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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 8, 1989,

HAILSTONES AS BIG AS APPLES IN HURRICANE HAVOC IN POLAND

Warsaw, To-day.

Hurricanes and hail-storms have swept the Polish district of Braslav, destroying fields, houses and orchards over an area of about 40 square miles. As far as can be ascertained, up to now 688 houses and sheds have been destroyed, 2 persons have been killed by the debris of collapsing houses and over 100 people have been injured by the hail-stones, some of which were the size of apples.

The authorities took measures immediately to come to the as- CI

sistance of the hard-hit villagers.

Voivodeship, Cracow,

was

visited by severe thunderstorms.

In the village of Raclaviece, a lightning flash set fire to a house and a 15-year old girl and a child of 7 months perished in the flames. Trans-Ocean.

CHEUNG CHAU RESIDENTS MEETING

The annual meeting of the Cheung Chau Residents' Associa- tion was held yesterday in the Assembly Hall, with Mr. D. O Silver in the chair.

It was disclosed that the Ameri- can Kungsḥán School is to remain on and re-open on the island, in- stead of moving to Tsingtao as was desired by the Home Board.

The following are the newly-elect- ed officers:

President: Rev. A. G. Lindquist; Vice-Presidents: Mr. D. O. Silver and Mr. J. P. Aalhue';

·Secretary and Treasurer: Mrs. L. Franklin.

SOVIETS APPROVE

BRITISH EXPERTS

London, August 1. Including more technical experts than indicated by Mr. Neville Cham- berlain, the Prime Minister, the British military mission shortly to leave for Moscow "was' said by So- viet quarters in London to be of a "satisfactory character." They commented. heartilyon the fact that the delegation is essentially "technical" and "should permit the conclusion of precise accords be- tween the British and Soviet Gener- al Staffs.'

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Especially anticipated are sures to be taken in case of direct aggression, the definition of

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which term is still the main culty in the way of Anglo-Soviet political agreement.

Soviet quarters at first expressed disappointment since no prominent military leaders were selected to make the trip to Moscow-buton closer scrutiny of the mission, they admitted that its members had been wisely selected.

Political and military accords Chairmen of Committees: Religi- | should now” be: simultaneously : con- ous, Mr. Allan Mackenzie, Sanitary, cluded in Moscow, they said. Mrs. Rex Ray; Social, Miss Sovik; Finance, Mrs. Cockfield; Transport, Mr. James Smith. --

sisted that tripartite Anglo-French- British political quarters still in-

Soviet political articles should be signed before any military agree ment. New efforts would be made;

NAHA PASHA SUED they said, to secure this sequence of

FOR SLANDER

Cairo, To-day. Naha Pasha, the former Egypt tian premier and leader of the Ward Party now in Opposition, will shortly face trial by a Cairo jury for the slander of Ahmed Maher, the Minister of Finance.

at

Naha Pasha, in a speech Alexandria, attacked Ahmed Maher whereupon the latter brought ac tion against him..

This action has now been admitted following a preliminary investiga= tion.-Trans-Ocean.

DANCING IN 6 HOURS:

dern

developments,

NEW SOVIET PROPOSALS

Political parleys are held up by difficulties in defining the term "Indirect aggression," although the Soviet Foreign Commissar has for- warded new proposals. These were held to be still "too rigid," however, and it was expected that the Bri tish Government would take the In, itlative and forward a definition of its own. This, informed quarters declared, would take into considera tion the possibility of Indirect "ggression along the lines of actions undertaken in Czechoslovakia by Germany. At the same time, would respect the Independence of the Baltic States, who have to date stly wfused to accept guar- itees fram either Britain,

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All members of the British mis- sion met in London under the chair- manship of Viscount Gort, Cha

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