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MR. ATTLEE AND HITLER'S FIRST

OBJECTIVE

Speaking at Leith, South Wales, yesterday, the Lord Privy Seal, Mr. Attlee said that Hitler's first ob- Jective still was Britain.

The Russian campaign was only

ECUADOR ACCEPTS MEDIATION:

OFFER

TO YU-LAU WINS JUNIOR CHESS TITLE

TO YU-LAU won his remaining [game, against V. V. Kolatchoff,- in the Colony Junior Chess Cham- pionship yesterday to win the tournament with 10 points scored

SANTIAGO, CHILE, July 19 a preliminary to a major attack on (Reuter)-Ecuador has accepted

in 12 games. the British Isles. Hitler was only the offer of mediation by Brazil

Holding a very slight advantage seeking to safeguard is eastern and Argentine in difficulties which

in the adjourned position, he man borders.

have arisen between Feru and "Something may happen that Ecuador.

aged to out-manouevre his op will call out to the full the courage The Prime Minister. Dr. Tobar ponent in an end-game of a rook of the men and women who are Donoso, conferred with represen- and two pieces against two rooks standing to defend Britain," hetalives of Brazil and Argentine and pushed a pawn through to win

added. "Let no-one imagine that the fight will not be a fight of life and death heart and brain."

It calls for courage of

WONGKONG RECAPTURED

with regard to Ecuador's reply.

Following their talk, It was an- nounced that the reply was accen- tance accompanied by suggestions for a speedy and prompt realisa- tion of the mediation proposals.

The text will be published when it has been drafted by the media-

tors.

REPRESENTATIONS

SHUIKWAN, July 13 (Central)~ Wongkong, a city in southeastern

TO TURKEY Kwangtung near the Fuklen bor- der,

recaptured WAS

yesterday VICHY, July 13 (Reuter)-Re- evening following a concerted at presentations to Che Turkish back by Chinese troops from two Government concerning the 11

MONDAY, JULY 14, 1941.

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, MONDAY, 14th JULY, 1941.

Air Mail Service by British Overseas Airways Cor- puration to East & South Africa, United Kingdom and beyond has been resumed. Correspondence for despatch by Air via Rangoon must be superscribed by j°C.N.A.C.".

now

The public are reminded that it is a breach of postal The game, occupying three sit regulations to enclose in a postal cover communications intend- tings, was completed in 99 moved for persons other than the addressee.

To had the worse

stages, but played skilfully through of the early

the middle and erid game despite a fairly cramped position.

Other standings so far, with the number of unfinished games brac- keted after each score, are:--

A. Y. Birukoff 84 (1): Un Kwai-

A yung 84

C Kurrik R. Danenberg 7 (2); J. Grefalda 7: J. Tausz 5 (2); V. V. Kolatchoff 5: E. M. Petrove 34 (1); Wm. Lee 3 10); R. C. Gardner 24 (5): A. Mor

ton 14 (4); J. H. d'Almekla 1

directions Suffering numerous -French ships which have taken re- losses, the remnant Japanese are fake at Alexandretta have been Home Cricket: fleeing towards the Coast with made by M. Outrey, Vichy Charge Chinese troops hatly pursuing

GEN. BARRON

D'Affaires In Ankara, says lbe HUTTON MAKES

Vichy News Agency.

It is stated in Vichy that the WELCOME RETURN patrol vessel Ean the auxiliary

tanker Adour and three small mine- MADRID, July 13 (Reuter)-- Following Saturday's Cabinet meet Sweepers are the only ships which ing it was announced that General can be termed warships and that Barron was appointed Commander the others are tugs or freighters. of the military area contiguous to Gibraltar in succesdun to General Munoz Grande,

As already announced, the latter was leading the Spanish volunteers against Russia.

200 INTERNED

The number of French sailors Interned is belleved to be about 200.

are als

taking

Century For Dempster:

Eton Beats Harrow

LONDON, July 13 (Router)-In- teresting cricket, was scheduled for yesterday in all parts of the coun- try with the Eton-Harrow match engaging interest at Eton.

