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R. A.F. BLITZ CONTINUES
Nazi Cities Again Bombed And Fired
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
LONDON, Aug. 17 (UP).-It is authoritatively reported that the Royal Air Force attacked Cologne, Dusseldorf, Duisburg the Ruhr Valley and also ports the occupied areas during the right, adding that "many large,
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LETTERS
Dissatisfaction Over Rent
The Editor,
Hongkong Telegraph.
Str. The Prevention of Eviction
Ordinance was, admittedly, intended as a salutary measure to restrain in- satiable handlords from rapaciously exploiting their unfortunate tenants by periodically increasing the rents of their dwellings whose refusal to comply with the demands would, they know, result in the certainty from their of their being evicted Fighters Downed
Bomes; for the power of eviction is, LONDON, ABE 17 (Reuter)It is in the words of the Honourable the learned that four
Bighters Attorney General at the time of the have been destroyed during opera-passing of the original urdinance, "a thus by nur fighters over the Channel terrible weapon in such a congested
Colony as Iongicong. nd northern France to-day.
Tenemy
Raiding Britain
Air
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH' LONDON, Aug. 17 (UP)—A Joint
the comununique. Issued by Ministry and the Ministry of Home Security stated that a few German raiders operated off the coast of eastern and southeastern England during the night.
For this Ordinance, which confec on the pubke a great measure of vellet and benifit, and which is Excellency the Governor, Sir Geof- frey Northcote, Wats undoubtedly responsible for bringing into being, he will be ever gratefully remem- bered by the public of Hongkong as achievements. Nevertheless the
Some Bew inland bombing several of his cutstandine odical rafsing |
point. "These cause some damage but the number of casualties is re- although sorted to be very small they include a sing number who lost heir lives in a town of southeastern England"
The
Hongkong Telegraph Eleventh Annual
of the rents of the poor tenants by their greedy landlords is, unfortun ***
the ever, and ately, as rampant as reason that few volees have been raised in indignant
against protest
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the landfords' insatiable greed is that ZBW; 355 metres (845 kc.) and 31.45 the great majority of the tenants belong to the poor ignorant class of
natives, who rather than refuse to Relay by Howard Marshall
comply with their landlords unjust demands would meekly submil 10 them for fear of being turned out
Amateur Photographic or their homes.
Competition
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June- September, 1941. Two Silver Trophies Awarded by ILFORD LTD.
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SECTION ONE
"News From Home"
Broadenst by ZBW on a Frequency uf 845 h.c.'s and on Short Wave From
0.52 1-2.16 and 8.30-11.15 p.m. ou me's per, second.
On the question of the assessment of rent, on which landlords seem to place much reliance, it is evident 12.15 Short Service of intercession. that, because of the hazardous way 12.30 Mantovani and His Orchestra, in which it had, in some instances, 1.0 Local Timo Signal and Pro- been made. It leaves much to be de-gramme Summary., sired.
Take a case point;
Exactly six
1.02 Some Souza Marches.
months after the Eviction Ordinance Hands Across The Sea, The Band hand been passed, the rent of a flat for H. M. Coldstream Guards; Stars was increased 25 per cent and only and Stripes; Washington Pust, last year the ok landlord again gave Rawicz and Landauer (Piano Duets); notice of a further increase in rent; Semper Fidelis March, The Band of $250 but after having pointed out to him H. M. Coldstream Guards.
the disadvantage of this flat in com- jurison with those of adjoining houses, he Was amenable to reason
1.18 Plantation Songs.
Interior scenes. Table Top and Stit and did not raise the rent; but no Camptown Races; Uncle Ned; Ring sooner had the present new landlord De Banjo (S. C. Foster), Frank
Life Studies.
Bowlers On Top Exluding portraiture, plants and acquired these houses than be im- Luther and The Lyu Murray Quartet
In Matches-
At Home
200
LONDON, Aug. 18 (Reuter) — While bowlers dominated. the Lord's match between the ́R.A.F. and Sir Pelkom Warner's eleven, the Inter-county game at Trent- bridge brought two centuries. Nottinghamshire declared with for four wickets and Leicestershire lost two wickets for 55 in the available time, the game being drawn. The first two Notingham wickets foll cheaply bui Jog Hardstaff, the junior Englund player joined R. T. Simpson and the pair sent the bowling to all parts of the ield,
Simpson is slower than Hardsinft bul his clever strokes before he was caught scored 111. whereas Hardstaff, woo reached 100 in ninety minutes was clean bowled with a score of 110.
