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September 9, 1940.
This Morning's Prize Court Decision
ENEMY GOODS TO BE QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA CONFISCATED IN H.K.
Goods consigned by enemy firms and seized from two ships and a godown were ordered to be condemned by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, sitting in the Prizé Court this morning.
The first case was in respect
of goods seized from the 8.8.
Diomed.
Me.. 3. Gould, Proper Officer of KING'S BROTHER
T.
the Crown, sald the cargo fell into two consignments. The first Was seven cases of plece goods intended to be consigned to Jardine, Matheson and Co, who, however, never received any shipping documents or paid any of the purchase money. The con- signors were Hupeden and Co. of Hamburg.
The second consignment was six cuses of piece goods consigned by Kunst and Albers of Hamburg to Kunst and Albers of Hongkong, an enemy concern. The goods had been Bold by the Marsbul in Prize for over $8,000.
Seized In Godown
In respect of nine bales of traveli- ing rigs consigned by Sander, Wieler and Co. of Hamburg to James H. Buelthouse, Ltd, Mr. Gould said they were seized from
godown im- mediately after it had landed as it was conveyed by a neutral ship. According to the invoice, the price Was to be paid to the consignors drawing on the consignees at four months sight, The Invoice was dated September 6, 1938, Just after the out- Erest of war, but it showed that thei goods were shipped on August 25.
The odds were subsequently sold! by the Marstal in ze to the cun-! signees for 55,480,00, which had been paid into Court,
IN AIR RAID
Narrow Escape
LONDON, Sept. 8 (Renter),--- Four minutes after the Duke of Kent had Inspected an aerodrome during an extensive tour of the Kent area to-day, bombs were dropped near the aerodrome.
The Duke went to a sheller and lunched there, many feel below the chalk cliffs,
During the morning, the Duke had Inspected an aeroplane tao- tory and later as a lively air battle over the Channel,
HITLER DESIRES PEACE,
NEUTRAL CLAIM
Special to the "Telegraph”
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 *** | (Domei).-Certain sections of American public opinion
EMPIRE in the Capitol believe that a
TROOPS ARRIVE
In Middle East
By JAN TINDRICH UNITED PRESS STAFF GORRESPONDENT
desire for peace is evident in both London and Berlin.
The unprecedented concession which Britain WILN forced to make in order to obtain the fty over-age American des- [troyers has led many influential Britons to ask whether Britain is not being made to figh! America's battle.
Referring to 35 parcels seized from the Talinn Uner Victori, M. Gould paul they wer
were pusted in Germany CAIRO, Sept. 8 (UP).-To. befo the was and arrived in Hong-1 day I talked with scores kemat subsequent to September 3, 1930 Empire troops who arrived at Wesiem Hemisphere A certain number of the parcela
were
They claim that the ulted States of placidly expreted the British
to defend the Attaulle side of the
even
Fleet
in the
later sold by arrangement to the ad- Cairo to-day in a great convoy event of a German victory. dressers in order not to uport buzi-¦ of battleship-grey transports! Even the most optimistic person is Britain does not feel that America ness aus further than was necessary, which has brought them from will enter the war before next spring and the proves amounted to over an unspecifled destination to $5.000
In each ense, the then Proper augment the large British forces Ties of the Crown had communi
already in Egypt. ented with the addressees, and the
All told me that throughout majority of replies showed that the journey through the Medi- money had been paid. Other etes concerned enemy firms being liquidat.terranean, the convoy had pass led, and the replies in respect of these ed unmolested by Italian war-
were that either no money tud been ships, submarines or planes,
paid or that the accounts could not be traced.
Big Channel Raids
Not a single enemy vessel or air Craft WOM sighted-not une depth bomb was dropped
Hitler's Anxiety
tier. Lon, b
believed anxio 198 far praer on a honourable basis, mainly because the Clerman Hig Command 1 believed LA have frankly told him that Britain would probably be too hard a nut for Germany to cen
to cruck. According to reports from outral Fources. Germany high peace terms with Britain which would willingly would neither envisage the surrender of British colonies or the British
The only winren was when the con- Fleet. voy FAR nearing Aden, when
it is believed that another reason
Fulltary plane, dew overhead. {1 which makes Her destronas of con- : moved to be a British heavy bomber cluding
¡ honourable peace with This morning I watched the troop Britain is the Nazi fear that, even sithe swing swiftly into the harbour, if the British Isles were conquered, R. A. F. Active against the background of the Taj the British Government-and the
ItH surrounding British Fleet--would LONDON, Sept. 8 (Reuter)--De-Mahal Lake and
move to the Western Hemisphere termined aftarks on enemy shipping buildings,
mund continue the war there well away fium Ger-
in occupied channel ports were press= £ home by our bomber squadrons;
tast night despite poor visibility and Vigorus defences, Days DA Alr Ministry stampique
www
At Calais, bombs burst between the bumin and the entrance to the hur bour
Were In Dunkirk
Many of the officers with whom man beanbi I talked participated in the evacua- tion through Dunkirk,
One has had fifteen Channel cross- Inga to his credit since the outbreak of war.
Thousands of these men have tra
At Boulogne Ares were started and yelled 20,000 miles miles to humbs. fell on the Loubet Basi
Tremendous Damage
Direct hits were made on bargUS |
their present destination.
