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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 10, 1940.
30-YEAR TENANT HAS NEVER SEEN HIM
OLD RECLUSE GIVES ALHAMBRA THEATRE £50,000 TO WAR FUND
A RICH, 80-YEARS-OLD BACHELOR WHOSE LIFE ON HIS COUNTRY ESTATE IS SO ISOLATED, THAT HE HAS NO USE FOR THE TELEPHONE, SO MUCH WANTS TO HELP WIN THE WAR THAT HE HÁS GIVEN £50,000 TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. He is Mr. John A. Fielden, of Holme, near Peterborough, and his gift was re- vealed, when it was announced that Sir Kingsley Wood had sent him a personal letter of thanks in accepting the gift.
Mr. Fielden has made many donations to hospitals and Institutions for helping wounded soldiers. But local people he- | Heve that the greater number of his gifts have never been an- Inounced. He prefers anony-
mity.
He gave the country six ambulan- res costing £550 each at the begin-; ning of the war
Yet he is
Thousands
"Retiring"
I also offered his home at Holme as an auxiliary hospital lo the At won he put his yught at the disposit of the Government as a hospital ship so "rettring" that one terme who has rented some of the
of acres which Mr Fielden owns BUIL recently.
"J have
been a temast of his for 30 years, but I
seen him " Although M. Fielder is a Justice of the Pence and a former High Sheriff of Corkler veljeeshare and Huntingdon-
he
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have never
He Liver Alone
LONDON
Lifeboat That Did
Not Go To Rescue
SUFFERS INQUIRY
AGAIN
Air Raids
ORDERED
the
A FULL inquiry is to be held into the recent fallure of Rhy! lifeboat to go to the London, Sept. 9.
rescue of in some senses
The second ali-night raid, though two 15-year-old boys.
the severest yet, is
The Royal National Lifeboat Ins- manyution has instructed their Western not believed to have caused casualties as Saturday night's. The
inspector damage was more widespread,
to conduct but not so serious
A larger number of fires resulted, but these were quickly Flintshire, IN HIME
Gwilym Rowlands, M.. for extinguished. Besides two hospitais
Investigating the which
were hii two world-famous museums were damaged,
For an hour a mile out at sen, the boys ching to the sides of an over- Seemingly the Germans suspended | tumed canoe with the water up tra folds on provincial centres in order theu necks
distelut Inquiry
mutter.
lu vent the full fury of their attack One of them. Willian Edward London. Reports from all | Hughes, M shop Assistant. Wan He lives alone with a small staff; apon
London districts indicate thai, in drowned, and bis companion. Ronald ad Mervants n the bug house in wond
spite of the widespread nature of the
William
Robinson, was rescued by u et grounds, two miles from the bombing, London retains its habitual motor-boal. singe and the railway station
calm and carried on as nearly as At the Before the wat be easionally.
possible to normal. This morning; verdiet. held all shooting parties," stod most of the people made it a point of honour to arrive at work of the In the normal time and as many premises in the Central London area pre empty at night the casualties paratively slight.
neighbour
Now Tin
wolks takes Kurum of hits lusuke
ALL S sessanty have been with bum for
They are surprised thuit for bars not insisted upon box ft) bear galDAVİSİKİLİS
Your
were coN-
The worst effect was experienced by an underground shelter, which WILK covered with debris when u
WIN struck,!
STOCK MARKET bring bullting
REPORT
Honkong Stock Exchange Of Summary issued yesterday saya
Unigations were well maintained but
interest wan centred on China Lights text and Trams.
Buyers $182.50
anton Ins. Uomo Ins 3390 HK Fire Ins: $160 Davis (Old) $10.75 Prudents $4,20
Late $30.50
Yaumati Ferries $21 DO Una Lubis (Old) $7 China Tights (New) $4 10 Vdekes geldi. $38 40 Petra (New) $27 Felipdy die folds $21 Felephones (New) $1 65 Dathy Math $10 20 WSH 90
Hungrys $7
Sellers
Providents 34 40 HK
Ch
M.nes 11s ets
Lights (OR) 57 20
Hal
Whorves $89
Pudents $4 35
Tras 51/13.95
China Lights (Old) $7 107 057 10 Watsons $9
Water Taumunts $6.50
LATE NEWS
tting 1? 門 number of prople Rescue parties worked at further bombing oftacks to rescue the dim- Pisoned people
About 40 yards of the rentre block if tenementa in a murow street weJe demolished following a direet hit, zid here, 100, it is feared that some residents are buried in baseinserit bereuth thi debris Not one property. escaped damage in an ares extending uver a quarter inlie radius in one Central London area.
Courage of Old Folks
A typient mistice of the courage. with winleti most nt the attacks were faced votes from an institute con- Laling 1.400 inmales ranging in age from 4 to 100 years.
The institute's window frames were jult blown in and about 15 inmates | seriously Injured and taken to hos- Nevertheless, there was 10
punle Olethls stated that the be jhaviour and morale of the inmates
Inquest un Hughes, when a of "accidentally drowned" was relurted, the
secretary of the Rhyl Lifebont Association, Mr Ernest Jeunes, wald he had not eat the fr bout out because he rould not do without the cansent of the Admaral by and at word have taken at 124 to get the crew together
"Correct Decision"
week-end. Captain
der, Chief Inspecten of Lifeturats. surd a statenvert annameing that reports tirelved by him showed that Mr Ernest Jones took the convert decision
"Because marones are forbidden in wan-long our Ufeboat crews have fo ralled together by messenger,“ Captain Colder. Lifetzoals like other British ships in war-time
under the control
the Admiralty."
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GOEBBELS HAS POSTERS READY
GOEBBELS has now ready in throughout the terrifying ordeal was the Propaganda Ministry in
marvellous. Even woman who is
No further detarts are ext present avadable
entenarian was in no way upset, Berlin signs and bill-boards for but was quite cheerful, while a 70- erection on the uxpected Ger- year-old man whose hands were cut man entry into London, by flying glass remarked cheerfully,
The Germania cannot kill me." The raiders caused damage
from | Central London to the East End dock- Blond, Uver miles of the thickly- pulated area the poller cordoned off many streets owing to the danger of buildings already partly wrecked collapsing, while gas was escaping in some arcus. Damage to utility undertakings caused the gas to be eut vil over a wide area.
Thousands of East London workers found their normal trains not opera-
Sperial sctiools tuve been started by the Nazis for instruction in English and Russian idioms and the languages of British, French tszi Belgian
lonies in
Africa
Reports from Milan way Italy's entrance into the war is meeting with passive resistance among the people, and even soldiers have expressed Their Kympathy for
France.
Hallan troops are believed to be of ting
this morning, but the latest ren inferior class, and form a weak ports show that the damage is being link which will finally decide the rapidly repaired. In North London outcome in favour of the Allies. screaming bombs lifted several roots bodily into the air, causing some
casualties, while in one south-west district 25 Ares were caused in one but all were quickly extin- guished by householders and the auxiliary fire service, In G south-east
SNATCHERS IN CITY
Two snutch cases were reported yesterday. Miss E. Fong, of Nathan Roud, reported that her wrist watch area church,valued at $40 was stolen in Wynd.. houses
and shops, and a large blockham Street at 2.30 p.m. of working-class dats were damaged.
the President A passenger from The explosion of delayed action Taft, Mr. Simpson, reported that his bombs in both East and West London fountain pen, valued at $20, was | this morning has now been reported. stolen from his pocket while he was
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