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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 15, 1940.

GERMANS TOOK EMPTY CHANNEL ISLANDS

TO GERMANS-Invading Gorman troops sot foot on British soil for first time when Nazis took over British Chan- nel islands of Guernsey and Jersey, Abova is view of St. Peter's Port, Cuernsey. Both islands had already been evac- uated by British. British bombers have since raided islands, may have driven Nazis out.

Finns

still

fighting

for Reconstruction

A HIGH official of the Finnish Legation in London told a London reporter how this country is now struggling as bravely to safeguard her new peace as she did to defend her frontiers.

To-day Finland is tackling the now fully assessed, was surprisingly problem of reconstruction.

small.

Another Day Of National Prayer

LONDON, Aug. 14 (Reuter)-It Is nounced that it is the desire of the King that Sunday, September 0, the first Sunday after the anniversary of the outbreak of war, should be observed as a day of national prayer.

LATE NEWS

"The wood-built huts in the suburbs French Statement.

naturally suffered from incendiory bombs, but the only one of Helsinki's many one modern bulldings to be

The Finns have introditeed a BB to compensate people who suffered material damage through the war. although that war has cost her 10 per cent. of her, national incomė. destroyed was the £150,000 Techni-

Civilians will receive compensa-cal High School. tion up to £20 for loss of per- sonal goods and to a million Fin- nish marks (nearly £7,000) for) properly..

The £20 is to be paid in cash and bigger sums In Government securi- Bles redeemable over a period of four years and bearing 4 per cent. Interest.

The Finnish Government, to meet

Honours

For Airman

Landon, Aug. 14. Wing Commander Basil Edward this expenditure, propose to Intro-Embry has been awarded a second duce a special tax on all property bar to his Distinguished Service

more than

£280,

worth

Order.

con-

The other great problem facing the During the operations over the Low country is the absorption of the Countries and France Embry 500,000 people evacuated from the tinued to display an extremely high territories ceded to Russia..

Helsinki, provides an object lesson

standard of leadership and resolution.

in carrying out all the tasks allotted fo militarisin who place too much his squadron. reliance on aerial bombardment.: Embry was awarded the DS.O. Although the elty was subjected to for his work in Waziristan where he almost incessant attack for more commanded a squadron in 1938.-4 than three weeks. the total damage. Moto

On Indo-China

LYON, Aug. 14 (Reuter)-A.radio broadenst was made to-night ap- parently with the Intention assuring Frenchmen about the situn- tion in Indo-Chala,

of re-

The announcer, quoting a despatch from Hanol said that Admiral Decoux, the Governor-General had made all arrangements in agreement with the French Government to deal with any deterioration in the position in Indo- China.

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GRADUATE

Mr. Richard Low, Financial Secre tary to the War Office, said, In the " House of Commons that there had been a good response to the recent

appeal for alioiguns and rifles,

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Former Hongkong Pupil

:: Gains Degree Information was received yester day that Walter. Pryde, former Cen- tral British schoolboy, has obtained shortly afterwards for Cambridge. his degree at Cambridge, gaining first In addition to his peanderhle bellliance. class honours in ngcicultural science, he was a prominent perfonner in

Son of Mr. Walter. Pryde, of the school sport

Public Works Department, Pryde was Pryde's younger brother, William, awarded the Peace Memorial Prize in won the Peace Memorial Prize this 1037 when 16 years of age, and left year..

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