WITHDRAWAL OF THE ANZACS FROM GREECE
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THE UNITED
A MYSTERIOUS WOMAN, SPEAKNG ON THE WAVELENGTH
OF ATHENS RADIO, URGED
STATES TO MAKE GOOD ITS PROMISES OF HELP TO GREECE OR TELL GREECE AMERICA IS NOT PRE- PARED.
"Greece has given all her ships so that the Australian and New Zealand troops might not see another Dunkirk. The British left in a fleet of hundreds and thousands of little gasoline-motored ships and mailboats which for long years have been the livelihood of Greece."
The broadcaster, introduced as Mildred Kirker, said she W28 an Athens newspaper War COP- respondent. The transmitter went dead as soon as she had finished, with no explanation.
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The fast stand of the Anglo- Greek rearguard took place Mounts Gerania and Kitheron, north of Athens, to cover the final stages of the British With- drawal, which was carried mainly from the Piraeus. the port of Athens.
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After the fall of Thermopylae, which cost the Grmans enormous losses, a body of British troops, believed to be mostly Anzars, are reported to have been cut UIT. The Germans claim several hun- dred prisoners were taken. International News Service.
FOUND NOT GUILTY
this
After retiring morning for 15 minutes, the jury hearing the case found Bawa Singh, aged! 65, private Indian watch- man, Not Guilty of the murder of a Chinese wo- man, Li Fong, in To Kwa Wan Road on the night of March 3.
The case was heard before the Chier Justive, Sir Atholl Mac- Gregor, and the prosecution was conriucted by Mr. J. P. Murphy Assistant Crown Counsel, assisted by Inspector A. E. Carey.
Accused was defended by Mr. Percy Chen, instructed by Mr. W. M. Brown of Hastings and Co.
The Jury Was composed of Messrs E. V. Searle (Foreinan), A. A. Barros, Tsui - Wal-sun, Pei Min-shen, Leung Pui-hung, B. Jernakoff and Kwok Che-choy.
ALBION
PALE ALE
BEHIND BRITAIN
TO A MAN
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The acting Australian Premier, Mr. A. W. Fadden, yesterday cabled the Australian Minister in Washington, Mr. Richard Casey, saying the Commonwealth "to a man stands behind Britain in the
MORE SHANGHAI LABOUR STRIKES
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The grave labour situation in Shanghai has been aggravated still further by a strike by over 1.000 coolies of the French Cón- cession P.W.D. in protest over the "unfair" dismissal of 50 fellow- workers. International News
Service.
war with the Axis powers." with the British and Greek troops
The Australian people, he add-in the Balkans sector of the war. ed were proud to be associated International News Service.
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"I am imposing a purely nu- minal fine of $50 on you.'" said Mr. G. T. Lowry this morning. when Francis Ricciardi, Roman Catholic priest, appeared on re- mand, for sentence in connection with a charge of entering a "pro tected area" at Lau Fu Shan. Ping Shan, New Territories.
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A FINE OF 1,000,000 FRANCS HAS BEEN IMPOSED ON THE CHANNEL PORT OF DIEPPE BY THE GERMAN AUTHORITIES BECAUSE ‘A CINEMA DIENCE CRIED "DOWN WITH HITLER, DOWN WITH' MUSSO- <LINI," "ACCORDING. TO IN- ∙FORMATION REACHING THE INDEPENDENT FRENCH NEWS CAGENCY YESTERDAY,
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