1941-08-14 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 14, 1941. MUTT AND JEFF

HEY, JEFF! WHAT CHA DOIN' DOWN THERE?

OH, I GOT

A JOB! "WE'RE DIGGIN'.

A TUNNEL UNDËR THE

RIVER

DON'T YOU THINK THIS WORK IS.

DANGEROUS?:

NAW! THERES NOTHIN' TO:

ABOUT!

SUPPOSE ONE OF THOSE BIG ROCKS CAME LOOSE

AND FELL ON YOUR HEAD

ON A COUPLE DID YESTERDAY!

THEY DID? WHAT CHA DO?

Page

Bv BUD FISHER

TOOK AN ASPIRIN!

Australian War Cabinet Discusses Far East Situation

CZECH PILOTS' 6 VICTIMS

DURING A RAID ON LONDON

FIGHTERS BROUGHT DOWN

SIX

GERMAN

AIRCRAFT.

WERE DESTROYED BY A SER.

HOURS,

THE AUSTRALIAN WAR CABINET YES- TERDAY CONSIDERED MATTERS OF HIGH POLICY IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SER- VICE CHIEFS.

They also further discussed the Far East- CZECHOSLOVAK NIGHT ern situation and later reviewed soldiers' pay. Mr. Spender, War Minister, announced allot- THREE OF THE MACHINES ments to dependents of missing soldiers would GEANT PILOT WITHIN FOUR be payable for six months after soldiers are

Four Messerschmitts fell to the reported missing. Czechoslovak fighter pilots lust month. Another Messerschmitt was brought down in the Channel Inst week.

Meanwhile members of the Czechoslovak bomber squadron have been hitting targets in Ger- many and the German-occupied

countries. successes

on

Some of their recent have been attacks Berlin, the U-boat base at Lori- ent, the oil reservoirs

at Wil- helmshaven, shipyards and vitally important factory at Bre- men.

There was a wide discussion on though interest at the moment is

procedure to implement the centred on the sessional party Cabinet's request that Mr. Men- meetings. zies should proceed to London, and is expected it will be further considered in the War Council meeting to-day.

It is probable also that a re- solution will be submitted to both Houses of Parlament se- parately.

Labour Attitude

to

While the Labour Opposition leader, Mr. Curtin, has not yet committed himself on the proposal that Mr. Menzies should go London for war consultation, his of former Federal High Court Judge, | deputy leader, Mr. Forde, and the Mr. Evatt, announce their opposi- |tion to Mr. Menzies' departure for

London.

Support of a large majority the Labour caucus is expected al-

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Their opposition is based the grounds that Mr. Monzles' place is in Australia at this, or|- tical time.

Several New South Wales mem- bers of the Federal Parliament also oppose the proposal--Reuter.

HEROINE

LILIAN-

DEFIED BOMBS

Most nights 18-year-old Lilian Griffiths spends pours serving soldiers across the counter of a W.V.S. canteen on Stockport Station.

Other evenings she acts as typist to the Romiley Home Guard..

Now hundreds of people in blitzed Liverpool know her as a heroine.,

But at her Heald Green, Romiley, home, her mother knows nothing of her daughter's bravery, because "she just won't talk about: herself" Mrs. Griffiths, told - a reporter.

Lilion had to drive a van of food supplies to Liverpool. Bombs fell as she entered the city. Once she had to get out and dive under her van as the shriek of falling bombs warned her, but AGS

The van was damaged. But Lillan crawled out and carried on. The food was delivered and.

that was all that mattered, so far as Lillan, was 'concerned:

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