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SAILOR AT SEA HAS SWIMMING LESSONS BY MAIL

By LOUISE MORGAN.

WRITTEN somewhere on the High Seas between -Hongkong-and-London, a-letter has come to the College of the Sea, Endsleigh Street, Bloomsbury, from a sailor who cannot swim.

Bullet As War Souvenir

A FLATTENED billet is being kept by a Royal Air Force gunner to remind aim of his daring raid In the German warships, caught by surprise at felgoland.

That bullet nearly took his life. All that saved him from it was the buckle of his parachute.

The gunner was in the 'plane that breame isolated and was singled out for attack by a Messerschmitt fighter, the only German machine to take the alr.

In the middle of the machine-gun duel the gunner was 1 and hurled back in his seat.

Thien as his hands fumbled to find his wound, something dinked on the loor of the cockpit. IL was the bullet, flattened by hitting his part- chute buckle.

He scized his gun again and open- ed fire. With smoke and fiaries spurting from the fuselage the Messerschmitt dived down towards the sea.

Down.. Down.. Down

Radio orders cracked out from the

shells.

CROSSES FOR THEIR SONS

RUDOLF HESS, Hitler's de- puty. broadcast recently 10 German mothers. This is what be told them;-

"Crosses of honour are being given to-day to our inathers with many children.

"The number of those killed, wounded and raissing is small compared with the success, for was a million-strong army of Folish soldiers which England Rent to invade Germany.

"Yel we know that the fact that losses were so few will not lessen the anguish of the fami- les of those who fell.

"Many a mother whose son died has given also her hus-

"Every mother who is In mourning should remember the German mothers in the Polish territories whose children had to suffer so intel."

Once Our

Enemy Now Firm Friend

LONDON.

The Telegraph

50 YEARS AGO

Dec. 27, 189D. the deaths

One third

uf

thr

French Army are attributed to typholt

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--RADIO-

ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles)

B.B.C. Recording Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 845 k.e's. The drat international match played and on Short Wave, from 1-2.15 p.m. in thin colony for may Yen wow and 8-11 p.m. on 0.62 m.e's. per commenced yesterday. Statinn oppen-cecond. ing cumshinatton hailing from other] parts of the empire. The World had a fairly reprenetitative and good all-jeession. round team, although no doubt it could have been misterially strengthened; Scotland, on the other land, whilst nd- mittedly strong in niting, was on sidered to

in Belling

be weak both

12.16 pan, Short Service of Inter-

12.30 Sydney Gustard at the Organ. 12.13 Songs by King Crosby with Orchestral Accompaniment,

"The Heart of England" Vocal-Violin In Vienna (Strauss- Dule), I Miss You in The Morning (Leplic-Burke). Al Bowlly with (Green), Lady of Mindrid (Damerell Orchestra. Instru. Xylophonta nd others), Joe Green (Xylophone and Cotarimba) Bitd Mit Herth (Orgm), Vocal-There's A Lul! In My Life (from 'Wake Up and Live), It's Swell Of You (from Waite Up and Live'). Ruth Etting, Plano Charile Kunz Plano Medley No. D. 8, Intro: The greaten anlstrike of my e; Let us be sweethearts over ngai; Ten pretty girls: Moon at sea; No more you; Wake up and Live. Charlie Kunz. Saxophone-My Kingdom for a Kiss (from 'Hearts Divided"), I have Lost My Heart In Cinema Orgon-Irving Berlin Me- Budapest (Mihały), Raymond Balrd.

mories, Intro: What'll I do; Blue Skies: Always; How deep is the Ocean; Say it with music; You forgot to remember: Say it isn't so; The song is ended, Al Bollington,

10.15 Dance Music. 11,0 Close down,

and change bowling.

The scoren were: The World:-Fiest! 10 Local Time Signal and Weather Innings 120: Second innlors 104, Seat-

Report. Jundirst innings 12: Second [n=) wings 4.

25 YEARS AGO

Dec. 27, 1914.

1.03 The B.B.C. Dante Orchestra, 1.38 Reuter and Rugby Press, We her Forecast and Announcements.

1.45 Mozart Concerto In D Major The Admienity announces that seven ("Coronation"). Wanda Landowska unval seaplanes, nt daylight on Christ-(Piano) with Chamber May Day, attacked German warship conducted by Walter Goalır.

ying in the Schilling mods, of Cux haven. They were escorted by a light cruiser and a destruyer force, with submarines.

Twn German Zeppetias, four sea planes and several submarines attneked

2.15 Close down.

Orchestru

6.0 An hour of Dance Music.

10 Closing, local Stork' Quotations. 2.01 H.B.C. Recording-"The Heart the British rendron, whereupon of England." A novel combat ensued, of most modern the Midlands arranged and produced Progamme from cruisers against the enemy's aircraft by Robin Whitworth: and submarines.

