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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 8, 1941.
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H.K. Education Dept. Authorises Text-Books
As the result of recommendations of the Textbook Com- ! mlítée set up during the past year, the Education Department has issued to all English schools in the Colony a comprehensive. list of books which are recommended or permitted to be, used,
As from September 1942, the¦ use of textbooks not on the Re commended or Permitted· ́lists | will not be allowed.
Schools desiring any modification of the lists are requested to forward} their application, together with one enpy of each book concerned, to the Secretary of the Textbook Commultlec. In the list of books described rs
5 for local schools are ¦
in regu
Aircraft Losses
Compared
of titles which have been regular use here for many years, zuch as the Royal
oyal Crown Reader vorles, Nesild's Grammar and Long-†mber man's School Grammar.
LONDON, Aug. 7 (Router)---Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary for Alt. gave an analysis showing; the total ur Haltel, German akf Italian aircraft lost or destroyed on
Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, all fronts excluding the Russiati Charlotte Yonge's books and Crook, front during May, done Kay and Handyside's An Introdues when he was ory History are also listed as un-rene was questioned to the House suitable.
What Nazis Drained From Soviet Union
LONDON, Aug.
(Reuter).--
Cammom to-day. Sir Archibald exp
explained that the
analyst, sa
sens compiled from Bratish ofial countintes. In May 149 | British planes were lost, 335 German and three Italian planes were lost; in June 227 British pinnes were lot for 277 Germans and nikns; in Julya 265 British planes were best for 326 German and 64 Italians. These
totalled 601 British planes, 938) Gehan planne aric! 117 Italian planes.
During the past 18 months, gald
The British losses include Prot Mr Dingle Foot, Parlamentary)
Euery Secretary to the Ministry of Econcurred in Iraq and Syria. mie Warfare, in the House of Comes do not inetales aircraft whose
not established mons. to-day. Genny imported nationality was fruen the Soviet substantiat qurati- raft destroyed by the Fleet Air tes of esential was inateyal Arm or by the guns of British war-i
cluding errents, ult. tiraler. mand merchant commels
ganese, chrome and cotton.
Oil iogurts fay thats peraad weve ind the neighbourhood of 1,000,600 ton:.. bcluding lubricants benfi aviation spirit.
in
link:
Over Siberian Railway
addition, the trans-Siberian Railway was Germany's only with the Far East and during verent' months, goods reached Germany by, this route at a rate of well OVERŹ 500,000 tons a year, consisting main- ly of animal and vegetable oils and fals but also including rubber. in Topper and tungsten.
The immediate result of the many unprovoked aggression against Rib-i sia is, of course, to cut off further; supplies from and through Russin Nor, as thigs are, can thuse be re- placed by German imports from on
Lother sousee.
Chungking's Extra Raid Precautions
CHUNGKING, 'Aug. 7 (Central News),-Chungking theatres, cinemas and other amusement houses have been orderest in canecl night per- formances from the 10th day to the; 20th day of each moun as precau-: Lion against possible night raids,
Meanwhile, the police will people coming to town at night from the suburbs unless they have domicile permits.
during night raids. Any
stop
rand
NATIONAL
WAR BONDS
ONE ISSUE TO BE '
STOPPED
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SUNK BY NAZIS-This is one of two pictures taken by a Helsinki businessman showing. the sinking of the Finnish merchantman Carolina Thorden, bombed by Nazis.off Norwo- gian coast. Rescue boat draws near. while lifeboat dangles at left. Neutral markings are apparent,
Pilot's Escape Through Enemy Lines in Crete
League Tennis
Re-arranged Games In "C".
This is the story of an escape through the enemy's lines And "D" Divisions
in Crete.
It won for Flight-Lieut. D. S. G. Honor a bar to his D. F. C. It began when his Hurricane was shot down into the sea off Crete, after he himself had brought down two Nazi aircraft.
Let the pilot rontinue the story in; LONDON, AUg 7 (Router)-Cer-, his own words, in technical changes are announced!
"1 went down with the maching
After August 14, the present Issue of a window open. in the Treasury's war borrowing forty feet into the sen without even;
bonds, 1946-18, how totalling some two and half per cent, untional war; "Somehow I got nut, and my Alar
£400,000,000, will be discontinued.
