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BRITISH BOMBERS SCORE MANY
HITS ON KIEL BASE
ATTACK ON IMPORTANT TARGET AT DUISBERG: FIRE STARTED ON SCHARNHORST AND DOCK EDGE
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LONDON, JULY 3 (REUTER)—IT" 13 OFFICIALLY "AN. NOUNCED THAT RAF, BOMBERS SCORED MANY HITS ON THY ENEMY NAVAL BASE AT KIEL ON TUESDAY NIGHT,
Other bombers attacked a Hamburg oil refinery, the viaduct at Hamm, an important target at Duisberg and a blast furnace at Meiderich
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An aeroplane factory at Deichshausen and an adjoining aerodrome were umaged. Aerodromes at Wesel, Cologne to wait and see what damage we and Venlo, and the seaplane base had done, but we did, turn round at Texel, were also effectively at- and notice that the fire we had tacked
started on the quayside was getting bigger and bigger."
The following raiders, into the attack in rapid
M
coming SUCCES-
I could see the Scharnhorst per- fectly and, as we came over a second time, we definitely scored hita."
SALVO OF BOMBS
A few minutes later, the floating dock was again hit by a salvo of bombs and the pilot of this air- craft saw five large fires break
THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1940.
FOREIGN MAILS
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, 4th JULY, 1840, 9.30 An
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended. INWARD MAILS
From
The crew closely following the aircraft which claimed hits on the Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Service” dock reported that these firesso Bhanghai It up the target that they could shanghal see distinctly the superstructure Shanghai and gun turrets of the Scharn-Australia norsk
Amoy.
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Meanwhile other aircraft were Manila and Amoy.. storehouses on either side of the Shangbai and Amoy attacking the naval buildings and Swatow canal
U. SA, and Manila-San Francisco date 11th Shanghal.
June)...
A large building to the north The Fleet Air Arm blew up an
of the docký was struck and ammunition barge at Rotterdam
set on fire, and another dis and disorganised river traffic,
shed was so completely gaited From all the operations foursion, were met with a continuous
that the steel girders of its British aircraft, falled to return.
framework were plainly visible barrage of tre from pompom Among the mass of flames to COMPLETE SURPRISE batterica and guns of heavy the raiders overhead, The Scharnhorst was undergoing calibre. repairs, necessitated by recent en- One afrcraft, pressing home is other parts of the dockyard and Large fires were also ataried In counters with a British submarine (attack through a screen of burst-the pilot of the last, aircraft to canila and units of the RAF, and the ing, shells was repeatedly hit. night attack, which was begun a
leave the area described them as Canton "I expected the taff few minutes after midnight, took turret to fall off but, luckily, it and the the defenders completely by sur did not," remarked the rear gun- prise, states the Air Ministry newner of this aircraft whose wireless operator reported that the whole of the interior of the fuselage was it up by flashes of shells bursting
office...
Excellent visibility enabled the raiders to trace their route from, the mouth of the Ider River right up to the unval base at Kiel which was located without the need of assistance of parachute, flares
The first plane approached the target at a considerable height and then, with engines throttled, back-glided down to launch his attack.
The first bomb scored a direct hit on the floating dock" (about the third of the war) along its tength and was quickly followed by others which burst among the Bulidings on the quayside.
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"SWEPT THE SKY" The pilot of this aircraft stated afterwards: "Just when we were half way through our glide the enemy put up a searchlight which swept the sky, but having failed
to locate us. went out.
"We saw
our first bomb burst with a terrific explosion on the dock and, almost at the same instant, every Kun in the district seemed to go into action.'
round him.
HEAVY EXPLOSIONS
The aircraft reached its objec- tive and the pilot dropped his bombs on the dockyard and saw heavy explosions, followed within a few minutes by a huge outbreak of fire which was still visible when the crew of the crippled raider were 85 miles away on the home- ward journey.
much space as a big aerodrome." Haiphong
solid mass of flame covering as Japan and Shanghai.
