1940-08-29 — Page 2

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 29, 1940

LONDON GETS ITS NIGHTLY NUISANCE RAID Flares (For Photographs?) Instead Of Bombs Hitler Ahead BIGGEST Of Schedule BAG OF

THE DAY

SEARCHLIGHTS WERE AGAIN ACTIVE IN

R.A.F. Fighter Com THE LONDON AREA LAST NIGHT, SCOURING THE SKIES FOR HITLER'S NUISANCE RAID-mand pilots caught their ERS, AND THE ALARM WAS LATER SOUND- biggest bag of yesterday during the afternoon, ED, AFTER A DAY OF CONSIDERABLE LIVÉ- when more than a hun- LINESS IN THE THAMES ESTUARY AND dred enemy 'planes ap- proached the South-East The visit of the night raiders was slightly coast at about 5 p.m., ahead of the time schedule set on Monday states the Air Ministry and Tuesday and it appeared to be less deter-News Service. minedly pressed home.

OVER KENT.

Night raiders were also report-] ed over two South-Western towns! and also over cities in the North- East and the Midlands..

Bombs were dropped at several places, but no information on the results is yet available.

After the warning had lasted two hours, there were no con- firmed reports of bombs having]

London been dropped in the

area.

were over

Some of the Messerschmidts dived into the clouds as soon as the Hurricanes and Spitfires hunting for them came into sight.

Others were milling around, ad one British pilot said, "look- ing ready enough for a fight." The British fighters shot down ten Messerschmidts, and severa ten more in addition are believed to been destroyed, although. have their loss could not be proved.

After the fight, four British pilots were missing. Reuter.

Enemy planes other towns, including "a town in Wales.

Meanwhile, it is confirmed in official sources that there was very

It is reported that bombs were considerable enemy activity over dropped on two South-East coast the Kent Coast and the Thames towns and one Midland town, but Estuary yesterday afternoon." It is generally believed, by in- formed observers, that the Ger-.

KING AND QUEEN UNPERTURBED

The King and Queen last night de- clined to allow the air raid alarm to inter- fere with their all- night journey to visit the Northern Com- mand.

Sirens were sound- ing when Their Ma- jesties drove from Buckingham Palace, but they continued to the station and the Royal Train ran slowly until the all clear had been sounded.-Reu- ter.

MISSION TO NEW SOUTH

The German Air Force has been mans are engaged in night recon- INDO-CHINA AFRICAN

in

directing very heavy attacks, the naissance flights chiefly, prepara- full details of which are not yet ory, perhaps, to mass raids available, but many enemy air-the near future.-Reuter. craft have been destroyed.

24 Shot Down

Later.

An Air Ministry communique states that a large

number of

BURMA ROAD BLOCKED

enemy aircraft again attempted to

penetrate our fighter defences during the afternoon.

Few bombs were dropped except in one town on the Thames Estuary where some damage was

casualties caused.

れ

DENIED

BUDGET

DURING

PROFESSIONAL BICYCLE THIEVES

Alleged to be profes- sional bicycle thieves three men were convicted by Mr. E. Himsworth at Kowloon this morning.

Cheung Shun, 27, who had a previous conviction, was sentenc- ed to * five months' hard labour, while Yuen Tse-wan, 27, and Yuen Tat-leung, 18, were sentenced to two months' impri sonment.

Yuen Tai, 27, charged with re- ceiving a stolen bicycle, was fined $100, or two months' hard labour.

Det.-Sgt. C. Dowman said that the three men hired four bicycles |from different shops. They sold one to fourth accused and at- tempted to ship the other three to Saigon.

Police searched the ship' and recovered the bicycles.

SEVEN NEW RADIO STATIONS IN JAPAN

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(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL").

Seven new radio stations will BRITISH EXPORTS · TO

be built in Japan by March, 1941, 'QUESTIONED BY REUTER SOUTH AFRICA WERE NEAR.

because of the "increasing im- CONCERNING A REPORT THAT LY £3,000,000 MORE

MONTHS OF Portance of swift communications THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT THE FIRST SIX

YEAR THAN DURING in modern life," according to the, IS SHORTLY TO SEND A MILI. THIS TARY MISSION TO INDO. THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD Tokyo "Nichi Nichi," to-day.

The Ministry of Communica- CHINA TO DISCUSS CHINESE IN 1939,

tions is also planning to establish FRENCH COOPERATION IN 21,039,000. INDO-CHINA, A HIGH CHIN- This was revealed yesterday by new broadcasting, stations on the Loochoo Islands, Saghalien and CHUNG the Union Minister of Finance Palau (the latter being in the

ESE OFFICIAL IN

THE TOTAL · WABİ

The Burma Road is at/KING HAS CATEGORICALLY when he introduced his supple South Seas.) Completion of these

done and a small number of present blocked by floods is

several feet deep in the ING Reports received up to 8 pm. neighbourhood of Pao- (4 a.m. H.E.T.) show that at least shan, some 670 kilometres 24 enemy aircraft were shot down from Kunming, it is ported in Chungking.

by our fighters.

Twelve of aircraft were lost, but the pilots of four are known to be safe.--Reuter.

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Traffic is expected to be terrupted for at least 10 days. Flares For Photos ?

Despite the closing of the road Later. to prohibited imports, there has considerable com- Shortly after the sirens had still been a

China, since stopped in the London area last mercial trame to night, half-a-dozen flares drifted lorries belonging to foreign and to earth at different points, split-Burmese companies are allowed ting into two before dying out. to carry sufficient petrol for the

return journey.-Reuter.

