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Big Test For 200 R. A. F. Planes

London, July 11,

July 12, 1939.

LATE NEWS ALHAMBRA

Tsingtao Warning Mass Flight

To Poland

According to the Daily Express to- TIENTSIN, July 12.-A warning to day, 200 bombers of the British Air intending British holiday-makers Force will shortly start from their that it is inadvisable for thêm to go, bases in authern England on a long to Tsingtao for the time being has distonco fight to the Franco-Spanish been issued by the British authori-stood that a mas goodwill fight of border and back to thele bases,

ties.

LONDON, July 12-It is under-

Royal Air Force bombers to Poland The fight is being undertaken' in

It is understood that the warning is now contemplated, the flight to order to subject the planes to has been passed to

Travel agen-France being only the firal stop in searching test, and it is intended to clos

Inishowing the British flag in the air and shipping companies carry out a non-stop flight during Shanghai and elsewhere in the Far over the Continent. which the planes will cover

dis-East. tance of roughly 1,000 kilometres int a single dry.

About 1,000 men of the personnel of the British Air Force wal parti cipate in the fight.-Tran-Ocean.

Hundred Planos Leave

London, July 11.

Twelve squadrons of Royal Air Force planes, comprising over 100 machines, left various aerodromes in

Other countries on the Balle Sca The British authorities, it is learn-and also those in Eastern Europe to Britain has Elven her ed, have been prompted to issue this which warning by what they consider the guarantee, such as Rumanio, may be Included in the rmbitious apparent inability of the Japanese to also

plan now under consideration. keep order in Tsingtao-Reuter.

Japanese Ship Aground

The supremo efficiency and clock- work precision with which the fight to Franco was performed, at a fow hours nolice has not the real for vastly more ambitious flights in the future, the object of which is to give Ira the British pilots experience

Poland is the first on the list to on Saddle Islands. The which a fight will be undertaken as steamer Label Moller is soon as certain technicalities have

pinay Bigpunja)

been overcome which, it is stood. will be shortly.

SHANGHAI, July 12-The Japan!

Britain to-day for a fight to France. ese transport Talan Maru No. 2 in navigating over, foreign countries. The heavy bombers will complete a; course of about 1,200 miles, while Round the medium bombers will y a dis- British tance of 100 miles.

When the machines reach their destinations in France, they will alter course and return to England on French Buil,- without landing

Reuter Bulletin.

Over Hundred And Fifty

London, July 117

A practice flight of British war- planes over France began to-day, according to information given by the Air Ministry, which stated that 12 squadrone, with over 150 machines, mainly medium and heavy bombers of the "Wellington" type, are taking part.

None of the machines will land on French soll. Each machine carried sealed orders of which cognisance may not be taken until the machine is beyond the British air frontier.- Trans-Ocean.

Supplementary Estimates

London, July 11.

have estimates

Supplementary been issued for £150,000 for on es- sential commodilles fund for Malta; £823,000 hins been voted for re- forces in equipment of the local

Sierra Nigeria, the Gold Coast, Leone, Gambia, Kenya, Tanganyika,

Rhodesia. Nyasaland and Northern

million There is also

construction an pounds for the maintenance of permanent camps.

neurly

one

Other Expenses

Total supplementary estimates is- sued to-day aggregate nearly £12,- 000,000. In addition to items men- been tioned earlier, £10,000 has allocated to the establishment of a Foreign Publicity Department.

Other items include expenses in Military Training connection with

Act, the Women's Land Army and

Palestine disturbances.--Reuter Spe-

Cial

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The appearance of the British bombing planes over the Bullie and Western Europe is expected to bolster the fortitude of the small countries to withstand the Axis powers pressure and niso to further convince skeptical Aurain of Britain's sincerity in living up to her obligations to the peace bloc.-United Press.

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