DUTCH FIRE ON FOREIGN PLANES
The Hague, To-day. Anti-aircraft batteries fired on foreign planes which flew over Utrecht province yesterday.
The planes made off when Dutch pursuit machines went up.
Reuter.
SOVIETS ROUTED AT SALLA
London, To-day.
All reports from Finland indicate that the intensive fighting north of Salla, on the Central Front, promises to give the Finns another great victory over the Soviets,
Copenhagen reports that the Boviets have been routed after two days of intense fighting, while the Danish newspaper "Berlinkse Tidende" says that the Finns have recaptured Salla itself.
In the south, the temperature is now "thirty below zero," and attacks have stopped. Soviet artillery is heavily shelling the Mannerheim Line.--Reu- ter.
SOVIET INVADED
LEAP IN COLONY'S SURPLUS BALANCE
A jump in the Colony's surplus balance to over $17,000,000 is shown in the statement of finances to October 31 published to-day.
The exact total on that date was $17,285,669, October itself having shown a surplus of nearly $1,300,000.
Duties during the month were re- turned at $1,260,869 as against $621,- 388 in October last year; licences and other internal revenue produced $200,000 more; the Post Office $50,000 more and miscellaneous receipts some $160,000 more.
Revenue for the month totalled $4,479,810 against $3,389,835 in Octo- ber last year.
Since the beginning of the year, actual revenue at $34,775,227 was $4,000,000 higher than in the compar- able period of 1938, and the total is of the original only $500,000 short estimate for the whole year.
higher
Expenditure was $400,000 than last year, chiefly accountable to the H.K.N.V.F. and A.R.P.
10 to 15 miles into Russian territory in the direction of Rapola, according to the spokesman of the Finnish Legation in London.
The spokesman said there had been fighting on Soviet soil for several
Reuter.
London, To-day. Finnish troops have penetrated from | days.
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Shanghal, To-day.
An unsuccessful attempt was made this morning on the life of Mr. Godfrey Phillips, the British Becretary-General of the Bhang- hal Municipal Council.
The attempt was staged shortly before 9 a.m. when Mr. Phillips WAR driving to office from his home.
His car was passing two Chin- ese in rickahas waiting on the alde of the road when they opened fire with pistols. The bullets ap- pear to have missed the car and nobody was hit. The assailants escaped. Reuter.
London, To-day.
Mr. Humbert Wolfe, poet, play- wright and Civil Servant, died suddenly yesterday.
Mr. Wolfe, who was Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of La-. bour, was the author of more than 40 books.-British Wireless."
Police are endeavouring to trace the whereabouts of Mr. John Dow, an engineer of the Royal Naval Dockyard, who
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Kwelin, To-day. Japanese troops on the Nan- ning-Yamchow highway have sus- tained heavy losses.
Pumiao and Napien, two van- tage points on the highway, have been recaptured. The Japanese launched a counter-offensive yes- terday but were repulsed.
Twelve fleld guns and eight anti-tank guns, burled by the Ja- panese in their retreat; were found by the Chinese at the `Kunlun- kwan Pass on the Nanning-Pin- yang highway yesterday.-Central News.
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