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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
World's Best Premier's Praise For Air Ministry
London, July D. With reference to Brilish lennlog towards the under-statement, Mr. Chamberlain, Premier, spooking at the opening of the New Birmingham Air Port this afternoon, said, "1
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Ilankow, July 10.
July 10, 1939.
JUDGMENT REVERSED Two Soldiers Discharged
On Theft Count
Convicted of theft from mah-jong players when they appeared before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy on June 28, two privates
of the Middlesex Regiment were dis-
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bellove that our air force is in many vertimentu Sport Two other men Private A. D. Smur HEARTACHE - LAUGHTER STRUGGLE ! respects the finest in the world and I warn you that Sir Kingsley Wood his morning fled a written protest and Private A. Jenkins, who were dis- with the Acting French Consul at charged at the previous henring, does not tell you all his secrets. Hankow regarding the arrest of mem-were called as witnesses by defen- You may be quite sure that whatever bers of the Central Chino, Young danis. he tell you has a great deal more Men's Assoclution by the French Defendants were Privates S, V. bebind it."
Municipal Council police.
Sir Kingsley Wood Indicated that an ILA.F, reserve squadron had been allocated to the new airport and del cleared that this would be a reminder of the critical times in which we lived.-Reuter Special,
Ward and L. Remer.
The protest demanded Bratly, an Sub-Inspector T. K. Whelan pro- plology for the alleged intervention secuted and Captain H. Marsh, of the in the movement for the construction Middlesex Regiment was also in lof a new order in East Asia", Court,
secondly, immediate release of the Addressing defendants, Mr. Hims- Chinese arrested, thirdly return of worth Bald.The case is being re-. the days and pamphlets confiscated. opened on your behalf, as I under- In the event the Convession falls stand you were not aware of your Many Launchos ----
to show a "sincere" allude towards legal rights at the lost hearing." London, July 9. the protesi, the Chinese mayor warned i Evidence was given by both men The Navy's enormous shipbuilding that the Municipal Government is when they admitted entering a shop in Shum Chun Street out of curiosity. programme is being further ac-prepared to take "Arm" steps.
Informed quarters point out that if They noticed Jarge number of pro- celerated, and as a result proelically
appeared to be gambing whole fleet will be put in the water the French Municipal Council remoins ple who within the next few months, accord-stubborn, the Municipal authorities around a table. The players oll Ing to the Daily Telegraph naval would probably enforce measures to scaliered through the
Mr.
C. Isolate the Concession.-Domel. correspondent,
Hector Bywater. While next week a new
world record will be established by! Japanese Vengeance
Tyne on July 19.
windows and
doors when they were notleed, us Ute gamblers thought they were be ing raided by the Police. Both men denied having taken any money.from the launch of three cruisees in two
anybody in the room. days-11.M.S. Nigeria on the Tyne,
CHUNGKING. July 10-Chinese Word said that after pushing and and ILM.S. Dide at Birkenhead on) July 18, and H.M.S. Mauritius on the reports from Shansi Province claim barging his way out of the shop, hef
that the Japanese, part of made for the darkness so that he their anti-British campaign in North would not be seen. He later found H.M.S. Nigerin and Mauritius Chine, have set on fire and destroyed himself in the nullah, where he was belong to the new 8,000-ton Fiji class, British mission property in various picked out by the Police and arrest- mounting six-inch guns, and H.MS. Shanal towns, including Hungtung ed.
Romer said that after getting out Dido is the first of a new class of Chaorhen.
Many Chinese Christians are said 5,500-ton ships, also armed with six-to have been arrested and executed of the shop he was chased for about The reports, however, cannot be con- frined from independent sources Reuter.
Incl guns.
The next few months will see the Iaunching of the 35,000-ton battic ships Duke of York and Beatty,
mounting ten 14-inch guns, and the
23,000-ton aircraft carriers Victorious and Formidable,
Britons Detained
100 yards by the crowd of Chinese, but he kept running until he found himself near the Majestic Theatre.
He then tool: n bus back to the Barracks,
Questioned by Inspector Whelan, | bolli men said they had never been to Shum Chun Street before but had TIENTSIN, July 10-Following the entered the street because they Four more cruisers are due far lounching in the near future, togcher casing of the barrier restrictions for thought it was a short cut back to with a number of destroyers and sub-many days, four British men were the Barracks.
delayed for 40 minutes at the Rare- rcurse Road barrier ils morning.
One of them was forced to remove
marines.
It was predicted that this summer would mark the peak of naval build- ing, but the industry has been found his shoes and socks-United Press. 80 well able to meet the demands upon it that further acceleration in still being found possible.-Reuter,
German Frontier
Berlin, July 0. An article published by Licul.-Gen-i eral Jacob, Inspector of German Fortresses, In the German Military Weekly reveals hitherto closely guneded details concerning the Ger man wall in the west,
The number of concrete shelters originally ordered by the Fuehrer was 17,000 but was ultimately in- creased to 22,000. In order to finish the fortifications belt, which la 30 kilometres deep, as soon as possible, at times 300,000 workers had to be employed. The work was started on July 20, 1938, under Dr. Todt, In- spector General of German Road-
35,000 meri, building, with
which number by October 6 had risen to 312,000. In addition 100,000 men of the German Labour Servier and 90,- 000 men of the German Army ond Engineer Corps
engaged, Simultaneously numerous divisions of infantry and engineers were kept permanently manoeuvring in order to test the efficiency of the fortifica- flons under construction.
wore
One-third of all the concrete mix- ing machines available”In”Gericity" was used in the construction of the west wall, which treated 6,000,000 tons of concrete, which is on:-third the total production of the German cement factories during that Line.
About 15,000 motor trucks were used in ennnection with transport) and 5,000 motor busts were needed daily to help in bringing the workers to different parts of the area under construction.
Using all the dredgers available in Germany, many square miles were! mude impassable for hostile tanks by creating artificial obstacles and in- creasing the natural difficulties.m Trans-Ocean.
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Britain's Reserve
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Newa of the past few days, gives some Indicatlon of Britain's might.
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In Northamptonshire a new repair
Although some of the biggest war-and service factory is being bullt and plano plants are not yet in full pro- will be managed by Brooklands duction, a stage has been reached at Aviation, which the Air Ministry is in A position to start storing airplanes as ja stentegle reserve,
Contracts have been awarded for the construellon of addlifonal targe storage depels.
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At a cost of about 500,000 It.A.F. station is being constructed at Wick, Caithness, and si a così of nearly £5,000,000 an aero engine works is to be built on the Scolish Industrial estate at Fittington, neur Glasgow,
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