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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 29, 1940.
BATTLE FOR CHANNEL Another Furious Air Combat Off South-East Coast
Told she would be evacuated from, Malta with her four- months-old son, Stephen, a young Chester mother, Mrs. A. 5. Norton Jones, wife of a Staff Sergeant, was set a problem. She was allowed to take as much luggage as she could carry.
The sergeant and his wife got a suitcase, and cut two slots in the side panels. The result was the baby and his clothes all went into the suitcase, thus saving valuable space, Photo shows Mrs. Norton Jones with her baby Stephen in the suitcase in which he travelled from Malta. (Copyright, Fox).
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THE BATTLE FOR AIR DOMINATION IN THE NARROW SEAS WAS AGAIN JOINED YESTERDAY IN A FURIOUS COMBAT OFF THE SOUTH-EAST COAST IN WHICH SCORES OF PLANES WERE INVOLVED.
The German raiders were on this occasion caught by fighter patrols hovering in the skies awaiting their arrival and it is believed that the toil among the German bombers was heavy.
No official figures on the results of the series of air battle which were fought are yet| forthcoming but watchers on the coast report seeing several planes crash into the sea.
In one battle over the Channel at least seventy machines were involved.
The clash occurred yesterday afternoon, after the German planes had crossed the Channel behind the cover of clouds ap- parently hoping to take the de- fences by surprise.
The surprise was switched, for they found several squa- drons of R.A.F. fighters waiting
JAPAN AND SOUTH SEA
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LORD PERTH
RESIGNS
The Ministry of In- formation announces in London yesterday that the Earl of Perth, who has been chief adviser on foreign publicity to the Minis- try of Information since the earliest month of the war, has resigned.
The resignation follows upon "certain changes in the or- ganisation of the higher staff of the Ministry.
Lord Perth has been one of the most sharply criticised members of the staff of the Ministry. Reuter.
RESEARCH KING'S
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") LEADING JAPANESE FIRMS
for them and soon afterwards | AND ORGANISATIONS INTEND the sky was a mess of twisting machines.
Crash On Land
Two of the German planes. de- stroyed crashed on land.
Another was observed to be crashing into the sea in flames with two parachutes floating near- by indicating that the crew of the jaircraft had baled out,
Motor-torpedo-boats rushed out to the rescue of the airmen.
Anti-aircraft guns were only twice in action before the Ger- mans gave up the contest-and turned for France:
The British fighter planes pur sued them for some distance and then resumed their Channel 'pa-
trol.-Reuter.
R.A.F. Objectives In Raids On Reich
TO ESTABLISH A SOUTH SEAS. RESEARCH FEDERATION WHOSE OBJECT WILL BE THE PROMOTION OF JAPANESE FOREIGN TRADE, ACCORDING TO THE "JAPAN TIMES" IN TOKYO YESTERDAY,
The federation will devote its efforts mainly in first effecting connected with the South Seas;. smooth co-operation among organs
Secondly, co-operating with the Government and official and economic groups;
Thirdly, advising the Govern-
COUSIN
KILLED
Several Peers are men-
tioned in War Office ment on the possiblities of Ja-casualty list No. 34—is- panese South Seas polley.
the proposed
federation are the
Among firms participating in sued yesterday of 393 Domei news agency, J.O.A.K. radio officers and 927 other station, the Mitsubishi economic research institute, the
ranks. South Chinu int estigation committee and the orientál economie investi- gation bureau.-Havas.
An Air Ministry communique in London states that included among the objectives of our bombers on Saturday and Saturday night} were the Fordsee Canal, in North Holland, barges at Stavoren, in 'p Friesland, oil depots at Hamburg and Amsterdam, docks and wharves at Wilhelmshaven and eight enemy aerodromes in Hol- land and Germany.
All our aircraft returned safe- ly.
- Reuter.
WOULD-BE SUICIDE CHARGED
Charged with an attempt to commit suicide on Saturday, Lo Kwòng-ll, 30, appeared before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen this morning.
Accused jumped off the "Man Wai" ferry launch and was re- scued by members of the crew,
Relatives in Court this morn-
THE RUBICON
Lt the Duke of Northumber- land, Grenadier Guards, who is afficially reported among 23 offi
leading cers killed, died while his platoon against a German machinegun post near Louvain,
Capt. Lord Frederick Cam- bridge (the King's cousin). whose death is now also offl- cially reported, was killed in action in France.
The German authorities in France have forbidden passenger. trains to cross the line between unoccupied and occupied France) Among five officers died from until further notice and are re-wounds was Lt. Hamilton Rus- fusing to supply tickets.
One effect of this will be to sell, Grenadier Guards, a nephew stop the supply of refugees and of Lord Harewood.
others trying to get back to their homes.
2/Lt. Sir Henry Leslie,
who
It is reported that thousands is among 280 missing officers, is of war prisoners are being sent now known to be a prisoner. back by the Germans into un-
occupied France because the Capt. the Earl of Aylesford, Nazis. cannot feed them.-Reuter. R.A., is also missing.
FOUNTAIN PEN CAUTION
ing said that they would take Before Mr. K. M.""A. Barnett care of him and send him back this morning, Wong Ching-chung, to the country.
Four chaplains also appear in the list of missing-Reuter.
THE "WIDOW'S MITE"
25; was charged with the theft A little island in the Indian Accused was warned and re- of a fountain pen from Mr. A. H. Ocean, with an area of only 40, manded for a week for arrange-McBride, of the P.W.D., near the square miles and a population of ments to be made for him to American Express Company on 8,000 peasants, has just sent to to his village.
£140 to help the British fighting
Saturday.
At about 11.45 a.m. on Satur-forces. day, Mr. McBride was walking
In Des Voeux Rdad Central, when It is the island of Rodrigues |defendant snatched the fountain and is controlled by the Governor |pen from his upper jacket pocket. of Mauritius. Reuter.
Mr. Barnett remarked" that,it]
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was very unwise to put a foun- *** Rodrigues is situnted: 350. Final arrangements have been tain pen in un outside pocket. miles nortir-cast of Mauritius and completed, it was stated in Ottawa Not only was it easy to lose but its principal exports are cattle, yesterday, by which every Cann-It was also a temptation for beans, salt fish and goats. It is lian resource for aricraft manu-people like accused.
administered by a magistrate who *acture will be fully employed · In Accused was sentenced to four takes orders from the Governor of the next 18 months,--Reuter, [months' hard labour,
Mauritius.