Monday,
HONGKONG 'TELEGRAPH
BIG AIR FIGHT IN FRANCE British Planes Score Brilliant Victory
Found guilty of what the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, described as a "singularly cruel type of offence," LONDON, Apr. 21
Leung Wing, an elderly patent medicine hawker, was sentenced (Reuter).-It is officially to 18 months' hard labour at the Criminal Sessions this morn- announced that eight Ing. Leung was charged with demanding $200 by means of a British fighters this morn-forged letter.
Prosecuting, Mr. . H. Williams, ing encountered 12 crown Counsel, said the victim was Messerschmitts 109 in the woman named Ko Shing-fong, who neighbourhood of Saarlau-lived at 27 Lion Rock Road, Kowloon City, and whose husband was in business at Kunming.
"SINGULARLY CRUEL TYPE OF OFFENCE” Chief Justice Sentences Man To 18 Months' Imprisonment
tern.
Our fighters attacked and two enemy machines were shot down and were seen to crash in Ger man territory,
A third Menserschmitt was driven down, apparently out of control.
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Request From Husband
On February 21, she found a letter: in her letter box at the bottom of the staircase from her husband, making her to hund $300 to Lui Tal-kwong! when he called. It transpired that in Kunming, the husband knew Tal-kwan who wanted to remit some money for the wedding of hla brother,
Still Need Still Need Woollen Comforts
Request To H.K. Branch Of The B.W.O.F. Contrary to reports which have appeared in the press, the Army Comforts Department of the
|B.W.OF., are still anxious to
receive knitted garments and
comforts other woollon
for
PROFIT BY British troops. WATERBOAT COMPANY
60 Cents Dividend Is Declared
April 22, 1940.
BUNGLING AMATEUR
Hitler's Strategic Errors Exposed
LONDON, Apr 21 (Reutor). -Hitler as an amateur strategist was the subject of a talk from Deventry yesterday by a Naval observer of the B.B.C.
lays great stress on appreciating the Allen Solly
Hitlor's Objective
thc
SOCKS Infor Summer
of
50
First of all, he asked, what was Hitler's object in attacking Norway 7 He wanted to over-run Norway, handle the transport of iron ore and get air bases within easy reach of the coast of Britain.
The Naval War Manual, he said,
tution. He proposed to appreciate situation in Norway.
The Royal Navy had recently been This Is Indlested by n letter very successful off the coast received from Captain N. W. Phillips, Norway-quite astonishingly Omcer-In-Charge of the Army Com-fact. forts at Rending, sent to the hon. secretary of the Hongkong branch of the B.W.OF. The letter reads:
Dear Madam. Thank you for your Jetter,
The article quoted from the press stating that no more, woollen comforts will be needed has since been offelally contradicted both in
Which among his possible.courtes the press and by broadcast. This of netten was best for him to adopt ? A profit on working of depot will be very grateful for all Hiller obviously decided to employ the same tactics that he had used in Lul Tai-kwong in the New Terri- $61,644.62 was reported when knitted garments which can be pack- tories. Finding dimculty in sending the Union Waterboat Company ed here to be ready for immediate the past.
Dr. Goebbels was probably con- the money, Lul arranged with the Ltd. held its 35th ordinary Issue as and when required.
May I take this opportunity of [fident that the propaganda situation husband to have his brother called general meeting at the offices of thanking you for all your great help in Scandinavia was 100 per cent. It On the day following the receipt Messrs. Dodwell & Company in the past, I hope we may look was likely that he had every reason of the letter, a man called at the Ltd. this morning. The meet-forward to receiving more of your for this confidence for the British have been slow to realise the value house and asked for the money, aling accepted a recommendation valued consignments of comforts.
Yours faithfully, N. W. Phillips, | of propaganda. the same time producing a photo to pay $23,287.80 in dividends at
(Capt.) graph, copy of which Ko had al- the rate of 60 cents per share
Omeer-in-Charge, Army Comforta. ready received from her husband. Ko had no money at the time and on 38,813 shares. Recordingly told the man to return the following day. The man did so and was handed the inoney, for | which he gave a receipt.