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seen anything like it. Three other Bandakan...........
The pilot added: "I have never Shanghai and Amoy ....
mally look quite big, appeared quayside fires, which would nor Shanghai. almost insignificant beside the
great inferno.” "*
NAZIS DROP BOMBS AT RANDOM
LONDON, July 3 (Reuter)--The
For nearly an hour the battle- snip and the dockyard were con-Air Ministry and the Ministry for tmnuously attacked by successive units of strong, raiding force.
Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Ber-
vice."-San Francisco date, 25th June, Air Mail by "Imperial Airwaga Service”. Haiphong Japan Canton
Japan and Shanghai.
Japan. .......... Java and Manila, .............................
8. A. Homolala and Jagan (San Francisco-date,
19th June)mmadaniyası
Shanghal
Japan and Shanghai.
Manila
Canton Home Security, in a communique, Japan and Manila,
Shanghai state that enemy aircraft, which Japan and Shanghai. crossed the south the
coast during Shanghai. Tuesday night, dropped bombs at Calcutta and Straits random in some southern and straits. south-western areas.
Java and Manila. -
Four-direct hits on Scharnhorst and on the dock were claimed by one aircraft. Another, gliding down to within 2000 feet of the dock, dropped
No serious damage was caused Shanghai three of the heaviest bombs which and no casualties have been re- Japan burst in a row across the battle- ported.
ship and started fires on the ship and on the edge of the dock
The pilot of this aircraft said: "The anti-aircraft fire came an comfortably close. but, as we were not hit, I made a second run.
"In the first I was off the t "The barrage was too hot for us get and did not drop any bombs.
FREE CHINA SHOWS AN
EXPORT SURPLUS
Remarkable Growth In The
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Interior Is Reported
"CHUNGKING, (By Air Mail)-The ports in Free China continued
to show..excess of exports over imports during the first four months of 1940, says "Central News."
12 KILLED, 123 HURT
OUTWARD MAILS
It is officially announced that according to the latest reports 13: Registered and Parcel Mall are closed 15 minutes earlier than persons were killed and 123 injured the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where matig are during the air raids on the north-advertised to close at or before 9 a.m. registered and parcel malls are. east coast towns last evening. closed at 5 pm on the previous day. When taails are advertised to An Air Ministry, communique close after 5 p.m.. Registered and Parcel mails are closed at 5 pm. states that enemy aircraft crossed the coast late last evening and the anti-aircraft defences went into action
It is unofficially reported that enemy planes dropped boibs in Canton Wales.
For
THURSDAY
Shanghai and parcels only for Japan,
No details are avaliable in regard Bangkok to the damage done
TRAFFED VICTIMS
The search of the debris for trapped victims in the north-east town where. four or five streets. were affected continued throughout
Amoy.
FRIDAY
Date and Time
Thu, 4th
7.15 AM
Noon 12:30 PM
7.00 P
Fri. 5th
via Heg. 4th 5.00PM
Ord. 5th 8.30 AM
GP.O. & K.F.O.
Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A.Central & South G.P.O, & EP.O.
America, Canada and ..*United-Eingdom
San Francisco.
Par: 4th 5.00 PM-
the night by gangs of firemen, Manila, Rabaui; Australia and New Zealand via Reg. 5th 8,46 M in relaya
A.R.P. workers and others, working
In another area a woman, who
NORTH HUNAN fatal seizure.
Brisbane
Ord. 6th 9.30 AM
10.30 AM
1:00 PM
2.30 PM
7.00 PM
7,00 PM
SATURDAY:
Sat, 6th
1030 AM
Bolho
Shanghai and Parcels only for Tientsin.
Noon 100 Pa
G.P.0.& KPO Panels 3.00 PM"
Through Air Mail Route
Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa and Reg. 5.00 PM
United-Kingdom.
Ord,
6:30M GRO&EPO. Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U. 8. A. Central and Paroels 4.00 PM Bouth America, Canada, and Europe, via Ban Reg. 76.00 P Francisco (No Parcels for Canada).
