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FORGOT HIS CAR LICENCE
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Draw for the weekly Lawn Bowls Sweep was made this morning and resulted as follows:
FIRST DIVISION
SECOND
K. Docks (365) C.C.C. (057) Recently notices appeared in local Rec. "B" (218) newspapers concerning the renewal.K.F.C. (371) of driving lleences und announce | Police (575) ments in this respect were also made through Z.B.W. References to those were made at the Central Magis H.K.C.C. (72) tracy this morning by Traffle Sub Police (401) Inspector Clarke when motorist C.S.C.C. (597) raised the question of whether it wasK.C.C. 1481 not possible to send out some type tecrelo (139) of reminder to motorista,
The query arose during the case In which E. R. Childe of the Chino Underwriters Ltd.,
August 16, 1940.
HOW HELLE
WAS SUNK
Casualties Aboard
Greek Cruiser
LONDON, Aug. 15 (Reuter). v. Rec. "A" (143)A man was killed, 20 were in- Y.C.S.C.C. (332)
v, K.CC. (142) jured aboard and one woman on v. K.B.G.C. (503) | shore died, of wounds and shock v. LRC. (205) when the Greek cruiser Helle, 2,500 tons, was sunk by an un- known submarine as she lay at anchor off an island in the Acgean Sea.
DIVISION
v. C.C.C. (003)
v. Talltoo (137)
V.
v.
v.
K.B.G.C, (544) K. Tong (851) K.F.C. (830)
THIRD
DIVISION
V N..
Electric (913)} P.O.C. (482)
H.K.C.C. (181).
V who was sum-K.D.G.C. (428) moned before Mr. II. G. Sheldon for K.F.C. (160) driving a car, without having a C.C.C. (785) driver's licence and with allowing the vehicle to be used without it be Ing duly licenced,
He Formal Warming Childe admitted the summonses und sald that he had had a licence for 10 years and this was the Arst occasion that he had forgotten to venew it. No notice was given cos- cerning the licence of the car and would it not be
possible, asked Childe, to and out some type of re- minder in case the matter is over-1 looked.
Sub-Inspector Clarke sald Lhat
Three torpedoes were fred. Two missed the shy and hit a quny crowd- ed with pligrans.
The third struck her engine room.. She sank about an hour later.
Early Morning Attack
The attack was made about 9.20 was at anchor, Numbers 038 and 303 drew them. The cruiser Hongkong F.C. and Indian R.C. re-dressed over all us part of the rele spectively in the Third Division, but brations of the Feast of Assumption, these teams are not playing, and these one of the most important holidays of
the Greek Orthodox Church. starters", Ileana are, therefore, only "non-
LATE NEWS
Every year pilgrims flock to the in- land and thousands of sick and paralysed are taken to the festival.
Presumably it was a party of these who were on the quay.
correu-
General Metaxas, the Greek dieln- tor, immediately summoned pondents to hear the official account. A strict censorsltip 'was imposed.
prise to the fiecucing date notices RECORD DAY FOR Attempt At
been inserted in newspapers everyday for about four days and this matter was also broadcast over the wireless. It was broadcast again three weeks after licences were due and there were again newspaper notices.
Mr. Sheldon sald he had seen 'the notices and had heard the broadenst over the wireless:
It.
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OUR DEFENCES
LONDON, Aug. 10 (Reuter).--The 144 Gering afreraft destroyed yes- terday was a record for any single day and nearly double the previous best of 78.
From early morning until evening Spires, Huerteunes, A.A. guns and
Fraud
Visitor Finds Cheque, Tries To Cash It
Childe remarked that he must nd-fother ginuni detences battled with In the course of a sight-seeing tour mit this your he had forgotten about mass rald along a front from Ply- latter his arrival in the Colony for 48
mouth to the Tyne.
hours from Tolshan, Kwangtung. Lel Chiite was fined $10.
R.A.F. Righters were in the air for Hang, 30, found a cheque for $332.78 H. J. Grose of 55 Conduit Road was long periods during the day-often lying in Des Voeux Road Central, also lined $10 for allowing his car landing just to rearm and refuel-but near the Supreme Court, and present- 10 be used without being duly reports hitherto show that only 27 ed it at the Bank of Canton for pay- Reenced.
were last, and from these eight pilots pinent, but was arrested because the are safe but wounded.
owner had reported the loss.
S. I. Clarke soil this was the usual renewal of the year and in this case) it was just five weeks over due,
G. Haynes of the National Cush Register, Ice House Street, was also fined $10 for a similar offence. Haynes was absent, from Court but; sent a letter which was read by Mr. Sheldon.
