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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 2, 1940.
COMPARATIVELY QUIET DAY OVER
ENGLAND
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BULGARIAN
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TROOPS TAKE
OVER FINAL ZONE
troops
Bulgarian yesterday marched into the final zone in southern Dobrudja, in- cluding Silistra and Kassum, without in- cident. The Bulgarian- Rumanian frontier of 1912 is thus restored. -Reuter.
COFFEE STALLS IN FAVOUR
Street coffee stalls, which were a feature of London: night life before the war where all classes met in the early hours of the morning for plain and wholesome refreshment, have been called upon by the Minister of Food to play their part in the emergency feeding of Londoners affected by German air attacks.
Lord Woolton has asked coffee stalls proprietors who had gone out of business to come into existence again. He wished them to provide food for people in air| caid shelters and said the Minis- try would be glád to secure petrol and supplies of food for them and arrange which shelters. to go to while protection would be given against air raid risk.
ENEMY AIR ACTIVITY over Britain had three phases yesterday and these ventures cost them four 'planes one in Surrey near Redhill which is believed to be the same ma-| chine which machine-gunned a train in a south-east London station, and three in Poole, Dorset, where a large formation of German 'planes was routed by fighters.
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Guns in north-west, south-west and cen- tral London fired on a solitary raider which lost no time in making off. Bombs were drop- ped in a south-east London area during the afternoon's alert.
An Air Ministry communique says the enemy made several abortive attacks on the South of England.
NEW POST
For the most part his aircraft FOR EVANS
did not penetrate far inland and few reports of the dropping of bombs have been received.
A small number of aircraft reached London and dropped bombs. These caused, several casualties, some fatal, and bombs were also dropped at a
Welsh near the
small number
point causing casualties.
a
coast.
of
While four enemy aircraft were shot down, thrce of our 'planes are missing.
YOUNG CHINAIN
OF "BROKE'
Admiral Sir Edward Evans, famous for his exploit in H.M.S. Broke during the attack on Zee- brugge during the Great War, who
is one of the London Regional Commissioners, has been given the special task of organising London shelter arrangements.
Munitions making In Australia. Photo 'shows an opera- tive filling bombs with T.N.T. The fluid gets hard and lo then.
·rammed. (Copyright, Fox).
DIED
RED TAPE HELD LIFEBOAT
For nearly an hour two boys, aged fifteen, clung desperately in the sea to a capsized canoe while dis cussions took place whether a lifeboat should go to their rescue without the Admiralty's consent. When Sir H. Willink, organiser of provi- help did arrive one of the boys was drowned.
This appointment follows those of
sional home for London homeless. Land Sir Warren Fisher to co-ordin- ale the restoration of communica- tions and tasks of demolition and salvage. British Wireless.
FIGHTING LINE MINISTER
...
The sons of many
Chinese Government RUNS
leaders are serving in the
The son
GAUNTLET
weeks
He usually visits control cen tres first to see officials at their posts, and then goes to ARP posts, first aid posts, shelters, and food and rest centres for the homeless.
Lord Woolton also announced forces. that to meet the needs of people in bombed London areas 58 emer-
of Oong Wan-hao, gency feeding centres had already Minister of Economic Affairs, is been prepared and provision had the pilot of a fighter machine Fifteen times in three been made for 200 centres to be which participated in three com- Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, Minis- brought into existence just as
bats against Japanese aircraft ter of Health, has run the gaunt required. British Wireless. over Chungking this summer. He let of air raids.
was recently awarded $300 for landing his machine safely though it had been badly damaged by EIRE'S AREA CHIEF machine-gun bullets.
The son of Mr. Chu
Cheng, Eire is to appoint area commis- -President of the Judicial Yuan, sioners similar to those ap-
took part in the Pingyang bat- One night he was close to a pointed in England who will the north of Nanning serving as | church that was :bombed. An- have power to carry out the duties a junior officer in the army.. other right he was in the midst of Government in their districts The eldest:
son (of General of falling incendiary bombs and in the event of an invasion: Chiang Kai-shek is commander of on another he got out at every Mr. Lemass, Eire Minister of a local defence corps in Kiangsi, station along the tube railway to Supply, revealed this in a broad- (where he is serving as district see conditions for himself, Bri- cast to the Irish people.
superintendent.-Reuter:
tish Wireless.
