1940-09-20 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 20, 1940.

SIR JOHN ANDERSON MUST LIGHT

UNBENDING ON ALIEN CONTROL

UP, EVEN IN RAID

There is no order allowing vehicles to travel without lights -ever in an air raid.

This 'statement was made

BEFORE GOING INTO secret session yesterday Melksham (Wilts) by Inspector the House of Commons had the usual hour of ques-Clack, when a man was summon- ed for riding a bicycle without tions and answers.

lights.

Sir John Anderson, the Home Secretary, as the most questioned Minister, agreed that a liberal po- licy of exemption from the Aliens Act restrictions should be followed in respect to citizens of the United States. He added that steps had been taken to this end:

"I was riding without a light fore

the safety of my country and not to help the enemy," said the man, William Franke Arthur, aged fifty, of Beanacre, Melksham Gate.

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He said he heard an air-ra'd warning had been sounded in an fadjoining district, so he immedi

Questioned regarding internees. CAINE ROAD THEFT fately put out his lights. Sir John Anderson- indicated thai the Government's policy was not

Mr. L. K. Harjani, of No. 11, He saw an army lorry - pass

without lights.

to: intern Italians with 20 years Caine Road, has reported the theft résidence in Britain; provided nothing unfavourable was known. of clothing and a fountain pen,j

The Bench dismissed the case

:: Regarding Germans and. Aus-valued at $38.80, from his resi- against Arthur, who wore a 1914

·trians," he declared it was, in derice, yesterday.

ribbon with Mons Star. many cases, more 'difficult to feè' confidence. In 'those with fong re- sidence of in those who had come more recently as refugees A general policy of releasing those with long residence agains! whom nothing was known could not be justified, although there were individual cases in which long residence could be properly 1reated as a factor to be taken into account when application was made for release.-Reuter.

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KING AND QUEEN IN HAVOC ZONE

*. THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN YESTERDAY VISITED PEOPLE IN SOME OF THE WORST-RAIDED: DIS- TRICTS OF LONDON. THEY WERE 'GREETED WITH CHEER- FULNESS AND UNDAUNTED COURAGE.

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There was no attempt by police to keep people at a distance and they walked freely among the cheering men and women:

They spoke to members of a rescue squad who had toiled for! seven and a half hours in the ruins of a house to get a woman out. At times, they had to use their own bodies as "pit-props," but they reached her and got her out successfully.

When the Queen said to one man "You are doing a good job," he replied, with a grin, “It's ail In the day's work. We all get the same pay!"

In one district, their Majesties saw two Anderson shelters which were untouched, although they Jay in the middle. of a mass ofj ruins. People in the shelter des- cribed how they escaped withoutj a scratch, although bombs fell within a few yards.

The King commented on the effectiveness of the shelters. Reuter.

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CHINESE LAWYER BADLY WOUNDED

Shih Nai-tang, a Chinese-law- yer, is lying in a critical condition. in Lester Chinese Hospital, after being shot by a gunman yester day.

The gunman, in foreign clothes, visited his office on the second floor, No. 24, Central Road, and fired three shots. One bullet-hit| his head.

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Shih, 30, graduated from Tze ChihUniversity, Shanghai. He was secretary of a Seamen's Union sponsored by the Wang Ching-wei regimeCentral-News.

IMPORTANT IRON ORE DISCOVERY

Exterisive deposits of iron ore have been found in the Kangra Hills, in the Punjab, it was stated in Lahore yesterday. The dis- covery is regarded as important, as it is claimed the quality of the ore compares with that mined in Sweden. Heutér. »» de jy pe

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