1940-01-22 — Page 7

P.&O.S.N.Co.

TO

STRAITS, INDIA

UNITED

AND

KINGDOM

PASSENGERS AND CARGO

SAILING

MID FEBRUARY

ALSO FREQUENT FREIGHT STEAMERS

B. I. S. N. CO. LTD.

Sailings to Straits, Rangoon and

Calcutta.

Monday.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

AUSTRALIA HAS 10,000 AIRMEN

Division For The Front In Spring

CANBERRA.

I learn on good nuthority here. that, as a result of the Empire Air Training negotiations at Ottawa, the scheme has been increased to proportions hither-| to unimagined.

Australia's, share, it is understood, will provide for 10,400 pilots and 15,000 alr-gunners and observers, as well no ground staff, numbering In all 50,000 inen.

borrow

Australia will buy and frorn Britain and also buy from the United States many of the moet modern planes for training purposes. Twenty thousand new Air Force men will be fully trained in Australia and 0,000 in Canada."

January 22, 1940.

Air Mail Story Of Great Raid

BANK NOTICES

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1813

£3,000,000

Reserve Liability of Proprietors 43,000,000

Reserve Fund

LONDON.-Eighty to a hundred aircraft took-up Capital part in the greatest air battle ever fought when Brit. ish Wellington bombers were engaged by Messer- schmitt fighters over Wilhelmshaven. It was revealed to-day that

one Wellington bomber shot down in the course of the action no fewer than five fighters, and although the crew were attacked continuously for, a' period of nearly 40 minutes, closely followed 60 miles out to sen by a swarm of fighters, they succeeded in driving them off and bringing their aircraft back safely.

HEAD OFTICE-LONDON.

|_ 35 "Blahopsgato, M.C.1.

· Sub-Agencies in London; 117/123, Londonhall Street EC3. WHAT KHA Branchi 14/18, Cockapur Street, B.W.L^

Manchuster Granchion 32, Bosley - Brest, Bianchuster, 3. AGENCIRE- AND BRANCHES: Alor Star Harbin

Ilongkong

Bangkok

Amritar ma Calcula

Bombay

Kanguon Saigon

Hemarang-

Seremban Shanghai

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LAUTED,

Authorized – Capital .... Paid-up Capital Reserve and Undivided,

Prati

$10,000,008.00

JIGAD OFFICE=KONGKONG 10, the Vooux fload, Central

DOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sir Bholson Chow, ChaĪZIYAD. Li Koon Chun, Esq. Li Lan Sang, Esq. P,K,KWO, Zaq. Wong Chu Son, Esq. Wong Yun Tong, Esq. .. Kan fing Po, Zacı, Can Ching shek. Xiq.. FingringWais, kaq. KANTONG PO, E10, Chiet Manager. LI TSE FONG, KS,¦ Manager, BRANCHES (AND AGENCIES!

L

Amoy

Talphons Hankow itonotuly

Ipoh Hotl

Batayta

Karachi

Klang

Singaporo

Hombay Calcutta

Agencies: .Koba

Eva Street Muale

Hillwa Bourabaya

Fairlie Place, Canton

Lumpur

Taiping

Cuching

Fiontain

Madina

Tongkah

(Chuket)

Medan New York

Taingto

Yokohama

Palpas)

1

The second pilot, when two of the gunners were wounded, ran Capore from one guh position to another to meet attacks from different directions as they occurred.

Another British machine, which was later forced down some distance off the English coast through a petrol leak, had all its The Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. guns put out of action by shells and machine-gun bullets. The Menzies, announced in the House of bottom of the front turret was blown out by shells and set on Representatives that the Special Division of the Australlon Imperial Bre

Force, raised for service in Australin or overseas, would be sent abroad| early, in the New Year for advanced

A. S. S. CO. LTD. training for active service.

Sailings to Rabaul, East Coast of

Australia and Tasmania,

«ALSO FREQUENT SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI AND JAPAN.

All vessels may call at any porta on or off the route and the roule Land all mallings are subject to change or deviation with or without

action.

Fanengers are requested to register their requirements but under present circumstances sailings are perforco restricted.

For details apply to

MACKINNON MACKENZIE & CO.

... ...

Phone 27721.

PRESIDENT

LINER SAILINGS

1940

Booking Sheets Now Open

for

pring and Summer Sailings

PLAN YOUR HOME LEAVE NOW

** AMERICAN ** PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE" "AGENTS FOR' TAV.A. AND UNITED AIR LINES."

12. Pedder Street

Telephone 28171.

He Intimated that after that period, the division would, by the spring, take up its place in the theatre of

war.

.

A Reply To Germany

The decision to send troops abroad; would, he said, be an eloquent an-

1.

"My gunner," the pilot said, "was very prompt with the fire, and put it out. with his gloved hand. But for him the aircraft would have been well alight within a few seconds. His quick action saved our lives.

