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THEY HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1947.

At 2,30, 5.10. Every Wednesday in the Telegraph:

7.15 09.15 p.m.

CODKA PETREES.

THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN

Haring"

LEE BOWMAN MARGUERITE CHAPMAN

...I EDGAR BUCHANAN · GEORGE HACREADY

LET PATRICK - JONATHAN HALF - E SOMAD BROMIDERS - ELISABETH HISTON - HOLES MANTER

Screenplay by Wilfrid H Pitit - Based upon by novel by Ja Elsinge

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Sitting on Fence

FELL cor Bufferin

archbishops," said the, Sweep, "If that don't. take the Untley and Palmer." .'' “What, do?" I said.

"Why, cor, stone the crows," said the Sweep, "In one part of the paper they say we're goin to be ungrier than ever and on the next page they're prakin us to give our blood to the arstpitals. Cor strike a light, what blood?"

"What indeed?" I said.

"Cor luvaduck," said the Sweep, for "they've put us on the ration

arf our Foven year. They take

put money away in taxes, they

41 water in our beer and charge more for it, and now they're after nur blood. Cor sufferin Mike, no

wonder people want to it out of the country."

"No wonder," I said.

"I see even the fish-ore scuttlin orf 'now."

"Go on?" I said.

"Accordin to the papers," said the the North Sweep, "fish are leavin Sen, and personally meself I don't blame them."

"Nor me." I said.

"I don't suppose they enjoyed last winter any more than we did," said with them the Sweep, "specially there little old icebergs orf the East Coast."

"That's right," I said

"All the same," said the Sweep, "you don't want to all ton down- carted."

"I ain't." I said.

"You are all the lovely English summer to look forward to."

ANOTHER 'AWESOME WEAPON

James Marion Snodgrass, 39- year-old biophysicist said in an interview in Cincinnati, that he was one of a group of scientists who developed a secret Anglo- He said American weapon. that it was "as awesome in its effects as the atomic bomb."

"I ave.".

by NATHANIEL GUBBINS

the

At pos manager's club B maasger mecta important people "And a lovely seaside oliday with who have world affairs at finger only art the trains runnin."

tips, who are in touch with in- fluchtinl

discuss "Too true."

circles, who can polical problems at high level.

At as manager's club there are indie: nights with proper dining- room for ladies, with waters in proper white ties And champagne in buckets of ice.

"To say nothink of a little back 100m in a boardin ouse at five pound

week with roast beef for dinner

every other week!

"That's right."

Naturally, wife would hardly ex- "Which will be the week you'nin't pect they worm, who is laughing there," said the Sweep.

"Sure to be." I said.

Students of history will know that Britain, particularly

the British Nuvy, has always been regarded by American statesmen as a shock ab- sorber against European aggression, but this is the Aral time for many yearn that

1105 been' Atated publicly.

All Intelligent and educated

Americans are aware that

this altuntion has existed since America became an independent nation, though if you read some of the more immorant editorials in the American yellow Press you might form the opinion that the United States; is always playing the part of the big.. benevolent brother, helping you out of a mess.

of historical fact, As a matter you have always given her time to get ready.

So now you know how you stand, my poor Mr Gubbins, in much the same situation as the goats in atomic bomb experiments nt Blicin. Next time there will be no stock of City, would ever be made bundles for Britain. You won't need 'member of gas manager's club, as any. But I expect your fate, will gas manager's club has to be pa be thoroughly and dramatically re- of the have made mark in world through In a warship a long way hard work, brains, and initiative and coast.

call of every Tom, Dick and Harry and wasted opportun des like worm, mixing with lowest of low in low

POCKET CARTOON

bOSBERT LANCASTER

"Boer since you became a prefect, Ursula, it's been nothing but ecto, weto, weta all the time !”

BY THE

WAY

"And you ave the Budget," said ticular, and only elects people who ported by American correspondents by Beachcomber

the Sweep.

Thank you." I said.

"It's a funny thing about the Bud- #et," and the Sweep, "they wait till the winter's art killed you, then, just when you're feelin a bit appler in the springtime, they wipe that smile orf your face with a lot of new taxes."

"They do," I said, "Because you needn't expect nothink orf beer," and the Sweep.

"I don't." I said.

not been content to be at beck and I om giving you this warning DURING our journey to the

toveITS.

At worm's silly little club wife supposes, they would be lucky to have water at all. though they probably have dingy blonde bar- maid, to ogle sex-mad worms and worm's sex-mod friends.

As for meeting influential people, "They're more likely to put a bit wife supposes the most influential

people on," said the Sweep.

worm might meet would be Inspectors. of gas meters instead of gas managers.

"Quite likely," I said. "And as for a drop of Scotch," sald the Sweep, wen't matter what they put on that because there won't be none lo ave."

"There certainly won't," I salı.

So before the beer goes up," said the Sweep, you might as well ave one fer the rond."

Thank you," i zald.

"And if you're passin the

Sweep, "you orstpital," said the might as well offer them a drop of your your blood. The skin nose."

ort

"The skin orf yourn,” I said.

Diary of a worm

FLUSHED, excited worm arrives home late and tells wife wilty him worm friends have elected member of Constitutional Club.

Oh, so that's worm's latest move, Is it? Not content with pouring money over bar of low tavern, ogling blonde barmaid and forget- Heiting count change,

us to have special bar to pour money over and pay special sub-

Reluctant to discuss the weapon, Snodgrass said it was not connected In any way with the atom bomb and was not a biological weapon.

when asked would not comment,, whether it

Asked humans, aircraft or vessels, about the weapon as an alternative for the atomic bomb Snodgrass said that only "first reports are substan- tially true, but perhaps they aro exaggerated a little."

was for use against

Woin

now

scription for privilege of doing it.

friends

And as for ladies' nights, wife supposes the most she could expect would be glass of warm beer on front doorstep, if worm remembered

to invite her.

