BRITISH 'PLANES LAND IN EIRE
Two British 'planes landed in Eire yester- day, according to an official statement is- sued in Dublin yester- day, and the crews were interned.---Reu-
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THE WILL
TO FIGHT
SIX
THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 23, 1940,
TO
ONE
RATIO
British And Axis Losses In Dog Fights
Sharp Clashes STOP PRESS
Over Western
Desert
GERMAN AIR RAIDS over Britain during the wcek ending December 21 were on an unusually light scale but six 'planes were shot down for the less of ond British fighter.
Detailed figures show that on December 15, 16 There is a great will to and 20 no enemy 'planes were bagged. On December fight and meet Germany 17, 18 and 19 one German machine was lost each throughout the Union of night. On December 21, three German and one Bri- South Africa and in Rhodesia, Tanganyika and Kenya.
This tribute to the contribution | being made in Kharium yester- day to the Empire war effort by these countries was paid by a Hussers officer who is returning to his armoured car squadron in the Western Desert after a ture tour in South Africa
Everybody, he said, is eager tu give something either un cash
effort. in kind for Britain's war
Reuter.
SYRIAN ATTITUDE
ush 'plane were lost.
JAPANESE
MILITARY MISSION
The first Japanese mili- tary mission of its kind since 1918 left Japan en route for Germany and Italy yesterday.
The Domei i mission
agency says
British
OI
Meanwhile the heavy raids over Germany, including three concentrated attacks Mannheim and the daring thirty- seventh raid on Berlin, were con- tinued every night,
Three British 'planes were los during the night of Dec. 15/16 and four during the night Dec. 16/17 but there were loctes on other nights, including the Berlin raid.
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Contrined figures for the West- ern Desert air battles in this per- iod are, at present, unavailable, but during the week ending Dec 18, 68 Italian planes are definite- ly known to have been destroyed in combat for the loss of 10 Bri- lish planes, bringing the total Ita- lian planes confirmed as destroy- ed by the R.A.F. since Italy en- theered the war to 385, while a fur- ther 158 were destroyed on ground-Reuter.
is headed by Lt.-Gen.
Of Yemashita, Director-General
ng via Siberia
THE POPULATION OF SYRIA Military Aviation, and is travel- IS GROWING LESS READY TO ACCEPT GERMAN REPORTS ANKARA RADIO.
DEMANDS,
A similar mission during
visited the War
the Western
Sympathy is growing in Syria, last Бауѕ Ankara radio, among the Front and brought back informa- French and Arabs for Great Bri-tion leading to improvements in Japanese tain and General de Gaulle. the equipment of the Reuter.
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subody Want a
GIFT from
POWELL'S
A pair of nice comfy
SLIPPERS
would be appreciat- ed at the end of the
day. We have them" in these two shapes and also without backs in Black, Brown and Blue.
Our collection of scarves this season is very com- prehensive. They are in wool at $5.50. White Silk with initials $5.95. Cash- mere $21.50, "Jaeger" $9.75. Less 10% Cash Dis- count.
These are two of the many
I now showing at
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10, ICE HOUSE STREET
INDIA'S DRIVE FOR WAR
the
for
Further gifts 'planes and for air-raid distress were announced yesterday.
A sum of £1,800 has been re- ceived from Chinese members Sino-British and friends of the Cultural Association for air-rad relief, and a further sum of £1,162 has been received from Kenya for the purchase of three mobile can. teens - one for London, one for Liverpool and the third for any- where in the United Kingdoin.
The East India Fund has sent a further gift of £20,000 for the purchase of "Spitāres," making its total contributions so far amount to £350,000. The same Fund has sent £1,000 to King George's Fund for Sailors.
Punjab University is putting its entire resources for war purposes British at the disposal of the Government, and is also asking for increased facilitles for mill- tary training for members of the University.
The workshops of the Railways are turning out
India
large
quantities of essential supplies and are arranging to train nearly 2,000 men under the Government India scheme.
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Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands has sent Mr. Wins. ton Churchill a cheque for £5,000, completing the gift of £50,000 for fighters Aircraft East sent by the Netherlands Indies on the occasion of Mr. Churchill's recent uirthday. Reuter.
DEFENCE IN MALAYA
"THE MAINLAND OF MALAYA,
ÎN ADDITION TO. SINGA ORE AND PENANG — 18.11
IN A STATE OF DES SIF SHENTON VERNOR OF THE NTBLINEA
·YESTERDA
Schemes for bringing the civil ian defence services to a higher state of efficiency will be acceler nted and extended.
The complete registration of all work women nyállable for war will be carried out immediately
Power and
Performance
The Tsun Wan Man Pao," vernacular evening, published
are
the
a report, unconfirmed by any other source, stating that se- veral Japanese warships concentrated around Spratly Islands, the Com- mander-in-Chier having de- manded permission from the Indo-China authorities 10 land marines at Saigon.
Twelve waves of Japanese
each aircraft, in
of which some 35 bombers participat- raids ed, carried out savage
be- villages on towns and tween Sha-yu-chung (on the Mirs Bay coast) and Tam- shu yesterday.
The raids started at 6 a.m.; and lasted for 12 hours.
Latest
reports received state that over 120 people were killed and wounded and
houses that scores of
and
shops were destroyed.
The profix "special" to telegrama 15 used by the **Sunday Herald" and "China Mail" to indicate news which is strictly copyright under the provi- Or- sions of the Telecommunications dinance, 1936, and may not be reprint- od under any circumstances, either in part, without prior, ar-
wholly or
rangement.
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