"When the bottom of the gun turret was blown away the, gunner found that his leg was dangling in the air over the water, but his huddied position kept him from falling into the sea-"

The crew who drew first blood swer to German propaganda, which had a thrilling story to tell. The declared that the British Dominicas pilot said:

were not all one with Britain.

Adequate assurances Ind been

more than

seconds. rest we were grateful." The men, whose machine came down in the sea' were all picked up and brought to port.

The young gunner, who escaped ex- pressed the greatest admiration for

Manila

Colombo Dethi Haiphong.

amber

Penang ankow FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Genere Banking Businem trazuacted. FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year

CURULENT ACCOUNTB opened

or shorter periods in Local or Other Curs

application.

cat rates which will be quoted un

Local Currency and Bierling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application.

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in

Tho Dank's. Head Once in London undertaken Executor & Trustee bunivers. and claims recovery of British Lacome Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained si any of its Agencies and Branches.

M.-A. CAMIDOL

Manager.

Royal Pigeons

Help R.A.F.

THEY TAKE PLACE OF RADIO

Evening Standard Air Correspondent

"When we were near Heligo- received by the Commonwealth con- land, and before the main fight cerning the cupicity and availability had begun, we were attacked by his sergeant pilot. We shall never of the Royal Navy, to protect Ausa solitary fighter. He chose my know how the pilot managed to con- tralia from sggression.

Mr. Menzies was stred of the aircraft out of the formation. trol his aircraft through such dim- Country party's full support by Me and in a few seconds my rear cullies," said the gunner.

The pilot continued. "Had it not A. G. Cameron, its leader, who su gunner had the satisfaction of been for a petrot leak, caused i sup- gested that another division of the seeing his enemy crash into the pose by a bullet, there would have Australkan Imperial Force should be sen. 1. too, saw him go straight bees no needed down from a high King's racing pigeons from the Royal A considerable proportion of the immediately recruited.

watte. We glided n'high. Later, when the battle had de-allude and got our dinghy out Just loft at Sandringham are now in ser- the formation was steadily penetrat- within two minutes. I knew there RAF

They are being carried on the Ing over Germs waters, a Messerch-Mas same hope for us because I sav miit 110 singled us out for special trawler and alighted as near as constant patrois of the North Sea which are searching for U-boats, attention and sat on our tail for about Porable to her."

nines, and mine-laying seaplanes, 20 minutes. We certainly hit him, was actually brought down. but I am not at all sure whether he

down.

(G) Love Letter veloped on a large scale, and when in line before the aircraft sankvice, with the Coastal

Too

Late

DAISY TARR, pretty 17-years-old West Country lass, worked in a Devon factory making gloves for suldiers.

As she worked she dreamed

"We last saw him flying towards

Under Fire For First Time The leader of the formation sum- med.up the battle. In these wordst

Comanand,

Pigeons in aircraft are specially valuable when a forced landing la made on the sea and the radio hos been put out of action.

The King offered the resources of the loft to the RAF, and the Army

is was in fact the biggest aerial the sea Perbups he was one of the battle ever fought. At a hazard. I few casualties which the Germans should think that there were about of

have admitted. They claimed, I

We were before the war started. Three hun- romance and one day she wrote her think that two of their fighters had 80 to 100 aircraft engaged. name and address a

greatly

and. outnumbered flanded on the water, scrap

out-dred birds were enrolled. maxieuvred because of paper, iunited the soldier who found

the higher The number of pigeons available it to write to her, and mushed the

1speed of the fighters. The crews for service now exceeds 750,000. note into a finger of a glove she was

fired shot for shot and gave better making.

than they gol,

"We.

ક્

Kobe Kowloon London

Manila

Melbourne

Nagasaki

New York Paris Polping

Peneng Rangoon

Sairon

San Francisco

Beattio

Semarang

Shanghai

Singapore

Swatow

Sydney Tientaln

Sourabaya

Vancouver

Every description of Banking and x- change business transacted. Loans grenie ed on approved securities.

Current Accounts apened in Local Cure rency and Fixed Depozite roented one year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies on terms which wil be quoted on application.

Sale Deposit Boxes To Let.

KAN TONG TO,

Chief Manager.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES

Bringing Cargo from Marseilles via Saigon.

Consignees are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Oplum, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored Into the Godawns of the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow- loon, whence delivery may be obtain- ed immediately after landing.

All claims must be sent in to me on or before the 27th January, 1040, or they will not be recognized.

Damaged Package will be examin cd. by the Company's Shrveyor presence of the Consignees at 10.00 Messrs-Goddard and Douglas in the

January, 1940. a.m. on Monday,

Consignees must have a Revenue Oficer in attendance when any duti able goods are examined by the Company's Surveyors.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.

