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LONDON, Jan. 4 (Reuter).Substantial Polish forces will be ready to fight beside the Allies at the beginning of spring, declared the Polish Ambassador at a luncheon to-day, He protested against the German allega- tlons of Polish atrocities and said that the Nazbs, not content with destroying the Poles at home, are now trying to destroy their good name abrand,
The Nazis are making every effort to kill the spirit of the Pales, particularly by means of concentration camps.
The whole of the population of Western Poland are being driven from home, and to-day there is not a gingle Pole In the once- thriving Polish port of Gdynia.
Merciless
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January 5, 1940.
Red Raid
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LONDON, Jan. 4 (Reuter).--Reports from both Copenhagen and Stockholm state that the Soviets staged one of their most. ambitious' air raids on Wednesday on the town of Tornen, at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia.
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Twenty planes are said to have bombed in the outskirts of the town. Two were shot
down.
Criticism
of Russian Leaders
few miles
The railway bridge a east of Tornea is said to have been damaged. It this is so, the Finns will be deprived of n-valiable means
f supply from Sweden.
Mystery Air Bases
This rald rakes the question as to
The nearest large Soviet lown in Murmansk, and the outward and homeward Journey from Murmansk is Leningrud the 80 miles. From round-trip would be one of nently 1,000 miles,
LONDON, Jan. 4 (Reuter).—Praise for the mag-where the Soviet planes came from, vificent fighting qualities displayed by Finnish soldiers is given in a leading article in the "Times" to-day.
There are a number of contri- | buting factors on the Soviet side which have materially assisted the Finns, the paper goes on.
Stalin's Incompetence
Stalin, in the Best place. is mill- tarlly Incompetent and has miscal- culated.
The Russians Hving close to Fin- would obviously be more able to endure the weather conditons
TRI-POWER PARLEYS
TO START?
valling there than those from other.Keeping Russia Away
parts of Soviet Russia.
usual
But they suffered from the dimeulty that Russian soldiers do not like to attack their neighbours, hence
had to be used.
CO.
Serious Mistake
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Et is possible, however, that the Soviets have eniabilshed temporary air bases on the frozen lakes near their lines on the central front.
The Soviets also bombed Oulu To the Editor, (Uteaborg), an Important railway town on the Gulf of Bothnia, some 00 to 70 miles south of Tornca.
to
These raids are believed to be part of the new Soviet plan
ullock railways and harbours in order to hinder foreign assistance to Finland,
"Time"
The "Hongkong Telegraph.” Si-Your esteemed contributor in his interesting article on "Time" bas
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Shocking Action By Japanese Troops
any kind of measurement, say by the year, day, or the tlck-lock of a time- piece, there is no such thing as "The Present Time", because il does not human mind or brain, denoting on The
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Finns Retaliato LONDON, Jan. 4 (Reuter). There trons from other parts of the country'ersistent rumours are circulate was aerial activity by both the Finns
ing in well-informed unofficial and Soviets to-day.
The Helsingfors correspondent of a exist except as an expression of the SHANGHAI, Jan. 4 (Reuter).—
British circles that a triangular confer swedish paper reports that Finish
Consul-General Then again Stolin, for political ence may be held between Count planes flew over Leningrad on Wed-infinitesimal or Imaginary dividing Tsinging has made representations reasons, has destroyed a large num- Cinno (Italian Foreign Minis-nesday and dropped leaflets contain line between the Past and the Future, to the Japanese following the burn- ber of his best professional officers.
(Hungarian ing the speech of the Finnish Forcim both of which do exist because they ing of the English Methodist Mission And finally, Russan soldiers who ter), Count Csaky
are the Two Halves of Eternity; also hospital at Chucha, niciir Wutingfu, who is at Mintster to M. Mototol. have been raised in belief in God and Foreign Minister
Other leaflet plance flew over the because a good memory can, to a in Shantung on December 25 by ther country have now been shorn of present visiting Italy) and Ger-Soviet Lines in the Karellan Isthmus certain extent, resurrect the Past, and Japanese troops, in retaliation for al-
man statesmen.
and dropped pamphlets telling of the a good anticipation may be able to leged treatment of wounded gueril Field-Marshal Hermann Geering, good treatment the Finns gave their foretell the Futurn to some extent,
To
Belere departing, the Japanese are Josephi Goebbels
Herr prisoners, anu
answer the question re New! Joachim ven Ribbentrop are mention- The leaflets Include photographs Year-of course there is, seeing that reported to have made a threat to ed as the possible German represen-showing the prisoners wearing warm our 1040 represents the latest of the burn the Church and foreign houses clothes. These also showed Russlori laps that our Earth has just com- In the Mission compound at a later [lative,
Ciano To Meet Csaky planes which had been shot down, menced on Its course around the Sun dute.
