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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 25, 1940.
V.C. COMMISSIONAIRE ADMITS HE IS
THE MAN WHO NEARLY KILLED ADOLF HITLER
MEET the Man Who Nearly Killed Hitler-Sergeant Tandey, V.C., now a Commissionaire at a' Coventry motor works.
When Mr. Chamberlain visited Hitler in his nest at Berchtesgarden, the Fuehrer showed him a painting by Fortunino Matania of a 1918 battle scene at Menin cross-
ronds.
CHOLERA STATISTICS
Many Fatal Cases In Present Epidemic
Latest Cholern statistics supplied by the Medient nuthorities show the 793 cases had occurred in the Colony up to yesterday, of which five Pave been Imported from, Macra
About A total of 498, 01 rent have cle Two hundred And Censen ur
Central figure of the painting was Sergeant Tandey.
"That was nearly the scene of my death," Hitler told Mr. Chamberlain, "That man in the centre came so near to killing me that I thought I would never see Germany again,"
The painting records the action for which Tandey Rained his y. C.
With his platoon, armed with two machine gun, he held up and later German contingent routed a large
ridge lew who had occupied a hundred yards from the cross-conds, Charged Machine Gun Neat
The Germans bad sixteen machine Kus-and, serving one of them was twenty-two Corporal Adolf Hitler. under treatment in the s Kennedy Town Infectious Discuses Hospital and the Lakikuk Cholera HospBal
0
The dist:bution of the cases may be of interest Kowloon City leads with 401, with 183 cases from Kow-
proper, some of which are uni-.
dinbtedly
Lord Catto
For Bank Of England?
Mon- WHO will succeed Mr. tagu Norman as Governor of the Bank of England?
of Mr. Attlee's receni promise bauking control has drawn attention For four days Tandey had the to the problem, which is now under sights of his gun trained on mem-discussion in responsible quarters, bers of the German gun crews and one by one he pollshed them off Ittler ald to Mr. Chamberlain: "Providence alone
one saved me from Auch devilishly accurate fire." To get to the Germans
Germuna plank
unerable まず Kowloon bridge had to be crossed, and must
Mr Norman's resignation, though is not to be expected linedistely, cannot be long delayed.
He is in his 10th year and lus been Governor tur mure than 20 years.
"Grooming" Him
Figures for other districts of the planks had been displaced. Lord Catla, recently appointed to
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Directly After King's Theatre
AND SATURDAY
FRIDAN
Coraldine FITZGERALD in
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of lingkung 36. Easted forward, replaced the plunka, and the Treasury, is regarded in the City
van disant 29, Central distlet Shuuawa 9. and Aberdeen 1
Small Decrease Shown
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See Care of Cholera (two trơm Votes and even town Kowhot, four cases at Typhoid tone import-
Measles uf
and istic. Mering, town of Dresstery
One
42 of Tuberculouls were reported up! To condoght on Monday
and elsewhere as the leading condi and date
led his platoon changing neross.
Many of his comrades fell,
His appolutment to that post thor- eight of his company
Instead of an- merly occupied in effect by Mi No- "Pix man is not usinaturally taken lo ke urders Rave
hit the first step in "groomjeg
were surrounded rendering, he bartiets--chini gor**
The nine mrn slashed through Mr Norman's successor
He pasinet in the rim of Mor-
the Germans and took 37 prisoners.
The rest turned tail and ran-led K 17:entell, one of the must powej - by Corporal Huer,
Sergeant Tandey is the only Ng ving with the right to wear the VC The weekly return slurs the fol- the DCM., the M M. and the Mons
Cholera! Star bag notiðable diseLAMON
13 cases with 225 deaths (two ten-, But none of the decorations can.
terda
1wt
cases
of Diphtheria, sorten
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German corporal who could ran Ne caf
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