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R.A.F. KEEP UP HEAVY RAIDS ON ITALY AND REICH
WHILE GERMAN RAIDS on Britain con- CHINA AIR tinued yesterday on the same scale as in the past few days, R.A.F. bombers hit back at RATES UP German-occupied aerodromes and also re- newed their attacks on Italy.
To cover increased overhead expenses, the Eurasia Aviation Corporation, with the approval of
has announced an all-round in-
The Fiat aero engine factory at Turin and the Ministry of Communications, the Caproni aircraft works at Milan were crease in passenger fares along bombed, while a blast furnace near Genoa The new was also hit.
Other strong forces of our bomber aircraft, says the Airi. Ministry, attacked
Oil plants and Reisholz,
at Gelsenkirchen
Munition factories at Luen, Essen, Gladbach and Dusseldorf,
Wharves at Emmerich, on the Dutch-German frontier,
TRADING WITH ENEMY ORDER
The
following names, Supply depots at Hamm and Italian, have been Soest and
Several aerodromes in France, Holland and Germany.
all the lines as from August 15.
passenger fares are:
(1) Kunming-Hanoi $390, Hanoi-]
Kunming Piastres 140;
300;
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 17; 1940
PESSIMISTIC
ATTITUDE AT TURNUSEVERIN
The atmosphere of the Hungarian-Ru- manian conference at Turnusevérin general- ly tends to be pessi- mistic.
It is understood that if the Hungarian claims are quite un- acceptable the Ru- manian delegation will resign its task.- Reuter.
SPITFIRE PILOT'S THRILL
TRAINING CADRE REGULATION
THE FOLLOWING NEW RE- 'GULATION AFFECTING THE TRAINING CADRE HAS BEEN MADE UNDER THE COMPUL-
SORY SERVICE ORDINANCE—
as-
Where a member has been signed or transferred to a section of a group for compulsory train- Ing in elementary driH and the use and care of frearms under regulation I, such member shall [comply with all disciplinary or- ders and instructions given to him with reference to and, in the course of such training and if he fails to do so to the satisfaction of the person in immediate charge of the drill, parade or other form of training, or if he otherwise mis- conducts himself in connection with such training he may be re- primanded
in by such person charge or by the Organiser of his group, or hé may be required, subject to the approval of such Organiser, to undergo extra drills, fatigues or suitable train- ing by way of punishment for his neglect of duty or misconduct. Any refusal of failure to undergo such punishment shall be deemed a breach of these regulations within the meaning of regulation
(2) Chungking - Hanoi $850, A SPITFIRE PILOT HAD
Hanoi - Chungking. Piastres SOME ANXIOUS MOMENTS: 3
|FOLLOWING A FURIOUS DOG- (3) Chungking-Kunming $470: FIGHT NEAR THE FRENCH (4) Chungking-Yulin $440; COAST ON FRIDAY MORNING. (5) Kweilin-Hong Kong $520, His 'plane was damaged and hej Hong Kong-Kwellin HK$270; set off for Home, skimming low (6) Hong Kong Chungking over the waves.
HK3540, Chunghing - Hong Kong $960;
-Central News.
He saw a German motor torpe- Ido-boat racing along to the spot where he was apparently expect- led to crash into the sea,
He reached his base safely,! however, and saw the German boat turn and race off for its Thome base.-Reuter.
COLONY'S
FINANCES
Every head of Govern- ment revenue during May showed a substantial in-
THERE'S A JOB FOR
FOR crease on the figures
EVERY WOMAN
May, 1939,
for
Total income for the month was $3,785,615 against $2,809,790 in May, 1939.
