THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 5, 1940
SAW TWIN IF HOUSE GOES GIVE
KILLED PO
younger brother in a cart drawn by a runaway horse, a London boy was flung to death before the eyes of his twin sister.
P.O. NEW
NEW ADDRESS
Trapped with his SCRAPS OF paper pinned to the wrecked door- ways of bombed homes show how out of date Lon- don street directories are these days. The notes tell postmen and tradesmen that Mrs-Brown Has moved to No. 17 in the next street, or that Mr. Jones wants his correspondence delivered to a district miles away.
The children had been evacuat- -ed for safety to their uncle's Cum-
berland ́farm,
Riding in the cart were Edwin Harrison Jeffrey, aged thirteen. and his brother Hugh, aged ten, sons of Mr. John Edwin Jeffrey; chemist and dentist, of King's Road, Chelsea, Loridon.
The horse was led by a farm hand, Harold Dickinson, While passing along a cart track above an embankment the horse took fright and bolted:
Skull Fractured
Dickinson held on to the reins' till he was pulled over the em bankment. Then the horse and cart; with the two boys in it, roll- ed. over and over.
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The boys were thrown out and were found lying together half way down the embankment. Ed- win was unconscious and died later from a fracture of the skull, Hugh had a fractured leg.
was
Walking behind the cart Jean Caroline, Edwin's twin sis-
ter.
-Dickinson told the coroner at the inquest at Brampton, Cum- berland, "I can give no reason why the horse took fright.”"
Mr. Harry Mason, the boy's uncle, said: "The cart had rub- ber tyres which were inclined to be
never slippery. You
with
know what will happen boys in a cart."
The coroner recorded a verdict that Edwin Jeffrey was Acciden- tally killed through the overturn- ing of a cart.
CRUSHING DEFEAT OF JAPANESE
A crushing defeat, involving. over 20,000 casualties, was.. in flicted -on Japanese troops who carried out an attack in northern Hupch province, in central China, last week, according to an official despatch received yesterday by the Chinese Embassy in London."
The despatch adds Chinese troops captured Chennankwan, in Kwangtung, last Saturday.
"Enemy elements withdrew into Tongking, Indo-China," it, non- cludes. Reuter.
Soothing
Some postmen hve been do- The G.P.O. has issued instruc ing the re-delivery, themselves tions which will meet this pro- when the new address has been blem and remove the danger of on or near their round, but us-abuse of this unofficial delivery ually they make a note of the system. address and hand the letters back at the sorting office.
BANNED USE OF SHELTER
People using what they un- derstood was a public shelter found-themselves locked out of the shelter when an alarm sounded recently and were told that they cannot use it any
more.
The shelter is in a field behind Sheephouse Lane School, New Malden; Surrey. People Have been told now that it is only for children attending the school and must be kept locked after school hours.
There is another shelter near -under a railway bridge - but people prefer the school shelter, which holds 350 people compar- ed with flity under the bride. Next nearest public shelter is nearly 500 yards away.
"We have never used the shel- ter" during the daytime", Mrs. Carson, of Gainsborough Road, New Malden, told a reporter, be- cause it was wanted for the children at school.
"We Pay Rates"
"We will not go to the shel- ter under the railway, because we feel it is dangerous.
"We have to pay for these shelters through the rates and we feel we are entitled to use them. I am collecting- the names of people who want to use the shelters and we are sending a petition to the Sur- rey County Council."
A Malden A.R.P. official said that this was not a public shel-
ter.
People whose income is be- low the prescribed limit have been offered Anderson shelters. Those with incomes above the limit are supped, to provide their own shelters."
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INEVITABLE TRUE BLUE SUCCESS
True Blue (Licut, K. A. Watson) won the 'Sweepstake Race of the Royal H.K. Yacht Club sailed yes- terday.
Detailed results follow- True Blue, All 16.51.10 10.51.10 1
Finished Corr, Pos,
Artemis. A4.10.51.36 16.51.36 2
(Lt; K. A. Watson),
(Mr. H. W. Browne). Jean," "A15
16.53.20 16.53,20. 3 (M. S. Banner). Guri, A20-
16.43.30 16.53.30 # (Miss B. M, Richards). Wedgeon. Y5..... 16.53.31 10.53,31 5
(Major J. H. Brown). Petrel, A17*
.15.34.42 16.54.42 0 (Mr. G. W, Behrman). Painted Lady-D.N.F.
"Y" BEAT R.A.F. AT BILLIARDS
The following was the result The card, P.2216.B, has been of a friendly Billiards match play- ergency. specially produced for this emed last night between the R.A.F. It should be used and the European Y.M.C.A. at the also by people remaining in Y.M.C.A. their original neighbourhood R.A.FW. O. Williams 100, Cpl. if they have taken up new Edwards 51, Fet. Aikman 43, Cpl. quarters. on a fairly perma Smith 83, L, A, C. Naylor 49. nent basle.
Y.M.C.A..-W. Kemp 99, S. Ter- Telephone subscribers should ran 100, F. Sykes 100, C. T. Cham- put their old card.
numbers on this pelovier 100, E. De Cosier 100.. This will help post office records and may make it pos- sible for telephone calls to redirected.
LOCAL SHARES
BANKS.
Hong Kong Bank $1275 b.
INSURANCES
Canton Ins. $185 b... Union Ins. $391 sa.
be
DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, H.K, Docks (Old) $17.10 b.. $17
Sa,
ETC.
H.K. Docks (Old) $161⁄2 b. Providents $6.15 b., $5.10/26 sa. LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS. H.K. Lands $31 b. H.K. Realties $3 b., $3.45 sa.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
·
H.K. Tramways $17 b., $17% s.,
$17 sa
Yaumati Ferries $221⁄2 b. China Lights (Old) $7.10 b,
C.D.
China Lights (New) $0.70 b.,
C.D.
H.K. Electrics (Old) $3814b. H.K. Electrics (New) $38 b.. Sandakan Lights $11 b., $11% S. Telephones (Old) ̄$2434 b. Telephones (New) $10 b., $10 sa.
INDUSTRIALS
Cements $17% b., $1732/4 sa. H.K. Ropes $0.80 b...
STORES, &C.: Dairy Farms $18% b. Watsons $10,20 b., $10.15 sa. Wri, Powell, Ltd: $1.90 b.
MISCELLANEOUS
· Entertainments $6.65 b... Constructions (Old) $1.60 b.
LAST DAY'S SALES
10 Union Ins. @ $391 ·. 33 Docks (New) @ $181⁄4 1,000 Providents' @ $5.10 1,500 Providents @ $5:15 1,500 Providents @ $5.25 300 Trams @ $17
· 100 Telephones (Old). @ $243⁄4%
625 Telephones (New) @ $10 500 Cements @ $17
1,000 Watsons @ $10.15
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