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SECOND EDITION

Hongkong Telegraph

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No, 10031 ZMOTHER- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1940.

BATTLE

AIR OVER N.

SEA

R.A.F. Machines Outnumbered Four To One, Accept Challenge

LONDON, JAN. 2 (REUTER)~A BIG BATTLE BETWEEN THREE R. A.F. BOMBERS AND 12 NAZI FIGHTERS WAS FOUGHT NEAR THE GERMAN COAST TO-DAY,

THE STORY IS TOLD BY THE AIR MINISTRY IN THE FOLLOWING BULLETIN:

"There has been extensive air activity over the North Sea to-day, and in the neighbouring German coast during the afternoon.

"A formation of three R. A. F. bombers encountered

Messerschmidt long-range fighters well out at sea.

a squadron of 12

"The formation, although heavily out-numbered, gave battle to the enemy.

"One Messerschmidt was shot

down in flames, and two others

were driven down and are likely

tood by the three barbers Colony Has Month of

have been lost.

"One of

returned safely.

Wab

The second

shot down during the

encounter.

ing.""

The third is miss-

Nazis Over Belgium?

BRUSSELS, Jan. 2 (Acuter)

Foreign atreraft Bew over Belgium,

Sunshine and Drought

LAST MONTH was the brightest December in the' history of the Colony.

According to official Royal Observatory figures, drawing fire from anti-aircraft gus, Hongkong enjoyed no less than 269.2 hours of sunshine during the 31 days of December, which is 20 hours better

while Belgian fighters went up to intercept them.

The planes are belleved to be German but oflelal confrmation is incking.

German Claims

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“ BERLIN, Jan. 2 (UP) I{ is oficially announced that German pursuit planes abot down three R.A.F., bombers attempting to penetrate the German Dight (Heligoland Bay) this afternoon.

Planes Over Shetlands SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Jan. 2 (UP),~German planes flew over the Shetland Islands this morning bus disappeared upon

appearance' of R.A.F. Aghters. No hombr were dropped and no air-raid alarms were sounded.

Key-Men May Volunteer

Britain's Relaxed Regulations

LONDON, Jan. 2 (Reuter)—The Ministry of Labour and National Service announces that operation of the schedule of reserved occupations have been relaxed in order to permit men of, or above, the age of reserva- tlon in certain occupations, to volun- -teer for service in the forces, or in

the civil defence services.

Men in the occupations Included in,

CRACK SOVIET TROOPS IN FINLAND

VIBORG, Jan. 2 (Reuler) -Reuter's" special corres. pondent, who has just re turned from a visit to the neighbourhood of Vuoksi, on_ eastern side of the Karelian Isthmus, confirms that crack regiments From Central Rus- sla are now in the Soviet front lines facing the Man nerheim Line.

These are really first-class troops, well - clothed and equipped with up-to-date gas-masks on the German model.

REDS ARE REPULSED

Finns Continue To Improve Position HELSINGFORS, Jan, 2 (Reu- { List 1 (numbering 42 occupations. (ter)-A communique issued to-1 including editorial staffe of news day states that while the day papers; periodicals and agencies) may volunteer for any was relatively quiet in the branch of the defence services, but Karelian Isthmus, fighting men in the occupations in List 2 occurred at several points north (including masons, boat-repairers, senior clerks, cooks, dock and har of Lake Ladoga

news

bour workers and lithographers) con Finnish troops are improving

be accepted for service only in their their position. trade capacity.

Further relaxation of the schedule

The communique adds that in

in also being made in order to permit the direction of Lake Lavajacyi, recruitment, respective of ages of the Russians attacked all day reservation, of the large number of tut wore répulsed," building and road-making operatives required by the B.E.F. In France, and also certain classes of building

• oporatives for full-time duties in ARP, and rescue services.

Ajax Pays Visit

To Montevideo

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH

than the previous maximum of 249 hours.

A thirty-year-old record was thus smashed.

98 Hours Abave Normal

The astonishing sunshine #gures can be better appreciated when it is stated that the normal sunshine tor December is 171 hours. Last month exceeded this by no less than 98. hours

The low record for December is 71.5 hours, which were recorded 37 years ago.

