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--THEN SEE WHAT THE SOVIET
ARE DOING TO FINLAND ·
BRITAIN'S "CARDINAL" ERRORS
COMPARE the circled numbers on 0. VIBORG. Timber harbour 6, the map of Finland (above) with bombed by plane. Many Incendiary the numbers below, and you will see bombs dropped.
the what has happened no far to
7. ENSO. little republic, attacked on fand, in bombed, the alr, and from the sea by its neighbour-the U.S.5.R.
White
Industrial district
8. LAHTI Finnish broadcasting slation here: Air-raided
1. HELSINGFORS. "The City by the Sea" Capital of the Re- public. Hundreds deazi nir raids, --2, ---HANGOE-Town-will-an-im-
portant strategic harbour. Bombed. strip of territory occupied,
Island, Russians
IMATRA. Electrio ght plant nitacked from the air.
1. SEISKARI,
prepare to Ianil.
1. IKRONSTADT. The Russian Navy leave their base for attacks.
5. VAMMELSUU. Bombarded from sc Sca.
19. SUOJÄRVI Bombardeil. A
11. PETSAMO. Finland's Arello port.
only
The
12. RIBACHL Bombed. peninsula is partly occuated.
The island of HOGLAND has been Joccupied.
War On Trousers
No Quiet On
The West-End
(Dress) Front
By MEA ALLAN
A NEW WAR has been declared iri England. It is on
German Propaganda
Gives A List
One of the latest pieces of anti- British propaganda is contained in a book called "For a New Europe," by Baron Werner von Rheinbuben, who was Chief of Staff to the late Dr. Stresman.
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The Bank's Head Ofice St Labdu undertakes Executor & Trustee bidd jand claima recovery of Bellish Incom
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be
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Chiet Planagar,
TOKYO'S AIRPORT Big Development Scheme
Takyo, Jan. D. In preparation for the infernational developments of Japan's aviation, Street, Tokyo" will be provided with n 1,000-acre airport with all up-to-date 3,000,000 landing. facilities.
1,800.000 1.050.000
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The fent stage in the construction 1,252,710 of the airport will be completed by the end 1041, when an airport extending over an area of over 400 heres will be made available on the reclaimed land along the south- eastern waterfront of the metropolls. The Ministry of Communications has set aside no appropriation of yen 10,000,000 to finance the first part of the construction plan.
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According to the revised plan, upon completion of the first stage, the air- port will be provided with five run- ways including one east-to-west 100 metres wide and 1,200 metres long, one 1,350 metres north to south, and che a 1,000 metres north to south, One' 1,560 metres south-east to north-
and Fixed Deposits, at Bates that may be west, and one 1.250 metres north- ascertained on application.
CONSIGNEES'
D. DENSON.
Manager
east to soul-west.
During the second singe, the area of the alport will be doubled und the runways extended Upon com
NOTICE.pletion of the second stage, the air-
port will be provided with winches, capable of 1fting seaplanes 100
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES metres long and 60 metres wide, #
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
quarantine station, a customs station, hotel and various other installations.
Bringing Cargo from Marselles via-Doinel. Saigon
Consignees are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Oplum, Treasure and Valuables are the stored into being landed and Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd,, Kow- toon, whence delivery may be ob lained immediately after landing..
All claims must be sent in to me on or before 17th January, 1940, 'or they will not be recognized____
Damaged Packages will be examin cd by the Company's Surveyor Messrs: Goddard and Douglas in the presence of the Consignees at 10.00 aun, on Saturday, 13th January, 1940. Consignees must have a Revenue He lists "cardinal errors" made by Officer in attendance when any Britain before the present war, stat-dutable goods are examined by the Ang that:-
Company's Surveyors.
Britain did not count ou so quick No Fire Insurance will be effected
a collapse of the Polish Army and by us in any case whatever. State:
Britain "Nourished the mistaken hope of making the inexhaustible re- sources of Russia serve her inter- cala";
The Western democracles did not count on the neutrality of Italy and their hope was shattered that Italy's entering the war would "press Tur key, Rumania, fund Greece immo- diately into the war;
when
Britain air miscalculated she assumed that after the German- Russian pact "Japan would dis- appointingly change over into the comm of Germany's opponents."
"Where are the tangible results of the pomppusly announced guarantee of Turkey by Britain," the wrlier.
as before, Turkey aims chiefly at
Soviet Russia.
women who have adopted trousers and are said to have ask, and reminds Britain that. How become slipshod in their dress since the other war began.maintaining cordial relations with
The declarers of this new war are determined that it is going to be a Blitzkreig. :
"Brlinin went into the war be cause this time she considers hersell apecially well-equipped from a mill-
The Arst shots were fired at the "What the Germans have," he tary point of view. The progress of Piccadilly Hotel, W.
added, "and what we have not, is rent ! the war thus far gives no justifica. There the people who make and organisation. Our organisation Is tion for this." the people who sell fashions met to atrocious."
Briti propaganda the Baron de discuss the strategy of the campaign. But for all that, the trousered wo-cribes as "ao inane, so willout sub-
First they talked of the alarm mon is a marked women.
alance, that all hope of a favourite trousered, nilpishodi women have For the dress trade oppointed a Issue of the
from this angle caused dealers, rannufacturers and committee, whose duty it is to pro- lacks seriousness." shopkeepers.
secute the war on slack and sloppy His conclusion is that Britain must fashions.
Jose.
They recalled that British women In normal thres spend more than £200,000,000 a year on clothes.
They deplored the loss of "üress consciousness" which has made thou-, cands of workers Idic.
Then Marylebone's Mayor, Coun- elllor Walte, gave a warning to the "many women who seem to think! that all they have to do to go out for the evening is to put on a pair of slacks or a boller suit,"
War
Warand the law part them peace
passport
until
MISS FLORENCE CHUMBECOS, twenty-three-year-old duncer from Alabama, has gone to America and she cannot get back to England and her husband.
Her husband, Mr. Horry Foster, {thorities as 20on A aho arrived. London representative of stage and This means that she cannot come alm stars told the story
back to England unill the warl
It was this: Soldiers will soon be home on leave from the Front. They will want to see smart women.. Wo- Soon after war begin Mr. Foster over.
men will need to pull up their socks. sent his wife to America because, as Although she la English by_mar-
"Atrocious"
a member of the OMeera'. Emergency The trade itself, however, did not Reserve, he expected to be called up escape criticism,
and to be separated from her any Mr. C. Itowland kald that Germany) way.
hind financed Ita Inablon trade-sub-i But Mr. Foster hasn't been called stantiully, and that recently 35. Ger-up.
-man textile firms held dress shown in wife travelled in her Ameri- In Amsterdam, Oslo, Stockholm and can passport, which was confiscated Copenhagen.
1 by the American lumigration au-
riago, American law still regards her on an American national and will not allow her to travel to belligerent countries.
Mr. Foster ways! "I'm still on the recorve and.cari't go to see my wife because I don't know when they'l want me. And the low won't fel hor cond, ló sen me,””
IL, OHL Agent.
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