S. HONAN BATTLE
Chinese Claim
Victories
LAOHOKOW, Feb. 5 (Cen- tral News). Under heavy Chinese pressure large Japanese units engaged in the northward drive in south Honan are retreat- ing south-eastward, Chengyang, a. strategie city about 30 miles north-west of Loshan, which was lost on January 26, has been re- captured by the Chinese,
Some 3,000 Japanese to the north- east of Nanyang to the west of the Pelping-Hankow Railway were
to-
day heavily attacked by the Chinese. About 700 of them were incapacitated while the rest fled to Tancho, south- east of Nanyang.
Unit Annihilated
Was
A Japanese unit to the south-east of Wuyang, about 30 miles west of the Pelping-Hankow Railway annihilated while the Japanese re- treating from Fangcheng, 40 miles south-west of Wuyang, are being,
the Chinese. hotly
purnued by
As a result of the counter-offensive: in the Taihuregions on the Cheklang- Kiangau border, the Chinese have re- captured more than ten strategie points and have severely damaged! Japanese communication lines, Japan- cae communication between Chang hing and Thing, principal towns on
HEAT
Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
TO WAR ZONE-Australian saldiari bound for war zone tako leave of relativos and friends. at Sydney, en route to embarkation port, Train is chalked with jests.
Spaniards Revive Anti-
British Sentiments
the Taihu banks, han been totally MADRID, Feb. 5 (Reuter),—A threatening tone is used by disrupted.
the Spanish newspaper, "Arriba,” to-day in an article attacking The so-called mopping up opera- the British blockade and those who "within and without are try. tions of the Japanese have thus ended in complete failure: Indiening to paralyse Spain."
tive of Japanene losses, several truck- After stating that thus for The
DRIVE TO BENGHAZI
Little Opposition
H.Q., Middle East, Feb. 5 (Reuter). The Italian retreat towards Benghazi is proceeding at a rate twenty or thirty miles
loads of Japanese dead were seen to Spaniards have been able to rest from Cuba Is Again day
have been sent buck to Wukang..
their recent buttic and forgive enemies who have put obstacles in the way of their progress, the news- paper adds, "But henceforth we must
CALCUTTA, Feb. 5 (Reuter)-be united and vigilant round our flag. Both the Hollan prisoners cscaped yesterday have betn lured.
nt home and elsewhere, are 10
At Peace
this
February 6,
1941.
SERVANT TO RICH WIFE
Mr Milbourne Silvester, Stam- ford Brook, W., who gave up his position as manager of licensed premisce to do the housework for his rich wife, was left £1 a week by her will. He applied in the Chancery Division recently under the Inheritance (Family Provision) Act, 1938, to Increase the amount to £5 a week.
Hia counsel old he was 42 when
the marriage took place nearly 27 SHIRTS
years ago. He lived on amicable terma with his wife at Hove, until
per death last February. She had no to measure.
servant and the husband, besides doing all the housework, attended to her during several illnesses, as she re- fused to have a nurse.
Mrs Silvester left about £10,000. She gave certain legacies, annullies of £104 to her sister and brother,
and the realdue to the National Life- bont Institution,
Dr Barnardo's Homes and the Church Army.
Mr Justice Farwell directed that Mr Silvester should have an addi- tional £3 a week, making in all £4 a week, free of duty.
WELDING METAL TO GLASS
Welding metal to glass, 1 process which for years has been the dream of scientists all over the world, has at last been per- fected by a British firm.
Concentrated bombing by the RAF is causing heavy casualties. With the troops are hundreds of Italian settlers, who arrived, in Who The moment has come when action
HAVANA, Feb. & (Reuter), region with their families only three cap-must succeed words and a wrathful President Batista has issued a years ago. British troops who are offensive replace prudent defence if decree restoring the constitu- following close behind along two we, with our present circumstances Lional guarantee of Cuba which Cyrene to Benghazi are inceting with roads running west-from improve and Spain is to be something suspended on Tuesday morn-ttle opposition. The country be- more than a desert in which the Insting when he took swift action hind the British and Benghual is hungry groups of an old of against an alleged attempt to completely licking in fortified posi- soldiers are encumped,"e
llons, overthrow him and deposed the The article follows a number of
Barce, which is the castern ter- allusions in press and speech during chiefs of the armed forces and minus of the Benghazi railway is
"By combining the use of specially toughened glass and aluminium, and recent days to the blockade us one of other officers.
presumably the next British ol- having overcome the techaleat dim- the causes of Spain's food shortage.
jective. Though Appolonia, nesrealties of spraying, the process is now Cyrene lins not been mentioned in a practical one.
HELP FOR GASTRITIS VICTIMS
The great problem in gastritis and other digestive disturbances is how to rest the sick stomach and still nourish the exhausted body.
Solid food is out of the question.
Even many liquid foods irritate the stomach llning and cause pains and vomiting. There is a food, however, which actually soothes the indлmed atomach. It in Horlicks, Doctors re-
commend it in all cases of severe digestive trouble because it is # easily assimilated and 10 highly nutritious
J
Horlicks is a complete food in itself.
U.S. CARGO FLEET WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (Reuter),
Czechs Hide Foodthe British communique, it can be
assumed that it has been abandoned
Stocks From Nazis by the Italians.
day accepted the Senate's amend-large scale shortage of food supplies
The House of Representatives fo- LONDON, Feb. 5 (Reuter),~A |- ments to the Bill for construction of for Germany has been reported to a fleet of 200 cargo ships, and the Berlin by German agricultural agents B was forwarded to the White in Prague, according to news reach-. House for signature.
ing London,
of quarter of a million pigs, calves and The message says that last year a
President Roosevelt recently asked Congress for an appropriation $313,000,000 to cover the cost bullding these vessels.
