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DRASTIC ACTION BY CAPETOWN
Capetown, March 10. The South African Treasury today announced, a drastic cur- tallment of all transfers of funds to non-sterling countries.
The announcement anid: “As a result of the heavy drain on the Union's gold reserves, the TreR- sury has been compelled to cur tail drastically all transfers of non-sterling countries. funds to
(Continued from Page 6) these were Anishod till long after the first time in nearly two months brigades into a single National the seroplano raids
over, no alarm wounded in London. The Fire Service, and to supplement and few worn used during the pilot stience seemed quite odd to many. and rocket attacks! They wondered what was wrong. this with a great Fire Guard of less aircraft
in which came in civilians trained and working in
1944 and 1946. On the following night the enemy'
were widely disparned their spare time. The Fire Guard, However, although these buildings attacks like the roof-watchers, was at first wore never used for the purposes throughout the recruited on a voluntary basis, but for which they were prepared, It continued for a while. There had in the policy like thom it became by general was good to feel we had them been another change consent compulsory. The National under our lec. The Admiralty on of the German offensive. Although G. D. H. Cole, British Socialist writer, urgós the ro- vival of Japanese light industry as a means of De the the vast London was stili regarded Fire Service gave us the advant their own
raising Asian living standard generally. upon principal target, a major effort ages of greater mobility, a univer- monstrealty which weighs RAI standard of training and the Horse Guards Parado, and the was now to be made to cripple the Mr. Cole approves the American policy of restoring
centres of Britain. equipment and formally recognised demolition of whose twenty-foot. industrial
Japanese textile and similar export industries ranks. The other Civil Defence thick steel and concrete walls will Special squadrons had been trained
despite the opposition of Anglo-American forces produced regional columns be a problem for future genera with new navigational devices to For ready at a minute's notice to go tions when we reach safer attack specific key-centres.
manufacturers who fear Japanese competition world.
instance one formation was trained anywhere.
solely The name Civil Defence Servica
for the destruction of the
in the world market, particularly in colonial was substituted for the pre-war
Rolls-Royco noro-englue works
and economically backward territories. !i}n
of Air Raid Precautions Towards the middle of October Hillington, Glasgow. All this was
"From the standpoint of the rangements whereby Japan can (A.R.P.). Good uniforms were Josiah Wedgwood began to make a makeshift and interim plan.
The invasion of Britain had been peoples of such territories." he remain in the world market ea Pursuant to this policy, remit
non-sterling countries provided for large numbers, and a fuss in Parliament about my
bang1 having an absplutely bomb temporally fund-not-boer could nuppch
abandoned.
and the said, "It is the best thing that producer of finished light metal tances to
goods without
danger of the for the engagement_of_the_ser- they--becade.conscions of t Fourth Arm of the Crown.
proof shelter for the night raidd fittack upon
permission reaulim i the crevices or transe munda, Trnicians, tion of a new war potential. In all this work Herbert Morri- ile was an old friend of mine, and mounted or expected outside ifit-
singers, boxers, wrestlers And had been grievously wounded in ler's intimate circle. The romain-
In China and son was ably assister by a brave
and Indin, he said, other persons for entertainment we have the Dardanelics, He had always ing winter months were, tore many
backward arens. Those whose death
the prime need is much less lo purposes in the Union-is also be Woman
single-taxer. Later to be for the German Air
bought develop blcycles have not been
Industries heavy
oring restricted." Intely mourned Ellen Wilkinson. been
a perind of experiment, both in instead of the bicycles offered by mining, or even highly equipped views hla She was out and about in the lie broadened
at all hours of the day
Coventry or by the manufactures consumer industries adopting the shelters
the and in attacks upon, British sea.
advanced of the moro In Any and night and took a prominent
mast
Western up-to-date part in the organisatlan of the Chairman of the Railway Ex-bortie trade, together with an at-
countries.
methots, than to Institute largo ecutive Fire Guard. The Women's Volun
Commalttee.
"They have been bought muin-pubile schemes for the improve- Before the war templ to break down our produe
ly persons much toe poor
by
ment of the. land and for the Lary Service, under the inspiring they had had the foresight to con- tion, military and civil.
underground
afforit any bicycles at all, unless development of transport theilt- Dark Hours Hendership of Lady Reading, alan struct a considerable und
ulice played an invaluable part,
was 70 feet in Plcendiily. It was
iles by road and rail-United) These new bombing tactlen be the Japanese had offered below the surface and covered with
Prens. "Similarly, cheap
Japanese Introng, high buildings. I began to gan with the billz on Coventry on markably cheap urticle.
art the night of Novepber 14, London resort
been bought by i was glad that if any of our be pressed from all sides
sar seemed too large and vague star-textiles have the to this shelter for sleeping par. cities were to be attackel, brunt should fall on London, poses. Eventually I agreed, and get for decisive results, but Goor-millinns of persons who could by London was like some huge pro- from the middle of October till the ing hoped that provincial cities or no possibility have afforded Lan- historic animni, capabic
of en/end of the year had started in lively abliterater. The raid started the same thing could be sald of ased to go there munition centres might be effec cashire's superior products; and the firlage during terrible injuries, mangledence
early in the dark boury of the
14th, many other goods produced by and Gireding from many wounds, transnet my evening business and and down .600 German the lighter industries of Japan.
