THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 26, 1940.
BUSY BRITISHER HAS ANSWER TO BORESOME AIR RAID TALK
THE BRITISH SENSE of humour continues unabated, despite the daily air raids. Writing in "his London Letter, F. Buckley Hargreaves, corres- pondent of "London Calling," the overseas jour..al of the British Broadcasting Corporation, said:
HO HOM?
IT'S HIGH TIME I /STARTED SOMETHING:
hours
"I heard to-day of an extreme- them to fill in the blanks and to ly busy man in the City who has cross out the items (a) or (b). already devised a printed form to deal with loquacious people who This is the form;" wish to recount in much detail their overnight air-raid experi- ences. So soon as the conversa- tion opens and it is clear that his caller is going to embark on a long and exciting narrative, he hunns shem this form, asking
DOG BITES
Are Dangerous,
a physician should therefore be consulted without delay if you have the misfortune to be bitten by a dog.
We were awake for altogether.
At one time there were. bombers right over our house.
They must have dropped. bombs right over our house.
I heard
(a) bombs drop in the next street; (b) bombs drop right close to us.
I saw.
bombs brought down by our (a) A.A. guns; (b) fighters,
One of them just missed our
For the many minor injuries house by (a) two feet; (b) two which occur daily, cuts, scratches. miles abrasions, burns, scalds, She-Ko
experienced; (b) read
provides a soothing, rapidly cura- It was the worst rald I have tive treatment. It is equally be-ver. (a) neficial for skin troubles of all about. kinds. Keep She-Ko in the home; obtainable from chemists every- where.
NEWYO
SOOTHING
COOLING
them every time; (b) get them at all.
10.5 Litolagued by The Nell Rybkiemur, Joey_
Imagination is a gift that should be used in directions other than thinking up trou- ble.
AIR-RAID SERVICES IN LONDON
BRITISH AIRMEN'S FEATS IN AFRICA
Seven RA.F. officers and men have just been singled out for gallantry and devotion to duty during the recent operations in the Middle East.
one
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The awards include four D.F.C.S, of the recipients. Wing Commander J. G. Elton -- being specially commended for his care and thoroughness in carrying out long-distance raids into Eritrea. On one occasion, while on his way home from a most trying Bangkok flight. he deliberately deviated Dataria from his course in order to seek Bombay out an enemy listening post which
Calcutta Canton had been giving warning of the Cheion approach of our aircraft; he dis- Connibo covered it in the moonlight and Facebow successfully bombed it.
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Harbin also distinguished himself in raids over the difficult Eritean country, Current Accounts opened in, Local and destroyed many petrol dumps Currency and Fixed Deposits received and hangars. Squadron Leader for one year or sherter periods in Loonl G. B. Keily led many valuable re- and other currencies on tems whico connaissance flights over Libya,
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ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT heavily attacked and his obser- ver was knocked out, but Squad- ron Leader Keily continued the The searchlights (a) caught The Civil Defence Committee of observar's unconscious body was
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fourth D.F.C. was that
awarded to few weeks has demonstrated the practical experience of the last Squadron Leader J. C. Larking. soundness of the organisation and has won the D.F.M. for exception- Flight-Sergeant B. J. Thomas on my the excellent spirit of its mem-al gallantry and endurance while SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
I think our air (a) simply wonderful; (b) N. G. defences are
Everybody commented (a) calm bearing; (b) 'wind up!
I was (a) awake; (b) asleep the whole time,
business.
this air-raid
He tells me this is going to save. him a lot of time at the office. I
effective with callers at home."
bers.
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HEALING. doubt whether it will be quite as including the auxiliary service, The London ambulance service, has had to transport many air raid casualties to hospital, and in spite of the black-out the average time taken to reach a casualty was only seven minutes from the receipt of the call. Casualties among the per-
piloting a Blenheim aircraft in a The greatest demands have been dive-bombing attack against the made on the London fire service.
Italians during the invasion of Both the regular and auxiliary
Somaliland: With his shoulder I am getting (a) used to this; forces have worked with the ut- shattered by an explosive bullet (b) fed up with
most energy whatever the risk.
and losing blood heavily, he Some casualties have occurred, a
brought his machine home 40 few of which have been fatal.
miles. Although he was unable Authorised Capital because of weakness to operate the Reserve and Undivided
Paid-up Capital
made a successful landing with under-carriage, he nevertheless.
the under-carriage retracted. Fly- ng Officer A. G. Worcester and Leading Aircraftman Hankinson are both mentioned in dispatches, Hon. Sir Shou-son. Chow, Chairman: the former for shooting down four Keon Chun, Esq., P. K. Kwok, Esqu Italian aircraft on one day over Wang Yun Tong. Esq., Chan Ching Bardia, the latter for continuing Shek. Esq. Li Lan Sang. Esq., Wang as gunner to defend his aircraft Chu Son, Esq., and Fung Ping Wah, The Council undertook in peace-from attack although he knew that Esq. time the organisation of a system it was being controlled by the ob-Kan Tong Po. Esq. Chief Manager. of emergency rest and feeding server, who had no experience as
- Tre Fong, E Esq... Manage centres for the reception of people a pilot, the pilot himself having rendered homeless. It was expect-been killed.
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