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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

GOERING'S SQUADRONS HURLED BACK BY R.A.F. AND "ARCHIE" BARRAGES

Special to the "Telegraph”

The Germans made four fierce thrusts up the Thames Estuary to-day.

Four times they were hurled back by the defenders with heavy losses.

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Chamberlain, Halifax To Resign?

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British War Cabinet

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Sept. 2 (UP),~Conjecture regarding possible Cabinet changes suggests that Mr. Lloyd George might replace Mr. Chamberlain and that Mr.. Anthony Eden might succeed Lord

Halifax.

Tangible evidence that a re-

profees doubt that the Premier politicians close to Mr. Churchill

intends an immediate shakeup.

Ten even heavier attacks of 200 planes each a total of 2,000 planes-came from another direction. The Germans swept in across the south-east coast in a rapid shuffle is imminent is lacking and succession of waves, but each attack ended with smoking and flaming Messerchmitts and Dorniers plunging down to land and into the Chan- nel.

During an afternoon alarm, thousands of Lon- doners who had been pray- ng to see a battle watched three German planes fol- 'owing the Thames up to the city blasted out of the sky on the outskirts of London by anti-aircraft guns.

Lost Fifty Planer

Chief Justice Gives Verdict For $100,000

Loss of Two Lighters

Judgment for plaintiffs for $100,000 and costs was made by the Chief Justice. Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the Supreme Court this morning, following the conclusion of the case brought by the MI Yuen Navigation Co. Ltd., a Portuguese firm register- ed in Macno, against Ching Cheong, of 27 Wing Lok Street, for

It is unofficially estimated that damages resulting in the loss of two lighters through negligence the Nazi loases to-day

on the part of defendant or his agents or servants. least 50 planes.

were at

The Air Ministry announced that

42 had been offietilly brought down up to 0 pan. (4 am. H.K.T.).

Nine British plancs were missing. The pilots safety.

The ougual con Waz based un

an alleged breach of churter party,

but this morning the statement of 4 P.M. REPORTS

clam was amended to include negli- gence on the part of defendant or

at ave parachuted tos ngente 431 survante, who werk inliegeil to have sicered a Course or

Continued From

liness

BRITISH AWARDS

For French Men

They insist that Sir John Simon, Lord Caldecote, Sir Kingsley Wood LONDON, Sept. 2 (Reuter). and possibly M: Arthur Greenwood The first British decorations} may also leave the Government.

The reports that Mr. Chamberlain's awarded to a French naval unit more serious than was since the start of the war were originally reported and that t is presented by Vice-Admiral Sir believed that the doctars recommend Max Horton nt north-east his retirement, is the pivot around

Scottish port where Cabinet

several which the

reconstruction sturies revolve

hundred men of the Royal Navy, Free French Navy and the Dutch Royal Navy purnded.

RADIO

The Senior Officer of the French ) unit received the DS.0., two junior offers the DS.C, and four Warrant Offleers the DS,M. while five French ratings are spretally mentioned in dispatches.

ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metro (9,520 kilo-cycles) Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 the

By Albert Hall Orchestra

Radio

Programme broadenst by ZBW on a Frequency of 845 K.e.'s and on Short Wave from 1-2-19 p.m.

12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- cess.on.

The total German tossen Mlaceabed a camere to be steered by the January 1 over the United Kingdom with the Lighters in tow, into flames and I saw three more shot and 8-11 pm. on 9.52 M.c's per sec. Is now 1.752 planes, of which 196 nefeld, with reckless disregard of)

the consequOFICON,

down over the Channel, were accounted for by A.A, runs. | U14

One large Mr Percy Chen, instructed by Mi These Oxures do not include Ger-

planes shot down by the JM D'Aliwada_Remedios, appeared; was badly damaged

fur plaintiffs. Defendant, wan not! The

prarut not was he legally represent-tempting to land four miles

man

ILAP. over Europe,

Story

in Flashes

Here, in brief flashes, is the story of Monday's ruids:

but

The first Air raid alarm WILN sounded before dawn, was not pterovů.

The charter porty was in respect

kway.

German bomber

while at

12.30 A Light Spanish Programme with Tito Schipa.

Report.

1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather |

1.03 Fred Stein (Plano).

Victor Silvester's

1.15 There was a terrifle explosion which of two ighters, the Tai Lee and Tail shook the whole town norby as the Orchestra. Landoning, and was entered into on Octo- riders entire load of tombs went of

The term of the agreement and blew the plane to pieces. was that the lighters could only carry cargo between Hongkong and Canton.