Ita fo and strep undisturbed,
Ono felt aircraft had 600 tons of
Absurd Notion at having shelters natural compunction movement. The Anderson uch more safety than most other incendiari and thousands of
Done By
Experts.
Orders Taken. FAITH SHOE SHOP & FACTORY
20, Wyndham Street.
"NABISCO"
BISCUITS
"RITZ"
Also Other
Varictles
Safer World
on
party. taxation and joined the Labour technical devices in night-bombing
brother
Wax
high
WAR
On
"Cheap Japanese bicycles have been a godsent to peasants in
a rc-
con-
"Suitcase Bombing" Sentence
People wishing to bring on. tertainers into the country.are warned to get approval of the control before signing contracts. Applications will be considered on their marita.
Only a week ago, a list of re- stricted imports, many of them exported from Britain, was an- nounced under the Union's au- sterity programune to stop the outflow of sterling assets. It in- cludes motorcars, gramophones Cars costing over radios, £500 and radiograms priced at more than £15 were barred al- together-Reuter.
CHINA-GERMANY PHONE SERVICE
Berlin, March 10. The Western Allies have ap-
phone service between Western Germany and China, Alaska and 10 Western Hemisphere countries.
and yet preserving its were widespread In the working.
the whole this "The hope of exports for the class districts of
Cairo, March 10. Iwo-storey houses, and everything was done in makPle; but so many pressed me the most devasting raid which advanced countries lles in any-]
that I let them have their way,
For the attempled "suitcase them habliable and drain them in After about forty nights in the we auntained. The centre of Coven thing that wil make the poorer
of the Egyptian shelter, railway
the wet weather. Later the Morrison
no doubt Annexe betry was shattered, and its life for peoples of the world better off; bombing"
that the Supreme Court of Justice on shelter
cante stronger, and I moved back spell completely ruptured: Five and there was developed, which
hundred people
given the Industries of Japan, were killed and
the world's January 13, the Supreme Mili- a heavy kitchen to it. Here during the rest of the many mors seriously injured. The requisite access to
tary Court in Cairo today sen- no more than Jable made of steel with strong War my wife and I lived com- German radio proclaimed that our markets for light consumer goods,) ienced Ibrahim Shafik Annas toj proved the resumption of tele-
fortably. We felt confidence in wire sides, capable of holding up
in other
it considerable cities would be similarly can make the ruins of amall house and this solid stone building, and only
Nevertheless the tribution to this.
25 years imprisonment. "Coventrated." occasions went down
"Japanese
Industrial And thus giving a measure of protec-fan very rare occasions
wages Annas, a young employee at the Bero-engine factories were
ramain Lion. Many owed their lives to it. below the armour. My wife even
not
higher Ministry of Agriculture, was con- substantially,
victed of carrying-a bomb in a than those paid in other Asia- ght brought to a standstill; nor was sitting-room, which I had thought the population.
tic countries, and it is an ab- suitcase to the court building, untried in for view
Suspicious police hustled the surd notion that peasants much! put out of
pabrer than the
Japanese bomb outside where it exploded werkers ought to be prevented with slight damage.
Annus was alleged goods
by the Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, from buying Зарапово
March 10. because they are products of prosecution to be a member of the Moslem Brotherhood Assocla- 'awented labour","
Twenty-five United States Air tion which was outlawed by PT-Force weather experts concluded a mier Nokrashi Pasha shortly be two-day conference here-and Mr. Cole believes that control fore he was assassinated by an found themselves marooned by a snowstorm none of them had of Japan's Imports, especially alleged member of the Assocla-
forecast-Reuter, enable ar- tion.-Associated Press. scrap metal, should
For the rest, "London could take hung up our few pictures in the whe-lo
it.
it better to keep bare.
the ordeal of to
thetron
the
on crear
com-.
As we could see no reason prevalled and was justified by the action. In less than a week an the hostile bombing of London
vent. From the roo should not go on throughout the event.
roof near the emergency reconstruction
there was mittee did
wonderful work in war, It was necessary to make cupola of the Annexe long-term plany for wafely housing & splendid view of Lundon
clear
World Copyright reserved. Re- the central Government machine, nights, They made a place for me rastoring the life of the city. Lord Beaverbrook was entrusted with overhead cover from splinters, production, even partially, in and with the task of making a large and one could walk in the moon-language, strictly prohibited.
Exclusive rights in Hong Kong number of bomb-proof strongholds light and watch the fireworks, In capable of housing the whole es- 1841 1 used to take some of my by "China Mail",
(To Be Continued) sential staffs of many departmente American visitors up here from of State, and a dozen of them, time to time after dinner. They several connected by tunnels, sur- were always most interested.
On the night of November 3 for vive in London today.
None of
POP
HE'S GOT TO THAT STAGE
WHERE HE CAN CRACK JOKES
Prime Need
THAT HE DOESNT
UNDERSTANDI
--AND MAKE
PEOPLE THINKC
IT'S THEIR
FAULT!
An American statement paid the date the service will re-open
will be fannounced later.--United Press,
Up his sleeve
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