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Joseph

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Gregson James recently Howarth, wharf labourer, married, and the father of three children, was charged with unlawfully assaulting

an 11-year-old Hongkong girl at

GET

FULL-TIME

EDUCATION

THE Education Minister. has stated officially that 33,000 children in London were receiv- Hamilton on the afternoon of Friday, ing no schooling of any kind. Many of the 33,000 children in the London areâ mentioned will, it September 13.

The magistrate, Mr. P. G. Knyvelt,

decided that a "technical assault" only had been committed. Ho con- victed, but did not fine, Howarthi.

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On the early afternoon of that Friday, the girl left the Breakfast Creek Blate School to lunch with her mother at their home in Day's Road, Hamilton. On her way back she walked along Cooksley Street and turned into Hamilton Road, when she Howarth coming from the

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opposite direction.

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came towards me, and then he walked quite a a distance past me,” explained the girl from Hongkong in a quiet, cultured voice, Then he turned around, walked amartly after mo and pulled my sweater in the middle of the back. He caught me with his hand and he said, 'Do you know where Rosetta lives?

The girl told him she did not know, and when he asked, "Where is the Guest House?" she pointed out that it was right beside them.

Nice Voice

is hoped, be back at school by September.

Attendance officers are taking a "census," and more shelters are being built, so that some of the closed

schools may shortly be reopened.

The number of schools open in peace-time in the L.C.C. area is 950; at present 302 are open for half-time, and 286 full-time; of those closed, some are in danger arcas, others are of the "bungalow" type, considered un- suitable for reopening.

There are still some 200,000| London children in the recep tion areas.

"It is difficult to get all the remaining children back into the schools which are open," an official of the L.C.C. said, "par- ticularly as this is normally the holiday month."

School holidays, however, have

rotation. The

two weeks. off in "holiday school" is not too strenuous,

except for these children who have missed much school time because of war conditions.

SOUTH-WEST

"You have a very nice voice," Howarth is alleged to have remarked, "Are you Trish or Italian?"

The girl from Hongkong replied that she was neither, and in her Most of the children in the West story to the court claimed that of England are said to be receiving Howarth at that stage saldi: “How full-time education, about coming for a walk with

mer

It is very nice and quiet up there."

"You stay here and I'll be back,"

in

Airmen From

Rhodesia

Arrived in Britain of First Contingent

Gibraltar Evacuees Settle Down

London Now Has Its Own Little Spain'

Can't Speak English

LONDON'S Little Italy and China-town have a new The first contingent of air-rival. It is Little Spain.

bre out of

the evacuees

been suspended, and teachers get men from Southern Rhodesia, Somewhere in the Metropolis For many of the refugees this was the latest Empire contribution to are hundreds of refugees who their second evacuation. Some time Britain's air effort, has arrived can hardly speak a word of Engago they were sent to Morocco.

Left Husbands at a Scottish port.

The men are to become part of the lah. They are

"We have left our husbands and from Gibraltar. technical and maintenance per-

A whole hotel has been handed sons behind, one of the women re- sonnel of all Rhodesian bomber and nighter squadrons which are to be over to them. They have been pour-tugees said.

ing into London..

We know it is only for a short formed in Britain.

Hardly any of them

One night recently they were as time. England will win."

Another spoke of the air raids on There are 120,000 evacuécs their twenties. The "baby" of the happy as a bunch of picnickers on Gibraltar. Gloucestershire, Somerset, Devon,

"When we left just over a week and party is a youth of 17. They have a Bank Holiday outing to Margate. Wilts and Dorset,

They were escorted to their hotel

woman had been guard with ago only one the girl claims she said. But instead is being provided for att left at sorts of jobs. One was in the under a heavy police

City Treasury at Buluwayo, Another she ran home and told her mother.

Want To Help ning-board of the buses that carried With her parent she went to then some places, however, where was a banker, a third a cattle in-policemen even standing on the run- killed.

Customs a fourth

them from a London station. school, spoke to the

double *pector and

Others were Lobacco

"The raids didn't worry us. with.

