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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 22,
1939
Trawler Skipper's
CANADIAN BACON FOR BRITAIN
LONDON, TO-DAY.
BY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
BRITISH AND
CANADIAN AU-
THORITIES, THE MINISTRY
OF
FOOD WILL PURCHASE FROM THE DOMINION AN AVERAGE WEEKLY
ADIAN BACON AND HAMS. PART WILL BE FOR THE FORCES.
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Story
MURDER ATTACKS ANOTHER
BRUTAL BY GERMAN ATTACK
AIRCRAFT
London, To-day.
London, To-day.
A further case of German airmen attacking defenceless trawlers is related by fisher- men of the trawler Dereham.
The vessel was fishing close to an- three other trawler, the Pearl, when
AMOUNT OF 5,600,000 LBS. OF CAN- A VIVID PICTURE OF THE horrors of the present Nazi air campaign against defenceless fishing craft in the North Sea was given by the master of German bombers swooped down. one trawler in a BBC broadcast yesterday.
FIGHTING
is
Negotiations on the deal, which one of the largest of its kind ever en- tered into, have been going on in Lon-
don for some weeks between repre- While homeward bound at about 11 a.m. on Mon-
sentatives of the two Governments.
The significance of Canada's effort may be gained from the fact that in 1937 and 1938 imports of Canadian bacon and ham into Britain amount- ed to 1,701,718 and 1,507,656 cwts., res- pectively, whereas she has undertaken to supply 2,600,000 cwts. in 1940.-- British Wireless.
JOINT NOTE BY AMERICAS
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA 'MAIL")
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY.
The first bombed the Dereham un- successfully and then hit the Pearl amidships, causing much damage. As the crew were preparing launch a small boat, the German
to
hit by eight bullets, and injuring two
day, he said, they saw a number of Nazi aero-planes turned and attacked with ma- planes, which suddenly attacked them from low chineguns, killing one man, who was altitude without warning. Not far off was an- others.
The bombers then made off: and the other trawler, which was also attacked.
fire, In addition to machine-gun
30 the bombs were dropped, and master of the trawler steered a zig- that 15 so effectively zag course, bombs were dropped before one mado a direct hit on the forecastle, killing two men outright and wounding third.
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The trawler stopped and the mas- ter ordered out the boat, one of the that crew signalling to the 'planes
were abandoning ship. The MR. CORDELL HULL ANNOUN- | they CED LAST EVENING · THAT AN Nazis continued to attack until they AGREEMENT HAD BEEN REACHED had sunk -the other trawler, BETWEEN THE REPRESENTA- they made off. TIVES OF THE 21
COUNTRIES
OF
OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT: CONCERNING THE NATURE THE PROTEST TO BE SENT TO THE BELLIGERENTS AS A SEQUEL TO THE GRAF SPEE INCIDENT.
The perfecting of the final text is now proceeding and it is expected that the Note will be forwarded shortly,
The same Note will be sent to Bri- tain, and France and Germany, and it is probable that it will be forward- ed by the President of Panama.
Any further action to be taken will also be the subject of consultations,
Reuter.
Several Proposals
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Washington, To-day.
when
Although the first trawler was .badly damaged, she was still afloat and the master called for her volunteers to try and get back to port. All the crew-Including the wound- ed man-volunteered.
WIRELESS OUT OF ACTION
trawler
At this juncture, a third arrived, but as the master of the first trawler could see survivors from the sunken trawler in the water, he ask- ed the third trawler to rescue then. Two more trawler then arrived and took his boat-into tow.
to
́"I ̈ ̄am “convinced that the zig-zag course saved us from total destruc- tlon," he went on. "They tried kill us.
Our wireless was out of ac- tion and we had no means of call- Several proposals for enforcementing for help. The attack lasted for of the neutralisation of the 300-mile safety zone around the Americas are being studied in Washington.
half an hour."
He gave his talk in a calm and un- shook excited voice, but his voice with suppressed emotion as he con- cluded:-
The Argentine favours the intern- ment of all belligerent warships en-
"If that is supposed to be, modern tering the zone, widle Brazil asks that this measure be extended also to belli-warfare, I call it ruthless, cold-blood-
ed murder!"-Reuter. gerent supply, ships. Havas. ›
KOWLOON CITY INCIDENT
the Hong A former member of Kong Police Force, Channan Singh, 26, who was said to have been dis- missed two years ago, appeared be- tore Mr. E. Himsworth this morn- ing charged with disorderly conduct, with assaulting a police officer and Government pro- with damaging
: perty.
Singh described himself as a doc- South tor with offices at No. 57, Wall Road, Kowloon City. He plead-
ROYAL VISIT
TO VATICAN
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") '
Rome, To-day. His Holiness the Pope yesterday received the King and Queen of Italy in audience,
The audience lasted 40 minutes, and Count Clano, the Foreign Minister, was present.
A huge crowd cheered the Sover- eigns on their first visit to the present Pontiff.-Havas.
ed not guilty to the first and third EUROPEAN OWNER OF
charges.
The Chinese
détective
told
-
the
a
Magistrate that he tried to pacify a dispute between the Indian and woman in his house, but he ignored much witness completely, making noise. Defendant threw his shoes at his chest in the station.
Inspector Rogers testified Channan Singh damaged' a Govern- ment blanket, which was given him in the cell
Mr. Hinsworth imposed fines $30 or six weeks.
that
of
DOGS SOUGHT
-
The police are seeking to trace two a European, the owner of dogs, one of which attacked and bit Mr. Ivaschenko, of Hankow Road, in Kimberley Road at about 2 a.m. yesterday morning. The of Incident occurred at the foot the steps leading to Knutsford Terrace, and Mr. Ivaschenko had to be taken to the Kowloon Hos- pital for treatment.
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Dereham took the survivors on board. -Reuter.
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