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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 10, 1939.

World's Best CHOLERA SAFEGUARDS JUDGMENT REVERSED

Premier's Praise For

Air

Air Ministry

London, July 9,

Quarantine Restrictions Two Soldiers Discharged

In Tsingtao

On Theft Count

Quarantine restrictions have been Convicted of theft from ab-jong Imposed by the Tsingtao Municipal players when they appeared before Authorities against arrivals from Mr. E. 1limsworth at the Kowloon

the Middlesex Regiment were dia-

With reference to British leaning Hongkong on account of cholera. Magistracy on June 28, two privates townrda the under-statement, Mr. Passengers and crews will be sub- Chamberlain, Premier, speaking at jeeled to examination for the charged by the samo Magistrate, who the opening of the New Birmingham detection of vibrio carriers.

Port this afternoon, sold, "I

The Government declaration of belleve that our air force is in many Shanghat as an infected port because respects the finest in the work and of Small-pox on November 24 has I warn you that Sir Kingsley Wood

been rescluded, does not tell you all his secrets. You may be quite sure that whatever he tells you has a great deal more -behind it."

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reversed his original decision when AN INTENSE HUMan drama the case was re-opened on Saturday. Two other men Private A. D. Smith HEARTACHE and Privato A, Jenisins, who were dis- charged at the previous hearing, were called as witnesses by defen- donta

Defendants were Privates S. V. Ward and L. Remer.

Sub-Inspector T. K. Whelan pro- secuted and Captain H. Marsh, of the Middlesex Regiment was also in

Five cases of Cholera, one each of Diphtheria and Typhoid, two each of five of Sir Kingsley Wood indicated that Measles and Meningitis, an R.A.F, reserve squadron had been Dysentery and 27 of Tuberculosis allocated to the new airport and de-were reported on Friday. cleared that this would be 'n reminder The total number of Cholera cases Court. of the critical times in which wells now 290. lived-Reuter Special..

Many Launches

London, July 0. The Navy's enormous shipbuilding programme 13 being further ac- celerated, and as a result practically In whole Beet will be put in the water within the next few months, accord-

the ing to

Daily Telegraph naval correspondent, Mr. Hector C. Bywater. Wille next week a new world record will be established by the launch of three cruisers in two days H.M.5, Nigeria on the Tyne, and H.M.S. Dido nt Birkenhead on July 10, and 11.M.S. Mauritius on the Tyne on July 10.

H.M.S. Nigerlu and Mauritius belong to the new 8,000-ton Fiji cluss,. mounting six-inch guns, and H.MLS. Dido is the first of a new class of 5,500-ton ships, also armed with six-! inch guns.

The next few months will see the launching of the 35,000-ton battle- ships Duke of York and Beatty, maunting ten 14-inch guns, and the 23,000-ton alreraft carriers Victorious and Formidable..

Four more cruisers are due for Inunching in the near future, tugeher with a number of destroyers and sub- marines.

It was predicted that this summer would mark the peak of naval build- Ing, but the industry has been found so well able to meet the demands uron that further acceleration is still being found possible.--Reuter,

German Frontier

Herlin, July 0. An article published by Licul.-Gen- erat Jucob, Inspector of German Fortresses, in the German Military Weekly

reveals hitherto closely guarded details concerning the Ger- man wall in the west,

The manber

concrete shelters originally ordered by the Fuchrer was 17,000 but was ultimately in- creased to 22,000. In order to finish the fortifications belt, which is 30 kilometres deep,, as soon as possibic, at limes 500,000 workers had to be employed. The work was started on July 20, 1938, under Dr. Todt, in-

pector General of German

Rond- building, with 35,000 men, which number by October 6 had risen to 342,000. In addition 100,000 men of the German Labour Service and 90,- 000 men of the German Army and Engineer Corps were engaged. Simultaneously numerous divisions of infantry and engineers were kept permanently manoeuvring in order to test the efficiency of the fortiflex- tions under construction,

·One-third-of-all the pncrete mix-. ing machines available in Gericany was used in the construction of the wes! woll. which treated 6,000,000 tons of concrete, which is un-third the total production of the German cement factories during that time.

About 15,000 motor trucks were used In connection with transport and 5,000 motor busts were needed daily to help la bringing the workers to different parts of the area under construction.

Using all the dredgers available in Germany, many square miles were

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Addressing defendante, Mr. Kims- |worth_sald—The case is being re- opened on your behalf, as under- fstand you were not aware of your

legal rights at the last hearing."

Evidence was given by both men when they admitted entering a shop in Shúm Chin Street out of curiosity. They noticed a large number of peo- ple who appeared to be gambing around table. The players oll scattered through the windows and noticed, 0.8 doors when they were the Ramblers thought they were be- Ing raided by the Police. Both men denied having taken any money from nnybody in the room.

Ward said that after pushing and barging ila way out of the shop, he made for the darkness so that he would not be seen. He later found himself in the nullah, where he was picked out by the Police and arrest- cd.

"Remer said that after getting out of the shop he was chased for about 100 yards by the crowd of Chinese. but he kept running until he found himself near the Majestic Theatre. He then look a bus back to the Barracks,

Questioned by Inspector Whelan, both men said they had never been to Shum Chun Street before but had

street entered the

because they thought it was short cut back to the Barracks.

Inspector Whelan told the Court that the occuplers of the premises in Shum Chun Street were convicted in August fast for keeping a common gaming house.

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News of the past few days gives De Havilland Aircraft Company are some indication of Britain's air extending their plants, might.

In Northamptonshire a new, repair Although some of the biggest war- and service factory is being built and plane plants are not yet in full pro-will be managed by Brooklands duction, a stage has been reached at Aviation. which the Air Ministry is in a position to start storing airplanes as] a strategic reserve,

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Aš a cost of about £500,000 an R.A.F. Halion is being constructed at Wick, Caithnes, and at a' cost of nearly: £5,000,000 an asra, engine works is to be built on the Scottish industrial estate at Billington, near Glasgow,

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