Thursday,
ACCORDING TO the caption on
this photograph: you've got to go out' to the wild west, where 'men are men, to find gals like the one pictured here.
All we can say is that there's a lot of hemen in Hongkong who are quite prepared to make this colony' wild if there's no catch in the Hollywood propaganda.
But we know, thar's gold in them there hilla.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 29–1940.
R.A.F. KEEPS UP THE GOOD WORK
HAIL
OF BOMBS
ON REICH, ITALY
A new
LONDON, Aug. 28 (Reuter)--An Air Ministry communique Summer states that last night R.A.F. bombers attacked military objectives in Germany, Italy and enemy-occupied France.
In Germany, the targets included docks at Kiel and Wilhelm- shaven, a transformer station at Kelsterbach near Frankfurt, a Messerschmitt factory at Aubsbur, oil tanks and supply depots at Mannheim and several aerodromes.
In Italy the Flat Works at Turin and a Marelli magneto factory at Sesto Sangiovanni were again attacked.
In enemy-occupied France, oil tanks in the Gironde Estuary near Bordeaux, at Pauillac, near Brest and at Cherbourg were bombed.
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VIENNA MEETING ROYALTY SHOWS NORWAY'S
OUTLOOK
Latest Bucharest Forecast BUCHAREST. Aug. 28 (Reuter)—To-morrow's i meeting at Vienna is expected to produce quick results.
The German view as expressed here is that while the Axix Bungarians and Rumanians willing, it intends to ensure that the silst has no intention of arbitrat settle their differences without
delay.
BEAVERBROOK'S "THANK YOU"
An apparently Inspired article in the local German newspaper, “Bukarester Tageblatt," saya: "Justice now does not mean thin LONDON, Aug 28 (Brüter) --Lord or that point of view-it means Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production, has enbied hits thanks for n gift of £21,000 from the people ul New Zealand for aircraft
Half of this sum.
is from £10,500 the people of South Island who trave ucked that a plone be named after thr Island Zenlanders.
manned
order. Those who still do not understand the spirit of Euro- pean organisation should know that the Axis powers have the means to carry out their plans." The Humankati attitude 1 ស by New that
negotiations must be based o the principle of exchange of populu- Lord Beaverbrook, in his cable to tions Mr Peter Pramer, the Prime Minister, Απ inspired arte suid that New Żealand is playing a Government newapanjer, Romania." magnificent part in the Empire Air describes the principle having Training Scheme and that New Zea been indicated to Rumania by the land pilots AFT terror Lo trut Axt enemics
STOCK EXCHANGE
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LONDON, Aug. (Reuter). The King and Queen declined to allow the air raid warning last night to interfere with their all-night journey to Com- visit the Northern mand to-day.
Sirens were sounding when they drove from Buckingham Palace but they continued to the station and the Royal train ran slowly until the "All- clear" was sounded.
EMPIRE'S ECONOMY
To Benefit From New Cooperation
This
A
PRINCESS
IN U.S.A. Refugee Liner Is
Safe In Port
NEW YORK. Aug. 28 (UP).
One of our alreraft is missing. According to the Air Ministry news ervice, describing these raids, adverse weather conditions, an on former (occasions, were overcome by most of the attacking aircraft in their double [Joumey across France and the Alps, Extremely low temperature caused fler 10 form on the wings of the air- Jeraft and one bomber was forced to return home without completing the tark.
Over Sesto Songiovanni, cloud and „Kround haze added to the diffeulties "of the flight Hit with high-explo- and incendary bombs Lobtained un The magneto works but
were
(reudding cloud hid the full result of 'the attack
A small fire in one of the main buildings enabled one pilul to identify The work and two jaivors of high explosives weir Kera 10 Plrike the mal worka
Deri 50 [cendiaries were sentier eif over the larget area and within a Cherd Later a lover fire was observed
Half an hour later the fe was studi Burning Bererly and vis ble frum bright of 13,000 feet
NUISANCE RAIDERS
Set Britons New Problems
LONDON, Aug. 28 (Reuter),
--The United States TransportTo-night's raid was alightly American Legion docked here ahead of Hitler's "night nuisance to-day with refugees from raiders' " time schedule set Norway.
The
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Monday and Tuesday,
Germany's nuisance raiders
ATC Norwegian Crown Princess Martha and her children debarked on blema, and the principal one is of lack setting the British people new pro- to a Cutter in the rain the lower hat bour
The PrinoTM
appeared to be shaken and wih greeted by Nor- wegian diplomats and officials of the State Department. She was closely quarded and gave no interviews
Child Refugees
al
sleep. The headmistress of one school re- {ports that only 12 of her 150 pupils an carly Fuld were present after owing to dislocation of sleep.
But later evidence
дока in show that the public are already developing Ja new technique. They are becuming
accustomed to the raids.
The Hill authorising United States The public are meeting the situa- vessels to enter combat zones to re-ition by a switchover of their house. move child refugees was signed by thold, whereby the lowest and infest President Roosevelt to-day
No
jrooms in a house become bed-rooms.
string, little Coffee now in Spain
LONDON, AUR 28 (Reuter) -- lieuter's diplomatic correspazienti learna that new developmenta American defence indicated by the formation ot
United States Canadian Bourd are being sympathi- Leally followed in London, where it
regarded un a precedent which will be followed increasingly, not only in CHUNGKING, Aug 28 (Reuter).
relations between the United States the Stock Exchange to-day, early
YOU can't get string in Madrid to-day. Think that simple interest in Koffies was maintained by The Government announces
and Canada, but between the United Japanese Landur details of the supplementary South the event of a
States and Britain.
fact over for a second, and you will get some idea of why it is African budget, which is considered French Indo-China, it would at once
the formation of uf self-defence
Defence that most of 28,000,000 Spaniards, on whose bordra the shadow less burdensome than was expected, "take measures
Gift-edged securities made a good sending armed forces to Indo-Chinment which may have very remark-
Board a considered to be a develop- of the Swastika now falls, are wondering and uneasy.
abie resulta on the economy of thei Despite talk of a demand for wage The statement said that it has been British Empire.
