1940-02-22 — Page 12

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Alarms

In The Finnish Capital: US. PURCHASE Several Aerial Battles

Russians Claim Capture Of Important Fortress In

The Mannerheim Line

"

OF FOREIGN SILVER

More Opposition Reported

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1940.

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, 92nd FEBRUARY, 1940, 3.30 Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended..

INWARD MAILS

WASHINGTON, Feb, 21 (Reuter) | Haiphong Additional opposition to

the amoy. HELSINKI, Feb. 21 (Reuter)-The Finnish capital had continuance of the Administra- Canton the worst day of air alarms for some time yesterday with tion's foreign silver purchase pro- | Bangkok and Bairon. six warning during the day. The train from Turku to Hel- gramme is seen in the latest | U. S. A., Honolulu; and Japan (Ban Francisco, sinki was halted six times by alarms and the passengers

action of the Advisory Council of 20th January). had to scatter into the woods near the line. It is reported the Federal Reserve system. USA. Honolulu, Japan, Shanghai & Manila (San

The

asked Comell has

the that seven parachutists, dropped west of Helsinki.

Francisco date, 28th January) Federal Reserve Board to transit Canton .................... Russian bombers near Hel-and night air raids which have its resolution favouring the dis-Shanghai sinki were supported by fightrayed the nerves of the civilian continuance of such purchases Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service”—– ters and several battles are population over a large part of forthwith to the Banking and London date. 17th February, reported between them and Finland,

Currency Committee of the Haiphong. Holbow & Fort Bayard, STOCKHOLM, Feb. 21 (Reuter) some of Finland's new air-

Senate...

Shanghai -Russian planes bombed the craft. At least two Russian

The Committee is now consider | Japan. Swedish village of Pajala, aving a Bill for the repeal of silver Straits.

were Purchase Act.

planes are stated to have been miles across the border troin Fin-purchase provisions of the Silver Bandakan.

shot down.

Kuhmos.

คล

ATTACKS REPELLED

land, and four building burned down.

A church

་

Canton

· WILS.

Commenting on the Council's Japan. action. Senator Townsend, who is Manila,

There were also." several severe air raids in Vlipurt and slightly damaged.

EARLY KAIDS HELSINKI, Feb. 21 Reuter)- "The Finns are repelling all Air raids began early today with Soviet attempts to relieve the two warnings. remnants of the Russian Fifty- Fourth Division, cut off sometime ago in the Kuhmo ̈ Area, in Cen- tral Finland. At least 5,000 Rus- slans from this Division were killed in the last fortnight.

Fifty bombs were dropped in two "ralds on Kuhmo and there were also raids on Nurmes and Joensun: towns on the main rail- way line to the Karelian Isthmus.

RUSSIAN CLAIM MOSCOW. Feb. 21 (Reuter)—A Soviet communique claims the capture of the town and fortress of Koivisto, at the apex of the Finnish right flank of the Man- nerheim Line,

FINNISH CLAIMS HELSINKI. Feb. 21 (Reuter)—A Finnish communique "states that attacks од Monday between the Gulf of Finland and Moula- haervl were repulsed. East of the

a member of the Senate Banking Shanghai and Amoy Committee. predicted that the Amoy. Senate would facilitate the pass- Straits.

age of the Bill.

Haiphong Manlia Manila.

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From

Dua

Air Mail by. “Imperial Airways Direct Service"

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datn

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27th Feb."

Europe via Sues and Straits London date, 15th

December, 1939). Haiphong

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Haiphong and Holhow

19th Feb.

8

1 Canada, USA. Japari and Shanghai

.B.C." date. 10th February). Japan and Shanghai. 15 Canton

(Vancouver

29th Feb.

129th Feb.

29th Feb.

55

88

Bangkok and Tourane.

H.K.V.D.C. OFFICERS AND Shanghai

OTHER RANKS DRAW

Major Owen Hughes Takes Nine Wickets For 59

USA., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San

Francisco date, 18th January),

Air Mall by "Pan American Air-ways Direct Ser-

vloe"--San Francisco date, 21st February.

Al Mall by “Air France Direct Service" — Paris

date, Elst February. Shanghai

The Officers and Other Ranks of the Hongkong Volunteer De-Shanghaf fence Corps drew in a cricket match played on Hongkong..Cricket Shanghai Club ground yesterday......... Major H. Owen-Hughes distinguished him- Calcutta, Straits and Saigon self by taking nine wickets for 59 runs. Lt. D. J. Anderson contri- | Shanghai buted 12 runs for the Officers, who, batting first, declared at 196 for four wickets.

