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CHUNGKING, Oct. zy (Central) -The Jardine steamer Mingsang which was halted and boarded for inspection by Japanese marines safely arrived In Shanghai on Sunday. According to a Shanghai dispatch
EMPRESS OF BRITAIN
Gun Crews Fought To The End: Passengers Also
Strafed By Raider
LONDON, Oct. 29 (Reuter) - Survivors from the Empress of Britain landed at a western port on Sunday. They declared that bombed 700 miles off Ireland on Satur- the 42,500-ton liner Wa day morning.
The incident occurrert. at 6 p.m.
The attacking aircraft then on October 28
but at a point about disappeared returned and 500 miles from Shanghai. A Jap-dropped four more bombs, includ anese destroyer fired a shot atrossing Incendiaries..
the bows of the vessel to stop it.
A number of people were kill- A party of Japanese bluejacketsed when the bombs exploded and boarded it. They disabled the
some of the ship's lifeboats radio and searched and questioned
caught 'Bre and could Dot be the passengers. threatening them lowered. But as there was little. with their revolvers.
danger of the ship sinking The inspection tasted about a mediately, there was plenty of hour, after which the Japanese time for the passengers to
take disembarked and
the Mingsans to the lifeboats before the continued its voyage to Shanghai, was completely ablaze from
SOVIET ENVOY ENTERTAINED
CHUNGKING... Oct. 29 (Central) -Dr. Wang Chung-hul. Minister
TRAVELLERS SEEK TO GO BY BURMA ROUTE
While Shanghal goods are being rushed to the im-trolled interior through the newly Chunrking-00
reopened Burma route there are
liner want to travel by the same route apparently also many people who stem since the Passport Visa Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chungking in Hongkong has nofi-. ffed Shanghai people of necessary regulations to he carried out to guarantee an uneventful trip.
GUIDANCE
to sterr
The last people, were off some six hours after. attack
taken the
NO PANIC
Was
of Foreign Affairs, gave a dinner In the meantime there party. In honour of M. Alexandre no pante, a number of women Semionovitch Panaouchkine, So- and children calmly obeying in- remain until thr viet Ambassador to China, and structions to other Soviet officials in Chung-time to leave. king yesterday evening.
Among high. Chinese officials invited were Dr Sun Fo, President of the Executive Yuan and Chen- eral Feng Yu-hsiang, Vice Chairman of the National MI- tary Connell.
"FREE FRANCE" DEFENCE COUNCIL
FORMED..
LONDON, Oct. 29 (Reuter).. The names of members of the Council of Defence of the French
Empire appointed by General Charles de Gaulle are now an- nounced as follows:
General Georges Catronx former Governor-General of Indo-China: Vice-Admiral Emile Museller, C. in-C. f the Free French Navy and Air Force:
General de Larminat, Governor- General of Senegal and Equatorial Africa,
M. Eboue Rerea, Governor-Gen eral of Chad territory:
General Utot, Governor-General of French establishments in the
Pacific:
The youngest passenger Was baby boy of 11 months who was strapped to a sailor's back.'
Captain Charles Sapsworth, the commander, stood on the bridge encouraging his gun- ners as they battled with the ralder until all were killed 'or wounded and the guns - were out of action,
Captain Sapsworth 15 belleved -to be among the survivors...
cabin doors in proved insuficient
kong bureau.
The Hongkong's bureau's all- nouncement-was-given prominence In all leading Chinere dallies in Shanghal on Oct 22, urging those who want to travel to the Interior to ask for guidance in the Hong- Shanghai people wishing to obtain passports in Rangoon are asked to make In- quiries with the China Travel- Service and then obta'n the neces- sary documents from the Minis- try's office in Hongkong.
Shanghal travellers are parti- cularly warned against carrying Bark of England notes with them while travelling to and in Burma, where a traveller is allowed to The crew made rafts out of! carry only £10 in such notes. case the boats Those who carry more such notes than officially allowed may be subjected to confiscation. The A member of the crew declarea reports reveal that excepting notes that the ralder machine gunned carried by travellers from India, no other travellers are allowed to the passengers after
ship's out of carry more than £10 in such notes, anti-aircraft guns were
importation of which into England He praised the women action. stewards who, he sald, behaved has been forbidden. marvellously.
PASSENGERS STRAFED
the
SUCCESSFUL
An RAF man repaired the WINTER GARMENTS damaged enge of afeboat and DRIVE IN HONAN this was used to tug heavy life- boats from place to place picking up survivors, while a naval officer aboard the liner led a party of men through flames and smoke to lower а lifeboat which saver many lives,
General Sice, of the Army Medi- cal Corps in Africa;
Professor Rene Cassin. "tormer
A British dying boat spotteu President of the Ex-Servicemen's
the blazing liner and Association:
Reverend Father Therry Ar-warships to the rescue. genalleu:
(Central The Winter Garments Campaign
LOYANG, Oct. 2
sponsored by various public or- ganisations in Horen is making satisfactory' progress.
Up to the present, nearly 20,000 brought cotton-padded jackets and a total sum of $175,900 have been solicit- ed. Workers engaged in various
Colonel Le Clare. Commissioner WEATHER REPORT trades in Loyang have voluntarily
of the French Cameroons.
KING INSPECTS
A.A. BATTERY
Royal Observatory, Hongkong. 10 a.m. Oct. 29. Barometer, at sea level, 30.07 ins. Temperature; 81 F. Humidity. 66 per cent.
LONDON, Oct. 29 (British Wire-wind Direction. N.E. less)--The King yesterday morn ing visited one of the A.A bat terles which will defend a south- east England district.
Wind Force (Beaufort), 2. Temperature; maximum yesterday.
His Majesty Inspected the guns and instrument and talked with
the crew who showed him their living quarters.
MORE DONATIONS FOR AEROPLANES
81 F
Temperature; minimum last night,
75 .
Rainfall for 24 hrs ending 10th
today_ni
Total rainfall since January (1st
113.87 ins.
Against an average of 81.89 ins. Sunset tonight, 5,48 pm.
Sunrise tomorrow, 6.28 a.m
contributed $375.
The Provincial Authorities have issued an order of commendation to the sponsors of the campaign for the good results achieve
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE.- From 30 Oct. to 5 Nov. 1940.
HIGH WATER.
Dats of
Month:
09 40
Height,
Low WATEX
Bong
Kong
Standard
Time
Height
Bong
Kong
Standard
Time,
hm.
b. m.
Wed, 30
08-46
68
02 26
12:4
2040
1425
Thur. 31
8.4.
03 14
1 7
21 18
7 9 1500
LONDON, Oct, 29 (British Wire- less) The Minister for Aircraft Barometer (at sea level), 36.00 ins. Production, Lord Beaverbrook, ac- Temperature, 82 "T. knowledged yesterday the gift of Humidity, 69 per cent. £6,000 from Richmond, Surrey, to Wind Direction. E
Fri. E
10 as
0 1' 04:00
21.55
8. 1
1633 3'2
Sat.
2
11 30
04 48
1 2
22 31
8 1
1000
38
San 2
12:20
15:5
06 35
12
2810
7 0.
1830
2:9.
Mon: 4
Tues
12 32.
52
06.25
|| 5.
23 40
75
17 12
4.1.
07 20
1.9
1445
17:35. 14.0
4. p.m., Oct. 29.
the Spitfire Fund (the plane to be Wind Force (Beaufort), 2.. called "Jubilee") and the further Maximum temperature. 84 F contribution
£10,000 from Minimum temperature, 75 7. of British communities in China. Rainfall, n
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