Cuffer in Madrid is just undrink- lable. Bread is scarce, un leavened, learned that Japan is planning to
This development is assisted can and mostly bran. land troops in the French colony and
siderably by the British Prime The weekly cigarette ration (and to take other kinds of military Minister's spontaneous offer to what cigarettes!) is forly per week Lion with the View to attacking America of facilities for bases in per man, Women don't qualify for Chinese territory "
British possessions In the Western a cigarette ration at all. Hemisphere.
you buy newspaper-it-is sure to be pro-Nazi-you get your change
postage stamps. in
showing.
increase, tron and steel holdings were well held.
Elsewhere price movements were mostly narrowly irregular.
Wall Street was steady.
to deal with the situation
Just To Prove This Is A Strange War
by
Blind Man Is Teaching Parashots Their Job
A totally blind St. Dunstaner, | This job of his bears out the who was a sergeant-major in creed which was his from the first the last war, has just been en-moment he came to St. Dunstan's rolled in the L.D.V.
--that no disability, not even blind-|
the
He is Mr. William J. Lowings, 47. once musketry Instructor in (City of London) Royal Fusiliers.
In 1917 he lost the sight of both eyes through a shell-burst at La- ventic, in France. So he went to St. Dunstan's and learned to make baskets and mats.
When an L.D.V. corps was started recently in the South Coast village where he lives a friend told him of
CORONER FOUND
SHOT DEAD IN HIS HOME
Petrol costs nearly 10s. a gallon 6No wander that the man in the street is indifferent to the antl Brilish political propaganda Instigated by Serrano Suner, ~ 1001 secretary to the "Falange, of the Axis, and brother-in-law to El Caudillo, General Franen.
CAPTAIN H. J. PETTY, Coroner for Newport (Mon), and chairman of Newport The poster "Gibraltar. 18 Ours!" County Football Club, was found which aborns almost every public dead at his home wit ha bullet building, makes the average Spaniard wound i nthe head.
shrug his shoulders.
A revolver lay near the body. Captain Petty, who was forty-five, ress, bars you from making contri-had been missing all day, but no button towards the world and those alarm was felt as it was known that
he had several engagements. who live in it.”
Lowings was at St. Dunstan's for year. After he had set up as a basket-maker on his own he took to walking and five times won the London-Brighton. Walk.
an appeal posted outside the police New Defence Power
station, for a musketry instructor.
Mr. Lowings applied for the job.
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The officer in charge doubted a
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 38 (UP) ~~
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Navy Party Squabbles CAIRO, Aug. 28 (UP)Sabry Pasha, the former Premier. to-day opened consultations with party leaders and other outstanding per- sonalities with the object of forming a National Union Cabinet.
The Wards still maintain an at- titude of willing support but will mot participate in a truly neutral non-party Government nor in 2 National Union Cabinet.
Their grounds are that time should be given for party differences with the Sandiata and the Liberal Con- stitutionalists to fade.
He has scant respect for the Italians, and smiles contemptuously when he
The Wafdists contend Is told that they "won the revolution lle crashed three times, break for him. He saw the Italians in collaboration of those two parties is ing nearly every bone in his body, action...
at present most dificult in view of and suffered from the effects of
their opposition to the Waldists. these accidents ever since. He served throughout the last war, and from 1918 was in the Royal Flying Corps and the RAF, which he distinguished himself as a. pilot.
Captain
Petty had been Soroner of
Newport since 1995.
British Raid On
On the other hand; "he respects, without Hiking--and with some feal
the Germans.
And he appreciates the almns_for which we are fighting. Morn - ihan one Spaniard has sald to me, when he was sure call cars were not
officail listening: "Britain is our last hope." OMelal Spain is unfriendly to bearers of British
pasports,
There is "black list" supplied
WASTE NOT- WANT NOT
The parachutes which the on-which any Germans have been dropping.
[by the Nazi Gestapo, or w
Italian Post foreigner in Spain is liable to figure over England in an endeavour
without warning
although his visas and to frighten the population into
CAIRO, Aug. = 28 (Reuter)—A In that CRIC, B
bind man's ability, but Lawings; convinced him, and has now been give sole charge of the rifle room President Roosevelt to-day signed communique states that on Monday permits may be in perfect orar he believing that parachutists
a mechanised","
"British patrol of will, it is licky, be taken: across were landing, are now being
* Everyday he cleans 85 rides, the Bill authorizing the President to Sudanese troops successfully raided the nearest frontier, undres and every days, be Instructs the call National Guard and Army, re- the Italian frontier post of Adardeb; ** There are nesety 88,000 poll younger members of his Corps. serves totalling 408,000 officers and which was left in flames and many peleanerlin-falls and pOREN
Lowing is one of the finest charmen, for one year's active service: casualties were indicted
The authority extends to June 30, Yesterday afternoon Haita was acters I have ever known' most efficient soldier and a most efficient 1942 and limits the troops to service again bombed with negligible damage. The man I was told to-day by in the Western Hemispheres, the There were sew carual des Sir Ian Fraser, founder of St. Duns Unlied.States territories and pouses amongst the civilians birt Lan's, writes a correspondentsions and the Philippines
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