Tournament Matches
A.N. Other XI Khalsa
Trounce
Deservedly
A. A. Gunners Beat Police “B”--
A.N. Other XI 6 5th A.A. “B” 1 KHALSA 3 POLICE "B" 1
A.N. OTHERS accomplished one of their best performances in the league when on the Club ground last Sunday they boat the Gunners 6-1.
During the early part of the game, Others worked out soveral food openings, but they delayed their ahooling and frèquently 'attempted to go one.iep..too far.
However, after 15 minutes play, Hitchcock found the net with a good shot. This lead was not held for long, for Bigginton soon equalised when he cut through from the right funk and beat Benwell from a dif- feult
ungle.
There was no further score when the Interval wan lgnailed.
A
The All-Indian Police "B" team were at home to Khalsa at Boundary Street last Sunday and were defeated 3-1. The home team were out to "down" their rivals but in the end greater experience told against them and Khalsa earned their
succoss.
From the initial bully, the visitors took up the offensive, and alter heavy pressure Gurbachan Singh found the net from a pass which came from the right.
Only a few minutes later, Awtar Singh Increased the lead to 2-0.
to the bombardment and Balwant The Police defence stood up well Singh saved well on two occasions, further gonis being scored. DETERMINATION
GOAL-SCORING SPREE FTER the breather, Others went preventing
un a goal-scoring spree when
Asley and Morgan added furtherTHE
"hat trick."
Incond half was marked by
gouls, and Hitchcock completed his home team, aided by an easing up on determination by the
the part of Khalsa. The latter, Although well-beaten, the Gun- news never lost hope, and had though still the superior side, were they beesi steadier when wlihin/ unable to increas did the Palice their lead, and
the circle they right have done belter.
*. Words did good work at right back, and it was rather unfortunate that he got hurt during the game; he had to leave the Beld en the two occasions. Speed and Barraclough were the best of the halves, and Bigginton and Kennedy were speedy attackers.
WE
WELL-SUPPORTED JELL-BACKED by their defence, there was always danger when Others inunched an attack. Gilchrist, on the right wing, sent in some nice centres and received good support from Asley at right inner,
Hitchcock was & thrustful tender and his, four goals were a splendid bng for one day.
Anart from the first 20 minutes, the defence was never in danger of being overworked. Benwell had on Idle second half in goal with Gunner, Yourlet and McLellan forming "O strong triangle in defence.
only on rare look like reducing R.
breakaway
However, during a which followed, Narwant Singl tock possession and by some fine
Thursday,
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PLEA FOR PEACE-Pope Pius XII, broadcasting from Vatican City, makes special appeal to Catholics of U. S., urging "peace between the peoples and nations of the world, based on the equitable adjustment of differences," Pontiff spoke in English on Mission Sunday eve.
Tientsin Search
Municipality For Revenue
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TIENTSIN, Dec. 18 (Reuter).-Embarking on the dribbling beat Souza with a nice year with overdrafts totalling large sums and faced with in- cross drive to reduce the defelt. creased staff salaries and higher costs of coal and all imported The viallers had a bad 10 minutes, but recovered to beat off the at-materials, the British Municipal Council is casting about for.
business-like Ways and means to boost the revenue.
To-day, at an extraordinary meet-
tarks In tarblom.
most
M. H. Hasrat, at centre-half, and ing of electors, the Chairman of the Mohinder Singh, at left half grand displays.
Rave Council, Mr James Turner, labled ve League Badminton
resolutions designed to yield $017,000:
The Khoisa forwards, with their short passing, were still persistent. and Karminder Singh. In the closing stages, scored the third and Anal goal.
Awtar Singh led the attack well and Janzeer Singh, on the left wing, played true to form.
Norwant Singh, at inside left for the Polleo, was always forceful and showed much enterprise, but he hung on to the ball lust too long. He met his match in Kishen Singh.
Owing to the non-appearance of Mehar Singh at right brck and one of the templers a player was Darbara Singh, the left half, were eventually persuaded to officiate. the pick of the Police defenders.
HITLER PERSUASIONS TO WIN VICHY FLEET & ARMY (By "Reuter's" Chief Diplomatic Correspondent) LONDON, Dec. 18.-The crisis at Vichy does not appear to be over. Undor German pressure, Laval has been allowed his liberty but he has not been reinstated in office.
The interview, between Marshal Petain and Herr Otto Abetz, the Nazi Ambassador, must have been drama- tc. Abela probably endeavoured to convince the Marshal that Laval had been muligned and that he had never conspired with Abetz against Petain's security or the interests of the state.
