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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 25, 1940."

British Warships Slip Into Greece With Troops Aboard

During

recent raid on London a German Dornier bomber was brought down, the fuselage

and wings falling on a roof top near the station and the undercarriage outside the station. Photo shows all that was left of the Bomber. (Copyright, Fox).

FINES FOR MEAT RATION OFFENCES

Food A woman alleged, to have re-her of contravening the ceived approximately double her Control Regulation.

It was stated that Mrs. Wignall meat ration was fined of total of £35 and ordered to pay 16 had a standing order for, meat guineas costs at Broxton (Che-for six members of her household

with a butcher in Sutherland «: shire.)

shire. When an inspector called. She was Mr. H. E, Wignall, of on her a parcel containing 221b; delivered from the Tattenhall, Cheshire, and there of meat was were seven summonses against local railway station.

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09000900000000001 SUDDEN DEATH OF LORD TRYON

Lord Tryon, who as Major Tryon was Postmaster. General for five years,

Force For A Powerful Air Fleet

(From Reuter's Correspondent in Greece)

A NUMBER OF FAMOUS BRITISH 'WARSHIPS IN BRILLIANT SUNSHINE QUIETLY SLIPPED INTO A GREEK HAR- BOUR A FEW DAYS AGO, THEIR DECKS PACKED WITH BRITISH AND NEW ZEA- LAND TROOPS AND AIRMEN; WAVING. BACK TO FRENZIED THOUSANDS OF GREEKS WHOSE CLAPPING AND CHEER-

ING ECHOED FROM HILL TO HILL.

First warship to berth showed signs of a famous engagement. Within two minutes of the hawsers being flung to the dockside the first British army lorry was landed gracefully from this warship.

FREE CHURCHES AND THE WAR

Some seven million Free Church-

died suddenly yester-men in all parts of Great Britain day at the age of 69,

He was given a peer- age on his retirement from office last May.

-Reuter.

IN DEFENCE

OF POSTAL WORKERS

are now united in a new organisa- tion. A formal act of constitution signified at a meeting in London- brought into being the Free Church Federal Council which will in ture act for the Free Churches on all corporate matters. This union of the National Free Church Coun cil of the Evangelical Free Chur- ches had been under consideration. for the past three years.

Meanwhile British and New Zealand troops competed to be the first to set foot on Greek soil. A typical Cockney, won the contest by a narrow margin.

While anti altcraft crews in "all chips stood ready to -repel any Italian gate crashersat this party,'' the disembarkation went through with ṛastänishing 'rauidity and smoothness.

Within five minutes the first lorries were already on their way through cheering crowds, to the town.

All the Tommies were an xious to know how the Greeks, were faring and were full of admiration for the Greek trong3 on all fronts.

Men and material poured a continuous stream from warships with minimum fuss,

in the

The troops represented the full complement necessary for the, defence and maintenance of British alr bases-men For the Royal Army Service Corps mingled with. "engineers and mechanics, hundreds of Air Force ground staff and New Zealand Sappers.

All the men were in high fettle

"It does not mean the end of the various Free Church deno- minations," an cfficial of the Na- tional Free Church Council fold a reporter. The new council will after their trip. During the consist of 125 representatives whole voyage they never elected from the denominations single hostile plane or vessel. and 75 members elected by popu- lar vote."

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saw a

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Taking up the defence of post

The Rev. Walter H. Armstrong, Great crowds assembled cffice workers against the com- plaints of delay in the services first Moderator of the newly form the harbour threw their hats and of the closing of post offices ed Council, in his opening address into the air as lorry after lorry

raid in London declared that the war raced through the town, and during the period of air

Hodgson, should silence for ever "all those similar welcome was given the warnings, Mr. T. J. general secretary of the Union, silly persons who have been tell- of Post Office Workers, said that ing us that it does not matter, troops all along the route.

faced whint we believe."-, the post office had been with a problem of understaming as well as air raids. Many post office workers had been called to the Colours, and it would not have been forgotten that on recent occasion: the King mented on the number of post-minations represented by this responses will never come from men now in the ranks.

council has; so far as I know, shallow appeals. Thousands of post office work committed itself to the paciust "It is perfectly clear that we crs had been working 12 hours position, nor in my judgment is are witnessing in our generation a day, Sundays included,

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The sight of British khaki had been eagerly awaited in Greece There was a general impression and. the arrival of the troops is that the churches, and the Free bound to have a great effect on Churches, in particular, largely Greek morale. Reuter.. subscribed to the pacifist teaching.

That was not true: "No outstand- coming Church Court of the deno-

... . . .

for

a long time., Apart from the ex-ikely to do so," he said. "In my the most vast and terrine' struggle judgment, the overwhelming body between Christian and non-Chris- ceptional cases in which men of Free Churchmien stand by the tian forces that has ever been had lost their homes entirely

Prime, Minister in the gigantic and seen," said the Archbishop of Can- there were others who could almost overwhelming burden that terbury, speaking at a luncheon to not get home, night after night lies heavily upon him. As far as celebrate the establishment of the Their duty ended at the time the we can, we would help him in the Federal Council enemy began. Post office work bearing of the burden. From him. It was significant, sald the Arch- ers were not afraid to do their we hear no glorifleation of war bishop, that the anti-Christian duty, and more than their duty as we have done from Hitler and forces had been able to yoke to but many places, like sorting Mussolini: Jingoism in this coun- themselves, all the power and offices, had glass roofs with only try is either dead or breathing its strength of science and perfection wire netting protection, and the last breath."

of that machinery, to which so work of increasing the protection uning to the future, Mmuch of the spirit of theingo had took time Telephonists, hold

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ing the vital communications of Armstrong said it was time they been stiblected Civilisation for the country, could be fairly, de- stopped talking about shøltering the future depended on the scribed as in the front line. They their young people and shielding strength and fitness of the were doing: splendid works The them from huim."There are, I Christian faith In this, mat- um sorry to say, parts of the counter those whom he and was, snowed. telegraph services to try where we live made our the roundlia represented must Mr. Hodgson said that the churches largely into social clubs, creasingly Be, regarded not closing of the public counters on and these are the very parts rivals but ng nilies. This was a the receipt of air raid; warnings where our hold upon, lie, young thing inuchi, wider and vaater than was a departmental regulation. is the weakest. To-day, the ex- tinything that could be done by Post office workers had not ask-ploits of our young airmen are the preaching of bishops and ed for preferential treatment over spoken of everywhere. They re clergymnon and ministers. It could the rest of the workers shoulder-ceived a great call, and how nobly not be done except by the whole,

they have responded to It.. Deep body of the laity, ing the burden in these days.