Orl 5.30 P
Ord. 6.30 PM
During that period, the Chinese Maritime Customs reported an export surplus of $68,524,000 for the ports of Ningpo, Wenchow, Voluntary workers brought blan-
Canton Luchow, Lungchow, Mongiaz and Szemao as against an importkets, tea and food to homeless.
Shanghai. surplus of $3,070,000 in the other Chinese - administered ports of families housed in public halls and
Manlia Chungking, Wanhalen, Shasi, Wachow and Tenryush
helped mothers to comfort weeping Sandakan.
Bangkok The figures for the entire nation,
children. however, registered an unfavour- CHINESE ATTACK IN ran to an air raid shelter, had a Shanghal. able balance. according to the Bame report The excess of; im-i Darts, over exports during the first four months of 1940 was $28,898,- 000 as against 3136,550,000 in the same period of 1939. The Jap aness-controlled ports of Tientsin and Tsingtao had registered heavy adverse trade balances of $142,-- 447,000 and $38,584,000,
Chip wangtao in North China and Kow- loon in South China also reported unfavourable trade amounting to $11,784,000 and $4,932,000.
EXPORT SURPLUS
MILO, HONAN, July 3 (Central heights nearby, Chinese forces are -After capturing the strategie tightening their grips on the Jap anese beleaguered at Tanglowsze, on the Hupeh-Hunnu order,
Railway communication between Yanglowaze and Linslang, west of Yanglowsze and about 29 miles northeast of Yoyang," has been completely severed, thus impeding the arrival of Japanese zeinforce- zentage
EUROPE, VIA AMERICA
CHUNGKING, July 3, (Beuter)- The amount of export surplus The Chinese staged a daring nounces the inauguration of for Ningpo was $35,845,000 and raid on the Japanese southeast of through air mail service to Europe The Chinese Post Office here an that for Mensisz was $17,035,000 Yoyang on July 1, inficting 500 via the United States. between January and April, 1940, casualties.
One significant feature in the
customs report is the remarkable
The new route takes 16 days
growth of trade in the Interior OR MAYBE IT WAS from Hongkong to Ban Francisco Chinesa ports. Formerly register-
ing trade of only negligible im-bedde
DELIBERATE!
by Pán-American Airways then to New York by Trans-Continental Europe by the service and from New York to trans-Atlantic Clipper.
portance, the ports of Mengtex LONDON, July 3 (Reuter-An and Lungehow handled tens of Order of the Day issued by Ceneral millions of dollars of China's Weygand, Commander-in-Chier of foreign trade during the first the French Forces, discloses that The charge is $5.40 for every third of 1940. Mentar alone re- 20,000 French troops stationed in grams, plus an ordinary charge of gistered $31,145,000 in foreign the Maginot Line, unaware of the 50 cents for a letter of 20 grams trade during the first four months signing of the armistice with Certo foreign countries, of the year as compared with many, Lought on for five days after $20,509,000 in the same period of the cease tire order. 1039, (9
;
The total amount of exports 1939 period. On the other hand, from all China during the period she Imported $575,728,000 worth under review was $544,830,000, as of goods as against $379, against only $280,514,000 inthen, the first four months of 1939,
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways-Service” to Dur GPO,&EPO..
ban and thence by Sea Service to United-King-Reg. dom, jer se ne
5.00 PM
SUNDAY
Amoy and Shanghat, atraits.
Canton
MONDAY
Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa,
United Kingdom..
Kir: Mall for Mas
Europe vis Atlantid Cartón
An additional charge of 25 cents for every t five grams will be made on letters sent by air mail from interior China to Hongkong
Letters must be marked by Printed and Pa the United States. Pan-American Airways service via Dally Press
Road Centra
Sun 7th
9,00 AN
Mon. 8th
Parcels, 3.00 PM Beg
6.00 PM
Ord
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Pargeir
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