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PAUL MUNI in

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

October 11, 1940.

AERIAL BATTLES Exchange At 8 Ways To E

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for promptly for three days. At the end of that time, the booka recovered From the debris and work is proceed- ing normally.

This is only one of many similar Incidents mentioned in the course of sories of authentle accounts on the real effects of the blitzkrieg un Britain's Industrial He

pronk

A "Reuter" staff reporter who in-

bombed vestigated the Bouth-cast London found that several important factories had been hit. The damage

A Glance

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age was negligible. Much Civilian Damage For every bomb that fell on

fali *ten would military objective. around, cousing civilian damage. casualties, irritation and anger but no dislocation, and a definite strengthen- ing rather than weakening' of civilian morale. One

of manufacturer

building materials said that so for enemy ac-

U.S. Cross rate in London 4.02% U.S. Cross rate in N.Y. ..4.03

tlon had not provided him will. Swimming

erough work for 12 monilis,

A brewer whose crewery was hif by six bombs and his export trauc

to India, South Africa, the Far East

and elsewhere had been little after-

ed.

A textile export merchant ntated: atthough he had been bombed out,

he was still able to execute 90 per rent, of his orders.

Manufacturers Co-operate

amont

Annual

Harbour Race

This Evening

(By "Tinker")

THE ANNUAL CROSS

Give Nazis Hell

BRITONS ROUSED.

LONDON, Get. 11 (British Wireless).These are some of the ideas produced by would-be Inventors. In England when the German Invasion seemed nearer. A bayonet altschment for soldiers' boots for kicking the enemy.

Neta strelched in the air with poe- kets into which parachutista would drop causing warning bells to ringet. Dropping snakes, scorpions, hungry rals and other animals over Germany:

A jumping tank.

were

revelations

A chemical compound to be fired at the enemy round whom it would solidity, trupping them as la o gela- tine mass, These

the

of Professor E. N. Andrade, Scientific Indviser to the Ministry of Supply which weekly receives from peers and pensants about 400 suggestions for defeating the enemy. Many of the proposals are fantastle, said the Prus fessor, but others are useful and ar

being put into practice,

H.K. Stock Market

BANKS

were

1,300 x

The effect of the damage is much minimised by re-operation manufacturers. Several mareufac

The following quotations turers affirmed that while Hitler w HARBOUR race open to the issued on the Hongkong Stock Mar- dallying for a year they were able to Aprend their Finita, have their Colony will he held this even-ket this morning. machinery duplicated and circumventing, starting from the Police destruction in other ways,

Pler, Kowloon, at 5 p.m. En The managing director of a certain

trica are post entries, and bombed eight thines in three weeks, swimmers are requested to bo told "Reuter" that two days after the at the V.R.C. not later than last his output was back to *0 per (4,30 p.m. cent, and was increasing daily.

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Anuther works reported that within 30 hours of almost total destruction, in, but there is little to doubt that Chen Chun-num will repeat his production for export orders were

victory of last year. For the women transferred under a pre-arranged plas Miss C. Guterres, winner of the to a factory elsewhere and the orders Colony's 440 yards championship, would suffer no delay

entering and she is accorded a inost excellent chance of winning.

Bevin Stimulates

The story of the Labour Exchange ometals, ment.oned earllet, WA fc- lated by Mr. Ernest Bevin in 1121 Interview with "Heuter" Mr Bevin hnd just toured factories in the curse of construction and stimulated elforis to get new factories going quickly re- gardless of schedule

Opposition for Miss Guterres will no doubt come from Miss Lee Po Juen, the South China brenst-stroke champion, and who also won the Souri China harbour rees

However, erossing this morning the water in the harbour was extremely dirty, being covered with a mim of oil waste. It is hoped that the tides

Any idea on the part of employers that they will have tuo much proto-day will wash this way. ductive capacity at the end of the war hon got to disappear, he said,

In paying tribute to the "m [vellous efficiency" of the Ministry of

GOVERNOR OF

Labour staff, Mr Bevin said that in MALTA RESIGNS

the next few months, the Ministry would have tremendous tok in meeting the requiresnents ef die ser- vices and industry

LONDON, Oct. 10 (Reuter),~~ General Sir Charles Bunham-Curler has tendered his resignation of the office of Governor and Commander- in-Chief of Maite,

These would probably be one of The biggest turn-overs of labour that

ad ever occurred, but he was satis - ? Bed that the reserve' labour power tion, announces the Colonial Office.

wrs there.

LONDON'S RAID

SHELTERS

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPHI

LONDON, Get 19 (UP) in the Howe of Cominens to-day the Minise ter for Home Security. Mr. Herbert; Morrison, hinted that London's entire subway system might be taken over tu provide winter air raid shelters.

MADAME CHIANG REPORT DENIED

SPECIAL TO' the "teleGRAPH" CHUNGKING, Oct. 10 (UP)- Rumours that Mudame. Chiang Kai- shek is proceeding to Manila for the purpose of delivering a letter to Sun Fo is denied in authoritative circles

here to-day.

Estate Of Duke Of Northumberland

LONDON, Oct. 10 (British Wire- Jess)The will of the late Duke of Northumberland, Grenadier Guards, who died on active service in Flan- ders on May 21 last, shows an un- settled estate of £1,446,489.

Succeeding as ninth Duke in 1930, he was in 1836 Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Air Minister.

D

The King has accepted his resignu-

Gencrat Bonham-Carter, who was appointed Governor of Malta in 1936, caine to England last May following serious illness. Although he has bern pussed as fit for general service, it is considered that his liness is too recent for him to be able to under- take an active command without risk.

Premier Becomes A Grandpapa Again

LONDON, Oct. 10 (Brlilsh Wire- | less) -Mrs. Randolph Churchill, wife of the only son of the Prime Minister, gave birth to n son to-day.

The

Minister's Prime boy--the third grandchild-is to be christened

Winston

Thailand War Planes Held Up In Manila

MANILA, Oct. 11 (Reuter).-Ten Amerio dive-bombers consigned to Thailand were unloaded here and are being held on Washington orders.

It is understood that negotiations are In, progress to transfer the planes 10 the United States Army for de. fence of the Philippines.

MALAYA G.O.C. PROMOTED

Singapore, Oct. 10. Major-General Lionel Vivian Bond, General Omeer Commanding British troops in Malaya, who is responsible for the defences of the Singapore fortress, has been promoted to Lieu- tenant-General-United Press.

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