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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 14, 1940

THE NAVY SAILS IN

Exciting Brush With German Surface Craft ACTION UNDER M.T.B. Tries To HAKUSAN

NO CAMERAS REGULATION

Mrs. Charles Simon Rosselet, wife of the General Manager of

and Mr. Cyril Chamberlain Blake

Ram Bigger Vessel

MARU'S

LONG TRIP

two

Taking two months and days for the voyage from Europe, the N.Y.K. liner Hakusan Maru, arrived in the harbour at 8 a.m. of Good

to-day via the Cape

Hope.

The ship left Marseilles

on

AN ADMIRALTY COMMUNIQUE ISSUED the General Amusements, Limited.IN LONDON YESTERDAY STATES THAT IN were summoned at the Central THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING SOME June 13, three days after Italy's Megistracy this morning for be- ing in possession of cameras in OF OUR MOTOR TORPEDO-BOATS MADE is scheduled to leave Hong Kong areas outside the city limits. CONTACT WITH ENEMY LIGHT FORCES.

Regulations prohibiting the

carrying of cameras outside the

city limits were enforced

from

Mrs. Rosselet and Mr. Blake were

entry in the European War, and for Japan at 5 p.m. to-day,

There are

a number of

Marseilles on board and

Ja-

it is

The enemy when sighted was only about panese, refugees from Paris and the beginning of the month and 100 yards from our motor torpedo-boats alleged to have been in possession which were travelling at about 30 knots.

They were two small ships..

of cameras at Shek-O and Wave Bay, respectively, on August 4.

by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C.

■

Both defendants were fined $10 One of our motor torpedo-boats, thinking Mrs. Rosselet said that she the enemy ahead was an E-boat and being too was not aware of the new re- close to take other action, rammed the enemy.

had just returned to Colony, and

The

enemy

ascertain

on

learned that they were not allow- ed to land at Cape Town or at: any of the South African ports. The Hong Kong authorities have also forbidden the Japan- ese passengers to land Colony.

in the

FINED $50 FOR LEAVING HER SHIP

some of After this action

Mrs. Beatrice Ohl, of No. 39, our torpedo-boats were attack-Conduit Road, was summoned be- ed by a German aircraft from fore Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K. C., at a height of 500 feat.

gulations.

stated

It was too dark to W. Russell

ships, however, Inspector that about 4.15 p.m. on August 4, were larger than E-boats and this what damage was inflicted Mrs. Rösselet was found inmotor torpedo-boat suffered some the enemy during these fights. possession of a camera at Shek-Otamage to her bows. Beach. The whole film was ex- Another of our motor torpedo-

most of the pictures posed but

between the twol boats passed been had

taken outside

them nemy ships and engaged Colony.

with machine-gun fire and gren- Inspector Russell said that most des at almost point-blank range.

by of the pictures taken

that this It is considered Blake were family snaps.

Look considerable effect. enemy's fire was ineffective.

the

Mr.

RED RIVER FLOODS

fire

Aircraft On Fire

J.

the Central Magistracy this morn- ing, for entering the Colony with- out a valid passport.

Detective-Sergeant

Head- A hot and accurate fire

was ridge, said that Mrs. Ohl arrived The opened by our torpedo-boats and in the Colony in the s.s. Canton when last seen the aircraft was from Saigon. Her passport had no on fire and losing height rapidly. visa for Hong Kong. She was No casualties were suffered by instructed by an official to re- the British forces in any of these main on board the ship, but when A third of our torpedo-boats engagements and none our the officer retured, Mrs. Ohl had The floods in the Red River passed beyond these two enemy motor torpedo-boats suffered any already left the ship. basin in Indo-China continue to ships and sighted two larger ves-damage apart from damage suf- with fered by one boat through ram- abate and the situation is steadily sels. These she engaged

close ming.

returned This boat also of a few machine-gun fire at very improving. In spite

safely-Reuter. 'landslides and infiltrations, the range.

SUBSIDING

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA. MAIL")!

Running Fights

main dams held the water every- Later one of our motor torpedo-

running minor barriers boats had two where and only collapsed, flooding ten villages. with an enemy E-boat. Havas.

ANNOUNCING

THE

ARRIVAL

OF

NEW SUPPLIES

OF

DAKS

-

of

nights RELENTLESS WAR HOUR AFTER HOUR

THE PRINCE-

OF SLACKS

FOR MEN

(Continued from Page 1) over the south-east coast in the: evening. The raiding planes before were driven out to sea

they could drop bombs.

