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NANCY

SLUGGO! --- I WANT YOU TO FIND WILLIE SMITH--- HE'S MISSING FROM

SCHOOL „TODAY!

YES, MA'M-- I THINK I KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR HIM!

Wednesday,

I'LL BORRY DIS POINTER--- I MAY HAVE TO PROTECT MYSELF!

MOHITOR

BUCKINGHAM BOMBED-For fourth time Buckingham Palace, London homo of Britain's King and Queen, was target for Hitler's raidors. Cable picture from London shows porter's lodge in ruins. Young policeman on duty thord was killed, but King and Queon were absent at the time.

Standard Oil, N.

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J.,

Tells

Of Trade With Japanese

concern

July 23, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

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Pekinese Becomes Dog Of 'Independent Means

BEQUEATHED 18. a week in the will of a Park Street dentist, Ming Chang, a Pekinese dog in Sydney recently joined a select circle of privileged pets. He has become a "dog of independent means."

The late John Hunter, an Australian, who died in 1938, aged 75, remembered in a simi- lar manner, "his faithful dog, Jack," and in his will, he be quenthed 2s. a week for Jack's maintenance.

Dr

A Toowoomba medical practitioner, Aeneas John McDonnell, who was niso 75 when he died, and who left a substantial New South Wales estate,

Australian Great War

Epic Filmed

The gala premiere of "Forty was even more generous-in his wii Thousand Hörsemen," the Aus- was the gift of an annuity of £60 tralian picture sponsored by the "for the purpose of feeding and Commonwealth Government of caring for his Scottish terrier, Sandy. Australia, will take place at as long as Sandy lives."

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always agree on what is die gener- at 9.30 pm. The major portion May Make Aviation History

Animal lovers, however, do not the King's Theatre to-morrow

ous, or correet, thing to do.

of the proceeds of this gala per- Mrs Jessie Stuart Broomfleld, of formance, it is learned from the Northmead, who died in 1938, was management of the theatre, will a case in point,

be donated to the Bomber Fund. In the first place she left instruc- His Excellency the Governor, Sir tions that a substantial part of her Geoffry Northcote, and high Govern- £3,714 estate should be used for the ment oficials as well as other lead- erection of drinking fountains and water troughs throughout the cllying residents will be present. and suburbs for the benefit of stray the co-operation of the Department

The picture, which

which was made with dogs: then, in another clause, she of Defence of Australin, and the off-

made certain that her own pets should never become "strays,"

Painlessly Destroyed For she directed that "any pets, animals or birds in her possession at the time of her death" should be

cers and

men of the 1st and 2nd Australian Cavalry Divisions, deals with the Light Horse campaign against the Germans in Palestine during the Great War.

Gibraltar Now An Island

NON-FLYING people well know such names as Fokker, De Havilland, Rolls and Royce, Mos- serschmitt, and Hawker, the men behind the aeroplanes. But few outside aero engineering know of Halford-yet he may go down as the greatest of them all.

You remember Lord Beaverbrook's "boys in the back room," who were deservedly given world publicity because they supported an astonishing new acro engine, the Napier "Sabre," up to now fearfully hush-hush7

son in the world.

ever since.

the

Here at Inst is the story of been sold. "Gipsy"-engined De Havil- In the 1014-10 war the most ple- Major Frank Bernard Halford, land Moths are the basic Service painlessly destroyed. She always had turesque unit of the Australian forces the boy who has been in the trainers in all ports of the Empire. FLEMINGTON, N. J.-The Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)

a horror that such pets might become was the Light Horse, which won im- unwanted and uneared for, and after mortal glory by victory in the Sinai back room

Dramatic Next Move for 27 years-the outlined to stockholders details of an agreement to sell additional sup-

her death, a pet dog and soine cana-Desert under the command of Sir

man who designed the "Sabre," dramatic the Napler "H" cagines. Major Halford's next move was ries tell a victim to her decree.

Harry

Chauvel. The plios of oil to Japan “negotiated with the full knowledge of the American, horse

charge at For more than 12 years, at the Beershein, which, forms the climax says J. D. S, Alan, the "Sunday These had 18 and 24 air-cooled cylin

ders home controlled by the of the film, is one of the most im Dispatch" air correspondent.

set British, and Netherlands East Indies governments.'

In four banks like a letter R.S.P.C.A., there was a pony named pressive scenes ever filmed.

