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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 15, 1940.

R.A.F. FIGHTS THROUGH Snow And Sub-Zero Temperatures Over Reich

Yesterday's DRIVE LABOUR Raids On Naval FOR WAR FRANCE

Dockyards

CHINESE VICTORY AT MATANG

After recapturing Ma- DETAILS OF BRITISH attacks on mili- tang on the south bank of tary objectives in Germany and German-oc- the Yangtze River, Chin- cupied territories, show that extremely bad ese forces have occupied weather, with widespread cloud, snow and the strategic hills around the town in an attempt to Sub-zero temperatures, severely hampered consolidate their hold on the Sunday night operations by aircraft of the the vital Yangtze port, Bomber Command. according to Chinese re- ports in Chungking.

Paotaishan, north of Matang.

Mopanshan, to the north-east, and Pengtseh are said to have fallen

into Chinese hands.

Meanwhile, a strong Chinese

column, it is claimed, has occu-

pied Yangchiashan. Tangshan and

Tingshan, south-west of. Peng- tsch.

The Chinese press gives pro- minence to reports of the Chin- ese victory in southern Anhwei, wherein a battle lasting from October 5 to October 11 - the Japanese are said to have suffer- ed 7,000 casualties.

Japanese troops which reach. ed Chinghsien, near Ningkuo, were surrounded by the Chin ese forces.

Part of the Japanese forces. it is declared, pushed southward on Sunday along the Chingyih River, but were "intercepted by the Chinese on the river banks, with the result that the Japanese in the area north-east of Chinghsien and those on the banks of the Chingyih River were wiped out after six days of desperate fight-

ing." Reuter.

ILLNESS PLEADED

Flying "blind" through clouds which blanketed the whole route from England to Germany, many raiding crews won through to their target areas only to find the cloud down almost to ground level, completely ob- Scuring the objectives.

Other raiders, more fortunate, glimpse

of thefactory's tal in the time of their arrival, were chimneys through a gap in the able to take advantage of fleeting cloud. gaps in the cloud bank through bombs were dropped to straddl Sticks of high explosiv which they were able to locate the target and a large fire was, and bomb their targets. .

seen to break out after the bomb The naval dockyards at Kiel ing were attacked

Other targets in the Ruhr by one force, which were located and bombed which reached the canal zone at included Krupps works at Essen. about 10 p.m. but after a 400-mile- 'flight, måde hazardous by violent electrical storms and an ice-form- ing belt 8,000 feet deep, extended over the greater part

which

WEAPONS

PLANS IN

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL”) French Government ministries are at present. |drafting large-scale la- British cities are com.bour programmes, chiefly peting in friendly rivalry .to suppress unemploy-:

ment. during the present week

The unemployment problem in which has been called the large industrial centres. how- war Weapons Week" to ever, is not expected to be fully solved with the intended men- provide, by voluntary sures. effort, the cost of material Most of the unemployed (being essential to assist the sent to districts needing mostly re- armed forces to carry on construction work. The State will

unspecialised

workers) will be:

pay wages, expenses and trans- the war.

portation. The City of Manchester aims at The authorities hope that the raising, white -the cost of workers will decide not to return a battleship, while of £8,000,000 to urban districts.Havas, aimed at by Binningham, £4,500,-

000 was subscribed before the campaign actually opened.

Performing the opening ceremony Churchill said that the devasta- In Birmingham, Mrs. Winston

tion

Led.

SERVANT OF

A.S.P. FINED

and ruin which had been aroused nothing but anger in our aused by enemy bombs had breasts at the ruthless methods L. A. SEARLE, A.S.P., NG SAN- A COOK EMPLOYED BY MR. which Nazi Germany was adopt- KWONG, 33, WAS FINED $200, ing.

OR FOUR MONTHS' HARD LA- Underlying our sorrow and sym- BOUR, BY MR. E. HIMSWORTH, Went Back Again

pathy, there was determination | AT THE KOWLOON MAGIS- to fight, work and live for victory, TRACY THIS MORNING FOR and those who had suffered the DEMANDING $2 WITH MEN Other raiding forces, prevented by the weather from finding their most were the ones most resolv-ACES FROM A CHINESE DE- primary objectives, sought

TECTIVE, TSOI YEE, AT THE

dropped by these aircraft on aero-been strengthened by the raids on TION. alternative targets.

