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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 7, 1940.

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Direct Hit On Public-House. Kills Many In East Scotland

Emden WIDESPREAD DAMAGE dockyard IN LONDON NIGHT RAID

blasted

Explosions of such vio- Jerice that they could be heard above the roar of the engines by a bomber

A NUMBER OF persons sheltering in-a public house in a town in east Scotland were killed when the public house was demolished during an air raid on Tuesday night, said an Air Ministry communique yesterday giving a later account of the raids on Britain.

Damage in London was more widespread crew several thousand than first thought but still not heavy and co- feet up, resulted from asualties were not large. heavy attack on ship- building yards on Tues-fighting followed London's long-

day night at Bremer- haven by the R.A.F. which started three fires..

ex-

A relatively quiet day of air,

est night alert.

Three Shot Down Enemy aircraft approached Three enemy aircraft were des- the Southampton'area yesterday troyed yesterday, arids the 'com- afternoon but were intercepted | munique. Two R.A.F. fighters are by R.A.F. fighters and as a re missing but the pilot of one is safe, sult the majority did not pana- It is now known that one atr trate very far inland.

raft reported missing on Tuesday is safe. Losses on Tuesday by the R.A.F.

Simultaneously naval dockyards at Emden were subjected to 50 minutes of incessant aerial bomb-

An Air Ministry communique ardment with tons of high

states bombs were dropped in plosive and thousands of incen-houses and public buildings, and Southampton, damaging some diary bombs dropped.

Bremen and Vegesack naval a number of persons were injured dockyards were also

and a few killed. visited

while Hamburg had one of its carliest raids when a heavy at- tack was opened at 7.50 p.m. on one of the city's principal pow- er stations at Neuhof.

Other targets mentioned by the Air Ministry news service include aerodromes in Germany and oc- pupied territory while potential Invasion. bases along the Channel, had more attention than of late.

Reuter.

NEWSTATUS FOR HOME GUARD

Britain's effective army has suddenly increased

LIVERPOOL A.A. GUN

SUCCESSES

MERSEYSIDE

ANTI-AIR-

FINANCIAL

AID FOR GREECE

NORTH

PT. CLUB

SUICIDE

*

TAKING A LOADED REVOL- VER FROM THE LOCKER OF ONE OF THE MEMBERS, A 25- YEAR OLD LIFE-GUARD OF THE CHINESE BATHING CLUB COMMITTED SUICIDE BY FIR. ING TWO SHOTS THROUGH HIS HEAD AT 6.45 P.M. YES TERDAY IN THE BATHING PAVILIOJ AT NORTH POINT.

Attracted by the shots, members rushed into a small room behind the

and refreshment - counter found the life-guard lying on the floor. The revolver

few

was a

It was authoritative- ly announced in Lon- don last evening that in response to a re- quest from Greece for financial assistance the British Govern- ment has

feet from the body. assured the Greek Govern- ment of its readiness to provide such as- sistance as may be required to meet Greek needs in the sterling area.

Meanwhile Bri- tain has at of our

placed the

were therefore five air- craft and two pilots.-Reuter,

Four British Lost

on

Later.

Further reports show that four enemy aircraft were destroyed in attacks

Britain yesterday, states a later Air Ministry com- ! munique. It adds four- Achters were lost, the pilot of one being saved.

It is known that an

enemy bomber was destroyed during Tuesday-Wednesday night. CRAFT BATTERIES AND R.A.Ftrayed by Coastal Command air- The Dornier flying-boat des- DEFENCES HAVE BROUGHT craft yesterday morning is in DOWN 17 GERMAN RAIDERS addition to the above. SINCE THE INTENSIVE TACKS LAST AUGUST, IT WAS REVEALED YESTERDAY.

Merseyside A.A. batteries act- ually managed to bring down two raiders while firing blind!

was

AT- As

destroyed after midnight the total the enemy bomber

number of enemy aircraft des- troyed was six. Reuter.

Cnly crack Nazi pilots are sent over on the dusk raids and it is remarkable that the amount of damage they have been able to lo to Merseyside has been prac- tically negligible. Reuter.

10,000

by the gigantic total of SHOTS A 1,700,000 men by the

fundamental reorganisa- MINUTE!

tion of the Home Guard.

·Sallent points in the reorgan- A COMPRESSED AIR-GUN isation, as announced in Parlia- WHICH THE INVENTORS SAY ment yesterday, are that the WILL SHOOT 10,000 TIMES A Home Guard will have a Director MINUTE AND POSSIBLY FASS General with a fully equipped TER — HAS BEEN DEMONS directorate of its own on the TRATED AT LOS ANGELES administrative siro.

WITH HALF-INCH- BEARINGS AS BULLETS.

At 10,000 feet the missiles pier- ed aeroplane armour-plate and ut a three-inch oak plank in

Its new Inspector-General will be Lord Gort, who will combine that office with his other duties - Réuter.

Full Armament.

The Home Guard is to be given amore permanent character, without, however, losing its local or friendly "flavour."

Commanders are to be given commissions and there will be a suitable complement of warrant officers, and... Ñ.C.O.S. ·

Commissions will: primarily be gigen only for the exercise of command: ovare, Home: · Guard troops, but in specific emergencies commissioned cfficers can be placed in command of all troops in their given locality.

The Home ï Guard” will soon « have rifles, automatic rifles, 'ma- chine-guns and grenades on a scale equal to full armament for,

1,000,000-meng Routery:

U-BOAT SINKS SPANISH SUGAR

.wo.

