THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 17, 1941.
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BUT LOSSES ARE STILL BELOW TEN PER CENT.
(By Reuter's Air Correspondent)
THE NAZI “BLACK-OUT" OF MOONLIGHT AIR LOSSES OVER BRITAIN UNTIL YESTER-
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CINEMA RACKET
After admitting on Thursday the failure of six aircraft to return the previous night, the German communique gave up the daily tally of its own losses.
Yesterday's Nazi communique countered
A 23-year-old hawker, Cheung the British claim that 27 German Bombers
Tong, was fined $100, OF two
months' hard labour, by Mr. G
T. Lowry at the Central Magis- were destroyed while the moon was up from tracy this morning, for a breach Wednesday night onwards with an admission of the Public Entertainment Re- gulations.
that 21 were lost in that period. According to Detective Ser- For two days the German pu- geant H. B. Dewar, Chinese de-blic has been kept in ignorance tective No. C450 was On duty whether their bombers have "re- Central turned safely" or not, and had to about 2.15 pm. yesterday, when be content with exaggerated Bri- the arcused approached him and tish losses.
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offered him two 20-cent cinema tickets for 60 cents.
Two other Chinese were fined $15 by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, KU for a similar offence.
The early closing of Saturday night's raid on Britain was not due to a German desire to avoid the moon, which rose shortly before the attack ended. Fog, which threatened to blan- Continental the whole bases, limited the length and scale
Thip were arrested whiri sell- ing ticket, outside the Orientalj ket out Theatre yesterday afternoon.
Inspector Purtallion prosecuted, of the raid.
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losses
Nazi Losses
Proportionate German last week were under 10 per cen and not at least until that percen- tage is reached is it likely that night operations of the Luftwaffe will seriously be affected.
Nazi operations by daylight have taken on a different emphasis.
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Air Ministry communiques. which have "nothing to report," underline the inability of Nazi planes to penetrate far inland over Britain with the R.A.F. in "mastery of the daylight air" over land.
Daylight attacks on shipping, with which the night hammering
ports is
linked against the background of the Battle of the Atlantic, may be expected to in- crease as the weather improves.
Tonnage Figures
In the absence of particulars in the weekly Admiralty releases of tonnage sunk it will not be casy to follow the measure of their success.
Counterblowa against enemy shipping by Coastal Command bombers are also increasing, and the defensive arm of the Com- mand, is being lengthened and thickened.
The Beau fighter, the R.A.F.'s newest night hawk, is also to be used for long-range, operations. | the Air Ministry revealed.—Reu-
ter.
HUGE BRITISH ARMY REPORTED
ASSEMBLED IN
GREECE
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troops landing at Greek ports
at the rate of more than thousand daily.
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THEY INCLUDE MECHANIS- ED AUSTRALIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN DIVISIONS.
Some of the troops are fresh to action; others are from the Bat- tle of Cyrenaica; some have come from Palestine and India.
First Line of Defence
Fifty thousand are already moving up to strengthen the Bri- tish Expeditionary Force in Thrace; bringing its strength up to 200,000 men, forming the first line of defence for Greece and Salonika.
The remaining 100,000 first- line troopa, anys, the Belgrade message, still quoting Istanbul as authority, are being sent up to other parts of Greece in re- “serve; in
The rumours also credit the British with contemplating the opening of full-scale offensive ac- tion against the German Army in Bulgaria
International News Service.
NEW BANKING
HOURS IN HONG KONG
New hours for ex- change banks in the Colony have been an- nounced.
to-
Commencing morrow, banks will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and from 2.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY CEREMONY
ST. PATRICK'S DAY WAS OBSERVED IN CUSTOMARY MANNER AT NOON TO-DAY WHEN IRISHMEN GATHERED AT THE CENOTAPH AND THE PRESIDENT OF ST. PATRICK'S SOCIETY, MR. C. E. M. TERRY, PLACED A WREATH OF RE- MEMBRANCE,
Among those also present were: Mr. J. O'Donnovan (Vice-Presi– dent) Mr. Justice E. H. Willianus, Lieut. Comm. J. C. M. Grenham, Messrs. B.H.C. Hallowes, D. J. S. Crozier, R. J. Minnett, W. O'Neill, F. Kernaghan, J. D. Murphy, T. Comm, Shanks, Surgeon Lieut.
J. A. Page' Capt. C. H, R. Hyde, Messrs. P. Fitzpatrick, G N. Davitt, H. H. Guinness and E. R. Fowles.
STOP PRESS
A high jump in Cholera was registered over the week-end when 89 cases were reported, 80 coming from Victoria, eight from Kowloon and one from Shaukiwa.
This brings the total since the beginning of the year to 204 cases.
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