GERMAN RAIDERS DRIVEN OFF
A dog-fight over the English Channel between
POLICE RESERVE TO BE MOBILISED
45
As a result of the existing statej of tension, the Hong Kong Police:
mobilised English fighters and five Reserve is to be Messerschmidt fighters from Wednesday.
Different companies of the Re-
was reported yesterday. servists will then be posted
One German machine went day duty. crashing down into 'the sea with
THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 8, 1940
TOKYO ALARMED
BY EMBARGO
BILL
'(SPECIAL. TO "CHINA MAIL")
TOKYO BUSINESS quarters express concern for over the signature in Washington of the Sheppard It is understood that those Re-May Bill, empowering President Roosevelt to place smoke pouring from its engine. servists who are government ser- an embargo on all exports of war material which out vants will be the first called out may be useful for the United States itself, the seen but the Police Reserve authorities
Another German 'plane ran of the fight and when last was rapidly losing height.
The rest then turned tail fled.
still have the matter under dis-"Asahi Shimbun" declares.
The measure makes it imperative to build up and cussion.
Yesterday the Chinese Double 'plane dropped Seventh-large numbers of Police the sufficiency of the yen bloc countries, the paper
from says. south-east town reservists were on patrol yesterday, causing some casual the early hours of the morning ties, and others visited south-until noon.
An
enemy bombs on a
west England but were chased
off by our fighters.
Four bombs were dropped in a
field near the Scottish Coast H.M.S. SNAPPER IN
Reuter.
No Important Attack
NEWS AGAIN
(Continued from Page 1)
AN AIR MINISTRY COM-with Norway. MUNIQUE ISSUED IN LONDON "The submarine Snapper sight- YESTERDAY STATES THEREed a convoy of supply ships es- WERE FURTHER ENEMY corted by an armed trawler and
faircraft.
PLANES NEAR THE CHANNEL COAST NOON BUT THE A.A. DE- FENCES WERE ACTIVE AND NO IMPORTANT ATTACKS
YESTERDAY AFTER- "Snapper attacked and
DEVELOPED.
industry
The new bill is not expected to ports of American machine-tools
become! worsen Japan-American relations, was feared, it has now but Japan cannot help feeling con- clear that such exports will be cern over the situation.
permitted unless they conflict with the needs of American Officials of the Commerce and itself. Havas. Industry Ministry are reported to have pointed out that Pre- sident Roosevelt can use his new power "as an effective and] powerful means of bringing at pressure to bear on Japan" any moment. Simultaneously, informed
cir-
hit two ships with torpedoes. The remnants of the convoy scat.cles emphasise that the signature tered and made in disorder for of the Bill does not amount to an
embargo at the present time. the shelter of a tjerd.
They point out that while some "Later, Snapper sighted a large some casualties, convoy escorted by arined trawl-time ago, a total embargo on ex- including a number of persons ers and aircraft. killed when bombs fell in coastal attack was carried out and three districts in the West Country. ships hit, with torpedoes."-Reu-
Some houses -were destroyed and there were
An
enemy fighter was shotter. down off the coast in the after- noon by A.A. fire-Reuter.
A successful
bomber was
DOG-FIGHT
firing short OVER THE
CHANNEL
into a shallow dive. A flight of| The Air Ministry in London an-Hurricanes closed in nounces that two Dornier bombers bursts, and the enemy were shot down in the Channel shot down.
Another Dornier 17 was sighted yesterday by Hurricane fighters.
A third Dornier engaged was by Hurricanes and attacked last seen in difficulties and may 18,000 feet over the Channel. At not have reached its base.-Reu- the end of a running fight the Dornier had slowed down to a
ter.
Dorniers Engaged
In addition to two glide and then dived straight into bombers off the South it is
the sea.
Mes-
The Air Ministry announced in' A third. Dornier 17 which our Coast yesterday, London last night: "This morning fighters engaged was last seen in probable that two a Dornier 17 bomber was attacked difficulties and may not have by Hurricanes at 13,000 feet over reached its base."-British Wire-serschmidt fighters were the English Channel. It wen. less.
also demolished in the mudog-fight over the English
MEN'S SHIRTS
FOR SUMMER WEAR
SHIRTS
TO MEASURE IN YOUR OWN STYLE
50 DESIGNS
STRIPES - CHECKS
&
PIN POINTS
$5.75
UPWARD
|READY TO WEAR
ATTACHED
"BANNER" COLLAR
FINE MESH SHIRTS
IN
COLOURS 6
"VAN HUESEN“
-COLLAR ATTACHED
OLOURS
IN 6
"METROPOLE”
COLLAR ATTACHED
IN 5 COLOURS
"TUNIC SHIRTS”
WITH DETACHABLE
Channel between British fighters and five Mes- serschmidts.
