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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 23, 1940.
EMPIRE GATHERING AT NEW DELHI CATHOLIC
Hong Kong Represented
OF IMPORTANCE as an event in itself and as indication of the inexhaustable re- sources of the British Commonwealth the con- ference which opens in New Delhi on Friday excites great interest.
Charged with the duty of ensuring the best possible use of resources and existing potential for purposes of war of all lands un- der the British flag in the Eastern Hemi- sphere, the Dominions of Australia, New Zea- land and South Africa join hands with Asia.
the Not only is two-thirds of total area of the British Empire represented but Palestine, as a mandated territory, is included in this gathering which has a record- ed population 365 million in Asia alone.
The great subcontinent of India, which before the war ranked tenth of the main industrial countries of the world, is already making vast contributions to the war effort. For some time not only has India been meeting all steel requirements of the Middle East, Uganda and Irak but is also sup- plying a considerable quantity to the U.K.
Main Object
BRITAIN
IMPRESSES
AMERICA
Lord Lothian last night met British press representatives for the first time since his return to Britain and in the course of a statement to them said that the fortitude of the British people during bombing had made an in- delible impression on the Amer- ican people.
Three things have particularly impressed them: the success of With this as what might be the R.A.F., the spectacle of Bri- described as the core of the sup-tain alone in Europe defying and ply organisation one main object stopping the march of that mon- of the conference is to arrange, ster, and the picture of the Bri- equip and supply the Allied tish, and especially of Londoners, forces in the Middle East from cheerfully determined not to give
in.
"east of Suez”.
The deliberations of the con- America realised ference will be greatly assisted by ance to her own security of the the import- the presence of a mission from British fleet.
- British Wireless. the Ministry of Supply under Sir Alexander Roger.-British Wire- less.
MURDER IN SQUATTER CAMP
ALL READY FOR FORCED LANDINGS
SISTERS! ESCAPE
· Eighteen French sis- ters; serving in a Catholic hospital in Chengtu, the largest French institution in Chengtu, narrowly es- coped death by as- sembling in a small church in the centre of the hospital when Japanese air bombs blasted both wings of the building. The sis- ters emerged later with Chinese nurses to aid in relief work after the Nippon air raiders roared away. -Associated Press.
MIDDLE
TEMPLE
WRECKED
Amongst building
bombs in damaged by Germa the nightl search by Nazi pilots fo
"military targets" is th Society of the Middl
Hall of the Honourabl
Temple.
Scores of emergency landing This ancient hall opened fields are to be seen: along the Queen Elizabeth in 1576, is know Channel coast of France and by many throughout the Empit Belgium, according to a neutral who have "eaten dinners" in correspondent with the Germanton their journey towards the Ca Air Force, who made a four-, to the Bar of England.. days trip, by car and 'plane, con- ducted by the German High Com- mand.
the
to
On
THE POLICE "INVADED" THE GOVERNMENT'S SQUAT-
There were few signs of any TERS' CAMP AT JARDINE'S expeditionary force which |LOCK-OUT IN TAI HANG LAST Germans might be planning
NIGHT AND REMAINED THERE launch against England FOR OVER THREE HOURS three occasions, pieces of the big- FOLLOWING A FATAL AT-gest artillery were seen, but the TACK ON ONE OF THE IN- only troop trains were going
eastwards.
MATES. +
The man was discovered lying in a pool of blood outside one of the huts. He was suffering from several dagger wounds in the head, chest and abdomen, and died shortly after midnight in the Queen Mary Hospital.
The police questioned the other inmates and scoured the neigh- bouring hillsides in a vain, at- tempt to trace the attacker.
DEATH OF MR. A. B. STEWART
is 'an-
The death in London nounced, of Mr. A. B. Stewart, of Jardine, Matheson & Company, after a prolonged illness. He was 52 and leaves a widow and two
children
He was an outstanding golfer and won the Local and China championships during his 25 year stay in the Far East.
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fd A heavy calibre bomb Into the hall and wall w blown out and falling débr damaged the wonderful scre which is a feature of the bull Ing. The valuable stained gla windows had been
remove
before the war. Four hospitals, one a materni institution were damaged in or recent raid.-British Wireless.:
REFRESHMENT
BARS IN SHELTERS?
AN ASSURANCE WAS given by the Minister of Food yesterday that as there would be ample liquid | milk, the Ministry had no intention of introducing
rationing.
Discussing the problem of providing food for
People sleeping in air raid shelters, Lord Wooltor
said that Dr. Mallon, the Warden of Toynbee Hall had gone into the Ministry to assist in this matter.
Already much had been done by street shelters Imobile cantee such organisations as the Salva-would supply good cheap food. Army and voluntary services, and to the vitamin value of 10 tion Army, Y.M.C.A., the Church Great attention would be pa
feeding facilities now existed in provided but so far indicatio 380 shelters in 29 metropolitan were that people required spac boroughs. In some hot food was rather than.big meals.. provided and, snacks, and teas Dr. Mallon had given as a'mo He came out from Scotland in were available.
"Eat, drink, „sleep and be mer 1910, spent five years with his These shelters catered for about far to-morrow we will wipe t firm in Tientsin before being 120,000 people and soon the. Tubes, door with......... Hitler." Briti transferred to the Colony, where under the London Transport Wireless." he remained, but for one year; in Board, would probably be provid Shanghai, until 1935. He be- | ing food, for 200,000 persons who came a partner of the firm in that used their facilities. year, and looked after the in- In addition town clerks in the terests of the firm in England un- | Greater London area had been til last year when he retired. asked to appeal to catering estab- lishments to undertake the provi- sion of food particularly in the | larger shelters.
WEATHER REPORT
Refreshment Bars......
......
In some of these it was hoped
JAPANESE SHIP AGROUND
The Karachi Maru (8,860 ton of the Yamamoto Steamship Q ran aground early this morni 200 metres off. Esudori beach, western Sciore, in south Sagh lien,
The Royal Observatory reports that the anticyclone is moving eastward and pressure. la now 'h'ghest over the Sea of Japan. { to provide paterers with help to No damage was done to the về Pressure is relatively low over. flx up refreshment bars and at sel and the passengers are, so [ Tongking."
Bome of the smaller shelters and it is reported-Reuter,"