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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN AIR WAR:

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BY NAZIS: "AERIAL"

equipment carried by warships and the fact that they are manned by skilled gunners. The aircraft must. try and hit a small target and

TORPEDOES AT TARANTO everything in this war goes to con-

"THE NOTICEABLE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAR IN THE AIR DURING THE PAST WEEK have been the concentrated night attack by the Germans on England. and vigorous assaults by the RAF. on Italian naval bases and German Industrial centres," said MR. OLIVER STEWART, aeronautical expert, when he spoke in London last night.

much the effect on the morale of

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1940.

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, 19th NOVEMBER, 1940, 9.30 AM.

Government Gazette Notification No. 1260 is published for gen-

firm the view that warships are eral information. extraordinarily dimcult to damage | 1. by air attack.

"

No person shall send any Christmas, New Year or other greeting card by post to any destination outside this Colony unless-

(a) the cover, if any, is unsealed and clearly marked with the words "Greeting Card":

(b) the cover, addressed to a destination outside the British Empire, contains nothing but a printed card, with the addition, only of the sender's name and address.

2.

Subject to the exemptions specified in paragraph 3, no person shall send any postal packet consisting of or containing any news- paper, newspaper cutting or book by post to any destination outside this Colony,

"How then did the Fleet Air *** Arm do this damage in Taran- to? I should say it was by their courage, daring and se- curacy. I credit this, success particularly to clever planning "Attention has been most

and well found tactics, but "The measure of usefulness to

chiefly to their own daring and focussed on the German night the enemy of these ralds is not so

determination in closing with raids and our own attacks on the people, but their effect on this

the enemy?" -

3. The provisions of paragraph 2 shall not apply to any newspaper Italy, but in "regard to the country's industrial output and I

Mr. Stewart went on to refer to registered under the Printers and Publishers Ordinance 1927, sent former, we must be wary of shall be very surprised if the the fact that the Greek air tases by the publishers of the newspaper or to any book in a wrapper explanations that are being damage done so far is one-eighth had shortened the

submitted unsealed to the Censor. for examination before sending. or even one-tenth of the damage which, British aircraft could de- 4. Without prejudice to the provisions of regulations 84 and 88 of put forward for the sudden the R.A.F. has done to German in- liver attacks on Italy. This was the Defence Regulations, 1940, (relating to penalties and the dis- dustries and they have had very important, because a plane can posal of articles) any greeting card, newspaper, newspaper cutting little effect on our war efforts. either carry a small number of or book posted in breach of any of the provisions of this order bombs and fly a long way or carry may be destroyed or disposed of in such manner as the Censor may

large load and dy only a small direct-

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

change in German tactics," said Mr. Stewart,

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"It is more effective if our bombers can reach their ob- Jectives without having to ly far.TM*

declared Mr. Stewart, "and this has improved the. strategical situation Mediterranean,”

the

COSTLY ITALIAN RAID "You will have read about, a formation of Italian planes having come over hete to raid our ship-| ping." went on Mr. Stewart. "They were attacked by the R.A.F. and a dozen or so of them were shot down without any losses on our side and they were prevented from doing any effective damage. ·

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"And now for the other side." "First of all there is the possi- said Mr. Stewart, and went on to bility that the Germans wanted to comment on the attack by the way. get our anti-aircraft defences dis-Fleet Air Arm on the Italian bases. tributed over a larger area. Then

"The attack was conducted by torpedo-carrying aircraft after there is also the fact that the weather last week was particularly

piercing strong anti-aircraft de- favourable for an attack on Coven- fences." said Mr. Stewart. "Tor- try. The Germans might also have pedo-carrying aircraft have been realised that their attacks on Lon-developed in Britain for a long don were doing little to effect our time, but their value has been sub- Industries and therefore, they bave ect to a great deal of controversy decided to give full force to raids and this action at Taranto seems

to have provided full justification. on our provincial centres.

"I am not accepting any of these for their use." as the right explanation, but-this

NOT AERIAL TORPEDOES I must say. -that with the new They are called aerial tor- technique, Coventry received the pedoes, but that is not the correct heaviest raid that the people there term. An aerial torpedo would be have ever experienced. We know in the form of a gliding bomb and that severe damage was caused the only torpedoes which have been "It is curious why they were sent and many killed and injured. The dropped from the air are sea tor- over here at all. What on earth night after this. an attack on pedoes and it was these which did these Italian airmen hope to similar lines was launched on were used at Taranto. That they do here? Their whole operation was

elsco date 8th November), London.

found their marks is specially an instance of gross stupidity. It Calcutta and Straits

Sandakan worthy of notice and speaks for is dangerous to attribute reasons Australia and Manila. the accuracy of the armen... to the actions of the enemy, but in There have been numbers of any event it was poorly executed attacks on ships by aircraft in the and the extremely costly Italian present war and this is not easy raid on this country is a first class because of the heavy anti-aircraft | puzzla."

"The bombing has affected a great many people in this country, but it has not affected their morale in the slightest and their fighting spirit is as high as ever.

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TUESDAY

Date and Time

Tue. 19th

K.P.O: Reg. 30.00 AM Ord. 10.30 AM

G.P.0.

