Comparatively Small British Air Losses
-Official Totals
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14000
HONGKON
DEMAND
1940
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Mr. Black replied that he did not
S. MEN JAMES answer questions on specific grounds of appeal. Some of Wing-kdi (Le Teun), Chan Chulis A. K. Rumjahn (VRC), Poon
BRECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPHS LONDON, Oct. 4 (Renter). -The claim made by the official are undoubtly be made so hum (Pal. Teun), Charles Huang him were well-grounded (V.R.C.), D. Hutchinson (VIC),
LONDON, Oct. 4 (UP)- German news agency that 2.400 British planes have been shot but others were based on a misunder-D H. Taylor (V.R.CH., Ng Nin King George to-day had a zar- down since the second week of August is refuted by official standing of the Ordinance and the Als Ministry circles
powers of the Commissioner, (Chung Sing). C Kwok (Chung row escape from a German Asked about the activities of the Bing) Luis M. Remedios (VRC.), "whistle bomb" whan air raiders Examiners whose duty is to check on
Fong Chong-ylu (Lal Taun), Ldived through the cloudy skies the accuracy of the assessments, Roza-Pereira (V.R.C.), Ed. da Roza in a steady attack on many among other things, Mr. Black anid! (V.R.C.),
We have found that people have
Two mare to be choren from the objectives in Britain, including been honest, on the whole.. Of course
following:
London. It is always dimcult to say how
: His Majesty arrived at a ball in correct our amsernments are for the
central Londors on a tour of inspection first: year or two but we have not
about a minute, before the "bombe come across cases of people dell-
crashed outside, sending hundreds of berately misleading us, as far as we
people hurrying for the shelters. How Fleet Keeps Watch know, wake kake
What Taxation Will Raise
It is pointed out in authoritative circles in London that since August 8, only 584 British planes have been lost while 2,211 German planes have been shot down.
The German, sertion that 043 British planes were shot down be tween August 12 and August 18' li equally wide of the inark.
The facts òro' that 111 British planes were shot down.
In what the Germany describe as
"Reuter" On Destroyer
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the "beat week" in September, name- LONDON, Oct. 4 (Reuter) The amount of money, that will be ly between September 2 to B, 125 Fresh proofs of the Navy's raised each year; by: War: Taxation British planes were ahol down, (net 441 as claimed by the Germans), and mastery of the English Channel was almost impossible, to reckon now
he continued in reply to a quesion. 307 German planes were destroyed. was given me during the night The Property Tax wie casy to On what are described as three and this morning, says "Rou- calculate; that would raise abour $2,- days of the most severe fighting, ter's" special correspondent with 500,000. The sulary tax would be
13 namely September 1, September and September 27, the RAF. lost a the Fleet in n message from considerably less and the business
fund total of 81 planes, (not 274 as stated naval port. by the German news agency), while German losses totalled 417.
It is authoritatively stated that S17 nir- - of the pilots of the 584 British
craft lost since August 8 were saved.
Tommies Swim Into Flames
For Airmen
Aboard
made
ຕ destroyer, 1 voyage along the Channel and saw exactly how the Fleet keeps a cease less watch for Invaders,
| corporations tax would raise con- siderably more.
Of the Inst-riamed, Mr. Black ad- mitted that there were many dimcult- Jea in arriving at assessments. There were corporations which made huge profits each year but the War Taxa- tion Department could only tax on. the pronts earned in Hongkong..
Mr. Black was referred to a recent
W. Lawrence,. Ng Trun-man, Lau Yu-ling and A. V. Ozerie.
NAAR WOMEN -- J. Anderson (VRC.), Ko Mai- Ung (Lal Trun), V. Churn (VRC.), J. Sadick (CBC.), Ho Wai-king (C.B.C.), C. Guterres (V.R.C.), Thang Fung-kwan (La! Taun), Lee Poluen (South China),
World Series. Baseball.
Tigers Win Third Game
GALLANTRY AWARDS
LONDON, Oct. 1 (Router)-Seven more RAF officers have received awards for gallantry,
Pliot Officer W. L. McKnight re- celves, a bar to his DFG and the other six get the D.F.C.
Pilot Officer McKnight, a native of Edmonton, Alberto, is 22. He re- ceived his commission last year. He was awarded the D.F.C, three months ago and is officially described as n most efficient Section Leader and n courageous and tenacious fighter.
Pilot Officer N.K. Stansfeld, one i
comes from Edmonton.
