1940-08-10 — Page 5

"THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 10, 1940

MUTT AND JEFF

SAY, DIDN'T I THROW

YOU OUT OF THIS HOTEL YESTERDAY? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE TODAY?

SAME. THING

WE DID HERE. YESTERDAY!

HOTEL

SWANK

NOTHING!

16-23

'SO! YOU'RE BACK YOH, THAT'S WE'RE AGAIN AFTER I / ALL RIGHT!| NOT THREW YOU OUT! WE'RE NOT THE

MAD AT KIND

THAT YOU!

HOLDS AORUDGE!

By BUD FISHER

HOTEL

SWANK

BLIND

PLAN FOR BRITAIN'S

WORKING ON PEACE TIME

MUNITIONS! MERCHANT FLEET QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

A PLAN for scrapping, after the war, all British Many unexpected war time tasks are now being merchant vessels over 20 years old is now being put carried out by the 75,000 before the British shipping industry by Sir Philip blind folk of Britain. |Haldin, president of the Chamber of Shipping of the

The blind are not only typists United Kingdom.

in Government offices and tele-

When the war is over, he also[ phonists in the Royal Air Force;! many of them have become ex-suggests that British ship-owners pert craftsmen in munition fac- ought to buy, as quickly as pos- sible, the merchant fleet which tories. At St. Dunstan's the men were taught four years ago to use the Government are building to- sharp tools like borers, circular day.

£90,000 saws and sanding machines. They A purchase price of have not had one accident in the for a steamer and a pro rata fig-1 interval.

VICTIM OF A CHATTERBUG

This story will warn you of the be caused by ure for motor ships might be fix-trouble that can

"chatterbugs." So don't chatter. Over 100 St. Dunstan's mented, he says, for those ship-owners

Mr. William Brocklesby, of Inge| vessels by Farm, West Torrington, near blinded in the last war are to-day who have lost their

was held making netting for camouflage on enemy action or by the perils of Market Rasen, Lincs,

the sea. The difference between up at revolver point by an Army the .guns of this one.

officer. price Pannier baskers for the Army's the £90,000 and the cost

All because, when Mr. Brock- pack mules in different parts of could be met out of the profits be- lesby's forty-five-acre farm was the Empire and in France haveing made by the present use of being carefully rolled, been made by the Blind Employ-privately owned vessels.

whispered that this was being ment Factory in Waterloo Road,

done in preparation, for landings London, where they also turn out,

by enemy planes. fenders for warships.

His eight-cylinder car was being trans- They are but a few of the thou-will be submitted to the Govern- held in readiness for the sands of Britain's blind who are ment who wish ship-owners to port of troops, it was said. The

night working far into the

in put up their own

time rumours swept the district. their own perpetual black-out. Iworking arrangement.

When approved by the ship-

these ping industry,

proposals

peace

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As a result a small detachment of troops was posted to keep Inge Farm under observation.

Mr. Brocklesby was awakened and told that a man with a gun was outside. He thought immedi- ately of paratroops and 'phoned the police.

"The police rang me up a few moments later, saying a car had been sent," Mr. Brocklesby told a reporter.

A soldier overheard me and. called his officer.

"The officer then came up hold- ing his revolver. In the darken- ed hall I still thought the soldiers were paratroops.

"I felt I was up against it, and when the officer asked me who, had been ringing me at that time of night, I said it was about a bull.

"We stood there talking arguing till a police car along."

Explanations followed.

and came

Mr. Brocklesby, who has farms on both sides of Market Rasen, asked the officer to stay and have an early morning cup of tea..

"I don't blame the military, but I'do blame rumour-mongers," said the farmer, "They don't realise how much they are playing the jenemy's game,'

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