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Wynne Gibson Peggy Shonnon Screen Play by Harald Stumate Directed by GIDNEY SALKOW
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WELCOME MATS,
KERE COME THOSE
BROTHER RATS Again!
Brother Rat and a Baby
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PRISCILLA LANE WAYNE MORRIS JANE BRYAN EDDIE ALBERT JANE WYMAN RONALD REAGAN
PETER B. GOOD and ~[Urother Mouse)
Directed by NAY ENRIGHT-A WARNER BROS.-First National Picture Original Screen Play by John Monks, Jr. and Fred F. Finkleofís
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'DESTRY RIDES AGAIN”.
MARLENE DIETRICH --- JAMES STEWART An Universal Supar Production
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Fighter Planes In WAGES UP
Britain
FROM PAGE ONE
IN ENGLAND
Govt Figuresį LONDON, Feb. 11 (British Wire- less)-Nearly 800,000 work people in industry received in their wage rates during: 1040 Increases equal to more
February 12, 1941.
WILLKIE'S PLEA FOR US. AID
FROM PAGE ONE
man. can say at this time whether or not Britain can win the war without
Thần 2 104,000,000 annually This aur assistance in supplies, ships und
la
in 1940. It niso climbed more rapid
Short-Based Aircraft, 1 have also inspected out in the estimate was given in the January armaments, but we do know that if
Ministry Labour re- inhe
of Li
totalitariun defeated the open two first-rate American types issue of the of shore-based naval fighter arcraft. turns. The extinsate does not cover Powers will control the world. The They were Grumman Martict and furn workers, shop assistants and will control not only Europe but pro- They may the Brewster Buffalo, Possessing a Government employees who have also bably most of Africa. bigh rate of climb and a gelloned.
celling, gained substantial improvements. also control the Atlantic Ocean,
Germany would then probably The now national minimum of they with others l'have will play a big part in the protection 489. for agricultural workers resulted drive either economically or militari- of Britain's shores this year. in increases of Us, to 17s, weekly for ly towards Latin America. Perhaps Another aircraft on view was the men. That represents a gain of some fapan would also drive southwards Douglas Boston 2, a fighter-bomber £1,700,000 a year for 500,000 work to the East Indies. Then the United States and Canada would be sur- which an RA.F. officer, who has people.
rounded by the totalitarian Powers. It describes
"morc flown
They would so cripple and hinder manoeuvrable, lighter on the con- trols, faster and better on the climb" than the Bristol Blenheim Mark IV.
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30 Types Ava
Available
Orders To Canton and infringe upon us that we should
Landlords
be forced to night. We should be fighting alone in the same war which Britain is now fighting.
It resembles the British plane ex-1
CANTON, Feb. 11 (Wuh Kiu Yat
Invasion Chances cept that 11 luns a tricycle under-
Mr Wilkie declared, "For what it carriage the first RAF. plane to be Fo)-It is announced here that land-
may be worth, my belief is that so fitted. This was the only strictly lord of houses in Wangsha, Cham
Muls Lan, Hing Lung Read, Ching Germany cannot successfully invade offensive American plane at this uni Yun Road, Sap Sain Hong, Yat Tak Britain. If her northern ports can but the types inspected are but few from a range of over 30 United States Road, Wel Sun Road, Tal Hong Road be kept open and the supply lines
Tals Road
which were de- types avaliable to Britain which will and Tung prove of great value in strengthen-molished or burnt during the Japan- can be kept moving, I feel confident ing the R.A.F. front line at a critical se entry into Canton, were notified that Britain will survive the shock spring and summer campaigns." be within a,certain time. That is also the belief in high stage of the war.
If there is not complied with quarters in Brilsin, and Hf Britain can stand through the summer, the
gigantic resources Britain may be able to achieve that effectiveness which the democratie
peoples havo temporarily lost."
to rebuild them
After the limit has elapsed, the
of the
Big Raids By R.A.F. Goverment conforate tide will turn, Reinforced by our
FROM PAGE ONE
which made dive-bombing attacks on
the land and will rebuild the houses with commandeered labour.
The measure is believed to be merely to increase the revenue of the municipal. government,
roads, bridges and a pontoon bridge STOCK EXCHANGE in reply to a question, that if England
1. Dolo.
The squadron then visited Laugh- ferrandi, where they destroyed hangars on the aerodrome.
From all operations, al`alreraft returned safely.
Italian Communique ROME, Feb. 11 (UP).-To-day's communique states that British planes inst night flew over Sicily and sou- thern Italy, dropping bombs which slightly damaged one district in the locality of Apulla, and near Averlino. In the latter place, four were killed and some wounded.
Continued Firmness
If Nazis Got ́R.N Mr Willkle expressed the opinion
fell to-morrow and Germany obtain ed the Royal Navy the United States would be in the war la a month cr
Of Indians LONDON, Feb, 11 (Reuter).-On ; two,
He quoted Mr Winston Churchill the Stock Exchange to-day, apart
Kreatest from the continued firmness of India as saying that Britain's
conditions needs were destroyers, big bombers stocks, mostly listless prevailed with Balkan uncertainties and merchantmen. stifling buying interest.
Gilt-edged securities were steady but home rails, industrials and oils were dull.
Among foreign bonds, Belgian four 60. per gent. advanced from 64 to which is now 50 per cent. above the Agure at the end of the year, but the Greeks receded a trifle.
Y.M.C.A. Film Night Wall Street was easy.
For the benefit of members and their friends, a Film Night will be held in the European Y.M.CA. on Thurs- day, at 9 p.m. The following pro- gramme will be shown free of charge: Dominion Monarch, Five Faces of Malaya, Alr Enterprise Part 1 and Part 2, Somerset Idyll, Sheep Dog Part 1 and Part 2, and two films from the Fimo Depot.
shown by kind These aims are permission of the Director of Educa-
tion.
The Y.M.C.A. Discussion Group neeling will be held on February 16 at 9 p.m. in the West Lounge. The speaker will be the Rev. E, Moreton. and is subject "The man who didn't know the meaning of can't.”
RUMANIANS
LEAVING U.K.
Ethiopia Advance
FROM PAGE ONE
Maharatla troops in the North African operations, which led to the penetration into Abyssinia from the Gallabat-Metemmn zone in the Sudan, is described in the fuller accounts available. These Recounts now speak of the numerous actions by LONDON, Feb. 1 (Reuter) the Maharalta frontier force and "Reuter's" Diplomatic Correspondent
British troops. learns that the Rumanian Legation in A typical example mentioned was London has received instructions to the raid carried out on January 12. nsit for its passports, and the Charge when a Maharaita Company, sup- d'Affaires this afternoon called at the ported by an artillery barrage, made Foreign Office to make formala dashing attack in the Malemma aren Shivaji Shouting their battle cry
stocky men Maharaj Ki Jai," these from Western India flung themselves against the enemy under cover of darkness and did heavy damage.
application.
Nothing definite has yet been arranged with regard to the date of the Mission's departure.
Warning!
LATE NEWS Headquarters to local householders
́ ́Indian Ordnance
A warning is issued from A.R.P.
NEW DELHI, Feb. 11 (Reuter)- that they should not pay any atten- tion to persons who may call upon The largest of its type in India when Rald erected, a 200-ton gun-forging press them. purporting to be Air Wardens, unless they are either in law been received for a factory in uniform, or wearing the AR.P. Badge India and several important items of a-numerical Identity Dise and an plant required for the expansion of Ordnance factories have nisu arrived: Armlet.
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