Our determination to end. Ger- | DETECTIVES' OFFICE IN THE Bombs were man aggression for all time had; KOWLOON CITY POLICE STA- dromes at Wesel,

Woensdrecht | London. - British Wireless. and Texel, on gun positions Through occasional breaks the islands of Borkum, Terschelling in the cloud, sticks of high ex- and on the seaplane base at Nor- plosives were unloosed on the derney. The persistence with docks and the flash of explod- which the bember crews strove ing bombs could be seen as a to carry out their mission, in sudden glow in the enveloping spite of appalling cloud and a snowstorm which, well instanced by the record of

of the route.

hour, the aircraft cruised above the For nearly three-quarters of an cloud-obscured target area await ing an opportunity to bomb.

nil.

At Wilhelmshaven

This also handicapped an at- ack on the naval dockyards at

out

on

weather, Is

Accused, pleading not guilty, said that he was arrested when he went to the detectives' office to

DEFECTIVE BRAKE look for a friend.

FINE

Mr. Searle asked the Magistrate

to take a serious view of the case since accused used his name to collect "squeeze." The cook hid been in his employ since June

Det-Sgt. C. Dowman, prosecute

at times, reduced visibility to one raider which was flying in Mr. C. P. Ferguson, of No.

the vicinity of Borkum when part Bungalow, Shek-O, was summon- of its de-icing equipment faileded before Mr. H. G. Sheldon, ing, said that at 9.30 am. yester

to the detec- and both engines began pick up K.C., this morning for failing to day, accused went again.

demanded $2 keep his car No. 6233 in a state tives' office, and

detective. He After three quarters of an of repair.

weekly from the hour they were working nor Sergeant McInnes told the suid he knew gambling dens mally and having by now Court that defendant's car was operating in Kowloon City Dis crossed the English coast, the involved in an accident. The car trict, and added that he was the Pilot checked his position, turn- was examined, and the brake was ed out to sea again, and went found to be defective. back to bomb docks and enemy Mr. D. B. Evans pleaded guilty shipping at Flushing.

on behalf of this defendant, was fined $10,-

hipping basins were located through momentary .cloud breaks and heavily bombed under severe A. A. firé.

A Dutch subject, J. A. Sund-Wilhelmshaven. Two of the main quest, 35, marine officer. was charged before Mr. G. T. Lowry this morning, with failing to re- port his arrival in the Colony on September 16, within the pre- scribed period.

Defendant said he fell sick on his arrival and had been in hospital.

Detective Sergeant J. Headridge said defendant arrived as one of the crew of a ship on September 16. He was admitted to hospital owing to illness, and was dis- charged on October 2, but did not report until October 13.

A fine of $25 was imposed.

CAR LEFT FIVE MINUTES, STOLEN

who

An attack was also made on the Blohm and Voss shipbuilding yards at Hamburg shortly after attack and was the centre, of u Calais came in for a very heavy midnight, but here again low series of raids which began at cloud, hampered the raiders. 10 p.m. but did not end until

Weather conditions in the close to midnight. Ruhr were little better but

Dive-bombing aircraft from other bomber force detailed to one of the recently formed Polish attack the large coal-tar plant squadrons took part in the

Mr. F. B. F. Edwards, of No. 8, at Duisburg, where nearly

at-Carnarvon Road, has reported half tack and heavy damage, was seen that between 10.10 and 10.15 p.m. the coal-tar of Germany is dis- to have been inflicted the yesterday, his Morris saloon car illed, finally succeeded in locat-docks and harbour installations: No. 3798 was stolen from outside iner thanhiontien iftar a chance-British 'Wireless

the Kowloon Naval Dockyard. -

DAKS

GREYS

are legion

this year!

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servant of Mr. Searle, and that it the detective failed to comply, he matter to his would report the master: The detective, with the assistance of two others arrested accused.

Mr. Searle said that. accused, had no reasan at all to have been in the police station.

HOTEL THEFT.

Mrs. Pecccochi, residing at the Peninsula Hotel, has reported that theft of a wrist watch valued at $50 from her dressing table be- tween..11a.m. on October 11 and 4 p.m. on October 12,

STOP PRESS

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Sabotage is suspected.

An hour after the gasolene was set on fire, three Japan- cse 'planes appeared

over-

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