All night the crew were at action stations, some standing ready to obey orders instantly, others snatching a
DETROIT, Oct. 4 (UP)Detroit few minutes' sleep near the guns, but published letter on the subject of the Tigers, won-the third game of the of those awarded the D.F.C., also there was no sign of the German slr War Taxation Ordinance. He sald World Baseball Series, 7-4, and now force or navy except that an occa-that as far as he knew, no further led the Cincinnati Reds by 2-1. The sional hum of an aeroplane denoted amendments would be made. It was Tigers made amends for yesterday's In raider on the way.
la fact that a number of assessments defeat and bounced homers, triples, bad been called in and revised up-deubles and single to all paris of the wards as a result of the amendment. ball park in a serifying outbreak of This was because the original law power that pirined back the cars of
the three Reda' pitchers, who attempting to halt the avalanche hi
One plane came low overhead and there was a bright beam of light on the sea plan
but the plane apparently did not spot and was soon out of hearing.
Second Thrill
petrol, was told by the War orders were given
Gunn were trained
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said that a man should pay this year only on the period of residence here during the twelve months before April 1, 1040, So thot arriving here, or returning on leave, at the beginning of this year, was only assessed on three
months. would be called in and made up for Now, however, such оп assessment the whole year by multiplying the amount earned in those three months, by four,
Probable Earnings
Daring Heroism LONDON, Oct. 4 (Reuter) How two British soldiers swam out to sea to rescue the sur vivors of an enemy aeroplane A further thrill came later when which was upside-down on the stups were sighted some way off and water and surrounded by blazingfalfed to respond
to our signals them and 50 that the Office to-day in a notification. suspicion that they were the enemy This notification states that the proved true, a further instalinent of nanker ot two non - commissioned Hitler's dwindling tonnage could be officers 17f the King's Liverpool sent to The bottoin However, Regiment and four private soldiers identity of the ships es British was at the Border Regiment høve bect soon established, brought to the notice of the Com- We shadowed the Convoy in here. mander-in-Chief of the Home Forces) reserve to defend them if an attack fur gallant and distinguished service.
Unsuccessful
The two N.C.O.'s reached the spot on the sea before any boat arrived and made every effort in the oily water to rescue the occupants of the aeroplane, although in this they were i not successful,
The four privates were on duty on
the coust wiren an acroplane crashed
into the sea. They awam into the darkness, found and rescued
an
R.A.F. sergeant who came down by paruchute and was in difficulties,
LONDON, Oct. 4 (Reuter).-The Lord Mayor's Red Cross and St. John Fund now stands at £3,227,000 while the Lord Mayor's London Air Balda Distress Fund exceeds £950,000.
was
made, but
The Commissioner agreed that this was Laxing on probable earnings, It affected mostly people newly arrived
There had been cases,
he agreed, neither E-boats, where people who had paid income | destroyers, submarines not aircraft tax at Home on leave, were being enemy side, so another British envoy regardless of what they had disbursed ventured into the Channel from the called on to pay the War Salaries Tax went safely on its way
in taxation at Home.
A number of applications to pay by instalments had been made. These
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of
Bridges worked competently
and scored an easy victory with. lls.jug- handled curve that nicked, the corners of the plate, and nicely tightened up whenever it seemed that the Reds were about to get back into the game. TIGERS SCORING
in the seventh frame, Greenberg singled to centro, following which York homered into the left stands. Then Campbell singled and once more the following, batter, Higgins, homered.
fan
The game was twice halted when started throwing cushions- and paper into the arozia.
Moore replaced Turner for the Reds after Tebbelts and Bridges were but, and after Bartell had singled and MeCosky had doubles, Gehringer was out.
NEW ZEALAND Sir Cyril Newall Made Governor General
LONDON, Oct. 4 (Router)~The King has approved the appointment of Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril Newall to be Governor-General of New Zealand in succession to Viscount Galway, whose term of office wil expire in February, 1941.
His Majesty has also approved the appointment of Sir Cyril as Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyrli Newall has been Chief of Air Staff since.1937,
Other Changer
LONDON, Oct. 4 (Reuter)---The Air Ministry announces the appoint. ment of Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal to be an additional member of the Air Council forthwith and to be Chief of Air Staff when Sir Cyril Newall relinquishes that post.
