1940-07-25 — Page 15

July 25, 1940.

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

By Ernie Bushmiller

NANCY

BOATS IN THE BATHTUB AGAIN THAT

KID IS DRIVING ME BATTY!

AND IN THE SINK |TOO-~- EVERY. DAY

IT'S THE SAME THING!

THIS BOAT: BUSINESS: HAS GOT TO STOP --- IT'S GETTING ON MY NERVES---

DON'T GET SO EXCITED, DEAR--* YOU'LL HAVE A B BREAKDOWN ONE OFAN

THESE

DAYS!

TEL TAKE A HOT FOOT BATH MAYBE IT'LL CALM. MY NERVES!

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Colonies Give Generously

Gifts In Cash & Kind

To War Effort

LONDON, July 24 (Reuter). -In reply to a question in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. G. H. Hall, Under-Secretary for

the Colonies, stated that since the outbreak of war a large number of generous and valuable gifts, both in cash and kind, had been made by Colonial Govern- ments and private individuals and organisations both to His Majesty's Government for the prosecution of the war and to various war charities.

FIGHTING IN LIBYA

More Enemy Lossos Reported

CAIRO, July 24 (Router) —

Special Court Trials Bill

Criticism Produces

Amendments

LONDON, July 21 (Reuter).

A coramunique reports furtherThe House of Commons to-day enemy losses of lorries and guns resumed consideration in com- near the fort of Capuzzo, Libya, mittee of the Emergency Powers

The communique continues; "In

active Somaliland

patrolling by Defence Bill, which provides motorised detachments and Somaliland Camel Corps continues.

the powers for the trial of offences "Many Italian frontier posts have by special courts in certain now been successfully raided and areas. indentifications and information have! been obtained.

"On other fronts, there is nothing to report."

Cash gifts, including toons free of PAY FOR FRENCH

interest but not including gifts in kinds. amounted, he said, to over.

£0,250,000.

The list of these gifts in very long and includes mancy gifts from Colonia) Governments and individuals

previously mentioned in "Reuters" services,

SOLDIERS IN

ENGLAND

LONDON, July 24 (Reuter) —In

As the BI stands al present, it is laid down that the proceedings of such courts shall be subject io no

review.

Criticism had been advanced in this respect and lo-day Sir John Anderson, the Home Secretary, declared that li was never in the mind of the Govern ment to exclude a review in the case of prerogative of mercy,

Right To Appeal

In cases of capital or lesser sen- tences, everyone had the right 10

the House of Commons to-day, Sir appeal to the clemency of the Crown and in (le case of death sentence, be- Edward Grigg, Under-Secretary for fore it could be carried out,'u review War, said that negotiations were pro-was made by the Home Secretary as Leceding

representatives

with

appeal.

20,000 Bottles Of Rum Among the Items not previously recorded are over 20,009 votlles of General de Gaulle as to the rates and a matter of course irrespective of his run for His Majesty's forces from moluments to be fixed for the pag-

ite suggested that insertion of the Jamaica Central Wor Assistancement of French volunteers,

In the meantime, advances hand mendments on the report stage Committer, £1 12s, from the Swahil community of Eldama Ravint, Kenya, been issued to them on a provisional would go a long way to meet mis-

givings. Tanganyika tribes have presented scale.

Saular negotiations were. pro- money and in some instances o pro-1 portion of each person's harvest of ceeding with Poland, Advances had curve and maize for the use of the been made to Polish troops and also King's African Rifles,

the Czechs.

તૈય

Sir Jalm added that he was quite

willing to propose Insertion of words

Third Reading prieve has been duly considered.

must be made by regulation for ectur to make it quite efear that provision

ing that no death sentence shall be In the case of Norwegians, Dutch carried out until the question of re- The inhabitants of Triston

payment of thesel Cunha have sent a large parcel of and Belgians. woollen comforts made by themselves, troops had been undertaken by the

at The chiefs of the Northern Proveruments concerned

own rates. vince of Nigeria are making a volun- tuzy contribution of five per ceni. of their salaries, but it is noteworthy that on offer of £200 by the Oroni ELLİVC 'administration

Calabari Province, Nigeria, was declined. byt

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LONDON. July 24 (Reuter)-The Emergency Powers Bill was read a ihled time to-day in the House

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MEXICO CITY, July 24 (Reuter). in- -After discussions with the Mexican clude gifts, hospital supplies and Government, the British Const has knitted comforts forwarded by wo-issued a statement that any British men's voluntary organisations

ichlidren evacuated from Britain to prustically all colonies and depen- the United States or Canada would be welcomed in Mexico it brought by parents or well-intentioned societies. SIMLA, July 24 (Reuter).

