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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

October 19, 1940.

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THE COST OF WAR

By Ned Russell United Press Staff Correspondent

The nation's daily war bill is carried. There is a crow of

estimated at about £9,000,000, five: not counting damage done by. the German raiders. Naturally

Each member of the crow

Great Britain, it is estimated that total can't be broken down weighs about 200 pounds with

his heavy paraphernalia.. hurls close to £25,000,000 worth item-by-item and büllet-by-bul- of fighting power into the air let because many figures are every 24 hours of mass air fight- secret and the cost varies each ing-but most of it, except for day, depending on how the fight the bombs, lands again intact. ing goes,

BANKS

THE CHARTERED BANK Or INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charivé 2003. Paid-up Capital ...) £2,000,00 Reserve Llability of Proprietoro 22,000,00

£3,000,000 Reserys Fundserveres

£

+3

HEAD OFFICE:~LONDON, Sa Kishopsgate, 2.04), Sub-Agencies in Londen: 217/123, Lakasaball Street, K.GJ. West Kad Branchi 14/16, Cachione Street, BWL Manchester: Branch: $7, Mosley Bizeet, Manchester, K. -AGENCIES' AND ·BRANCHES,

Harbin Hongkong Įpan Karaoni

Alor Star

Amritsar

Bangkok

BATAVIA

Bombay

Calcutta

Kianz Agencies: Kobe

Clive Street Kuala Jatrile Place Limur

Kuching Madres

Canton

Cawnpore

Cebu

Colombo

Delhi

Haiphong

Hamburg

MOUNT Nove kora Priping

(Рехід) Penang

Rangoon Saigon

• Sumaring Seremban Shanghai Singapore BILIKWAD Bourabaya Taiping Ticutain

·Tangkah

(Bhuket)

Tringto

Yokohama

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General CURILENT ACCOUNTS opened #354

Bomb prices vary with size men on the ground. That means Hankowy and type. A small incendiary a maintenance crew of 75 men Danking usinese about the size of a tin can costs for each bomber-plane, includ-FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Ye The figure is based on an es-

£1. A heavy armour-piercing ing intelligence officers, cooks, or shorter periods in Local or Other Crew hangar attendants, mechanics, timate that 1,000 British fighter

The heaviest single item of projectile comes at $100.

etc. planes take to the sky every the cost of war in the air, how- Machine gun bullets cost day against the German raiders

ever, is for. bombers. These about 20 apiece. What the 100- and that 300 British bombers

cost about £10,000 apiece. octane gasoline costs is a closely

Hurricanes about finest gasoline produced.

cancies at ralon which will be quasted co application.

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interess allowed at raies obtainable on application. The Bank's lead Omen in Landem Anti-aircraft costs cannot be undertakes Executor & Trustes business. and claims recovery of British Ingoose estimated. Heavy guns cost Tax overpaid, on terms which may be acurtained at any of its Agencies and

R. A. CAMIDOR.

£2

take off each night for ralds Spitfire fighters cost about £10, guarded secret but it is the £3,000 apiece and lighter guns branches. over Germany, Italy and the oe-000 and cupied countries.

£8,000.

crews

Manager.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. Head Office:18, Gracechurch Street,

London, E.CA.. Authorised Capital Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital ...

£3,000,000

1,800,00

1,250,000

1,754,000

BANKERB The Bank of England & Midlang Hank, Lts.

BRANCHEN;— -

Calcutta Delhi

Kuantan Kandy Karachi

£1,500, light shells cost and heavy ones £4 or more. A typical British fighter plane There are thousands of these It does not due to censor-

Another costly investment is carries 125-gallons of gasoline. guns and thousands of search ship-account for the millions air personnel. The cost of

and obscrvation Ita machine gun drums are filled light of dollars spent each day to training a pilot for a bomber or with 2,000 bulicts. That's posts.. throw up anti-aircraft barrages, a fighter plane is figured at supply for one dog fight and it

The carrier pigeon item is Reserve Fund and. Rost man the anti-aircraft batteries,

five-man £3,000. A

bomber comes to a little more than £8. maintain

small but important. The birds; the famous, balloon

crew runs to about £9,000. This

The investment in the balloon are used by the coastal com- barrage and carry out patrol includes destruction of training

Jaffna barrage comes to an undeter- mand, for the most part. They Bangkok, and reconnaissance flights

planes, instructors, equipment,

minable figure in pounds sterl- were donated to the gevernment Bombay around Britain's shores,

maintenance and transport.

ing. Each balloon costs about and are maintained by, pigcon Colombo Nor does it include the cost

The heavy bomber squads £500 and there are thousands of fanciers with the government of carrier pigeons a more vital which set off at dusk each night them. A balloon maintenance paying £5 a year for each 5 Hongkong

birds. factor in Britain's defence plans for enemy territory, such as unit costs about £2,500 in gas, than you might imagine.

There were 20,000 birds re- Every Germany, carry a couple of tons trucks, lorries, equipment and

gistered for service when the The Royal air force, probably of high explosive bombs and in- men.

war began. They were used ex- spends about £2,000,000 a day cendiaries. They are fueled

tensively by coastal planes in big case they were forced down or for salaries, training, mainten- with 800 gallons of 100-octane ance, new planes, bombs, bul- gasoline. Some 250 pounds of money. It is estimated that their radio fails or they do not

is each man in the air requires 15 wish to reveal their position. ammunition lets, quarters and ground crews. machine gun

VIGNETTES OF LIFE

Ground crews ran into

Ipoh

Kota Bharu

Kuala Liple

Madras

New York Penang Rangoon Shanghai

Bimis

Kuala Lumpur Singapore Kuala Trengganu.

HONGKONG ITRANET description of Banking Exchange Business transacted.

TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSETT UNDERTAKEN, Current Accounts opened in Local Cur- Local Currency and Sterling on terms that rony and ixed Deposits received in may be ascertained on application.

D. DENTON,

Vacation's End

BY KEMP STARRETT

NICE,

DAY!

*WELL, IT'S A NICE DAY, ANYWAY?

YES!

NICE!

„AFTER THEYVE SAID GOOD-BYE FOR THE THIRD TIME SOMEONE DISCOVERS THAT... OWING TO DAYLIGHT SAVING OR SOME THING...THE STATION BUS DOESNT LEAVE FOR ANOTHER HOUR.

Processing

WELL.G'BYE.

I'LL TAKE CARE O' - "TH' GIRLS TILL THEY

GO BACK TO TOWN'

M

AFTER SPENDING THREE KOURS CRAMMING EVERY INCL OF SPACE IN THE LUGGAGE THE WIFE IS SURE TO

FIND SOME WET BATHING SUITS

THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE PLACE ALWAYS" JAS TO GO BACK TO WORK THE DAY AFTER YOU

MEET HIM.

"IF YOU EVER GET OVER TO OUR NECK OF TH WOODS BE SURE AN' LOOK US UP.

THE DAY YOU LEAVE FOR THE CITY THE KUN COMES OUT WARM AND BRIGHT FOR THE

FIRST TIME IN TEN DAYS A

AT LEAST ONE OF THE KIDS WILL WANT. TO PAT THE OCEAN BYE-BYE AFTER ALIN: HER CLOTHES ARE PACKED.

· "TAKE A VACATION TO TRY AND GAN ATE POUNDS AND WHAT

RAPPENS

SAYING GOOD-BYE TO THE VACATION ACQUAINTANCES

IS A RISKY BUSINESS.......... YOURE ALMOST SURE TO": SAY SOMETHING YOU'LL REGRET LATER.