can be true.

Parris has only two fingers on his

right hand. It seems there was mistake somewhere."

The Great Eastern Steeplechase was won by National Debt from Nevizes and Baldasair, with Dark David fourth. Collegian was pulling up at the finish.

STOCK MARKET REPORT

Hongkong Stock Exchange Official Summary, issued Saturday, is:

Buyers

H. K. Banks $1,305 Bank of East Asin $71 II.K. Fire Ins. X.D. $178 Indo-Chinas (Prof) $80 Provklents $5.05 Hotels $2,85

Lands $31

Realtics $2.70 Light "O" $3,70 Electrics Rts $11.35 Ropes $6.50 Entertainments $6.25

Sellers

Providents $5.15 Macao Elcetries $19 Telephones "O" $22.00

Sales

Lights "O" $35.85 Macao Electrics $10.10

on

June 17,

1940,

the

Bomber Fund was commenced.

the first week produced over

$1,000,000. will you help

to. double. that figure before

June 17, 1941?.. $70,000 is

all that is required.

Don

Dat $1,930,770,88

London: £116,8

GRAND HOTEL AS BRIDE'S HOME

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 Surroy.

Ghita Sayer went to the Dor chester five years ago to learn.

a job-how to be an hotel, housekeeper.

She learned about sorting sheets, seeing that the rooms were proper- ly healed, seeing that the, lights were right. She learned about handling a staff of chambermaids, and how to prepare rooms for receptions.

Success Story

Hers is success story.

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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 scenes, managing the domestic split eardrums, exhaustion and staff. Guests rarely saw her. shock, was a 21-year-old Indian George Ronus, her husband, went to the Dorchester in 1935. He is the officer, who performed what his hotel manager. The business is in commander described as "one of his family-his uncle directs a fam- the longest continued feats of ous string of hotels in Switzerland. sheer, cold courage I've ever

He is the man who works both met.

behind the scenes and in front of

knows.

them. He is the man every guest - He is a second lieutenant of Every day Ghita Sayer's job_touk Indian sappers, and the scene of her to George Renus's office. There his gallantry was the Metemma- was all the vast network of Grand Gondar road in North-Western Holei comfort to be run between Abyssinia. them: There were details of this and that to be arranged.

Friendship grew from this daily business contact. It ripened.

So they were married at the Swiss Church in

W.C., and Endell-street, held their reception at Browns Hotel. Mrs George Ranus his retired from being hotel housekeeper. From

W on her job is housewife.

When bur advance began he was in charge of a party removing Italian mines from the road and its aides.

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

our cars

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

survivor.

After he had been on duty con- TRY, TRY AGAIN

Linuously, for 48 hours the com- mander saw him with a view to Private Janes Davis, in training at

relieving him, by a fresh: officer. Camp Shelby, Missouri, received a

But he declined rollef, declaring: letter which was addressed to him at

"I think I've learned the Italians' "National Guard Training Camp, system in laying mines on this road. somewhere in Mississippl. In

the Any, relieving officer would have to upper left hand corner Was the learn it all over again and could not notation: "If not delivered five possibly do the job as efflciently.. as days, try on the sixth."

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Support of

Friends

China's

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.

Mr Loh's mission is to meet the nationals and friends of Chinn in Australla and′ other countries of the South.

Air-raidh 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-

Governor Of Dartmoor

Hurt By Convict Major C. Pannali, Governor of

pan was wasting money and Japan-Dartmoor Prison, was recently ese lives for a very small result.

"Th power of endurance of a Kreat

гасе, дл shown by the Chinese people and the great people of the British Empire, çan be considered an q'decisive fac- tor in modern warfare. 1 have

every confidence In

China

and Brial tory for

Mr Tonking.

Injured on the head by a mug thrown at him by a convict dur- ing a scene. He received nhaty wound, but his condition was not serious.

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Major Pannell, who is 62, has been Governor of Dartmoor since shortly after the mutiny in 1932, when convicts set fire to some of

his cell.

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Germans Plundering In Vanquished France

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...Of ransacking and plundering they make almost a science, so thorough and methodical are these modern gangsters.

"The Germans have taken from the country 70,000 railway waggona. 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 Nazi

which have been collected by the International Transport-Workers-Federation.-

sources,

Plan for Natives

For the coloured peoples of Africa the Nazis already have a plan, the principles of which are stated in the "Nationalsozialistische Monatshefte," the Nazi official monthly organ.

Negroes would be required to work in the plantations, but would then be sent back to their tribes. They Wo

would be barred from urban occupations,

and only

a limited number would be educated: The "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeltung" sums it 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 bat a HONG KONG POLO CLUB decidedly grim-looking bulldog| in London. She smiled when she was told its name. It was "Winston."

The occasion was a visit to

GYMKHANA

IN AID OF B.W.O.F.

To convey expressions of friend- ship from the Chinese people to the City of Sydney ond to New South Wales, Mr Loh and Dr C. J. Pao, the buildings before being over the headquarters of the W.V.S. Chinese Consul-General for Sydney, powered. In December, 1832, he in the Eaton-square house which Under the distinguished patronage of called on the Lord Mayor, Alderman had to take special leave to re- S. Crick, and the Chief Secretory, cuperate following an attack on him used to be occupied by Viscount HE. Sir Geoffry Northcote, K.C.M.G. by a convici whom he went to see Halifax, before his appointment SATURDAY, MAY 24th as Ambassador in Washington.. "Winston's" owner, Mrs Whittle of the W.V.S. was delighted at the Royal interest in her pet, which was The wearing a red, white and blue bow. "The Queen remarked that she is very fond of dogs," said Mrs Whittle, "and no one could be in doubt of that from the manner in which she

Britain's New Bomber

Heavy Armament

Mention may now be made of

the new Avro Manchester twin- engined bombers, which, де

cording to reports from America,

must be ranged along-side the now Short Stirling as among the greatest military weight-carriers in the world.

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

Germans Shoot Dutch Jew

Accused of spraying acid on members of the Gestapo during recent riots in Amsterdam, 8 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

at 3p.m.

Band of the 1st Dn. The Middlesex

· Regt. (D.C.O.)

by kind permission of i Li-Col J, W. M. Stewart, DJM, MEES"

and Officers will play during the

afternoon..

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walked up and patted my bulldog." Conductor: Mr. W. E. KiBord, Bandmaster.

Later, as the Queen was about to enter her car she noticed a group of ILE.S Approaching the men sic Baked what their duties, were. ¿Bgtį;a Winton explained that they were 3.00 engaged on demolition. "I think that is very sad work, commented her Majesty.

HUGE SALES BUT SMALL YIELD

JUMPING COMPETITION. (a) China Ponies. (b) Australian Ponies. 4.00 –ALARM RACE.

430-MUMAN CHAIRS

Little may as yet be said about ds a meeting-place for terroriste. Sole of about 25,000,000 copies of 5:00 V C. RACE ON MULES the Manchester except that it con- A number of other prisoners were the book "In His Steps! yielded only (for all ranks)? forms to established British practice, sentenced to terms of imprisonment a pittance in royaliles to its author,

has the ordinary "bicycle" retractable with hard labour of 10. years or Dr Charles M. Sheldorit of Topeka, undercarriage, as opposed to the more. Six persons were killed and „Kansas, s

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