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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 1, 1940.

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LUFTWAFFE TRIES AGAIN

Big Raids Renewed For First Time Since Friday

Five "Alert" Warnings In London

LONDON. HAD FOUR ALERTS UP TO ABOUT 5 O'CLOCK YES- TERDAY AFTERNOON, THE FIRST BEING. THE RESULT OF A GER- MAN BOMBER AND FIGHTER FORMATION NUMBERING 80 WHICH CROSSED THE KENT COAST AND AFTER FLYING A FEW MILES INLAND SPLIT INTO A NUMBER OF SMALL GROUPS.

The machines stayed over coastal districts |

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in Kent and Sussex for a short time before GRIS NEZ

being dispersed.

About 40 aircraft were used in the second attack when the raiders came over the south-

east coast in a number of formations.

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inland they were again intercept- ed by British fighters and neither of these attacks did any enemy aircraft reach the London

area.

During the third raid British fighters engaged the raidors high over the western, suburba of London.

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• An Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security announcement issued last evening stated enemy made four large-scale at- tacks on south and east areas be- tween dawn and early afternoon and A.A. defences were con- stantly in action. .

In the first two attacks which took place at about 9 a.m. and 10.15, respectively,

crossed the coast

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and penetrated about 40

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miles

inland but none reached London.

Bexhill And Hastings

Bombs were dropped at: se-

AGAIN OVER LONDON LAST NIGHT

German bombers were around London again last evening but the first few hours were remarkably quiet in Central Lon- don.

'planes

German were reported in north-east and south- west areas of England. -Reuter.

DRENCHED

IN FLAMES

Houses on the Kent] coast were shaken by heavy explosions last night when the R.A.F. de- livered another big attack on the German invasion bases.

Brilliant flashes from bursting| bombs reddened the starlit sky and the reflection they cast upon the water reached the British side of the Straits of Dover.

Calais harbour and long- range gun emplacements. near be Cap Gris Nez appeared to the main targets. At times, this part of the French coast seem- ed to be drenched in flames. -Vigorous resistance was given by German ground defences.- Reuter. A

veral places in the south-east 000000000000000... SUBMARINE

notably Bexhill and Hastings, and some damage and casualties, some fatal, were caused in each of these towns.

About: an hour later a third attack was made acrocs the Dorset coast, where the enemy wat.engaged. Few of his bam- bers penetrated any distance Inland and no reports of bombs -have been received.

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The fourth attack was the largest and began soon, after,

About 180 aircraft flew in over Dungeness and again pene- trated inland but were engaged | and broken up before reaching the outskirts. of London..

Western Suburbs:

A few enemy aircraft; however, evaded our defences and succeed

ed in dropping: bombs in the

western suburbs. Here, damage was done and casualtica, caused but details are not yet available, It is officially announced that 11 enemy aircraft were destroyed up to 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. London had its fourth alert for a short period late in the after- noon. Reuter,

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Dorset Bombing

An. Air Ministry and Ministry

CREW SAFE

of Home Security. communique states that late yesterday after- CONFIRMATION OF THE BE noen enemy aircraft approaching LIEF THAT OFFICERS AND in thres separate forces crossed MEN OF THE SUBMARINE the coasts of Kent and Sussex SHARK ARE PRISONERS OF simultaneously.

WAR IS PROVIDED BY TWO -Our-fighters-engaged the LETTERS FROM THE-COM- scattered enemy. A few bombs MANDER, LT-COMM. P.-N. E. were dropped and come dam- BUCKLEY, RECEIVED AT HIS age- caused at a town in Dor-- HOME AT HOOTON, CHESHIRE, set and a town in the Thames YESTERDAY: Valley where there were some casualties. Elsewhere damage was slight: During the afternoon an isolat- ed, attacks was made on a town in Suffolk. Houses were dam- aged but reports indicate casual- tics were very few.-Reuter.

"BAG" JUMPS TO 47

An Air Ministry report late last evening stated the day's bag: of. Nazi. raiders, had been increased, to 47, one of them having been downed by A.A. guns..

All the officers and some of the ratings are believed to be safe.

Buckley, was wounded but he says he is quite all right now and is very well looked after-Reuter.

THAILAND MISSION IN INDIA

from

The goodwill mission Thailand, touring India, arrived at Calcutta yesterday. The mem- bers are remaining in India until Twenty-two of

October our fighters the middle of

Government were lost but the pilots of 12 are guests of the safe. Reuter.

India-Reuter.

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STARTLING MOVE BY U.S. GOVERNMENT

The United States Government yesterday filėd suit against:

twenty-two major oil companies and the American Petroleum Institute, charging them with unlawful. monopoly, price-fixing and conspiracy in violation of the Sher- man anti-Trust Act.

The Government is asking the Federal District Court of Co- lumbia, to restrain the companies from ac- quiring oil reserves for monopolistic purposes and to dissolve the American Petroleum

Institute.-Reuter.

AUSTRALIAN AIRCRAFT OUTPUT

Mr. Fadden, the Australian Air

stated Minister.

in Melbourne yesterday that Australia is pro- ducing two de Havilland Moth training 'planes daily and is now fling overseas orders for train ing aircraft from the surplus home supply.

COALITION SOUGHT IN AUSTRALIA

MR. MENZIES, THE AUSTRA LIAN PRIME MINISTER, IS RE- PORTED TO BE TAKING STEPS TO PREVENT A TALEMATE AS A RESULT OF HE GENER⚫. AL ELECTIONS, WHICH HAVE LEFT ONLY A SMALL MAR- GIN BETWEEN THE GOVERN- MENT AND THE OPPOSITION. Mr. R. G. Menzlés Is Inviting Mr. Cameron, Mr. Curtin and Mr. Leasley, respectively leaders of the Country, Labour and Anti- Communist Labour Parties, to meet him on Friday to discuss methods of instituting an effective government.

Mr. Menzies said that as a re~ sult the recent elections no party will have a majority giving it clear authority in the new Par- liament, and thus a National Gov.. crnment was the only practicable course to ensure stability and strong war effort during the most vital period in Australian his- tory.--Reuter,

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HUNGARIAN TRIP

CONCLUDED·· (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") The Hungarian-Agriculture. Minister returned to Budapest yesterday a two-day visit to yesterday after a two-day visit to "I hope my trip will serve to strengthen agricultural relations between the two countries." Havas.

BIG TIN DEPOSITS DISCOVERED

Tin deposits estimated by Egyp→ lion tons have been discovered in tian experts at some half a mil- the neighbourhood of Kosseir on' the Red Sea Coast.

The Under-Secretary of Fin- He added that the output at ance declares that these mines Wirraway is already 30 'planes a should produce about 15,000 tons month-Reuter

of pure tin annually, Reuter.

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