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Bringing Up Father

LET'S PLAY

HORSIE-

NOW-YOU MUSTN'T DISTURB ME-WHY DON'T YOU CALL UP

ONE OF YOUR LITTLE FRIENDS AN

HAVE HIM COME

OVER TO PLAY?

GO RIGHT IN THE NEXT ROOM- AND

'PHONE HIM TO COME OVER-

CHINA MAIL RACING EXTRA, MARCH 1, 1941.

By George MacManus

HELLO-IS THIS YOU - TEDDY? WELL-THIS IS TINY - CAN YOU COME OVER? GEE- THAT'S FINE - COME RIGHT AWAY -

́AN' BRING YER RIFLE-

1

:19 Kang Leation due to

MEET AT

THE

Gloucester Hotel

AFTER THE RACES

IT PLEASES BOTH

WINNER AND LOSER

*Couldn't keep my eye

on the ball to-day ! "

**Never mind, you can tell this whisky blindfold ”‚

BRITAIN FIRM WITH BULGARIA

THE BRITISH MINISTER, Mr. George Rendel, made a strong protest to the Bul- garian Premier, M. Filoff, yesterday against the arrest of a number of Bulgarian journal- ists who include at least one correspondent of a British newspaper. As a result the arrested men were released.

Strong action by the British Minister has also secured the release of his butler, who had been mobilised without warning in the early hours of yesterday morning.

turn to his post later in the day.

The British Minister also dis- cussed with M. Filoff the extent of Bulgaria's mobilisation which, ir the British Minister's view, is entirely unjustifiable under pre- sent circumstances.

All telephone lines from Sofia to foreign countries are at pre- sent down.

Deep Interest

SHANGHAI

JOCKEYS LEAVING TOMORROW

It is understood

JOB IN THE DODECANESE COMPLETED

British forces which landed on the island of Costel Oritzo, a small Italian Dode- conese island with a seaplane base in the eastern Mediter- ranean, last Tuesday, have now been with- drawn, having complished their ob- ject.

ac-

This was announc- ed in a joint Admir- alty and War Office communique issued in London last night.- Reuter.

I Mr. Holden was successful in

riding A Surprising Time into third. place in that race.

that Messrs. In the race immediately preceed- H. J. Holden, F. Noodt, M. M. jing, the Austral Valley Stakes, It was learned later that the Sokoloff, who came down from Mr. Holden was first on A Happy 'arrested journalists included the Shanghai to take part in the An- Time.

correspondent of "Time" and the other two men also had British or American connections.

The cautionary statement by the British Minister on Thursday has aroused very deep interest in Sofia, although Mr. Rendel's words have not yet been published in Bulgarian newspapers,

A report that in his statement the British Minister said the breaking off of relations with Bul- garia was very near, is unfounded. -Router.

ITALIAN ATTACK SMASHED

nual Race Meeting, together with Interviewed after the accident, Messrs. Billy Hill and George Mr. Holden expressed the hope of Pollock, who came in the role of being able to ride on the following spectators, will be returning to the day, but it was found that the Northern port to-morrow,

cut he sustained was more serious Mr. Holden, who came specially than at first thought, and on the to ride for the Li Po-chun stable, Tuesday the unfortunate jockey had the misfortune to be was taken to the War Memorial kicked by a pony just before the Hospital, where he rested for a start in the Second Section, of the few days. Sydney Maiden Stakes on the First Day of the Meeting and rode only twice during the first four days, In spite of the accident, however,

who to date

Mr. C. B. Moller, has scored the most wins (6), is not certain when he will be re- turning to Shanghai.

SMALLER U-BOATS FOR THE SPRING

(By Reuter's Naval Correspondent) FOR THE ATTEMPT to blockade Britain, which Hitler has promised for the Spring, he

The Greeks have has been building much smaller U-boats than smashed a counter-attack hitherto.

in the central sector of

the Albanian battlefront.

There is no other whisky with quite the genial The action was described VALONA

mellowness, the smoothness, the exquisite fragrance of White Horse. When you find all the qualities of finest Scotch whiskies blended into one, you know it can only be White Horse Whisky.

The millions of gallons of finest Scotch whisky matured and maturing ensure that the quality of White Horse never varies.

WHITE HORSE

WHISKY

Sole Agents for South Ching, JARDINE MATHESON AND COMPANE LID.

on

a

broadcast on the

Athens Radio last night. PLASTERED

Many Italian dead and wound- ed were left on the field and in the same sector two Italian tanks were severely damaged and forced to turn tail.

At several points, said the an-

BY R.A.F.

R.A.F. bombers, with a nouncer, Greek patrols Scored Hurricane fighter escort, [successes” while a continuous raided Valona aerodrome

bombardment of Italian positions was doing heavy damage.

Meanwhile,

the full in big

on Thursday, says a com- munique on Thursday,

!

re-

Smaller submarines can be built in a shorter time and quire less material and, perhaps most important, smaller crews are required.

The training of submarine crews is is a lengthy business, and it more than likely that Hitler has not yet got enough crews for all his U-boats.

A drawback of the smaller submaring is that its operating. radius la reduced, But, as the Germans have so many French ports to use an bases, this has losa importance from the Ger- man viewpoint.

Smaller submarines, however, will not be more difficult to lo

Bogle offensive operations says a communique issued cate by the British Navy than owing to persistent bad weather by Headquarters of the hitherto →ls being used by the Italians for improvement of their de

fences.

An attempted enemy air raid was folled by anti-aircraft batter les which brought down two bombers and hit two others.

The Greek Air Force carried lout geveral successful raids caus- ing considerable damage to Ita- Alan positions and concentratioris,

Reuter

Italian submarines are believed British Forces in Greece to be operating with the Germans

In the Atlantic-Router, yesterday.

A very large number of bombs were dropped which exploded all over the aerodrome and hangars. The British aircraft all return- Administrative buildings were re-ed safely peatedly hit,

Hurricanes, in their second ac Béven enemy = CM2 fighters | tion since their arrival in Greece, were shot down in an ensuing on Thursday, brought, the combee and two others, onliade of their victims ko. 18 hbut

'Loss to themselve

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