French Envoy
To Nazi Paris
(1) Increases in existing land taxes. water and electricity rates:
(2) Introduction of an entertain- men: tax;
(3) Police tax of 3 per cent. 25- sessed in the rental value of all occupied, premises;
(4) Revision of the method of col- tecting land and rental assessment taxes;
(5) Collection of all accounts in local dollars at the highest value when payment is tendered,
All five resolutions were passed.
LAVAL FREED
Three Games Played In
"B" Division
December 19, 1940,
WAR WORK FOR GERMANY
In Occupied France
LONDON, Dec. 18 (Router)The French Government has no power to control "Frencfi labour in German occupied France and there is good reason to believe that factory workers there are being forced to work for German war requirements.
This Information was given to-day by ons. in
'Mr. R. A. Buller in the House of
reply to a
queation, He added that some workers may have been removed to Germany for that
at purpose. As far as the British Government knows, there is no con- clusive evidence that Tactories in un occupied Franco are being used for repairing German aircraft. This natter is not covered by the Franco- German armistice.
Mexico To Improve Air Fields
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 18 (UP) Mexico's 1941 budget will include a 10,000.000 peso appropriation to re- condition and improve 258 nir fields, the newspaper "Ultimas Noticias" says,
The newspaper says the govern- ment desires gradual development of Mexico's commercial airines net- work.
Some observers believe that the budget announcement was the result of plans by the Pan American-Air- ways to establish a route fróņi Las Angeles to Mexico City, The New Pan American route has been lenta- tively approved and awaits Anal nction by the Civil Aeronautics Authority in Washington.
Hitler's Talk
To Officers
LONDON, Dee. 14
(Reuter).
Illiler to-day made a speech to 3,000 ofcer candidales for the army, air force and storm-troops, who have just been promoted to officer rank,
The text of his speech, which was delivered in the Berlin Sportsparlist. has not been published but the official news agency says that the Fuchrer gave the young soldiers the watch word for the duties which lie ahead of them as supériors in the National Socialist Army and for the adjust
· THREE MATCHES were played in the "B" Division of the local Bad- minton League last alght. St. John's and King's College scored decisive vietosies over the Police and Jewish R.C. respectively, while in the third, the Kowloon C.C. beat Kowloon Tourment of their lives.
6-3,
F. H. Kwok and J. Chen were the most successful pair for Kowloon Tong. winning two of their three games. The other was won by Peter Lo and J. Trang. ..
Scores were:
ST. JOHN'S v. POLICE St. John's beat Polile B-1.
LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter). -Reports from Vichy suggest
D. Kwok and H. Eardley beat Major that the strenuous efforts by and si 21-2. beat Gilles and Borden 21-7, Herr Otto Abetz, the Nazi Dent MacDonald and Dingadale 21-0 Ambassador, to rescue Lava Blu 21-9. lost to Gillies and Gordon from political disgrace have met with some success.
0-21,
1-3,
R. Maynard and G. Ladd beat Major
bent MacDonald and Dingedale
N, L., Smith and P. Wilson beat Major and Slu 23-29, heat, Gillies and Gordon and Dingsdale 20. beat MeDonald 21-7
Field Marshol von Brauchlischt, Commander-in-Chief of the German Army, spoke afterwards and pledged the Army's loyalty to Hiller.
Ten-Ton Tanks
By Air
The Germans are claiming to have devised means for trans- porting ten-ton tanks by air.
This information does not perturb the War Offcc. These tanks" are only small and are scarcely bullet- proof,
Lavat was received by Marsha Petain yesterday "to discuss the
K.C.C. V KOWLOON TONG general situation" and was also pre-
Kowloon Cricket Club beat Kowloon sent during part of the Lalk between | Tong 6-3. Reports that Laval favoured pete Comte Fernand de Brinon to-day
LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter)Petain and Abciz
__P" Wynter-Blyth, and A. L. Fisher beat mitting the passage of troops to Italy
Presumably Laval was released Kwok and J. Chen 21-11, beat 516-well-advanced. are not confirmed from any indisput-formally assumed the post of French from the house of detention to which end S. C. Chan 21-0. beat Peter Lo able source. If the Germans wished Ambassador in Paris, according to the was reported to have been confined. Anderson and to send troops hurriedly to Italy they Vichy dispatch to the German news since his dismissal from the. Vichy Kwok and Chen 8-21, beat Chans 21-4, would use the Brenner pass
Government. Conciliation Policy
agency,
The appointment was made by:
Left Paris A decision to break through Un-Marshal Petain in accordance with a
VICHY, Dec. 18 (Reuter). The occupied France is improbable as it decision taken at yesterday's cabinet mystery
about
Laval's where- meeting. would be in cpposition to the German
abouts was cleared up this afternoon policy of the past few weeks, the Comte de Brinon thus becomes a when a semi-official announcement object of which has been to secure full-fledged Ambassador six weeks stated that he had left for Paris "in the
full
collaboration of France in after his appointment as the perman- his private capacity," place of Italy. Hitler knows that his ent representative of the French For- tropps could enter Unoccupied France gign Minister (then Laval). He hes
at any moment, but it is for more im- long been known for his friendly portant for him to
Navy and the F have the French attitude towards Germany
pire on his side.
