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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.

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BLACKEST OF BLACK-OUTS| HAVE THEIR BRIGHT SIDE

IN LONDON TO-DAY

The inconvenience of daily and nightly air raid alarms and black-outs is a common complaint in London, but ap- parently even the blackest of black-outs have their bright side."

"It's wonderful, how one gets used to doing every thing in the dark," says a letter received in" Hongkong recent- ly, for of course no lights can be shown anywhere after sunset-Everyone takes air raid warnings very calmly these days and there is no panic when one is sounded. We had another yesterday at 7 a.m. I was glad they didn't dis- turb our night's rest."

!!

"Another, letter goes even of two tiny 9-year-old girls from further, and describes 8.15 Fulham-and their teachers, who a.m. as "a very convenient regard thair exile from London as time" for an air-raid warn-a great opportunity for teaching ingas most of the men go-and learning about the natural ing to the city have not left home by then-and “20 minutes earlier might spoil

But in one village, refugees: made their appetites for break-in bad start by stealing stamps off fast!"

insurance cards while In some other, mothers are finding the

"THE BRIGHT SIDE"

things which are outside the nor- mal experience of London school- children.

A

T

her

But The Times" of Sept. 8, in peace of the countryside irksome. "a 4th leader, entitled "The Bright and are risking air ralds and re-

Side." goes farthest of all--and turning to the cities, actually gives thanks for air raid

· EVACUATION sirens which drag people from their beds at. 7 a.m. to admire the version of the evacuation of 120

school-teacher, gives beauty of a belated English sum- London school children to a village mer morning. for the blackouts. in East Anglia and writes warm.JA which enable city dwellers to see that, although the country farmers the beauty of the night sky seem to think Londoners are fi- spoiled by the glare of lights, and ferior folk," they treat them very for the fact that the. English kindly! Summer, which frowned upon the

The same writer sums up what uneasy peace of June, July and

must be the feeling of many when August, has decided to smile upon she writes: I am very busy-and the war in September!

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Even wartime letters speak jubilantly of glorious weather. brilliant late summer gardens and a frash green countryside.

Facient organisation both in the evacuation of schoolchildren and in matters of defence-ls com- mented on by more than one letter writer.

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GREAT ACHIEVEMENT An eye-witness, who watched the evacuation of schoolchildren in progress on Waterloo Station. describes it as "a great achieve- ment, wonderfully organised-and marked by kindness and courtesy on all sides" Two million were move and housed in four days.

The luck of country hosts and hostesses in the matter of refugee guests has of course, varied: one household writes enthusiastically

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scattered and the feeling of isolation until we began to get in touch with each other was awful, No school knew beforehand where <lt_was_roing."

critical of England's anprepared. People who were a year 280

ness and chaotic organisation, now write enthusiastically of efficiency in all departments.

"The balloon barrages are tre- mendously impressive-and we hear that the army and navy are full of confidence without bravado," says one letter.

CRITICAL ACCOUNT

A more critical account is

| however, given by a volifnteer girl driver of an ambulance in Batter- sea, who tells of the trials of driv- ing in the dark, wearing a gas- musk--and is afraid there will be "chaos" after, the first Air Raid.

However, the 19-year-old anti-aircraft expert, already quoted, "is sure we're much better off than in 1914 except for the "bombability" (his own word) of Britain-and #11- willingly gives evidence of Britain's preparedness in a letter of August 26 in which he writes:-

"We were awakened at 6 o'clock this morning to dig gun emplace. ments, relleving the other section who had been doing it since mid- night. We had orders to be ready for the enemy planes last-night and had two guns in position. We have been working most of the time getting little time to waste etc., but I've been enjoying it."

INTENDED TO EAT DEAD CAT

Possession Charge

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charge of possession of a dead cat that could be classed sa "tainted food,” two elderly Chinese, So Chi, si, and Luk Hang, 54, 29- peared before Mr. E. Hunsworth at Kowloon Court yesterday, when both were bound over on a step of $20 for one year not to repeat the offence.

Sanitary Inspector A. C. Hinton," prosecuting, stated that a Chinese constable came upon the elder of the two men in Boy Street on Monday morning, whom he found scraping the fur off the cat which had already been bolled. Later, the second man, hearing of the other's arrest. gave himself up.

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