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IN SHAMBLES OF "THE CITY"

Many Buildings To Be Dynamited For Safety

Grim Picture Of AMERICAN

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HONG KONG

IN THE NEW

WEAR FOURS Witches' Sabbath FLEET AT

HONOURSE

Eight Hong Kong residents appear in the New Year Hon- ours List published

Writing

yesterday, including On The

two women, Lady Pol- lock and Miss Susan Frances Sutton.

Shek Tui, who ap- pears little in the pub-. lic eye, but is the Co- lony's outstanding Chinese detective, is awarded the Colonial **Police Medal

The full list is follows:

C.B.E.

Mr.. Ho Kom-tong,

O.B.E Mr. W. B. Finnigan Pauline, Lady Pollock. M.B.E.

Miss Susan F. Sut- ton.

Leslie Brewer, Captain V.C. Bran son, M.C.

'C.S.M. P. E. Backett. Colonial Police Medal.

Principal Chinese Detective Shek Tui. The full list will be found in Page Nine.

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DYNAMITE IS TO BE USED TO MAKE THE “CITY” OF LONDON SAFE. HUNDREDS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS AND PIONEERS AR- RIVED WITHIN THE HISTORIC SQUARE MILE AREA YESTERDAY TO SPEED UP THE WORK OF DEMOLITION NECESSITATED BY THE NAZIS' WITCHES' SABBATH OF FIRE AND DESTRUCTION.

The ruins of many structures stand in permissible in the circum- dangerous condition and the engineers have stances, last night Presi- been ordered to use dynamite where neces- dent Roosevelt spat in sary,

Hitler's eyb the St.

Louis

This fate awaits many an historic church the Pre or hall whose walls withstood the winds of cen-

“Post - Despatch”

commenting sident's broadcast...

The paper continues. This great, rich, powerful and Vrlle nation is not going to fall over and play dead now or hereafter,

to Hitler or anyone else." -

turies.

elves who are participating In the work of demolition, the first step. towards building

As the list of devastation is compiled there come to light the destruction of yet another build- ing famous wherever men go down to the sea in ships-Trinity Those who live in distant co- House, on Tower Hill, the home of lonies have played their helping the Trinity Brethren who for part

-answ,

Only regret of the Seattle centuries cared for buoys, beacon 2. În Hong Kong, Mauritius, "Times"-Is that the President and light-houses which gave safe.Aden, the Bahamas-In fact in "did not say he would ask Con and sure guidance to ships ap greas for a declaration of warproaching or passing the coasts of

"The speech means just Cone! thing. It is like the ancient, writing on the wall." It may take him months to realise it but Herr Hitler is through."-Reuter.

R.A.F. ON DAYLIGHT

RECONNAISSANCE

Britain

-

Last night, 72, hours after the Nazis' wanton and indlecrimin- ate onslaught, the work of

clearing up was still proceed

'READY"

For the first time in 20 years, the United States' Fleet will not engage in large-scale

this year.

manoeuvres

Instead it will be retained as a unit in Hawaiian waters and pro-

bably wil remain there until the ttely improved.

International situation has doin-

EVERY BATTLE UNIT OF

HAULED AND IS READY FOR

THE FLEET HAS BEEN OVER

INSTANT ACTION IN ANY

EMERGENCY, NO · MATTER HOW SUDDEN.-REUTER.

MAN OF THE YEAR

every colony-the people have since, the outbreak of the war

Mr. Churchill has been subscribed canteens. för, use in'

of the air-raid emergencies, dach can selected "Mari teen Inscribed with the name of Year" för 1940 by the the colony which gave it.

in the City of London's greatest weekly magazine “Time.” emergency, these canteens have This designation is given every been doing untiring service pro-year by the editors to the man inviding hot food and drinks. for the or woman who has effected the most dramatic change in the tireless fire workers.

course of history during the past year

ing steadily and, methodically. Every fire was long since un der control, yet fiere hnd there, the square mile of the City; found pumps, which have hardly The City has taken it and is ceased to run since Sunday night carrying on without hitch, or in still belching water on to heaps terruption in tens of thousands of "Time" had for Man of the No Royal Air Force operations of debris under which a few em undamaged offices and business Year for 1938. Hitler, and for

1999, Stalin.-Reuter were carried out over Europe durbers still tenaciously smoulddied. | premises--Reuter ing the night of December 31 Bris I have seen many pictures of tish reconnaisance, raids were the havoc wrought by bombers➡. carried out in daylight-Reuter.

HITLER-PETAIN PARLEYS: RUPTURE REPORTED

pictures from Madrid of the Span ish Civil War, pictures from China and, more recently, front Poland.

́-Hard To Believe

In Newgate Street, not 10 min- utes walk from, my officë; I saw last night destruction that is hard to believe could ever happen here. *On either side and practically „from end to end is a street, of “skaleton buildings 2

The road itself empty of traffic, swept and strangely, cleani under foot, stretches between walls standing sometimes fantastically alone and unsupported.W

Hera and there whole buljas Inge seem to be filming, giving strange and unexpected glimpass of buildings in, the, atfootp-ba-

In this atmosphere of wastetu ruin, the voices of the demolition

workers seem alinost Instinctively

to be hushed

☛ Such was Newmato Street

THE VICHY GOVERNMENT AND GER- MANY HAVE BROKEN OFF NEGOTIATIONS IT WAS REPORTED IN LISBON YESTERDAY. No confirmation of the breakdown has, however, been received in London and in austerday evenin thoritative quarters it was pointed out that all reports of this character should be treated With reserve.

Business As Usual Yet, yufhin a tow ya us at the entrance the Cit Carrying Con shopa -within a

Maralial Potain's firm action in ↑ · tha the ships were needed, to the sending units of the French Fleet:

• according to the independent The

North Africa has baffled

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When, Hitler, demanded. An

alanation of the move, he had.

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