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WILLIAM BOYD STAGECOACH WAR

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

ARRESTED Got Job,

August 7, 1940,

Job, heard son was prisoner

IN TOKYO

Salvation Army Officers Charged With Espionage ceived two letters.

MR. WILLIAM DALBY, of Goodnere-street, Læïcuster, re-

Tokyo, Aug, 0. One gave him a job, the first for The War Office announced to-day four years, and the other announced that the Tokyo Gendarmerie on July that his son, Private Willlaun Dalby, 31 arrested Masuzo Uyemura, Com-nged twenty-one, of the Leicester- mander, Segawa Yarowo, Secretary, shifre Regiment, has been reporttą, General, and five other official of missing in Norway.

the Japanese Division of the Salva- lon Army on charges of espionage. They are now under examination,

A War Office spokesinan said that although it went without saying religion was necessary for

national life. the

naturally milltary was seriously concerned over the pos.

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"Ye have had the wireless on day and night hoping to hear news of him,” Mr. Dalby saldi

Several other parents in Leicester have received simftur letters saying Mr. Dalby, however, had heard that their sons are missing in Nor- on the German radia the previous) way. In some cases they are be- night that his son was a prisoner.) lieved to be prisoners,

Mr. Dalby, who was gassed in the Inst war, told the Dally Mirror:

"If I had not had a letter from the A CANADIAN

ibilities of people neting as the Labour Exchange 10-day giving me a intruments of

uments of alen espionage or as Job, I should have enlisted again." the vanguards of foreign intrigues through thought,

No leniency would be shown to such treacherous elements it their activities were definitely established, he declared.-Domel,

on the

Singapore Statement

Singapore, Aug. 0. The Japanese Constil-General, Mr. Toyoda, to-day called Colonial Secretary, Mr. Weisberg, mid enquired the reason for Kobay asht's detention. He was informed that Kobayashi had been detained under the defence regulations signed to

to prevent action prejudicial

to public safety or defence.

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Mr. Weisberg promised, to receive further representations when Mr. Toyotu had reported to Tokyo, So far no Japanese protest has been made.

Mrs. Kobayashi is being per- | mitted to visit her husbanki,-United

Australian Arrested

Canberra, Aug. §. "In the arrests in Jopon and Bel- tain there is not necessarily anything to cause a reat breach of Anglo- Japanese relations," declared the Minister for External Affairs. Mr. MeEwen, in the House of Representa- tives to-dus.

Mr. McEwen disclosed that one of the British residents arrested In Japan, Mr. J. T. Woolley, of the |A, P. C., was an Australian, and then

representations against his detention had been made. Sir Robert Craigle, | British Ambassador, had advised that: Mr. Woolley was receiving good treatment-Router.

Cox Note Mystery

London, Aug. 6.

.

The Japanese Press Service to-day stated that the note left by Mr. Cox

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BORIS KARLOFF in

"BRITISH INTELLIGENCE"

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WHY BE DOWNHEARTED?

FOR THE BEST OF GOOD CHEER COME TO THE CHANTECLER and enjoy Good food. Good wine and Good music. at very moderate prices.

Special monthly rates for Breakfasts, Tiffins and Dinners. Fish and Chips 80 cents at Snack Bar.

British Embassy, the British Consti- General and n Tepresentative of Reuter's, who declared it had been written by Mr. Cox,

It is officially stated in London that at no time did the British Em- baby express un opinion as to the authentielly or otherwise of the fotter-Rester,

Private Dalby had been missin

since April 23, but his parents had not heard from him for six weeks.

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George R.

'No Harm In Trying,

Said The King

The corporal kept his eyes front then offered a posy by a London chitu on his march with the Canadians

Girls in Dance Answer Call to For Work

On

WHEN the King visited the

Maple Leaf Club in More. ton-street, Victoria, S.W., Ple, Frank Raffa, of the Canadian Seaforth Highlanders, asked him to autograph a letter.

"It would be a great joy to my people back in Vancouver," said Raαa.

"I am sorry I cannot do that, much as

I would like to." replied the King. "If I once started there would be no end."

Well, Air. I hope you didn't mind my asking." and the Canndist.

The King answered: "Not at all, there's no harm in trying."

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Only one woman was allowed on the platform at Waterloo Station yesterday when soldiers of the Royal 22nd Cana- dinn Regiment arrived in London to take over guard duties at the Royal palaces.

Bhe was Madame Charlebois, wife of Captain Gerard Charlebois, who com mands the French Crundians of the Royal 22nd.

