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IN THE

HONG KONG HOTEL

WARNING WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES BEFORE THE END OF THE INTERVAL OF

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The new Governor of Macao, Commander G. M. Teixeira, photographed with his wife, son and two daughters aboard the Portuguese. sloop Goncalvo Velho yesterday. On left is Captain Jose J. da Sliva e Costa and on right is Commander J: Francisco Fialho, commanding the sloop. (King's Studio).

BLACK-OUT WAS NOT

A SUCCESS

LAST NIGHT'S BLACK-OUT fell far below ex-. peetations in effectiveness. Although in certain areas, the black-out was so complete that traffic was slowed down to snail's pace, in others the lighting regulations had not been carefully observed by own- ers of private property.

CHAPTER OF

BLACK-OUT ACCIDENTS

The Director of Air Raid Pre- cautions stated this morning:

"Air observation reports on last night's black-out indicate that numerous undovered lights were clearly visible in the following areas:

West Point, Wanchai.

Kowloon Waterfront,. Yaumati and............... Shamshuipo..

"The display of lights from fishing vessels was particularly bad.

"The. public are reminded-that- the black-out is to be continued to-night from sunset to sunrise, and it is hoped that the faults ob- A number of traffic ac-served last night will be rectified." cidents, chiefly collisions,

occurred on the mainland BLACK-OUT

during the “black-out” exercise last night.

Car No. 2921, driven by Mrt Harry C Chew, was In Nathan Road at 7:30 p.m. when it collid- od with the traffic standard at: Austin Road junction.

At 11.10 pm, military lorry No.

6193 crashed in the rear of lorry No. 578 at the Jordan-Road Pier, and about I am to-day, a head- on collision between taxi No. 546

and Bus No. 2828 occurred in Gas- coigne Road:

.'

Taxi No. 8 was in Nathan Road at 2.15 a.m. and. collided with the traffic standard at the Klangsu Street. juretion...

NEPHEW OF

MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN KILLED

·It is now known that s Flying Officer Ralph Hope 28-years-old nephew of Mr. Neville- Chamberlain, whose death was announced a week ago, lost his life preventing. his Hurricane crashing on. houses in south-east London.

Hope was losingi height and could have saved hmself by "bal ing out." He stayed! at the controls andi according to one wit-

OFFENDERS ately to

FINED

Several Chinese “black- out" offenders appeared before the Magistrates at Kowloon this morning.

Before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen, Kwan Hing, 18, and Fong Ki, 28, stall foki, were fined $10 each for flashing" a torch in Ninggo Street. Kwan was flashing the torch to In all cases, no person was in- collect rice bowls from his cus- Jured, but the vehicles were dam-1 tomers, while Fong, seeing the aged!

NAZI RADIO SHUTS UP

"wardan arrest Kwan, snatched away the torch; declaring that it! was his property.

deliber-

for some allbtments: When the Hurricane was "going straight down towards this open ground he baled out but his parachute did not open in time and the aircraft: crashed on an allotment and no one was hurt-Bri- tish Wireless.

SECRET POLICE

IN NORWAY

For the first time in history Norway has its Boeret police.

The field of activity of the naw secrot police is not clarified in a

A 13-year-old school boy, Wong Kam-fu, who failed to appear on a charge of flashing a torch in Reclamation Street, had... båll-of $25 estreated, while Ip Hang, 25, shop fokl, and: Ng Hang;-23] un- ....... employed, were each fined $10 for “BECAUSE OF NEW WAR flashing torches in Saigon Street CIRCUMSTANCES, ALL GER-and Woosung Street. MAN BROADCASTING For striking matches In Yen STATIONS-EXCEPT BRESLAU

Chau: Street, near the Shamshul- po Police Station, Wong Fir-chung, rep — WILL IN FUTURE CLOSE. 32, and fil Yul, 28, were cach DOWN AT 8.15 PM., SAID A fined $3. A $3 fine was imposed GUITOUS ANNOUNCEMENT on Tom Kam-föng, 45 for a THOM HEREIN RADIO YESTER similar oftenoz in Shangbal Street way DAY

⠀⠀ Before Mr. El Himsworth, Ch Yu, 20 hawker, who failed to ap The announcer udvised listeners, pear on a charge of flashing a torch to listen in to Breslau afton 0.15 | in Taltulng-Rodd, had hig ball: är pih, as that will be the only sta- | $5-éštrented. Lo Kul, 20, was fified tion operating/

$1 for a similar öffence in Prince | Edward Road, while toung 80,180, No explanation was given as to coolie was (ne) 50 cents for what these "new war: "circum- striking a match In Mongkok stances" were:-Router.

Road.

which, simply “snya at will": dettáin police questions drose out of the situation by the cecupation of Nor-

$1,600) THEFT

"The theft of $1,800, în fotoign curranty, and Jewellery, Was l'e- parted to the Police, this morning by the principal tenant of the first door of No.: 182, Nathan Road,*** The police are endeavouring to traco a sub-tenant wh) is missing.