Air
British Messerschmitt
Second Engagement During the afternoon in an engage ment with a strong formation of fighters. another enemy
B401 patrol
down one Messer- schmitt 110 and one 109, hoth of which fell in French ter- ritory.
Another 100
is believed to be destroyed.
One of our pilots was slightly wounded during the first action and made a successful forced landing. All our aircraft returned safely, Official Communique SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGNAPH"
LONDON, Apr. 21 (UP) The The official following is the text of
1310 cominualque lesued by Ministry to-day.
The offensive agutint enemy adr and air transportation services operating against Norway has been further developed during the night and this morning.
Disi
"In addition to a successful attack the Germans · al Aulborg in Northern Denmark, already reported,
оп
at Ko's house for
Trick Ropcated
The Hon. Mr. Stanley H. Dodwell, Chairman of Directors, preaded, the others present being the Hon. Mr. A. L. Shields, Messrs. H. V. Wilkinson, Ynzima, R. K. Valentine, w.
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Nothing further happened unth Wright, F. Edwards, J. Howell, and February 24, wher. Ko received an-V. Yvanovich, and the Secretary, Mr. ather letter purporting to be from A. C. I. Bowker. her husband and asking her to hand another $200 to Lul. Becoming sus
Chairman's Report
Ex-Soldiers Sentenced
Unlawful Possession Of
Arms Charge
Chinese
His Old Slogan
Admiral Roeder, no doubt, pointed out various dimculties which would attend an action on a country with such a long coastline exposed.
Iller probably replied with his old slogan that the British Navy was an obsolete plnything and that it would have little chance of proving effective as Norway would automoti- cally cupitulate.
to
This conflict between an expert and
led an amaicur
60me amazing dispositions of German Blilps. The first convoy to Osio seems to well-escorted by naval
But then the destroyers which are
have been craft.
Mr. Dodwell presented the follow- cio because the demand followed ing report:
Water sales are 5,898 tons less than so closely on that of the other, Ro
Found guilty of unlawful carefully examined the letter and in 1938, and thin is due to the out- found that it was not in her hus-break of war, which has resulted in possession of arms and ammuni- band's writing. The postal authort-lewer ships making use of this port.tion before Mr. Justice R. E. the RAF, last night bombed air-ties were then consulted and evidence Up to the end of August at average Lindsell at the Criminal Sessions of great value in combating sub- dromes now occupied by the Germans would be given, said Mr. Williams, dally sales were higher than the this morning, Chan Hung-fai and marines were sent up Into Narvik at Kristiansand and Stavanger.
to prove that the letter had never previous year. "It is now known that in the at-
The profit on working is $61.544.52. Cheung Tak, two men who claim- Fjord. through the Past Office in passed Aalborg bombs were tack upon
some $2,100 above the gure shown Hongkong dropped from a low height and dam-
at Army stationed On the following day, Leung called for 1038. This is offset by a deerenseed to be former soldiers in the age esusel to a hangar,
aircraft, 'One
after
dropping at the house and said that he was in the Interest Account of about
the father of the Luis and had come $1.950, and Dividends on Investment Bocca Tigris, Canton, were sen- machine-ne Its bombs, attacked with
for the $200. He produced a letter of about $700, giving us a nett de-tenced to three years hard gun fire a German transport aireratt which was about, to land at the base, purporting to have been sent from crease of $549.23 as compared with labour esch.
Kunming by Lui Tal-kwan, asking the previous year.
You will observe a big increase in Firea were also started at one alr drome by other aircraft which follow him to collect the money.
Leung was at once detained and on the depreciation figure shown, which the arrival of Sergeant Dowman, he is higher by some $7,200 than last 'Drome Set On Fire
said he had been asked by a man year. Our auditors have revised the in the Police Training School to de- schedule, and the entire fleet has LONDON, Apr. 21 (Reuter).-Fur- ther details of the raid un Christian-liver the letter for which he was to now been depreciated on the basis of 4 per cent. whereas previously water- sund state that about 40 or 50 aircraft be id two or three dollars,
Sergeant Dowman then went with boats Nos. 7 and 9 were depreciated rent. This were drawn up on two sides of the
gives us a difference of
Soon afterwards H.M.S. Renown sighted a battle cruiser. The cruiser anly managed to escape In a blinding snow storm.
