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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 3, 1941.

Fiercest Fighting Of African War Before Asmara Fell

(By Reuter's Special Correspondent with the British Forces in Eritrea, from Asmara)

BLACK-OUT

IT TOOK THREE MONTHS OF THE OFFENCES

FIERCEST FIGHTING OF THE WAR IN AFRICA TO REACH ASMARA, CAPITAL OF ITALY'S OLDEST COLONY. THE CITY STANDS ON A GREAT 7,000-FEET HIGH PLATEAU, PRO- TECTED ON ALL SIDES BY DIMINISHING RANGES OF HILLS.

Our troops advanced more than 250 miles across country designed for defence, stubbornly pushing back an enemy more than twice their number.

NORTHCOTE TRAINING COLLEGE

Several fresh summonses in connection with the last "black- out" were dealt with by Mr. H. C. Macnamara at Kowloon this morning.

Mr. Swye To, manager of Messrs. John Manners and Com- pany, was fined $10 for failing to obscure a light in the Company's premises at Tung Kun Street.

The lights were visible about 200 yards from the premises.

Seven other offenders were fined from $5 to $10 each.

SNATCHER GAOLED

stealing

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The Italians had an advantage through nalive troops used to the country. They are renowned

Tang Cheong, 17, was sentenced fighters but their spirit was brok-to four months' hard labour by en at Keren by the stubbornness Mr. G. T. Lowry this morning, forį of the British and Indians.

containin a handbag, Between Keren and Asmara money and jewellery. ya ued the Italian High Command ap-$166. from Mrs. Han Kwei-chur peared to pin its faith on the of No. 2, Woodland Terrace, yes- crack Savoy Grenadiers and terday. other white troops freshly brought from Addis Ababa, but these quickly crumpled before the dash and determination

our forces.

of!

THEFT AT HOTEL

Two months' hard labour was ¡ imposed on Chan Kam-hoi, 18, by Sheldon, K.C.. this Members of the Hong That the Eritrean campaign has Mr. H. G.

been virtually terminated before morning, for stealing an overcoat Kong Branch of the China the rains come is due to the tre- and a blanket from the Education Society yester-mendous energy of the general Hotel yesterday.

| commanding the operation who.

day paid an informal visit although he drove his troops hard, to the Teachers' Training never found response lacking. College, which is to be of- ficially opened by H.E. the' Governor on April 23.

In welcoming the visitors yes- terday. Mr. T. R. Rowell outlined

Signal Feats

Chitose

depended upon the speed with which they cleared the numer. ous blocks in the road.

At all but one of these blocks

't keep my #ye

on the ball today!”

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In breaking through the fourth

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For the greater part of time our men were fighting the tops of steep hills two, three The College, it is learned, is to and four thousand feet high, be known at the Northcole Train-yet they always were plentifully ing College.

supplied with water.

All whom I asked suid rations destroyed a battalion of were astonishingly good.

Grenadiers. The Signal Corps performed Our armoured vehicles advanc- the objects of the institution, extraordinary feats throughouted along the rond to Asmara, In- stressing the growing importance the campaign. During the Battle dian troops ranged over the hills of handwork in the training of children, and the attempt to cul- of Keren alone they laid 300 miles on both sides, pushing the Italians tivate the aesthetic side of teach of wire, keeping it in order over off the heights, and simultaneous- ers in training so that later they ground constantly swept by ma-ly another mobile force advane- chine-gun fire and mortars. ed down the railway six miles may lead their pupils to appre

Sappers were also unusually to the south. Capitulation of the ciation of the beautiful.

prominent since rapid advance capital was the sequel.-Reuter,

"Again, with the rising price of foodstuffs it becomes increasingly i important that teachers should be able to let children know what is the best value.for money. Up to the present the practical work in cookery is done mainly on Eng- lish lines, but we hope to bring the Chinese methods into course before long.

Hygiene

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"Added to this we have a course

in Hyglene specially designed to

cover diseases most commonly

conditions which contribute large--

GERMANS FEEL

POWER OF NEW TYPES OF BOMB

met with locally and with the JUST OVER a year ago the first British ly to their incidence and with bomb was dropped on German territory. It methods of prevention. I hop fell that a lot of good may come cf| on the seaplane base on the island of Sylt, lessons in schools will cease to be on March 18, 48 hours after the first German

this in time and that hygiene

a matter of dry bones, muscles bombing attack was made ́on British soil.

and haemoglobin.

two hours per week and some-

"Physical Education occupies Nazi bombs had been dropped on the Ork- times more and at the end of their neys, causing a number of civilian casualties. Second stage in Britain's counter bomb-

two years every student will be capable of taking classes in phy-

Classes go through the move-

sical training, not just making ing of Germany consisted of attacks by the ments but knowing what the phy-R.A.F. on military lines of communication in sical object of the exercises really western Germany.

"With regard to the Universi-

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ties of Hong Kong and Lingnan, I These attacks begun on May 11,| Faster and bigger bombers and hope to get closer contact by 1940, and close'y followed the Luft-crews to man them have been means of debates and, if possible, waffe's bombing of Calais, in pouring from Britain's factories competitive games with the edu-which many civilians were killed and training schools, augmented cation students there. am and injured and which heralded by the growing resources of the very certain that our relations the German offensive in the west. Empire. The rising flood is now

Birce will continue in the future to be

those first attacks, further swollen by supplies. as cordial as they have been đur- which resembled the prelimin-aircraft from America. ing the past year. And may I ary sparring of a pair of hoxers, Recently the Prime Minister was conclude by saying that this Col- the weight and tempe of bomb lable. to promise that the adverse lege is not in opposition to the ing on both sides have grown. balance of bombing under which, University, but complementary to Handicapped at the outset with Britain fought would presently be

numerical inferiority, the RAF altered, to the British advaniago had to adopt a policy which ensuf- and for some time post the RA-E ed that its necessarily lighter has been using some of the big- punches each landed where it gest and fastest bombers in the would hurt most,

world:

1. 0. MESSENGER FINED

Ng Chi-hon, 27 messenger of the Immigration Office, was fined $25 or one month's hard labour, by MEGANG Powry this morn ing, for" obtaining money by Lulse pretences.

Defendant obtained $25 from the Immigration Department with a stolen deposit receipt, which he picked up inside the office;

In a fight between a cruiser HIGH-EXPLOSIVE BOMBS OF weight and a heavyweight it is A SIZE AND WEIGHT EQUAL the heavier who can do the slog-TO ANYTHING DROPPED BY ging. The lighter man, to wID, THE NAZIS FIND TARGETS IN must fight with his brain.

Changing Picture.”

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