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CABLES
HITLER MUST
MUST BE
BE FACED WITH FAILURE No Birthday
To Frustrate
Plans Of Germany
A.R.P. ORDERS
A.R:F. Orders issued by Wing-
Commander A. H. S. Steele Perkins. O.B.E, Director of Air Raid Pre- cautions.
Allies
Are Racing
The Plans
BIG PART PLAYED BY AIR FORCE The sees of the A.R.P., Depart
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LONDON, April 25 (Reuter)-The attention of British newspapers today reverts to Norway. Though official information is necessarily fragmentary, the Norwegian cam- paign is seen as being satisfactorily conducted, and the view is expressed that it may be a long and hard task, but the belief in ultimate victory remains unshaken.
Note is taken of the fact that a strong German counter-attack In the Trondheim sector, has been repulsed and the situation re- established. Satisfaction is equally expressed at the far-reaching ex- ploits of the Royal Air Force, which were carried out on Tuesday night and early on Wednesday, in the biggest series ef night raids an enemy aerodromes since the War began.
Shooting Of Civilians
QUESTION ON NAZI
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BRUTALITY
The Daily Telegraph writes "we have every reason to be satisfied
Stenkier In Nazi Hands
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offices
NOTICE
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ment will be closed on Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4 and will re-open in the new A.R.P. School, Morrison Hill Road, at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 6, 1940,
APPOINTMENTS
Mr. Cheng Kim Wah is appoint- ed additional Deputy District War- den. District "C". Central Division with effect from this date.
`Mr. Ng Wah Keng, LARPS, ap- pointed Deputy District Warden. District "C". KCY. Division.
The following have been ap-
with the speed and daring of the RAILWAY STATIONS pointed as District Wardens to the campaign and with the results. The campaign is still only in its early stages. The Allies have been racing
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to frustrate German plans and so-According to far they are ahead.
GERMANS CHECKED "Command of the sea has been brillantly used to make landings LONDON, April 25 (Reuter over a long stretch of the coast In the House of Commons yester-and the persistence and energy of Under- our Bombing Command has res- Butler, day, Mr. R. A.
in
Shaukiwan Division
Mr. Tsong Yat Sun-352 Main STOCKHOLM, Apr, 25 Reuter Road, West, 2nd floor. Shaukiwan. reports received | Mr. Ohu Fook-277 Main Road, here this afternoon, Stenkjer 13 Road, West, 2nd floor. Shaukiwan. now in German hands, but the Mr. Cheung Man Kwong- 143 Allies hold strong positions six Shaukiwan Road, 1st floor. Shau- miles north of the town, against kiwan which a German offensive is ex- pected
German planes and Gerraan destroyers in Trondheima " Fjord
from
.
RELINQUISHMENT OF
APPOINTMENT
Mr. G. E. Piercy. Deputy District
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, was tricted the capacity of the German made important contributions to Warden; "B", Eastern Division. re questioned regarding reports of Air Force.
the fighting round Stenkjer. All inquishes his appointment on be- "German troops rely on.. air "Germans shooting civilians
strength to obtain success, and one tailway stations north of Stenkjer ing appointed to a key past.
Miss Jalla Lam of 48 Cheong On Norway. .. Mr. "Butler replied that it ap of the first objectives of our forces were repeatedly attacked
and tracks Street, relinquishes, her appaint- Deared, from official German must be to establish bases in Nor- the air, but bridges
situated ment as Deputy District Warden. from where Bombers and are. intact as they are broadcasts On April 12 and 10 way
them difficult targets for the Ger- Junction Road. 2nd floor (District that the German High Command Fighters can deal with the German among steep precipices, making District "D" on her removal to 40-
forces faithfully." at Osio had declared
man almen.
that any Ger- persons found fighting the
treated as man forces. "would be franctireurs and would be shot Some persons were already shot on this ground.
STRICT RULING
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They also declared that every civilian carrying arms or .com- mitting acts" of sabotage would be shot on the spot. They had in addition admitted having forced Norwegian civilians to drive Ge- man soldiers into the firing line in commandeered cars.
WARMING THINGS UP
of
NO FOOD The civilian population Stenkjer have fled to the moun- tains, where they are reported to suffering from insufficient clothing and food,
be
The Dally Express assures its readers that "Hitler must be "faced with failure in Scandinavia." The News-Chronicle says: "Britain's bombers are warming things up for Hitler's air bases" and the Dally Mall says that the "Royal Air Force
The important railway Junction has carried out the greatest raids of Steren, south of Arondhjem, is of the war:””,
controlled by the Allies, and both railways south from Trondheim to Oslo, as well as the Une from Fagernes to. Oslo,
are дом
The Manchester Guardian says: "We must be prepared for a long and hard task in Norway. On the whole we have good cause for satis- Allled hands. faction. We have also managed to: German armen are continually Comment on such methods of entrench ourselves in Norway and Bombing Oserdal and Gudbrands- war was superfluous, sald Mr. we, unlike our enemy, have a Fleet dal.
of the at our back, Butler, but he was glad opportunity to make the
fact known.