The aggregate hours of for the whole of 1839 Javailable.

sunshine

are not yet

Rainless Month

However, another interesting fact about Hongkong's weather during lust month was that it ranks with the Decembers of 1884 and 1909 as being the only ones in which no rainfall was recorded.

Tomperaturas Normal

We

Curiously enough, although had no rain and registered a record number of sunshine hours, the De- cember temperature remained at nor- mal levels.

The monthly mean was 83, which is precisely the mean temperature for December. The normal maxi- mum reached 69 degrees, which was slightly above the average normal, namely, $7.9, but was not a resoril. The record maximum is 71.3 degrees.

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The Rormal minimum for the month registered 57 degrees com-!

pared with a normal of 68.9, and a record mean high of 024 degrees. ter than the low record of $4.

However, it was three degrees bel-

Year Of Unusual Weather. The year was noted for its vagaries, of weather. A drought gave way to: Soviet Planos Activo some extremely heavy rainfall which The battleship, October Revolution, allowed the aggregato figures to bombarded Koivisto forts with Je to move from well below average reault, while aircraft bombed Abo and to well above it. Despite December's Oulu. Some civilians were killed and dryness, the aggregate rainfall for the wounded, and some material damage year managed to exceed the average.

was done to both towns.

Seven Russian planes were shot down during the day,

Soviets Use Their Reservos

HELSINGFORS, Jan. 2 (Router).

MONTEVIDEO, Jan. 2 (UP)-It-Latest milliary despatches show

Soviet

de officially announced that the that while. Aered local fighting con cruiser Ajax, requested and received tinues, no

co-ordinated permission for a 18 hours visit to offensivo is yet launched against the Montevideo,”

Marnerholma Line,

It is understood the cruiser arrived] Wodnesday morning.

Issian prisoners say that part of the huge reserves recently brought

helped to complete a year of unusual The freak typhoon in November weather conditions.

336 Die In U.S. Holiday Toll

日四廿月一十

FIRST pictures of German officer prisoners of war in the British camp which they have nick-named the "U-Boat Hotel,"

They are seen scated round a log-fire roading:

.................. cooking --their-meals-and-

(below) being taught to darn..

their socks,

WESTERN FRONT

ALL QUIET ON WESTERN FRONT

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

DICTATORS EXCHANGE GREETINGS

Kindred Aspirations Emphasised

BERLIN, Jan. 2 (Reuter).— Hitler and Mussolini exchanged New Year greetings, according to the official German News Agency. Hitler

telegraphed: "On the occasion of the New Year, I expressi

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'QUAKE HORROR

MANY ARE

STILL BURIED

ALIVE!

City Dead Totals 90 Per Cent. Of Population

EPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ANKARA, Jan. 2 (UP).— The first rescue train, bearing a hundred injured people, arrived here to-day from Erzincan, bringing new tales of suffering and horror.

An oficer of the garrison at Erzincan told "United Press" that it was estimated that 90 per cent, of the population of the city have perished.

"Most of the officers and men of the garrison lost their lives. Only those who were on sentry duty at the Ume of the earthquake escaped," he said. "I saw Indescribable scenes of hor- ror. A great number of people com- mitted suicide after witnessing the deaths of all their relations,

Many Buried Alive SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“. ERZINCAN, Jan, 2 (UP)-Earth- quake survivors are still living in the streets here.

One yung man who came to seck his family collapsed when he heard that all nine had perished.

Many people aro burying their re- lations with their own hands,

There are still many bodies every- where, arousing fears of epidemics.

It believed some are still alive under the ruins; four wern saved to-day.. They had been eating earth to keep alive.

KING VISITS HOME TROOPS

LONDON, Jan 2 (British Wire- less)The King paid a visit to-day to the troops in the Southern Com- mand wherò he was met by a parade of 4,000 men, who greeted him with a burst of cheering.

After inspecting this centre and my henetlest congratulations to you, talking with many officers and men, Il Duce, sincere friendship. Under His Majesty drove in a camouflaged your strong and tried leadership, may car to a number of small villages in Fascist Italy, allied to National- the area where units have been Seclast Germany, succeed in fulfill- stationed. At each place, the King ing its national tnāks.”