Lafer it was revealed that the revolver belonged to a Revenue Department detective, Ng Kong- min, a member of the Chinese Bathing Club who was swimming at the time of the incident.

Ng placed the revolver in his locker and locked it before going for his swim.

Financial worries are believed to have prompted the life-guard uni- end his life. He was to once

married. sum

"of £5,000,000 at the disposal of the Greek Government by way of an advance for this purpose. Wireless.

'DEAD' MAN

British MAKES

LEGAL HISTORY

FURTHER GREEK ADVANCES IN MACEDONIA

HISTORY WAS MADE IN THE LAW COURTS WHEN A DECREE NISI. GRANTED TO A WOMAN ON THE GROUNDS OF THE PRE- SUMED DEATH OF HER HUS- BAND, WAS RESCINDED ON THE DISCOVERY THAT THE HUSBAND-18 STILL ALIVE.

This is the first time in legal history that such a case has come belore the Divorce Court.

The woman was Mrs. Florence. Manser, of Tankerton, Kent, who' in October was grunted a decide nisi on the grounds of the pre- sumed death of her husband, Mr. Charles Herbert-Manser.

up, and was in court when the in- tervention petition was heard a

This month the husband turned

DISCUSSING THE situation on the Greek Albanian frontier British military circles in London yesterday, basing their views on information re- ceived up to 6 o'clock last evening, pointed out that the Italian advance in the Kalamas sector of the front has not yet materialised but must be expected at any time.

few weeks ago..... BALL

The gun emitted only a gentle The southern part of the front appears general issing noise. The steel balls shot out so quickly that they struck ly quiet with the exception of the neighbourhood of brilliant sparks from each other Dystration, where activities are reported which, it is at the targets.

Cooler thought, are probably connected with reports of the after the firing than before. In-Italian detachment having been cut off.

The gun muzzle was

trument dials indicated that the air pressure was 150 pounds Д quare inch. The inventors said 2009 «pounds pressure would be feasible.

Anyone who can spray plants with a hose could knock down i diving plane with this gum, said W. B. Hale, one of the inventors

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SERVICE FAMILIES'

ASSOCIATION

It seems that on November 2 where the Greeks have taken a

howitzers. an unknown number of Italian number of prisoners and two

Alpine troops with guns advanced through the Pindas Mountains, probably with Metsovon as objec-

tive.

The Greeks have captured at least a hundred of these troops to~ gether with complete equipment, wireless sets and machine-guns, and it is interesting that on No vember 5 Italian

Mr. Justice Langton said he could not allow the proceedings to presumption of death of a person continue "upon the footing of the

who is admittedly alive. The paradox involved would be gro-

tesque and preposterous."

ACTION NEAR SIDI BARRANI

According to a commonique: Issued yesterday in Athens coma further Greek advinoes ** Have taken place on the Macedonian

ENEMY Y PATROLS. SOUTH- front and mora prisomery and material have been captured. EAST OF SIDE BARRANE WERE SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGED BY Violent artillery, duels, are re- ported and "allo successful airQUR ARTILLERY AND FORCED TO WITHDRAW, BAYE A raids on military. objectives at dropped flour and forage on Mettish Wireless-

Koritza and Argyrocastron, Bri G.H.Q. COMMUNIQUE ISSUED.

IN CAIRO YESTERDAY, sovon presumably thinking the

British mechanised patrols have Alpino "troops had reached the

again been active in the Kassala sector of the Sudan, where casual- ties were inflicted on a party of the enemy who hastily withdrew without returning our fire.

(The communique adds: Kenya' and Palestine: nothing to report:

A $11 PIEGELANDIA L'ONE | town, thus following the practice DIME PIECE, BOTH FROM in the Abyssinian war of feeding PRINCESS; «MARGARET” WHO advanced units from the air, RECEIVED THEMA PROMSTHE

| UNITED 'BTATES, SARE‹ AMONG THE LATEST "GIFTS BENT: TO THE SOLDIERS”, SAILORS":AND AIRMEN'S FAMILIES: AS60-

THE. BRITISH GOVERNMENT | CIATION. RECENTLY GRANTED A “NAVI- CERT" FOR THE IMPORT INTO SPAIN OF 6,000 TONS OF SUGAR

Cheques have also been récolved from the Queen and from Queen Mary, while Princess Elizabeth has sent £8. 11s, Od;

It is now learned that thờ nou- The American Ambassador has tral ship carrying this sugar has sent £1,000, part of a donation been torpedoed and sunk by a sent to him to be spent on soldiers' German submarine; Reuter.. families. Reuter.

Greek Recipients ·

HUMPHREYS BUILDING THEFT"

Mr. Young, of No: 39;, Hum phreys Building, has reported that On this occasion the Greeks, some person entered his heuso.-Reutor. not the Alpine troops, were ro- during the night on November 1, cipients of supplies from the sky and stole jewellery to the value and many of the Italian detach- of $55... ment have been captured.

On the northern front. the

DORNIER DESTROYED,

Greeks seem to be fighting on the Money and Jewellovy: valued at 7 Coastal Command Kircraft shot west side of Lako Mikra and $434 are repored to have been down a Dornier flying-Lont, "off Presbo and further south close to stolen from No. 11 Reclamatior Brest yesterday morning. • Thờ Bolight which is in Italian hands Street, the property of Mr. Tong | Dornier was escorting enemy but under Greek gunfire and Wing-sum.

.hips. - ·Router.