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EDINBURGH WAR GEN. SMUTS AND DANGER
WEAPONS WEEK
PREMIER ON DUTY
OF CITIZENS LONDON, Nov, 5 British Wire- less The Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, "sent the fol- lowing message for the opening of the War Weapons Week in Edin- burgh.
OF LONG-RANGE BOMBERS
PRETORIA, Nov. 5 (Reuter)---A vivid description of the danger in which the Union of South Africa stood in these days of long-range bombers was given by General Jan Smuts, the Premier, in an interview with the South African Press Association on his return from a tour in the north. The Union would be in great danger. he sald, if South Africa did not send troops to the north..
Union France's collapse:
after
Corfu Naval Battle
ITALIAN WARSHIP REPORTED SUNK
LONDON, Nov. 5
(Reater) -
The Italians lost another war- ship in a battls near Corfu, ac- cording to reports from Yugo- slavia.
General Smuts sald that the Lockheed Hudson plane, in which: "It is the privilege of Scotsmen he travelled, often flew over 300 today to be the champions of that miles an hour but was continually cause of freedom for which their out-stripped by the accompanying! Martin bomber, fathers
past generations American-built thought no sacrifices too hard. one of a number originally order- "Faithful to their traditions ed for France but taken over by
Government they endure the struggle with de-the votion and resolve.
"It" is not given to all of us to The Martin bomber, he said. serve in the armed forces but on could bring full icad of bombs Pretoria. ench single citizen falls the duty from Kenya and bomb
These reports, yesterday after- of supporting those forces by his the pilot could leave Kenya in the thrift and contributions to the morning and be at Pretoria after noon said that the battle took place between Greek warships utmost of his power."
and Italian naval units which the enter were attempting to channel between Corfu and the Greek mainland.
said to have The Greeks are
the prevented this and
Italian warship was sunk after an hour's battle.
The first day's total amounted to £1.250,000.
HARBOUR OFFICE NOTIFICATIONS
The following notifications have been issued by the Harbour Mas- ter, Commander G. F. Hole, R.N.:
TORPEDO, RANGE
The former Notice dated Apru 25. 1940, is hereby cancelled.
The ranging of torpedoes at Lall Chi Kok will recommence early this month,
CAPE PADARAN LIGHTS
lunch.
2
that
General Smuts declared the morale of the Union troops was excellent and all they wanted was to fight.
TWO ARMED
Earlier reports spoke of the
warship
fire and
on
MERCHANTMEN Italian
steamink northwards from the
TORPEDOED
LONDON, Nov. 5
British
Two
(Reuter
armed merchant cruisers, one of them well-known on the Far Eastern run, have, been sunk by the enemy, according to
Island
"1
SUBMARINES SUNK
more
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1940. -PAGE 11)
two The destruction of Italian submarines by British light. forces was announced in a brief Admiralty communique in London last night.
The hunt in one case was car- A Notice to Mariners issued by an Admiralty announcement In
ried out in co-operation with the the French Authorities at Indo-London last night. China States: temporary fixed (They are the Laurentic (18.724 RAF, it was added. white light at a height of 574 feet, tons, autofmer Cunard-White liner, and the Patroclus and having a visibility of 9.0 miles. Star will replace the Cape Padaran (11.314 tons). the Blue Funnel Light (East Coast of French Indo-ner formerly on the Liverpool WEATHER REPORT
China) for a period of approxi- Far East service."
from Nov. Both vessels, says the Admiralty mately three months
communique, were tornedoed. 10. 1940.
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KEEP BRITAIN'S SHIPPING
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I went aboard some of e
LONDON. Oct. 21.- have fast some crewmen whose job is the visited the floating village of the loneliest and dullest in the RAF Royal Air Force and met its writes Canadian "beadman." Richard D. McNullan, in the Manila Bulletin.
Instead of rows of villas, it con- and xista of lines of barges drifters anchored off the coast, each with a balloon attached to form a barrage.against Nazi mine layers and dive bombers at vital parts of Britain's shipping routes.
"We have been moored here since November," a young cor- poral in charge of one of the balloons
3 aboard former me. Lowestoft drifter 'told "Dull 1 should say se. Ima-" gins being at one end of a cable aboard a fishing bout looking eternally 2 balloons swinging at the other end."
ONLY DIVERSIONS Their only diversions are pass, (The Canadian in charge 01 these sea-going balloons is Winging warships, convoys, occasional Commander R. H. Berryman, from attack by Nazi air plots, dog- Toronto. He served in the last fights high up in the sky during war as airship plot. He convoyed the day while at night, fireworks millions of tons of British ship-on Tand as searchlights and tracer ping safely around England and bullets illuminate the sea and sky helped defeat the German block- during Nazi raids. · ade as he is doing again today.
"TOO OLD"
-Despite the humdrum lite 011 these RAF sallors," they are satisfied because they are doing a "I am now too old for flying."job of great importance. Berryman declared as we stood at RAF speedboats. deliver
Royal Observatory, Hongkong. Barometer (at sea level), 29.99 ins. Temperature. 78 F
Humidity, 87 per cent. Wind Direction, E/N Wind Force (Beaufort)-3... Temperature: maximum yesterday.
79 F.
Temperature: minimum last night. Rainfall for 24 hrs, criding 10th
75 F.
today, 9.21 ins
Total rainfall since January 1st
117.07 ins. Against an average of 82.87 iris: Sunset tonight, 5.44 p.m." Sunrise tomorrow, 8.31 am..
4 p.m. Nov. 5. Barometer (at sea level), 29.89 ins. Temperature, 79 F. Humidity, 82 per cent. Wind Direction, E/S.. Wind Force (Beaufort). 4. Maximum temperature, 82 F. Minimum temperature,.75 F. Rainfall, nil.
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 6 to 12 Nov. 1940.
HIGH WATER.
Hong
Kong
A A
Standard Tume.
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the side of the dock and watched around to the floating village a channel convoy arrive safely to every morning RAF postmen call Wed. port with a balloon swinging at once every two days with "maf!
Thur. 7 ration boat- the stern of warship escort from home, while a
taling meat, Fri. Berryman's son was killed in ac- makes the rounds; tion in a fighter plane during vegetables. tea. cocoa and coffee the fierce period of the Naal air-for the ships' stores. blitz against England
Height
LOW WATER
Hong
Kong
Standard
Height.
Time
b. m.
ft, in.
6
00 28
17·1
48 22 12 2
1605
IS 28 149
01 28
10.6
09 30
2.5
17 24
5 3
20 00 61
8
03 00
70-30
18 20
55
22.40
150
Sat.
E
0135
5.9
11 22
2 8
Berryman said his men have Moored balloon barrage protects "proved their worth beyond any
If it had not been for Mon. 11 the convoys when they are at an-doubt. chor. Berryman told me that it them, London would have known also checks the enemy's attempt the added terror of dive bombers Tues to lay magnetic mines.
18 62.
9
Sun
10
05.61.
5 8
00 05
4 5
18 20.
8.1
19 06
29
08 58
Б
00 58
40
1943
6 5
12.49
29
12
07 50. 2004
601 40
34
16 8
such as Warsaw experienced"
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