FOR THE 1 MAN IN 7 WHO SHAVES EVERY DAY

A Special Shave Cream-It's Not a Soap, Needs No Brush! Dailyshaving leaves many men's faces raw and sensitive. Yet, because of his business and social status, one out of every 7 men must shave every day.

R.C.A.F. SQUADRON VISITED

the total to 54. Havas.

FUNERAL RITES · FOR DUC DE GUISE

DENIED THE REPORT, WHICH mentary budget in the House of broadcasting stations will bring

CHARACTERISED AS BE-Assembly,

ENTIRELY WITHOUT He said that these figures would FOUNDATION.

help Members to judge for them- little success the It is pointed out that the recent selves what trip of an important leader Kunming was only for the purpose stop trade with Britain.

to enemy has had in his attempts to

of discussing Chinese military pre- parations with the Yunnan thorities to meet a possible Jap- anese invasion of Indo-China.

No discussion, it is declared has taken place between the Chin- ese and French military authori-

Reuter. ties.

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BUTTER RATIONING

au-

He proposed a 20 per cent, and increase in Income Tax Super-Tax; 2 per cent. Increase

on special war contributions by (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") the mining companies; Increases Funeral rites have been held, In postage and on customs dut-in Laroche, Spanish Morocco, for les on tyres, petrol, whiskey the Duc De Guise, late Pretender and Imported spirits.

to the Throne of France, in the Under the new budget, South presence of Bishop Gallitoli, Gen- Africa will now spend £46,000,-erai Ascensio, the Spanish High 000 this year on the war effort.-Commissioner and many leading Reuter.

personalities, — Havas.

AIR RAID CASUALTY:

THE AMOUNT OF BUTTER OBTAINABLE UNDER THE PRESENT COMBINED BUTTER AND MARGARINE RATION WILL NOT EXCEED FOUR OUNCES FROM SEPTEMBER 2 THE MINISTRY OF FOOD AN-N- NOUNCED YESTERDAY,

The only change from the pre- sent position is that consumers

A squadron of the Royal Cana-who have taken all or most of A dian Air Force, originally an au- their six ounces of butter and xullary Air Force squadron, form- margarine ration in butter, will be ed and "based at Winnipeg, was unable to have over four ounces visited yesterday by the Dominions of butter a week but they will be

Secretary,

Accompanied by Wing, Com- mander. Campbell, Commanding R.C.A.F., England, Lord Caldecote Inspected the squadron and ad- To meet this condition, Williams dressed a few general remarks, has now developed GLIDER-a spe- expressing appreciation of their cial cream for daily shavers. With no work. British Wireless. soap base, it's a completo departure from ordinary aliave creams. No brush.Nolather. Notsticky or greasy. P`A superabundance of moisture is ́ contained in this rich cream. It won't dry on your face. Applied with. the fingers, it quickly softens each whisker. A protective layer is formed over which your razor glides. Of

COURTESY VISIT RETURNED

The Governor of Gibraltar yes-

able to obtain the balance margarino, —— Reuter.".

BUILDING SOCIETY FUNDS MOVE BY ·

TREASURY

A Defence Regulation

in

HE YAWNED

IN A

SOLDIER ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL

TOWN ON THE SOUTH-EAST COAST OF ENGLAND, SAYS REUTER, WAS SUFFER- ING FROM DISLOCATION OF THE JAW CAUSED WHEN HE YAWNED DURING AN AIR RAIDI

Germany's nuisance raiders GIFTS

are thus setting the British people new problems and the principal

is that of lack of

OF

has. The headmistress of one school AIRCRAFT

been made in Britain authorising reports that only twelve of her building societies to require six 150 pupils were present after an months' notice for withdrawals carly morning raid owing to dis-ISTER OF AIRCRAFT PRODUC- of shares and deposits,

:

At present there is a consider- able diversity of rules on this to raids. point among societies, and object of the regulation is to se- cure uniformity."

The regulation applies to notices

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LORD BEAVERBROOK, MIN-

TION, location of sleep.

HAS CABLED HIS They are becoming accustomed THANKS FOR A GIFT OF £21,000 FROM THE PEOPLE OF ZEALAND FOR AIR- Writing on this subject in the NEW the

"Evening Standard" last night, a CRAFT,

sum-£10,500 writer recalls how Madrid rapidly "Half this

is orientated itself to raids, and the from the people of South Island, declaration of the commander of who have asked that a 'plane be the British section of the Interna-[named after the island, and man- tional Brigade that after the first ned by New Zealanders. few blitzweeks, Madrid. lost little Lord Beaverbrook, in his cable aleep during the war.

to Mr. Fraser, the Prime Minister, The public is meeting the situa-sald that New Zealand is playing A salute of 17 guns was fired the capital and scaport of Oman, both on his arrival and on his de- Arabla-have so far contributed tion largely by a household switch- a magnificent part in the Empire the lowest and air training scheme and New Zea- Theover, whereby parture and, toasts to the King £1,050 to the war fund, W. R. Loxley & Co. (China) Ltd and General Franco were ex- money will be handed over to the safest rooms in the house become land pilots are a terror to our

*****: bedrooms;--- Reuter.

enemics--Reuter, --- Ichanged.-Reuter.

Ile was MUSCAT FUND

comes each hair at the base without terday returned the visit of the already given. scraping. Like a cold cream, Glider Governor of Algeciras. helps keep your skin smooth all day, Glider is the result of nearly 100 years' experienco in making fine shaving preparations."-

Sole Agents:

accompanied by the Flag Officer Commanding North Atlantic.

...

British residents, of Muscat.

British Government. Reuter-