1940-04-26 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 26, 1940.

Eye-Witness Story of Trondheim Coup

BY AMERICAN SKIPPER WHO SLIPPED OUT WITH BIG GOLD CARGO ABOARD

MAJOR'S WIFE LOVED COLONEL

Major John Edward Read, of the Indian Army, whose home is at Wat- erlooville, Portsmouth, was granted a decree nist in the Divorce Court be- his wife, cause of the adultery of

with Frances Mary,

Lt. Col. John George Smyth.

At the same court Mrs. Margaret Smyth, of Clairville-court, C.W., ob tained a decree nisi against Lieut.- Colonel Smyth.

who have

Major and Mrs. Read, two children, were married in Scot- land in 1927. The marriage of Lieut- enant-Colonel and Mrs. Smyth took place at Brompton Oratory, S.W., in 1920, and they have four children.

The case for Major Read was that - in 1938 he was stationed

at Allaha

New York, To-day.

CAPTAIN MCHALE, SKIPPER of the 5,000-ton freighter Mormac Sea, which arrived from Trondheim yesterday, revealed that he slipped out of the port the day after its capture by the Germans.

Hidden in the ship's hold was over £1,000,000 of

Swedish-owned gold, which he took to Hommel- vik, a few miles from Trondheim.

A.R.P. TEST

IN HOLLAND

Amsterdam, To-day.

Air raid sirens wailed throughout Haarlem yester- day morning in the country's first full-dress A.R.P. prac-

bad, India, with his wife, and towards tice. the end of the year Colonel Smyth, also in the Indian Army, was trans- ferred there, and was later joined by his wife.

Mrs. Read and Colonel Smyth be- came friendly and later she admitted to her husband that she was in love with the Colonel.

Costs of both petitions, which were not defended, were awarded against Colonel Smyth.

Captain McHale told a graphic story of how the Nazis captured Trondheim.

He said he went on deck at dawn on April 9 and saw soldiers on the dock and on board ships.

He then spotted the Nazi cruiser Admiral Hipper with a crowd of soldiers on board and realised the port had been captured without a shot being fired.

A German officer came aboard and

told him there were 2,000 German troops in Trondheim.

Miss Sylvia Goes putting the finishing touches to her painting showing the survivors of the "81- mon Bolivar" the Dutch vessel sunk by German mine. The pic- turo will be shown in "The War As I See It" Exhibition at the Bri- tish Art Centre, London. (Copy- right, Fox). !

WIDOWERS HAVE THE BEST CHANCE

Fight With Destroyer His ship (apparently the Admiral Hipper) had had a fight outside the harbour with a British destroyer, THE LIKELIHOOD OF A WIDO- (Presumably H.M.S. Glowworm) | WER MARRYING 18 GREATER IN which they sunk in 10 minutes. Six- EACH AGE-GROUP THAN THAT OF A BACHELOR. A WIDOW'S ty prisoners were taken. other

The British fought gallantly but MARRIAGE PROSPECTS ARE vehicles came to a standstill as pas-had no chance against the Admiral GREATER THAN THOSE OF A sengers and drivers took refuge in Hipper and four destroyers. nearby houses.

In a few minutes the streets were empty except for police and wardens. Motorcars, omnibuses and

Schoolchildren were conducted from schools to houses in the vicinity.-Reu-

ter.

YOU GET

SO MUCH MORE IN AN AUSTIN

Let us show you why

ALEX. ROSS MOTOR CO.

HONG KONG & KOWLOON

SPINSTER EXCEPT IN THE AGE- The German officer declared: “We | GROUP TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTY- are here only to protect Norway FIVE. against the English."

He added the Germans had been ordered not to bother about neutral ships, especially American.-Reuter.

FRENCH DESTROYERS IN ACTION IN SKAGERRAK

Paris, To-day. The communique issued last night from French G.H.Q. states:

"In the Vosges, one of our parties of sharpshooters put to flight an enemy detachment which had lain in ambush near one of our outposts.

That is the view of the Registrar- General.

The City of London's marriage rate is nearly six times as high as the average for England and Wales, and the Registrar-General concludes in his report that many persons who usually live in the provinces or abroad move to London to be married.

The number of divorces in 1937 was 4,886-a new high record. It was eight or nine times as large as those for the The number of years 1901 to 1910. divorced persons who remarried- 6,988 was also a record.

A study of infant mortality during "In the Skaggerak, the First Des- 1933-37 showed that the death rate troyer Flotilla attacked and sank two for children of residents in county enemy patrol ships and returned un- boroughs was on the first day of life scathed to its base despite heavy at-eight per cent. in excess of that for tacks from the air."-Reuter.

children of rural residents.

medy drama la promised by MIM reallamy, Little Chiokaded... Min

(L) and Joseph Callein w supporting cast of the hilarious