1941-08-29 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 29, 1941.

MUTT AND JEFF

WELL, HERE IT IS AGAIN!

Labrary, Bujuan

WELL, WE COULD GO

IN THE MIDDLE OF

TO THE SEASHORE

ANOTHER LONG, HOT

1 SUMMER!

YEH!

OR THE MOUNTAINS

WHAT'RE

WE GONNA

DO THIS

SUMMER,

MUTT?

IF WE WEREN'T BROKE! WELL,

THEN WHAT'RE WE GONNA DO THIS SUMMER?

WELL, WHAT DO PEOPLE USUALLY DO IN THE SUMMER WHEN THEY ARE BROKE!

NOTHING!

7-14

O.K. LET'S

DO IT!

BR-

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Bv BUD FISHER

ICE WATER

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GIBRALTAR VERY MUCH A LIVE GOING CONCERN

THEY CALL HER MRS. BRITANNIA

"Britannia" is the name by which Ma Shakesby, is known in a poor Humber-

side district.

Bomb raids have driven away

her friends. but Ma refuses to quit.

She is one of a family of ten, all of whom

country.

are serving the

Her husband George, is mas- ter of a defenceless lightship-- favourite Nazi target.

(By Reuter's Special Correspondent)

GIBRALTAR IS VERY much a going con- cern and its defences are daily becoming more formidable. The lessons of Crete have been carefully considered and although con- ditions are very different every effort has been made to ensure that similar action here would not meet with similar success.

The "Rock's" peculiarities would make a landing of paratrooops and troop-carrying 'planes very difficult, yet every place where Such landings might be attempted can be subjected to withering fire.

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the

German facilities Gibraltar will

If Vichy grants Attack by E-boats would

as demands for increased Iceive as devastating a reply Their sons. Chris.

in North Africa. Ernest,, the recent attempt on Multa. George and John are in the Army. Although the old defences were obviously be affected. Sydney was, ton, until he was quite inadequate to meet a

Chances Of Attack do special work. dern attack, full use has discharged to Tom is on a finesweeper,

Imade of them by cleverly Daughter Aun is a warden, corporating them in a new scheme Laly a munition worker and Kath of fortifications. leen. Ma's daughter-in-law, works|

in a canteen.

a

"They're grand lot." told the "Daily Mirror”.

Ma

mo-

bern

in-

The

and air naval

forces stationed at Gibraltar probably Parts of the ancient works will have even more to do and the the chances of an attack on are admirably suited for prevention of landings by para, Gibraltar will be increased.

troops.

OUR 10-MINUTE CROSS-WORD

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HORIZONTAL

I Title of

respect

4 Humped

ruminant

9 Convulsive

sigh

12 Fruit drink

13 Place of

combat

14 To remu-

nerate

15 Favourite

16 Deeds

17 Crude metal

10 Fish eggs

20 To..hinder

22 Satellite

24 Because

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vian mylho-

logical king

20 Ovum

29 Wise saying

30 Item of

property

31 Irritated

33 Topic of

discoursO

34. Happening

35 Body of water

30 Limb

30 Tableland 39 Articla.

40 Handlo

41 Extra

43 Romant

bronze

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dan name

46 Extent of ground

48 To drune

51 Bulgarian

coin

32 Toward the

centro

53 War god

54 Devoured

65 Recuperates

50 Abyss

VERTICAL

1 To weaken

2 European

fish

3 Going from

a better to a

worse state

4 Restaurant

5 Part of

"to be"

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

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BAINATOWDEE

DELEŽAUNE

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HELLAS. TİN MADE

SHINE BEENS"

6 Grassland

7 To penetrate

@ Final

9 Graceful

acceptance

of resulta

10 To row

11 Secondary

19 Upon

21 Comfort

22 Profoun

23 Pointed arch

24 Craze

20 Ogles

27 Pronoun 20 To place 30 Sunken

fence

32 To bite

- smartly

33 Mound

34 Printer's

measure

35 Broad pieces

37 Colloquial:

of cloth

mather

30 Group of

three

40 Diphthong 42 The south-

west wind 43.Appends

44 Wing

45 To allow

47 Buddhist

* pillar.

49 Swiss canton

50 Tanglo

Casablanca. for exan.ple. within easy flying distance of the "key to the Mediterranean."

that

Contrary to Axis claims Gibraltar has already been SC- verely damaged and its use as a base consequently restricted, signs of enemy attack are virtually non- cxistent,

Damage Negligible

One has to search hard to find three or four houses hit by bombs last year and damage is negligible.

German and Italian claims to have carried out heavy ralds are

Νο nonsense.

bambs German have ever fallen on Gibraltar and this the nearest the Italians got year was at the Spanish town of La Linea, where men, women and children ware killed-Reuter.

PUBS TO HAVE "DRY" NIGHT

Public-Houses may

be

closed

а

one night a week because of shortage of beer.

considering

the

Licensees are plan. Different districts would have different closing nights.

"Labour and transport difficult- ies have caused a shortage of bot- tled beer." a member of the Lic- ensed Victuallers' Association told the "Daily Mirror."

Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk) licensed houses have already de- cided to close on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons,

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