THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 29, 1941.
MUTT AND JEFF
WELL, HERE IT IS AGAIN!
Labrary, Bujuan
WELL, WE COULD GO
IN THE MIDDLE OF
TO THE SEASHORE
ANOTHER LONG, HOT
1 SUMMER!
YEH!
OR THE MOUNTAINS
WHAT'RE
WE GONNA
DO THIS
SUMMER,
MUTT?
IF WE WEREN'T BROKE! WELL,
THEN WHAT'RE WE GONNA DO THIS SUMMER?
WELL, WHAT DO PEOPLE USUALLY DO IN THE SUMMER WHEN THEY ARE BROKE!
NOTHING!
7-14
O.K. LET'S
DO IT!
BR-
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GIBRALTAR VERY MUCH A LIVE GOING CONCERN
THEY CALL HER MRS. BRITANNIA
"Britannia" is the name by which Ma Shakesby, is known in a poor Humber-
side district.
Bomb raids have driven away
her friends. but Ma refuses to quit.
She is one of a family of ten, all of whom
country.
are serving the
Her husband George, is mas- ter of a defenceless lightship-- favourite Nazi target.
(By Reuter's Special Correspondent)
GIBRALTAR IS VERY much a going con- cern and its defences are daily becoming more formidable. The lessons of Crete have been carefully considered and although con- ditions are very different every effort has been made to ensure that similar action here would not meet with similar success.
The "Rock's" peculiarities would make a landing of paratrooops and troop-carrying 'planes very difficult, yet every place where Such landings might be attempted can be subjected to withering fire.
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the
German facilities Gibraltar will
If Vichy grants Attack by E-boats would
as demands for increased Iceive as devastating a reply Their sons. Chris.
in North Africa. Ernest,, the recent attempt on Multa. George and John are in the Army. Although the old defences were obviously be affected. Sydney was, ton, until he was quite inadequate to meet a
Chances Of Attack do special work. dern attack, full use has discharged to Tom is on a finesweeper,
Imade of them by cleverly Daughter Aun is a warden, corporating them in a new scheme Laly a munition worker and Kath of fortifications. leen. Ma's daughter-in-law, works|
in a canteen.
a
"They're grand lot." told the "Daily Mirror”.
Ma
mo-
bern
in-
The
and air naval
forces stationed at Gibraltar probably Parts of the ancient works will have even more to do and the the chances of an attack on are admirably suited for prevention of landings by para, Gibraltar will be increased.
troops.
OUR 10-MINUTE CROSS-WORD
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HORIZONTAL
I Title of
respect
4 Humped
ruminant
9 Convulsive
sigh
12 Fruit drink
13 Place of
combat
14 To remu-
nerate
15 Favourite
16 Deeds
17 Crude metal
10 Fish eggs
20 To..hinder
22 Satellite
24 Because
.25 Scandina-
vian mylho-
logical king
20 Ovum
29 Wise saying
30 Item of
property
31 Irritated
33 Topic of
discoursO
34. Happening
35 Body of water
30 Limb
30 Tableland 39 Articla.
40 Handlo
41 Extra
43 Romant
bronze
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dan name
46 Extent of ground
48 To drune
51 Bulgarian
coin
32 Toward the
centro
53 War god
54 Devoured
65 Recuperates
50 Abyss
VERTICAL
1 To weaken
2 European
fish
3 Going from
a better to a
worse state
4 Restaurant
5 Part of
"to be"
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION
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PRES
BAINATOWDEE
DELEŽAUNE
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HELLAS. TİN MADE
SHINE BEENS"
6 Grassland
7 To penetrate
@ Final
9 Graceful
acceptance
of resulta
10 To row
11 Secondary
19 Upon
21 Comfort
22 Profoun
23 Pointed arch
24 Craze
20 Ogles
27 Pronoun 20 To place 30 Sunken
fence
32 To bite
- smartly
33 Mound
34 Printer's
measure
35 Broad pieces
37 Colloquial:
of cloth
mather
30 Group of
three
40 Diphthong 42 The south-
west wind 43.Appends
44 Wing
45 To allow
47 Buddhist
* pillar.
49 Swiss canton
50 Tanglo
Casablanca. for exan.ple. within easy flying distance of the "key to the Mediterranean."
that
Contrary to Axis claims Gibraltar has already been SC- verely damaged and its use as a base consequently restricted, signs of enemy attack are virtually non- cxistent,
Damage Negligible
One has to search hard to find three or four houses hit by bombs last year and damage is negligible.
German and Italian claims to have carried out heavy ralds are
Νο nonsense.
bambs German have ever fallen on Gibraltar and this the nearest the Italians got year was at the Spanish town of La Linea, where men, women and children ware killed-Reuter.
PUBS TO HAVE "DRY" NIGHT
Public-Houses may
be
closed
а
one night a week because of shortage of beer.
considering
the
Licensees are plan. Different districts would have different closing nights.
"Labour and transport difficult- ies have caused a shortage of bot- tled beer." a member of the Lic- ensed Victuallers' Association told the "Daily Mirror."
Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk) licensed houses have already de- cided to close on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons,
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