THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 23, 1940
GERMANY'S AIRCRAFT FACTORIES ATTACKED Tons Of High Explosives Start Huge Fires CURFEW IN Oil-Fed Smoke TWO STAR FERRY
SHANGHAI?
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") RESPONDING ΤΟ THE SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL COUN. CIL'S APPEAL FOR CO-OPERA- TION IN COMBATTING TER- RORISM AND LAWLESSNESS, THE CONSULAR BODY WILL MEET NEXT THURSDAY AFTERNOON UNDER THE
CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE DAN ISH CONSUL, WHO IS ACT
ING SENIOR CONSUL.
Towers Into Night Sky
AN AIR MINISTRY communique describing the latest R.A.F. bombing raids, says attacks were made against oil depots at Gelsenkirchen and Rotterdam, oil tanks at Bremen, docks and aircraft factories at It is believed the Consular Body Wismar, Rotenburg, Kassel and Gottingen, goods S.M.C., including stringent en-yards at Hamm and Soest, barges on the Weser forcement of curfew at an early: hour in the evening and the erec-Canal and aerodromes in France, Holland and Ger- tion of barricades to cut off en- many. trance into the notorious districts.
will conter special powers on the
It is also likely that the Con-
Three of our aircraft are missing. The Air Min-
sular Body will lodge a request istry news service says a trail of blazing oil marked with the Shanghai Defence Forces the course of the Ghent-Salzaete canal after the for foreign military units to parti-} cipate in precautionary measures bombers' visit to Ghent. in the city.-Havas.
GERMAN STEAMER RUMOURS
וי
on
More than 35 tons of high ex-. Coastal Command aircraft plosive. as well as many hundreds patrol off the Danish coast suc- of incendiary bombs, were drop-cessfully bombed શ 14,000-ton ned on Germany's principal aero-enemy supply ship. plane factories during the night's Coastal Command aircraft alsc operations.
set oil tanks on fire at Ghent.
At Gottingen, high explosive bombs hit factory buildings and
guided later raiders were the scene by great columns of
to
Four enemy aircraft in all were destroyed in Sunday's air battles! around our coasts; two of
oil-fed smoke towering highlighters were lost.-Reuter,
Into the night sky.
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Rumours circulated widely inf Shanghai yesterday that the Ger- man coastal steamer, Carsten, Flames from fires started at Ro- plying between Shanghai and tenburg rose to a great height and Ningpo, was sunk on Sunday by additional fires
were started at Chinese coastal batteries near Gelsenkirchen and Bremen, Chinhai, outside Ningpo's port. During the night the
Another report had it that the also attacked nine enemy and vessel had been seized by the enemy occupied aerodromes and] Chinese forces at Ningpo and was seaplane bases.-Reuter. to have been used for. minelaying] when she struck a mine and sank.
No
confirmation is available.—
Havas.
Air Ministry Communique
R.A.F.
!!SIR GEORGE FULLER It was officially announced. ir
SHANGHAI TRADE
HARD HIT
Our
Closure of the trade} routes to Free China through Haiphong and
that London yesterday strong Hong Kong has dealt a forces of R.A.F, bombers agair severe blow to the export Sir George Fuller, former Pre-successfully attacked military ob- mier of New South Wales, died jectives in Germany and Holland trade of Shanghai as in Sydney yesterday, says Reuter. at night.
PASSES
:
GLYN'S HATS
FOR
SUMMER WEAR
We have received a new stock of these well known
hats in lightweight felt
in Grey, Fawn, Brown and Green.
Pork-Pie and Rough Felts in new styles and
colourings.
Panamas and Braid Hats that are extremely lightweight.
Call and see these new Hats
and then try them on.
goods cannot now be sent to the South-West Pro- vinces, says the "Sin Wan Pao."
The blockade of many new China ports has had similar effects.
Meanwhile, trade with foreign countries has also been suspended through the extension of the Eu- ropean conflict and this, in turn, has caused a great many local factories to cut down the scale of their operations.
The China Manufacturers' Union] in Shanghai is now seeking to de- vise ways
to overcome the dif- ficulties confronting local manu- facturers. Reuter.
FOREIGN LOANS FOR MANCHURIA?
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") The problem of obtaining for- eign loans for industrial develop- ment in Manchukuo was discussed by Prince Konoye and Mr. Yoshi- (suko Aikawa, president of the Manchuria Industrial Develop- ment Corporation when the latter! arrived in Tokyo from Hsinking yesterday.
In a press interview Mr. Aikawa said: "I have taken up the pend- ing issue of foreign loans to be secured by the corporation. The matter is one on which the pre- vious Konoye Cabinet voted in council." Mr. Aikawa said thel question was important as at pre- sent Japan disposes
of only a limited amount of capital ma- terials-Havas.
WILLIAM POWELL LTD. AUSSIE DESTROYER
10, ICE HOUSE STREET:
In future our store will close at 5 p.m.
SINKS
ITALIAN SUBMARINE
IT WAS LEARNED IN LON- DON LAST NIGHT THAT ONE OF THE ITALIAN ***SUB- MARINES DESTROYED LAST MONTH WAS SUNK BY THE AUSTRALIAN DESTROYER [VOYAGER: REUTET, JUHUM
RESCUES
and
Two Star Ferry launches several other craft assembled in mid-harbour at noon to-day when a young Chinese woman jumped overboard, apparently intending to end her life.
The woman was rescued. A similar incident occurred last
being a man who apparently was
evening, the person rescued then near to starvation.
7
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.
|OPTICIANI
STOP PRESS
The prefix "special"to telegrams (10
Horald"
and usad by the "Sunday "China Mall” ́ to indicaja -nows which ls strictly copyright under the prowl- alans. of the Telecommunicationą · Or- dinance, 1030, and-may not be reprint- ed under any circumstances, ofthor wholly For in part, without prior gr rangenicht..
· Printed · and Published for the Proprietors, The Newspaper Enter- prise Ltd., by GORDON CADE BURNETT Windsor House, Vic-