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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 26, 1940

are

Lillian Russell and one of her many famous admirers, Dia-

costly jewels, mond Jim Brady, who showered her with played by Alice Faye and Edward Arnold in Darryl F. Zan- uck's production of "Lililan Russell," the 20th Century-Fox film at the King's Theatre.

SCILLIES IN THE FRONT LINE

A year ago the Isles of Scilly were prosperous and peaceful. A few weeks ago they were still peace ful. To-day the inhabitants of England's Atlantic outpost find themselves in the front line of battle, writes a correspondent.

German aircraft have repeatedly bombed and machine-gunned the isles, but with just sufficient irregularity to make the people wake up each morn- ing with the question in their minds, "Will they come again to-day?"

Yet a lavish expenditure of ex- plosives has resulted in aston- ishingly little damage and prac- tically no casualties.

BOMBS ON A N.W. TOWN

In the course of a raid on the North-west several | bombs were dropped on an old market town and the residential districts s sur- rounding it. Damage was done to property, but no one was killed, and the casualties were not seri ous. Most of the sufferers after treatment at the main local hospital were allowed to return home.

The flower growers have suf- fered hardly less. Bulbs which ought to have been in the ground are still unplanted.

Part of the isles' war sacrifice

a large

There is a small industrial fringe to the district, and, here a fire was started at a small store. It is said that the fire services were gaining control of the flames- when an enemy 'plane came over the spot and dropped more ex- plosives. Only a part of the es- tablishment was damaged. There are many workingclass houses close by, but these suffered no damage except the shattering of windows.

In proportion to the number of bombs dropped the damage can hardly be called serious, Three streets of cottage houses suffered the most. The fronts of three or four houses were ..: blown. out, a number of roofs caved in, and hundreds of windows were smashed. Making a rapid survey of this part of the town one marvelled that so little injury was. suffered to life and b In most of the houses the people had gone to bed, and were awakened by violent explosions. The houses of a number of people. were made

untenable, and the tenants were given refuge. for the night in a local cinema, to which: a mobile canteen was dispatched.

Warden's Escape....

were

Mr. G. Summer, senior warden for one of the streets, had a re- markable escape. He said he was on duty when the first bomb fell. It dropped only a few yards from him, and in his own words, the in the air and blast "lifted me then flung me down. The people For two days a hazy of smoke

on the street," he said, "behaved has hung in the northern sky. has been the substitution of po- wonderfully well." Doubtless-this..would give rise in tatoes for flowers over

Residents of the district Berlin to an exultant belief that acreage. One cannot eat narcissi, full of praise for the children the Scilly Islands are ablaze from but they yield £50 to £100 the who, they said,, kept remarkably

while farmer, end to end. The people here acre to the

the cool' and composed. An old lady worth know that it is only bracken on patriotic potato is merely

of ninety years, Mrs. F. Higson, an uninhabited island set alight by some £15.

was in bed when the bombs fell, an incendiary bomb.

Most of the

isies' inhabitants, She was taken to the cinema, for On a clear day the raiders, al- however, are facing their econo-shelter, and when urged to try to most skimming the sea, fly low mic troubles and air raids alike sleep she replied: "Nay, I had a out of the eye of the sun. From with cheerful stoicism.

good sleep before I came here." these, low-lying isles they cannot "How are you people making I asked a boatman, be seen until they are close in ends meet?".

Business As Usual shore. Then they swoop up and "We are living on the interest of dive down again on their mark, what we owe," he replied with a machine-gunning as they bomb. laugh.

As for raids the inhabitants are shelters which

Fired On Fire-Fighters hastily devising

When there are clouds the they had previously thought un- Nazis use them as cover for ap-necessary. In my hotel guests, proaching: Part of their tactics proprietor and staff gather. In the was to drop incendiary bombs concrete-roofed kitchen. and then to return a few minutes. So far all the raids have been later and machine-gun through in daylight. I do not know why the smoke, the men who were beating out the flames..

Since I arrived here some 300 or more of the Isle's 2,000 in habitants have left for the main- land. Most of these are women and children."

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anyone wants to go to the main- land." remarked my hostess after the last visitation. At least one can get a quiet night's sleep here."

In one street the windows of a row of shops were completely smashed, but. next day the fragments had been cleared away, and business was being (carried on, as usual.

The bombing appears to have been quite casual and undiscri- minating. Three craters were made on a golf course. Slight damage "was done to a church, and the back door of the ad- joining vicarage was blown in. In another part of the area; en- tirely residential in character, a large house was considerably

cupants were away on holiday, On a privately developed, housing estate a few miles away two new, houses were rather badly damaged and a third, not yet occupied, was partly demolished:

H.K. AID FOR WAR damaged. Fortunately the oc-

ORPHANS-

The Music and Dance Recital in aid of Chinese War Orphans held last week in the Rose Room

military objective.

Major A. A, Dorien Smith, who has charge of the local civit de- fence, makes daily trips from his own isle of Tresco to St. Mary's. -| His efforts have been seconded by Sir Geoffrey Peto, Civil Defence, Commissioner for the South-

There is nothing: "in": the dis- Western Regions, who paid a of the Peninsula Hotel was antries which could be described as flying visit to St. Mary's.

All three fighting services are outstanding success, both as a ready to play their part in the concert and as a benefit per- defence of the Isics. They The gross takings (including would render an attempted 'Ger- „man landing here at least as sale of programme, and donations); hazardous as at any point of the were $4,255:55-a really remark¬ British coastline..

able result for an audience of 500. Economically there seems jusu-Total expenses were $570.20, in- fication for the inhabitants of the cluding construction of stage and Scillies stating that the war has printing of programmes, hit them harder than any other part of Britain, '*

Normally, thousands of summer visitors come here, but now there are not a dozen holiday-makers. Only one small hotel remains Coast Watch

open.

formance. Make

MADE HER HOME IN SHELTERS

raised for the War Orphans' Fund the police to have been wander-

Thus a net sum of $3,085.35 was

An 18-year-old girl, stated by of the China Defence League. ing and sleeplug in, air-raid shel- more thank the contributing ar-pool to stealing from city stores.

The Concert Committee once ters, pleaded “Guilty" nt. Liver- tists--Miss Ai-Lien Tai; Mr. Y. K. Mr. EH. Sidgreaves, Sze, Mr. Walter Yeh, and M., cuting, sold the girl had been prose- J. R. M. Smith and Orchestra brought up in an orphanage and who gave their services voluntär-¡ did not know the names of any The boatmen would be as idle fly for thin caust. So, much in- relativesinde as their craft except that they are ferest was taken in the recital thắt -- Shoy had been employed as a now mobilised as coast watchers numerous requests have reached | barmaid and had run away fol- and ale raid wardens, "-"Last gen- the Committee for a repeat per- ; löwing some trouble about having son I took" "£150,'', one boatman | formance in a theatre in Hong, men friends; labele said to me," "This year all I have. Kong, and this is under consider The girl was placed on proba-

'made is "£7.

ation.

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