For Gallantry At Sea
LONDON.. April 25 (Reuter)-The ' number of awards for gallantry at
sca gazetted include the D.S.O.. for
Dombaas
"B", K.C.Y. Division).
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RESIGNATIONS
The following Wardens have been taken off the strength of the AR.P. Establishment on their de- parture from the Colony.
Mr. Yip
Mrs. Alla Beraha of 287 Prince Edward Road. M.KT. Division. Miss Chan Heang Laan of 112 Tam King Road, 1st floor. Chun. Hing-17 South Wall Road, ground floor. "K.C.Y. Div.: Messrs. Yuen Ta Chor Eastern Division) and Wong Chi Yu (Central Divi-
sion).
LEAVE OF ABSENCE Mr. Wong Po Lim. Divisional
is. reported to be Warden, Shaukiwan. leave from
April 20 to May 20 inclusive.
"For the first time Germany has ablaze and parachute troops have found something hard to take and been observed north-east of the while the legend of invincibility town. tades, her supplies of oil and petrol are being consumed."
BALKANS ON THE ALERT
Lieut.-Comdr. Hugh Percival Price, LONDON, Apr. 25 (Reutér)
Two Million Under Arms
Mrs. D. Gasper (T. Division) April 24 to July 3, 1940.
Mr. Chan Sat Hang-(K.C.Y. Division) April 7 until return to
Colony
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CHANGE OF ADDRESS
dresses are notined for informa
The following changes in ad- dresses are notified for informa-
LONDON, April 26 (Reuter)-Ittion:- is authoritatively learned that
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the British Empire now has two Old Balley St., ground floor. Hong- and the Distinguished Service Cress The Baikan countries are on the million men under arms, exclusive kong, formerly employed at the for Sub-Lt. Edward Perry Rea, both alert, writes the Daily Telegraph's of the Royal Navy, Marines, Mer-Acme Co. Central Division) is of H.M.S. Gleaner, for destroying Balkan correspondent. The feci-cantile Marine, Air Force, police. now working at the Wah Yuen (Western Divi- an enemy submarine.
ing of imminent peril has been civil defence services, all civt) Godown, 27 Praya, Kennedy Town, The O.B.2. has been conferred on developed out of the general un-transport personnci organisations. Tel. No. 23037.
workers in the War industry, and sion) Lt.-Comdr. Michael Southcote easiness which prevailed in
Mr. Hanson Wong (formerly of Townsend and the M.B.E. on Acting past weeks. There are no definite all other public services. Sub-Lt Vernon John St. Clair facts to account for this sudden
The armies in France and the 117 Hennessy Road. Eastern Divi- now resides at 30 Davis Middle East "are Ford, both of H.M.S. Viscount for development, but it exists..
being steadilyston
Street, Kennedy Town (Western Saving many lives at sea on the oc-i
augmented. The average age of The insolent German press at- casion of the enemy bombing of tacks on Swedish policy is thoughts, and a large number of volun- the British soldier is now twenty- the a.s. Damala.
The D.S.O. has been awarded to
the
Division)
Mr. S. A. Marcal formerly of 138
perhaps, to herald a new move by teers from the older age groups Caine Road Upper Levels Divi- Lt-Comdr. Roy Berryman Edwards Germany or 'Russia, or perhaps by of H.M.S. Watchful for courage and both. The question being asked are still being accepted for the sion) now resides at 21 Lock Rd.. skill in securing and stripping live whether the Balkans might not Army, and for every three men so top noor T. Division. unemy mines, regardless of his own become involved, either simultane safety.
ously or immediately afterwards,
RUSSIAN ACTIVITY
CLOSING IN ON situation is that Russia is known
NARVIK
bitter weather.
her
far called up, two, such volunteers have been enlisted.
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INFORMATION MINISTRY
Miss Wan Shuet Chung of 13 Po Kong Road, KCY. Division now resides at 44 Tak Ku Ling Road, 2nd floor.
Mr. Wong Man Fan of 61 Shek Ku Lung Rd., 1st floor. K.C.Y. Division now, resides at Lock Sin Tong. 2 Ta Tit Lane.
The puzzling feature of the
to be digging vigorously on sde of the Dniester which is the boundary between Rumanian Bes-Neville Chamberlain, in the House the Catholic Hall, Hak Hang Tu sarabia and the Soviet-Ukraine.
of Commons, announced that Road, K.C.Y, Division now resides
civilians are
GERMAN TROOPS REINFORCED
LONDON, Apr. 25 (Reuter)-Mr.