THE CABLE
The Home Guard of Stroud, now have two well armoured, cara and an ambulance. Two ros sidents gave high-powered cara which a local engineering firm armoured with the approvad -thickness of steel, free of chargy. Other tradesmen and skilled mombora of the Home Quard- Savelstad sin the work, whion' resulted in the vekiciós-ocon \im plotųro, Phato-shows-membara -ol
the Stroud Home Guard at oxɔroles, with their armoured vehicles. :(Copyright; Fox).
So annoyed are the people of Rhyl at the failure of the local lifeboat to go out that a petition of pro- test is being sent to Mr. Gwilym Rowlands, M.P. for Flintshire, and the National Lifeboat Institution."
This was revealed at the inquest at Rhyl on William Edward Hughes, fifteen, shop assistant, -of Westfield Road, Rhyl. The verdict was Accidental death.
The other boy, Ronald William'{ Robinson, fifteen, of Marine-drive, Rhyl, stated that on July 15 he went out with Hughes in a canoe.
It was drifting out to sea,
HILLSIDE
MYSTERY
The body of an unidentified Chinese, believed to be that of a "boy" employed in the Bowen Road Military Hospital, was found; Soon a hillside in Lo Wal Village, Tsun Wan District, New Terri- tories, by villagers at eight o'clock last night.
they tried to turn and it over- turned, throwing them into the water.
"We clung to the canoe for an hour," said Robinson. "Suddenly it sank and Hughes let go. I tried to save him, but I didn't see him again. A few minutes later I was picked up by a motor-boat."
Walter Henry Bolton, a Rhyl coastguard, said Rhyl police told him that the boys were in diff- culties, but on looking through his telescope, he decided they were merely bathing. A
throat but no sharp instrument There was a small cut on the
was located anywhere near the body, at the side of which was a length of rona stretched out, and a rattan basket containing some clothing and a bottle of Chinese wine.
PIERRE COT TO BE VICTIMISED
He kept them under observation for five minutes, decided. they. were really in difficulties and telephoned Mr Ernest Jones, Secretary of the Rhyl Lifeboat M PIERRE- COT, FORMER- Association, who said it was not FRENCH AIR MINISTER, HAS possible for the boat to go out. BEEN ORDERED " TO APPEAR
Later Mr. Jones suggested that BEFORE THE RIOM WAR.
nokar boat should be sant, This GUILT TRIBUNAL, S was done,
Coroner's Criticism
of
Constable Cecil Williams Rhyl, said that after he phoned Bolton twice to send the Ufeboat out. Bolton agreed to do so, but at 9.20 pan. Bulton phoned back that he had cancelled, the order
A warrant has been issued for his arrest and all his property has been seized:
M. Cot is at present in America
Reuler
STOCK EXCHANGE
STEADY
as he had decided the boys were The London Stock Exchunge really not in difficulties,'
yesterday was generally steady Ernest Jones, of Bodior, Street with selected Kallirs responding Rhyl, secretary of Rhyl Lifeboat to moderate buying Japanese Association, said: "In the ordin-bonds were sharply lower-whileTM ary way I would have ordered the British Governments were inclin- lifebont out, I didn't do so be-ed to improve after early dull- cause it is now under the:Admir-ness. Industrials*://maintained alty's supervision.
their level. Wall Street was 'flem.
Reuter.
"It is forbidden to fire ma- roona to summon the crew, so it would have taken, about an hour. to get them fagothar.”....
The coroner, Mr. H. Llewelyn Jones: If there was a boat sink- zing, it would have,a; fine chance.
- of being saved, by your boat,
MR. CHURCHILL HAS AUDIENCE
The Frime Minister : had
› Jones: Whether, the boat goes audience of the King at Bucking- out rests with me. :-I adapt my-ham Raloça yesterday.
self to the conditions.
Wireless,
British