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Major-General C. M. Maltby,

M C., the new G. O. C., the Bri-

RHINELAND RHINELAND ATTACKED: SHARP RAID ON HULL

INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN, COLOGNE AND ELSEWHERE IN THE tish Troops in China, arrived in RHINELAND were attacked by Bomber Command aircraft on Thurs- the Colony yesterday morning day night. aboard a President liner.

ал

Fires were started and although the weather made it difficult Gen. Maltby, who recently held to observe results many of the bombs were seem to hit their targeta.

appointment Important

in

India, is succeeding Major-General

Coastal Command aircraft at- tacked shipping at St. Nazaire and A. B. Grasett. C. B., D. 6. O., M. C., who is leaving this week-end for a ship of about 4,000 tons was hit.

a new appointment in the United

Kingdom.

Fighter Command planes on offensive patrol, attacked aero- ¡dromes in occupied territory.

One plane of Coastal Command

EMPIRE ECONOMIC | missing frour these operations.

CO-OPERATION

LONDON, July 18 (Reuter Economic co-operation between Britain, the Dominions and Ame rica is steadily developing.

British

A sharp attack was made on Hull on Thursday night by enemy aircraft. Some damage was done and there were a number of frea It Is feared that the casualties may prove heavy.

LAOITH HUDSON LOS ANGELES, Juny 18 (Reuter) The 1.009th Hudson bomber for

The Secretary of Overseas Trade, Mr Harcourt Johnstone, told the House of Commons yes- terday that he was glad to be able to make this statement no Britain took off for England yes- added that the

Govern- terday to the cheers of 30,000 air- ment and no doubt, the Dominion craft workers and in the presence Government also, look to it be- of Lord Halifax and Lady Hallfax, Lady Halifax expressed Britain's coming closer still

of the efforts of As one example. Mr. Johnston appreciation pointed to the fact that the United States aircraft workers. Wheat Advisory Committee Encouraging news regarding the now meeting in Washington un-numbers of American bombers ar- der the chairmanship of a British riving in Britain was given in offi- delegate.

cla circles last night.

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YOUNG FRENCH *DISCOVERY'

Jacqueline, the young French singer, who is often heard in the BBC's

Overseas short-wave · pro- grammes Jacqueline is one of the many refugee performers from the Ailled countries who are now in London. She was recently "dis-

SATURDAY,

JULY 19, 1941.

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 2014: JULY, 1941.'

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

The public are reminded that it is a breach of postal regulations to enclose in a postal cover communications intend- ed for persons other than the addressee.

The Printed Matter Service to the following places in China 18 temporarily suspended:

Yunnan

Szechuen

Kwelchow

Flunan

Fuklen (except Amoy and Kulangsu) Kwangsi

North and East of Kwangtung.

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

INWARD AIR MAILS

From

Dally twin-engined Lockheed Hudsona, four-engined Consolidat FRACTURED SPINE

ed Liberators, Flying Fortresses covered" at the Free French Forces Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Ser-

Catalina flying boats are Club in London by Cecil Madden, vice" San Francisco date, 22nd July. Jumping off tramcar No. 68. In and Johnston Road, outside the Ying flown across the Atlantic and not who is in charge of the BBC's Air Mall by "Pan American Airways Direct Ser- King

10.40 one has been lost,

- San Francisco date, 5th August, Restaurant, about o'clock last night, a Chinese male fractured his spine and was sent to Queen Mary Hospital.

SOVIET MINISTER CHEERED

LONDON, July

18

Overseas light entertainment, She has since been singing regularly in the Overseas and Forces pro- grammes,

and Madden is Ivinced that she has a big future. Jacqueline had an exciting es-

(Renter)-cape to Britain.

NEW YORK, July 18 Heuter)-- One ship per day had its keel M. Malsky, the Soviet Ambassador, laid down in American yards dur-was surrounded and cheered by a ing the 40 Cays ended July 10, large crowd

the when he left Hali concert cre reports the US Navy Department, Royal Albert Twenty-two vessels were launchedast night.

The orchestra played music, hy during that period including the battleship South Dakota, two the leading Russian composers destroyers. one submarine and a'and during the interval Sir Henry who conducted the first number of smaller craft, includ-Wood. ing seven high-spred motor tor- part of the concert, chatted with pedo boats.

M. Maisky in his box

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In Heart Of Every Chinese

CHUNGKING, 18 (Central) - "Modern democracy is not old and outworn," asserted Sir Archibald Kerr Clark Kerr, British Ambassado to China, in a speech "Democracy" on Wednesday afternoon under the auspices of the Chinese People's Foreign Relations Association.

Speaking before a large audience at the New Life Model Centre, Sir Archibald declared in his first public speech since his coming to China three years ago, "Democracy is in its adolescence. It still has a long road to follow. It will go marching on."

con-

Two Atlantic Naval Bases

For U.S..

WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuter Two full-fledged naval opera tlons bases are to be commission: ed, one at Argentia, Newfound- land, and the other at Trinidad, the Navy announces.

The bases will have mainten- ance and overhaul - facilities for warships operating in the AL-- lantic.