Mr. Wong Tze San formerly or
Messages For Adolf
RELATIONS WITH U.S.S.R. ÅRE STRAINED
HERNE. April 25 (Renter> Reports from Berlin state that wild rumours are being spread among the population to the effect that the High Command is preparing another. "conquest" within a few days,
FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1940. —PAGE 1 ALLIED TROOPS LAND
AT TRONDHEIM
Steady Flow Of Help To
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The Norwegians
LONDON, April 25 (Reuter)-News of the fighting north of Trondheim is about the clearest of the reports received from the frontier regions. The War Office on Tuesday night' said that this resulted from the German counter-attack and the Germans them- selves say that the engagement lasted for two hours.
Operations in this sector seem to be along the road and rallway from Namsos, where the Allied troops have landed at Trondheim,
On Tuesday the Nazis claimed to have captured Steinjaer but the Allies have once or twice been re
ported below this town. Frontier
Diplomatic quarters in Berlin believe that the invasion of
reports say that fighting for the Sweden is imminent, perhaps at control of the road is still in pro- the end of April, with the ful
gress. The Germans are trying to consent of Italy whose entry litorike north through two valleys, the war is expected on May 10.
running parallel from Oslo Plains." Meanwhile, considerable impor- A third valley, Gudbränsdal, seems tance is attached to the concen.
to be completely m Allied hands. trations of German troops at within a few miles of Hamar. Memel, opposite Sweden, and the fact that several classes, including some specialists aged 57. have been mobilised.
Foreign observers noted that Soviet-German relations have be- come somewhat cooler during the past few days. The Reich ap- parently is prepared to satisfy Italian claims in the Balkans without consideration for Soviet
feelings
The Soviet attitude towards the Reich has somewhat disappointed Nazi leaders lately: German In- dustrialists complain of Russia's important failure to deliver an order of Soviet goods which were promised on April 1, while the fact that belther M. Stalin or M. Molotov congratulated Herr Hitler on his birthday also assumes some significance."
GADDI BEATS.
MILLER
Another game in the first round of the Singles Handicap Tourna- ment was played at the Hongkong Bowling Alleys last evening when L. Gaddi defeated C. Miller by 529 to 492 pins. Both players received a handicap of plus 23.
Owing to the inability of the "Charnps" to turn out a team the Chief and Petty Officers of U.S.S.
on Asheville took
the regular ship's team whom they beat by the narrow margin of four pins.
Scores:-
PETTY OFFICERS-C, 8. Ed- wards 430, E. L Woods 398, C. P.
Rozuma 268 and Corp. Watts (de- putising) 152 Total, 1:248,
REGULAR TEAM-J. A. Harvey 453. W. J. Balaski 418 and H. M. Kilpatrick 373, Total 1,244,
High Cost Of Paper
CHINESE JOURNALS TO RAISE PRICE Chinese newspapers in Hong- "kong are considering the question of increasing prices. The steady advance in the cost of newsprint paper since the outbreak of the war in Europe has made the posi tion dificult for publishers, and 'the recent Scandinavian trouble. has caused prices to go up still more.
Present prices charged for news- sufficient papers
not are.
the
of cover
cost.
have been conferring during the" past week with a view to raising prices as from May 1
to
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distress to the Norwegians by in-
Materials, presumably for new Sir Walter Monckton has been at 8 Tak Ku Ling Road, ground newsprint, and Chinese publishers discriminate bombing of undefend fortifications, are belig rushed by appointed Deputy Director-General floor. el towns miles from the actual the Russians to the frontierby of the Ministry of Information. Mr. Andrew Wong Kam Cheng. scene of fighting. Many thou-day and night. No
Sir Walter will also be an addi- 373 Prince Edward Road, KC.Y: sands have been driven to take allowed access to the frontier area. tional Deputy Under-Secretary of Division now resides at 5. Gram- refuge in the hills and forest, in
State for Foreign Affairs,
plan Road. Inorder-to-strengthen-the-Mr Wong Shum Nam. 21 South Ita'son between Service Depart-Wall Road. ground floor, K.C.Y. ments and the Ministry, and to Division now resides at 372 Prince ensure tha, the Ministry's point Edward Road, Kowloon.
Mrs. T. G. Stokes new address 13 King Haakon, in a letter to the A War Office communique says of view is adequately presented,
number of Senior Service 6, San Chuk Yuen Road. former Norwegian Chief Justice that in the Trondheim ares the the
referred to in officers attached to the Ministry
TRAINING who organised the administrative counter-attack council in Norway under the Ger Tuesday's communique was deli-is being increased and representa- mans. said Norway and its King vered by a considerable number tives of the Ministry are being Handbook No. 9 "Incendiary Bombs
from a:tached to the cannot discuss any issue with of German troops landed
partments. Germany other than the with-ships within Trondheim Fjord,
Despite the hardships the people are standing solidly behind their Government and King.
drawal of German troops from Norwegian territory.
