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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 18, 1939
PETROL
COSTS
DOWN
VAUXHALL engines get 20%
more power out of every drop of petrol used. That is why recent R.A.C, official trials over 1000 miles of public roads, produced these extraordinary results:-
25 h.p...
14 h.p.
12 h.p.
10 h.p.
22.48 m p.g.
30:31 m.p.g.
35 m.p.g.
43.4 m.p.g.
Compare these figures with those obtainable on cars of similar power, And then compare general per- formance. We will provide an ade- quate trial run on any available Vauxhall model and prove its patrol economy.
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NEW FIRE-BOAT
DEMONSTRATION.—The "James Braidwood,' a speed fire-boat built for the London Fire Brigade was demonstrated
on Nov. 28 on the River Thames opposite the Albert Embankment head- quarters of the London Fire Brigade. Photo shows-A striking picture of the new boat at speed. (Copyright, Fox).
BRITAIN'S
CONTROL
COMMUNIST RIOTS IN
OF THE SEAS YUGOSLAVIA
LONDON, YESTERDAY. THE PUBLICITY GIVEN TO THE FATE OF NEUTRAL SHIPS BOUND FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND SUNK
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Belgrade, To-day. The student groups of BY THE GERMANS, HAS TENDED Communist persuasion who
TO OVERLOOK ALL THE HUN- DREDS OF OTHERS 'WHICH HAVE ARRIVED SAFELY,
demonstrated on Friday in
| Belgrade, in anti-Finnish dis- have extended
A Greek stcamer which has justurbances, arrived in a British port is only one of many. Her captain had brought
her safely from Vanvouver.
He stated that the sight in the dock when they arrived showed the falsity of Nazi claims that Britain was cut off.
In the docks, he said, were 60 to 70 vessels of all nations, including five Greek steamers.
Speaking in the foreign news broadcast of the B.B.C, the captain told of the precautions he took on the way to Britain.
He said they met many British warships, which gave them 'a sense of security, and he concluded: "We are looking forward confidently to our next voyage." Reuter.
INDIA AIR ORDER
New Delhi, Yesterday. Only aircraft operating on regular routes will be allowed to fly to or over India in future.
No other civil aircraft may ay to India without special permission from the Indian Director of Civil Aviation. Reuter.
PO LEUNG KUK OVERCROWDED
The "China Mail" learns that 136 Inmates of the Po Leung Kuk have now been sent to the King's Park Refugee Camp.
This step was made necessary by the heavy overcrowding at the Po Leung Kuk.
their activity to the pro- vinces.
Incidents occurred in several parts of Yugoslavia, but the most serious was at Zagreb, the Croat capital, where a thousand Communists attack- ed the police in the course of a de- monstration.
Shots were exchanged, and one demonstrator was killed and seven wounded. Ten policemen were wounded, eight of them seriously. One demonstrator was killed in a clash at Split-Havas...
TRIBUTE TO AUSTRALIA
LONDON, YESTERDAY. THE "MANCHESTER GUAR- DIAN" SAYS THAT THE FULL MEASURE OF AUSTRALIA'S IM- MEDIATE AIR PLANS IS IMPRES- SIVE AND A SPLENDID ADDITION TO A VITAL SERVICE.
However, to be fully appreciated, Australia's air effort must be seen in relation to her full military pro- gramme.
Outlining the rest of the pro- gramme, the journal says it is a com- plete answer to the accusations of Commonwealth indifference to the European war, with which German propagandists for a time sought to delude their public-Reuter.
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