Previous Navy announcements indicated that the Newfoundland base would consist merely of a naval air station. Navy sourced yesterday said that it will have

Str Archibald was optimistic "Democracy," Sir Archibald com- Fleet anchorage, refuelling and when discussing future democracy mented, "is a word which is

con- limited overhaul facikties for in China. Judging by democracy's stantly on your lips. You seem to battleships, aircraft-carriers, crul- present tmanifestations in this belleve in it and see in yourselves sers and other warships. country, he said, he got the impres- inheritors of an immense good It The Argentia base will cost sion that today the spirit of de- has to offer. mocracy is an instinct in the heart of every Chinese,

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Wartime Reconstruction

In Communications

Continued from Page 9

"You have ranged alongside or sites leased from Britain in 4-tront and the rear, and the con- contact radio stations established the democracies which are now change for destroyers engaged in seeing to it that de-

Police Courts moerney will not perish from the

earth. You did this, as I see it, Continued, from Page 11 not because you are confident, as

D. 0. SOUTH

DAIL DEBATE

foreign

tact and exchange of information in the main cities in the interior

with among neighbouring war areas, to communicate For these functions, telegraph and countries radio sia corps, repair engiTOSTAL SERVICE ONneering units, and emergency re- In the postal administration. maintenance of military war postal service forms an essential channel of communications be-

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS par groups have been maintain the

ed and distributed in

DUBLIN, July 18 newer)Mr.arens

the

menaces from Blu Shiu, mistress we are, of their victory but b* of a cooked food stall at Taumati; cause you shared their ideals.

"You have claimed in your pre- and her son, Kong Tal, on June

sent struggle that you have bean Eamon de Valera, replying to the The influx of people into the tween the troops at the front and The accused

were additionally fighting their battle. They recog-debate on external affairs in the interior, too, has brought about their families in the rear. This charged with extorting $20 from nise this claim as justified. They Dafl last night said: "If anybody an additional demand for tele has served to boost the morale them,

recognise you and they fight for attacks us, then every one of us communications. This increased of the fighting forces as they are can die if necessary fighting for demand is particularly acute be- not cut off from their folks at Det.-Sgt. N. B. Fraser prosecuted, the same course, and gave evidence of arrest yester-"The founder of modern China what we are certain is the just cause the original tacilities for home. Owing to the increased dey.

in his wisdom laid down that you cause, and I say that no matter this type of communications in prosperity of Inland China, de- Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios, should move towards the achieve from which side we are attacked the Southwest and Northwest were mands for and uses of postal who appeared for second and thirdment of democracy step by step as

"That is the position we are backward and undeveloped. To services have vastly increased. accused, reserved his defence. you have done in your country taking up and it is not a cowardly combat the altuation, new tele- Fostal facilities formerly existing To a foreign observer it seems position. It we are attacked at graph and telephone lines have in: the Southwest and Northwest that the first stride forward hash, we will be attacked by one been added whhe old Hines live were inadequate to meet the new already been taken, Witness your of the big pations of the world, been improved or readjusted demands. Therefore, the opening People's Politics Council, the high we have to face and we are pre- New radio stations have been of new post offices and matt quality of which is impressive to

pared to face it. We are deter- established to supplement the routes has formed an important Five cases involving possession any onlooker":

part of the postal administration's mined to live our own to t of wild tree wood were heard by

wartime work. Since the begin- As telephone servico is vital to Mr. S. F. Balfour yesterday All defendants

military communication, the oring of the war, more than 11,900 were arrested

Bir Archibald predicted that after

ginal angle Hrès, which are in post offices of all classes, háve Chung On Street, Tsun Wan, the wat, China's progress toward

danger of being out by enemy been added to the postal system Man Hung, charged with posses-democracy will be swift as swift as slon of 65 cattles, was bound over. her evolution in the short years

bombing, have been replaced in the rear and 11,100 kilometers Wong Ho, arrested with 50 that she has sped through since

Important cities by multiple-lines, of new mail routes opened,

Mall routes to the coast have The latter system makes possible been maintained in face of all cattles of woda in his possession, she shook off the tyranny of the

to malutain telephone service even was cautioned, while Cheung Yee, Manchus and began to sniff the 57-year-old widow, was bound over air of freedom.

Sir Archibald said that despite for the possession of 50 cattles.

Chung Lot-ku and Chan Yee, democracy's clear and admitted married women; were remanded on, weakness, it offers an immeasurably bail of $10 each, when they plead-better answer to the problems of ed not guilty to the possession of the modern world than Nazliam Bat.

WILD TREE WOOD

SWIFT PROGRESS

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE

From 19 to 25 July 1941..

HIGH WATER.

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70 and 75 cattles, respectively, which means a dark age, “an ago |~|-

wherein the ming of man would Sun, 20 go to the prison and the spirit of

MARINE COURT

A fine of $10, in default 10 days' man frito hiding. hard labour, was imposed by Cmdr, Introducing the speaker, General Tue 1

| T. O. sun yesterday on 14 Kam. Wu Tu-chen, Bedretary-General of

21, mistress of Claw TV boat No: the Central Kuomintang Headquare Wod. 28237, charged with having loitered ters and President of the Chinese THE 24 with her boas Within 100 yards of People's Foreign Relations Anso- the Hongkong Navaj· Dockyard ciation, said that the Chinese are fri debwell.

democratia by tradition.

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telograph system.

when some, lines have been dam-dimculties and hazards, Despite Red by bombing. To further enemy blockade of the coast, increase the long-distance tele- postal communications between the interior and the coastal cities. phone service, carrier telephone. equipment and amplifiers have and foreign lands have been kept been installed on vital lides and up even through abophioles in enemy blockade —(Central-New!!! radiophone equipment added in Important places both at the front and in the rear.. ? Another

General Wavel Commander- now feature, likewise a service lin-Chief in India, hau ant up a added since the war, is the direct Defence Advisory Committeu

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