J

JUNIOR LEAGUE ·

Scores follows:-

OFFICERS

Lt. D. J. N. Anderson, Lb.w. .. Divett

Isthmus, the Russians attempted Kowloon CC. Beat La M. Rodrigues, . Carey

Royal Air Force

b. Zimmern

Lt. A. E. Perry, b. Altkenhead

to advance on Lake" Suvanto, to- wards Voosula, but were stopped or the Ice and retired after In a Second Division League Maj, H. Owen-Hughes. c, and suffering heavy losses. An- attack | cricket match played at Cor's b Zimmern

out.

Lt. S. v. Gittins, not out

Extras

or Talpale by Soviet forces was Path yesterday Kowloon Cricket Lt. Col. E. J. R. Mitchell, not repulsed with great Russian losses. Club beat the Royal Air Force by

Finnish troops north-east of six wickets. R. Baldwin, the Lake Ladoga continued to mop up C. C. junior team. bowler was in the Russian positions, and best off great form, taking seven, wickets Soviet counter-attacks, The Finns for 29 rums. captured several Russian positions in Kuhmo,

The scores were:-

ROYAL AIR FORCE

Finnish coastal batteries dis- | A. Payling; c. Curtis, b. Bald- persed A Soviet detachment. win ................ which supported by tanks tried C. Abbas, b, Baldwin

to advance" on Lake Ladoga to B. Manfield, c. and b. Baldwin turn the Finnish positions at fai-J. Nancarrow, c. Mulcahy, b.. pale, but the Russians lost two- Curtis hundred men.

STORES DESTROYED

Finnish coastal batteries north-W. Gillespie, b. Curtis

east of Lake Ladogs destroyed (L. Goodwin, e. Broadbridge, b. ammunition stores and a battery

Japan and Shanghai,

Japan and Shanghai,

Air Mall by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"

London-date, 21st February. Japan, and Shanghal.

Tientsin.

72 Japan.

Total (for 4 wkts, dec.). ...

106

· Maj. R. D. Walker, Capt. R. R. Davies, Lt. J. 8. H. Bcatt, Li, L.B. Halmes, and Lt. J. H. Bottomley "did not bat

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Registered and Parcel Mall are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below wilegs otherwise stated, and where malla are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m. registered and parcel malls are closed at 5 p.m. on the previdua" day. When nialls are advertised to close after 5 D.m Parcei mais are closed at 5 p.m..

+:

For

0

BOWLING ANALYSIS

THURSDAY

0

0." M

W.

H. Cook, b Baxter

11

· Zimmern

Lt. Davis, c. Curtis, b. Baldwin

8

Divett

9

9 1 43 2 .9.

40 1 Aitkenhead 7 0 Carey

Canton Straita.

Sandakan.

42

1

Haiphong

3

0

36

อ

Shanghai

Baldwin

Parsons

.0 1

13

0

Straits.

of heavy Boviet artillery.

| F.-Croser, & Mulcahy, b. Bald-

King

0

14

Q

Amoy,

The Finnish Air Forces continu- win

24

Shanghai

8

1 D. de 8 Carey, and... b.

Extras (34. WEL, NBI)

Total

6 Owen-Hughes

56

N. A. E Mackay, b. Owen-

Hughes...

...

21

SATURDAY

0 straits.

0Swatow, Amoy and

18

ed to attack columns and troop J. Hemsley, b. Baldwin concentrations and carried out T. Hawkins, not out successfully, many bombing flights. There were several air battles.

AERIAL ACTIVITY

Soviet Air Force activity com- tinued on. a, big scale. Several small villages were bombed, but so far only seven people are reported killed and six wounded. Six Rus- sian planes were certainly brought 'down and the loss of six others is reported, but not yet confirmed.

SNOW AGAIN ・・

BOWLING ANALYSIS

M.

Simpson Curtis -Baldwin Baxter

W. Mulcahy, not out

OTHER RANKS · ¿

FRIDAY

Amoy and Shanghai. Amoy and shanghai.

Formosa

B Zimmed b. Owen-Hughes' A. J. Cooke, b. Owen-Erghès

W. PRE Griffiths, 1,b,w Owen-

0 Hughes

A Zimmern, b. Owen-Hughes

| P. R. Zimmern, c. Perry,

Owen-Hughes

Parcels only for Tientsin.