Several boatloads of these eva upholsterers, Plainclothes Constables Brace and shifts are being worked, with local

electricians, cuees are now safe in this country.just settled down in the shelters as miners, railwaymen, storekeepers There are old men and old women though we were in our own homes. Devantier investigated the complaint, children and evacuees in the after-growers,

and salesmen.

who have spent their lives shing "We had no fear, so great is our and when the girl repeated her story noon.

Elsewhere evacuees are receiving in Howarth's presence, he said: "No, full education with the local children.

force from in the blue waters of the Mediter- faith in the protection of the British girlie, you are telling Les."

In Bristol full-time education is Britain and the Empire does, a com- Iranean. There are new-born babies. forces and Navy.

"It is just like a great party," one| "Many of us have taken training The girl told Mr. J. R. Gilbert (for being provided for all the city's plete cross-section of the life of the

they from which Howarth) that her mother had told 10,000 clementary school children community

are of the women who are caring for in first-aid and A.R.P, work. Now

them said. When

"They are completely we are in England we want to join and 7,000

secondary pupils. Now drawn.

the British units. Britain, happy."

of them.

the police were comer, and they are sharing schools,

her to be very careful of men.

ctncia,

They form. as any

"this happened" she went home and that air raid shelters have been built! A number were born in told her mother immediately.

Mr. Gilbert: Don't you think he at the schools, attendance is compul- One man could see his native town only pulled your coat to attract your sory. All the Bristol schools are re-as the ship steamed into home water,

and many others have relatives and Frenchmen Who Wouldn't attention?-«Ÿès,

Mother's Statement The girl's mother, explaining that she was a recent arrival from Hong- kong, explained her daughter's arrival

a

maining open during August.

Exeter'a school population has been increased to 15,102 by evacuees, bui every child is receiving full-time education.

NORTH-EAST

a

war.

friends in this country.

Welcome to Newcomers Mr. Lanigan O'Keefe, High Com- missioner för Southern Rhodesia, was at the quay to welcome the

con-

were

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We

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Most of the Northern educationtingent as the liner steamed into port. The Rhodesians were wearing every- home, and how the maiter was re-authorities, have built up a system thing from khaki and Air Force blue ported to the teacher.

Mr. Gilbert: You were in China least, for all children under their and tweed jackets with badges of to guarantee part-time schooling to running shorts and blazers, flannels

HERE ARE three stories, typical of the courage and quite a long time, weren't you?--Yes, control. I was in Hongkong.

Five months ago Manchester had rank pinned to them..

daring of Frenchmen who refused to submit to the Nazi Mr. O'Keefe welcomed the new In Hongkong, is it a frequent or 130 of its 298 schools open for full-addition to the ranks of those who, yoke and have come to England to continue the struggle infrequent thing for men, to accostume working; the number was near- women in the street?-In China the practice of men accosting women y doubled a month later, and since he said, "have come here to help tolunder General de Gaulle, leader of All Free Frenchmen.

Hitler put then the position has improved, so after due consideration and count- and his Nazis where,

1. This concerns a 17-year- unknown. Men never think of that all children are aflending speaking to women in the streets at

school.

Ing the cost, we have as an Empire old boy who was about to sit for all.

There 15 different story to tell decided he and they should be put." his matriculation examination

A total of $1,369,980,20 was reached Why, is it a crime?—It is considered

He pointed out that

on Saturday by the War Fund very serious offence, and then the defence areas on the East

Coast, however. Here, there are ly large number of Rhodesiative when the Germans entered the

M. Post, Inaugurated by the 5. C. already on active punishment is by flogging.

service the city. But I suppose it all depends on the have bad little schooling since the Southern Rhodesian pilots In the there was no boot to bring him, to Jardine's

many thousands of children who

Ltd., with the following donations: Navy, Army and Air Force. Of the The boy cycled to Bordeaux, but Mr. D. Drummond

*** $1,000 way a man approaches a woman in

Shipping and outbreak of war Hongkong?óh, yes.

