THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 4, 1940
R.A.F. AGAIN OVER
ITALY
New Targets At Genoa And In Germany Bombed
Large Scale
Operations
FIFTY FOR THE DAY
It is now known
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that a further eight enemy 'planes were shot down by A.A. fire on Monday, mak- ing a total for the day of 50 down, Reuter.
RAILWAY BLOWN UP
The Peiping-Tientsin Railway was dynamited a' two points by guerillas or Monday night near Lang- fang.
The line was completely inter- rupted until 4 o'clock yesterda;
afternoon.
NEW TARGETS IN Germany and Italy were attacked by aircraft of the R.A.F. Bomb- er Command on Monday night, states an Air Ministry communique issued last night.
The dynamite works at Schlebusch, to the north-east of Cologne, and the important rail- way junction, San Pier D'Arena, at Genoa, were heavily bombed.
Other aircraft attacked the elec- tric power station at Genoa, oll Installations at Ludwigshaven and Frankfurt, the Bosch Ignition Plugs factory at Stuttgart for the second night in succession, the Bayer explosives works near Co- logne, the Dortmund-Ems. Canal.] and gun emplacements at Car Gris-Nez.
these operations.
Two of our aircraft were lost ir
in
WOMEN
SUMMONED:
FAILURE TO
REGISTER
Coastal Command aircraf: bombed supply ships at sea off the Dutch coast and another 'sup- ply ship in a Norwegian harbour in
the Sogne Fiord, and als arought down a Dornier flying
A NUMBER OF EUROPEAN but,oat into the sea.
Attacks were also made on oil AND PORTUGUESE RESIDENTS tanks at Flushing and the harbour WERE SUMMONED BEFORE at Ostend. One of our craft has MR. H. G. SHELDON, 'K.C., AT not returned. Reuter.
The Japanese spokesman Pciping confirms also that freight train was damaged there were no casualties. No fighting is reported. Reuter.
Service Restored
The first passenger train since the cutting of the Peiping-Tien- tsin Railway by guerillas left
Tientsin at 5.20 yesterday after- noon and proceeded to the point] where the rails were torn up.
MONGOLIAN PRINCES CONFER
THE CENTRAL MAGISTRACY -THIS MORNING FÖR FAILING TO SIGN A RETURN. OF PAR- {TICULARS UNDER. FORM NO.
2, OF THE REGISTRATION OF] PERSONS ORDINANCE.
The first summons was against Mrs. Vera Joan, Armstrong, wife
The train is expected to go on (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") of Mr. H. J. Armstrong.
to Peiping later.
All Mongolian princes and Detective-Sergeant Harris ask- Traffic was also temporarily dukes in Inner Mongolia haveled the Court to amend the sum- interrupted yesterday afternoon just concluded a two-day con-mons to Form 1 instead of Form east of Tientsin. It is reported, ference at Kalgan on the der 2. It was also said that the Po without confirmation, that thevelopment of the territory. The ice were satisfied that most o stoppage of the service was due conference was presided over by the people whom were being to guerilla activity at a small Prince Teh, head of the. Meng-summoned did not intend to evade station about 100 kilometres from kiang federated autonomous gov-registration. They had probably Tientsin.-Reuter.
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been misinformed through the press and the radio that they, had to register within a certain per- iod...
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Mr. Armstrong, who was ap pearing for his wife, said that it] the summons was amended to falling to `register, he would plead not guilty on his wife's behalf. He had already sent a letter to the Registration Office~stating that his wife is not in the Colony.
Mr. Sheldon said that since the Police. were not pressing the case he would not amend the summons The summons against Miss Bea- trice Maria Alves, of No. 302, Prince Edward Road, Mrs. Vera Joan Armstrong, Mrs. Olga Bastu Remedios of No. 29; Granville Road, Miss Margaret Jean Rainey of Kowloon Hospital, Miss Rose Hobbs of Queen Mary Hospital, Mrs. Letitia Remedios Xavier and Miss Carmen Augusta. Xavier of No. 64, MacDonnell Road, and Mrs. J. S. Landolt and Mrs. Edris Maria Christina D'Aquino Carval- ho of No. 10, Salisbury. “Avenue, were all withdrawn.
'Mr. F. X. d'Almada was repre- senting Mrs. and Miss Xavier, while Mr. J. M: d'Almada Reme- dlos was appearing for Mrs. J. S. Landolt, who is at present in hos- pital
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PRESS WE
Nine cases. of Cholera were reported to the Health Au- thorities yesterday, eight oc- curring in Kowloon and one in the New Territories. There were also 11 cases of dysen- tery, seven of, typhoid, two of meningitis and 56 of tu- berculosis.
During the week ended on Saturday midnight, 48 cases of Cholera (14 deaths) were registered. The majority (38 cases) occurred in Kowloon, and seven on the Island,
There were also 205 cases of tuberculosis. (132 deaths), 50 of dysentery. (27 deaths), 15 cases of typhoid (five deaths), five cases of diptheria (one. imported), three cases of meningitis (two deaths), and one case of measles.
Intensive police precautions are being taken to-day in the foreign, areas in Shanghai, it is believed to guard against. reprisals for yesterday's shoot- ing in the Settlement. Liu Han-ha, naturalised Japanese of Formosan origin, who was the viêtim of yesterday's slay ing, was known to be pro- Wang Ching-wel. The police are reported to have received information that anti-Chung- king elements might attempt to strike back to-day. Reuter.
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