other from the starting and finishing post Rumours of a visit by Goering were captured Russion tanks and
which we are pleased to call New current last night, but confinnation war materini. is not obtainable.
those ideals
1939 Racing Performances
(By "Capt. Foster") (Continued from Page G.)
starling 22 times including Ave excursion trips to Macao, and
the
puny made $1,000 to provide for his
Îny and corn,
I enumerate below a list of the starters during the year and also with the amount of stukes won, some being without a cent.
Bogey Bressay Calientito
Gallant Marshal
Geordie
Gog
Dr.
It is said to be practically certain that Count Ciano will go to Venice to meet Count Csaky.-
Authoritative circles believe that
it the conference becomes triangular,
How Reds Were Routed HELSINGFORS, Jan. 4 (Reuter), More details of how the Finns routed the Soviets at Suomussalmi o few days ago became avaliable to-day.
Ins
Year's Day, after having made-1 pect that the Man in the Moon or the can't say how many, but a good fow Man from Mars may be of quite a laps, and let us hope for many more different opinien, so I do not wish to and better ones if possible.
force it home by "peaceable I have been writing of Time in persuasion" --or
The Finns and no artillery avail-reference only to this world and not pressure,
feld kitchens,
he problem of how to keep Sovietuble and so operated in Russia on her own side of the Car-They first destroyed the field krops the next or any other, though I ex- pathians will stand at the forefront of then the supplies and then the con- voys, eventually the almost starving the discussions.
Soviet troops.
GOLF STARTING TIMES FOR FANLING
The Finna have now turned a large number of emptured Soviet tanks to good use. The tanks are half-sunit into the ground and make excellent pill-boxes,
Big Battle Raging STOCKHOLM, Jan. 4 (Reuter}, Reports from Rovaniemi, the head- quarters-of-the-Finnish Northern
Army, say that the second battle to be fought on the Salla front. within
a week is now ruging fiercely to the
The following starting times have been arranged by the Royal Hong- kong Galf Club for Fanling on Sun-north of Salen.
OLD COURSE
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9.10. W. Mayhew, W. Hewitt.
220 S. T. Butlin, W. L. Alexander. 9.24 A. it. S, Major, F. C. Young
D38 R. O. Everest, I. C. SC Liriching. 0.40 . M. 8. Llovd, n. R. de '
044 11. 11. Munty, We Black.
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Alpha
Argon
Ascot Vale
900
Avalon
Battleship
Black Diamond
150
Blaisdon
50
1.200
Celtic Star
Charcoal
5.052 200
day:
Chatterbox
2,050
Cyclone
0.00
Devon Dumpling
Dow-Jones
150
Fairchild
28 W. J. S. Key, N. K. Littlelahn.
Fan Tan
150
1.33 G. W. Neeve, Col, Matthews
February Fourth
1,250
Stewart
Gaucho
0.45 P. Morrison. C. C.
000
9.52 W. Sharp Low,
0.58 A. I, Melride, N. M. Wood.
10.00 Haerop. D. 1. Prophet.
Gold Tower
10.01 G. W. Sewell, J. Linaker,
Green Bay
900
10.08 W. Woodward, C. W. E. Bishop.
10.12 c. C. Willson, 11. A. Mills.
Guinness. Time
2,050
10.16 1. Overy, W. J. E. Mackenzie.
Heddon
700
10.20 J. Stenersen, Wing Car, Steele
High Tower
150
King Kong
King's Envoy
5,000 250 1,700
Lambeth Bridge
Mugog
Marksman
Matador
1,250
Mayfair Court
Mercury
Millenye
1,000
Muskelce National Honour National Justice National Liberty National Service New Bedford Old Fashioned Opening Batsman Oranje Boven Pall Mall Patriotic Day
1225
275
Pawnee
Phoenix
1,000
Portrush
1700
Radium Star
1,200
1000
Ring Master
Civil Service Want Wage Increases
Sir John Simon Sees Inflation Threat
Cotton Price Control
LONDON, Jon, 4 (Router)--The new Ministry of Supply order docs not control raw, cotton prices but, |with certain exceptions, régulates the prices of single colton yarn of Ameri- can and Egyptian type by prescribing specifle "morgins" for each jype and
LONDON, Jan. 4 (Reuter)-quality. Automatic raising of wages to The controlled price of any yarn meet the rise In the cost of sold will be ascertained by adding an grave Ppropriate margin to the sum re- living would involve a danger of inflation, Sir John Presenting the cost of raw
uscd,
Simon, Chancellor of the
cotton
The system follows on a general
Exchequer, to-day told a depline the existing voluntary yarn price tation representing the Civil agreement. *Service.
