1941-02-21 — Page 57

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 21, 1941.

Striking Order Of Day By General Cunningham SALE OF

(From A Special Correspondent with the

East African Force)

A STRIKING ORDER OF THE DAY WAS ISSUED BY LT.-GENERAL A. G. CUNNING- HAM, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE EAST AFRICAN IMPERIAL FORCE, ON THE EVE OF THE SUCCESSFUL JUBALAND OPER- ATIONS.

"Hit them, hit them hard and hit them again," said the G.O.C., and the troops took the exhortation to heart.

the

100 FIRE

Jast capture Following Friday by South African infantry of an mportant Halian post and aerski:om at the mouth of the Juba River. mine miles from Kismagu, the enemy is how tually expelled from Jubalatud.

Vir-

General Cunningham, in this Orter, said: "The victory

Imperial troops further

of

north filled us in East Africa

HEROES KILLED

POISON CHARGE

was

Leung Iu-tong, 42, munager of the Asia Hospital Supplies Shop. No. 199. Johnston Road. charged before Mi. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., this morning, with unlaw- fully selling poison on February

13.

It was alleged that the accused sold a packet of streptocide tablets of Aminobergene and a packet Sulfamido Pyranine tablets to soldier.

Mr A. W

a

Brown Is appearing Detective

for the defence: and

| Sub-Inspector

the prosecution.

W. N. Darkin for

The case was adjourned

for

further enquiries, Defendant was i granted bail of $500.

N.Z. COMES

London's heroic band of THROUGH

suffered their hundredth death.

with pride and excited thought, wartime firemen recently "No doubt the ensuing period has to herd us with Play and there has been a strong desire to emulate their achievement, chance is now here

No Whit Behind

Th

IN RESPONSE TO BRITAIN'S REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PRODUCE NEW ZEALAND FAR MERS HAVE PRODUCE!) ADDITIONAL 18,090 TONS OF CHEESE

THE UNITED KINGDOM

AN

EXTRA

FOR

AND

AN

The number of fatalities among volunteers who joined the London Fire Service as auxiliaries now stands at 102 since war broke out, A further 1,000 have been injured 10.000 TONS OF BACON STATES The casually list is eloquent THE NEW ZEALAND MINISTER testimony. of the valiant work OF AGRICULTURE AND MAR- performed by the fire service dur-KETING, WITHOUT

T Force is no whit behind in dish, erage and endurance Confident in this. I send to the South African and West Africaning the Battle of London, troops participating in operation:

a message of good luck." - Heuter.

Developing Well

unnounced in It was officially Cairo yesterday that Imperial troops have successfully crossed the Juba River, driving off enemy counter-attacks.

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The communique adds that operations in this area are veloping well.

On other fronts there is no change in the situation-Reuter.

The Jar of Jarabub

in

Rome broadcasts continue say that the Italian soldiers Jarabub, some 250 miles south of Sellum, neur the Egyptian fron- tler, are putting up stubborn re-

sistar e.

What form this resistance

takes is not known, for military circles in London are well aware that

this quite considerable garrison has been pursuing the usual italian tactics in Libya of complete inertia.

Our operations for months past it is pointed out, have consisted in just watching this force preventing it either being relieved

and

Double Danger

THE IM- PORTATION OF EXTRA FOOD) SUPPLIES,

M. P. WISHES TO ALLAY NAZI PRISONERS' FEARS

On a number of oc- casions captured Nazi pilots have said they expected to be shot or poisoned.

surrender

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Rough Census To

Be Taken

A semi-official census of “ Hong Kong's Population is to be taken next month. Some 3,500 Air Raid Wardens will visit house on four con- secutive nights from March 7 to March 10 between 6 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. for this purpose.

The only questions which are nationality, to be asked, concern more

Mr. R. R. Stokes (Soc., Ipswich) is to suggest in Parliament that, to induce pilots to easily, Britain should broadcast regularly in German that Nazi pri- soners will be treated in accordance with the Hague Convention.

DOG WAS BURIED 2 DAYS-- O.K.

After being trapped for two nights and days under his A.F.S. master's bombed home, a dog was rescued.

The dog. Bimbo, could be heard barking continually from his prison as his master. Mr. A. Tiranti, worked to free him, but there was not even a small space through which food Сг water could be passed.

age, and sex, and it was stated by the A.R.P. Department this morn- ing, that the primary object is to And out how the population is distributed in the Colony.

With this information, the A.R.P. Department will be able to plan how to divide air raid shelter accommodation

and will also be of great help in the dis- tribution of food in the event of an emergency.

