HUNTING FLOTILLAS
THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 11, 1939,
SEEKING OUT U-BOATS:
READY FOR ALL
TRIBUTE TO MERCHANT NAVY EMERGENCIES
London, To-day.
HONG KONG'S SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY of all types have been ac-
POPULATION
THE WATER AUTHORITY, AFTER, FOUR MONTHS PAST, BASING ITS COMPUTATIONS OF CONSUMP- TION PER HEAD PER DAY ON AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 1,050,000, HAS NOW INCREASED THE FIGURE, AND NOW ESTIM- ATES THE POPULATION AT 1,300, 000.
The estimate gives 700,000 as the estimate for the City and Hill Districts and 600,000 for Kowloon.
At September 1st, all reservoirs were full or nearly so. Water con- over sumed during August totalled 975 million gallons, in spite of the fact that the hours of supply were limited to 17 hours..
JUNKMAN WOUNDED
BY PIRATES
tive since war broke out all over the world in main- taining the Empire's shipping routes.
The Navy has been especially active around the British Isles
and in the Atlantic.
Although we have suffered losses more from submarine attacks, even
been merchant-ships have enemy captured, sunk or interned in neutral ports.
KWEILIN'S A.R.P.
Kweilin, To-day.
Work is being vigorously pushed
The Admiralty is giving no de- talls of the anti-submarine cam- paign, but our hunting flotillas of destroyers and light craft are still active.
to transform the Seven Star Cave, As soon as
convoy system one of the best known scenic spots comes into force, our losses are ex-of Kwellin, into a huge air raid pected to cease.
shelfer to house 50,000 people.
the
SHIPS SCATTERED The convoy system could not be initiated immediately as our mer-
chant-ships are scattered all over the
world.-Reuter.
It takes some time for the system to become fully effective.
London, To-day. Britain's anti-aircraft and coastal defences are now ready for all emergencies, says a War Office announcement.
The men are on tip toes and in fine spirits.
The fine weather of the past few days has enabled them to put the last touches to their train- ing-Reutor.
FRENCH ART TREASURES. GUARDED
Paris, To-day: Electric lights are being installed France has taken steps: inside the dark and fathomless cave. As soon as an alarm is raised, cave will be lighted for the people treasures from damage in the to preserve her national
to take shelter.
Other caves on the outskirts of air raids. Kweilin are also being opened, while During the first week of this war
a number of bridges have been erect- there has been no major naval opera-ed to facilitate the dispersal of tions to be recorded.
On the other side of the picture, however, there has been this intense Whilst a junk, No. 4849W, was sail-activity on the part of smaller craft, ing near Fu Kin Tau, in British particularly destroyers, escort vessels, Waters, at 8 o'clock yesterday morn- and patrol .craft. They, like mine- ing, five pirates, armed with rifles, sweepers, have had little rest. made an attack, wounding one of the
crew.
They removed the cargo, valued $672, reported Lo Yau, 33, master of the junk, to the Water Police in the afternoon.
Lo Tin, 31, who was shot, was taken to the Kowloon Hospital in aj serious condition...
AUSTRIAN LEGION IN FRANCE
Paris, To-day An Austrian Legion is now being formed in France to fight Germany. It consists of exiles.
The Ministry of War says that every effort will be made to enrol all
are
RESERVISTS AT WORK Many of these smaller ships manned by reservists, men drawn largely from the merchant navy and the fishing fleets. Like the men the Royal Navy itself they are giving magnificent and tireless service.
of
Thousands of other reservists, in- cluding many pensioners and veter- ans of the last war, serving in the larger ships of the Fleet. Most of these men thought they had finished with the sea for ever and were en- gaged in professions and callings on: shore. They have come forward to serve again.
MERCHANT NAVÝ
re-
sidents during a raid.-Central News.
TRYING TO GET HOME
The country's most famous objets d'art, including the Venus de Milo, are hidden beneath stacks of sandbags.
The tombs of Napoleon and. Foch are covered with sandbags,. while the famous stained-glass windows of Notre Dame and: valuables from the Louvre have been removed to the country in military lorries.
The Arc de Triomphe is almost "I WAS TRYING TO GET BACK| hidden under piles of sandbags and. TO MY HOME IN SAN FRANCISCO," timber-Reuter. PLEADED JAMES DORAN, 19, WHEN CHARGED WITH HAVING STOWED AWAY ON BOARD THE S.S. PRESIDENT PIERCE FROM MANILA.
CAMERON ROAD
BURGLARY
Mr. Dobry, of No.
11A
Cameron
Sub-Inspector A. S. Johnson said defendant gave himself up to the be- ship's Captain when half-way tween here and Manila. He claimed Road, has informed the Police that he was à seaman formerly employed some burglar entered his residence: on a Norwegian vessel.
stole. through an open window, and jewellery to the value of $116 be-- tween 8 and 9.30 p.m. last night..
Mr. E. Himsworth sent him to the House for Detention and made an Their keenness and spirit of self-expulsion order against him. sacrifice has been truly wonderful. But what particularly stands out the gallantry of the officers and men of the Merchant Navy, who, in their unarmed ships, are carrying on their task of feeding and supplying
is
this
WAR NEWS FLASHES
country in the face of the submarine FROM HERE AND THERE
peril. Their spirit has been no less foreigners in France desiring to serve.magnificent than that of the British
-Reuter.
The P. and O. 3.S. Talma, from Singapore, is due in Hong Kong on Wednesday afternoon.
DEFENCE
the
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merchant seamen in 1914/18. To these fine men, the people of Britain
On the
arrival of the American known nationality has been seen off and the Empire have good reason to freighter Selma City in Boston, offi- Key West, Florida. be grateful. Their spirit is unquen-cers reported having seen a huge and
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completely darkened ship racing át 30, Someone signing the name of a club knots off San Salvador. They were † member sent in the resignation of 185 quite certain it was the German members of the Olympic Club, San trans-Atlantic liner Bremen, which Francisco, if Captain Fritz Weidmann, "disappeared" following her departure Nazi Consul-General, did not resign. from New York on August 30,
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Wiedmann manoeuvred for a vote of confidence by the Club's board when Berlin announces that the Bremen he said he would not withdraw his has reached "safety." From Baenos resignation allegedly obtained through Aires comos a report that "the German trickery. The member whose name cargo boat Bremen" arrived in Co- had been signed said that it was a quimbo, Chile. No such cargo boat forgery and when Wiedmann sent in is listed at Lloyds.
his resignation the directors and the 185 members named denied that they had taken any action:
From Bucharest comes news that the German Legation there "Has pro- tested to the Bumanian Government, alleging that twelve British officers, comes a report in uniform, crossed Rumania on the been shot for way through to Holand on Thursday. { "contributing Reich state.”.
With 600 passengers more than the hasveler, carried, the Uritsa! Stated luxury Hier his‡rrive
in New York with 2,747
board; of these, -1,573
According fo
Baron Rode then schier wealthiest men „France, and a ber of the
HOUSE
American shipping interests
·been advised that a submarine of
From reliablé sources in Berlin-
German has to do work security of the
The American Government freighter Challenge was held up wher its entire "On crew of 30 recused to sell from Böstán for Britain without a guarantee of a $250 bonus and a war risk insurance · the policy of 2,000 covering each man. the The crew has been paid off"}
·It-
geen in the near future. -