These too were on their way to Narvik presumably. But dangerous to send them to be bottled up in a fjord Eke that where they were open to attack.
it was
Chan pleaded not guilty to the charge, and the following Jury was empanelled: Messrs. Herinan Wiele
Half-Hearted Seamanship (Foreman), A. V. Skvorzor, P. J.
One could hardly blame the Ger- Tonnochy, A. C. Venshou, A. V. Remedios, E Tion, and J. H da Roza.man seamen for being half-hearted. Those who understand naval tactles must have realised that they Concealed In Basket
made the victims of a wild gamble.
They must have appreciated the
Mr. J. P. Murphy, Asistant Crown Solicitor, prosecuting, said that about
were
aerodrome and one enriny machine him to the Police Training School, on the basis of 2 per now, and 1.30 p.m. on March 10, a party of principle that you must concentrate
was seen to be taking off along the runway as British aircraft approach- ed.
Numerous high explosive bombs were dropped, principally on the run- nway.
N
out th
German
but they failed to find the man.
Following evidence for the prosecu- the new Waterboat No. 4 is respons!-police stopped a small party of men your forces and not split them up on wide front when faced with of whom Chan was one in Market a tion, Leung repeated his statement ble for the balance of $4,000. Dividend Declared
Street near Nathan Road. Chan was superior odds.
rattan basket, and on The Naval observer said that he that he was asked to deliver the
After making allowance for de-carrying a letter.
of officer o detective, had talked with an After the Jury had returned apreciation on waterboats, launch and being questioned by unanimous verdict of guilty. Mr. furniture, the nett pront for the year dropped the basket, which was later destroyer which captured a
found to contain a mouser pistol, two supply ship. The master of this ship when under review is $41,063.54 to which
innny for he Willams pointed Leung was charged at the Magistracy has to be added $2,084.05 brought revolvers, and 83 rounds of ammuni-must be familiar to
eamminded a famous trans-Atlantic the forward from Inst account, leaving tion. he was identified by a woman
Chan claimed the basket was not liner in Europe. man who obtained $200 from her by for appropriation the sum of $43-
"Orders Are Orders" inents of a forged letter four months 1748.19, with which it is proposed to his, and that he was carrying it for
Ideal
follows-to
When taken prisoner he was asked another man in the party. When general Reserve, $10,000; to transfer charged, Chan said the basket was his own opinion of what he was try 1b staff leave and Contingency Afe, not his, and he did not know what ing to do. He shrugged his shoulders that "orders are and bitterly said was in it. 2.181.44; to transter to Special. Re- pairs A, 5,000; to pay a Dividend Sgt. G-J.-Perkins-suld-be-received orders.
He admitted that his choices of and ammunition from. of 60 cents per share on 38,013 shares, the 23,287.80 to carry forward to next inspector Carey on March 20. The getting through to Narvik were very Jaccount, 3,270.05.
mauser pistol was a .30, and had been
The incendiary bombs started strong fire on the south side of the aerodrome near number of aircraft. The raid was rounded off by two British aircraft which carried out a low machine-gun attack aerodrome hangars and buildings. ago.
Nasty Surprise For Germans
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LONDON, Apr, 21 (neutr learned authoritatively that K.A.F. attack on Aalborg (in North Denmark), which was the first British raid on the Danish air base used by the Germans for their opera- tlons in Norway, took the Germans completely by surprise.
The British aircraft approached singly, and the first to reach the tar- get area found the aerodrome marked with full night-flying' Mluminations.
A large German troop transport, coming in to land with its navigation lights on, found fiself assalled by machine-gun fire from British
Scotland v. The Rest
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as
to transfer
10
arms
I trust this meets with your ap-cleaned since it was last fired. The remote but he had to ohry ordern.
proval.
Un
obsolete
On Saturday, which was Hitler's two revolvers were in good working birthday, two more transports were The proposed transfer ta Staff order. One was loaded with six sunk by the British Navy.
The Naval observer concluded by. Leave and Contingency Account will rounds, and the other four.
Evidence that Chan threw the saying, "I wonder if Hitler, the great bring the balance of that account to
appropriation of basket away when arrested, was given amateur strategist, still insists that $11,000, and thre
beby Det. Lui Luk, and corroborated by the British Navy is $5,000 for special repairs will sumelent to meet any exponses com-two other members of the police plaything
parly. ing under this heading.
