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BRITAIN WILL SEEK TO MAINTAIN EXPORTS

'London, To-day.

Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade, stated in the House of Commons yesterday that it was of vital importance to the country to maintain exports and to give priority to certain exports.

Mr. Stanley was replying to Sir Percy Harris (Liberal), who enquir- ed whether merchants and manufac- turers would be encouraged to main- tain exports so that the country could pay for imports.---Reuter.

WHITHER THOU GOEST

WELLINGTON, TO-DAY. WHEN THE NEW ZEALAND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AFFIRMED NEW ZEALAND'S DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST GERMANY THE HON. MR. SAVAGE, PRIME MINIS- TER, WHO IS CONVALESCENT AF- TER AN OPERATION, WAS PRE- SENT.

He said that the cause in which they were joining was worth the sacrifice.

"Where Britain goes, we go, and where she stands, we stand."-Reuter.

CRYPTIC INFORMATION

London, To-day.

The Ministry of Information, in a communique which says there is reason to believe that the R.A.F. raid on German naval units was even more successful than origin- ally reported, gives no details.- British Wireless.

PETITION TO THE GOVERNOR

The Hong Kong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce decided at a meeting yesterday to petition the Hongkong Government to authorize the resumption of telegraphic mes- sages in Chinese.

Under the recent emergency govern- ment order, all messages must be in either English or French.

The Chamber will point to the in- convenience incurred in sending mess- ages in English or French to Chinese in the interior.-Central merchants News.

GERMAN PLANE SHOT DOWN IN THAMES AREA (Continued from Page 1) "COMPLETE FLOP"

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At the same time, it is said "the raid was a complete flop," and that no bombs were dropped in Eng- land,

Steady anti-aircraft fire was kept the up, and defending machines of

chased Royal Air Force, it is said, the Nazi machines away.

The latter are said to have flown

over

Chatham, Rochester and other towns in the Medway dis- trict.

Reports from London state that there were actually two alarms-the first at 6.30 a.m., the second at 7.30 a.m. The latter raid was no more successful than the first.-Our Own Correspondent..

WORKING HOURS JUMP IN FRANCE

Paris, To-day. France has decreed a working week of 65 hours.

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In certain factories connected the manufacture of war materials, the working hours are now increased to 72.-Reuter:

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The Hon. Colonial Secretary this afternoon informed the "China Mail" that he knew noth- ing to justify a rumour that a Tribunal is to be set up to con- sider individual appeals by those interned at La Salle College.

The "China Mail" this after- noon learns that the s.s. Empress of Japan has left Shanghài for Kobe, proceeding on her journey to America with all. passengers who boarded in Hong Kong last Friday.

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