BRITAIN'S SCARCITY OF ARTISANS Imperious Warning Issued By Mr. Ernest Bevin
LONDON, Aug. 8 (Iteuter) -Discussing the training of workers in the House of Commens to-tuy, Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour and National Service, declared that there appeared to be a lack of appreciation in Industry generally of the enormous need for the rapid expansion of training to meet requirements of the expanding munitions programme, and the maintenance of a satisfactory export position,
It must be recognised, he said, that i the enemy had paid special attention to this problem, and if services were to be fully equipped and if the necessary exparts were to be main- tained, the whole Industry must devote more attention to the problem. Method Of Persuasion litherto, ng for ns training in workshops was concerned, Govern- ment had adopted
method
ot persuasion. If training were under- taken it meant that over a short 'peried there must be a small sacrifer of immediate production. This tem porary sacrifice must be faced and would be made good in a very short
Government were satisfied that the war was not going to end in the Immediate future, and it was of vital importance to initiate the necessary steps now to make good a temporary loss, and also greally to accelerate production a Bitte later.
Fool's Paradisa
"I am afraid," he said, "some, employees are
extent Lo some
They
lving in a fool's paradise la the malier of skilled labour. must realise that with the scarcity of various classes of skilled labour in the absence of extensive pro vision, training must be greally ae- centuated by other factors."
Large numbers of skilled men had been released from the forces to return to engineering, and recently 3,000 or so were released in On! munth.
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Mr. Bovin suld that he was re- luctant to make traliung obligatory on employers, but conditions may arlse when this would have to be done. Employers should not wait for orders and regulations but co- operate. Immediately in this pro- blem.
100,000 Trainees A Year Mr. Bevin said that he had asked that the 18 training centres they now had should be placed in the highest
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VICEROY'S ACCIDENT
Hurts Ankle During
Tour Of Country
LONDON, Aug. 8 (Reuter).-- The Viceroy of India slightly injured his ankle during his tour of Southern and Western India. calegory of priority to get them he will, however, full all engage
A message from Poona says that equipped. The present centres should be un a full treble shift and ments which do not entail standing the output should exceed 100,000 0 walking. He is in excellent health. trainees a year.
He was aiming at 40 traming cen- tres and if this goal was achieved, the output would be doubled, “
U21-
On
Goebbels Puts His Foot In It The Viceroy's tour has been fortunate for the German radin. Tuesday.
Goebbels speaking "If the employers concerned are over the Nazi radio, reported Mon- seized with the importance of the day's raiwny areklent On The training equally with my department, Chleutta-Dueca line and said that it
Dr
1 am satisded that with the aid of our was an attempt on the life of the Dominions and the United States and Viceroy.
His special train, said Dr. Goebbels,
the fullest use of our man power and Tesources at our command, we cau had passed over the line Just before overtake any disparity that may now the accident.
be in the favour of the enemy.
Needless to say, Dr. Goebbels did
"It is, therefore, worth while mak-not repeat this story in the broadenst Ing supreme effort in this eld." to India for very good reasons. The propte of Indiu know that the Viceroy was 1,500 miles away at the
ARMY RELEASES time!
SKILLED MEN Duke And
Duchess At Bermuda
LONDON, Aug. 8 (Reuter). The Ministry of Labour and National Security
that between announced June 10 und July 11, orders were is- sued for release from the Army of 3,200 skilled tradesmen required 19 expedite aireraft and armament production.
It is explained that these men are in addition to the 30,000 released for all types of industries made prior to the present speed-up of production,
M.0.1. STAFF OF 1,385
LONDON, Aug. 9 (Router),—VIS- count Caldecote to-day informed the House of Lords that the total stof employed in the Ministry of Informa- tion on July 31 was 1,385, excluding staffs overseas.
HAMILTON, Aur. 8 (Reuter), The liner Excalibur, with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor aboard, hes arrived off the island of Bermuda,
Crowds of excited people and thei biggest army of newspapermen in i Bermuda's history watched the ar 1wl.