Sunderland's school population RAF five had already won the England. So he cycled farther south

30 Friends (17th.. donation) to St. Jean de Luz, whence a boat p. S. S. Chicken Feed la nearly 30,000, and last week the D.F.C. average attendance at the schools

was leaving in two days time,

(weekly donation) remaining open was just over 5,200,

He found that he could sit for his "For Bombers", Allowing for the 3,000 children

examination during those two days-Harbour Office Nickels & evacuated, no provision is made

land did so.

Dimes (weekly donation) for the education of about 20,000. The Education Committee has been

"Someone must carry on," was his Cheero Club (sale of old

newspapers) Testifying in his own defence,

pressing

Master Adrian Robertson the Ministry to allow all Spitare Fund, was awakened at two only comment. Howarth, who lives in Gordon the

schools with air raid protection o'clock the other morning by a tele-The hero of this adventure Is Street, Newstead, declared that on September 13 he was going to inter- reopen but, after several weeks, phone call from a stranger. "How a young French liaison officer view a man named Rosetin about the permission has not yet been given. much does a Spitfire cost?" he was with the R.A.F.

At Newcastle all the schools have asked. renting of a house.

He was left behind when the He did not been

children! closed, leaving 23,000

"Oh, I think about £5,000," said squadron to which he was attacked and, see without any education. Efforts are Lord Cornwallls. The stranger, said, was ordered to leave Erance, ing the girl naked her. She replied being made to reopen schools with "OK, you'll have it to-morrow." that she did not know.

When the Germans arrived he fild A cheque for £5,000 was sent to in a peasant's house. Nearby was a Howarth emphatically denied that air raid sheltere, and it is expected

that certain schools will be available Lord Cornwallis from an anonymous damaged British bomber. ho touched the girl; or that he had

donor. asked her to go for a walk with him.. soon for part-time, education.

Have you told her to look upon

Д thing with horror? Yes,

such

have

"In view of my education in that custom," added the mother, "I would leave no stone unturned to see that such a man got his just deserts.""

know where tosetta lived,

deng on onth that 1, even toucheși her," he said.'

The magistrate, however, decided that the matter constituted a "tech- nical assault,” and Howarth was convicted but not punliked.

Baby, Born In Air

Raid Shelter

the first woman to give birth to a

'Spitfire, £5,000 O.K., I'll Pay

Lord Cornwallis, president of Kent

Curfew For Children

Planned By Two Cities

MANCHESTER and Liverpool may soon impose a curfew on children.

Although he had never piloted" n plana..he went secretly every night to repair the engined petrol from

He succeeded, atore that had been seized by the Germans, and one night flew to Eng land. He crashed on landing, but was not injured.

19-A high naval officer provided De tlie epic for this story:

He was writing a report in 'a

domce at Brest.

•

German

came a knock at the door. If the Home Secretary'agrees, under 14, said the curfew would At the word "Entrez"

raids.

Mrs. Anne Plume, 34, claims to be have to be indoors by 8 pm.

all boys and girls under 14 will ensure greater safety during airofleer stepped in.

The German told him that the

werd offices | to be vacated, and he baby in an Anderson ale rald shelter. during the summer, and 7 p.m. It would also enable the police to was given five minutes in which to

She decided to name her oven- during the winter.

concentrate to a greater extent on finish his report pound boy, born in a recent Gers. The curfew, would not apply to war duties.

At the door closed behind the man rald, after Sir. John Anderson, children accompanied by an adult. Liverpool City Council took a German he destroyed his report and Minister of Home Security, who Manchester City Council agreed similar decision at the request of its other documents, stripped off his organized. Use shelter set-up.

without discussion, to seek Sir John Education Committee.

clothes' anti: dived through a window Anderson's sanction for the messure. It has already been stated that into the harbour.

Moving the resolution, Councillor the Government is considering the Aflahing, baat picked him up and A. I Edwards, who is the father Imposition of a nation-wide curfew took him to a ship which landed

him at a British port. of 11 children;, a number of them? for children.

The baby arrived, as bombs were heard in the distance;

"It certainly took my mind of the rald," said Mrs.

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