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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 27, 1940

NIGHT LIFE HIT BY AIR RAIDS ON LONDON

THE AIR RAIDS have carried on the good work started by the police. The shadier side of London night life is finished for the time being at any rate. The nightly barrage has driven the under- world organisers out of town. The West End, as a result, is developing complete respectability.

Suspected premises which were being watched by the police and the military authorities a fort- night ago have now closed down of their own accord. I toured the West End Faro and chemin-de-fer dens, doubtful bottle-parties, so-called clubs where Servicemen paid high prices for the privilege of talk. ing to hostesses who drank expensive "liqueurs" of coloured water have all vanished, writes à correspondent.

There are fewer active crooks!

in the Jungle--the police name

T

for the area bounded by Charing LOCKHART

Cross Road, Tottenham Court Road, and Piccadilly. than

ROAD

INCIDENTS

AIR CHIEF

FLIES OVER GREECE

Air Chief Marshal Long- more, Commander-in- Chief of the British Air Forces in the Middle East, has personally flown over many miles of Greek terri- tory during a tour of in- spection of the various units operating there.

This was revealed when returned to Cairo yesterday.

he

At meetings with King George of Greece, General Metaxas and General Pagegos, Air Chief Mar- shal Longmore was thanked per- sonally for the R.A.F's 'prompt assistance to Greece during her hour of need.""

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there have been for 10 years.

The tour of inspection gave. In the same way the legiti

Air Chief Marshal Longmore a of mate night life of London, al-

very favourable impression most disappears with the unof-

the efficiency of all personnel. ficial curfew around nine o'clock,

In adapting themselves to the Only a handful of clubs re-

changed conditions in which main open--and they are nearly Chan Man, 35, printer, was!

they were called on to operate all official air raid shelters. charged before Mr. G. T. Lowry. at very short notice,

At the Cocoanut Grove in this morning, with robbery at.

Between the Egyptian Desert Regent Street, I was told: "Last Lockhart Road on Saturday, and and the Albanian and Greek week was the worst week for with inflicting grievous bodily mountains there was a great dif- business in five years. But we harm upon three Chinese,

ference, and RAF. pilots wel-

condi still carry on. The show usually It was alleged that defendant come the changed flying.

tions which add zest to their stopped two dancing hostesses on the staircase of No, 329, Lockhart new work of harassing the re- Road and robbed them of a hand-treating Italians and bombing

fresh bases. · bag and a wrist watch.

"We became slightly bored with An alarm was raised, and sever such places as Benghazi and al pedestrians tried to stop de- The Cafe de Paris, luxury fendant, who, it is alleged, armed Tobruk, where we came to know night haunt favoured by visiting with a knife at the time, injured practically every building," said royalty, is closed for

some of the pilots. "We are glad a week, three of them. The Embassy Club, despite #

Defendant was remanded 72 to have a change in targets."

Reuter. high-explosive crater near the hours for further enquiries. entrance, plans to reopen shortly Detective Sub-Inspector W. N: after redecoration.

Darkin is in charge of the case.

finishes about 5 am., and guests can sleep on the settees until the 'all clear sounds."

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Reopening

..

Popular all-night restaurants serve meals. from midnight to dawn--to less than 5 per cent. of the normal · number of cus- tomers.

PASSBOOK

Sedate To-day FRAUD

The Cafe Royal, one-time haunt of London's Bohemians,

hour around 9 p.m.

FIGHTING

IN HUPEH

· BRISK FIGHTING A CON- TINUES ON THE HUPEH FRONT WHERE A NEW JA- PANESE OFFENSIVE WAS MONDAY

ON A seaman, Chan Yau-fook, 21, COMMENCED now has a very sedate closing was sentenced to one month's MORNING.

hard labour by Mr. G. T. Lowry · Field dispatches from the At the May Fair -Hotel 1

the this morning, for obtaining provi-front reveal that

Japan- found music and dancing in the slons from the Dairy Farm by ese launched the attack with underground shelter-ballroom. false pretences.