The island la bedecked with flags.
Burma Road Terms
LONDON,
Geoffrey
Aug 8 (Reuter).---In
Mander asked
Friday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Increased Pay For The Services
LONDON, Aur, 8 (Reuter). Sir Kingaley. Wood, the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, in the House Commons to-day, an- nounced that in consequence of the additional taxation on tobac co and beer, as well an Increased postal and raliway charges, and the increase in the cost of living. an increase of six pence daily will be made in the pay of War- rant Omeers, noti-commissioned öfleers and men in the Army. Navy and Air Force,
The cost of this additional grant, which he hoped would be brought into operilon at the end of the month, would be in the region of £9,000,000 for each 1,000,000
тел.
Nothing Like So Effective
Nazi Sea Successes Compared With 1917
LONDON, Aug. A (Nouter)-8$1. authoritative circles it is stated that; Germany has gloated that the Ger- man Fleet and Air Arm have exceedi- ed the successes against Great Britain achieved by the Imperial German Navy in 1917.
Actually, say these circles, this is far from the case.
23 Years Ago
The Imperial German Navy in its vrak period sureeeded in sinking no less than 881,000 tons of shipping of all nations in the single month of April, 1917.
The Germans in their peak, month this year-June-succeeded in sink- 16 377.980 tons of British, Allled and neutral shipping:
In July, their combined efforts by submarine, speedboat, air and mine ale anainst Brush, Allied and neutral ships amounted to 310,240
luns.
H.K. Stock Market
The following quotations were issued on the Hongkong Stock Mar- ket this morning.
BANKS
SHANGHAI TAKES NO CHANCES Anniversary Of Outbreak Of V
SPECIAL TO THE "TELE
SHANGHAI, Aug. 9 (UP),— With rain stendily falling. Shanghai is quietly being trans- formed into an armed camp in preparation for any incident that may occur during the next seven days.
To-day in the third anniver- sary of the outbreak of Sino- Japanese hostilities at Shanghai. Barbed-wire barricades now cordon of all the main strecis, while the border zone and the badlands are heavily guarded by the varimis arm- ed forces.
Together with the Municipal police and a Russian regiment, these forces are under orders which practically amount to mobilisation.
53 GERMAN TO 16 BRITISH
FROM PAGE ONE
14 hours.
August 9, 1940.
A Newspaper Describes
A Nazi
NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (Reuter), — The
"New -York Herald-Tribune” to- day quotes a saying that if a German was honest and intelligent he was no Nazi. If he was in- telligent and a Nazi, he was not honest with him. self. If he was a Nazi and honest, he was not intelligent.
Bulgaria'
Claims
Negotiations With Rumania To Open. BUCHAREST, Aug. 8 (Reu- ter).—Negotiations with regard
to
the Bulgarian territorial claims against Rumania are expected to begin at Craiova în the next two days.
Intermittent aflacks spread over M. Pop the Foreign Minister. The Bulgarian delegates, hended by
arrived at Bucharest this morning and were entertained to lunch by M., Gigurtu, the Rumanian Prime Minis
Nazi Claims SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BERLIN, Aug, ទ (UP)-Theter. German High Command claims that In the great bir bottles
the
over
Preliminarice Finished Rumania will be represented in the Channel yesterday five British put negotiations by M. Manolescu, the suit planes were shot down and only Foreign Minister, and the Rumanian- one German plane was lost.
Ministers at Sofa and Belgrade, communique claims that
It is understood that the pre- twelve British ships in the convoy!iminary discussions with Hungary totalling 85,000 tons were sunk, and which M. Bossy has been conductingt seven others damaged.
The
A total of 28 other British planes were shot down in aerial combats in which an additional two German. machines were lost, according to the German version.
German "E-Boats," the communi- que adds, wank three British ships totalling 17,000 tons.