General Messages from
reach
Wavell,
the Commander-in-Chief of the East.
In the harbour of Ostend and more British Forces in the Middle
were distributed to the men, The barge concentrations were heavily attacked, as were the Krupps Works C. in C. wrote:
at Essen, war factories at Emden and Zwelbruenken and an all plant at Gelsenkirchen.
"After what may have seemed to tedious many of you a long und Journey you have landed.
Fires and explosions followed the "By serving in the Middle East you
to defeat at are doing as much bombing aftacks on rail depots Mannheim, Ehrong and Hamun.
enemies, Germany and Italy, as if
our
In the Black Forest, further attacks you were defending your homes in were made on war materials stored the United Kingdom."
in the woois and great fires started.
were
Many 'Dromes Attached Gun emplacements and searchlight batteries near Calois were bombed and in an attack on Colmar aero- drome, bomba fell through the roof of a hangar and flames burst through the doors and set fire to the aircraft outside.
In
burg and Einhoven in Holland.
BOMB KILLS 14
LONDON
DRAMA
LATE NEWS
The great air raid on London was still in progress as dawon broke at 6 a.m. (2 p.m. H.K.T.), says "Dome?", which }describes the blitzkrieg
"thunderous".
as
At 5 a.m. the Germans were. dropping "super" bomba of
Bomba
are
falling indis-
Other aerodromes attacked were LONDON, Sept. 8 (Reuter)—enormous explosive content. Gilzerijen, Wesel and Kreffeld in One of the most spectacular in- Germany. Brussels Querqueville in France and Seester-cidents during Saturday's heavy criminately in the inner and German raids was when a bomb outer sections of the metropolis. From these widespread operations struck the ventilator shaft of a streets, while other bombers Dive bombets are strafing the
incendiary bombs on the city. are showering' explosive and
all our aircraft returned.
London shelter,
Fourteen people were killed and 40 injured.
Heavy Gunfire The
In Hongkong
More bombs fell near the House of Parliament at 4 a.m.
The ventilator shaft measured only three feet by one foot. It was the only vulnerable part of the whole shelter which deep under-ground mei)-If he becomes President of the RUSHVILLE, Indiana, Sept. 8 (Do- and houses 1,000 people.
United States, America will assist Great Bombs fell us the familles Makong Island As Target settling down for the night, Mothers war, said Mr. Wendell Wilikle, the Re- were Britain by all means possible short of with bables and children in peram-publican presidential candidate, in a HONGKONG will experience bulators were among those killed. speech here to-night. heavy gun firing on Wednesday, Volunteer workers rushed to the Thursday and Friday this week arene and dragged the wounded to Heavy gun firing pzctice will safer places to await the arrival of
ambulances. be carried dut between 10a.m. and 4 p.m. on September. 11 and will be followed by similar gun- fire between 10 am. and 4 p.m. on the following day,
Women Magnificent
He gave an assurance that the United States would not be drawn into active belligerency if he were elected
A further 53 cases of cholera were Nine doctors answered the call and the week-end, bringing the total since notified to the health authorities during saved many ilves by dressing severe the start of the epidemic inst week to wounds by the dim light of torches. 157.
There was no panic and the women All but six of the week-end cases were magnificent.
occurred in the Old and New Kowloon
On Friday heavy gun fring prae- One man should have a medal, In districts. The remaining alx
cales
tice will be carried out from selected the opinion of an Air Raid worden, occurred in the Victoria residential positions in the northern and castern He organised those who were unhurt area. areas of the Island between 10 am. Into vescue parties and gave no one and 4 pm. In this case, firing will any time for panic.
take place in an area approximately He knew what to do. It was of a 1,000 yards clrcle, with Makong largely due to him that all the dead Island as the centro.
and wounded got clear within 20 This centre will be deemed by the minutes. His name is H. Beer. Ho military authorities to include 'any is an ex-soldier. and within the circle,
He explained later that he ran to Arrangements for olearing any the shelter: to see if his wife, was land in this- circle will be made safe. Then he did what anyone size by the military authorities, accord- would have done. He told everyone ing
an official notification.
who was in a position to help to get A down to it Mr. McMaster, of Kowloon Docks, Beer, himself praises dipoliceman reports the theft of his Morris No. whose name he does not know, but 1040 from the Sallsbury Road car who he called: "Lofty," He was park on Sunday
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Thousands of Dominion Troops Now in Egypt
CAIRO, Sept. 8 (Reuter)-Convoys of ships bringing men and war material from England, Rhodesia, Indin. and Australia have arrived at Egyptian ports, loaded with waving soldiere, left for
Large liners transported many Cairo, Palestine and elsewhere,
Lieut. General Sir Henry Wilson, thousands of technteluns, Infantry, hospital staffs and R.A.F. pilots with Commander of the British Forces in quantities of munitions and lanks Egypt, and the British Minister greated the troops on their arrival This convoy was met by other in port and a special message from convoys with Australian Air Force General Sir Archibald Wavell, C-In-C squadrons, “Indians and tea-planters British Forces in the Middle East, from Ceylon until the harbour was a was posted on each ship, PA solid mass of shipping, and 43 During the voyage no submarine
Many, disembarked and the trains, and no enemy aircraft was #pons
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