R. ONL Agent.

College Trustee Only 25

WESTERVILLE-At the age of

21, Richard Mitchell, of Grand

college, in one of the youngest mozt rustee of Otterbein College here. Mitchell, a 1936. graduate of the ever named to such a position, college officials say.

Never Given A Rest

were busily engaged with A few weeks ago a militiaman another Messerschmilt 110 when Most of our crews were under the performance of the German air-Rapids, Mich., has been appointed a bought a jair of soldier's gloves. straight into our cress-fire, and blew returned confident that on the next come the attack, we felt that they Messerschmitt 109, suddenly flew fire for the fest time and they have craft and their determination to press somewhere in Kent, found the noten in the air

ocension the enemy will suffer a“ far were worthy opponents." and immediately wrote asking. Daisy to send him books and messages,

"The enemy attack was sustained heavier blow. The occasion, they

Laurols To The Britons Alas! the, note was written in the

atul most persistent throughoul, and hope, will not be too distant.. last war; now Daizy is middle-aged,

"There is no doubt whatever that. kept all our gunners fully occupied

The laurels in the battle

go by their enemy's method of cm-we were attacked by the best fighters doubtedly

tu and has a daughter" aged 12.

the Wellington ploying about five fighters to cách}nt, the German command ours was bombers, which resisted the mast bomber. If at any time during the Į just a normal team.

desperate and, it may be sald also,

She has explained the story to the militiaman and sent him a parcel of books and magazines.

battle

...

un-

we managed to get a 15 "All the crews were surprised at the most courageous, and dashing et

fort of the enemies, crack fighters to break them up and destroy them.

Flying wing tip to wing tip, they held together in spite of anti-aircraft fire and continuous attacks from every direction:-

METROPOL

ROOM BATH $6

CENTRAL

CLEAN

COMFORTABLE

HONGKONG AS REVEALED BY

THE CAMERA

2ND EDITION

sélection of over 60 excellent views of he Colony. Very suitable for 'seriding broad:

Pictures comprise views of the latest buildings and hospitals, schools, churches, the harbour, The Peak district, Kowloon, jubileo Reservoir, New: Territorios, Choung Chad, Aberdeen, Repulse Bay, Deepwater Bay, besides streat and wharf scenes, etc., etc.,

PRICE $1.50

Obtainable from

KELLY & WALSH, LTD.

HONGKONG TRAVEL BUREAU or the Publishers SOUTH CHINA MORNINGʻ POST, LTD.

harri Streat

UB.BEER

Prefere

BEER AT ITS BEST

(UB)

WR. LOXLEY & CO (CHINA) LTD,

Crossword Puzzle

+

ACROSS I-One of the fam

Cheraldin B-Breathe hard

-Long wooden seri fi-france, as koris

(Klang)

23-Written official

stenteman By LARS MORRIS

ANSWER TO

24-Nos employing fula 18-011.07 (5) Arlean 17-toes to bed 13-Diminutive muta 20-ies Lamb's

-nom-dă-plume 22-25oderately wind 21-Discove 24-Betslød opinion

-Pis pawa 21-wide swako 15-Neliver of Italian

_r expital -

Za-Contemptuous

#xpression

1-Metal in natural

comportad 31-Epoch

„Di, suweɖ, scam 30-C041 BEKth with sin 41--ĚTITIE Sand 225

for.edla

· 45-žlumber VE MOUSTU (be) 40-Оле здобание цвета 48:-Painful spas,

-49-Egyptian god of art

SO -OMÍ Walent

jurtrument,

-Yori.ugunu telaża iz

main

PREVIOUS PUZZLE

SPARU HOCAI

HAM ETAB

2

3

14

37.

35.

01-Pertaining to

earthquakes 83-"inade growing"

plent 07-Moslem ascetics 15 Companies of Attendante...

S road."

DOWN

1-Feeling of querness"

-Attornes tabbr. -Tubular cavity in)

brain

18

*Rent Rain

ppiled with rectan➡. gular viners of glas SC of vertefaratas

And box -Mounted policeman

Mariner

10 Natural Fal 11-Decay of Gone - 12-Doorkeeper of

Preemanours 13-Tied into long stald

Both, ma of comb 18-ible mudworm 21-O Used, in wateḥ

Me cleaning samt· 23-Bilia derived from

elir compound Ja frother of Monts 37-' best, 13 Novel

House again, tentant 33-Recury Annualy, J6-1rtinios to Gouth :Alzien: Ovince 17-Connected succetian

-Tap CRAGSTA 19-Chief_charactory of

40-81;brow Lezabora 42—Anglo-Indian weight 4-Oficer, of course ........ 40 Växtizen of wedundə 47-Opprins with fedfùm 10=Lente, qut st-Tunnel sit |44-Toboggan for tosti

10 Butir at 'aktivity

12

138, 139

45

NT

40

bl