THE CHINA MAİL, OCTOBER 16, 1939.
BRITISH TROOPS IN FRONT LINE
London, To-day.
The British evening and morning newspapers feature reports from their own cor- respondents under the head "with the British Expedi- tionary Force in France."
All the correspondents report that our troops are now firmly installed in their allotted 'section of the Maginot Linc.
This section consists not only of Пeavy "fortifications in the front-line zones but in secondary defences of considerable depth..
British guns and other weapons are much in evidence, and our Tom- mies are busy digging gun emplace- ments and further defensive positions. -Reuter.
HEAVY FINE ON BRITISH ENGINEER
ALBERT HAMILTON MADDEN, 45, ENGINEER, WHO HAS BEEN RESIDING AT THE SEAMEN'S IN- STITUTE, WAS CHARGED BEFORE MR. R. A. D. FORREST THIS MORN- ING, WITH POSSESSION OF A FORGED CERTIFICATE.
Mr. W. R. Hillyer, Shipping Mas- ter, said that a first-class engineer's certificate was issued on February 11, 1930, to Alexander Aitkens, who re- ported that the certificate had been lost or destroyed, on November 4, 1935. Mr. Aitkens applied to the Harbour Department for a new certi- ficate.
NAZIS' PAY IS REDUCED
Salaries in Germany are being reduced and there is no overtime pay.
Residents must make room for refugees, and they are advised to feed rabbits and goats over from the kitchen.
Female rabbits under four years of age must not be killed. The death penalty has been de- creed for sabotage and acts against the State.
Six weeks' Imprisonment on cl- tizens is the sentence for failure to darken windows.
18 FURTHER ROYAL OAK SURVIVORS
an-
London, To-day. The Admiralty has nounced another 18 survivors of the Royal Oak sinking, bringing the total of rescued to 414.
The death roll is now believed to be just under 800, and it is not expected that this list will be reduced.
The possibility, that any more men were saved must be regarded as mole.-Reuter.
SIEGFRIED LINE A FORMIDABLE OBSTACLE
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On Friday last, said Mr. Hillyer, a report was received that defendant had produced the old certificate the Royal Naval Dockyard, when look- ing for a job. Defendant was arrest- ed on Saturday morning at the Sea- men's Institute, and the certificate was found in his possession,
At the time of the loss of the cer- tificate, defendant was working with Mr. Aitkens in the same ship.
Mr. Hillyer said it
was possible that if he had not been in the office when defendant applied for a job with-the-certificate, it would have been passed, and he was instructed to ask that a serious view be taken.
LITTLE CHANCE TO ATTACK FRANCE