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Is The Kaiser Mad? My dear Pinnt. Appearing dully in, the Telegraph"

10 YEARS AGO

1.30 London Relay-The News. 0,0 Local Time Simul, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 Classical Request Programming, The

OBITUARY

Former Mexican Consul In Hongkong

Barber Of Sevlile" Overture The death of Mr. Jose Filomeno Dec. 27, 199, Rossini),

Philharmonic-Symphony Een da Silva occurred at the Kow- .Thr visit to Hongkong of Mr. Orchestra of New York cond. Yoon Hospital on Monday. He was

king is world tour in the pleasure (Tenor). Overture "Merry Wives of Philips Oppenheim, the well-known Toscanini, Questa о Quelk fiction writer, who is amongst

82 years of age. those (Roletto" Verdi), Tito Schipn yacht, Stella Polaria, has been some-Windsor

Mr. da Silva WAS at one time what marred by the loss of a consider Symphony Orchestra conducted by at the North China

(Nicolal), The B.B.C. Consul for Mexico here, and mariager Insurance Co. he sun of money.

Sir Adrian Boult. Musetta's Waltz He is survived by four daughters,

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to that was cannot but regret any Coblins, Op. 25 Government action which ROSENK to Menuhin (Violin). Hungarian at the Catholic Cemetery, Rov, Fr.

The chief mourner were his sons,

DURING the Boer War a young man named Denys Reitz took up arms Only one of the Brilish bombers against the British. tint took part in the rald was dam- he bought against what he believed For three years aged-hit in the tall by anti-aircraft fro-but the skill of its pilot brought was their intolerable aggression and it home only a quarter of an hour at the end, when his side was de- afler the others had Jarded.

feated, went into exile rallier than it was in perfect, weather that the live under the Union Jack.

The form of government under which Song ("La Boheme"-Puccini). Grace two sons and two brothers, and his bombers set out on the rald, and they Hecently a jovial Plekwickian-| Hongkong Inbours provides no Hitle Moore (Soprano). Perpetual Motion, widow. reached Heligoland about 11.45 in the featured man told representatives of scope of the effective pisy of unofficial Op. 11. (Paganini), Dunce Or The morning.

(Bazzini), Yehud! The funeral took place yesterday the Britishi, Dominion and neutral Riding high in the blue, they gazed Press why he and fellow South trent as of small account, the efforts of Rhapsody No. 2 (Liszt), Philadelphia L. Rossi afhelating. down on the two small islands where Africans would fight with the Allies those who gratuitously give much time Symphony Orchestra conducted by

wo Nazi cruisers and several smallergist Germany. His name was at service to work connected with the Leupold Stokowski. Spanish Dance Merra, 4. P. da Silva and II. da Silva. craft, probably minelayers, were at the Hon. Denys Reitz, Minister of administrative life of the Colony. (Granados, ATT. Casals), Vito and bus brother Mr. F. da Silva: Those anchor.

Nalive Affairs for the Union of South

5 YEARS AGO

Spanish Dance) Op. 54, No. 6 who attended the service were Mesara, Afticu,

Dec. 47. 1994. [Popper), Pablo Cients

M. M. de Soares, L. Au de pares, 15. Britain's Generosity..

("Cello). qudron leader, and the bombers

The frontiers of the Saar. will be Mouvements Perpetuela (Poulenc); Nette-Barnes, Barros, CFR.--

J. Remedios A. B. Slivn clonel at midnight and from that ums Etude anti-art down through bursting for their money," he said, "but hav-altowed to enter the area will be those Beloved "Hiawatha"

(Stravinsky), Bend Molsel- Bilva, A. Savier, E, Roza-Persira, D. "We gave the British a good run onwards the only pernaan who, will be witsch. (Piano). "Onaway! Awake! Montalto. J. Lima, C. Pinna, A. Luz, J. Itemedion. C. F B, Alves, A n đạo Coleridge-lemedios. H. Figueiredo, M. A. Overa ing beaten us they treated us with in

of permits, properly Taylor), Tudor possession Two Circuits

Davies (Tenor.. Asumpeno,. E. Reed, Dennis Silva, E. splendid generosity. They returned signed by authoritative persona. The

closed until January London Bridge March (Erie Coates). Remedios, Dr. E. Botira and others. He is an apprentice in a tanker, aged 19. and all his Then, coming out of the dive, the country to us, and within the frontier will be

New Light Symphony Orchestra Drillst Commonwealth of Nations

A bouquet from "Sorrowful wife The pllots bombed systematically.

Governing Commission an-cond. by Joseph Lewk. efforts to learn have been in vain, he laments.

Augusta nöd chlidren" was sintered with we now enjoy an even greater mea- nounces that it in taking this actiuni 9.05 Studio Comments on Rocent the casket. Wreaths were from Lucila

we possessed with a view to excluding undesirable Events. One reports that three of his bombs sure of liberty than

and Hermillo. Conavelo The Bosun has classes in needle- month's extension for his geometry "raddled" a warship, and he was under our own Republica.

and Edmundo, elementa which might cause trouble

Mariquiin, Francisco and Idalfa, keoNOT 15 London work and cooling, but not, unfortun- papers.