The Issue of three per rent, saving bonds, 1955-65, wil euntinue sub stantially unchanged.
West (life jacket) brought me to the surface.
MID-DAY BANDITRY IN CITY
`RE-ARRANGED GAMES in the ,"C" and "D" Divisions of the local tennis league were played yester- day. South China A‚A, went fur- ther ahead in the only "C" Division game, beating Reerein 716-136 Scores were:
Recreio fost to South China 15-7% F. J. Remedios. and J. Funseen drew with K. H. 1 and 8. Y. LI 0-6: thew with J. Hsu and 11.-C. Kwok 6-0; lost to K. 1. Chan and 11. N. Wong 3-0.
H. A. Norough and R. A. Marques Just to Ip und L 4-0 los to itsu and Kwok 5-7: drew with Chan and Wong 6-0.
P. A. Yvonovich and A. 8. Norunin loss, to Ip and Ll 0-6; lost to Hsu and Kwok 2-0 lost to Chan and Wong, 1-8
D DIVISION
POST OFFICE A V, SOUTH CHINA Post Office A Jost to South China 3-4, J. Howelt and W. G. Morrison beat 1.
"Although battered by waves, succeeded in getting my trousers off. For folly four hours i tried to get; Thus the Treasury will revert to ashore, and it k me an hour to A daring robbery and murder was the earlier practice of relying solely do the last twenty yards.
committed in the heart of the city on one market issue,
"I spent the night in a freezing about noun yesterday when five men, As encouragement to small Inves-cave. They were the worst hours of one armed with a revolver and four tors, the
masinnan bite of three per my life. After daylight I swam my with knives, gained admittance to cent, defence bonds, available through way to a little headland, dried out the house of a Chinese doctor, Wong the Post Office and Trustees ny clothes in the sun, and footed it Fung-kuen. 70 Des Voeux Road Cen- Savings Bank's will be increased until I reached a goatherd's emptyj
pretending to be patients, from seven to ten years effective from hut.
hacked to death in anab, Tung Luis, September 1.
Night In Church
32, severely wounded. the doctor and decamped with
with money and jewellery Set 0-8: lost to Ng and Kwok, 3-0, valued
nt over $1,000. Taken unawares
ores and over-power-
Savings certificates and other fea-1 tures of defence bands will be un-; changed,
Hull On Note From Vichy
Laster.
The
c. Wang and K. C. Siet 6-4, beat Y. K. N and P. Y. Kwok 7-5, beat 8. 5. You and H. Wong 8-0.
D. Fitehor nud Y. S. Fung last to Wong and Stel 2-6; lost to Ng and Kwok 1-6; and long
S. S. Chin and C. 1. Chan lost to Wong
lest to You and Wong.3-0.
INDIANS V. CHINESE R.C. Indians lost to Chinese 16.C. 2.-05. M. H. Biesan and M. K. Singh lost to
H. Talbot and A. Odell last to Poon and
"Nest night I spent in a disused chuggh, where I found some matches, an incense burner and a stagnanted, the doctor was tied and gagged K. C. Lavand W. C. Choy 1-6; hept C. N. well. I drunk from this gladly. The
the desperadues who then pro- Trang and T. F.Chiu 6-2; beat JC, N. "At the next village I was told ceeded to ransack the house. Un-Won and Y. Chan 0-2.
M. S. Hussain and M. I. Razack Host to That another British pilet had been suspectingly an amah entered the
Lai and Chul 0-0; Jost Trank and Glu shot down that Almost un-room and seeing what was happen-4-6; drew with Wony and Chan 1-8.
clay. believably it turned out to be a sering shrieked in alarm. A robber A. J. Sulliad and AR15. Esmail fort to promptly hacked her with a knife and Choi ; lost to Thang and Chiu
2-0; lost in Wonk and Chan 4-6. WASHINGTON Apr. 7 (Reuters, cont-pilot of my own fight.
"There was a friendly discussion inflicting wounds which
JEWISH FILIPINOS proved ---Ar Cordell Hull, Secretary of whether the villagers should turn us
fatal.