Chinese Driver Fined
NEW RUSSIAN
C. OF G.S.
Before Mr. G. T. Lowry at the Central Magstracy this morning, Lei pleaded guilty to attempting to obtain $332.78 with intent to defraud by falsely pretending he was the payee of the cheque.
MOSCOW. Aux. 15 (Reuter).- General Meretskov, Commander of
Presentation For Payment the Leningrad military district during picked up the cheque and presented Det-Sg. J. R Sykes sald Lei the Russo-Finnish War, has been apt to a cashier of the Bank of Canton Said to have resulted from an ac-pointed Chief of the General Staff of for payment. He was detained bo- vident, Chan Kwok-kam of 3, Wong the Red Army, replacing Marshal cause the owner who had lost a num Fung Terrace, was summoned before Shaposhnikov, who has requested to ber of chequrs while on his way to Alr. Sheldon for failing to keep well be relieved of his duties on account the Hongkong Bank had reported this on the left side of the road whilst of health reasons.
rounding
bend at Tai Hang Road. Chan was absent but pleaded guilty through a representative,
Trafle-Sergeant Hunter said the summons was taken out as a result of an accident in Tal Hang Roud.j He had seen the two cars involved and they were in the same position S when the accident occurred. The defendant's car was actually on the wrong side of the road.
Sub-Inspector Clarke said that! there was a lot of this type of acci- ! dents and he hoped that a serious view would be taken.
Chan was fined $20.
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LONDON, Aug. 15 (Reuter).— SPECIAL, TO THE "TELEGRAPH" King Farouk of Egypt has signed a STOCKHOLM, Aug. 15 (Domel),-- decree, abolishing the Public Debt The BBC. went on the air at 6,30 Commission, an international body P. to-day when the air raid alarm
was sounded in London. administering the country's foreign loans.
visit of the British Financial Mission It was established in 1880 after the to Egypt.
LONDON, Aug. 15 (Reuter).---The reformed Red Army has started in- tensive training in fortification and mountain #ghting under the command of its generals without political con- missure who have, been dismissed.
American press reports from Moa- cow state flint the sin battles, be- ginning to-day, will last for three days.
There have been earlier reports of Misturbances in Czecho-Slovakia and Denmark.
SWITZERLAND'S
RAID ALARMS
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BERNE, Aug 15 (UP)-Switzer- land continues to jitter as, surround-i ed by warring nations, mysterious planes continue to fly over her terri-
tory:
The air ruld alarma was sounded in! Berne at 11.25 p.m. when planes became audible overhead. The All Clear was sounded 35 minutes later.
Zurich also hnd an alarm at 11.53 p.m.
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The cheque was crossed, and when Lei was asked to endorse it, he signed This name on the back of it.
Le stated that he had only been here for two days havay come from his village to look for work.
He was sentenced to 14 days' hard! labour, and to be expelled from the Colony for Ave years.
More Indian Munitions Workers
Proposed Enlistment Of 10,000
LONDON, Aug. 15 (Reuter).-Ten thousand more men are shortly to be employed Indian munitions fac- tories. They are being enlisted under the recent ordinance with regard to skilled and semi-skilled technicians in order to mainlafu full production of the existing factories.
Under the ordinance, the Govern- ment can call Up to work technicians not already engaged in work of na tional importance. Finns are required to release them for this purpose.
Rights Safeguarded
The rights of the workers are safe- guarded so that they will not lose their provident or super-annuation funds or their right to return to their Jobs when their national service is
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The Government will also train men to replace them in civil industry.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 15 (Reuter). The Duke, and Duchess of Windsor sailed for the Bahamas
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Coffee For SCRAP HELPING
Nazis? Japanese Ship's Big Consignment
SPECIAL TO THE "Telegraph"" SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15 (UP), A cargo of ten thousand 1001b. bage of green Brazilian coffee is being
loaded aboard the N,Y.K. liner Nittä Maru.
many.
TO WIN WAR
LONDON. Aug. 15 (Router) — Salvage from the homes, felds und kitchens of Britaisi are already help- ing to bring entry planes down, on- nounced the Minister of Supply to- day when he opened a scrap-iron and steel exhibition. in London.
were 5,000 tons up on June and in .Supplies from this source in July August they will be even higher.
In one week, 17,000 old cars had The coffee is ostensibly destined been listed for wrecking. Hundreds for Japan, but shipping men under-more would be added; a stand it is actually destined to Gor- Iron railings amounting to 13,140 tons and, tram Lines totalling 10,000 The shipment reached San Francis-toms had been scrapped and another co from Brazil à month ago but the 30,000 old tram lines have been American President Line refused to marked for removal. handle it, giving "lack of cargo Every village now has its iron and space" as their reason...
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