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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 6, 1941.
Intense Cold HEIR FOR
Hampers Operations
LAST - MINUTE EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE BY THE ITALIANS TO STEM THE GREEK DRIVE ON ELBASAN WHILE REM- NANTS OF THE DUCE'S CRACK TROOPS FORTIFY THE ROUTE TO ELBASAN FROM THE MAIN PORT OF DURAZZO.
The Italian left flank is still not far from
NAWAB OF PATAUDI
A son and heir was born in Bhopal yester- day to the cricketer, the Nawab of Pataudi, who is a son- in-law of the Nawab of Bhopal, says Reu-
ter.
Podgradetz, while the intense cold, bitter DEPEND ON
winds, and the nightmare of frostbite make a PRISONERS
rapid advance impossible.
re-
Larger supplies of proper boots! and equipment are urgently quired by the Greeks whose morale, despite the tremendous hardships, remains unconquerable.
Al certain places in the front line, far from the nearest
point which motorised transport. and even mules, can reach, heavy ar- tillery must be dragged up hand-Reuler.
R.A.F. Attacks Targets At Elbasan
B.W.O.F. DONATIONS
Following
Lewes Prison, with 509 black- out curtains; including one
in every cell, depends on the good will of each prisoner for observ- ing the black-out.
One prisoner allowed a light to show and the Governor, Mr. Gil- bert Hair, was summoned ut Lewes for a black-out offence.
sald that A police constable is the latest list of by subscriptions received to date for when he drew the Governor's at- credit of the British War Organis- tention to the light, Mr. Hair com- ation Fund, Hong Kong Branch:--|municated with a warder.
When told that he would be Previously Acknowledged £100,
reported, the Governor Baid: $623,042.87, Interest $226.66, Edgar
"We should not be more exempt Davidson (Monthly) $50, Craigen-
than the civil population." Government alysts
Laboratory
Mr. Hair told the Court on road junctions and $162, Sale of C.H.S.S. Badges per there were 509 black-out curtains.
Curtains Mrs E. Cock $2, The Portuguese
were provided for other military objectives staff of the Hong Kong and every cell, and every prisoner at
Banking Corporation was responsible for putting up Elbasan by British Shanghai
(Monthly) $50, A. Č. Wilcox---De- the curtain. bombers on Saturday was ember $25, O. E. Berlin $500, W. The case was dismissed. reported by R.A.F. Head-J. Knight (Monthly) $10, Anony-
A highly successful raider Cricket Club $60. The An-
mous $20, J. P. Rush-December
quarters in Athens yes-sio, B. Herschend (Monthly) $10, terday.
All bombs fell on the town and a number of fires were started.
Elbasan is now the most import- ant and vital Italian inland base
in central Albania.
The Greek fighting north of
Finnic
Chaun
C. Austin (Monthly) $10, W. He- witt (Monthly) $10, D. J. Valen- tine (Monthly) $20, J. (Monthly) $50, K. W (Monthly) $30. Prison Staff-De- cember $191.14. Some Members of the Staff of Butterfield Swire-Dec. $107, G. C. Worrall McAlpine
- Podgradetz where, according to (Monthly) $60, A.
-
made
and
$50,
(Monthly)
latest available information, fur-(Monthly) $10. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. ther Greek local progress was, Tavadia (Monthly) $10, Miss K. on Saturday, is aimed at M. Anderson (Monthly) $50, Miss threatening Elbasan from the east,' w. Buckwell (Monthly) while Greek pressure on the Miss
B M. Bicheno coastal sector and Tepelini and $10, Beraha and Co., M. (Month- Klisura threatens the town from ly) $25. Mr. and Mrs. C, G, Ala- the south-west approach.
baster (Monthly) $50, Pay, Sub. W. R. L. Bowley (Monthly) $2, G. H. Cautherley (Monthly) $20. 1. M. Wylie (Monthly) $25. M. F. L. Haymes (Monthly) $10, G. Lyon-Mackenzie (Monthly) $100, Some of the Staff of Messrs. Holts Wharf-Dec. $43.74. E. Wakeham
Direct Hits
Photographs taken over Elbasan show that many direct hits were made on buildings and a number of fires started,
A reconnaissance flight over (Monthly) $25, E. Joffe (Month- Tripoll on January 1 provedly) $10. S. A. Kent (Monthly) $10, that during the raid on the Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hall (Month- previous night, when shippingly) $50, Anonymous $25,
John
In the harbour was attacked, Moodie--January $20, E. W. Pud-
one motor vessel of 10,000 tons. ney January $25, S. E. Edgar which was anchored In mid- (Monthly) $5. "A Little Gamble at harbour, was sunk.
Taipo (Monthly) $20, The Staff of
of
Numerous reconnaissance flights the Union Insurance Society were carried out on all fronts. Canton Ltd.-December $86.25, J. From all operations all aircraft V. Hart Davis (Monthly) $10, Mrs. returned with the exception of F. M. Deacon (Monthly) $10. To-
one fighter in the Western De-tal $625,348.66.
serl
Reuter.
EGYPT SPEECH DISQUIET
SPOLIATION OF DENMARK
been
the
was
How merciless has Nazi spoliation of Denmark
| described by an economic expert
A public speech in Ox-in London.
Instead of allowing Denmark to build up reserves of meat when
ford, in which it was as- serted that a British with feeding stuffs for her pigs and drawal from Egypt would cattle began to run
short, Germans took away her
the
lives-
own
In six weeks from the begin-
not be a major disaster, tock for slaughter in their caused "grave disquiet," country... according to Mr. Quintin ning of September they took-20,000 Hogg, Conservative M.P. head of cattle a week, three times for Oxford.
the normal exports to all coun- tries.
The speech, it was stated, was Eight per cent. of Denmark's made by Mr. A. J. P. Taylor, a milch cows, 30 per cent. of her member of the Oxford Informa- heifers, one half of her pigs, and tion Committee, which was ap-half her poultry are to be slaugh- pointed by the Ministry of In- tered, and most of them will go formation,
to Germany.
has
Mr. Hogg, in the House of Com- The Jutland potato crop mons called the attention of the been requisitioned for Germany. Minister of
Information to Mr.
Taylor's speech.
Mr. Harold Nicolson, Parliamen- tary Secretary to the Ministry; said Mr. Taylor was careful to make it clear at the time that he was not speaking as a member of the committee.
CALCUTTA LABOUR
WAR RALLY
A big rally of industrial work- ers in Calcutta yesterday passed a resolution expressing solidarity with the British workers fight against Fascism and called on
"Mr. Taylor is neither a Civil Servant nor in receipt of remun- eration from the Governmex 7," said Mr. Nicolson, "and he there- fore: enjoys the same right as any the Indian masses to stand shoul other: British subject to express der to shoulder with *** British his private ominion.
I workers to victory, Reuter..
that