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NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 2,1940
R.A.F. Bombers In Thrilling Fights With Nazis
THERE WERE SEVERAL encounters be- tween medium bombers of the R.A.F. and enemy aircraft during yesterday's daylight raids on German aerodromes and shipping off the Dutch and German coasts.
In a fight lasting over half an hour a Bri- tish bomber successfully repelled the attack delivered by two enemy fighters, a Messersch- mitt 109 and a Heinkel 112, and shot down one of them into the sea,
The engagement began five,
miles north of Amsterdam wiRESHUFFLE
an attack in line astern by the two enemy aircraft.
The British machine dived 6,000! feet to sea level. The Messersch- mitt followed and just as it was breaking away from a stern at-
tack
WINDSORS
ABOARD "EXCALIBUR"
The American Ex- port Lines announced in New York yester- day that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor ́were already on board the steamer Excalibur which is sailing from Lisbon shortly.
ceeding OF ENVOYS
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
the bomber's rear gunner The following changes in the caught it with an accurate burst diplomatic corps are officially and it crashed into the sea,
gazetted at Vichy, headquarters of The Heinkel then took up the the Petain Government:- attack, repeatedly using cannon Comte de St. Quentin, Ambas- TEL:57222 and machine-guns in an un-sador to Washington, is "retired"] the and replaced by M. Henri Haye;
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He stood her
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Seaplane Attacked
The couple are pro
to the Bahamas where the Duke is to take up his new appointment as Governor.-Reuter,
M. Massigli, Ambassador to SEPTUAGENARIAN ON Ankara, "retired";
ASSAULT CHARGE
hong, residing at No.. 70 Cheung- A 70-year-old man, Lau Kung- shawan Road, was alleged to have assaulted a 19-year-old woman,
M. Emile Charverlat, Minister of the First Class, is appointed Another bomber, after making Minister to Bucharest, replacing a low-lével attack on a barge M. Adrien Thierry, who is "re- near Tholen, at the mouth of the tired": Scheldt, encountered two sea- M. Henri Hoppenot, Director of Li King-fa, said to be his concu- planes believed to be 114s while the Asia Bureau at the Quai looking for another target.
The old man pleaded not guilty to assaulting her and was remand- appointed ed one week, by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at Kowloon this morn-
d'Orsay, appointed Minister to bine, on Wednesday. The pilot, singling out one of Montevideo; his adversaries, attacked from the M. Dampierre is beam at 1000 feet. The seaplane Minister to Budapest; turned away but was caught im- M. Jean Paul-Boncour, Press mediately by another stream of Councillor at Washington, is ap-ing when he appeared on $100
bullets which entered the cockpit. pointed Councillor to Chungking.
its Leaving a trail of smoke in
The appointment of M. Fouques
bail.
Inspector W. H. Fraser, of the wake the enemy aircraft plunged Du Parc as Councillor to China S.C.A., is in charge of the case.
which was gazetted on June 20, Its companion, observing the has been cancelled.-Havas. result of the engagmeent, flew
into the sea.
slanding joke!
JOAN BLONDELL
off.
at her tunniest
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Victor McLaglen 1000 OTHERS
Basil Rathbone
The bomber,
terrupted quest gets, found and barge.
résuming its in-
for further tar-
bombed another
OPIUM CHARGES.
.
DEMANDED MONEY WITH MENACES
Miu Fung-tal, 38, unemployed, Lew Kim-yuen, alias Yee Suey-was sentenced to six months' hard labour by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, gat, alias Jew Siew, 43, was again K. C., at the Central Magistracy remanded by Mr. H. G. Sheldon,
Fight Over The Hague K. C., at the Central Magistracy this morning when convicted on a this morning when extradition charge of demanding $1.50 from Over Schipol· a third bomber proceedings were brought against a woman, Wong Pui-ha, with was attacked at a height of 2000 him for unlawful sale and dis- menaces in Anton Street, Wanchai. feet by five Messerschmitt 109's. tribution of opium and unlawful Defendant was also recommended The bomber repeatedly went into importation and sale of opium for banishment. Detective Ser-
of geant J. Bentley prosecuted. the clouds to evade its pursuers dross, within the Jurisdiction and at one stage changed course the State of Oregon, U.S.A..................
Mr. J. P. Murphy, Assistant
RATIONING IN in the clouds but found on emer-
YUNNAN ging other fighters waiting to en-Crown solicitor, appeared for the prosecution, while Mr. C. D'Alma- gage it.
One ME. 109 sheered off after da was for the defendunt. encountering
the a burst from bomber's machine-gun,
Over the Hague a further force of enemy fighters was met but they soon broke off the engage-
Chief Detective Inspector Mur- phy is in charge of the case.
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The Yunnan Provincial Govern- ment has decided to ration rice in order to secure sufficient sup- plies, below the present high Pleading guilty to behaving in market price so as to enable peo- Because of low cloud and bad a disorderly manner whilst under ple in the lower income branches visibility several of the British the influence of drink last night, to get adequate food supplies. raiders failed to locate their tar-George Danal Hufschmield, £5,. In Kunming alone, 100-tons of gets and brought back their clerk, of Mody House, was bound rice are being sold daily below
at the market price.
ment.
bombs.
Oil Refinery Explosion
over by Mr. E. Himsworth
morning. Kowloon this
Accused; who was taken to colice station by a rick Targets on which attacks were shaw coolie, was alleged to have made included two large supply attempted to strike a Police Officer ships, five small oil tanks and on duty in the charge room. the aerodrome. at Paderborn, where, flying through a
bombs.
dense!
Mr. F. Hoff, of the Haynes Ser-
Hoarding by a few wealthy mer- chants is considered to be the main reason. Havas.
BOMB FOUND IN "MERCURY” OFFICE
It is generally believed that the found in the
barrage put up by every type of vice Station, Arsenal Street, has unexploded bomb A.A. gun, an aircraft is reported reproted that between 0 p.m. on printing room of the "Shanghai to have hit the hangars with July 31, and yesterday morning Evening Post and Mercury" yes- some person broke into the pre-terday was placed there by the who has disap- The sume weather which had mises, stole a calculator, valued Russian guard. hampered the daylight raids per-at $400, and an electric fan, valued peared, states a Shanghai despatch.
Central News. sisted at night and as a result at $10. only a few of the night bombers succeeded in reaching their ob- jectives.
Three aircraft located· ́an ́oil refinery near Hanover where the only definite result discerned through a gap in the clouds was three bursts across the target.
At Emmerich, one 'áircraft "re-
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lowed shortly after dropping its
bombs on an oil refinery. —-British Wireless... *.
IN THE WAKE OF THE SOVIETS
The "Stockholms Timningen” carries ·a` report from Ber- Lin which states that there have been a large number of suicides' limong Government of- ficials and police officials and of- fcera in Baltic countries-Reuter.
Mrs. M. Franco, of No. 37, Robinson Road, has reported that while walking in Sherry Street!
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stolen from her a wristwatch, valued at $27.
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