He has designied more successful; "H" with the centre stem represent- receiving maintenance at W. S. Farish, President of the "Up to date. the Japanese have not

"Forty Thousand Horsemen" is the types of aero engines than any per-me design gave immense power for

the crankcase. case. Mr Farial said that he was "par- the

the princely rate of 75. 6d. a week. most ambitious Australian film ever holding company with interests taken delivery of the full quantity of lleularly gratified" with the comTM

A cow, named Daisy, at River-made, and the cast is headed by

He has designed the most powerful a small frontal area-one of the first wherever the world gets its oil, products they bargained for.” pany's business in the Arst Bix stane, according to the wishes of Betty Bryant, hailed as a real screen

aero engine ever to pass Service type aims of engine construction. read a prepared statement to marketed ell in the Orient for more a year ago,

Mr Farish said Standard Oil has months of this year compared with

her former mistress, Miss Jane discovery,

tests.

Finally, the "Sabre," even more Grant Taylor, "Chips" the annual meeting with the than 50 years and "even to-day, not-

Sanders, 15 to receive a life-time Raffert, Pat Twohill and Harvey

He went to France, a brilliant pilot daring and unconventional so much of care and attention,

Adams.

instructor, in 1914. Instead of let-so that Lord Beaverkbrook's "boys in preface that the question of oil withstanding increased deliveries to Earnings Outlook Good

backs room" indeed merit praise There

ting him fly, they have been gifts for bird

put him in the shipments to Axis powers had Japan under terms of the

special

back room, and he has been there for their boldness in gambing on it. been raised and

"Our guess is that earnings for the sanctuaries and gifts for the erection the

sales agreement, the total movement first six months will be very healthy of horse troughste probate re-

It is the most powerful engine to wished

of oll from the Dutch East Indies to and will run between $70,000,000 and cords, throughout the years, have

go into service in any country. It is to explain

Got The Job its pro- Japan, Including shipments of the gramme.

Major Haltord is above medium compact, permitting high nerobatic Dutch-British Company, as well as $80,000,000," he said, adding that it accumulated many strange and un-

things kept going as they were he Usual

stories of

bequests, designed to The New Jersey corporation, which those of Standard Vacuum Company, hoped the directors would be able to nhten the load of stray dogs and

blue eyes.

He was born in Notting- Major Halford is married-and-hos- meets-In-this-rural-borough-of-2,700 are-much-smaller than-Japan-

declare a $1 a share dividend at the

-Transformation-of-Gibraltar-into-ham 47 years ago, and was educated: residents, explained it owned 30 per currently

of end of the year. The year-end pay- But the unusual, bizarre, and some- an "island" is now almost complete, at Felsted and Nottingham Univer-Oxley

grown-up daughter. He lives at cent interest in Standard Vacuum Oll

ment last December

fantastie

in-will-making is no) and Canadian soldiers are finishing sity.

He Company, with For Eastern head- Follow Government

gular and 26 couer was 50 cents re-enfant

is at his desk at 9 am, ard to animal gifts. Many digging a moat thirteen feet wide and extra.

He learned to fly at the old Bristol stops working at 10 p.m. or 11 p.m., quarters in the Netherlands East!

He said the New Jersey concern at Discussing possible oil shortages

strange wills, in Australia and elseien feet deep and filling it with water school at Brooklands in 1013. An usually at home Indies.

all times endeavoured to adhere on the eastern seaboard due to lack where, have been reported during the across the neck of the promontory. assistant instructor was killed, so he

He has no hobby but work. He strictly to the policy of the United of tankers, Mr Farish said the oil

few post

The hospital and several other got the job. Mr Farish's statement continued:

One of the strangest was the installations witch were on the top before the Great War, and went to

depends on tennis and squash for States Government.

He joined the Royal Flying Corps exercise. Industry was working on two major "About six months ago this affiliate

"So. Jang

as the United States plans.

will of Mrs Catherine Hathaway. of the rock have been transferred to One Involved the building of joined with

of Auckland, New Zealand, who, underground rooms hewn out of the

In paying tribute to Major. Halford a Dutch-British oil com- maintains normal relations with an-n pipe line from Texas to New York

France in 1914. pany, a major producer of oil in the other country, Standard Oil Company and Philadelphia and the other the

recently, Sir Harold Snagge, chair- Greater then than the need for inan last year, directed that her Auck-rock. Some of them are below water Netherlands

land residence be held in trust for level, East Indies, in special (New Jersey) must also maintain formation of an industry-owned cor-

pilots

of the Napler compary (of was the need for technical which Major Halford is arrangement, over a limited period, normal relations. If the company on poration to build tankers.

