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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 30, 1941.

MAILS VICAR HAD

HAD TEN

The following Increased postage rates

for letters will be effective as from 1st February, 1948:-

PLACES IN THE COLONY

5 cents for each ourse or part of

an once.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS, PRO. TECTORATES & MANDATED TERRITORIES

20 cents for the first ounce and 10 ounce cents for each additional

or part of an ounce.

CHINA & MACAO

8 cents for each ounce or part of

an ounce.

ALL COUNTRIES NOT SPECIFIED ABOVE

ounce

30 cents for the

cents for each additional

or part of an

first

ounce.

and 15 ounce

LITTLE EVACUEES--

The seventy-year-old bachelor vicar of a York- shire village, who, as part of his war effort, willingly had ten evacuee children billeted on him, has written to the Minister of Health protesting that the local council has taken some of the children away from him.

Vicar of Laithkirk, near Barnard Castle, the Rev. J. W. Brent, had kept only a bedroom and study The other of his big old vicarage for his own use.

Small Packet Post to all countries is Six rooms and the fine garden had become a chil-

suspended.

INWARD MAILS

THURSDAY

Straits and Air Mail by British Over- NATARN Airways Service" rexcept Lon- don by sea from Singapore Sandakan

Canton

FRIDAY

Calcutta and Straits.

Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service" ---San Francisco date, 24th January

WEDNESDAY

Air Mail by Pan-American Airways

Direct Service“ - San Francisco dale, 29th January

FOR

DATE & TIME

OUTWARD MAILB

THURSDAY

Straits Ceylan, India. East and South Africa and Parcels only for United Kingdom.

G.P.O. & K.P.O.

Reg. Ord

301 9.45 3.m

10.30 am.

Canton

1.00 p.m.

FRIDAY

Manila, Batavia and Sou-

rubayo Sandakan

8:30 am. 8.30 a.m

Air Mail by sea to Singapure to connect with the "British Overseas Airways," 5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m.

K.P.O.

Neg.

Ord.

Q.P.O.

Reg.

Ord.

Parcels

Letters

Straits and Calcutta.

Formosa and Dairen

5,00 p.m

dren's paradise.

All the youngsters, aged be- tween five and seven, had the time of their lives. The vicar took them to the pictures. piled them in his rar for country aunts, and gave them the run of his garden.

But to

look after

all of them

TRAPPED

SAVED

himself was obviously impossible, BY A DOG

so he found two voluntary helpers who worked hard all day.

Taken Home

The frantic barking of

a

a dog beneath the wreck-

of Imagine his astonishment at the artion of the Startforth Rural Disage saved the life

man trapped under tons of debris in Я bombed London basement.

trict Council after he had tent.- tively asked whether the Govern ment paid billeting allowances for | these helpers.

In official language he learit ed that "the committee recom· mended that the children billet. ed on him should be removed to other billets."

There were by this time only five children. The parents of the other five appreciated all that the vicar had done, but they decided missed their children that they

taken them too much, and had home,

for

עות

been vicar here "I have twenty-five years," Mr. Brent told a reporter. "I am

a bachelor, and do own cooking. Some months ago I received a circular asking if would be willing to take evacuro children. I replied that I would, voluntary approached two and helpers who were willing to come and do their best."

It was not thought possible tha* there could be any more survivors beed work had and the rescue given up for hours.

Then the rescue squad heard

tunnelled towards the sound,

the dog. They dug down and

the At last they came upon animal-Mina, a black retriever bitch-and behind her, pinned down by a heavy beam across his lego. was

man-Mг. Charles Paynter.

2

But the rescue problem was not yet solved.

Mina, Injured and frightened,

to reach the man. would not let the workers pass her

They could not drag her out. since her hindquarters were im Shortly after the children ar

prisoned. Eventually, a veterin- rived the vicar wrote to the Dis-

ary

and surgeon was called trict Council asking about the bil-

gave her a morphia Injection. 8.00 p.m. leting allowances for his helpers.

With a motor-car jack the dog Then he saw a report of the

was released, and work was start- Council meeting in which it was

ed to free Mr. Paynter, who was stated that the committee recom-lying in bed unable to move.

5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m. 3.30 p.m.

Air Mail by Air to Rangoon to connect mended that the children be re-

with the British Overseas Airways". moved to other billets.

Reg.

Ord.

Reg

Ord.

K.P.O.

4.00 p.m.

4.30 p.m.

O.P.O.

4.00 p.m. 4.30 p.m.

Boys in Tears

the

"There were three beys and two girls at the vicarage then,"

They were to have Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, I vicar said.

U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan-Amert been removed but only three bave can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser gone.

vices."

K.P.O.

Reg.. Ord

5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m

Q.P.O.

Reg.

Ord.

5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.r

* Superscribed Correspondance Only.

Asked About The Dog

After his head and shoulders had been uncovered, he smiled, refused a cup of tea and cigarette, and asked if the dog was all right. "I can stick it a bit longer," he said, "but that dog must be in a hell of a state."

A derrick of scaffold poles was erected to ease the man from his pricon. As a doctor and A.R.P. men worked to free him from the beam which was cutting ho talked his legs, through cheerfully.

"The cther two, both boys, are still here, but their billeting allowances have been cancelled. Their mothers were present when the billeting officers came to and refused to allow them be re-billeted. The boys were in tears at the prospect.

done "My helpers and I have

"His pluck was beyond imagin- "I've all we can to make the children [ation," said one worker. happy," Mr. Brent added. "I have never known such a plucked 'un. taken the children into the coun-He told me, 'I'm all right because try in my car. On Saturdays I I'm still in bed.' But that beam used to make two journeys to the was cutting through his legs. The picture theatre, and on wet morn- pain must have been terrible."

Paynter was released

after 12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-ings I have taken the children to

school in the car."

seven hours.

sion,

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