13 Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct. Service"-

due London 3rd March

24 Haiphong

Formosa, 'Shanghai and Japan

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 21 Reuter)R. T. Broadbridge, c. Manfield, · -After a long, snowless period, b. Gillespie snow has again come to Finland. K. M. Baxter, run out

On the Balls front, where G. A Goodbán, c, Abbas, "D.

Gillesple there are estimated to be 20,000 Russians, heavy snowclouds have appeared and the Russian onen- sive, which has been going on for 8 several weeks in this region, is now expected to be halted

The change in weather would also offer a respite from the day

OUTSIDE ROADS AREA IN SHAI

SHANGHAI, Fab, 21 (Remier) More than 1,200 men will" noni+

SUNDAY

R.

3 0 5

0 33

2

8.6.2

29

20 K.CC.

131

G. G. Aitkenhead, c. Anderson.

49

b Owen-Hughes

10

D. O Parsons, b Owen-

Hughes

11 Shanghai (Parcels only),

R. Mỹ King, not out

G. ER. Divett, not ott.

8

Saigon, Sandakan, Madang,

and Tulagi.

Extras

25

MONDAY

Baldwin. c Hawkins," b. Davis

Canton

7

Total (for 9 wits.)

162

A. Gray, not out

11

Extras (311, LABI, WB2)

.14

BOWLING ANALYSIS

87

A. E, Perry

M. R 80

W.

Francisco 37th March

*

0

H. Owen

Fort Bayard, and Holhow.

Bangkok

Hughes Anderson

13 0 59

3

22

0

Cantor

..0.

TUESDAY

Batavia and Sourabaya

Straits and Calcutta, Amoy.

Total for 5 wkts.):

R. A. Harding, E. Curtis, H Brokenshire, R. Simpson-and Burch did not hat

BABOWLING ANALYSIS

CHillespie Nancarrow Daris

3020

prise the Special Folles Force ASHEVILLE TEAM

which is to anime exclusive authority in the Outside Holds ares,'' socording to the China

BEAT C.P.O.S

The Chief Petty Oncers or the

Press, -which adds that such a U. 8. 8. Ashevlile lost to the ship'a large number is required because regular tegin hist e the force will police also the en-Hongkong Bowlin clares between the thorough these two team

fares

JAPANESE PREDOMINANCE

The newspaper states that the

personnel will be

dominantly of minated by the Municipality and ten per cen appointed

minated

game of ten, piz

won by 110 pointa

PEL

B. Harvey

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CRAIGENGOWER C.C. TEAMS

The following will represent the Craigengower Cricket Club Saturday, In the Cricket League matches at 7 pm..

at the

1st XI v Recreio (away);--- E Zimmern (Capt.), P. J. BU moria, A. 7. Hulse, A. B. H. Famail, 2. K. Ismail, EL A. Lee, H. P. Lim,

1. R. Zimmern.KNOWI

Scorer HW Randall, Umpire

Shanghai. Japan, Honolulu UBA, Central

juth America' Via. San Francisco

Haiphong

Manila, Straits ⠀⠀

Africa, Egy

24123 Ma

Parcela only for Japan.

W. Hong Sling, G. Bouza, G. Winch Air Mall for "Imperial Airways Direct

due Loudon, 6th March,"

(home)Air Mall for Malaya, Java and Austry N. Broad-

peciál Airways Direct Service"

due

Registered and

Date and Time

The 22nd

7.15 AM 10,30 M

12.30 PM

1.00

9:30

2.3 FM

7.00 PM

Fri 23rd-

7.00 3

10,00 AM 1.30 PM

Bat 24th

8.30 AM

10.30 AM

2.30

0 PM

G.PO. & K.PO.

*6:00 PM [6.30 EM:

Kog

Ord

6,30 FM

Sun 25th

9,00 AM 9.00 AM

Rabaul

9.09 AM

Mon, 28th,

GRO. MEPO.

and Far. 54th 5.00 PM San Reg 28th 946 am Owl2sth10.30 AM 1,00 M 1.30PM

2.30 13 7.00

¿Tue, 27th M

9.30 AM

Parcels 1100M Ord.

245 PM

3.30 PM 6,00

Noon

South GP.O. Naples Reg

9.30 PM EPO

Ord

Bag. 3.00

Onl

Service

GPO Reg 6.00 PM

Ord

7.00 2

Beg

8,00PM

Ord