ARTILLERY POUNDING BESIEGED BARDIA
Tanks Destroying Points Of Resistance
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SLOWLY AND METHODICALLY, BRITISH MECHANISED FORCES ENGAGED IN THE OPERATIONS ROUND BESIEGED BARDIA ARE DESTROYING ODD POCKETS OF RE- SISTANCE IN THE RING OF DEFENCES, IN PREPARATION FOR THE COUP DE GRACE.
Bardia's defenders are being steadily bat- tered by relays of aircraft, and are under con- stant bombardment from British artillery, backed up by the heavy guns of naval units standing out to sea.
In the meant ine. the
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Pound Bartha are being steadily reinforce although there is 11 indication that the fint assault on the Italian stronghold is
Scores of additional prisoners are be ng taken as the armour ed units Isolate and destroy points in the Itajlan pillbox
Bуs em in their constant forays against the line. feeling for the weaker points.
Simultaneously, other units are operating to the west of Bard a making sure that Graziani is
SHANGHAI SLAYING
A Japanese consular policeman was found lying in a pool of blood near Wen Miao Road in Nantao, Shanghai, on the night of Decem- ber 20. suffering from serious knife wounds, according to the "Shanghai Evening Post and Mer- cury."
He was rushed to the Interna- tional Relief Committee's hospital in the Refugee Zant, but succumb- ed shortly to loss of blood. -Cen- tral News.
SALUTARY FINES ON 30 RICE DEALERS
THIRTY SUMMONSES against rice dealers for
selling rice at a price in excess of the maximum fix- unable to reinforce the garrisoned by the Food Controller, were heard by Mr. G. T. of Bardia, estimated at aboul Lowry this morning.
35.000 men, nor con to its re-
lief.
Cairo Communique
British H.Q. in Cairo, announc-
ing yesterday that Bardia is now completely invested, added (says Reuter):
ESCAPE FROM PRISON CELL
A prisoner has made a daring Blackpool.
A further seven guns from 71 escape from the police cells ai frontier post we recently occupied | have now been collected.
The situation on other fronts is "unchanged."
Some of the thousands of pri- soners taken in the Western * Desert have been sent to Pales. tine, where they are being put in a special camp in the Central Judeaon Plain,
He was James Heaton (19), who earlier in the day had been com- mitted for trial at Preston Ses- sions on three charges of shop breaking.
Police-Constable Charles Parr, who went to attend Heaton in the cells, was found with severe head injuries and with his keys miss
Some 2,000 arrived on Saturday. | ing.
INDIA MINTING NEW COINS
THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO INSTITUTE LARGE-SCALE MINTING OF SILVER RUPEES FOR EARLY
Fines ranging from $100 to $200 were imposed.
Yip Shui-sang, master of the On Fat Lung rice shop. No. 48. Hau Wong Street, was repre- sented by Mr. M. A, da Silva, who pleaded guilty on his behalf.
client had no intention d exceed- According to Mr. Silva, his
ing the prescribed price, but a new employee sold it in spite of his master's instructions.
A fine of $100.
Fifteen other shopkeepers, re- presented by Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios, were ned $100 each.
Mr. Remedios told the Court that all his clients were dealers.
retail Their wholesale prices ranged from $14 to $17 per picul. Therefore, if they sold rice at the price fixed by the Authorities, they would suffer a big loss. The other alternative was to closa their shops.
Passing through the open cell door, Heaton had opened a barred gute only a few feet away from the charge
a office, run along
corridor, mounted a spiral stair- No price was fixed for whole- case, gone through two court sale dealers until December 11. rooms and, descending the stairs, and the offences committed by his had forced the main street en- clients were on December 5 and trance to the courts and escaped into the street under cover of the black-out.
REFUGEE FARMERS
TO BENEFIT
ISSUE, OWING TO INCREASED Some 588 tickets were sold by DEMAND DUE TO TRADE AND the energetic committee of ladies | ABSORPTION BY HOARDING, under the chairmanship of Mrs.
7.
According to Mr. F. W. Shaf- tain, A.D.C.I. (C), it was for re- tailers to complain to the Con- troller of Food about wholesale prices.
Cheung Lam, of No. 204, Queen's Road East, (The Yee Cheung Hong Rice Shop) was Aned $200, and another shop- keeper was fined $150.
IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN NEW Li Shu Fan for the Charity Ball The rest were fined $100 each. DELHI YESTERDAY.
The new coins will consist of one half silver and one half alloy, compared with the present coins which are eleven-twelfths silver and one-twelfth alloy,
in aid of Refugee Farmers which Two summonses were adjourn- was held at the Peninsula Hoteled for a week, when they failed last month. With the sale of lo appear in Court. raffle tickets, programmes, ad- vertisements and donations a total of $3,542,20 was recelved.
They will have a special groove The expenses were $1,412.79. The KOWLOON BURGLAR: on the edge which is practically total proceeds of $2.129.51 will
an absolute safeguard against { be added to the funds of the counterfeiting.
Reuter.
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Shumchun Rural Welfare Centre.
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Mrs. W. C. Kiane, of No. - 164, Sal Yeung Chol Street, has, re- ported that between midnight: and 6 am. yesterday, her residènce was entered and money and clothing to the value. of. $130 was stolen.
WATCH STOLEN
A watch valued at $110 was. stolen from No. 165, Queen's Road Central, at about 2,30 pm, yesterday, According to the proprietor, a Chinese tered the shop and took the watch from the counter, while, he was engaged with other customers.
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Tam Chan, 24, was remanded for further enquiries; by Mr.\H.... G Sheldon Ko, this morning, When charged with impersonating Police Officer and with demand- trig $200 with mentons from Wow Baucat No.: 829, Lockhart; Road it yesterday
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