One-day Match
Under the One Day rules, Warner's eloven beat the Airmen by 20 rus. Batting Arst, Warnpe's did little against the grand bowling of Austin Mathews. who has played for Glamorgan and Northamptonshire. Matthews took six for 31, getting three in one over and. opposition was all out for 8 before lunch.
The Airmen however, against a bat- tory of fast bowlers, collapsed with only G1, Sergeant Parker, with 22, alone reaching double figures.
With time available, the teams Bat- ted again, Warner's declaring 65 for 3, the Airmen getting 61 for 3, and War-
winners ner's being judged
first innings.
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RULES
The following Rules will govern the Competition:
The Competition is open to al photographers.
1. The entries awarded the ford Trophies for the best and second- best pictures in the Competition, will not be entitled to any other prizes,
-The prizes will be awarded to the competitors sending in what are adjudged to be the best photo- graphs in each Section, Each entry must be accompanied by a form which will be published during the period of the Com-
must petition, and which parted on back of entry. -The right to publish any or all of the entries is reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph,
1.-All photographs entered musi have been taken in the Colony of Hongkong. Photographs which have been already" entered in other Competitions are ineligible. 6. No responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of, loss of, or damage to entries,
mediately raised the rent of every flat, and to implement it he had re- "course" to the Assessor
Plano; Plantation Songs, Paul Robeson (Bass) with Orchestra.
-1.30 Reuter- and Rugby Press and Announcements.
In due course and without any notice. party consisting of Euro- pean and a Chinese from Lie Assess ment Department came to the above that and began measuring it, which ke most corner Chinese tenement heuses is surrounded by fivil glass Sziget). windows-giving into an apology for
pose.
which, being exposed complete to
sult
and rule, make il
1.45 Dellbes-Sylvia Ballet.
Orchestra Symphony
conducted by John Barbirolli.
2.02
Violin
Joseph Solos by
Scene De La Czarda No. 3 (Hun- Fantasy-Hubay), Gyrsy
Song-Snow (Sigurd (From "Classical -Prokofief); Danse
"Petrouchkn"
a verandal of only 2 feet 9 inches Ingarian width which served no useful pur- Norwegian
Gavotte ophonyy" Now, to obtain space sufficient for
Russe (From three cubleles, these have to be erected against the glass windows Stravinsky)
2.15 Close Down. to
6.0 Indian Programmine. 6.45 Closing Local Slock Quot-
6.47 The Boston Promenade chestra aud Rose Bampton (Con- Hungarian Dance No. 5; Hungarlan Dance No. 6 (Brahms). The Boston Promenade Orch; "Song Offering" Therefore, it is quite clear that, ac-When I Bring To You Colour'd Toys cording to the dictates of common
My Light, Rose Bampton with sense, any increases in sent should Pavanne (Could) Toy Trumpet be apportioned proportionately, tuk-
Boston Promenade (Scott), The
they put them la such position; so have to be placed against the wallons which, owing to the space taken up. by the entrance, leaves just sufficient Iralto. space for only two cubicles; whereas all the flats of adjoining houses have each three cubicles.
Pluno,
Or-
Ing into consideration the disubill-Orchestra; Swans (Walter Kramer), ties or otherwise of ench individual Rose Bampton with Piano: Largo Bat; but, instead of such apportion- (From
The
"Xerxes-Handel),
ment, the rent of a flat containing Boston Promenade Orchestra, only two cubicles has been increased
50
7.17 Plano and Organ Duets by
per cent more than the increase Patricia Ronsborough and Robinson
In the rent of flats containing three Cleaver.
bieles each, which is really what
15
Nora 7.30 Varlely with Flotsam and Jetsam. The Sisters and Others.
Binney,
Boswell
has been done in this case.
Consequently, the conclusion irresistible that, consequent upon the
8.0 London Relay-The News. 8.15 London Relay-War
disproportionate increases In. the rents between the above and the mentary.
ther flats, the assessment is, to say 8.25 London the least, wrong because It was not Post." intelligently made.