Colonial Em- As Vice-President of the French- German Committee, he was received
Hence the gentle methods employ-by Goebbels in February, 1938. The ed in dealing with Marshal Patain visit was considerably criticised and
has resisted all Gorman blandish- ments.
Chinese Gift To British
For Air Raid Victims CHUNGKING, Dec. 10 (Reuter),--|
2. L. Anderson ́and H.-8. Jones Jost to
oest ie and Trang 21-17.
D. Hazell and Å. E. P. Guest lost to Kwok und Chen_11-21, beat Chans 21-3, lost to Lo and Trang 18-21.
WIN FOR KING'S COLLEGE King's College beat Jewish Recreation club - *S. Rainley and L. Landau lost to §. I. Chau and K. 1. Atwell 12-31, lost to K. L. Lul and W. C. Chung 12-21, lost to K. 1. Lo and T. Lam*5-21.
A. Pollak and M. Talan Ion to Chau and Atwell 5-21, beat Lu and Chung 21-17. lost to Lo and Lam 3-21.
D. Codkin and J. Odell lost to Chau and Atwell zeal, toes to Lulang chung 15-21, lost to Lo and Lamm 10-21.
These
Our own research in this direction The Italians are using tanks for their advance into Egypt, but here their machines are at a disadvantage. Tanks were designed for mountain warfare in Abyssinia, and have
great gripping power on the surface. This gripping power was an advantage over the hard, rocky ground of "Abyssinio, but on the smooth sand of the Egyption desert it is a drawback.
More Insulin Now
Being Made
are
Stocks of insulin in Beltain suficient for two years, states Dr.
Y.M.C.A. FIXTURES R. D. Lawrence, physician in charge
and the use of self-seeking politicians he subsequently denied that he had The British Ambasador, Sir Ar-
The following European Y.M.C.A. kuch as Layal and Flandin.
been sent to Berlin on a mission for chibald Clark Kerr, has received
fixtures have been arranged: So far, however, Marshal Fetain the French Government.
To-day, 5quash, 0 to 11 p.m.; from Dr. Wang Shin-chien, President, of the Sino-British Culturni Relations Swimming (water heated).
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Saturday, Hockey (3, and 4.30 the relief of suffering in the United p.m.); Swimming (water heated); Kingdom caused by German sur Tennis, raids.
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Nazi Missionaries
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5th Column Activities
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The sum is donated by Chinese (Xmas Carols); Tennis; Swimming LONDON, Dec. 18 (UP). The members and friends of the Associa (water heated). PRETORIA, Dec. 18 (Reuter) — Minister of Economie Warfare, in a tion, who slate that they wish to ex-! Measures greinst Alth "column" statement to-day said that p50,000 press their great sympathy for the aclivity in South Africa were an-, German children are among the mass suffering people of England. nounced by the Minister of Native of evacures which the heavy R.AF. Affairs to-day.
bombings have forced to liave Berlin, The Government has ordered the removni to other areas of 400 Hamburg and towns in the Ruhr dis-
Ariet man missionarles who splored the and to south Germany, Austria) ter),-President Vargos has signed to IT
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Duchess Of Kent's Sister Escapes
Countess Toerring-Jettenbach, sia- ter of the Duchess of Kent, his ex- caped from the Nazis, and is safe will her other sister, Princess Paul of Jugo-Slavia
The Duchess of Kent heard this news recently.
Countess Toorring, whose home le in Munich, has had her movements restricted for some time.
The Nazis are thought to Hávo zur- perted her of pro-British sympathies. Her husband is serving as an officer with the German Army.
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