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October 11, 1940.
AERIAL BATTLES Exchange At 8 Ways To E
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for promptly for three days. At the end of that time, the booka recovered From the debris and work is proceed- ing normally.
This is only one of many similar Incidents mentioned in the course of sories of authentle accounts on the real effects of the blitzkrieg un Britain's Industrial He
pronk
A "Reuter" staff reporter who in-
bombed vestigated the Bouth-cast London found that several important factories had been hit. The damage
A Glance
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age was negligible. Much Civilian Damage For every bomb that fell on
fali *ten would military objective. around, cousing civilian damage. casualties, irritation and anger but no dislocation, and a definite strengthen- ing rather than weakening' of civilian morale. One
of manufacturer
building materials said that so for enemy ac-
U.S. Cross rate in London 4.02% U.S. Cross rate in N.Y. ..4.03
tlon had not provided him will. Swimming
erough work for 12 monilis,
A brewer whose crewery was hif by six bombs and his export trauc
to India, South Africa, the Far East
and elsewhere had been little after-
ed.
A textile export merchant ntated: atthough he had been bombed out,
he was still able to execute 90 per rent, of his orders.
Manufacturers Co-operate
amont
Annual
Harbour Race
This Evening
(By "Tinker")
THE ANNUAL CROSS
Give Nazis Hell
BRITONS ROUSED.
LONDON, Get. 11 (British Wireless).These are some of the ideas produced by would-be Inventors. In England when the German Invasion seemed nearer. A bayonet altschment for soldiers' boots for kicking the enemy.
Neta strelched in the air with poe- kets into which parachutista would drop causing warning bells to ringet. Dropping snakes, scorpions, hungry rals and other animals over Germany:
A jumping tank.
were
revelations
A chemical compound to be fired at the enemy round whom it would solidity, trupping them as la o gela- tine mass, These
the
of Professor E. N. Andrade, Scientific Indviser to the Ministry of Supply which weekly receives from peers and pensants about 400 suggestions for defeating the enemy. Many of the proposals are fantastle, said the Prus fessor, but others are useful and ar
being put into practice,
H.K. Stock Market
BANKS
were
1,300 x
The effect of the damage is much minimised by re-operation manufacturers. Several mareufac
The following quotations turers affirmed that while Hitler w HARBOUR race open to the issued on the Hongkong Stock Mar- dallying for a year they were able to Aprend their Finita, have their Colony will he held this even-ket this morning. machinery duplicated and circumventing, starting from the Police destruction in other ways,
Pler, Kowloon, at 5 p.m. En The managing director of a certain
trica are post entries, and bombed eight thines in three weeks, swimmers are requested to bo told "Reuter" that two days after the at the V.R.C. not later than last his output was back to *0 per (4,30 p.m. cent, and was increasing daily.
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Anuther works reported that within 30 hours of almost total destruction, in, but there is little to doubt that Chen Chun-num will repeat his production for export orders were
victory of last year. For the women transferred under a pre-arranged plas Miss C. Guterres, winner of the to a factory elsewhere and the orders Colony's 440 yards championship, would suffer no delay
entering and she is accorded a inost excellent chance of winning.
Bevin Stimulates
The story of the Labour Exchange ometals, ment.oned earllet, WA fc- lated by Mr. Ernest Bevin in 1121 Interview with "Heuter" Mr Bevin hnd just toured factories in the curse of construction and stimulated elforis to get new factories going quickly re- gardless of schedule
Opposition for Miss Guterres will no doubt come from Miss Lee Po Juen, the South China brenst-stroke champion, and who also won the Souri China harbour rees
However, erossing this morning the water in the harbour was extremely dirty, being covered with a mim of oil waste. It is hoped that the tides
Any idea on the part of employers that they will have tuo much proto-day will wash this way. ductive capacity at the end of the war hon got to disappear, he said,
In paying tribute to the "m [vellous efficiency" of the Ministry of
GOVERNOR OF
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the next few months, the Ministry would have tremendous tok in meeting the requiresnents ef die ser- vices and industry
LONDON, Oct. 10 (Reuter),~~ General Sir Charles Bunham-Curler has tendered his resignation of the office of Governor and Commander- in-Chief of Maite,
These would probably be one of The biggest turn-overs of labour that
ad ever occurred, but he was satis - ? Bed that the reserve' labour power tion, announces the Colonial Office.
wrs there.
LONDON'S RAID
SHELTERS
SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPHI
LONDON, Get 19 (UP) in the Howe of Cominens to-day the Minise ter for Home Security. Mr. Herbert; Morrison, hinted that London's entire subway system might be taken over tu provide winter air raid shelters.
MADAME CHIANG REPORT DENIED
SPECIAL TO' the "teleGRAPH" CHUNGKING, Oct. 10 (UP)- Rumours that Mudame. Chiang Kai- shek is proceeding to Manila for the purpose of delivering a letter to Sun Fo is denied in authoritative circles
here to-day.
Estate Of Duke Of Northumberland
LONDON, Oct. 10 (British Wire- Jess)The will of the late Duke of Northumberland, Grenadier Guards, who died on active service in Flan- ders on May 21 last, shows an un- settled estate of £1,446,489.
Succeeding as ninth Duke in 1930, he was in 1836 Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Air Minister.
D
The King has accepted his resignu-
Gencrat Bonham-Carter, who was appointed Governor of Malta in 1936, caine to England last May following serious illness. Although he has bern pussed as fit for general service, it is considered that his liness is too recent for him to be able to under- take an active command without risk.
Premier Becomes A Grandpapa Again
LONDON, Oct. 10 (Brlilsh Wire- | less) -Mrs. Randolph Churchill, wife of the only son of the Prime Minister, gave birth to n son to-day.
The
Minister's Prime boy--the third grandchild-is to be christened
Winston
Thailand War Planes Held Up In Manila
MANILA, Oct. 11 (Reuter).-Ten Amerio dive-bombers consigned to Thailand were unloaded here and are being held on Washington orders.
It is understood that negotiations are In, progress to transfer the planes 10 the United States Army for de. fence of the Philippines.
MALAYA G.O.C. PROMOTED
Singapore, Oct. 10. Major-General Lionel Vivian Bond, General Omeer Commanding British troops in Malaya, who is responsible for the defences of the Singapore fortress, has been promoted to Lieu- tenant-General-United Press.
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