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NANCY

AND I NOW TAKE POSSESSION OF DIS MIGHTY ISLAND IN D' NAME OF

CAPTAIN SLUGEO

D' PIRATE!

Friday,

WIT ALL ITS MIGHTY RIVERS AND FORESTS-MINE TO HOLD FOREVER!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

ANYBODY GOT ANY OBJECTIONS?

August 1, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

WELL-- YOU CAN

HAVE THE ISLAND

SLUGGO!

BUT I'LL HAVE TO

BRING THE FOREST HOME BY

SIX O'CLOCK!

Refreshing!

7:

Barrage Of Truth Given Out In 25 Foreign Languages

European language broadcasts from Britain have now been organised on a scale unforeseen before the war, and in the B.B.C. foreign programmes a barrage of truth to counter lying onomy propaganda is ñow sent out on the air to Europe in 25 foreign languages.

The popularity of the bulletin

is rapidly increasing in the Ger- man-occupied countries of

Europe, for, despite Nazi efforts to suppress listening to Britain by every means in their power. from heavy penalties for those caught to attempted' jamming, evidence is accumulating show- ing that a greater number, of people are daily tuning in to British foreign broadcasts.

Local Nazi officers have made it virtually compulsory for their own! and subject peoples to listen to the] ometal Nazi voice throughout Europe; but they have created a positive urge among their enslaved subjects to hear

the forbidden volce-ihnt

of

Britain,

From a nucleus of broadcasts in three languages, French, German and Italian,

when foreign broadcasts started with Mr Chamberlain's eve of Munich speech on September 27, 1018, the service has steadily grown to meet the needs of Europas.

News Services

News Gervices in Polish, Czech, Rumanian, Serbo-Croat, Greek; Spanish and Portuguese were, firmly established after the first month of war and soon services in Turkish, Bulgarian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian Dutch, and Albanian were added.

News bulletins broadenst daily in German numbered eight and Frenc six al the end of 1010, with: one or more bulletins in other languages.

Prompt and accurate news ranks first in the service,

bulletins are inters

al talks, magazine

these with topic-

dra-f apeclai 10

matle dialogues, sketches,

muste recitals and popular songs to meet needs of individual countries. News editors with extensive know- of geographical conditions, and experience of the respective

~20 c/c

strape the news sulletins)

in consultation with expert trans- announcers, for nearly all

iatoru

and

-of-whom --cach--language-is-their-

mother tongue.

A lively morning and evening magazine half-hour in French has created slogans, many set to music, which are being repeated through- out France.

"March of Freedom"

Forces disliking the Nazis are dra- | matically brought together in Ger- many by "March of Freedom" feature, while the voices of King|

NEW UNIFORMS -- U, S. Army nurses honcoforth will woar snappy now uniform at loft, as contrasted with present one, at right. Now uniform is of two-tone blue design of covert cloth. Old capo was olive drab.

Bank's Plan To Help The Small Borrower

Haakon and the Norwegian Crown Specially designed to aid Singapore's clerical classes, a Prince have a number of times thrill-scheme will shortly be introduced for the first time in Singa- ed Norsemen listening to the Nor- pore by the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, under wegian service,

"Radio which clerks may borrow from a minimum of $50 to a limit A special Dutch feature Oranje" supplements the BBCs of $400, returnable by monthly instalments. Dutch service and the voices of

The bank's plan follows generallyį Will:clmina Queen

and Princess the suggestion made by Mr G. II. Julluna have helped to encourage Kiat at a recent Singapore Rotary

freemen.

Club dinner that a scheme should be

staunch Dutch

The special Czech period serves instituted whereby employees need- as a link between Czech forces here in financial assistance may go to a and their resisting brothers at home. Belgian needs are served by a special bank for small loans at a compara- programme in French and Flemish tively low rate of interest.

on alternate days.

The scheme which the bank pro- The majority of the services are poses to launch requires briefly the carried by short wave transmitters debtor to provide two quarantors

Raid Victims' Inquest

Press Wants Admission

to five clear reception, but where and answer a questionnaire giving tary Under-Secretary to the conditions are suitable. medium reasons for destring a loan and par- waves are being used to augment ticulars of employment, many of the services.

Awkward Facts

Mr Qabert Peake, Parliamen-

Home Office, recently received a His employer, wherever willing, deputation from the Institute of will be asked to confirm his replies Journalists, consisting of Mr H. to the questionnaire and to state the foulkes (chairman, executive Pains taken by the Nazis to coun-¡ character of the appliennt.

committee), Mr Alan Robbins ter, in their home bulletins, all wie- ward nows given by the B.B.C., in-

.(hon. treasurer). and diente that the authorities fear

Stewart Nicholson (general. audience which hears the British By this means the bank is able to

But listeners seem determin-ascertain not only whether it has a secretary), who made repre-

nowe.

apito

A

Genuine Cases Only

Courts had always been public quite

Concrete Merchant Ships May Soon Be Constructed

PHILADELPHIA, June 21.—Concrete tankers and merchant ship as strong and light as steel were envisaged by engineers to-day after a test of a new type vacuum dried concrete containing a special variety of steel re- inforcement.

