1941-07-29 — Page 5

Bv BUD FISHER

WEAK, YEH! BUT NOT

WAITER! WHAT'S

THIS TWO PLATES OF SOUP ON MY

DID

FORGET WHAT?

BILL?--I ONLY

HAD ONE!

YOU FORGET, SIR?

THE PLATE

I SPILLED DOWN YOUR

NECK!

oh ishon

MODERNISATION LULLED TO

OF "THE ROCK" NEARLY COMPLETE

(By Reuter's Special Correspondent

In Gibraltar)

TRAGEDY

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

AN OFFICIAL WARNING WAS ISSUED IN LONDON YESTERDAY AS THE RESULT OF SUNDAY NIGHT'S RAID, WHICH CAUSED SOME CAS- UALTIES IN TWO LONDON DISTRICTS.

It is pointed out that the deaths were the result of direct hits on homes which normally would have been vacated by the oveu- pants, who would have gone to shelters. There would have been no deaths if the population had not been lulled into abandonment

the shelter habit. . national News Service

IMPROVEMENTS in the fortifications of Gibraltar have been considerably pushed t ahead in the last few weeks and the training of personnel is proceeding with great energy,

This is particularly necessary as large quantities of new war materials have arrived, including a number of new devices.

Inter-

MALAYA INDIAN'S DENIAL

Troops, participating in exer- Though the full task is not yet cises, are on the move about the completed. The Rock now con- An emphatic denial that the town every day, while Bren-gun-taius three-storied barracks rapa- Central Indian Association of carriers clatter through theble of housing thousands of men.

Manya had anything to do with streets day and night.

There is a fully-equipped hospital, subversive activities, as was in- an electric power generating sys-plied in over

a recent statement by tem, and cookhouses.

Mr. Hall, Culonial Office spokes- water, man in Parliament, was made in The tusk of completing the foud, tobacco, even of

boiled | Madras yesterday by Mr. N. Rag- amazing network of tunnels con- sweets, have been stored in sub-havan, President of the Associa- tinues unceasingly. The troops terranean tanks. Working in the tion.

The Fort's air arm roars The Rock at all hours, keeping itself in full #ghting trim.

Vast quantities of oil,

thus engaged come from all parts dusty tunnels has not injured the of Britain and Canuda. They men's health, which is carefully operate eight-hour shifts through-guarded. In some cares, the men out the 24 hours of the day, have actually put on weight. including Sundays.

Reuter.

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note!

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carnivore

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4 War god

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vertebrate. 59 SIX

The President added that Mr. Hall's statement was the result of representations by interested per- sons who did not like the exis- tence of the Association and he affirmed that they were never party to any subversive agitation at al-Reuter.

DEFENCE VOTE PASSES THE HOUSE

THE NEW U.S. $8,063,000,000 DEFENCE APPROPRIA- TION BILL HAS BEEN PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESEN. TATIVES IN WASHINGTON AND SENT TO THE SENATE.

The B includes $4,760,000,000 for the army to equip and main- tain the land force of 1,727,000 men plus "critical" items for a 3- million man army.

The Navy will get $1,569,000,000 and the Maritime Commission $1,699,000,000 for the construction of 541 cargo boats and the acquisi- tion of 350 others.-Reuter.

GERMAN DENIAL

The Official German News Agency last night issued a denial from "competent quarters" of the Moscow announcement that secret documents have been taken from

showing German

that troops

Tur- "Hitler planned to attack key."

Such documents, it was declar- ed, do not exist.-Reuter,

IRAN MISSION

It was announced in Simla yes- terday that the Raj has decided to Hashim depute Mr. Mohammad Tsmail. Indian Trade Commission- er at Mombassa, to go to Iran on a short exploratory trade mission.

-Reuter.

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