The Navel Authorities took over
Accuseds' Evidence our motor launch Dlana at the out-
Chan in evidence, said he met of the
and we wor,
have
Cheung by accident in Yaumati that boat. Although this arrangement is
On leaving, he was a tea house. comparatively cheap, it is not alto-given the basket to carry as Cheung gether satisfactory, especially during said he wanted to go and buy some Inclement weather.
bomber and escaped into the clouds Mrs. P. S. Coraldy v. Mrs. F. A. Redmond breaks on since by hiring a motor day, and they went to have tea in
to avoid being shot down.
Main Hangar Damaged Flying at a low height above the aerodrome, the British bomber then released a salvo of high explosive bombs which damaged the main hongar.
The following British aircraft bul peppered the ground defences, Grey were met by heavy anti- aircraft and machine-gun fire,
Successive attacks were made on the aerodrome at varying heights and after one attack from a low level, three fires were scen. to break out.
Stavanger Raid
The raid on Stavanger was carried out by a number of aircraft which attacked singly and in quick succes- sion.
the Despite anti-aircraft fire, all British aircraft engaged in the ralt returned safely to their base.
The following are the teams:
SCOTLAND
THE BEAT Mrs. W. S. fer v. Mrs. A. C. Meredith! Mirn. I. W. fihewen v. Mrs. 1. G. Sheldon
Mrs. K. 9,
Mrs., W. N. A Nobertson v.
Smalley Mrs. M. A. Johnson v. Mrs. J. R. Collis
v. Mrs. H. B, Rose Mrs. Stewart Mrs. A. K.
Blackenzie v. Mrs, R. D. Walker Glendinning v. Mrs. 11. Overy Mrs, F. D. Hunter v. Mrs. IL, C. Margrett Mrs. D. B. Edward v. Mrs. L. Blair Mrs, A. Nichol v. Mrs, C. B, Brown Mrs. A. V. Greaves v. Mrs. A. J. Dennis Mrs. R. J. Shrigley v. Miss Price Mr W. Fleming v. Mrs. W. Park
V. Mr. I. It. Davis Lady MasGregor Mr. F. A.
Mackintosh v. Mrs. F. C. Young
Miss M.
ARMED ROBBERY
CHARGE
Four Men Appear In Kowloon Court
and
cigarettes.
This evidence was contradicted by
Tree Vandals Rounded-Up
Fines And Imprisonment Imposed This Morning
Diesel Engine Installed We have recently disposed of our Cheung, who said he had no intention cld No. 0 Steam Waterboat at ajor buying anything. Cheung sald he favourable price, and the nett pro- had told Chon that he had arms and
More cases concerning the devasta- ceeds of this sale will appear in our ammunition in the basket while they tion of trees from Hongkong hills are were in the tea house, but he was daily being dealt with by magistrates 1940 accounts.
in the Central and Kowloon Magls- In view of the heavy increase in not sure if Chen heard him the
After Chan had been found guilty, tracles. This morning, Mr. Edwards, of coal, and the much better cost performance of motor driven vessels, Mr. Lindsell said the evidence was of the Central Police Court, fined as opposed to steam vessels, we have quite clear from the unconscious Cham Knu, 20, unemployed, $250 or decided to substitute a Diesel engine evidence of his friend, and it appeared three months hard labour for felling for the steam engine in our No. 9 that they were either members of a pine tree in No. 18 Government Waterboat, and also to install a new robber gung or a gang of arms. Plantation on Saturday.
Also at the Central Magistracy, Mr. pumping set capable of delivering snugglers.
Another man, Ho Yiu, who pleaded Houston, denit with a number of water at the rate of 200 tons per hour, bringing the pumping capacity Ruilty to the possession of a revolver cases, arising out of arrests made in of this boat in line with our No. 2, and one round of ammunition at Sha- the Shaukiwan district. The Police taukok on March 8, was sentenced to caught eight people and the Forestry 3, and 4 Waterboats.
two yeas' hard. Iabour. The report and statement of ac- counts were adopted on the motion with others by police while on the
Mr. Murphy sald Ho was arrested Department arrested five.