RECRUITING IN INDIA

Asked in the Commons yester- day if he could state the number of recruits to the Indian Army who have volunteered from each province since the beginning of ihn war the Secretary of

State for India gave the following figures up to the end of Septe- ber:

North-West Frontier Province, 9,506, Punjab 18.036, United Pro- vinces 12.227 Delhi 406, Madras 9,898, Bensbay 7.656. Bihar 710, Central Provinces and Berar 899, Bengal 113, Goerg 42, Assam one, Baluchistan 8. British Wireless.

At last the rescue squad were able to bore a hole through a 3ft. concrete foundation down which and Mr. Ti anti was able to clanb and CLASSES IN SHELTER been rescue his pet.

lamb Output of mutton, beef in New Zealand has They face a double danger the maintained at the highest level. perit from fire and the added risk | The lambing percentage this year

work of having to

on targets is the best since 1936 and there illuminated for the bombers.

are 75,000 more lambs this sea- Yet their morale is higher than ever, and nightly they earn the son than last year, gratitude of the Londoners whom they dare all to protect.

SIND'S SEVENTH SPITFIRE

in-

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St. Pancras Borough Council His Tail Wagging Emergency Committee have agreed London County in principle to a When Bimbo was carried to the Council proposal that educational surface he was

be heid very much alive classes should

in large and tail wagging, and

small public shelters. Latest returns indicate un

crowd which had been standing crease in the wool clip.

on The New Zealand Minister also vigil off and throughout the also somewhere below the faller

We meowing. says that Maori farmers have re-dog's imprisonment cheered and house, was sponded splendidly to the request | rushed up to pat him.

get some fish through to her now, for additional crops of maize.

Said Mr. Tiranti: "I could hear and it will keep her going until Briti: h Wireless.

him barking, and my cat, who is we can free her, too.

CHERCHEZ LA FEMME

That a woman was the cause of before the fight, was mentioned

were

The people of Sind have sent Mr. D. J. N. Anderson at Kow- the Minister of Aircraft Produc-loon this morning, when Lai Ho, tion a further contribution of 32, and Liu Tal-wah, 53, £5,000 towards the purchase of a charged with disorderly conduct.

Accused were seen fighting by Spitare to be called "Sind No. 7."

He arrested Total now received from Sind ex- an Indian constable. ceeds £38,000.

elder with them and sent the With the latest gift of £5,000 sustained injuries to the head, to the Uganda War Fund has now hospital. raised a total of £84,000 for the

Both were placed on a $10

purchase of a Uganda squadron bond to keep the peace for one

or escaping. We have not attack-of fighters-British Wireless.

ed Jarabub for indeed this does

not appear as yet necessary.

Boredom and the feeling

of

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having been abandoned by government are the main dangers that the garrison of Jaabub have had to face so far. - British Wire- less.

CHINESE FOOD CONTROL COUNCIL

Speaking at the opening of the National Food Conference yester- day, Dr. H. H. Kung exhorted the delegates to avoid theoretic dis- cussion and work out practical measures to solve food problems, confronting the nation:

-Dr-Kung-advanced-three-sug gestions: easing of public ner- vousness over the food situation; increased production, and the re- gulation of supply and demand.— Central News,

NOMINAL FINE

year.

TRAFFIC PROBLEMS

IN BLACK-OUT

THE CHIEF INSPECTOR of Factories, in his Annual Report just issued, referring to the war as it affected factories and factory workers during the first four months, says: "The irony of the war situa- tion is that while modern housing estates have taken factory workers away from the centre of towns and into better surroundings this has created a traffic problem in the black-out which has led to a prolongation of the working day and--workers hours to a very considerable extent.

The transport position was ex-¡ effort was made to black-out our amined and is now being put on factories up to this time and as a sounder footing through the a consequence many fatalities oc- this efforts of the Ministry of Tran-curred in the rush to get sport and Welfare Officers of the black-out work done. Ministry of Labour.

The number of fatalities, for this month is the highest of I still feel, however, that tran-which I can find a record. Ac- A fine of $5 was. Imposed on Yiu Hing-lim, 36, auditor, charg-sport difficulties need the serious cidents due to falls through roofs ed with a breach of Defence Re-attention of all concerned as a were early seen to be serious and gulations, before Mr. D. J. N. vital matter for the preservation warnings were issued to, the pub- Anderson at Kowloon this morn-of the health and well being of lic

The Report added that in com- ing.

Accused. had in his possession a The Chief Inspector also says: paratively few cases, even when letter on Wednesday when he ar- "One indication that our nation considerable difficulty was ex- rived by 'plane from Chungking. would not believe war was In-perienced, has it been found Im- in possible not to provide air raid The letter was sent to the cen-vitable is given by fatalities sor, who found $50 (Chinese September,

spite of shelters somewhere on factory currency) in it,

warnings by Government little premises.-British Wireless,

factory worker.">

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