Two "planks" of the material 12 feet long and 2 inches thick

strength testing machine at the University of Pennsylvania, a load of 5.890 pounds bent the

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BEER

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OR

DARK

W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (China) LTD.

centre of one's inches out of Bomber Fund Up Yes! Spark Plugs can

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The llomber Fund "glant thermometer" Inventor Karl L. Billner and rose by over two thousand dollars yes- several of the university engineers terday as a number of splendid donalkons were received during the day, The. Klan calculated this imposed a com- | wan Company (China) Ltd, ent $1,000; pressive stress within the tissue of the tenth donation ($100) came from

"ex-Bydand"; A

Afth donation was re the concrete. of 12,300 pounds

ceived from Air and Mr E. A, Pritchard square inch

of $300; while the members of the ZBW broadesting team in Frencli, sent a

COIT-

an encouraging

unber

A second plank of slightly differ-second donation of $130, There were also ent' construction withstood a

ressive stress of 15,000 pounds and was bent eight inches to spring back

to within one and a half inches of its original line when pressure was released.

De Theodore Crane, professor of architectural engineering at Yale University and one of those watching the test, pointed out that concrete structures ordinarily are designed to permit compressive stresses of 650 to 90 pounds a square inch. Even allowing a safety factor of 50 per cent, on the new concrete, he suld, it would have strength eight to 10 times tint of ordhary concrete.

For Bomb Shelters

|

at mouthly donations; bringing the total of the Fund 10 $2,631,037.04."

Member of 2.D.W. Broadcasts in

French (2nd donation) "EX-Dyuзn'

Men donation $ 450 Klan Gwan Company, (China)

'Dice Gaine al Skyhtml" Mr and Mrs E. A. Pritchard (Atth

denatba)

D, O. Shrapnel Box Mr Than Sue

memory of the late Mr Ian S.

Forbes

Anonymous

Canton

100

3,000

21.10

300

The following inonthly donations to the Bomber Fund were also received yester- day:

Mr E. A. B, Newton

Mr G. M. Sinclair

Air FF Duckworth

MEN E. J. Grant

Bir H. C. Jones

Mr. W. Hewilt

Mira M. S. Fortescue

"W. F. C."

CHILD PROTECTION

23

Billner, who has used the vacuuin- dried material in building floors of a number of government buildings, also has demonstrated its use speedy construction of bomb shelters.ion of Children announces the following

The Hongkong Society for the Projec←

donations collected during July, 1041: Since the concrete forms can be D. L. Cochran (Life Membership), $100: The Rotary Club of Hongkong, $900; Mr rerooved 15 minules ufter the Mr and Mm G, 1. Angus, $25; Anonymous material is poured, the inventor cald | "UR.BIL", ___$10: Rev. and Mrs H. R.

it would be possible to build ship hull rapidly, a 10,000-ton tanker being constructed of concrete in four weeks as contrasted to several months using steel.

Illegal

Medical

Practices

Mr Calwell (Lab., Vic.) alleged in the House of Representatives at Canberra that 5 to 10 per cent, of doctors in Australia were engaging] in criminal abortion.

Welle, 4; Police Magistrate, Kowloon (contribution for Leung Man) $4: Dona- ons alrendy, neknowledged through the South China Morning Post, $3. Total $3. Further donations will be gladly ac cepted by the Hon. Treasurer, Mr A. Méltellar, c... e/o Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co., P. & D. Building.

ST VINCENT DE PAUL

The Society of St Vincent de Paul acknowledge

following donation

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FOR-

GROCERIES, BUTCHERIES, FRUITS, GREENS G SUNDRIES, ETC.

COME TO -

ASIA COMPANY

THE receipt of the

In memory of_the_Jale_Mfrs_E Rozario:

Mrs J. C. Guterres, $2.

the

The S. C. M. Post has reculved following donation to the Society of St Vincent de Paul in memory of the late Mirs E. L. do Rozario:

F. D. da Silva, $2,

E. P. C. A.

The

The S. C. M. Post has received following donation to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals:

H. Cartwright, 32.

SALVATION ARMY

"These men were partly educated The Salvation Army Headquarters ut the expense of the State, and they gratefully acknowledge receipt of "now! are expected to use their healing of Rice Campaign Hickets from the powers for the sake of the com- following:

Mr A. C. Jeffreys; Messrs Kishinchand unity," he said, "Instead, they are cheatam: many nung malas, prostituting their knowledge and ability and becoming enemies of the

nation."

TEACHERS' SALARIES

The Director of Medicni Services grate- Of 5,000 abortion enses treated fully acknowledges receipt at $300 from annually in Melbourne hospitals, Mr the Hongkonu: led Swastika Society for defroying the salaries of teachers at Tal Calwell said, more than 2,000 were Hangard Ngau Tau Kok Squatters self-induced or resulted from Illegal Camps. operations.

GOD KITCHENS

the

The SC, M. Punt han received allowing tination to the Food Kitchens

D. C., -$5,

fund:

Claims by doctors that therapeutic] abortions were procured for the sake of health were disproved by the fnet that 25 per cent, of the patients were single women.