Lords was given over to the Lon- don Counties and a strong team

called the Buccaneers who drew

Conversations place, the agency adds, with the Two further contingents of Turkish authorities regarding the volunteers together with Com-men interned from the Vichy mill manding Officers and Staff of "the tary transport St. Didier sunk by declared, while the opposition did Blue Division" were leaving Madrid the RAF off the Turkish port of not bat, Frank Lee scored 104 and

on Sunday evening.

'Adalia.

BETTER BABIES IN

RURAL AREA

An important section of the annual report of the Rural Board. Singapore, for the year 1940, deals with maternity and child welfare work,

This vitally important brauch of the health department, it is stated, continued to function with vigour as in former years and It is the rule, rather than the exception, for the nine man allies and the nine subsidiary rentres to be crowded with healthy mothers, with their similarly healthy offspring, who, one and a 1, owe their health to the adv ce and care given them by the ex- tremely hardworked maternity and child welfare staff.

the Counties scoring 240 for Ave

Denis Compton 74 while

Leslie

| Compton was dismissed for nought-

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16th July

29th July

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MONDAY

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"British Overseas Airways."......

featured by Len Hutton, England's į

opening batsman, making his first appearance with Unerchiffs and taking two wickets. Huston ap-

to have

fully recovered

TUESDAY

Date and Time

Mon. 14th July

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peared from the arm breakage which kept Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and him out of cricket until last week-

Europe la "Pan-American Airways and Trans- Reg. 5.00 PM end:

Atlantic Services”

An Army eleven won an exciting match at Gloucester, benting British Empire eleven by 14 runs. They scored 121 and then diamiss- ed their opponents for 107, Crab-

TUESDAY

tree took six Army wickets for 46. Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and

Northern Counties beat an Anti-

During the first quarter of the breeds anywhere except in the year, two surveys were made | crystal-clear water which emerges aircraft eleven. including four among the persons attended by at the hill-foot in the form of Test players, at Nottingham, by the maternity and child welfare "seepage," or. in common parlance. eight wickets. The Aircraft eleven staff and it was found that 93 per a spring.

were all out for 223 and the Chan- cent of the mothers were breast- All known seepages (springs) ties replied with 224 for two feeding their infants while in 77 are regularly oiled as a routine, wickets, Dempster, the New Zea- per cent of the homes visited un but in abnormally dry weather, the land test player, scoring 114. polished rice formed the staple number of seepages increases by food

SERVICES IN DRAWN GAMES geometrical progression, and they As the maternity and child wel-are found in most unexpected

Services

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FAMAGUSTA ATTACKED

Bombs fell on

US VERS

FOR LONDON

NEW YORK, July 13 (Reuter) —— American observers for the Office of Civillan Defence left New York

An Army eleven, making 199 for NICOSIA, July 13 (Reuter)-It Care staff come into contact with situations, with the inevitable re- eight declared, drew with the Al-was officially announced that the for London by Clipper yesterday... no less than 8 per cent. of the sult of outbreaks of malaria un-dershot Area who scored 169 for enemy attacked Famagusta, the

most easterly port on the island The party includes Dr. Hunting- babies born in the rural area, this less they are located and dealt wo wickets, high percentage of unpolished rice with as soon as they appear.

players stationed at of Cyprus, yesterday morning. ton Williams, Health Commission- eaters means that nearly 70 per

the "old town, er for Baltimore, and Capt. Donald The handling of known seepages Gloucester and Somerset drew at cent of the rural population 1s is a simple matter, provided that Bristol, Somerset declaring at 260 causing slight damage to civilian Leonard, of the Michigan pollee, who will tour various populated consuming unpolished rice as a the staff is adequate and rust for seven, while Gloucester hit up property. result of the activities

No casualties have yet been re-

areas in Britain and study the of the worthy, but the location of the in 238 for seven,Spencer, of Kent,

maintenance of municipal services ported. maternity and child welfare staff. numerable "new" seepages which assisting Somerset, scored 64 runs,

during raids. An innovation during the year appear during a severe drought is including one stx, 12 fours on a was the seconding to the rural sufficient to embarrass the best of sequence of ten strokes, bringing area of midwives undergoing train- anti-malar.al organisations.

him 34 runs.