ultimate occupation by David and New guns, Including some very knowledge, of men who could keep director), said they had reason to technical to sell Japan additional suppiles of its own Initiative, undertook to cs- Mr Farish said Standard Oil Co.

as many of our quaint assembly of believe that the "Sabre" would make oil and ordinary oll products. One tablish embargoes on shipments of of Louisiana was building a "buty"

Planes flying as possible.

uircraft, as well as Napler, history. hundrey! octane aviation gasoline, for oil from one country to another it rubber plant at Baton Rouge costing example, was excluded.

might find itself running directly between $12,000,000 and $15,000,000

Sells Japan Oil

supply.”

from

other sources

unwanted

cats-

years.

other Biblical characters named heavy ones, have been put in position In the 11th chapter of Hebrews and ships with war materials orD "when they returned to earth." arriving dally,

King Of Israel

All this has been reported on the She said that she was certain that Moscow radio,

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The agreement was negotiated counter to the policy and interests of that would produce 15,000 tons of God's kingdom was now being estab with the full knowledge of the Ame-its own Government. Obviously it synthetic rubber rican, British, and Netherlands. East cannot permit itself to be drawn into materiais therefor as well as 20.000,-lished with visible representatives on

a year and raw Indies governments.

000 gallons of alcohol.

such a position."

KEEP THE BOMBER FUND SOARING

TYPES OF BOMBERS HITTING HITLER 6-The Fairey Battle Medium Bomber.

DONATIONS TO DATE: $2,393,379.39 and £1-0-0

REMITTED TO LONDON: £145,939.19.6d

earth, who would have charge of the affairs of the nations. Among these would be David, the Yormer King of Israel.

Another unusual will was that of

Carter, of

who expressed the wish that her second husband chould allow. her first hus- band to

to live with him in her Maclean house after her death. She thought would be company for that cach

John Pool, a Bathurst hotel-keeper, left the rents and profits from an hotel at Bathurst "to purchase every Christmas Day one glass of the best port wine and a suflelent quantity of good plum pudding for every one of the patients at the Bathurst Hospital."

Perturbed at the possible effect of port wine and plum pudding on alling patients at the hospital, the execu tors of the will took the matter to the Equity Court, which ruled that the gift was not a good charitable i bequest.

STOCK MARKET REPORT

Hongkong Stack Exchange Omeial Summary, issued yesterday, is:

Buyers

H.K. Govt, 4% Loan 97.50 HK. Govt 3% Loon (1034) 94 Bank of East Asia $74 Canton Ins. $225

Unions Ins, $400 H.K. Fire Ins. $105 Wharves $00

Lands $35

Lights "O" $5.00

Electrics "O" X. Rts $22 Electric "N" $21 Electrics Пts $11

Sellers

Hotels $3.00 Lands $35.73 Trams $17.40

Sales

Providents $5.00 Canton Ices $1 Watsons $10.75

height, of sturdy bulid, and has light flies and giving the pilot a good

To his great disappointment he was grounded, in spite of his ex- perience and flying skill. Dia appointment in one way—yet in another he revelled at getting his teeth into a difficult and vital Job,

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British armoured fighting

He was loaned to Beardmores, and of which 6,000 were made. then came the great "Puma" engine, vehicle now being issued to the troops is a great advance on earlier

It was known, as the BILP-the types. Its armour is heavier, its Beardmore-Halford-Pullinger. It did armament moré powerful and its immense service in the Independent speed greater. Air Force.

Tank policy, which has long been

The

Halford followed with his 300 In

a state of dux, is now settled, horse-power "Nimbus."

Instead of light and medlun me- After the war he represented en-chines the Government is concen- gineering Interests in America for trating on the heavier type. The some years. On returning, he set up light tanic in now obsolescent, and as an independent designer.

there is no longer a medium” ma The light aeroplane club movement chine. swept the country In the late

"opportunity tank" is the twenties, because of Major Halford. cruiser with the speed of a grey- He designed the famous "Circus" hound. The fighting qualities of the engine, which made the movement "I" or Infantry tank have also been possible. It was ingeniously designed Improved. Its role is the close sup- to Incorporate many of the parts, port of infantry,

It is possible that among the Renault

heavy material abandoned in Greece Then came the amazingly success were tanks as well ful "Gipsy" range for De Havillands. Empire's productive empacity, sup- as guns. The Up to the beginning of this war plemented by America's help, wil over 10,000 "Cipsy" engines had soon make these losses good.

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