Air Marshal Sir Richard Peltse will be Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, Bomber Command, as from October
Britonly arose in the case of people three-bugger to centre field, York 5 in place of Air Marshal Portal.
found it a drain to support an
Handed To Policements had been arrived at.
evarttaled family. Suitable arrange-
In the eighth, Greenberg clouted a
fanned, and
and on Campbell's single Greenberg scored.. Higgins scored on McCormick'e wild throw,
REDS GET GOING Reds' second run of the game ag
Bucharest Mystery Unsolved Weygand Appointment was scored in this frame. Myers sing-a
BUCHAREST, Oct. 4 (Reuter),--- Omeials of the British Legation are LONDON Oct. 4 (Reuter)-Gen-led, and then Riggs forced Myers to endeavouring to obtain an interview crat Weygand, who was recently ap-second. Werber and M. McCormick with Mr. Alexander Miller, one of the puluted Commander-in-Chief or then singled to score through Riggs. Britons kidnapped and who has been French Africa, is taking up residence In a ninth inning rally, Ripple handed over to the Polke.
in Dakar shortly, according to the
angied. Higgins made an error in Meanwhile the whereabouts of Mr. German news agency, which quotes fielding Baker's grunder-then Joost Percy Clark is still unknown
Vichy reports.
singled scoring Ripple. Myers fann- cd, Frey fled, and then McCosky and Werber singled and scored Bøker and M. McCormick. Cincinnati
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Goodman
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Ripple
Lombardi
Baker Joost
Myers
Turner
Moore
Begts
Fugga (batted
Moore in th) Frey (batted Beggs In Oth
Tigers
Total
Bartell McCosky Gehringer Greenberg
York Campbell
Higgins Tebbetts Bridges
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Total ***** Score by Innings: Redi: 1-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-2=4 · Tizers: 0-0-0-1-0-0-4-27 Bowls Singles
A. Hyde-Lay
Easily Beats
J. McCutcheon
R.A.F. SCORE HITS
FROM PAGE ONE
bombers have been hit by, fighters, two having been seen to crash.
During the morning, a fighter pilot was patrolling off the East Anglian const. Crossing from one cloudbank to another, he saw only 100 yards ahead a
a Junkers 38 bombers.
„A two-second burst of bullets killed
the
rear-gunner bolore the Junkera could swing away. The pilot pressed the gun button. three-times-more. --
The bomber'a dive became slower and the Hurricane followed it down fill it crashed into the seu and dis- uppeared.
Later two Hurricane pilots chased another Junkers 68 towards the coast and made it crash into the Channel,
DOCTOR STRUCK OFF REGISTER
FROM PAGE ONE
tion in blank and had permitted the said assistants to deal with the same as they saw fit and that, in relation to the facts so proved to the satisfaction of the Board, Dr. Hung Men-sau had been guilty of infamous. conduct in a professionel 'respect,
The Board; therefore directed the name of Dr. Hung Men-sau be struck off the Register of Medical and Sur- gical Practitioners qualified to prac tise medicine and "surgery in this Colony.
Enemy Mail Gets Through
*J, MỌCUTCHEON, victor of A. Ma. It is reported that the President Omar earlier in the week, found more "Coolidge which has just left: Hong- than his match in A, Hyde-Lay whom Wong, brought some 200 mail bags for he met yesterday the Kowloon Germany, out, to the Far East On [Fociball Club and, who won 21-5 on occasions the Government": "has the 16th heaveraged 8-shots per on their way through the Colony but managed to intercept certain mails Hydo-Lay
the enemy mail aboard the Copildge was dropped off at Japan it is under- stood:
* Head for the Grai cirki bends and kochadh that total of 16 before. Mos
Cutchson started to store. * One consolation to McCul however, "is that he will no longer. have to make the long-trips, from [Stanley toʻplay any more matches,
Retaliation Raid
for that was what he has to do jsen? By Japanese
stationed as he is with the Prison PËR
Officers out there,
CHUNGKING, Oct 4 (Reuter)
Those first eight heads were Vary Japanese aircraft raided the province one-sided Hyde-Lay safe zult use of Szechuan today In
of his better touch on the fast green": "the id over Pelj
and by the time" McCu
menced, to score; ties fergnes was for too gren
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of Foo
WAR FUND.
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LTD.
Statement of Receipts and Payments for the period
+
17th June, 1940, to 31st August, 1940.***
Subscriptions Received as per published lists: $1,312,796:17 Ramitances to HM, Treasury through Hong
Kong Government. £81,389,19.6.
Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Com
poration. Balance on Current Account $7,193.99
·Cash in Hand-Collected on 31/8/40
1,305.000.00
7,796,17
602.18 $7,796.17:
We have examined the books and records of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LTD., WAR FUND and certify the foregoing statement is a correct Summary of the Subscriptions. Received and the manner of their disposal. All administrative
and incidental expenses in connection with the Fund, the cost of printing, advertising, postage, etc, have been borne by the South China Morning Post, Limited.
LOWE. BINGHAM & MATTHEWS,
Chartered Accountants,
Hong Kong, 2nd October, 1940.
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