THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 12, 1940.
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL WINDOWS SHATTERED Yesterday's Enemy Raids On The South-East CHINESE Sticking To
WORK ON BURMA ROAD
The Chinese have made
Hit-And-Run
Tactics
WINDOWS IN CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
good use of the period WERE BROKEN YESTERDAY WHEN A BOMB during which the Burma FELL NEAR THE BUILDING. THE BOMB WAS Road has been closed to DROPPED BY A MESSERSCHMIDT AND HIT increase its transporta- A NEARBY ROW OF HOUSES, KILLING TWO tion capacity, according AND INJURING OTHERS. to a spokesman of the Ministry of Communica- tions in Chungking.
He explained that during the last three months the bed of the road has been improved at im-. portant points and the bridges and tunnels reinforced.
The normal freight capacity of 300 tons daily is expected to be increased if more trucks are available.
More filling stations and repair shops will be established on the road. The Ministry has. establish- ed Bureau at Kunming to supervise the work and direct the freight service while the Post Office now has mail stations along the highway.
Special mail. trucks. have been assigned for the transportation of Light mails. Reuter.
AMERICANS LEAVING PEIPING
The valuable stained glass in the Cathe- dral windows had been removed soon after the outbreak of war so the shattered glass can be replaced.
no heavy bombing attacks have Before the outbreak of war been reported, states an Air Min- steps were taken to safeguard the istry communique on yesterday's
and treasures of raids. ancient glass Britain's most historical cathedral at Canterbury, which is as much a record of history from the days the of Thomas a Beckett and Black Prince as any ancient vo- lume.
The communique addo, how- ever, that bombs were dropped at several places in Kent, Sus- sex and near the Thames Es- tuary. Casualties were not num- erous but a small number of
strict Under
people were fatally injured. Damage was done to shops and workmen in. August last year
glass, houses, and at Canterbury win- started removing the which dates back to the 12th,dows.in the Cathedral were brok- 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries. en by bombs dropped in the town, Enemy aircraft also crossed the Of the glass which was allowed
supervision,
to remain, mainly early 19th Cen-, Dorset coast in the morning and tury work, thousands of panes again in the afternoon. but on neither: occasion did. they... pene: were shattered by the blast.
Structurally the Cathedral istrate very far inland. No casual- ties or damage are reported undamaged and not marked bomb fragments or flying debris. from this area. -
by
(Up to 6 pan.); five enemy air craft had been destroyed yester- About 350 American women
Official Communique day. Five of our fighters were and children are being evacuated
Formations of enemy aircraft lost but all the pilots are safe, from Peiping, according to a Ja- panese news agency message, have crossed the coast of Kent on though one of them is wounded. says Reuter's Tokyo correspon- several occasions during the day: Reuter
most of them were fighters and
dent.
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NAZIS GET AHEAD
*THE GERMAN- RADIO YĖS-" TERDAY AFTERNOON. ADMIT- TED. THE LOSS OF THREE AEROPLANES DURING THURS- DAY NIGHT'S RAIDS ON BRI TAIN.
So far, we have not made this claim.
On Thursday, the enemy
lost
five machines.. So did we, but the pilots of two are safe.-Reuter..
LONDON SHARE MARKET BRIGHTER
The London Stock Exchange after early hesitation yesterday developed a better disposition and closed: firm under the lead of gilt-edged. Industrials provided some bright features, and tobaccos were especially favoured. Kamfirs finally strengthened. The recent heaviness of Japanese bonds, was less marked owing to the ap- pearance of bargain hunters. Wall Street was quietly steady, Reuter."
COOPERATION IN THE AMERICAS
THE PRESIDENT OF CUBA, IN A PUBLIC SPEECH, URGES THAT ALL THE AMERICAN COUNTRIES COOPERATE FOR THEIR OWN SECURITY, !!
Twenty army representatives of the Latin American States are now in New York-Reuter.
MR.
KENNEDY LUNCHES AT PALACE
Mr. Joseph Kennedy, American Ambassador to London, lunched with Their Majesties the King and Queen at Buckingham Paluce yes-
erday.Reuter.
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STOP PRESS
One was killed when five coolies working on the hill- side above the Chinese Per- manent Cemetery at Aberdeen were buried by a landslide at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Four
extricated men were and are now in Queen Mary Hospital.
An excess of income over. expenditure of over $1,450,- 000 is revealed in the Treasury statement: covering the Colony's finances for July.
The excess, however, is inore than covered by spécial war expenditure of $1,759,712 curing the month, to be met later out of special war re: venue, which during the month of July totalled *$421,315.
Total expenditure $8,197,980 is easily a Colony record..
Ordinary revenue is well maintained. During July, the gross total under normal re- venue heads was $200,000 higher than in July, 1939, and - reached $4;233,000,
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