NEW GRAPHIC AIR BATTLE
FROM PAGE ONE
to the engine failing, but he dived on a Junkers 87.
H.K. Banks $.........c.d. 1,105 b. II.K. Hanks (Lon) £..xd, 02 n. H.K. Banks (ILK.) £..xd. 66 m. "After three or four bursts," he Chartered £
.04 m.
said, "it dived and crashed into the Mercantile, A. & D. £....28% n.
sen My engine restarted so I went 11% 1. Mercantile, C. £
after another Junkers 67 and attacked Mast Ask $
.73 n. him before he was able to make his cive-bombing attack on the tenvoy. He dived into the sea at high speed. "After this second attack my chine stopped for good and I only just got back to England."
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He managed to land at a nearby acrodronie.
Decoy That Failed
In the secund battle of the day ree Hurricanes of this squadron met
10 Messerschmitt 110 and shot three
.6.00 m. of them and a Messerschmitt 100 into
.QUIF. .15 s. .13% n. .3.00 . 27 n.
at Budapest are finished.
M. Bossy is expected back in Bucharest to-night.
What Hungary Wants
SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" BUDAPEST, Aug. 9 (Domel).-- Hungary is seeking the return of 75 per cent. of the Transylvanian terri-: tory from Rumanis, according to high government rources.
Hungary's minimum demands are being cenveyed to Humania by Signor Raoul Barsy, Rumanian. Minster la Italy, who arrived in Budapest on Wednesday en route to Bucharest,
VALENCIA HEARS
BIG GUNS
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ROME, Aug. 8 (UP).—The Valen- clo correspondent of the "Giornale violent can- asserts that d'Italia" nomading has been audible in Valen- cln for the past three days.
He expresses the opinion that naval battle is in progress of sen between the island of Formentera and Algiers.
JAPANESE STILL HOLD 6 BRITONS
LONDON, `Aug, 0(Reuter),—A1|
the 50s-One-Messerschmitt-100-was-question-time-in-the-House-of-Com- being used as a decoy.
incns, Mr. R. A. Butler stated that While the Hurricanes were attack- A Britons were still under deten-
ing the Messerschmitt 110 machines were suppused to take them by s05- prise, but as one Hurricane pilot said: "The Messerschmitt 109 over- neted his part."
10/- n.
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chased seven
Messerschmitt 109 machines aver the Channel and des- .3.20' sa. truyed six of them. As a finishing ..31% B. touch one of the Spitfires fired at a German motor torpedo boat off Calais several of whose crew fell overboard, Gallant Decision
..100 m. .0.90 n. .7 n.
.3 n.
1011⁄2 n.
tion by the Japanese authorities,| nine having been released and one had died under circumstances which were being Investigated.
The British Ambassador at Tokyo had had a number of discussions! with Mr. Yosuite Matsuoka and it was hoped that the proceedings in connection with these cases would be expedited.
Six New Aircraft
LONDON, Aug. 0 (Reuter)-A Factories For US.
British ghter pilot, faced with
split second decision to bule out from WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (Reuter). .15% ra. his blazing machine or not was oneThe Reconstruction Finance Cor- of the heroes of to-day's Channel airporation has agreed to finance the
.7.40 n.
b.
Peak Trams (new) Ș.. Star Ferries
.3.70 n
674
Y. Ferries $....
21.
China Lights (old) §.
the
China Lights (new)
H.K. Electrics (old)
He added that there and been an' over-all increase in personnel since the House of Commons to-day, Mr. October Inst.
The total manual expenditure of Government would publish the full saluries and wages of that staff was terms including at a rate of approximately £403,000, agreement with Japan with regard
to the closing of the Burma Road.