The following are the detailed results, St. George's representa Air Mall by Sea to Singapore to connect with the Reg. 14,00 AM tives being named first:-

SINGLES

FOURBALLS

Marion and Pearce lost, to Himter and Robertson by 2 holes; Groves, and Goldman tled with Edward and Robb; Bowker and Phillips lost to Yomg and Shewan 2 up; Parker and Lloyd

"British Overseas Airways.” -

Straits and Calcutta. Formosa and Dalren....

THURSDAY

L. Goldman beat D. 8. Robb 7 and 69 EC, Murton lost to F, D. Hun- ter 4 and 3: F. Groves tied with D.B. Edward" all square; EL F. Phillips The Budapest correspondent of beat 1. W. Shewan 6 and 5; B. L. the same paper says that well-loyd beat Brig. T. MacLeod 4 and beat Sharp and Macleod 5 and 4; informed Balkan circles. believe 2; T. A. Pearce lost to K. B. Robert Mundy and Humphreys lost to Low that M. Sarajoglu may go to Mos- son 4 and 3; A, O.L. Bowker best R. and Kirk 4 and 3: Evans cow to clarify Turco-Russian rela-Young 3 and 1;. A. D. Humphreys Bathurst tied with Forbes and Lay; Air Mail by Sea to Singapore to connect with the lieg tions following M. Molator's visitlost to E. W. Kirk one down: HBL Pearce and Dowbiggin tied with Mor- "British Overseas Airways," to Berlin. -

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Dowbiggin lost to J. A. D. Morrison rison and Morrison; Butlin and Wit Straits, Ceylon, India. East and South Africa 12 down; R. G. Parker beat W. Sharp Lamson received walk-over, from A Berlin message states that I up; H. N. Williamson last to A. H Stark and McBride; Penn and Sewell Count Chano, Italian Foreign McBride 1 up; H H Mundy tied with last tó Stewart and Pollock 5 and 4; Minister, left Rome for Germany T. Low: E Bathurst beat A. T. Lay Wood and Sleap lost to Taylor and last night according to the official 6 and 8; T. E Pearce beat-K. B. Mor- Watson; 3 up; Wilkinson and Bom... News Agency,

rison 2 and 1E V. Wilkinson best merfelt lost to Black and Mackenzie

The Agency has thus far given no comment or explanation of the objects of the Italian Minister's visit.

FRIDAY

Totals: St. George's 111: Bt. AnAir Mall by Air to Bangoon to connect

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[Urd. beat HC. Watson 1 up; A. H., Penn son 3 and 2; Elliott and » Harrison beat W. B. Stewart 1 up;. R. BE Wood best Mackichen and Park 5 and 4; lost to J. Taylor 3 and 2; A. Som Bellamy and Williams beat Fleming THE WEATHER

merfelt list to A. K. Mackenzie 6 and and Gordon 3 and 1: Harrop ind 4; P. C. Jackson bent O. P. J, Simp- Stoker beat D. Black and Alexander Maximum temperature yererday ison 5 and 3: 2-6. Camidy tied with 4 and 2. -- -- was 76 and the minimum 54 ̈ ̈ R. J. K. Walker, J. D. Danby beat

fotal fanfall since Jan 1 f. M. Simpson. F. A. M. Elliott best drew's 14). 117.32 against an average of 63.45. A. S. Mackichen 4 and 3. B. Hir- The Royal Observatory report beat. R. D. Gillespie 1 up; H. G. WI- rison beat W. Part 1 up; G. W. Reeve states

liams lost to V. R. Garden -1 up; 1 The anticyclone continues to de-C. F. Bellamy heat J. Fleming i up crease in intensity, a depression J. Harrop beat W. Z... Alexander 6 and having developed over Manchuria. [4; W. Stoker beat D. Black 2 and 1; Pressure is highest over the S. T. Butlin received a walk-over from Yangtze Valley and is relatively C. M. Stark." low over the Paċinc eartwird of the Philippines-

BRITISH AIR VICTORIES

Totals-St. George's 22: A DETAILED FIGURES

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LONDON, Nov. 18 (Reuter)—. Bixty-four German and 13 Italian Manila, Australia and New Zealand via Thursday Reg. planes were shot down over Bri-

tain during the week ending mid- night on Nov. 16, 20

11-German, 12; Italiana, 13: Bri-

two

Teland.

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Ord. 28th 8,30 AME

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straits, "Teylon, India, East and South Africa, and Reg. 27th 5.00 PM

United Kingdom

In the same period, atx British fighters were lost but the pilots of three are safe.

Detailed figures were-

Nov

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12-German, one; British, nil. 13-German, six; British, nu 14German. 21 British, (both pilota safe).. 15-German, 23: British, two (one

pilot safe). N 16-German, one British, nil,

YESTERDAY'S “BAG LONDON Nov. 18 (Reuter) Flaven enemy aircraft were shot down in raids on Britair sterday. Four Brit fighters were lost bat the plots of three are safe,

Straits-ang - Calcutta..

Ord. 28th 8.30 M

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