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November 3, 1939.
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SOME OF THE 44 tanks which were landed in Hongkong yesterday, and which wift henceforth form part of the Colony's defencos. The tanks, which are of the latest light design, aro capable of exceedingly high speeds over difficult terrain.--Staff Photographer,
All Now Quiet On The Vest-ern Front
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Was Averted. In England
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Nov. 2 (Reuter)-When efforts
were made by Government to purchase 250,000 vests at short notice from manufacturers' stocks, only 60.000 were obtainable.
Evacuation Achievement
Epic Event Reviewed.
To The Commons
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
The Ministry of Supply staff then visited more than 120 firms and in four days had requisi- tioned over 200,000 vests which had not been previously offered to Government.
This was explained by Dr. Leslic Burgin, Minister of Supply, in reply
to a written question.
Control-Of-Shirts Order
:
was
re-
The War Office had short notice for the provision of very large require- LONDON, Nov. 2 (Reuter).menis of woollen vests, said Dr. Bur The successful achievement of gin, and a quarter of a million were Britain's gigantic evacuation, wanted immediately. and the satisfactory measures to normalise the lives of evacuees since their transfer, were
Dr. Burgin declared that he lined by the Health Minister, Mr. presented all the stocks in the hands
not satisfled that 00,000 vests Walter Elliot in the House of or the manufacturers. So he made Commons to-day.
control of shirts order which enabled Over 1,600,000 evacures were the Ministry to take possession of all conveyed their destinations, fed the vests, specified in a description, and housed within four days withoutį at the, works of manufacturers or in a single casualty.
ware-house,
out-
Mr. Elliott paid a tribute to the magnificent way in which house-
wives accepted the task of caring for
the evacuees,
The Miniatry Staff diputed to carry
out the requisitioning were instruct ed to be ready at all centres where quods were manufactured.oclavarez housed in order to go through the premises with a minimum of delay,
---------- Mothers Evacuate-----
Investigation showed that 50 per rent, of the evacuated were mothers. Over 70 per cent of the children still Dr. Burgin added: "They were pres remained in the evacuation areas.
sented with an order and after select- Many people feared that epidemies in the yests, they were required to might be widespread, but returns had to the firm concerned the order showed that the figures of epidemie releasing them from further opero- disenses were actually lower in the ton of the order. In no case was the past two months Un the
cor-dinary business of a firm held up responding period last year.
for more than two hours," "Over 130 Arms were
visited in
Tu nove 12,000 mothers with a scratch nursing persontiel and to in four days. Control then ended and provise accommodation was on
the order had produced over 200,000 xious task.
vests not previously offered to the Over 3,500 con@nements of Government,"
4431-
evacuee women occurred in the first
Nazi Capt. Scuttles His Ship
After Vain Efforts To Elude Warship
LONDON, Nov. 2 (Reuter), Before scuttling his ship, the captain of the German tanker, Emmy Friedrich, resorted to several dodges in an effort to throw a British cruiser off the scent.
Finding himself challenged by the cruiser on October 24 some- where in the Carribean, the cap- tain, who was running without lights, described himself 18 neutral.
replied that he had had trouble with Asked why he had no lights, he them.
Ship Deliberately, Sunk Called upon to stop, he claimed he had engine trouble.
stopped and when a boarding party Given a los warning, he nolly from the cruiser came aboard they were surprised to and the German crew standing by their life-boats.
They were told the cocks wero opened and the valves smashed and that the ship was-sinking.
Is assumed that the steamer had an appointment with a German war-
ship somewhere in the Atlantic s she had 40,000 barrels of Mexican oil aboard.
British Ship Evades U-Boat
Thrilling Escape Near Madeira
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" GIBRALTAR, Nov. 2 (UP),—
The vests in question were known A U-boat to-day attacked the six weeks of the war, and the pro- in the trade as woolicu shirts, That British steamer Egba (1,989 portion of complicated accouchements was the reason why the term "wo-tons) at a position 240 miles east was no higher than normal.
len shirts" was used in the order.
Enemy Aliens Was It A Grim
Well Treated
Only 186 Interned In England
LONDON, Nov. 2 (Router). The position of enemy aliens in this country was explained in the House of Commons to-day by the Home Secretary, Sir John Ander
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Hint?
Strange Entertainment For Finnish Delegation
of Madeira,
The Egba, however, succeeded in | evading the rolder und continued her
voyage.
The Egba is a Glasgow-built ship. It was constructed in 1914 by Harland und Wolf, Ltd., and is owned by the Elder Dempster Lines, Lid. Her port of registry is Liverpool.
Norwegians Take Action SPECIAL TO THE "TELEONAPH" OSLO, Nov. 2 (Reuter).-.is re- MOSCOW, Nov. 2 (Reuter),-yesterday stopped a British ateamer vealed that Norweglan torpedo-boats By late this evening, the Finnish off the west coast of Norway and delegation had not met the fired warning shots across her bows Russian leaders.
owing to her failure to respond to signals.
After a visliation, the British vessel was allowed to proceed.
Instead they were given meals to attend the ression of the Supreme
Couvell of the Soviet and heard the partition of Eastern Poland formally He said that telbumils had inter- approved by that body. viewed over 13,000 aliens.
It is suggested that the Soviet-
Of these, 188 had been hiterned. Finnish talks may be resumed to-1 over 3,000 exempted from internment, morrow as to-day M. Stalin and M.] but subjected to special restrictions Molotoff were very occupied with the und the remainder of some 10,000, mteting of the Supreme Soviet. exempted from internment
restrictions.
and
In the case of the latter the term "enemy allen" would not appear on their certifientes.
SOVIET AND LEAGUE
BOMBARDMENT
WAS ABORTIVE
KWELIN, Nov. 8 (Control). After their abortive attempt to land marines at Tungpin on the Youngkong coast, the Japanese warships have steamed off.
Howover, three warships are now anchored off the coast of Tinpak, up-
chowwnn.The Chinese there are taking precautions against
Dny LONDON, Nov. 2 (Router)-The Japanese landing. LONDON, Nov. 2 (Reuter), ~—in the report that the Soviet Union has de- House of Commons to-day, Mr. cided to leave the League of Nations Robert Morgan invited the Premier to is not confirmed in the Soviet make a stálement on the opening of Embassy in London.
No New Tientsin Negotiations
Report Of Withdrawal proximately 60 miles cast of Kwang-
Not Confirmed
| Anglo-Japanese negotiations, perlicu- It is pointed out here that M. lvan Jarly whether such negotiations Maisky, the Saviot Ambassador to are to be limited to the Tientsins silver; London, is the President of the and currency issues, or whether the League Counc]) and would have scope would be broadened.j
been: Informed of this
Reich Purchases From Moscow
SPECIAL TO THE "GELEGRAPHET, MOSCOW, Nov. 2 (UP)—It is Mr. R. A. Buller, the Under Embsary . offieinis say that M. understood that the German trade Secretary for Foreign Affairs, repiled: Maliky, whose period of the Pre- delegation has purchased in Moscow, "Lord Holllox has no new develop- sidency crida at the Langue, meeting three million marks worth of : goki ment to report on the issues arising at December 4, will be present at and alteop hides, which will be de- in Tientsin, T
Genova.
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·Consignees are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon
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LONDON, Nov. 2 (Router)In the House of Commons today, the attention of the Secretary of Oversens trade was called to the intensifted German propaganda, support of Germany's export trade in South such propaganda existed, it was in- America, the lack of British organisa- effective, tion and the impossibility to execute Recent Argentine reports indicated orders.
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