LONDON RELAY OFF THE AIR

N.E.I.'S PART IN WAR EFFORT

LONDON, July 13 (Router)—The The relay of the news from Netherlands East Indian Govern-

tag in the Kandang Kerbau Mater.. Sufficient to state, however, that Eton beat Harrow by 136 runs. nity Hospital, so that they could here was no epidemic of malaria Ston bad-73 on the board without appreciate the difference between in the rural area, despite condi- loss when Pip Cholmond: Dey took the conduct of confinements in tion which were extremely favour four wickets for four runs with rural homes in the well-equipped able to it.

hia slow left arm bogling, causing labour wards of the hospital.

COMPOSTING

a temporary collapse but Eton London at 10 o'clock last night ment is considering equipping an Each midwife now spends six Experiments in the production carried their total to 100 and then broke down about half-way through expeditionary force as part of the weeks in the rural area attached of a safe and valuable garden went on to dismiss Harrow for 54 and when the defect was remedied East Indies war effort, according to one or other clinic and she ac-manure, by mixtrig nightsoll and runs, Cowheatley taking

severHongkong listeners were in time to to a statement made by the Bate- companies the midwife of the dis- household rubbish in the correct wickets for 31 runs.

hear the news-reader say, "That via radio yesterday afternoon, trict to all the cases, being allow-proportions under proper condi

was E. A. Montague and that is the The announcer added that the end of the news from London."...

extent to which this would be possible" must depend on develop- ments in the International situa-

The possibility ashanging pilots, now in the idies, for Dutch LONDON, July 13 (Reuter)---An plots with war expe inquest was held in Northern Ira- being considered.

MALARIA CARRIER

DROWNED DURING on

EXERCISES

éd to conduct a proportion of them tions, continued in all parts of the nerself, under proper supervision. rural area, and resulted in the DEFENCE OF INDIA manufacture of many tons of This type of experience is of manure for noe on the vegetable

RULING very considerable value to the gardens cultivated by the labourers majority of the trofees, as they employed by the department."

SIMLA, July 13 (Reuter)Re are most of them destined for Experiments carried out on this transactions by persons resident in strictions on payments and other private practice in which they will compost, by the Agricultural De the sterling area with persons out- not enjoy the facilities of a well-partment reveal that it is a very side it, were announced by a new appointed about bedt Duty win valuable manure, which is vastly Defence of India rule sued yes have to carry on as best they can superior to cow-dung.

Flying Instructors with war ex- under

ax soldiers, who were drowned when perience have already reached the the unhygenic conditions

terday. AMA Trouble was experienced in the which exist in many homes, a feat fourth quarter owing to the ab exemptions which may be granted motorboat with rifles and Army been sent as observers to various The restrictions are subject to they entered the water from East Indies, while officers have which must be extremely difficult normal rainfall, which interfered by the Reserve Bank of India. at first to those who have had no with the generation of adequate

boots for what was described a fighting zones experience of conducting confine-heat in the compost heaps.

swimming exercises, ments in poor homes,

As a result of the production of

Contravention of the Rule la punishable by a maximum of five

and yesterday were drowned when

Sixteen officers and men were

An abnormally dry season, was a cheap and safe manure by the years imprisonment and also aboard and the men started to

one.

swim for the shore- 30 to 40 yards d Aevent away-when the Inspector General dels respir azrived:

of accidental drow

turned

experienced during the first quar-composting process the labourers ter and this occasioned very con- employed by the Health Depart siderable effort on the part of the ment have been able to expand anti-mosquito staff, because lack their gardens very considerably member of the Rural Board), the Two, after swimming, len yards, deep of rain means that many pools and and the products of these gardons quality and quantity of the fruits get to difficulties and sank daa streams will dry up. exposing in-have gained universal commenda and vegetables exibited by the pite the efforts of the life-savYİNE numerablo small, but very dan- tion, tivo prises at the Singapore Health Department labourers mon Tour others also disappear-- 1 wan marous, seepages to the egg-laying Flower Show being decured by amazed all who were present, and propensities of the female atophe Health Department labourers, who there to no doubt that the excel line.

usede compólt as manure. ...

lence of the exhibits was due solely Bingapore is the mosquito Ano held in December, thanks to the doomest, employed on all the Road Central, Hongkong London Omer 65 Plews Halles 104 "The chlor malaria carrier in At a "Fruit and Vegetable Show" ly to the nutritive value of the Printed and Published by Henry Lloyd Murrow, for the Hour Mon

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