One German was seen to top- ple to the sea with smoke pouring from his engine, while another, trailing smoke, dived out of the combat rapidly losing height un- til it disappeared.
Then the enemy formation turn- ed and fled.
It la ascertained the raiders crossed the coast at several points before and after.dawn and resumed raiding in the afternoon without, however, any apparent result.
Apart from two killed and some injured in south-east Eng-
land on Saturday evening, as al- ready reported, it is learned that a few deaths resulted from Satur- day's raid in the south-east.- Reuter.
Three For One
The Air Ministry announced inj London last night that R.A.F. fighters shot down three enemy fighters off the South-East Coast last evening. One of our aircrait was lost.
R.A.F. PAYS TRIBUTE TO BALBO
a
When the news of Marshal Balbo's death was confirmed, personal letter of regret from Air Marshal Sir Arthur Longmoor COLLARS
waż dropped on an Italian aero- drome by an R.A.F. aeroplane, IN PLAIN- & NOVELTY The letter paid tribute to the
STRIPES
leadership, and intrepidity of OF SUPERIOR
Marshal Balbo, whom Sir Arthur
knew personally, FAST COLOUR FABRICS. Longmðor.
Reuter.
NATURAL
as near to Nature as is desirable are Sir William Crookes'
lenses.
Something to offset the harmful glare is necessary but you don't have to have the whole landscape darkened like a rainy day to do that.
Wear Crookes and know what real eye- comfort› means.
azarus
SAOPTICIANE
STOP PRESS
Registration for British wo- men and children and for British men of over 55 years will commence- on Tuesday, July 9th, at 9.30 a.m. at the Registration Office, Supreme Court, entrance from Jackson Road, Hong Kong.
2. Registration is compul-" sory for the following per-
sons:-
(a) All female British sub- of jects except those Chinese race.
(b) All male British subjects of over the age of
years
except those
Chinése race.
55
of
(c) All children of either sex'
18 of under the age of
years except those of Chinese race,
3. It must be clearly un- derstood that this registration is compulsory in addition to, and without regard for, any previous registration-such as registration with the Post- master. General under the evacuation scheme; or regis- tration for evacuation with the Hong Kong Volunteer De- fence Corps.
4. Registration: is also compulsory for those who have been granted exemption from evacuation, whether - temporary or permanent,-on any grounds, and also for those who have made private arrangements to leave the Colony in the future.
5. British subjects who, after registration, wish to leave the Colony under their own arrangements, may: do so, but must notify the Re- gistration Office of their de- parture within 48 hours of their leaving the Colony.
6. It is important the per- sons who register under this order should bring their pass- ports or other travel docu- ments with them to the Rc- gistration Office so that full particulars of these documents may be recorded.
The Central British School ceased functioning as from this morning, according to Mr. C. G. Sollis, Director of Education.
Mr. Sollis stated that prac- tically all students of the C.B.S. have evacuated.
The authorities have start- ed erecting sandbag-walls around Government buildings, including the headquarters of the Vollinteer Defence Corps. At the Colonial Se- cretariat similar walls are being built inside the building at the entrances,
SHORT-LIVED FLIGHT FROM CAMP
Climbing through a
WILLIAM POWELL, LTD. REFUGEE CHILDREN window ng Lalchicok Hospital,
at a
10, ICE HOUSE STREET.
Published for the
by GORDON
Chinese soldier of Argyle Street
The United States liner Washington left Galway for. New York yesterday with. 1,700 Americans who are go- ing home from Great Britain. ---Reuter.
REACH U.S.A. Camp, Ho Ting-kal, 27, who was The prefix "Special to telegramis is The first contingent of refugee receiving treatment, made a suc- used by the "Bunday Herald", and children from Britain arrived in cessful but short-lived, escape at "China, Mail" to indicate news which
la strictly copyright under the provi New York yesterday in the steam-10 o'clock last night.
dinanco, 1986," and may not be ra... er Scythia, Seventy landed in He was seen walking in-hos- sions of the Telecommunications. Or- Newspaper New York; 80 had been previously pital pyjamas in Castle Peak by printed under any circumstances, Victoria, landed at Hallfax: (Nova Scotle), two Indian constables, who arither wholly or in part, without prior
rusted him -Reuter,
'arrangèmértékpa