1939-10-18 — Page 27

Wednesday,

HONGKONG, TELEGRGAPH

October 18, 1939.

Edinburgh's Defence Against

Air Raids

One of the air raid shelters which were recently installed in Bruntsfield Links as part of Edinburgh Corporation's schome to provida refuges in the open spaces of the city,

Air-raid trenches in Roseburn Park, Edinburgh, which are lined and roofed with concrete. Sand and soil over the concrete roof giro added protection to the tronchos. Similar measures word taken in other parks whore trenches were excavated during the crisis last September.

Air raid sholters in Wast Frincos Street Gardens, Edinburgh.

A close view of a section of the strong copcrota type of shelter

Mon at work building a sandbag wall at the entrance to a tone- mont stair in Glen Street, Edinburgh.

which was installed at Gayfield Squaro,

PREMIER TELLS HOUSE}. OF ENEMY AIR RAIDS

(Continued from Page 5.)

Ing for the German plane which was believed to have been brought down in the Pentand Hills in the Fath of Forth raid,

Enemy Intercepted

LONDON, Oct. 17 (Reuler),--Aka Air Ministry announcement to-day's air raid warnings all along the east coast explains that there was reconnaissance activity by German planes bolk in the morning and afternoon.

"Our Dehler planes and A.A. batteries were in action,

"One enemy plane was intercep!- cd on the Yorkshire coast and pursued out to sea.

"No bombs were dropped in any of the areas affected by the raid." Raid On German City Rumoured LONDON, Oct. 17 (Reuler).--There are persistent rumours in Amsterdam to-day of an air raid on the German town of Emden, which is at the mouth of the Em River, opposite Dutch territory.

Another view of the excavations in the gardens at Gayfield Square. The Square borders Leith Walk, the main traffic avenue between Edinburgh and Leith.

People living on the Dutch frontier the four brought down by fighters report having heard gunfire from the and anti-aircraft fire, several were direction of Emden and say they saw thought to have been too crippled to many aeroplanes.

complete their passage

No confirmation is obtainable of these reports.

In London it is officially stated that

no British plane raided Emden.

North Sea,

across th:

The defeat of the zalders was. 指

Buffalo Attacks Mules In Street

Major R. L. Law, Hongkong Mule tears job in which a large share was Corps, has reported to the Police that taken by men who, a few weeks ago, while a number of mules were exer- Another Raid On Orkneys were Scottish stockbrokers, Inwyerscising In Waterloo Road yesterday, LONDON, Oct. 18 (UP) It is and sheepfarmers.

buffalo attacked and seriously officially announced that a rècond air No pilot claims to have brought Jured one of the mules: attack was launched by German air-down a raider single-handed. craft over the Orkney Islands between 12.30 pm, and 2.30 p.m.

In-

Running Fight

Steamer Left Too Early

Master Contravenes H.K. Ordinance

Captain Creer, master of the Dou alas Steamship Selsinn,

Was fined

at Central Mogistency this

Excavations in St. Patrick Squaro, Edinburgh, whore, in accordance with a goneral schomo for the city, air-raid shelters were constructed. The Square is in the heart of a busy shopping contro.

Hitler Will Abandon Germans In The West

Iceland Fish For Britain

mands on string vessels, numbers of

LONDON, Get. 17 (British Wire- lets). In order to meet a probable SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

reduction In suppiles of British BERLIN, Oct. 17 (UP)-Hitler, a German spokes- man announced to-day, has abandoned all claims for the caught fish caused by Admiralty de- One running fight began over the Naval buildings and yards at Emden the nominal sum of $3. by Mr. For- return of German minorities in France, Belgium and which are being armed and used to No damage and no casualties are Pentland Hills, shots from several this morning and heavy explosions rest

mans from the Baltic countries Iscounter German attacks on mer reported. One German machine was aircraft helping to cripple the der were heard from that sector a few morning for commending a voyage Holland.

completed, Germany will approach chant shipping, a comprehensive plan brought down.

mon, which finally received the minutes later,

on October at a time not pre No steps, will be taken to re-Balkan and other European countries! The Admiralty Announcement knock-out blow from

has been devised. for augmenting an auxiliary The planes were flying too high for

viously notified to, and approved by,patriate Germans from Finland. for almlar ørrangements. stales: "The attack was carried out pilot who had taken a bet that h positive Identification but observers

the Commissioner of Police.

ruppiles of frezen fish from Iceland. by two formations of six and four would be the first member of the believe that they might have been

But negotiations are to com-

The repatriates are to be re-settled sircraft respectively,”

Fish quadron to bring down a Germon.

caught in northern were British dombers. The planes

Lmence with Lithuania for the representative, Mr. C.

In Poland. R.A.F. Succossos

One German, with one engine out later scen fying north foward Farmer, appeared in Court, and said purpose of repatriating the

waters, fileted, graded, and frozen LONDON, Oct. 17 (Reuter)At of action. now fer several miles at a Borkum fatond, where German Naval Capt. Creer went to the shipping German minority, estimated at

It is unofficially estimated that the the Iceland scoil. The pinni en- least two of the four enemy

live planes leight of 50 feet banking round strongholds abound.

eftice about 4.50. p.m. and said the 85,000, living in that country, following German minorities in the visages great expansion of supplies Recounted for during the rald on the church spires and chimney tops. He Air Defences Efficient

ship would probably be late. Ho by probably crashed before reaching) LONDON, Oct. 10 (Reuter) fater found that the stevedores had The ropatriation of Germans Reich:

Asked in the House of Commons If under-estimated the time required from Latvia and Estonia is ex- raiders in mich a way that no more

10,000; Latvia, 62,600; Emdon [sidad?

Estonia, (anti-aircraft defences in the Firth of for the 'removal of the cargo. pected to be completed within a Lithuania, 35,000; Galicia 150,000 than half of them are balleved to have SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" Forth were rufficient to protect

fow weeks. returned to Germany, according to WINSCHOTON, Hollend, Oct. 17 Edinburgh, the Prime Minister re- The summons was taken out by

Rumenia, 700,000: Yugo-Slavis 000,- the Ministry of Information.

Ra-Settled In Poland (UP)-Several planes flow across plied that defences were in the Sql. G. S. Fender under the Sup--

000; Hungary, 460,000 and the Italian The Ministry says that, apart from the frontier. toward the German (highest degree effective.

pression of Piracy Regulation": As soon as the repotriation of Ger- Tyrol 200,000.

Firth of Forth were shot down British fighters, which beat off the home.

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are

CL- frozen fish from Norway, Canada plan, and Newfoundand. This which sponsors calm will ensure sufletent fish for the whole British demand, has been submitted to the Government Food Departinent,