Mr. R. A. Butler, the Under-
the
schedule of
RUMANIA SENDS Secretary for Foreign Affalis, re- pilcel that all Lord Hailtax could add AN INVITATION to Mr. Winston Churchill's state- LONDON, Aug. 8 (Reuter)-Ac-ment of July 10 was the list of catc- uf goods subject to temporary cording to a Bucharest telegram to prohibition on the Road, namely iron,
gories the official German news agency, the steel, wallway track, rolling stock, Rumanian Government, through M motor vans, lorries and lorry parts, Bossy, has offlelally invited Hungary arms, ammunition and military ex- to enter into negotiations on matters
plosives,
in dispute between the two countries.
The despatch adds that negotiations, are to take place at a later date be-- tween representatives of the two countries,
British Release Rumanian Ship
LONDON, Aug. 8 (Reuter).-Lord; BUCHAREST, Aug. (Reuter),
Benverbrook, Minister of Aircraft The British Government have re- Production, announces that contri- leased Vie Rumanion freighter. butions from the public for the pur- Buccgl, which was one of three chase of aircraft now
£2, Rumanian vessels seized at Port Suid 400,000,
at the end dễ July.
exceed
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battles.
Was
stern,
to
building of half a dozen new aircraft factories at a cost of between $150,- 000,000 and $200,000,000.
tor.
His aircraft, hit by enemy fighter machine gun fire, caught alight and
soon in flames from stem .024 1.
This information was given to the ..3.50 n.
Had the pliat baled out, the Banking Committee of the Ilouse of ....37 sa. plane inevitably must have crashed Representatives to-day by Mr. Jesse H.K. Electrics (new) $....35 sa.
buildings in the centre of a Jones, the Federal Loan Administra- into Macno Electrics (old) ....17 n. South-east coast town. Macno Electries (new) $....10 n. With gallant self-sacrifice, he re- mained at the controls as the machine Sandukan Lights $
..119 ณ. Telephones
(old
22% n. lost height until it dived into the scu Telephones (new) $. .8 n. 50 yards from the shore.
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184 n.
SEA FIGHT REPORTED
8 s. 7.45 n.
FROM PAGE ONE
.2.15 m. horizon is obscured with black
.39 . columns of smoke.
1 n..
.3424 n. .200 n.
Details of the battle are unobtain- able.
Alcantara, formerly a well-known trans-Atlantic liner but since the outbreak of war an auxillary cruiser, met up with the marauding German ralder on July 30.
COTTON MILLS Ewo Sh. $. S'hal Catton Sh...
MISC. H.K: Govt. 4% Loan H.K. Govt. 3% Loan H.K. Govt. 34% (1940)- .03 n. The German ship immediately Ch. Govt. 5% 1025 G$Bds.355% n. turned away and a running
00 ri
11,
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engine room of the Alcantara,
H. K. Entertainments $....0.60 n. ensued untilțu chance shot wrecked Constructions (old). $. 1.60 n the Constructions (new) Vibro Piling $.
1. permitting the enemy to escape..
The Alcantara, put into. Rio do Janeiro for repairs.
..
Moremans Jav. (Lon.) s/- ..726.n. Morsmans Iny. (HK.) a/-,4/- n°
WAR SITUATION DEBATE SOON
Six-Inch Cúns
Both ships are equipped with six- Inch guns. The Nazi raider
WOB
damaged in the engagement but
owing to the danger of being inter- cepted by British warships could not put into any South American ports for repairs..
LONDON Aug 8. (Reuter)-A debate will take place in the House The Alcantara, which is of 22,200 of Commons the week after next on fons, was formerly on the Royal Mail the general conduct of the war, line's South Atlantic service. Slic In the course of the debate, Mr.. was built in 1920, originally as Churchill will make a statement on motor vessel. In 1032 sho was the position.
lengthened and converted to steam.
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Mr. Jones added that the money The included a loan to the Packard Motor Company for the manufacture of Rolls Royce engines.
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ISTANBUL, Aug. 8 (UP)--The National Assembly has approved the trode treaty between Germany and Turkey.
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