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R.A.F. HITS

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 29, 1940'

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KIEL

AND WILHELMSHAVEN

German Naval Dockyard Bombed From 800 Feet

HUNGARIAN

'PLANE

SHOT DOWN

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Nothing has been published in Buch- arest of the alleged shooting down of Hungarian 'plane by a Rumanian fighter. Rumanian officials say the Hungarian 'plane had flown deep into Rumanian terri-. tory, Reuter.

DARING PIRACY IN WHANGPOO

A daring raid by pirates on a vessel moored in Shanghai's busy Whangpoo River off the Nantao District (Chinese City) was revealed to-day.

Armed Chinese proached

the

who ap- Portuguese coaster Santa Anna at night in sampans climbed on board and held up the crew.

They collected a consider- uble sum of money and some valuables, and then escaped.

Reuter.

Italy Gets Another Visit

ANOTHER DRAMATIC RAID ON THE GER- MAN NAVAL DOCKYARD AT KIEL, AS WELL AS OTHER IMPORTANT ATTACKS ON MILI- TARY OBJECTIVES IN GERMANY, ITALY AND ARE RE- ENEMY-OCCUPIED TERRITORY, |PORTED. IN AN AIR MINISTRY COMMUNIQUE ISSUED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

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In Germany, the objectives included the docks at Wilhelmshaven and those at Kiel, a transformer station at Kelsterbach Frankfurt, the Messerschmidt factory at Augsburg, oil tanks and supply depots Mannheim, and several aerodromes.

STOP PRESS

Moving the beer duty changes in Legislative Coun-. cil this afternoon, the Finan- cial Secretary said: The proposed adjustments of the duty on beer are primarily intended to protect a deser- ving local enterprise against

at competition in its home mar-

In Italy, the Fiat Works at Turin and the Marelli magneto factory at Sesto Sangiovanni were again attacked.

FISHING IN THE MINEFIELD!

In enemy-occupied France, oil tanks in the Gironde Estuary near Bordeaux, at Pauillac, near Brest, and at Cherbourg, were bombed. One of our aircraft is missing.

Adverse Weather

As on former occasions, adverse Four boatmen were each fined

to be $75, or six weeks' hard labour weather conditions had by Commander G. F. Hole, Har-overcome by the attacking craft bour Master, at the Marine Court engaged in the raid on Italy in this morning for fishing in the their East Lamma Channel Minefield. France and the Alps.

The men were arrested by naval patrol yesterday.

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now

double journey across

Extremely How temperatures caused ice to form on the wings] of the aircraft and one bomber

"You should know by where the minefields are. There was forced to return home with- has been too much of this al-out completing its task.

together. Next time it will be $100," remarked Commander Hole.

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Over Sesto Sangiovanni, cloud and ground haze added

the to :1. difficulties of the flight.

Hits with high explosiva and Incendiary bombs were obtained. on the magneto works, but the scudding clouds hid the full re- sult of the attack.

One pilot detalled to, bomb the Fiat works was more fortunate for,on arrival one minute after midnight, a small fire in one of

ket from enterprises in foreign countries which are protected in their own home markets by high tariff walls and which in some cases enjoy the benefits of a depreciated exchange.

To a certain extent the ad- justments will also act as an exchange control measure.

I would emphasise that the new rates of duty are not in- tended to increase the revenue derived from beer and that it is not anticipated that the re- venue will show an appreci- able gain or loss as a result of the adjustments.

STUBBS

ROAD

COLLAPSE

the main buildings enabled onc Replying to questions pilot to identify the works, and

were seen to strike the

two salvaes of high explosives by the Hon. Sir Henry main Pollock on the cause of works. Over fifty incendiary the collapse of Stubbs

bombs were scattered over-the target area and within a

short Road near Magazine Gap time a large fire was observed. after the recent heavy still burning fiercely and was rains, the Hon. Colonia

Half an hour later, the fire was

visible from a height of 15,000 feet.

Secretary said:

The movement is attributed to Bombs From 800 Feet the alteration of the composition

of the soil on which the retaining' In a later Air Ministry state-wall was founded, due to the per- ment, it was disclosed that bombs colation of water.

The record were dropped on the naval dock-rainfall recently experienced un- yard at Kiel from a height of only doubtedly reached depths hither- 800 feet.

to untouched. A contributing: cause was, of course, vibrations The attack was carried out set up by fast moving traffic. by R.A.F. bombers of the It is not possible to give the heaviest type on Tuesday night, cost of repair until exhaustive They twooped down on the examination of the soil has been; yard, dropped their heavy loads undertaken, since the form of re- and were away.

construction cannot be decided Pilots of the crews participating until such examination has been in the raid described on their re-completed. turn how their bombs straddled! The approximate cost of the mole and were seen to burst temporary bridge is estimated at in other parts of the dockyard, 1$8,000.

Heavy Explosions

the

Between 1st January, 1935, andį 30th June, 1940, 4,282 vehicles were weighed at, weighbridges, Heavy explosions following one under instructions from European attack culminated in a huge fire and Native Traffic Officers. In suggesting that an oil store had most cases they were found to be Joverloaded, prosecutions were been set ablaze.

Another raider reported five undertaken and fines amounting large fires were started.

to $24,443.95 were imposed. Not In the face of a fierce barrage all of these vehicles were com- of anti-aircraft fire and blinded mercial motor vehicles; a small by a concentration of searchlights, percentage were tricycles. one bomber flight came down to been weighed for overloading. No Army motor vehicles have 800 feet to drop their bombs.Their maximum net load is much | Reuter

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below what the Police Depart- ment would allow. The Traffic Inspector states that from his ob-| servation Army motor vehicles do not overload.

Fears that France intends to accede to alleged recent de- mands of Japan to permit the passage of Japanese troops through Indo-China to attack Yunnan are expressed in the Hong Kong Chinese, press to- day.

The demand is interpreted by the "Ta Kung Pao" as a the pretext for occupying northern part of the French Colony. If Japan occupies northern French Indo-China, she will not only be able to advance into Yunnan or Kwangsi, but also be in a' position to seize the whole French colony.

The "National Times," in a leaderette, says that. since Japan wants to attack Yunnan by invading French Indo- China, France would be as- sisting Japan in her aggres-, sion in China if no steps were taken to prevent Japanese troops landing in the French colony.

"We already" warned the French authorities against giving passage to Japanese troops," the paper says, "and we now earnestly hope that. they will take appropriate.

in measures to prevent war French Indo-China."

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