GREATEST DIFFICULTY
LONDON, Apr 25 (Reuter)
After some sharp fighting, our troops succeeded in re-establishing the situation.
Service
GERMANS ARE SURPRISED
De-
Handbooks:-Copies of "A.R.P.
and Fire Precautions" in English and Chinese are now available and will be supplied to qualified In- structors on application to this office. When applying for this There is nothing further to re-
handbook, Instructors should state STOCKHOLM, Apr, 25 (Reuter) port about operations elsewhere. "STOCKHOLM, ́April 25 (Reuter) whether the English or Chinese -The greatest difficulty with
-The Aftonbladet's. correspondent version is required. which the Allies have had to con-
Shamshulpo Division Meeting:- at Tryssil, North-east of Oslo, says tend is said to be air bombing.
the Norwegians are holding the There will be a meeting of District In the Narvik region, the Ger
OR "SPUDS". -
ridge near the Swedish frontier. and Deputy District Wardens on man bombing has had practically
resistance OSLO). April 26 (Reuter)-The Their
surprised the Friday, April 28, 1940, at 6.45 pm. no effort according to reporta
Germans who expected only slight at the Yee Kuk Dispensary. from Tronsoe, to the Norwegian radio which is German controlled.
but one energetic Squad Drill-Shamshulpo Dis- Agency.
says there is a shortage of pota- resistance, toes and eggs in the German oc-volunteer officer inspired the men.tricts:-Sunday. April 28, 1940 at cupled areas, while cabbage and The correspondent says that 200 the Police Training School, 3 pm. fodder are also very scarce. Oslo Germans were killed in this sector
It has not prevented the Norwegian Sixth Division from being fully mobilised or get ting into close co-operation with the B. E, F. The troops morale is 'excellent and the population is calm and fall of confidence,
NO MORE EGGS
is suffering from a serious shor- since yesterday. -- tage of wood which is the chief material used for heating.
The PARIS, Apr. 25 (Reuter)-The announcer appealed to farmers to War communique states there was bring more supplies to the towns, nothing to report.
Rescue Squad Course (Chinese) Course No. C117:-China Motor Bus Co.. Electric Road. on Mondays and Thursdays, at 4 pm, mencing on April 25, 1940 To be Continued
Com-
It is proposed to raise the price of four-page papers from one cent to two cents, eight-page papers trom-wo cents to not less. than three cents and twelve-page papers to not less than four cents. The majority of publishers have expressed agreement with the pro- posal, but there are a few papers which have not given a reply. The price increase will only be put into effect it all papers fall into Une
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U.S. ARMY TO HOLD EXERCISES
man-
WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reu- ter-The War Department decid- ed that no Foreign Attaches will be invited to attend the Oeuvres in which some seventy- thousand troops will participate in Louisiana, Texas-in May when troops in the "streamlined" DMV- sions will be operating for the first time in peace as a army:
field'
The exclusion of Foreign At- taches is explained in authorised quarters as due to the fact that the available facilities will be too crowded for them to be looked after properly.'
More Photos Of Navy
CAMERAMEN WITH
THE FLEET
LONDON, April 25 (Reuter)-We STEADY STREAM OF HELP
LTC to have more photographs Here the Allied are reported to showing the work of the Royal be sending a steady stream of rein- Navy. This was announced in the forcements to the advance guards House of Commons on Tuesday. who came to the assistance of the when it was stated that arrange- Norwegians at Lillehammer. Fur-ments have been made for a num- ther west, in the only valley left.. ber of newsreel cameramen to be. German troops are trying to reach attached to units of the Fleet...
a beleaguered garrison at Trond- Already a number of Naval
helm.
photographs have been taken by The Nazis seem
to be making
some of the seamen and some of some progress, The Norwegians are these have recently appeared to resisting stoutly and the Germans the Press
Allied meet the
It was also stated that ari officer must expect to troops moving across the country with Fleet Street experience as a to attack them. They may still photographer has been specially and themselves cut off from Trond- brought back from France" and is hem by the Allled troops ad- now in Norway, Civilian photogra vancing from Storen, immediately phers will follow him later. south of the besieged port.
The Hongkong Y's Men's Club were hosts at an enjoyable dinner held at St. Francis Hotel last night the occasion being "Ladies' Night."
Four official photographers have been in France since last October and another unit will be stationed the Middle East within the in next fortnight.
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