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Only 600 Casualties In Capture Of Bardia

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Italian advance positions in which the Greeks suffered heavy losses."

Closing in On Tobruk

(REUTER WITH BRITISH ·

HEADQUARTERS)

CAIRO, Jan, B-The Italian gor- rison at Tobruk is unlikely to receive any more reinforcements and is position is becoming increasingly serious.

No Italian movements are detected by aircraft reconnoitring over the Tobruk aren while the British - perial forces are hourly closing in on this.town.

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regular players, Pulice lost to Kowloon Handicapped by the absence of two Tong 3-0, Ip the 1 Division (Section

of the Badminton League Inst night: Peter Lo and J.. Tsang, 21-3; bent ft. E. _ W. Gillies and L. Gordon (Police) beat

Lee and K. M. Len 21-1í: beat 8. C. Chan and Lee Po 21-11

lost 10 10 DITU Twang 4-21; lost to Len J. MacDonald and it. Dingadalo (Polleo

Lee 12-21; forte Chart and Leo

R. Hogarth and J. Shepherd Police) lost to be and Tsang 4-21; lost to Leo and Lee 10-21; lost to Chan and Lee 6-21.

British Headquarters here at Coiro.. ore unwilling to make much com- ment on the nature of the advance) but It Is gathered that the operations. are proceeding to the "utmost satis- faction" of the commanders.

The complete collapse of morale among

forces is illustrated Graziani's

Win For St. John's

t John's defeated St Andrew's 7-2. D. Kwok and E. Kennard lost to E. F. Fincher and 1 New 15-21; beat bi

Davies and M, Merrell 21-15; beat E. H. White and J. Tomlinson 21-4.

N. Smith and P. Wilson beat Fincher and Kew 21-13; beat Davies and Aterreli by official disclosures that three beat White and Tomlinson 24-22 Blackshirt communders deserted their. Maynard and C. S. Ladd lost to men on the night before Bardis fell. Fincher and Kew 13-21; Beat Davies and Merrett 21-11; beat White and Tomlinson The whereabouts of General Bier- 21-5, ganzoll, who commanded the Bardia Harrison, remain

a mystery. Initin-

he

now stated.

jy reported emptured, g

10 be missing.

A

Jewish R. C. Lose

In Section A fecreto beat Jewish B.C.

utkli asu. Odell 21-7: beat M. Talan C. C. Perolza and A. R. Alves beat D.

military spokesman at Calro to- night suggested that the Binckshirt General who has since been captur- and A. L. Poliak 21-30; beat A. Odelt ed may have been mistaken for Ber- and A. Ramler 24-14. Kanzoli. The open rocky mature of the terrain, said the doubtless facilitated his escape from, Bardla,

T. A. Yvanovich and P. V. Botelho beat spokesman, Datkin and Ostell 21-13; teat Talan And Pollak 21-15; beat Odell and Ramler 21-0. A. E. Xavier and A. E. Noronlin inat to oak 21-14; rat Odell and Namler 31-0. Dotkin and Odell 7-21: beat Talan and

Before the British force launched the final onslaught, it might have) brew possible for a small batch of Italians to creep through, the cordon! round the town.

19 Killed Aboard

British Ship

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Starting Times For Captain's Cup At Sheungshui

Starting times for the Captain's LISBON, Jan. 8 (UP).—According Cup competition of the Country Club, to the "Diario Noticas's" correspon-Sheunghiul, will be as follow: dent at San Vicente Island, Boca

Verge, the explosion nboard the 0.30 M F. Pinna, C. H. Suen. British steamer Shakespeare, which

A. W. Ramsey, W. C. Hung. was torpedoed off Salisland by an Italian U-boat last Monday, killed 10 members of the crew.

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elinnge in that respect was n change of nine.

Auxiliary Vessels

The Novy Department, he disclosed, intends to ask Congress for authority submarine chasers, minesweepers and to build 200 auxiliary vessels such as patrol boats.

releasing more American destroyers Asked concerning the possibility of

for Britain, Colonel Knox sold: don't think any more destroyers-enn be detached from our fleet without seriously impairing its encleney." He added, however, that the final decision did not rest with him.

No Increase At Present Colonel Knox declared that it was not intended to increase Bie Asiatie Fleet's strength at present..

The Navy planned to hold the usual flect thanoeuvres in the Pacific this spring but this arrangement might be changed without notice.

The increase of 42,000 in personnel rulses the Navy's manpower to 232,000 lucluding the reserves on active duty;

Italian Air Force Is Smashed Up

FROM PAGE ONE

by the fact that Haling air activity dropped steadily after the

British capture-of Sollian, rallying only for two days on January 4, and 5 in a frantle, frulticas effort to save Bardia, No Halian air operations had been reported from the Dodecanese Islands since the outbreak of the Greek war, the Italian air force there having been virtually "strafed" and starved out of existence by the combined R.A.F. nellvitles and naval 'blockade.

East Africa Plight

The plight of Italian squadrons hi East Africa is nearly as bod and it is noticeable that their operations had been severely restricted for some weeks. It is considered that these squadrons numbering al the most 150. aircraft, are in such stralis for inck operations are impossible. of supplies and maintenance that

dle East is growing steadily stronger. Meanwhile the RAF. In the Mid-

An R.A.F. spokesman in Cairo has are pouring in more rapidly than two just said that reinforcements

months ago."

Vichy Delay Riles Berlin

Pliant Cabinet Wanted LONDON, Jan. 8 (Reuter).-The German Government is still impatient. about the delay in the Cabinet recon- struction at Vichy in favour of the Germans, and the German-controlled radio at

at Oslo to-day gave some in- dication of what the Nazis wat

It was expected, said the Oslo radio, that M. Bonnel (who is a noted pro-German) will join the, Cabinet and that other ministers not favoured by Germany will go.

Italy Calling Up

More Men

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ROME, Jan. 8 (UP). It was an- nounced that the calling up of the 1921 and 1922 classes will affect 500,- 000-men-Tho.first.class-will-be-rent- to barracks immediately and probably to the front, while the second class will be physically examined, begin- ning January 10.

Traffic Mishaps

In Colony

In the Colony of Hongkong, in- cluding the Island, Kowloon and New) Territories during the week ending at; 0a.m. last Saturday, there were ul- togeher 95 trame accidents as the re- sult of which one person was kiled and 20 persons were injured,

A

Chinese male, age 73, was knocked down and killed by a taxicab while crossing the carriageway.

Of the injured, 14 were pedestrians who were struck by vehicles while crossing the carriageway. A ricksha puller and two bicycle riders were injured as the result of collisions between vehleles. A bus passenger and a tram passenger were injured while

alighting from a moving bus and a moving tram, respectively. A bus

passenger was injured

while attempting to board a moving bus.

Of the accidents, 41 were collisions between vehicles, 42 were collisions between vehicles and pedestrians, and 12 were due to other causes,

Cottage Club Ride

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