Moreover, more
7-All entries to be either black, 4epla, or toned pictures, and musi be mounted. Coloured photo. graphs are inaiigible. A-Pictures submitted in sepia tones
should be accompanied inaller print in black and white, - #-No pletüre to entered in
than one Section. 10-Mounts to be only white or e
must be of one of the following stres:-10×12,~-10×20; 11.-No correspondence will be entered into in connection with the com- patition,.
12-Members of the Staffs of the
Hongkong Telegraph
the and South China Morning Post are not permitted to compela.
13. The decision of the Judges shall
be final.
14-At the conclusion of the Com- petition, entries will be returned to competitors on application at the Telegraph omges within seven days. 15-The use' of, aliases is strictly
forbidden.
ENTRY FORM
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Relay Listenlur
Examination of Points in Dally German Propaganda.
8.30 Programma Summary. 8.32 Folk Songs and Music. 0.0 Local Time Signal and An- nouncements.
the rent of the above fat has since the beginning of the war already been increased exnelly 1621 per cent fact which the person who made the assessment and recommended the unfortunate in- 9.02 This week's programmes, crease in rent did not probably know, $.05 Studio Talk by Mr J. F. Furthermore, if like the Urban MacGregor on "The British Prisoners Counell which could find it no in- of War Fand." convenience to distribute thousands 9.15 Arensky-Trio in D Minor, of notices to householders informing Op. 82.
their
them days in advance of the dole Eileen Joyce (Plano) Henr. dwellings would be Temianka (Violin), and Antoni Sala cleansed, surely the Assessors
De- (Cello), partment can easily do the same 9.45-10.00, News in French (On Bince it fun but a very few notices Short Wave only)..
9.45 Operatio Ducis, for distribution; and, by doing so,
Samson may be enabled
And Dellish"Softly sonoply to attend the party from Awakes My Heart (Saint-Seuns), not only to the Assemors
premises but also to Thill w. Orch.; "The Force Of furnish them with certain relevant Destiny"In This Solemn Hour facts which they may be unaware of (Verdi), Charles Kullman and Wal- for themselves ther Grossmann with members of the or unable to see for without being brought their State Opera House Orchestra.
10.0 London The News and News notice; thus much friction and even annoyance can be avoided; while Commentary. Se
A Progrennne
Dance of 10.15 intelligent assessment should be the
3. M-XAVI
11.0 London News From Home" *Address of the case in point has by Howard Marshall. been eliminated-Editor.
11.18 Close down,
calling at thepartment on their Mile. C. Germay and M. Georges
Please use block letters and pazia | result.
one of these forma on back of each Entry,
to
were
ones,
Later, an explosion-occurred when the flames were rising to a height of 800 feet and were visible for 70 miles. Sweepa were made by fighters
over
southern Stelly yesterday but na combat resulted.
"Cyrenaica: During Friday night
Issued on the Hongkong Stock Mar-1.A.F. bombers raided nerodromes at ket this morning.
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Derka and Benina, and the ports of Hardin and Benghazi. At Benina direct hits were registered en hungurs Con- .1,385 sa. and administrative buildings.
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"At Berka, grounded aircraft were 2333 n. attacked Aircraft of the Fleet Air .11% n. Arm, supported by A.F. Bombers, rulded Bardia and .76 n. successfully
bombed shipping at Benghazi.
Tobruk 225 b.
"Enemy gun positions south of our .405 b.positions at Tobruk were subjected 1 to a heavy bombardment by the .185 b. combined forces of the R.A.F. and South African Air Force bombers and fighters.
120 n.
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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ROME, Aug. 17 (UP).-An officiot communique states that the British temporarily suspended, air force last night again undertook
connect Alr Mall to Rangoon .13/6 11. action against Catania and attacked | with the British. Overseas. Alrwoys ..74 n.
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K.P.O, and G.P.0. Ber.
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·SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH!! TOKYO, Aug 17 (UP)-The Asahi Shimbun to-day publishes an item from San Francisco saying that the Japanese Consul General, Mr Muto has left for Washington upon Instructions from the Japanese Am- bassador, Admiral Nomura to discuss the question of dispatching a special boat to evacuate Japanese nationals from the United States, de
The Japanese officials have grant- ed permission to several · Americans to ship passage for Shanghal -- from
Japan
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