1940-09-19 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 19, 1940.

ANOTHER SUBMARINE OVERDUE

The Admiralty an- nounced

yesterday

that the submarine Narwhal (Lt-Comm. R. J. Burch) is overdue and must be consider- ed lost.-Reuter,

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COMMONS IN SECRET SESSION

The House of Commons had another secret ses~ sion yesterday.

ITS

LONDON GETS ITS HUNDREDTH AIR RAID ALARM

CHINESE SYMBOL D FOR

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WHEN THE ALARM WAS SOUNDED IN QUARREL'

ANOTHER BATCH OF DESTROYERS

A second batch of American destroyers for Britain has arrived at a port on the east coast of Canada and they will be turned over to the Royal Navy immediately. - Reuter.

STRATEGY

IN

INDUSTRY

THE LONDON AREA AT 3.15 YESTERDAY

Mr. Justice Henn Collins, com AFTERNOON IT WAS THE 100TH TIME menting in the Divorce Court o SINCE WAR BEGAN. BY A COINCIDENCE the case before him, said: "It was a state of things at least as old as LONDON HAS EXPERIENCED THE LONGEST Chinese civilisation. The Chinese, AND SHORTEST RAIDS OF THE WAR DURING meaning 'home. It is a rudimen-

|have an ideograph for their word'

Įtary picture of a house containing Prior to the secret debate, Mr. THE PAST 24 HOURS.

oné woman. C. R. Attlee, in behalf of the

They have another "I KNOW THE RISK TO. IN- ideograph for the word 'quarrel';DUSTRY, BUT IT IS NO MORE it is the same as the other, but It DANGEROUS THAN IT IS TO has two women in it."

the course of questions that thej Government intended to

to Parliament, in due course, legis-

Prime Minister, intimated during| The all-night raid which lasted six submit minutes under 10 hours was the longest, and lation to confer the necessary au- the 10-minute raid in the morning was the in P tain to call up their nation-shortest. The seventh warning of the day This would authorise them to sounded in the London area at 4.13 p.m.

thority upon Allied Governments,

als

or military service.

call men to military service in] accordance with their own

Numerous high explosiv

isting national laws, but in con-bombs were dropped in a Thames, formity with uniform arrange. Estuary town during yesterday ments for the employment of all morning's raids, causing consider- Allied man-power on war serable damage and rendering many vice.

fantilies homeless,

This follows the previous night's attacks on the Thames Estuary when at least 50 bomba: were dropped over one town' and considerable damage: done to property,

Mr. Attlee explained that until this legislation was passed, the position was that Allied Govern- ments had the right to call upon their nationals in Britain for mili- tary service, but the British courts: and authorities had no power to

Also during the night, and for assist these governments in en-the second time within 24 hours, forcing these obligations upon Al-a number of houses in a working lied nationals who might be un-class district of an East London willing to respond. Reuter.

suburb were demolished and others so seriously damaged' that|

Discuss Effects Of Air Raids

porarily homeless.

THE MEN IN THE SPITFIRES He dismissed the petition of Mr. FIGHTING THE ENEMY," SAID.

Thomas Henry Ayres, of The MR. ERNEST BEVIN; MINISTER Deans, Crondall, Hants, who ask OF LABOUR, YESTERDAY, led for a decree on the ground of WHEN HE PRAISED WORKERS desert'on. Mrs. Ayres, who alleged IN ALL BRANCHES OF INDUS- her husband's adultery, was given TRY FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO a decree nisi.

KEEP UP OUTPUT AFTER THE SIRENS HAD GONE.

HITLER LOOKING

FOR BEST OF LAST OPPORTUNITY

many people were rendered tém-! COMMAND OF THE AIR is the key to victory, The eighth air raid warning of says the "Daily Telegraph" commenting on Mr. the the day sounded in London at Churchill's statement in the Commons.

16.57 last evening.

The following report of secret session of the House of Commons yesterday was issued under the authority of Mr. Speaker: "The House went into secret session and a debate took place on the recent aerial bom bardment of the country. Mem- bers representing London and other constituencies affected drew attention to the many problems which have arisen, and the Min- ister of Home Security and the Minister of Health repiled to the debate." British Wireless.

GANGSTERS SENT TO GAOL

Dread of the day when we may obtain it may drive Hitler to snatch at the desperate chance of in-

PING SHEK vasion.

VILLAGE

INCIDENT

Mr. Churchill tells us, says the journals, that the deployment of barges and ships to invade Bri- |tain and Ireland is continuing

stendily.

We, therefore, expect the at- témpt whenever the furious AT THE SUPREME COURT counsels, and his lieutenants THIS MORNING, BEFORE MR. agree that the best of the last JUSTICE E H. WILLIAMS opportunity has come. WONG KAM-YAN AND KU Agreement must be difficult for MING WERE CHARGED WITH the heavy bombing night after ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO night of enemy shipping and har- ROB.

munition.

He appealed to workers to use Ingenuity to maintain oufput. There were many possible me- thods, but it was unadvisable to advertise them.

In this total war, industry must have its strategy just as the fight- [ing services' have.

It would not be long before trainees would be passing, out from Government training centres for munition production at the rate of 250,000 to 300,000′ a year.

