1940-08-19 — Page 16

HOW FRANCE LOOKS RAIDERS

SUFFER

TO VICHY-MINDED SEVERE LOSSES

FRENCHMAN

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

A DESCRIPTION OF life in Paris under the Nazis was given yesterday by the French newspa- per "Le Temps," now published in Clermont-Fer- rand.

The report says the supply of foodstuffs is sa- tisfactory except for milk. Prices of food and meals in restaurants have not risen excessively. Tobacco is somewhat scarce but can be obtained..

The German army of occupa~] tion, the newspaper asserts, "is mostly composed of young men, disciplined and courteous. Many of them have been joined by their] families and may be seen stroll- ing through the streets of Paris. On Sunday they take their families to visit Versailles.

"Life is gradually returning to normal. A big step towards normalcy was taken when all post offices in Paris and the suburbs were reopened.

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"Three theatres and 50 cinemas functioning and a dozen cabarets and night clubs have re- opcned." Havas.

ATTEMPT TO CAPITALISE ON PIRACIES

Pleading guilty to giving false! information to the police, Lam Chung-wan, 37, master of junk No. T4712H, was fined $250 or three months' hard labour by . Mr. E. Himsworth at Kowloon

this morning.

BRITISH

TROOPS LEAVE NORTH CHINA

The Domei news agency states the Bri- tish troops left Pei- ping and Tientsin yes- 39 terday, ending" a years' stay since the Boxer Rebellion.

The troops, includ- ing the Embassy Guard from Peiping, proceeded to Tangku, where they boarded a steamer for Hong Kong,

the news adds.--Reu- agency ter.

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For fraudulently converting 36 piculs of bean cake, valued $3,860, entrusted to him by Det.-Sgt. Bethell said that ac- travelling trader, accused was used was entrusted with given four months without the goods which he sold for $1,404. the option.

He then made a report to Two employees, Cheung Hing, police, stating that his junk was 37, and Làm Chung-shing, 27, attacked by pirates, who robbed steersmen; charged with con-him of the cargo. spiracy, pleaded not guilty, and After investigation, the police were discharged for lack of evi-found it was a false story.

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(Continued from Page 1) England, 42 German bombers: travelling towards the London area were benten back before they reached the objective:

Chased by R.A.F. fighters after being harassed by anti- to craft. fire, they fled back the sea. At least two hitherto are reported to have crashed.

Croydon Casualties

An Air Ministry and Ministry

of Home Security communique says that in raids upon England

at midday yesterday "bombs were dropped in the outer fringe of the South London area, in Kent and other parts of south-eastern and southern England.

shows

Information hitherto available casualties civilian some were caused in the neighbourhood of Croydon.

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Elsewhere the number casualties was small and damage to property slight.

forma- Last evening large tions of enemy aircraft again crossed the south-east coast near Dover.

Broken Up

These formations attempted to defences penetrate the London alang both sides of the Thames Estuary but were broken up by our attacking fighters and driven (back over Kent and Essex.

Available information la in- complete

that but it appears very little damage was done and few casualties were caused In the evening raids.

·

. Reports received at 8 p.m. least 86 enemy

showed that at

aircraft had been destroyed in yesterday's battles.

Seventy-three of

these were

shot down by our fighters, 12 by our A.A. guns and one by a searchlight crew.

Sixteen of our fighters have been lost in combat but the pilots of eight are safe.

Bombs were dropped on the after- south-east coast in the

the

noon causing fires before raiders were chased away by fighters.

London's Second Alarm

The air raid warning sounded in the London area last evening! for the second time yesterday.

Heavy explosions. were heard in .he outskirts of the city.. Seven- teen bombs. fell on a suburban golf course,

According to the Air Ministry news service at least 600 Ger- man 'planes were used in raids! on England yesterday.

Bombs were dropped in a num- ber of districts in the evening.

Streets Machine- Gunned

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Two bombs fell on the shopping centre of a London sub- urb, and it is reported some per- sons were machine-gunned they ran for shelter.

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An air rald warden in an other town said the enemy 'planes wore only 80 feet up when they passed 'town.

over the

Bombs In Churchyard

Some miles away three or four German 'planes, apparently in dif- ficulties, flew so low over a vil- lage street that one struck the chimney pots of cottages and the impact dislodged a bomb.

This fell a cottage and a whole row of adjoining shops were wrecked.

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A 90-year-old woman was

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STOP

PRESS

An earth coolie was killed and two others injured as the result of another landslide in Argyle Street this morning.

The tragedy occurred at he junction of Argyle Street and Prince Edward Road at 9.30 a.m. when a large piece of rock, weighing

2,000 the pounds, crashed down hillside to where a number of earth coolies were engaged in. construction work.

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The rock fell onto Lai Sau, 20, who was instantly killed, while two other coolies next to him were injured.

The injured, Lam Man, 39, and Lai Fong, 20, were re- moved to Kowloon Hospital but were not detained.

Sometimes the sky, was alive

too stout to enter an Anderson reached their objectives. shelter and was killed when a bomb demolished her house.

in a church- Some-bombs fell yard in another town, shattering tombstones.

..

Three Japanese 'planes car- ried out a raid at Shayu- chung, Mirs Bay, yesterday, wounding two coolles and de- molishing several-houses.

The planes also machined- gunned people in the streets,

After several days' respite during the holiday police pre- cautions, political terrorists struck again in Shanghai this morning, a gunman seriously wounding Chen Chin Chong,. aged 36, assistant news edi- tor of the "Ta Mei Wan Pao," leading Chinese edition of the American-owned Post-Mer- the cury, near his home in French Concession.

"Black

Chen was on the List of 83 persons, recently accused by the Nanking re- anti- gime of engaging. in Japanese activities; his ar- rest was sought.

One gunman waited in a motor car and as Chen left. his home fired two shots and escaped.-Reuter..

with 'planes. As the Germans] The prefix Special "tó, telegrama in 'Herald" ́and returned they were challenged dead by the "Sunday by A.A. fire and finally fled "China Mail" to Indicate nows which across the North Sea hotly pursions of the Telecommunications Or 's strictly copyright, ander the provi sued by British fighters.

dinance, 1936, and may not be reprint- All church services at one in-led under any circumstances, either

town were cancelled.

British fighters played havoc with enemy raiders many of which crashed in fields or vitland lagen.

A number of German pilots were burned to death, others were 'speedily captured.

Hikers and picnic parties in some cases anw thrilling fights or came upon wrecked and smould- ering enemy 'planes in fields.- Reuter.

When 42 German bombers, fly- ing in close formation with the London: area as their objective, crossed the south-east coast ac- companied by an escort of fight-| ers, they were beaten back- by R.A.F.-fighters long before they

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