Mussolini's Reply

left the car and walked up and down the lince, and at one place, he walk Mussolini replied: "1 reciprocate in with enthusiastically cheering men.

ed over a mile along a, road lined the same brotherly cordiality the congratulations you have expressed to escort was a crowd of evacuated At this point, His cajesty's only me at the turn of the year. 1 ex- children, who followed closely be press the same wishes for Nationalist- hind him. His Majesty's' tour took Socialist Germany as you have ex- him through two counties and oc-

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cupled most of the day.

Nazis Claim To Have Sunk More Than 1,000,000 Tons Of Allied Shipping

BUT REAL FACTS WILL

BE FOUND BELOW LONDON, Jan. 2. (Reuter). The German bonet that over a million tons of Allied and neutral shipping has been sunk is the usual exaggeration.

"extend to all their custom ors and friends, thair warmest wishes for a happy and uccessful

New Year.

American Protest Lodged

British Censorship Of Mails

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UP). The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, an-. nounces that the United

States had vigorously pro- tested to Great Britain against interference of American mails on the High Seas.

The American Embassy at London was instructed to enter the protest on December 22.

Mr. Hull cited specifie instances in which British authorities had seized mail on board American and other neutral ships originating in the United States and addressed to Get- many.

In addition there were "many in- dividual instances of British censor-

of American mails."

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Mr. Hull added that the United States "readily admits the right of the British government to censor

private originating in

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destined to the United Kingdom or which normally pass through the United Kingdom for transmission to final destination," but, "we cannot admit the right of the British au- thorities to interfere with American, mails on board American or other neutral ships, nor the right of the British government to censor mall British ports." on ships which involuntarily entered

He concluded with the hope that the State Department would receive with American malls has been dis- early assurances," that interference

continued,

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HONGKONG ALARM

Naval Authorities To Explain frank explanation, the Naval Though intending to give a Authorities were not in a posi- tion this morning to state the exact nature of the alarm which motivated the

precautionary closing of the Harbour for a short period yesterday after- noon, data

The average weekly loss of British tonnage in 16 wooks is, SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

26,000. The average weekly increment by new construction and BERLIN, Jan. 2 (UP) The otherwise is 25,000. up have been thrown into the balle wock-end holiday deaths numbered Agency) to day expanded the NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (UP)—The D.N.B. (Official German News on this front.

12 Allled and 6X neutral merchant True Figures This appears to be confirmed by

330, of which 191 were due to traffic,

Total losses to the end of the year ships with a total gross tonnage re- From Inquiries, however, was - GERMAN PROTESTS the fact that many of the many accidents, 13 suicides, 15 by fire, and German High Command's official were as follows:

pectively of:481,404, 70,101 und 243- ascertained that the rumour that, BERLIN, Jan, 2 (UP)-It is an- or taken prisoner are much younger, cluding drowning, falls, exposures

07 from miscellaneous causes, in communique as follows:

Beventeen Naval vessels, including nounced that the German Minister at better clad and equipped thin and other forms

night warships, will total displace it is mitending to add the goose is believed that the off-shore petrol De Clerman, raider was in the visinity

was entirely without foundation:1 Montevidéo, Dr. Langmann; has prohitherto,

of violence.

"It was generally quiet on the Miss chartered vessels, namely the uni displacement of tonnage reimply considered wise to an an

mani of 58,120 tons; tested to the Uruguayan govemment On the Pelasma front, the feminol10.

California registered 37 deaths and Western Front yesterday Insigni Rawalpindi and sight trawlers and Neutrals will doubtless note the alarm while trenschræd itself regarder

Each of these States cant enemy als sclivity was noted stourer - Tacoma, at the interniment of the German perature is 40 below zero and has registered: 31 deallia due to tramo over the -- Karlsruhe, and Freiburg / dritters, with a total of 13,000 grown | German", binst "öl` destructions of des In the Colony's defersons, ra

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fenceless neutral remerchant vessels, To-day- "verything" is calmand

Harbour-shipping lesson)

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