A Spurt

hours of work were to be regard ed as a spurt it was impossible to keep up, Mr. Bevin said the world people's achievement in intensity-

of the

Saying that the present long

ing output by working long hours would stand out as one most wonderful in Britain's indus Itrial history. — Reuter.

NEW YORK ON VICTORY PROSPECT

THE NEW YORK PRESS gives many

bours and the focal points of pages of pictures and news of the war over Ku Ming was also charged with land transport has done serious possession of a revolver and am-injury to the preparations. London and continues to show its apprecia-

The difficulties which baffled Mr. J. Reynolds, assisted by De- the armadas of invasion of the tion of the strength of the British position. FOUR YOUTHFUL GANGS-tective Sergeant Dowman, was past have been increased by the “Britain cari win” is the heading given to TERS, WHO MADE A HAUL OF for the prosecution, and the jury mechanism of modern war. FOUR WATCHES WITHIN TWO was composed of Messrs. J. R. AND A HALF HOURS IN THE Pearne, (fóréman) Au Shut-min, Attacks On Civilians a leading article in the "New York Herald- SHAMSHUIPOO DISTRICT ON A? Zimmern, Paul Chéung, A.

Tribune, which goes on to say that “given MONDAY, WERE ARRESTED Abbas, D. L. Pecorini and E. N. ON TUESDAY AND CHARGED Remedios.

our air force was one of the main courage, unity and determination there are- WITH SNATCHING OR AID- Mr. Reynolds said that Shing reasons for the frantic intensi- ING AND ABETTING BEFORE Muk, an elderly man, lived in Ping fications of the German attacks hundreds of roads to victory.""

·

Alarm at the failure to defeat

MR. QA. A. MACFADYEN AT Shek Village in a hut, one' half of on the civil populations and by KOWLOON THIS MORNING. which was used as an opium this means Hitler has been able Any one of these roads wouldTM

to increase the amount of indis-flead to "the destruction of the Accused; Lau Chuen, 20, was divan,

hard About 10.45 p.m., on sentenced to six months'

July criminate slaughter,

savage threat over-shädöwing the] labour; Yau Wah, 20, to four 31, first defendant, under the pre-f The greater amount of blood-world:"

shad, of the massacre of menj months' and Kwong Ki, 10, and tence of wanting to smoke oplum, After some Pun Yu-kit, 20, both charged entered the hut. with aiding and abetting, to six time, two men entered, and threa- months' each.

tened the old man with revolvers. Det.-Sgt. D. G. McPherson said He seized a chopper and struck that all fonceugnel ware one of them with it and they made their tyranny on cruelty and are early destruction. rot by Chinese detectives in off. First defendant then tried to unable to conceive of a national Canton Reed ca Tredey night, take the chopper from Shing spirit which will not yield to

not under arms and of women{ "Britain can win," the paper and children la a success

of continues, "and the best anc the kind Názlďom loves best. simplest proof of this is the great; Hitler and his tribe have built effort Hitler has massed' fór herj

terrorism. Reuter.

ROYAL NAVY'S BLACK LIST

"He knows that nothing short of her anfiihilation will avert his.”

Commenting on Mr. Chur- chill's words about "sober and increasing confidence," tho that "Now York Times" says "these are"a"true"description o the temper of the British ped ple."

After interro nilon, first accus-out was wounded on the hand. ed admitted that he snatched a Some neighbours : camē”, toj

-fully wrist watch from "a man in Tong Shing's assistance and a Met Road at 8:30 pm on Mon loaded revolver was found about day.

The victim's hands and 30 yards from the hut." shoulders were held by the other. Shortly afterwards, two Indian three.

[constables on duty 'on Salkung Half an hour later, he snatched Road noticed a man coming to- another watch with the others wards them. They flashed their assistance and an hour after torches and saw him drop a white another. in Shanghai Street by parcel. He was arrested and the THE "BLACK LIST” OF SHIP- "Americans are rejoicing that similar tactics..

parcel was found to contain OWNERS WILL NOW INCLUDE the RAF is still right in the The pawned the watches next loaded revolver.

A LIST OF SAIPS WHICH WILL fight and Londoners' backbones "New day and divided-the money.

NOT BE GRANTED FACILITIES are still stiff," says the AT BRITISH PORTS OR NAVI-York Daily News." CERTS...

ARGYLE STREET”

BURGLARY

2

This was the second defendant. The case is proceeding.

WEATHER REPORT

These will be ships which havel With regard to the R.A.F.'. committed blockade offences and crippling raids on the Channo which are considered potential ports, the same paper says: blockade-runners,

Britain is not prepared to grant them any facilities.

Miss C. T. Lopes, of No. 128C, Argyle Street, has reported that} The Royal Observatory reports her residence was entered through that the anticyclone has dispersed, an open window, between 1 a.m, leaving an area of moderately high The "list" will enable neutralj and: 0 n.m. yesterday and cloth-pressure over the Yellow Sea." shippers and Importers to know ing and money to the value of The typhoon has moved into the what ships should not be used. --- `$110 were stolen.

Facile to the: ctist" of Hokkaido. Router,

"We wish them all thơ tuck'in the world, because" if they · 8 down; and Hitler dooldash: wants to be a god on aärth, h may be‘coming next to the Unit ed Stator."--Router. 2-

CAN'T SLEEP NIGHTST

A hot cup of Cocomalt be

fore retiring laduces sound

-- and restful sleep..

Cocomalt

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