Manchukuo Observance
HSINKING, Feb. 6 (Reuter).
of cattle were secretly slaughtered andTowns in Manchukuo will be
at least 300,000 tons of meat were prevented from reaching Germany, Į beflagged to-day on the occasion Some 13,000 wagon loads of grain of the Emperor's 36th birthday. were successfully hidden.
Government offices will celebrate
Tinplate Limited LONDON, Feb. 5 (Reuter). The
It soon rebuilds the warted. tissues, Minister of Supply, Sir Andrew have been ordered as the Germane all day. The holiday is observed by
restores the lost appetite, pours strength and vitality into the impover ished bloodstream. Your usual store
Get a supply to-day.
lls Horlicka
It is
to help
to buy
planes
(2)
for men
cause more
No food census or house inspections Duncan, announced that in order to fear that this would meet demands for, other
forms steel, the production of inplate would New punishments have been devised of supplies to be destroyed in the pante. be progressively reduced some 25 per to prevent such sabotage, the least cent below the level at which the being a fine of 10,000 crowns with industry had recently been operating six months' imprisonment.
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Foundation Shrine in the Imperial In the morning the Emperor will personally worship .at the Stale Palace,
India's Voice Will
Be Heard
New All-World Radio *NEW DELHI, Feb, 5 Heater).An order has been placed in England for a 100 kilowatt transmitter for the All-India Radio. The transmitter, which will be one of the most power- ful in the world, will be installed in Delhi.
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The preliminary work such selecting a site, etc., is progressing and it is expected that the new station which will be audible all over the world, will be used for broadcasts to Europe, Africa, the Far East and the Middle East.
glass," said an official of the firm "The soldering of metal to at St Helens, Lancashire, "has been the dream of glass techno- Jogists for years.
inf
There is a great satisfaction In being individual in the matter of shirts and in having them specially made in a pattern and of a material of your own choosing.
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"It has already been used for mak-
electric henters by spraying) aluminium in the form of wire in a zig-zag pattern on to the specially heated glass. These glass-heaters' have been tested over a long period and have energed sailsfactorily.
"The process is also being used for soldering metal discs or bolts on to glass."
Opportunity Missed
By Hitler
Speaking at Ipswich recently, Sir Nevile Henderson, former Ambassador in Berlin, said: "I think the one person-who-ro- gretted Munich more than any- one else was Hitler. He thought he had missed an opportunity, and I think he did."
Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Sir Nevile sald, tried to do his utmost regardless of himself to bring Europe back to recognition and rectification of past errors, It WES a single- handed effort on the part of a man who was over 70,
No Spitfires Then
"I do not know whether the critics of Mr Chamberlain · realize
"REUTER" HEAD that on September 28, 1938, we did
RETIRES
LONDON, Feb. 5 (Reuter).After being head of "Reuter" for the last quarter of a century, and having completed 40 years of service with the Company, Sir Roderick Jones, who succeeded Baron de Reuter In 1915, has resiimed his postilon as Chairman and Managing Director.
not possess any Spltares, we had only one or two expe
experimental Hurri canes, and only seven modern A. A. guns for the defence of London, out of 400 estimated as the minimum necessary. Germany could have dropped 2,000 bombs a day on Lon- don, and we could have given no reply.
"I would like to ask Me Chamber- lain's critics, realizing what cards he held in his hand, what they could
STOCK EXCHANGE have done either to avert or delay
war. Mr Chamberlain failed in his LONDON, Feb, 5 (Reuler),-The immediate objective, but to the end- Stock Exchange to-day made t of his life he did not have one twinge downward drift and was dull but of conscience." closed steadier under the leadership fof gilt-edged securities which rallied
on renewed institutional buying.
Industrials were rather heavy and home-rails had a pause, but Kames were steadily held, Olis occasionally improved.
Electrocuted
In Shelter
.
Japanese bonds were inclined to Jarden and speculative buying of Mr Ernest Wallace. Martin, European bonds was again in Woolwich Borough Council Elec-
Wall Street was firm.
evidence.
trical Engineer, said at an in- quest' recently that the council. Devonshire Or Harlech did not encourage people to in- To Replace Lord Lloyd stal electric lighting in Ander-
LONDON, Feb. 5 (Reuter)--The question of a successor to Lord Lloyd, who died yesterday, is complicated by the facet that besides being Secre. tary for the Colonies he was also Leader of the House of Lords.
The only other Secretary of Stato in the House of Lords Is Viscount Cranbourne, Dominions Secretary, and he is newcomer
son shelters.
20 or 60 volts through a transformer The current should be reduced to which could be bought for 10s. or 15s, No electricity of ordinary supply voltage should be used in an An- derson shelter because of the damp. Boxer's Death
A verdiet of "Accidental death" due to an ineffective cable was re-
In some quarters the suggestion is corded on Patrick Sheehan, aged 34, made that Lord Haricch, who is now of Anglesea Road, Woolwich, who one of the Civil Defence Commis- had been an Irish boxing champion aloners, will be recalled to take over
threa успеа.
for
con
both positions, but others suggest that Slicchan was one of a party of the Duke of Devonshire is in the council workmen who were
creting his shelter which had become running.
Constitutionally there must be two flooded. It was stated that he alther Secretaries of Stats: In the House of tried to wrench an electric cable from Lords so the present vacancy must be the ground or grasped it to save him- filled by a Peer.
sell when he slipped.
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