(7) Chungking-Chengtu $230; (3) Chengtu-Lanchow $520; (9) Lanchow-Liangchow $180; mostly (10) Liangchow-Suchow $340; and added to the (11) Suchow-Hami $480. list compiled under the Trading] With The Enemy (Specified Per- sons) Order:-Carlo Pareto and Cia, Athens; Banca Commerciale | Italiana e Greca, Athens: Italian The dock basin at Helder Bank for China, Shanghai: Banca (Holland) was attacked
by Commerciala Italiana Romana, aircraft of the Coastal Com Bucharest; Banco di Roma (Es- mand at night.
pana), Madrid; Banco di Roma,
della Lugano; Banca
Svizzera Aircraft of this Command on Italiane, Lugano; Buncă Unione night patrol shot down an enemy de Credito, Lugano, Banca Crota seaplane. Three aircraft
are S.A., Zagreb; Banque Francaise et missing from all these opera Ifallenne pour l'Amerique du Sud S.A., Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Bogota. and Monte Miss Ellen Wilkinson, M.P., Parliamentary Se-be $18,503,080. Video; Banca di Roma, Baghdad; Magyar-Olasz Bank (Ungarische Cretary to the Ministry of Pensions, in a radio talk
talienische Bank A.G.), Buda- told the women of Britain how they can help.
Banco di Napoli, Buenos Aires; Banco Italiano S.A., Guaya- "Have you really tried to get worse nuisance who says, "I won't quil and Manta Ecuador; H. Stur-into the war effort, or were you do anything till I'm made to."
For the five months, the Co- & Co. Basle; Banca discouraged at the first refusal?"
Britain's Job.
lony's-income totalled $19,910,505,- Italiana, Istanbul she asked,
"War maps of German victories and expenditure, $18,498,596, in- town or county hall? There is leave.me unimpressed. Europe has cluding $2,137,719 under the head this national canvass for salad these great sweeps before. In of War Expenditure, which cov- vage to be done. Can you think the days of the Huns, of the Moors, ered among other things, votes of out new ways of saving things, of Napoleon, great armies have sums to the Imperial Treasury. cf helping over tired, over-cut through-comfortable-nations strained people who are doing like a hot knife through butter.
These figures are provided in THERE'S A WAR JOB for every woman—the the comparative statement pu- lonely one to whom the world has seemed unkind, blished by the Treasury this the busy housewife with a family, even the older of the financial year, showing an woman no longer as strong as she was.
tions. Reuter.
Pest;
Much Damage The Air Ministry news service says that during further attacks on Italian production centres clouds made observation difficult
Nevertheless enough was seen zenegger
Commerciale to establish that much damage
both Italian factories were
ac-
was done on Tuesday night, and and Izmir; Banco di Roma S.A., "Have you applied at your Istanbul and Izmir; Deutsche dner Bank), Istanbul and Izmir; Orientbank (Filiable der Dres
Deutsche Bank, Istanbul: Johann Grodtmann, La Tour de Peilz, Vevey, Switzerland.
curately bombed again, causing fires and explosions.
runs
One pilot made several direct over the Flat works and obtained direct hits through the glass roof.
(Hol-
The attack, on Helder land) caused fires and explosions, when salvoes of bombs burst on the quayside.
HOLIDAY WITH PAY
In the raids on Germany, oil FOR MINERS
refineries and storage plants in] the Ruhr were attacked. ·
Despite the war, Yorkshire Gelsenkirchen 'bore
the miners are to have holidays with brunt of the attack. Two oll
But it will be producing and storage instal-Pay this summer. lations there were singled out only three days, including Sunday. and systematically bombed for miners president, told a reporter Mr. J. A. Hall, the Yorkshire nearly two hours by units of that the joint committee formed two separate raiding forces.
to accelerate coal production' had. agreed that a brief respite wus justified, especially in Yorkshire where the seams are difficult and
One refinery was repeatedly straddled with high explosive bombs and one crew counted at least 25 fires raging, in all parts of the target area.
Fiftieth Hamm Visit
Fires broke out all over other oil plant nearby.
an-
war work? "Always you can make your- self a centre of high morale. In my local store I heard a woman telling a blood-curdling yarn of horribly wounded men cared for in secret hospitals by the Ministry of. Pensions. When I told her that I helped to run that Ministry and would be interested to
know
"But there has always been one point where they have been stopped. Always that point has come when the
aggressor has met the opposition of a united: people, a people as fanatical in 'rosistance as the aggressor in
attack.
morning, covering the fifth month.
excess of income over expendi- ture and the surplus balance to
Expenditure was $700,000 higher that in May last year, primarily on account of the cost of defence measures and war expenditure.