Mr Calwell claimed that

DONATIONS WAITING the

Hons await collection at the office of the death-rate associated with legal, Donations for the following Organisa- per cent, and yet neither the M. Post: Associacao Portuguera de Federal Government nor State Gov- for the Relief of Air Victima; B.W.OF. ernments had done anything to stop Emergency Refugee Council: New Terri- this Infanticide.

operations was from seven to eight

Sold Eggs Over Maximum

Grocer Fined £225

Soccorrum Mutuos: Lord Mayor's Fund

terlen Relief Arrociation: Churns Ban, Refugees; B.F.RD.C.; Blind Girls' Home; Food Kitchens Fund: St Vincent de Paul; Salvation Army: 'S.P.C.A,

"A Dispatch From Reuters"

Film to be Shown Here

One of the great tamances of the last 90 years of international Jour

news service.

The story

́OI-KWAN-BLDG.--DES-VOEUX-ROAD-PHONE-20418-

Keep The Bomber Fund

SOARING

ed to hear the truth from outside in reasonable chance of obtaining re-sentations on the exclusion of payment, but whether the loan is the Press from proceedings in of dimculties and penalties. In Poland private wireless sets are being requested for a purpose other coroners' courts concerned with The Out British

bulletins

are than pleasure or luxury.

the presumption of death under and circulated in

in leaflet form. The scheme is intended solely to

the defence regulations.

"I know of no more effective Polish "letter box,"

sturted in assist genuine enses of financial en-

way of assisting the enemy, to-| October, 1939, to give news of Polish barrassment caused by an emergency

Mr Noulkes said that the fact that day than by this type of nalism has been the creation of refugees all over Europe, had broad or a domestic event, such as a birth, presumption proceedings in the High offence, stated the North Lon- "Reuters"

marriage, illness, or death. cast 34,000 names by July, 1940.

In Czecho-Slovakia anything Prospective debtors must satisfy clearly demonstrated that the princi- don Magistrato (Mr Daniel of that gigantle world-wide organi- broadcast from Britain is circulated the bank the money is belu bor-ple of open hearing and reporting of Hopkin) when he fined Isadore sation has now been made into one through the country in П few hours.rowed for one of the purposes which

approved by the Blum, a grocer, a total of £225, mens and it in to be

[of the outstanding films of recent D.B.C. brondcasts to it lists in a pamphlet of rules and such cases was

judienture. It was inevitable that

screened In in twenty-five languages. regulations.

the suppression of the Lucts would with 20 guincas costs, on three Hongkong as from August 16. Theso

are-Albanian, Bulgarian,

Applicants for loans should be tend to breed local suspicions, and summonsca for offering for sale "A Dispatch, from Reutern", which Czech, Danishi, Dutch, English, tween the ages of 21 and 50 and lend to the circulation of rumours to another grocer cases of eggs features Ed. G. Robinson as Julius Finnish, Flemish, French, German, preferably should have regular emarid insinuations.

at prices exceeding the Reuter, founder of the organisation.

hna been Greck, Italian, Magyar, Norwegian, ployment,

vociferously applauded Polish, Portuguese, Roumanian. Under the scheme they may not Mr Alan Robbins said that the maximum.

wherever it has been shown, and↑ Serbo-Croat, Slovene, Spanish, Swed-borrow a sum exceeding the total of institute's representations were being It was said by the prosecution that longkong, which through its news- ish, Icelandic, Slovak, Luxemburg the combined salaries of the debtor made largely in the interest of the Blum would have mude nui lieli papers is familiar with the famous

and two patola and Maltese,

will doubtless 6 sum not above $400.

concern und intimacy with coroners" intended deal.

welcome this The bank is anxious to know how courts, and to which the regulation The defendant pleaded "Not amazing man and his organisation. fur employers are prepared to co- they were protesting against, W15 Guilty" and said that he had offered Edna Best plays the part of Ida operate in this scheme which it con- therefore a matter of great impor-

the eggs at 2s. dd a long, hundred Magnus who married Reuter, while A chicken with four legs has been tends will anve

unfortunate entance.

below shop prices. He alleged that other personalities in the cast are hatched at a poultry farm in Easing-ployees unnecessary flanelal worry.

that total price he was charging. In Eddie Albert, Nigel Bruce, Otto Kru Mu:Peoke promised to submit the cluded a consignment of sardines. Ker, James Slephonton, Albert-Bas- Donations: $2,441,957.64 Remitted to London: £151,939.19.6d wold. Occasionally such freaks are and hardship when they require a recorded, though they rarely live, lonn, and thereby increase their representations to the Home Secre It was denied by the Intended purserman, Lumaden Hore, and Mon-

emciency. tates a correspondent.

tory and Milster of Home Security.chaser that he had ordered sardines, logu Love."

CHICKEN PRODIGY

Kuarantora and, in any case, local newspapers, which had a close profit of 202 10x, as a result of the credit itle "Recent Alma of an

TYPES OF BOMBERS HITTING HITLER !

The Bristol Bionhaim medium bombor.

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