If lordly worm had wanted to be London clubman It might have been batter it worm had got an in world first and got righ

ntru duc'ions and made enough money Lo pay subscriptions and

pour money over counters.

Then

for another I'm afraid I am entirely responsible for the situation.

Black Nile in search of the because, for one thing, the Widaw and I (particularly the Widow) have | black prawn we had to pass always had a soft spot for you, and through the unexplored terri

tory west of Mgong. Thia ter- ritory is inhabited almost exclu- sively by crocodiles. which the natives kiil in a very strange manner.

Even in my most optimistic mo- ments I never thought I could get the nations at each other's throats less than two years after my dear pupil, Adolf Hitler, was alleged to have committed suicide.

A marmoset is lowered by a bam-.

and the crane then

In the past, even after minor con- lets which affected only a small 4oo crane to within a few foot of proportion of the populations, the the crocodile, ne, lons rested for at least two travels slowly away, danding the decades before they became quarrel-bait. The crocodile follows, twisting some again.

his neck further and further round. Now, when everybody in the world to get at the marmoset. Finally, the round that it is affected and complete self-destruc- neck twists so far

tlon is a possibility, they can

snaps, and the beast drops dead. We hardly wait for the word go,

learned this method, but at my first As you might suppose, I have not attempt I was bitten by the mar- wasted, any time since V-Day. Amoset, and only saved myself from week in the Kremlin drinking vodkathe crocodile

by pushing a fallen. and caring eavlare, then a week in Wall-street drinit ng pd fashioneds tree-trunk wedge-wise between and eating plank steaks. Then back! Jaws, and so locking them.

An albino prawn

to the Kremlin, and ́so on.

worm might have gone peak to peak, like Kas It hus from

ull been most delightful and manager,

wile might have and so terribly easy to scare cne lived in

proper home, instead of group of fools about Communism DEAR Sir. plasty, with proper curtains, with and the other group of fools aboutį proper dinner served at seven every Capitalism, night, and proper mold. In proper uniform waiting at table.

As it is, of course, worm must

toin low club, even lower than low tavern, where he will spend evenings and week-ends squandering office boy's wages on poople who don't mutter, till he finally ends up in gutter, dragging wife with him.

Letter from Mr. Lucifer

DEAR MT. Gubbins,

I expect you have often wondered why these clever people who control nations are so foolish? Well, I will a weakness I tell you. It is fear, never fail to exploit.

ls

It may interest your readers to know that my uncle, Mr Horace Treglagle, while hunting dirubcostc along the banks of the Poopoo, acci- dentally shot an albino prawn which had come up for air. He sent it to the Appleby Natural History, Mu- I can assure you that the simplest scum, where It may be seen 'today. peasant who fears nothing to a genius compared with these terrified stoicemen and financiers..

And now, you will say here

my friend

"The new War Department urges the U.S. to seek alEes to help coming America absorb atomic attacks."

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THE

Yrs, faithfully,

(Mrs.) ENID WHYBROW.

Mr. Lucifer trying to An odd occurrence frighten me. Well, I must admit it, Mr. Gubbins. I have alwaysHE other day a man who put his wanted to tempt you to something head in a lion's mouth for a bet I write to draw your attention more than an occasional binge, but found that he could not withdraw ft. No doubt jolly-good-fellow worm to a cable from Washington, dis- have never succeeded.

Nor could the llon move, its Jaws, fcels flattered thao crdging warm missed by my newspaper in a few

have made him member lines,

~But~ on~this~~occasion”TM, it is"more" The head was such a perfect fit-that- of silly lit le club, but I wite's

than a professional matter. 1 would but for the man's discomfort one or really like to Have opinion were asked she would say

you from be-two spectators would have been in- have made

an. experimental edging worm friends

clined to leave matters as they were, sucker worm member to give him

and to take bots on which would chance of Minging SWHY. In other words, America is looking The Widow joins Snodgrass is chief engineer of a another

me in hoping ptance Uke milicnura for shock absorbers.

dear Nat will soon give

starve to death first, the man or the nur

Up consultant engineering firm. He said Pairy

playboy.

Apart from the fact that this polley everything before it is too late and Hon. Finally, a barber was called, he joined the British and New Zea--

comes strangely from a country be one of the merry company in and when the man's head had been land scientists in developing the

Of course, it worm had joine which has so frequently and unjustly our yacht ss. Suc

shaved, he was just able, to with- weapon while he was a civilian et proper gentleman's club, like gas accused Britain of using other people Refreshed by several of her de-

might meet

to fight her battles, I wonder if you licious cocktails, we will wash the fraw it and spring back. A second luched to National Defence Research manager, where he

later the lion cloned its jaws with a Council. He said professor T. D. People who would push him off realise, my dear Mr Gubbins, that next wor from there,

offloo boy's stool into position of you are now regarded as a shock ob-

map. The man laughingly declined Looch of New Zealand headed the responsibility, wife could under- sorber for the first few atomic

to put the lion's head in his mouth: project-Associated Press.

stand

"It wouldn't At,” he said, "and there would be no sense in it," Printer's frolic

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AND so, after four years' search, Giles Warrender had found his love. Unable to bellevo his good fortune, he advanced towards her, bia arms extended to draw her, to him, his 'eyes alight, his temples throbbing: "My own!" he cried.' He never knew what hit him, · With oll the power of her athletic body bo hind the blow Mavis's clenched. nat caught him on the point of the chin, and he went down like a ninepin. In a comer of the room the grumo- phone continued to play "Parlez-mol: d'Amour"

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