Sentences imposed ranged from three weeks' imprison- Unen of $0. by
way to commit a robbery, and was at present undergoing a sentence for ment to one of two months' hard labour passed on Tung Fong, a 20- conspiracy to commit a crime.
year-old man.
The arresto made resulted in the acizure of 245 cattles of tree wood. inch and five inches in diameter, were also seized.
of Mr. Dodweli seconded Valentine.
MUSSOLINI'S 29 WORD SPEECH
Mr.
Rome and Labour Day. He said: "At the present moment, I have only a one word to say. Work and arm for the greatness of the nation. That is the watchword for the whole Hallan people."
or
DEATH OF FAMED Trees, between one
SCIENTIST
Mr. A. Cort Haddon, The
Theft Of Firewood Thoft Of
For theft of 14 cattles of firewood and breach of the Deportation Or- dinance, Leung Cheung, 40, was sen- tenced to six months' hard labour by Mr. Sheldon at the Central Magistracy to-day. Leung admitted stealing the wood from outside a shop in Wancha! Rond. He was banished from Hong- kong for 10 years in 1938.
At Christiansand, anti-alrreaft fire Charged with armed robbery at 15, was encountered from light gun bat- Kilung Street, second floor on April teries aited round the aerodrome. 10, when $380 local currency
were Guns mounted on hills surrounding $2,700 worth of jewellery the aerodrome opened a heavy fire taken, Lo Yau, 30, unemployed, Yan on the British aircraft, but the only Kwai-chui, 33; unemployed and Li damage suffered was the loss of one Tak-ming, 41, building contractor, trolling aerial.
appeared before Mr. Macfadyen at Fight Off
Off South-East Coast the Kowloon Magistracy this morn LONDON, Apr. 21 (Reuter)-A ing
ROME, Apr. 21 (Router)---Signior few roofs were damaged by shrapnel Yu Sau, 34, goldsmith, was jointly from terrific anti-aircraft artillery charged with receiving part of the Mussolini made a brief statement In but no damage resulted from last loot consisting of a gold wrist watch, connection with the foundation, of night's raid on the south-east coast. one gold wrist watch band, one gold According
to an earlier message Bri- brooch and a gold US. coin. tish Aghters went up to engage at- tacking planes at sea. ntlack be- gan shortly after 10 pm.
It has been established that the raiders approached from the north- east. They turned northwards when they encountered heavy fire.
The engagement lasted until 3 a.m.
apparently out of control, another SUNK, SAY NAZIS e, became a University lectures in ganised and conducted the Cambridge Ethnology in 1900 at Cambridge. Anthropological Expedition to New Heavy Gorman Losses two ward shot down in French (er- BERLIN, Apr. 21 (Router)The Nine years later he became a Reader Guinea and Sarawak. SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
ritory, while another is believed LONDON, Apr. 21 (UP)-The have been destroyed.
official news agency asserts that an Ethnology and a lecturer on the headquarters of the British Air Force
One Brilish plot was slightly British "heavy cruiser" was hit amid-same subject in the University of
yesterday near London. in France
announced that four wounded but made a successful forced ships by a bomb German, planes were destroyed and landing. All the remaining Dritish Andalanes and that it heefed over and two others damaged in an air battle planes returned safely to their bases. began to sink,
Snarlautern
Meanwhile, between eight
The crew took to the bonts, it is the French report
Indded. British fighters and twelve German bringing down two German planes.
over
Det. Sgt. McPherson asked for formal remand of three days,
Messerschmitt. There were
fottr throughout the planes were shot down in territory; a third was driven down
engagements
Ya German BRITISH CRUISER
Eminent Ethnologist LONDON, Apr. 21 (Reuter)The death is announced of Mr. Alfred Cort Haddon, FRS, MA., D. Sc., a Mr. Heddon, who was 5 years of
famous ethnologist.
Carried Out Expedition
He made zoological and ethnogra- phical investigations in Torres Strails, In 1880 and the following year or
In 1005, he was the President of Section H Anthropology), British Association In South Africa.
At one. Ume he was also President of the Toyal Anthropological Institute the Cambridge Antiquarian and Society.
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