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WAR TEMPO SPEEDING UP
Repeated German Air Raids On Malta Harbour
Jockey Killed
In Macao
A Chinese jockey. Poon Hon-lam, riding Radium Star, was fatally injured, and F. N. Marcal, riding Georgie, was seriously in- jured, in an accident in first race at Macao
the
yesterday.
Georgie, who it will be recalled) caused
accident with a serioux Mr. G. W. Sewell in Hong Kong some little time ago, comme erti to buck and rear just after the start of the six-furlong race which he was out among the
IF1
leaders, and threw his jockey.
In the melee which followed, the riderless Georgie must have collided with Radium Star, whose
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The B.B.C. reporte last night that tele- phone communication between Rome and Berlin has been com- pletely cut off and will probably remain so for two days.
No reason is given for the move. -Inter- national News Service.
NEW WANG
jockey was also unseated. BANK
Actually what happened afterwards is not quite clear,
FLOWERS AND
Heavy Nazi
Nazi TWELVE
Losses In PACIFIC Dive-Bombers RAIDERS
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WITH GOERING'S LUFTWAFFE TAK ING OVER FROM THE SHATTERED ITA- LIAN AIR FORCE, BLASTED OUT OF THE SKIES BY THE R.A.P., THE TEMPO OF THE WAR SITUATION IN THE MEDITERRAN- EAN AND NEAR EAST IS RAPIDLY SPEED- ING UP.
The "Manila Bulletin" this morning prominently publishes stories by 98 Filipino survivors from three British vessels sunk
by German raiders in the Pacific in December.
The reports state there are 12 German raiders in the Pacific and 12 more being Atted out in J.- panese ports.
The survivors, who landed Manila last night, described three raiders which they saw. Two calibre were armed with heavy guns and any of the three could face a light cruiser.
While no German ‘planes have yet put in an appearance in the Western Desert, where the R.A.F. continue to dominate the air and THE have carried out a devastating raid on the be-marks. She carried twelve 4-inch
but the other ponics passed GAILY DECORATED WITH over the prostrate jockeys and Poon Hon-lam received a kick on the head, which caused con- cussion and his
FLAGS SHANGHAI BRANCH OF WANG
death in hospital.
CHING-WEI'S CENTRAL RE- sieged port of Tobruk, the Nazi air force has
repeatedly raided Malta.
subsequent SERVE PANK WAS OPENED
THIS MORNING.
F. N. Marcal was also severely kicked and was taken to hos-
new Simultaneously the
pital with a severe gash across rency made its first
other injuries in addition.
cur-
appearance
ceremony tipped Chinese waiters
The jockey, Poon Hon-lam, with the new money. who was fatally injured, was There is much speculation not very well-known in Hong garding the possible effects Kong, where he was not register- the new currency on
money market. Reuter.
re-
Objective of the raids, which are being
The Narvik, a vessel of about 10,000 tons, was called a black ship without any identification
and 8-inch guns, with two torpedo tubes.
She also carried two diva. bombers and three Heinkels and is capable of a speed of 22 knots,
Survivors told vivid stories of their ordeal but said they were
the face. It is feared he suffered as officials attending the opening carried out by dive-bombers, appears to be to
finish off the crippled aircraft-carrier Illus-well treated. of trious, which docked at Valetta after being hit in the attack on a British convoy in the Straits of Sicily.
ed for riding.
Shanghai's
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IT WAS RELIABLY reported in Berne
German successes, however, WEATHER FORECAST:—North-
cast winds, fresh;' fair. appear to be nil, in spite of strong preliminary attacks
on R.A.F. acrodromes in Malta where Hur- ricane fighters are based.
A statement issued in Valetta yesterday says that 15 Italian and German 'planes were downed during Sunday's violent raid on Malta,
This makes à total of 30 down- ed by Malta's fighters and anti- aircraft in three days, and brings to well over 100 German losses in dive-bombers since their par-
mination of the central Mediter- ranean,
yesterday that Hitler and Mussolini, confer- ticipation in the struggle for dow ring secretly somewhere in south Germany, have mapped plans for intensified Italo-Ger- man cooperation and joint military, economic and diplomatic action.
It is believed the major item discussed was the question of Axis measures to counter-
Drive To Red Sea
Meanwhile, General Waveil's foreca · In North Africa dre ́etriking hard at the demoralised italians and, in the absence of German
cracks aid, further have appeared in Mussolini's African Empire..
act the effects of growing American aid to the Sudanese
Britain.
It is understood the conference or Salzburg.
being resumed to-day.
The British recapture of the em- town of Kas- sala, near the Eritrean forntier coincided with the announcement of the amazing feat of British, offi
are
It is predicted, that an import-cers who penotrated 400 miles The” Dietators. With their ad- ant joint Italo-German announce into Abyssinia, where they visers, are said to be formulating ment is to be made, to coincide. now training a large force of na- u-new Axis strategy covering the with the Washington inaugura-tive rebels.
Mediterrancan region from tion ceremonies for dramatic The reoccupation of Kassala Gibraltar to Suez, and, from Spain effect.
was accompanied with few Bri- and France to Rumunta and But-
Axis Black Out
Berna bellaves the cens
nce
1s being held either in Münigh
· Rome and Berlin have virtually tish casualties, and it is indicated blacked out nows of the confer- that the British may have already erice and official sources refuse to crossed the Eritrean frontier in a confirm the meeting, while the drive to the Red Sea, thus spread- radio and press make no mening into Italian territory, east and tion of the discussions, Inter-west from Egypt, — International national News Service.
News Service,
The other two raiders were both
disguised as Japanese and wers named
the Tokyo Maru and Manyo Maru, being of 10,000 and 5,000 tons, respectively.
The Manyo Maru was also | heavily armed while the Tokyo-
Maru serves as a supply ship. Reuter,
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