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The lady in the black and white shoes was noted here She appears to be seen off by her gentlemen friends. The Hong Kong Telegraph newspaper is dated 26 October 1940. The bottom headline refers to the impassioned plea by Mrs. H. Kennedy-Skipton about the evacuation of women and children.