those pre-
In general, the margins fixed are The deputation drew attention to appreciably lower than the number of wage and salary valling, and it is hoped that one im Increases by industrial concerns to portant resuit wil be to assist export meet the increased cost of living, and Irade.
urged the establishment of a com- mitteo to elaborato a scheme of com- pensation for the Civil Service,
Financial Strain Emphasised
Russo-Japanese Trade Talks
MOSCOW, Jan. 4 (Reuter)-Five
The Chancellor re-affirmed the Government ** policy of reviewing Civil Servies pay in the light of sub-members of the Japanese trade delo stantial changes in the lovel of remuneration elsewhere, but referred Ration have arrived here from Tokya to the enormous financial strain: In and were welcomed by a large num
ber of Soviet officials, including the consequence of the war, and to the Deputy Commissar of Foreign Trade. "grave danker of Inflation: If wegt Talks are scheduled to start ware automatically adjusted to pret Sunday.
While it would be dimeult to keep.
Civil Service wögés ut“ the present The delegation will visit the Krem- -level if prices continued to rise, the, lin' with the Japanese Ambassador “Governumont was doing everything in jo Moscow to-morrow' for conversa- its: Dower, to prevent unnecesary [Boh with M. Moloton, the Soviet risan in the cost of living.-
Foreign CommÍKeur.
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Rose Day
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The Buccaneer
Tiny Tim
Torridge
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144. Roquet, Mi Pritchard,
5.50 J. W. Cingue, V. K. White."" 0.00 P. E. Anna". W. Horper 10.00 E, A. Dompas". J. Rodman.* $10.10 Kurs, Mackenzie, Mrs; Overy.
094 3, K, Bousfeld, J. M. Pearson." 10.28 Fire, Dousßeld, Mrs, Pearson, 10.40 Bir Vondateur de Mina Grayburn. 10,44 F. B. Winter, Mian Vickers, 30.52 A. V. & Mrs. Greaves.
G. G. Alfkenttead", J. S. Dunnett."
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On Finland's castern frontier, it is rumoured that the Russians are hav ing a bad time, and that already they have been thrust back across the frontier.
Ski-Sledges For Wounded has ordered 300 ski-sledges here to OSLO, Jan, 4 (Reuter)-Finland
transport wounded..
Norway is presenting Finland with,
u further 200 ski-sledges,
Thirly doctors and numerous nurses have answered, the Finnish oppeal for medical assistance.
Russians Repulsed HELSINGFORS, Jan. 4 (UP),-- The official Finnish communique plates that all Russian. attacks and attempts to recapture strategic sites have been repulsed.
It claimed that the Finns have captured Alllojoki. Fighting con- tinucs cast of Suomussalmi and around Sallo, 189 Russians being taken prisoner in the mopping up operations at Suomussalmi.
Russian planes bombed Hange this morning and afternoon, forty to fifty thermite and incendiary bombs being dropped with slight damage. It is also claimed that Finnish patrols off Fort Kalvisto captured Russian tugboat which was sunk after cap-| ture.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UP).
YET ARRANGED -Approval has been given by
SHANGHAI, Doo. 5 (UP)—The the Federal Maritime Commis Shanghal Football Associafon hassion for the inauguration of a not yet arranged, a defiullo schedalo
for Ikongkong, but it is expested that new American shipping service the usual three matches will be to Singapore, Manila, Hongkong, played over the Chinese New Year Shanghai and other points in the holidays in lato February.
400
Silver Star
730
Skip
Smiling Time
1.100
Snowstorm
Some Hope
1,700
Sports Gesture
Sports Venture
2,200
1,000
3,100
1,225
Thanksgiving Day
400
250
The Grey Tiger:
The Mermaid...
175
The Spirit of St. Loul
-260
This Time
1,000
on
Tiger. Eyca
200
1,300
Wilber
Wiki Bear Willynilly
.000
The ramos will no doubt be v.
Far East.
The service will be operated by the the Interport XI, v. the All-Chinese stars, and v. either a combined Chin-Baltimore Steamship Company.
Four ships will be placed on the end-Foreign team or British Army
route.
Under the terms of an agreement with the American President Llies, 2.250 1,226. any profits accruing from the now service which originates through kie 1,000
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