If homes and maintenance were A compulsory principle for the asured, normal restrictions for im-recruitment of European-born migrants would be waived.

convice,

Compensation For Injury

The Press announces that a plan British subject in India for work has been made to receive 500 British of national importance is eliildren.

embodied in an Ordinance belig It is painted out that muny Spanish issued to-morrow,

Domielled Europeans are not affect~ Mexico since the Spanish civil war.ed by the Ordinance which provides for service in the armed forces or in a elvilian capacity.

Ministry Of Pensionsdren have been refugees in New Scale Of Rates

LONDON, July 24 (Router).

---The Minister of Pensions has

the

PEOPLE TO GET THE NEWS

No Radical Change Apart from the element of com- issued an amended scheme of

pulsion, no radical change is made compensation for physical injury

in the existing procedure as laid down sustained by civilians ផង

LONDON, July 24 (Reuter)-In In the National Service Bill passed direct result of warlike opera-he House of Commons to-day. Mr. by the Central Assembly last April. Tribunals will be established to A. Duff-Cooper, Minister of Informe- tions.

tion, was asked whether any arrange-hear appeals with regard to nvallobl- The effect of this scheme. is to ments had been made, in the event lity and other questions. Insure the whole elvilian population) of any region of Brilain being cut off Provision is also made for con- against injury caused by air raids or during an enemy invasion, to secure scientious objectors who wil be invasion if they were gainfully em- the distribution of newspapers on the liable for civilian service only. ployed at that time,

widest scule possible.

The new scheme increases allow- unces and pensions to meet the rise in the cost of living.

53. 114. A Week

A married man with two children will now receive. 53s. 11d. a week if totally disabled.

Already 127 pensions have been granted under the scheme either for serious disablement or to widows.

The Ministry states that it denis expeditiously with pensions and in one case the widow of on air raid; warden who died on duty received the_pension within 24 hours of his death.

REPATRIATION

OF NAZIS

LONDON, July 24 (Reuter) Between 75,000 and 80,000 Germans from Bosserabia and Northern Buko- vina are being re-settled in Germany, according 10 the *Dienst Aut Deutschland."

The paper says that they are the descendants of Germans from East Prussia and Southern Germany who settled there about a century ngo.

Replacing Sacked Canal Employees

Į, CAIRO, July * 24° ́ (Reuter),—The newspaper, #Almo: Kattam,” reports that the Suez Cabal Company has re- quested the Egyptian Government to nominate 200 Egyptians to occupy the posts made vacant through the disinizsal of enemy nationals...

A London report states that if this la accurate, it is thought by those Inj close touch with tno Canal Company's affairs that the dismissals referred to would involve a number of Italian oficials occupying minor porta.

The Minister of Information replied! LONDON, July 24 (Reuter).-The that he understood that adequate Treasury has placed a ban on bank- arrangements had been made both by era making payments or transferring the national and provincial news=| gold securities on instructions re- Papers on their own account to secure cetved from Estonia, Latvin and distribution should such a period of Lithuania or any corporation emergency arise.

trolled from these states.

NARVIK BATTLES COST NAZIS 9 DESTROYERS

:

сод-

LONDON, July 24 (Reuter).—That the following seven large German destroyers were sunk in the second battle at Narvik was revealed by the Admiralty to-night:

Diether von Roder, Hans Lude-

manu, Wolfgang Zenker, Bernd bon tain gave orders to abandon ship, 50 Aralo, Erich Koellner, Herman Kunne and Erich Glese.

or 60 wounded men were left to die

In the burning hull. Eighty or 100 At least 2,000 German Bailors were escaped overboard, but many perish killed,

led in the cold before, reaching the In the first battle of Narvik, the shore. Aston Schmidt and Wilhelm Held-

She lay on her side with flames Issuing from every port-hole. Sud- jdenly there was a sheet of fame as A description of the end of the one of the magazines exploded and Erich Glese says that when the Cap-she went to the bottom.

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