The second alarm was sounded in the London aren at 4.24 p.m. (11.24 p.m. H.KT.), following an attempt by Nazi planes to attack objectives in south-east England,

Over a hundred German planes participated in the #ttack, meeting with a terrife barrage of A.A. Arc Spitfires Anally drove off the raiders and the All Clear was sounded at 6.85 pm. In the battle min ›innes 'were destroyed and four British planes were brought down,

Another Air Raid alarm was sound- ed in London at 10.34 p.m. (5.34 a,1, H.K.T.).

Nazi

Workers Watch Fight Three of formation of about 40 Germon bombers were shot down by anti-aircraft fire within two minutes over the nutskirts of the London area this evening.

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1 late afternoon ruid 178 bomb- Shortly after the agreement, the Ing and fighting planes came out of lighters were sent to Canton, and it the clouds in which they had wes while they were returning to, taking cover. Hongkong that they struck mines, re- sulting in their total loss.

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1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wee- ther Forecast and Announcements.

1.45 A programme of Latest Variety.

2.13 Clase Down.

0.0 A Violin and Piano ftecital.

Vice-Admiral Horton, addressing the French Navy and men, apoke of close and happy co-operation existing between the Freen French ond British Navics which he hoped 10 sec greatly extended 13 the future.

Car Drivers'

Offences

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H. D. Bidwell, of Gibb, Livingston PROVIDING STRIKING CONTRAST and Co., Ltd., was fined $5 by Mr. FOR YOUR NEW SEASON FROCKS. H. G. Sheldon, B.C., at the Central when be Magistracy this morning. was summoned for leaving his motor the car in Wanchal Road outside Cathay Theatre for over two hours on the evening of August 17.

Leung

D

for

Road,

$15 6.25 Symphony No. 5 in O Minor son Hi Cheuk-chung, of 21 Morri-

was fined without

ས renewed Flying along the coast they en- Op. 67) by Beethoven-The Royal driving countered British Spildres and Hur- Albert Hall Orchestra conducted by driving licence on August 15.

Fok Lun-hol, of the Yellow rleunes and there started one of the Sir Landon Ronald.

WBS 6.58 Closing Local Stock Quotations, Dragon, Alexandra Bullding, Kwok Fuk, hond sailor of the Tai biggest air battles I have seen in this!

have his 1.0 Bludlo-A Talk

Ballet fined $10 for falling to on Yee, was recalled this morning, and war, with the British scoring many

licence disc on the windscreen of his and defendant hired the tug to tow success. Five planes went crashing Illustrated by records.

car on August 17. Into the Channel, the lighters buck to Hongkong. Huring the voyage hark to Hongkong, the lighters were always under the control of the lug. An agent of de-, fendant, Kwok Chin-sung, was on the tug during the voyage.

"Too Good for Us"

I

7.30 London Relay-The News. 8.0 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.

In the course of the fighting

8.43 Rale da Coxia (Plane). saw two Spitfires dive among 20 8.13 Lawrence Tibbeti (Baritone)

bombers and Messerschmidts and and De Groot and his Orch. break up their formation. One 8.45 Reginald Foort at the Organ Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios gave)

raider made off for France and was A Day's Hunting, Medley-Good evidence, and antd he wrote to Ching

losing helgbt rapidly.

Old Songs, The Vision of Fuji-San. Cheong on February 27 regarding

(Ketelbey), Each Spitore the loss of the lighters, and made

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5.0 London Relay-The News and formal claim for $100,000 damages.

Messerschmidt for special attention Topical Talks. Mr. Chen, in his closing address 10 and both sent an enemy plane hurt- 0.45 Excerpts from "Operetto" the Court, bald it was alleged that ling down. One Germau pilot bailed (Noel Coward), the lighters were taken contrul of by out and was captured, defendant

and were sent on a voyuge "Your Spitfires are too good for In the day's second air raid warn which was a breach of the contract. us," he said.

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Buses and traße carried usual and many workers decided to make for home while the raid was still in progresa.

Raiders Driven Back

formations

Lhen

10.0 An Hour of Dance Music. 11,0 Close Down.

A total of $1.312.990.27 was reached on Saturday by the War Fund taugurated by the S. C. M. Post. Ld.

Latest contributions are: Proceeds from sale of caricatures sold by Mr. David Kossick at tho Police Recreation Club Concert on August 31. 190

ing sounded over the London area, it was admitted by defendant in tis A pilot of n Hurricane came down was seen that large

tutement of defence that he aftement

did by parachute. He landed from 20,- ency aireraft, dying hugh, were tuke possession and control of the 200 feet with the Germans Bring it ACKNOWLEDGMENTS attempting to reach the Londim area. lighters, sent them to Canton, and him all the way. When he reached

However, they were met by

the lighters were just.

the ground he was suffering from centrations of British fighters.