VOLUNTEER APPOINTMENTS
The following official appoint- "Always, when they met that ments are announced:- solid determination, the invading Mr. J. B. Smith to be Acting
where these cases were, she hur-hordes have wavered, crumpled, Sub-Lieut. in the H.K.N.V.F.
and their mushroom empires have Dr. S. Bard to be Lieutenant rledly left the shop.
"Eh, miss, but she does talk, that fallen to bits. This is the job Brl-and Sgt. J. Barrow to be 2nd one," said the other women.
tain has to do."
Lieutenant in the H.K.V.D.C. Challenge Nonsense!
"The woman who fearlessly challenges such nonsense tales is doing a grand job if she does nothing else. She is helping to fight the bogy of fear. And it is fear, not their own strength, that hao won the Nazis. their victories so far.
GREEK EXCITEMENT OVER SINKING OF CRUISER.
the working conditions exacting..
They had come to the con-
"I heard a silly young woman clusion that a short break would say recently, "Well, if we can't buy be of benefit all round. Under the new agreement men live under Hitler."
any new clothes, we might as well' The Nazi will receive for the three days gangsters' only use for women 15. holiday a minimum payment of that they shall provide more and pressed the intense indignation of the whole nation 30s. with bonuses up to a maxi-yet more children to keep the war. mum of £3 10s. This maximum
at the torpedoing of the cruiser Helle. The attack is
Over 17 tons of high explo-lis 10s. higher than was allowed machine going.
elve bombe and several hun-under the old agreement. dred Incendiary bombs were droppad on a munition, factory
rage. -
tieth time.
guna, numerous
the maximum,
THE ATHENS NEWSPAPERS yesterday ex
SWISS PROTEST
"History shows that the firm-]
of sixty underground and of sixty- Wilkinson went on.
Boys will get 30s, to 355. Men ness of a people's resistance de- condemned as an unprecedented crime. Reuter.
pends on the women,” - Miss |
"No Italian submarine has re-p at Lunen despite well-organi five on the surface will receive
ported that it torpedoed a Greek ed ground defanges which cluded A.A.
They Are A Problem warship and no Italian submarine Mr. Hall sold that it was possi-
has been cruising in the area searchlights and a balloon barble that a further three days holi-"In this crisis it is no use we where the torpedoing of the Greek day with pay might be granted women thinking that, somehow, cruiser Helle took place," stated Hamm was ralded for the nf-between the summer holiday and we can keep our comforts. If we the Stefani news agency in Rome
the end of the year.
are worrying about what is going yesterday... to happen to the ornaments on Angry and bitter anti- Bri-' The Swiss radio stated Inst the mantelpiece so to speak, our tigh comment is made in Rome. night that the. Swiss Minister in nation will fail.
"Responsible circles" there, London has been instructed to "If we are ready to throw our quoted by the agency, state protest to the British Government most cherished objects at the "From insinuations in the Bri-against-the-alleged-flights of Bri- head of the enemy, the point of tish press, also published in tish aircraft over Swiss territory Bucconaful resistance is reached. some American newspapers, it on the way to Italy, and to insist The tide will turn."
cqsy to. reconstruct..
that "strict measures should be Types of women who are a pro-manoeuvre directed once again taken to prevent a repetition." blem on hangars in a low level attack
in war time, gaid Miss by those whose interests it is to It is learned in London that and fires were started among Permission to Mr. S. H. Lang-Wilkinson, are the woman who make a supreme effort to kindle the Minister called at the Foreign aircraft round the aerodrome.aton and Mr P. Tod to quit the wails, "If someone will tell me a fire in the Balkan magazine." Office yesterday, afternoon to pre- Reuter,
Reuter. H.K. Defence Reserve, is gazetted. 'what to do I'll do it," and the Reuter..
sent the protest.
A line of
bombs was laid across the Krupps armament fac- tory at Essen which had already been severely
CANADIAN NAVAL VOLUNTEERS damaged in a Further Canadian volunteers for the Navy-have arrived in Bri- northerntain, states an Ottawa announce-; At Leeuwarden, in Holland, direct hits were made ment.-Reuter.
previous large-scale raid..
is