Relay News derlay the plebiscite, before or after

Sum and Baba, Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Z. B. qulte ately

confident that he registered a

Leitao the swimming. Would

A messroom boy in H

and M. Leo d'Almada a tramp

Meanwhile, conditionn "In addition, we enjoy a greater it.

remain mary, College be so kind as to teach swim steamer asked that the smudges in his following aircraft.

was contumed by the security, for we in South Africa are quiet. There have been no indications 0.25 Variety will Sluncy Toral. Castro Snr. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Marshall and family. Leonor and family, Capt. ming by correspondence? And could ¦ essay In the Literary Criticism course Another pilot dropped a borb under no illusion about what would that there will he need for interven- Al Bowlly, Ruth Etting and Others. O'Farrell and family, Dr. If A Cult tion of the foreign troops on duty Cinema Organ-I Want To Be A. M. da Sliva and family and the the lessons begin soon, In case the be excused on the grounds that his directly on a warship, and another happen to us were Germany to win here. tanker meets U-boat? Sincerely oil lamp had been dimmed. yours....

From

an A.B. who has been takintose to a ship and must have caused reported that one of Els bombs fell

"I journal" to-day sintes that Herri German course on board a trader

There was some measure of irraso-Hitler will publicly retract the page A parcel containing swimming running between Hongkong and Cal-siderable damage.

lution among some of the Dutch-in his autobiography “Mela, Kampf" in charts and special Instructions ›i

cutta a

was a request

received dispatched from Bloomsbury to the week piense from now on to send island twice before they made off.

this The R.AF, men circed the main speaking citizens of the Union at the which he declares that Germany must outbreak of war, The nuded, but crush France as a step to prove the tanker's next part of all, with him the, French course instead.

thanits to the prompt netlon

Why te of

a resumption of diplomatic friendly letter expressing the hope

General Smuts they were now large-utations for solution of the present Francu-GermaTA dlarniament impasse. that the ship would not meet U-boat, but that if she did the ap-

le sminke his retraction after thei Snur plebiscite, the puper poys. prentice would have first learned to swim.

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EXCUSE ME PLEASE

The war has brought all sorts of problems to the College of the Sea, and furnished new excuses to such of its sallor-pupils as lend to be slack with their homework.

And a fireman on a Booth liner

bit. This

this war."

thousand miles up the Amazon asks vessels. plying between Liverpool and a sweepers, destroyers and other warly rallying.

for ten monthly lessons on how to

need cheering up.

LIBRARIES FOR WARSM)

Mr. Anthony Eden, Dominions play the piano accordion, as the crezines has already been sent. They isentatives of the Empire countries More than 20,000 books and maga-i Minister, introduced_the other repro- neer not be returned, but can be whe have been touring France and The College is currying on with its handed on from ship to ship until! Britain and exchanging views and information with the British Govern- worn out.

ment. Fifty-five public librarians have volunteered to do the collecting. visit to the College arrived from

normal service in spite of the irregu- larity of ships' movements due to the

war.

An apprentice in a convey ship It is also co-operating with the During my wrote that he was so busy all day British Skip Adoption Society In 3,000 hoolis algnalling that he would like asending out war libraries to mine parts of the country,

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ROBBERS ATTACK JUNK

NANNING RAIDS

Shanghai, Dec. 28. spokesman admitted A Japanese to-day that Chinese planes were active in the vicinity of Nanning un December 23,

The spokesman said eight Chinese planes attempted a rald near Chu- lang, the vicinity of Noaning, Dy-

One man was wounded and sent Ing at 3,000 feet. Owing to the high to hospital as a result of an attack altitude the borabs fell in an open by armed robbers on junk No. 3040W field and there were, no casualties. while it was cast of the Nine Pins, Chicke Territory, on Christmas day,

A p.m. the same day six Chi- nese planes bombed the Japanese

A report of the Incident was made positions at Klutang, but the bombs; to the Police by Chan Lin-hi, 22, fell wkle of the mark and no damage; master of the junk. He and on De- was done. Three the Chinese cember 24 he left Lim Shan for pinnes were shot down, Hongkong. At 6.30 am..when his

craft was 10 miles east of the Nine) The following day Japanese planes Ping, a large fishing junt approached staged a mass raid on Kwellin and and opened fire when 200 yards Lluchow and destroyed the Chinese away, One of the cargo owners, bases. Sun Ting-chung, was wounded on

On Sunday Japunicɛe planes bomb- the left leg. -

led in the vicinity of Nanning, center- Armed with revolvers, three robing their attack on Chunghu, where, bere boarded the cargo boat and or- they sighted a group of 2,000 Chinese dered Its crew and passengers into a troops, which Japanese troops and bold. After four hours' smiling, Channir units completely onnitillated. sat, he could hear his cargo being Last night Japanese planes bombed transferred to the robbers' boat, the Chinese aerodromes at Shilchang, When this was completed the robbers left.

A mixed cargo of preserved vege tablon, fresh vegetables, ginger, dried partridgen, ducks, squalls, and chile- kens were stolen, Money was also stolen, a total loss of $1,170.

despite resistance from anti-aircraft 'guns and Chinese 'planes. Four of the Chinese planes were shot down during the air duel. All the Japan- eso planes returned to their bases.

One Japanese member of the crew i was seriously injured,-United Pres.

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