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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 1, 1940
TO
'LIVE WIRE' GENERAL
APPOINTED COMMAND. IN KENYA
GENERAL WAVELL, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in the Near East, has received a valuable reinforcement in the person of Major- General A. G. Cunningham, who is going to Kenya 'to take over command of troops in East Africa.
General Cunningham is a brother of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, who commands the Medi- terranean Fleet, and shares his qualities of tenacity and pluck.
Recently General Cunningham has been closely associated with the anti-aircraft defences of Brl- tain and had been a big influence in their practical development,
He has an engaging personal- ity and will be popular with the South African troops in Kenya. He is also a "live wire." Another military figure who has come to the forefront of late is Major-General Fuller, known to
ANOTHER HITLER PEACE OFFENSIVE SPEECH ?
Diplomatic circles in Zurich believe that de-
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VIA DESERT between Hitler and
Heavy transport lorries
bis friends as "Boney" when on rumbling across the de- the active list because of his re-sert will help restore Brit-
markable resemblance to Napo- leon Bonaparte.
He is also a man of ideas whose writings have commanded a wide public.
A Tank Man
He considered the Army's needs were tanks and yet more tanks, a policy which 18 months ago was unpopular and led to such an acid controversy that General Fuller was branded by the conventional as an extremist.
Nevertheless, in 1923, a per- manent Tank Corps was creat- ed largely as a result of Genér- .at Fuller's efforts, and this grew in experience until it was embodied in the Royal Armour- ed Corps, which now consists
at mechanised cavalry and tanks.
General Fuller was not able to serve with the creation of his brain. He retired many years be- Passa: }fore it matured to devote himself to writing and the study of mili- tary history. Now once again his
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ain's export trade to the Near East, affected by war conditions in the Mediter-
ranean.
These lorries will make regular trips between Baghdad, in Persia, and Haifa, Palestine's Mediterra- nean port.
The route is via Ramadi, Rut bah Wells and thence alongside the oil pipe line from Irak to. Haifa.
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Regular direct sailings via the Cape will be made from British ports to Basra, in the Persian Gulf, from where the goods will be transferred by rall to Bagh dad.
Mussolini, stated the Italian controlled press agency yester- day.
These decisions, the agency added, are likely to be the sub- ject of a speech which Hitler will shortly make at a specially convened meeting of the Reichstag.-Reu- ter.
000000000000000000 leaving British ports the goods will be delivered in Palestine; Egypt and Syria. as the trans- Within nine or ten weeks of desert route takes only two weeks.
SEQUEL TO STUBBS ROAD COLLISION
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'MR. C. W. HAYNES was summoned before Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., this morning, for driving with- out a valid driver's licence, for driving without due care and caution, and with failing to stop after a col- lision. British fighting patrols
Lieut. Buchanan, of the Royal Defendant was fined $65. Scots, told the Court that at about| Leung Kal was summoned for were again active in the 2 a.m. on September 10, he was allowing his car to be driven by Kassala region of the driving in Wongneichung Gap a person without an appropriate Sudan on October 27 and Lieut. Glossop. Rounding a bend, allowed Haynes to drive his car.
Road towards Repulse Bay with licence. It was alleged that 28, according to a British he saw a car coming towards him Mr. M. A, da Silva, for the de-
not guilty on the wrong side of the road. fence, pleaded
and communique issued in
He pulled to the side and stopped, hearing was fixed for November Cairo yesterday.
but Haynes's car collided with 19. communique adds: "On him. Haynes drove on. He chas- eventually caught Mr. latter day a party of the ed and enemy was ambushed, leaving 15 Haynes's car. dead and six prisoners in our hands. Two mechanical transport vehicles were also wrecked. Our Traffic Sub-Inspector. F. J. casualties were ni
Clarke said that defendant had "There is nothing to report held a licence since November from Egypt, Kenya and Pales- | 1937, but it expired in June this tine."
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Talking To Friend
Lieut. Glossop gave similar evi- Mr. C. D. N. Walker, of the. dence.*
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, was summoned for driving with out due care and caution in Stubbs. Road near Tung Shan Terrace.
year.
Betty Field and Lon Chan sy, Jr, være involved. In this scena which takes place at Aguora Ranch, the batting of "Or Mice and Mon," the Hal Roach production which opens to-day át the King's Theatre,
Traffic Sergeant Sullivan said that at about 3.30 p.m. on Octo- ber 13, he was rounding an S bend in Stubbs Road when he saw Mr. Walker coming down the road at a speed of about 32 miles. Mr. Walker, because he was talk- ing to a friend in the car, at one, point swerved suddenly to the right side of the road. . .*
Mr. Walker was cautioned; He had a clear record.
ISOLATED RAIDS ON BRITAIN
ISOLATED ENEMY AIRCRAFT MADE ATTACKS ON VARIOUS PARTS OF BRITAIN. AFTER, MIDDAY YESTERDAY, STATES AN AIR MINISTRY COMMUNI QUE.
Bombs were dropped on two towns in the Eastern Counties and at a point in south Wales and the Midlands, according to re- ports hitherto received,
There was a small number of casualties but resulting damage was slight-Reuter.
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