1939-11-30 — Page 29

Thursday,

NANCY

DO YOU THINK WE WERE TOO SEVERE WITH NANCY, SENDING HER TO BED

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STERN!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

By Ernie

November: 30, 1939.

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PLANE

HEINKEL IN FIRTH OF

Father Escorts Bride

MISS KATHERINE SETH, accompanied by her father, arriving at the Hongkong Union Church for her wedding to Mr. G. B. S. Thomson.

FRIDAY

~E~X~T-R··A· SPECIAL

1st

CRASHES FORTH RAID

LONDON, Nov. 29 (Reuter),—There was an air-raid over the Firth of Forth, but although machine-gun fire was heard, no air-raid alarm was given and no planes were sighted.

It is believed, however, that two R.A.F. machines intercepted a Heinkel bomber and drove it off.

Britain.

Bomber Brought Down

False Alarm LONDON, Nov. 29 (Reuter)-The

PARIS, Nov. 20 (Reuter),-An air- plane brought down by an RAF mochine is believed to have been arold alarm was sounded over north- Heinkel bomber.

west France this morning.

The "All Clear" WES given five minutes Inter.

It crashed into the sea but a life- boat which searched the scene of the crash for three hours found no trace

Protest To Berlin of the bomber or its occupants.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 29 (Reuter).-1: The plane was Arat seen dying east is learned from a reliable source that from behind the clouds oil Northumberland coast.

the Government has protested te

An RA.F. fghter went up and when Berlin regarding German planes fly-

it was 400 yards away the bombers aver Belgian territory. dived for the clouds 1,500 feet below.

It dived vertically through the clouds into the sea.

The R.A.F. machine saw the danger, In mo and swerved suddenly to avold striking the water.

Quiet On The Front PARIS, Χων. 59 (Reater),A communique says that there was nu importance on the neident of any front.

There have been harassing fire by

To date at least 23 machines have our artillery and a few patrol en been brought

down

over

Dr

off counters.

ST. ANDREW'S DAY

IN HONGKONG

To-day being St. Andrew's Day, the St. Andrew's Society of Hongkong placed a wreath on the Cenotaph at 11 am.

The wreath

Į

Seaplane Fights Two Armed Ships

BERGEN, Nov. 29 (UP)-By tele- phone an eyewitness in the Krokenee Ighthouse near Stad said a sea en- counter occurred to-day outside Nor- wegian waters between two ships on one side and a seaplane on the other. He expressed the opinion that the ships were awaiting a convoy and that they were attacked by a German plane, although identification was impossible,

Geysers Of Water

The eyewitness saw geysers of water alongside the ships as the seaplane attacked again and again.

One of the ships appeared to be of the combat class and the other an armed merchantman.

Both red continuously and often at point blank range, but the sea- plane appeared to escape being hit and flow att in a southerly direction after sharp encounter lasting about an hour.

Fierce Battle Reported

OSLO, Nov. 29 (Router)-A Berce battle between warships and aircraft off the South-west coast of Norway is [reported.

A naval observer says that he could

I see the flash of guns.

So far there is no confirmation of

this report in London.

Firth Of Forth Fight

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” LONDON, Nov. 29 (UP)--Planes of the Royal Air Force battled with German machines near the vital Firth was carried by the A. L. Shields and A. S. Mackichan jot Forth to-day and sent one Heinkel Chieftain, Dr. G. D. II. Black, and (past Chieftains) and the committee, bomber diving through the clouds off the Vice-Chieftain, Mr. J. F. Mac-Messrs. J. Finnic, J. W. Gilmore, R, the Northumberland coast with great Young, Dr. J. W. Anderson and Mr. pults of black smoke trailing in its

woke.

It is believed that the German They were accompanied by Messrs. J. Moodle, Hon. Secretary.

plunged into the North Sea Ave miles' offshore, but a three hour search has failed to disclose any wreckage.

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The "Evening Standard" reported that the engagement was between R.A.F. planes and two German re- connuissance planes which are said to have escaped in the mist to the North Sca,

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i3 which Heinkel plane believed to have been destroyed was Arst sighted near the Firth of Forth speeding to the east behind cloudbank, an R.A.F. fighting plane air and the "German" thetook to the

adived into the clouds 1.500 feet below the Chinese internce yesterday morning the British plane and got on was shot dead by Sergeant Itothwell Briton's tail. of the Hongkong Police.

Attempting to escape from Mataucheung

Internment camp,

1

When the British plane was only 150 yards away the German suddenly Sergeant Rothwell fred three shots turned on its side with smoke trailing its tail. The R.A.F. plane at the feelug man, the last of which from pierced his head. The other two followed it until the sea was just ahots hit a 21 year-old employee of below and then re-ascended. the camp, Lal Kon, who was wounded In the left thigh and right hand.

The attempt to escape by Lam

Fishermon's Stories

Fishermen working off the coast said they caught occasional glimpses jof the fighters and heard machine Kwong-fuk was made at 11.50 .172 guns. They said coastal anti-aircraft yesterday, when he tried to crawl guns were also active, although there through the barbed wire at the out-were no air raid warnings, and no er perimeter of the fence near No. bombs were dropped. centry pest, which was not at the In the meantime the "Evening Standard" reports that the RAF

time manned.

He was seen endeavouring to es- wrecked several seaplanes during cape by an Indian constable on duty Tuesday's raid on Borkum Island and at the No. 5 post, and the consiale also strafed destroyers which were shouted to him a warning. The in- firing anti-aircraft guns.

ternec irnored him and the constable then fired two shots, but without effect.

:

At the sound of the first shot, Ser- geant Rothwell rushed up and saw the man trying to escape. Ile there- upon fired three shots with his re- volver, killing the man and wounding Lui Hon who was standing nearby.

Finance Talks

Mayor Is Father

Of 28

CONWAY---Ed J. Roberts, who was elected mayor of Conway over 23 opponents, claims he will guide the citizens paternally. Roberts, aged 80, is the father of 28 children.

In H.K. Denied RAINY DAYS

SHANGHAI, Nov. 30 (Ratter).--The reports that the Finance Ministry of the Chinese National Government has summoned the third National Finan- cial Conference in Hongkong on De-

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