In reply, said Mr. Chen, we burns on the hands and face. made allegations against them, und "The dirty blighters had a crack defendant bas not denied

these ut me as I jumped out,” he said. His allegations, and therefore these alle-wristwatch

shot

oft by a gations should be talten to have been machine gun bullet,

The alle. 25 established by this Court.

Generous German gations were absolutely unrefuted by defendant in any shape or form,

Continuing, Mr. Chen said defend ant had pleaded that the lighters had destroyed by a perll of the sea,

The enemy planes were seen in the distance in an easterly direction and bursts of A.A. shells marked the ierrlie barrage being put up.

Hundreds of people saw bombers repelled by the terrific A.A. barrage.

and

In one part the sky was black with smoke from bursting shells raiders.

been

A German pilot who was shot down in Kent was escoried under an armed guard to London to-day.

While passing through Chatham

Leter British fighters streaked which would have been a good de-station a buffet waitress approached across the sky in the direction of the fence if there was no deviation.Peril the German prisoner with a box col- rilders.

of the men would not be a good de-ficcting funds for the "Spitire Fund.")

Official Figures

fence if there was negligènce on the LONDON, Sept.^2 (Reuter).—Tha | nurt of defendant. Air Ministry, in oncouncing that 26 Giving judgment, Sir Atholl suid enemy aircraft were shot down up to that on the terms of the reply and in 6.30 p.m., 'says that 22 were shot the absence of any rejoinder, he was down by our fighters and four by entitled to take the allegations made anti-aircraft gunn.

In the reply as allegations of fact, as It adds that during the year our they were uncontradicted by de fighters have shot down 1,752 enemy | tendant. There were

grounds

for planes while anti-aircraft guns live negligence to justify a verdict In accounted for 100,

favour of plaintly.

About 200 German bombers and. fighters crossed one part of Die south- cast coast Inte this afternoon when the Germans mede their third moss attack of the day.

She thrust the box into the rall- way carriage and the German pilot smilingly contelbuted a five mack nole.

It is expected that the note will be sold by auction.

The pilot was flying a Messersch midt which was shot down and the crow captured..

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The following donations were received in memory of the late Mrs. Maud Woods: Mrs. F. E. Thordhill and Joyes ... $.0 Mr. and Mrs. J. Ormiston

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Mrs. A. K. Saunders Cart The Mizses Flo and Barbara wright

Capi. and Mrs L. N. Beer

Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Duxon

CHINESE SEAMEN'S MISSION

CAIRO CRISIS SETTLED

Cabinet Re-Formed CAIRO, Sept. 2 (Reuter).-It is understood that the Cabinet crisis is satisfactorily settled.

The re-arranged Cabinet will prob- ably be announced later to-day with Hassan Sabry Pasha in the triple rale of Premier, Foreign Minister and Minister of Home Affairs.

The Minister of Finance will be chosen from Sandists, who are stated to be well satisfied with this arrange-

ment.

The Waafdist Party is excluded. "Reuter" is informed by a high official that the new Cabinci has been planned with the view to attaining | "maximum results in the present difficult war conditions."

Britain's 799,000 Unemployed

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The Christian Misalon to Cuinese See reduction of 27,814 in the num- men in Hongkong acknowledges the following donations-gir Robert le Tung, ber of unemployed persons in 125 Mr. A. C. Wilcox. $10: Mr. Kwok Great Britain. ' Chan, $10; Menses W. S. Bailey & Co., Ltd. 410; Mr. Chew Boon-hean. 810; Mr.

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DRASTIC ACTION BY NEW CALEDONIA'S COUNCIL

BALTIMORE, Sept. 2 (Renter)The Council of the French Island colony of New Caledonia has resigned in protest against the appoint- ment of Lieut. Col. Denis as Governor by the Pelain Government, according to Paul Patterson, publisher of the Baltimore Evening Sua

Battles were proceeding in all parts of the sky at different periods and people watching one of theso taking place at a height of over 12,000 feet Baw, four raiders: crash into the sen. One bomb dropped on a south-oust coast, town was a crude form of in- cendiary, consleting of a largo conls- ter containing oll and petrol.

Metsages from "Reuter""United and cabled the news to bls. news- Press" and, "Domek"!).

paper, saying that the Council, which

Ter Mr. Lee, A group of friends, s13: Was 432,000 less than on the corres Mr. Tsok En-kaul #101 Merits Wing On ponding date a year age," uj

Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. Dr. §. C. Young, the Sun, Co. Ltd.. #3: 61. Francis Hotel, #3; Mr. Kong Løs. the Commercial Prem Ltd. $3; Mr. Jackman Doa, #2; Mr. Bin, 121 M. Chang, 57: Mr. P. il II. Chan, #3; Elite Style,

Per Mr. Wang, A Group of friends, $21.00; 14r, Na, Wan-chou #banne

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