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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 24, 1940.

HEIR TO FURNESS R.A.F. Onslaught MILLIONS MISSING On Aerodromes

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BELIEVED KILLED

A BRITISH OFFICER who was reported 'missing believed kitled” is now named chief heir to the Furness millions.

He is the Hon. Christopher Furness, son of Viscount Furness, ship-builder and industrial-

ist, who died in estate valued at £1,850,000 estate

October leaving unsettled. over £3,661,000, of which duty has been paid.

the

Viscount Furness left seven-, will be the seven-year-old Wil- eighths of the residue of the pro-liam Anthony, son of perty upon trust for his son, count by his second wife, Christopher.

Mrs. Thelma Converse.

Vis-

now

It was revealed in London William Anthony was bequeath- yesterday that in spite of fared the remaining eighth of the reaching inquiries, no news of residue of the Viscount's pro- Christopher has been received perty-Reuter.

since he fall leading his platoon

his

In France on May 24. No-one has seen him dead. There is no information of being a prisoner of war. Inquiries; in France have had no result.

It is considered that the suc- | cession to the title cannot be determined until the end of the

war.

William Anthony

PETAIN'S

APPEAL

MIGRATION

PETITION REJECTED

The Chinese Cham- ber of Commerce peti- tion for postponement of the enforcement of the Immigration. Or- dinance to February, 15, 1941, has been re- jected.

The Ordinance will be enforced on. Janu- ary 14, 1941.

TERDAY.

In Libya

A BIG ONSLAUGHT by the R.A.F. on Ita: lian air bases behind the Libyan war front was reported in yesterday's R.A. F. communiş que in Cairo, as well as a big air battle in | Albania......

Aerodromes at Berka and Benina two main reinforcement dromes near Benghazi - were heavily raided on the night of Dec 21.

300 BOMBS

ON ITALIAN AIR BASE

Big fires were started at Berka while at Benina three hangars were left burning and badly damaged and

the aircraft on ground machine-gunned from 500 feet,

Considerable damage - was caused the same, night, at the Italian stronghold of: Tobruk, where British, bombers, attack- the harbour and military objectives.

ed

Albania Air Battle

In a circular to colonial gover- AN APPEAL FOR THE RE- nors, Platon urges: "In the exer- STORATION OF "IMPAR- cise of your authority let all your TIALITY, FIRMNESS, DISCI- acts be Inspired by the duty PLINE AND HONOUR" IN ALL which devolves on all Frenchmen [ RANKS OF THE FRENCH CO- to take part with vigour and able from: Nairobi of the over Argyrokastron between nine of LONIAL SERVICE, WAS MADE confidence in the work of national raid on Yavello, Abyssinia,

In the event of the death Christopher Furness being pre- BY ADMIRAL PLATON, MIN-rehabilitation laid down by Mar- sumed, the new Lord Furness ISTER FOR COLONIES, YES-shal Petain." Reuter.

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Flying over country of a very forbidding nature, aircraft of the South African Air Force spotted enemy aircraft concealed in bushies.

A fierce air battle took place

British fighters and over 50: Ital-

lan 'planes.

Eight enemy fighters were de- Anitely shot down and three more

probably destroyed, while two British 'planes were lost.

The R.A.F. communique con- tinues: "The. pilot of. one Bri- tish machine was scon being machine-gunned. by Italian fighters while he was descend- ing by parachute, Despite heavy anti-aircraft "He died half an hour after he fire three waves. of 'plante was ou trom womus received swooped upon their targets. during his parachute descent. Two, Caproni machines wero

cet afire and left charred оп Second Occasion. the ground while a third was reduced to wreckage by an in- condiary bomb.,

"It is placed: on record that this Is the second, occasion since hos- Three hundred bombs. were tilities began in the Middle East dropped on the target area, and that irrefutable evidena has been the perimeter was machine-gun- received of an RAF. pilot having ned.

|been machine-gunned while mak-

italian pilota adopted in the Spanish war.”

Three. more Capronis were ing a parachute descent. clearly, seen to be seriously dam- "This follows, the practice of aged. Part of the wing of one was torn off, the fuselage of an- other was practically blown out of the aircraft while a third was left like a shell,

All the South African aircraft returned, safely to base.--British Wireless.

NEW TAXES

The communique, adds that oil wells at Kucove, in central Al- bania, were raided by R.A.F. bombers on Sunday.

One enemy aircraft is believed to have been shot down while two British aircraft failed to re- turn. Reuter.

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Monopolies put to tender are:- gambling, a minimum of Y6,400

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Y2,000 per annum.

An interesting sidelight

The paper states that according on Canton government to a Municipal Government re- activities is provided by port four new types of taxes are to be enforced early next year. an item in the "Canton They are an amusement tax, tax on Daily Sun" which notified fresh sea products imported into those interested that bids the city, a tax on prostitution and

a tax on advertising. Router,

EDEN APPOINTMENT CAUSES OUTBURST OF NAZI WRATH

AN OUTBURST OF WRATH in the German press has greeted the appointment of Mr. Anthony Eden, as, Foreign Secretary.

The "Boersen. Zeitung" writes: “With Eden there comes to the Foreign Office a man whose ac- tivities have been dictated by a pathological hatred of the authoritarian States,

“With this appointment. London [expects an improvement in Bri- tish-Russian relations and stiffens #thes attitude to Japan, April,,and-

other members of the Axis.

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wellf? ka au anusölna mume, 2 All tha thanes nations, including, the On: branded vlety, will only, mini the trumfmonton Hytalnim dec off England-more: clearly, for the policy, has, brosa appointment of Eden.”

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