Jewish Recreation Club lost to Filipino; Only those who have residential State, fold a press conference to-day over to the eneiny as we were com- Meanwhile the doctor had strug- Club - permits may enter public dug-outs that the ante from France was upletely hemmed it. I asked for four led free of his hands and the rob- A. H. Pulink and M. Talan lost to B.
whe stantially along the lines reported in hours to think it over, then we start serious. body wounds. He was taken okt
and. Ponn 4-6; drete with T. Kng and hers went for him too. seeks shelter without such a permit, dpatches from Vichy,
inflicting. Man 0-6; lost to K. K. ip and L. F. is liable to confinement for 12 hours
ed our journey through the German Asked whether the new assurances lines.
to Queen Mary Hospitol where he is run and Poon 6-8 beat Koo and Man B. Godkin and S. Ramler drew with after the "all clear.
Gongs will be rounded
ere satisfactory, he said that he still
C-2: beat Ip and Souza 6.4.. ta
"After crossing, the island by nightlying in a critical condition, Warn babbed to know more about what was
free heard an aircraft approaching robbery was not discovered,, 17: 1st to Tae-and-Man 1-0, Tust | the-residents-un-sening in Vichy. the river in ease of night
We thought it was German until until some time later when the doc- 1 h and Haz 0.0. since the Japanese-designated "safe the Vichy Nate might be published!
Mr Cordell Bull indicated that saw the shape of a Sunderland.
tor's
wife returned. ty zone", is by no means safe.
arted signalling with my pJewellery and other property taken
The exact value of the
money. ket torch. 11: remarks have led some That saved us, although, in the believed to be well over $1,000. has not yet been ascertained, but it berver, here to infer that the Noin underland, pilot's words, it was The room was littered with overs.
elf has faded to satufy the million to one chance. American Government entirely re-nd's
The Sunaler turned furniture, papers and books, Verding the defence of French Africa dinghy to take us aboard."
crew had to inflate their i WASHINGTON, Ang 7 (Centralnd other nulitary bases and
was covered with blund marks One theory, is that the robbers News) Mr Norroan Soon, editor jerejons.
were identified by the amah
and they resorted to murder as apparent- ly her erles were not heard by Belghimurs. WASHINGTON. Aug 7 (UP).--
Police under Sub-Inspector J. The Office of Production Manage-
O'Donovan and Sgt N. B. Fraser tre itment to-day disclosed that tout: pro-
entcher at Clerkenwell'investigating the matter. rat is leccoed authoritatively to-day.
duction has been increased.
| County-Court, esplaining why he had i Mr Soon was corresponent The increases in production are as not yet carried out a contract, save: the "New York Times" at the time, fell ws: light tank output during the following lecture to counsel;!
Other
reriving the April, May and June survivors
was 12606 "You don't understand my business. award include Bir Erie, ayell, Mribe t frat quarter: medium They are offering
Bd, o tall. Welden Janer, "PAL" writer, and tala op 2077 machliegins 69W: When I lenow the rats are, breeding Mr Jan Marshall "Colliers" cor- modeless powder 126% and T.N.T. there. I don't pay me to go until respondent.
(they have bred. Thọn 1 get more.
NAVY MEDAL
FOR NEWSMEN
of the Central News, hun been awarded the "Navy Expeditionary Medal" by the United States Gover
ment, for the part he played durings,
the bombinit,and vikingg r.f U.S.S. Pinay by Japanere
of
Coll-
Production Increases
A
RAT CATCHER'S
BUSINESS
KEEP THE BOMBER FUND SOARING
TYPES OF BOMBERS HITTING. 'HITLER 7.-The Bristol Beaufort. DONATIONS TO DATE: $2,453,708.64
REMITTED TO LONDON: £151,939.19.68
and
Encouragement For Czechs Slovaks Are Bitter
BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS GALA
Win For Central Boys
MEMBERS of the Boys' and Girls' Clubs Asecciatian took part in their anal zwhuming guls at the. V.R.C. yesterday, Clubs from the various districts in Hongkong part
rilelpating. No girls took part,
by and the Meet was won
(The Central Boys Club with 33 points. Y.M.C.A. Club being second, and Sat Yug Pan Club third, Those princent included Caplain and Mtrs F. D. Minhhanick, Mr J. M. Nor- a. Mes Phyllis Harrop. Mr G. T. Lowry, Mirs F. E. E. Bonker, Mrs 11. Odell, Mr Kwok Chun, Mr E. M. Ray- mond nod Mr J. C. Charter.
