HINDENBURG AFGHAN TAX DAM ONLY
DAMAGED
SLIGHTLY
London, To-day.
INCREASES
FOR DEFENCE
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Cairo, To-day.
All taxes have been boost-
The Hindenburg Dam,ed up in Afghanistan in the
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air base at Sylt with the Kabul correspondent of a mainland, appears to have Cairo newspaper.
been but slightly damaged in the British air raid.
Yesterday morning, a train was observed to move slowly along the dam, stop about half-way and fail to proceed further. Later, however, an- other train, moving very cautiously completed the journey across the causeway,
The tax increases are justified by the urgent need of funds for rearming and modernising the country.
to
The Afghan Government has drawn up an Important programme for buying arms and munitione abroad, and Intenda further facilitate the country's defence by the construction of three rallways and the creation of two powerful radio stations.
Simultaneously severe measure have
Danish residents in the region per- sist in statement that heavy firing was heard from the direction of the island of Sylt during daylight on Wednes-been taken against Communist propa- day, but it is insisted in London that this had nothing to do with the R.A.F. No British planes were in the area during daylight.-Reuter.
"EYE-WITNESS" STORY
Copenhagen, To-day.
Two eye-witnesses of Wednesday's
ganda,
been A special State Police has formed whose task consists of watch- ing Red activities in Afghanistan.-
Hovas.
The following have been elected of-
Brother Airmar;
air battle say that they saw a for-ficers of the La Salle Old Boys' Asso- eign plane aim three bombs at theciation: President, Hindenburg Dam. They 'were of Vice-Presidents, Brother Gerfried and opinion that one bomb hit.-Reuter. Mr. L. Allaye; Secretary, Mr. S. Leung:
Treasurer, Mr. J. Kwan.
NAZI PILOTS SET BIG BOMBER ON FIRE
His Excellency the Governor has signified his intention of visiting boys', and girls' clubs on the island on Tues-
Copenhagen, To-day. day evening. A big German bomber made 11 forced landing at
sur-
Skaerback, in set the plane on fire before South Jutland, yesterday. The crew rendering to the authorities.-Reuter.
Macao, To-day. Travellers arriving from Canton state that hundreds of wounded Japanese soldiers have been pour- ing into the city during the last few days. Chinese schools have been taken over by the military and turned into hospitals and re- ceiving stations. Our Own Cor- respondent.
Dr. C. T. Wang, former Chinese Ambassador to America, returned to the Colony from the Philippines this morning.
Badminton match between Univar- alty and Recrelo has been postponed— 3 p.m.
London, To-day,
Two German planes bombed and machine-gunned the trawlers Burnbanks and Dandolo off the North-East coart of Scotland. None of the crew was hit and both
trawlers escaped damage. The coxswain of the lifeboat which brought ashore the gur- vivors of the mined steamer Traviata reported that a German plane had bombed and machine- gunned the trawler Holyrood. Two bombs struck the rail and fell into the sca. Two others missed. The captain was wound- ed. Reuter.
Rome, To-day. The Italian steamer mined yesterday is reported to be the Traviata, of five thousand tons. It is learned that she carried, a crew of 60 and that all were rescued. Reuter.
Disagreeing with a price asked for vegetables in the Sha Po Market in Kowloon City this morning, a 58-year-old · Chinese, Ng Wah-lang, found himself in a fight with a hawker and seriously injured. ----It-is-alleged that the hawker struck the old man with a chop-
admitted
per. Ng was Kowloon Hospital.
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to the
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