THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 20, 1940 ́
ITALIAN CRUISER SUNK BY "SYDNEY 99 Another Naval Action In Mediterranean
HITLER NEEDS MORE PLOUGHMEN
Bremen radio stat-: ed last night that Hitler has decreed that all Belgian pri- soners of war, except officers and non-com- officers, missioned are to be released.- Reuter.
SINKING OF CITY OF LIMERICK
NATURAL
as near to Nature as is desirable are, Sir William Crookes' lenses.
Something to offset the harmful glare is necessary but you ..don't have to have the
whole
Develops Into PROMOTIONS IN THE 2010 Landscape
Pursuit
THE ITALIAN CRUISER
BARTOLEMO
COLLEONI HAS BEEN ENGAGED AND SUNK BY H.M. AUSTRALIAN CRUISER SYDNEY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
VOLUNTEERS
His Excellency the Officer Ad- ministering the Government has been pleased to approve the fol- lowing promotions In the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps,
with effect from 2nd July, 1940- Captain John Patrick Sherry to be Major.
Lieutenant Walter Charles Clark! Lo be Captain.
Sergeant Ronald Sleap to be
darkened like rainy. day to do that.
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OPTICIANEL
STOP PRESS
The Admiralty announced yesterday Second Lieutenant. evening that the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet reports that ̈ H.M.A.S. Sydney, commanded by Captain J. A. Collins, R.A.N., with a small destroyer force, engaged two Italian cruisers early yesterday morning to the north-west of Crete.
attained a speed DI 40
In the ensuing action, the Ita-trials lian 6-inch gun cruiser Bartolemo knots. Colleoni was sunk. The other She had a normal complement ton- withdrew, with British forces in of 500, and 'a displacement
5,000 tons, with pursuit. A destroyer rescued 250 rage of over
powerful armament, survivors.
including 3.9-inch 'That was the brief announce-eight 6-inch
guns, six ment by the Admiralty.
guns, four torpedo-tubes, and two The Colleoni, the Italians catapult 'planes; she could also be She claimed, was one of the fastest employed for minelaying. cruisers in the world. She was was one of four built in 1930-32, launched in 1930 and on her while four others of similar type
were built in 1933 and 1935.
But that
SAME GUN POWER
She was one of a class built as a reply to the French destroyers of the "Lyon" class, and could, in fact, evade most destroyers.
The Nazis recently off- cially stated that they were only interested in ing the rules laid down by the
Germans themselves. seeing that Eire maintain did not save her. her neutrality. They re- Four attacks from the air were cently gave a demonstra-made, one by machine-guns while lowered. the boats were being
H.M.A.S. Sydney, of 6,000 tons, tion of this interest, when she was eventually, suak by also carries eight 6-inch guns, but her speed is less 321⁄2 knots. they sank the s.s. City of bombs. Limerick.
The pilot of the plane flew only Her other armament includes four 4-inch anti-aircraft guns and 1300 feet above the City
four 3-pounders) She was built She flew the Eire ensign and Limerick, so that he could
later had the Eire colours painted on have possibly mistaken her na-n the Tyne in 1934 and
taken over by the Australian her sides and on top of the bridge- tionality.
Navy. deck. She was also unarmed..
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The crew were left in
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It may be recalled that an ear-
She stopped immediately on boats 100 miles from the nearest lier H.M.A.S. Sydney sank the the first sign of an attack, fulfill-land.-Reuter.
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German commerce raider Emden; at the Cocos Islands in November, 1914. Reuter.
A British destroyer rescued 250 survivors from the sunken cruis-
[er.
LONDON COMMENT ON SPEECH
· HITLER'S SPEECH, SAYS REUTER'S DIPLOMATIC COR- |RESPONDENT IN LONDON, IS |REGARDED IN WELL-INFORM- ED BRITISH QUARTERS AS SO UNREMUNERATIVE AND SO BARREN IN EVERYTHING EXCEPT ABUSE, WHICH WAS LIBERALLY BESTOWED ON THE PRIME MINISTER, WITH MINOR EXPRESSIONS. TO- |WARDS ́ ́MR. DUFF-COOPER AND MR. ANTHONY EDEN, THAT FOR THE MOMENT IT HARDLY DESERVES ANY OF- |FICIAL REACTION.
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DOUBTLESS SOME OBSER- |VATIONS WILL BE MADE BY THE PRIME MINISTER WHEN PARLIAMENT MEETS. IN THE MEANTIME, READERS OF THE SPEECH WILL BE ABLE TO FORM THEIR OWN IDEAS OF ITS MERITS. REUTER.
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H.K. LIQUOR DUTY WARNING
An indication that an increase in Hong Kong's liquor duties is contained
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In future our store will close at 5 p.m.
An, Order made by the Officer Administering the Government
Further details concerning
the removal of the Treasury ban on dealings in American and Canadian securities were disclosed in London yesterday. Removal of the ban, which was enforced on June 17, was announced on Thursday when it was stated the. bulk of se- outside curities marketable the United Kingdom were be- ing transferred to Canada for orderly realisation. It is un- derstood that securities ship- ped to Canada will be placed in the custody of the "United Kingdom Security Deposit" under the Bank of England's control.
When the securities
have
-been- unpacked and escorted. so that they can be delivered on request, sales abroad will be permitted and further re- quisitioning orders
may be
made.
The authorities are not re- suming permits for sales be- tween U.K. residents owing to technical depository difficul- ties; such sales would not help realisation abroad for foreign Exchange which is a
vital point.
Nevertheless London Stock Exchange circles welcome this. partical relaxation; realisa- tions abroad, whether by the owners or by requisitioning, entail reinvestment demand in London whereas in past months the complete immobi- lisation of this important sec- tion has succeeded in depress- ing the London market gen-. erally, especially for similar securities such as, for instance, Kafflrs. Reuter,
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