The Canadiana marched over West- minster Bridge to Wellington Barracks, accompanied by band music

The French Canadians will tako over, Sguard duties from to-day unt! Saturday. The Toronto Scottish will come to -London for duty on the next four days.

£60 Fines Halls For Singing Looms Extra Lines Sunday

FOR the first time in the history of the textile industry, Sunday is a working day in Lancashire mills recently.

Ninety-two per cent, of the operatives go to the looms at short notice, starting work at 6 a.m. Some of them go on

tuntil midnight.

WE WORK

UNTIL WE WIN'

Two Stirring Stories

HERE are two stirring stories of Britain's deter- mination to make any sucri. flee for the victory of the Allied cause.

AN alteration in the authorised script of Boes in a song referring to 1tler, in a revue produced at the Aldershot Hippodrome last month, Tresulted" nues totalling 60-at-the

local court.

"Stoke the Are up, stoke the fire up,

Hiller's here at Jant."

It was stated that during the song. in a revue entitled "We'll Be There," the comedian, Aler Pleon, dressed as the devil carrying a pitchfork, altered line, "Adolf is here at fast," which had been, passed by the Lord Chum- At 3 pt. on

a.revent Saturdayberlain, to. telephone bells rang in the houses of managing directors, asking if it were

As he continued the rhyme he pussible to keep the mills open.

made gesture with the pitchfork. Monagers l messengers

Pleon was Uned £20 for arting roul the cinemas md theatres, part of a stage play before it had police went from house to houre. been allowed by the Lord Chamber- while Stanley Watson, licensee Girls left dance halls men stopped of the theatre, Cella Kitson, business their games on the bowing green, manager of the revue, Mildred couples who had gone off on their Challenger, who staged a dancing tandem cycles returned as soon as ensemble, and John D, Robertson, the they heard the call.

went

A vast increase in cost output will be achieved almost immediately as a result of decisions reached by the South Wales Miners Federation at Cardiff.

A scheme approved by colowners and miners' leaders provides that A large weaving mill in Lancashire everything possible, short of increas which employs 700 hands closed ing working hours, will be done to down in accordance with the usual intensify production. trade union hours of fabour. Work was not due to be resumed until the next day.

Mr. Oliver Harris, secretary of the Federation, sold that potential addi- Banal output would probably exceed

An urgent call for increased out-three million tons onnunily. put of this mill's product reached the Ministry of Aircraft Production South Wales collieries for the first

in the early afternoon.

Lord Beaverbrook Irainediately telephoned, one of the directors. The director decided to open the mill but there still remained the problem of notifying the workers, all of whom had left

Sunday night shifts were operating

lime for many years..

Notts and district miners, number- ing about 40,000, pledged themselves to produce the maximum output.

In the past six months, it was stated, half a million tons of coal Gue

lost through absenteeism, been lost

and Mr. G. A. Spencer, vice-chair- Pollce visited the clubs; the cine-

man of the local Coal Production mas threw urgent messages on their Committee, warned the men con- screens; Ministry of Labour oMetals visited many of the workers' homes Cerned that if they falled to respond voluntarily, Mr. Bevin had power to and told them of the urgent cali.

apply to

to them the same conditions us By evening the majority of the were applied to men in the forces. workers had been contucted, and

The men of a Yorklitre colliery agreed to work at full pressure.

pledged themselves to produce an- Now the other will-to-win story; other 300 tons of coal" per week- Although the Nazis have tramped

every man into possession of the mainly wreck nearly one ton extra for

and boy employed. -coni

mines

of Belgium and For the Arst time in 30 years the Northern France, the Alles are not going to be short of this vital sinew miners worked over the week-end, of

war. Because the miners of

grent

South Wales have opened a

offensive.

First blow was struck at a con- ference of miners' delegaten at Car-

duy when it was decided to

Work every Sunday night until the war is won.

Reopen closed-down pits.

Put thousands of unemployed miners back to work.

Recall miners now working in

olher industries:

Suspend consideration of HOT!~ days for two months.

producer, were each fined £10 for

causing it to be acted.

Fines amounting to £133 were also imposed nt Aldershot in respect of a revue, "Roll Out the Laugther," pre- sented at the Theatre Royal, Alder- shot, by a touring company.

It was alleged that nine passages or nets which hal either been dis- allowed or not passed by the Lord Chamberlain were introduced.

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Mrs. Vanderbilt Dead

Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, for

the House of Commons if he is con- many years reigning queen of New tinuing to allow régulor dispatch to York's "490" society leaders, has Germany of aviation journals with died in New York, technical articles, service news and

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