tanks and armoured cars as

Their Spitfire fund was given Det: Sergeant W. Summers told the "spearhead: Japanese aircraft. a flying start by the auction of the Courts that Mr. H. W. John-rained tons of high explosives á shell nose.cap picked up by stone, of No. 521, The Peak, sent on the Chinese positions

a member of the staff in Ber his houseboy to the Dairy Farm The enemy, the despatches dis- keley Square nearby.

and the boy lost the pass book closed, launched their initial The Trocadero remains open

On Monday, defendant went to drive towards Changshoutlen, until the last customer decides to the Dairy Farm and produced the north of Chungslang, on Novem brave the outside conditions. pass book, stated that he was theber 23 to test the Chinese "Our closing hour is around 11 houseboy of Mr. Johnstone and strength. They were repulsed o'clock these nights. And buslasiced for provisions valued at with heavy losses.. In response to numerous requests The Southness could certainly be a lot bet- $22.26. Mr. Johnstone was in China Morning Post, Limited, invites sub- scription fo

ASSIST A FUND TO BRITAIN'S WAR EFFORT

The whole of the money, subscribed will be handed to The Government of Hong Kong for transmission to

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT For the Purchase of Aeroplanes ar such other Armaments as the British Government may decide.

Donations will be received by The South

ter,

I was told.

Good Cheer

The nightly: "blitz" has, cheer- ed one group of West Eții workc- ers. Barmaids frequently have every second-night off, and sleep their working night down in the cellars. And they have, been given rises of 552 and 105,-a-week,

-Evon: the:coffed,stali. Industry. has been affected: The man what

used to drive their stallé „In from (the) et

...outskirts" of the > town have frequently shut un -shop.”~Most of the" stall-folders with permanent premison aro

-black-out: curtains,

The theatres, of course, have been hopelessly hit.

formed and defendant was arrest

ed.

IS NOTHING

IMMUNE?

steal an iron gate from No. 303, Charged with attempting to

Nathan Road, Yun Shing, 40, was sentenced to one month's hard labour by, Mr. Q. A., A. Macfadyen, et Kowloon this morning sung

Serious clashes: have also been in progress around Chihteh, in south-west: Anhwel, near the Kiangsi border.

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'Military advices from Shansi, report, severe fighting, in the south-east of the province, A Japanese : attack on Tienshuiling. and. Huangtaotow was repulsed. Central NewBr

BRITISH AID TO ABYSSINIANS

- staying open -- shrouded by Sergeant McDermott stated that THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

at 11 am yesterday the house, LS: ANXIOUS TO SEE ABYSSIN bottom of the wall to which the THE UNDER-SECRETARY FOR boy saw accused hammering the

JA - LIBERATED FROM HER ITALIAN SUPPRESSORS, SAID gate was attached. When ques FOREIGN AFFAIRS YESTER tioned, accused said he was in- structed to take the gate off for DAYAN repairs. Accused's story was later found to be untrue and he was arrested.

One is carrying on defiantly

and not doing so badly.

That is the Windmill-owned by Mrs. Laura Henderson, who 13 76.

She thinks the show should go.

oni

It does. Only twice in the last fortnight has. the curtain, been

China Morning Post. Cheques should be rung down and then only for a

made payable to "War Fund--South China

Morning Post, Limited."

few minutes.

The British Government, he said, has no territorial ambitions in Abyssinia, which it wishes to see free and independent:

· Britain: is, therefore giving every assistance possible to those Abyssinians who Hhive taken up. arms agaiṛist the common enemy.

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WONGNEICHONG ROAD ROBBERY

Mr. E. Kerrison, of No. 19, Wongnelchong Road," has report ed the theft of silverware and

THIEF'S HAUL IN PLACED ON RECORD other articles, to the value of $200

from his residence on Monday.

MARBLE ROAD Ministry of Supply state that

«Quarantine restrictions imposed: Money, jewellery, and clothing, converted into valuable war ma-[by the Government, of Japan | to the value of $729, were stolen. terial; and that · Britain :: ought against arrivals from Hong Kong from No. 70, Marble Road; real- to be salving about six million on account of cholera have beendence of Mr. Fong Po»lin, yester

dasın... year.

day afternoon, “N-

All donations will be acknowledged in the used gramophone records con be

columns of The S. C. M. Post.

removed,