1940-03-27 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 27, 1940

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Exciting Brushes With U-Boat And Planes

THE ARK ROYAL'S ADVENTURES

LONDON, TO-DAY.

H.M.S. ARK ROYAL, BRITAIN'S NEWEST AIR- CRAFT-CARRIER, WHICH THE GERMANS CLAIMED LAST YEAR TO HAVE BOMBED AND SUNK, HAS NOW RETURNED HOME AFTER A FIVE MONTHS CRUISE OF WAR SERVICE. During that time it is estimated Ark Royal, with her aircraft, reconnoitred five million square miles .of ocean. She has played a part in the inter- ception of three valuable German merchant ships. Her aircraft have attacked several U- boats while others have been frightened into crash dives with unknown results. On the other hand, Ark Royal has been missed by two torpedoes fired by a U-boat which was quickly sunk by her destroyer escort, while a 1,000-lb. bomb dropped from an attacking Heinkel crash- ed harmlessly into the sea fifteen feet away from her bows.

Only damage sustained by the ship was a few pieces of broken crockery Ark Royal has returned home to re- plenish her stores and 'give the crew. of sailors and airmen a well deserved leave, while she is prepared for her riext task.

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MISSED BY 200 YARDS

Capt. A. J. Power, who has been in command of Ark Royal since she was, first commissioned nearly two years ago, told Reuter the torpedo attack was,, made last October at about the same time as Courageous was lost.

The torpedoes passed astern of the ship, missing it by between 200 and 300 yards. After the U-boat had been attacked by the escorting destroyers, some of her crew were. saved.

Ark

Describing the air attack on Royal, Capt. Power said one German plane, more, daring than the others, made a power dive on them.

"He started from about 4,000 feet and pulled out at perhaps 1,000 feet, "I saw the bomb leave him; it was the biggest one I have seen.

SAW IT FALLING

the that it

"I saw it falling and from bridge my impression was wasn't going to hit us. It landed in the sea about 15 feet from the ship's side but if it had hit us it wouldn't have sunk us."

Capt. Power denied the report that Ark Royal heeled over, Hèr helm, he sald, was turned and Ker.

TREASURY RECORD

London, To-day.

With a week still to go before the end of the financial year Exchequer returns shows that total ordinary, re- venue

nt £1,025,427,334 already ex-.. ceeds the Budget estimate by over £35,000,000

Inland revenue as a whole is only £10,000,000 short of the estimate while the yield-from-customs and ex- cise already exceeds the estimate by nearly £24,000,000,

Income tax has yielded 2383,699,

· 000) compared with -2927,783,000. year ago and bralnat nrzestimate £800,000.000 British Wireless.

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bows lifted slightly. but there was no damage apart from some his crockery which was smashed.

STIRRING EPISODES

Since these stirring episodes Ark Royal had been across the Atlantic to Rio de Janeiro and also to Capetown.

Her aircraft participated in

the search for the Graf Spee but when

she was located by Exeter, Ajax and Achilles, Ark Royal was a thousand

miles away.

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A hundred flights were made from the decks of Ark Royal, and Capt. Power never lost an aircraft through Its not finding its way back.-Reuter.

DESTROY NAZI HARBOURS, SAYS A.P.H.

Mr. A. P. Herbert, ‹ ›M.P., deź clared that he could not agreb.wo did not wish to destroy Germany.

We did not wish to destroy Germany in the brutish sense In which they were trying to destroy the Polish people. But we did, wish to destroy every chance of their repeating that deed again.

When our gallant airmen found. themselves over enemy harbours, he could not agree that they should", refrain from dropping bomba for fear that they would Injure a char-woman.

B.E.F. ́TAKES OVER BIGGER SECTOR-

London, To-day: Reuter's special correspondent some- where in France cables that a further section of the Allied front, has been taken over by the British Expedition- ary Force. Reuter.

GOEBBELS GIVES GAME AWAY

BRUSSELS, TO-DAY.

“LE PEUPLE,” COMMENTING ON THE LATEST SINKING OF GER- MAN. SHIPS BY BRITISH · ·SUB- MARINES, WRITES: "GOEBBELS' - SERVICE HAS NOT JUDGED. IT: OPPORTUNE TO COMMUNICATE THESE EVENTS TO THE GERMAN PUBLIC...

"This discretion confirms two things. One, that an abyss separates the Ger- `man people from its Nazi governors whose relations resemble those of jailer and prisoner..

"Two, the Reich does not dare to Inform the public of reverses and consequently, has only a limited con- fidence in the solidity of the people's morale." "Reuter..

GOING TO THAILAND

Washington, To-day, Mr. Gladney Grant, previously US. Minister to Albania, has been appoint ed Minister, to Thailand. Reuter

BEER - But you must have.

Water too!

Filsner

MR. MALT: Do you ever think about.

the importance of the water used. In brewing Carlsberg?

MR. HOP:--Good,

water. in most necessary. At the Carl berg Bco

springealery

clear water. Thi

double-fitared! cooled in a special before being used.

Another reason why beer drinkers always prefer

Carlsberg

BEER

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