Southampton Bombed

A fine of $50 was imposed.

He

roundabout on a main road. was finishing off the work of an- other pilot who had attacked this bomber but was himself attacked by two others and forced to retire with his Spitfire damaged. managed, however, to land nghter safely.

Four In Turn.

Ht hi

Another report tells of a flying officer who attacked four bombers one after the other silencing the rear gunner in two of them. H saw thick clouds of smoke pour- Later last evening a communl-ing from a third as it dived crip- que issued by the Air Ministry pled towards the sea. and Ministry of Home Security announced. that 57 German

a tightly packed wedge formation) planes were brought down dut-[of 24. Dornier 215's. over the ing the day.

A. hurricane squadron engaged

Thames Estuary.

The communique stated that in

In this engagement a sergeant the course of further enemy at pilot with already at least eight| tacks last evening, bombs were enemy aircraft to his credit saw dropped in Southampton. Several the rear gunner of the bomber he fires broke out but these were had attacked jump out by para- soon extinguished.

chute with the bomber falling ap- Very few casualties were caus-parently out of control towards the ed though these included fatal water. injuries.

A few minutes later a pilot of the same squadron attacked an-

entire crew of five bale, out by parachute.

Aerodrome Casualties other Dornier and watched the

STOP PRESS

High explosive bombs were dropped by a German plane on a north-east Scotland town last night but there were no casualties apart from a few people injured by flying glass. -Reuter.

The prefix."Special. to telegrams to used by the Sunday Herald" and China Mall" to indicate news which on is strictly copyright under the provi an-sions of the Telecommunications Or- dinance, 1936, and may not be reprint- ed under any circumstances, either

were

ar-*

Bombs were also dropped on the Isle of Wight and, country districts of Berkshire and Wilt.

Sussex Battle shire. No casualties are report. ed from either of these areas.

While this fight was going Several R.A.F. aerodromes in south-east England were attacked over the Thames, pilots from THERE IS NOTHING SO and at one of these a number of other Hurricane squadron PRACTICAL AND COM casualties were caused, including battling over the Sussex coast wholly or in part, without prior FORTABLE IN THE some fatal injuries.

They engaged a formation of 50 rangement. WEARING AS DAKS Further reports show that of bombers composed of Dorniers, and Junkers flying at THEY GIVE THE MAXI- the 57 enemy plancs destroyed Heinkels

A long way behind CHARGES DISMISSED yesterday, 54 were bagged by 5,000 feet. MUM OF EASE AS ALSO ghters and three by anti-aircraft were 50 Messerschmidts. OF PRIDE IN THEIR Aire.

In the dog fights which follow- Considering the prosecution's POSSESSION. CUT. &

flimsy,

military Nine of our fighters have been ed at least one Junkers 88 bomber evidence FASHIONED

dis- FROM, lost but two of the pilots are re-was definitely destroyed and court at Vichy yesterday SUPERB

several MATERIALS. ported to be safe.

among probable victims of these missed charges against Hurricane pilots were four more French journalists and publishers WE ARE PLEASED TO

accused. ANNOUNCE THAT WE

Crash On Roundabout Junkers, two Dorniers, a Messer-arrested last June and

schmidt 110 and a Messerschmidt of plotting against, the safety of ARE NOW ABLE TO SUP. PLY THESE IN ALL BIZES & IN A VARIETY IN GREY, BROWN, FAWN AND GREEN, FLANNELS, GABARDINE, CRASH, CORDUROY AND TROPI.

OF FABRICS.

AL WORSTEDS,.

IN A FULL RANGE.OF. SIZES

WE ADVISE AN EARLY VISIT

WILLIAM POWELL TD

10, ICE HOUSE STREET.

A Spitfire squadron began a bat-109-British Wireless. tle against 30 Dornier bombers five miles above the Kentish coast when

one

อ the squadron leader, South African, sprayed three of the bombers with machine-gun bullets in quick succession,

He saw pieces flying off jand another appeared to be on fire

after his.first burst.

Meanwhile the pilot officer with This opening burst of fire silenced the rear gunner and set fire to the fuselage of another homber.

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A second pilot officer shot down a Dornier and saw it crash on

a

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