Prizes were distributed by Mrs Min-
sented with a sheaf of flowers by one
Results
bic and after this she was pre- ANKARA, Aug. 7 (Reuter). of the small boys. -British, American and Russian recognition of Czecho-Slovakia Following were the results: has given the Czechs new courage which is shown in ever- increasing sabotage in arms factories although the vigilant Gestapo is threatening death for Yards free style Small Boys)-1. subotage or negligence, ・・
Silent demonstrations take place dnity in Prague outside the former Vip Wong
Soviet Legation.
50 Yards free style-1, Wang Tun-shun Central): 2. Nut Nai-fun (Central): 3, Sze You Argyle Street). Time 4 BCCH 50 Yards free style (Juniors)-1, Yip Kwan-yul" (Shanghat Street); 2. Wong:
Contran, Tine 43 mese *Kam (Stanley); 3, Mua Tuk-cheung
Tung Tak-kel (Y.M.C.A.); 2 Yun Se-hong (Central): 3, Ko Hung (Sai Ying Puny. Time 23 secs.
Bace. Tul Pak-to und - (Shonghial Street),
Tune secr
It is learned from Bratislava that Kam (Stanley); Yung Chung-pak Slovaks welcomed the recognition of Stanley): 3, Chan Chuk-kwan (Slantey). Czecho-Slovakia as nearly all Stovnks: 100 Yards breast-stroke Bentor), wont to 500 Czecho-Slovakia restored. Mae Chun-kl 1961 Ying Pun): 2, Chan
Slovnic troops are very bitter
Yal-wah (Y.MCA): 3, Hau Chak-nim because they are forced to fight Central). To 1 min. 30 secs.
Arjihnittle face,-1,- Leung Plu-tung Russin, and when in the front line (YM.C.A), they hasten to desert and join the 3. M.C.A. Tuno 3 mins, 5. escr
Relay Race,-1, Central; 2, Sai Ying Pun; brother Slays
Piungo-1. La
Chan Yut-wah Refugees Take Alarm (Y.M.C.A.); 2. Leung Pui-lung (Y.M,C,A,); LONDON, Aug. 7 (Reuter).-Geer-3 Yin Kwan-yu (Shanghal Street).
Medley Race-1, Central; 2, Sai Ying ing's sister-in-law has arrived in Pun: 3, Y.M.C.A. Switzerland from Bohemia where her! Following the meet, the boys from husband Alfred Goering has been the Central Club marched proudly manager of the Skoda Works for the back to their headquarters bearing the
two years, it in learned in Czech championship shield. circles..
inst
She was allowed to remove. her possessions from the Reich in a ruil- way truck which presumably con- tained furniture.
Reports reaching London show, that many other high Germans who took
FRAF in
COTTON GOODS
FOR CHINA
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Aux. 7 (UP),
in Czecho-Slovalci to escape The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr rolds are returning to Ger- Henry Morgenthau to-day disclosed many owing to growing tension in that the Lend and Lease Administra Czecho-Slovakia,
tion has ordered ten million yards. From a number of influential Ger- of cotton goods for the Chinese army, mans who are either leaving Bohemia He told the press that the malerini
or are-sending their families bacit would be used to make uniforms for to Germany, Reuter" learris, it is the Chinese soldiers and that the or- ovident that serious trouble is appro- cier had been approved" n' few days hended before long,
`ago."
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HONGKONG SOCIETY FOR THE. PROTECTION OF CHILDREN' THE SOCIETY ASKS FOR
$34,000
in 1041 to meet the Increasing needs of sick and destitute, children in Hongkong, against which the Income to date is $19,000 only:
In order to continue its work, The Boclaty ap- peals for the balance of
$13,000
before the close of the financial year on dist October,
5,100.
The number of children assisted last year waI
Hon. Treasurers (from whom a copy of the annual Report for 1040 may be obtained):
Me, A. MCKELLAR, C.A.
c/o Mackinnon Mackenzie & Dou P.&O. Building.
Mr, KWOK CHAN,
/ The Banque de L'Indo-Chino, HONG KONG.
3rd, July, 1031,
Telephone 28171
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