1941-01-20 — Page 21

HONGKONGT

January 20, 1941.

Axis Bomber Losses In Mediterranean War

("Reuter's" Air Correspondent)

LONDON, Jan. 19.—The Royal Air Force and the Fleet Alre Arm have put up such opposition to the German alr ́threat in the Mediterranean that, the, Luftwaffe, in the short space of eight days, has been forced to change its tactics,

German fighters are now in action besides the Stuka dive- bombers and other bombers also in operation.

These changes are revealed by the

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Axla High Commands own verslunsj cen****** STU of the joint air operations. For example, on January 10 Junker 07 dive-bambers were accompanied by Italian torpedo-bombers in an attacki on a British convoy in the Sicilian Channel.

On January 15 and 10 heavy raids on Malta were made by Junkers 88 as well as 87 dive-bombert, which

were accompanied by Italian fighters. On January... 17. single. German

Saiyingpun Speech Day

Unsavoury Surroundings Of School

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The hope that there would soon

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bombers, presumably the long-range be a new building to take the place Lype, attacked targets in the Suez of the present atructure with its Canal by night.

"unsavoury surroundings" was Aerodromes Raided

pressed by Mr. J. Ralston, Sentor On January 18, German dive-Inspector of Schools, when he gave bombers and other bombers again sway the prizes at

at the annual attacked Malls and this time German day

of the Salyingpun Vernach as well as Italian fighters escorted the School for Boys (Vernacular Middle raiders.

School) this morning.

The

the

Mate obiective in therodromes, Headmaster, Mr Li King-hong, said: In the course of his report, the were the RAF aerodromes.The This plan of attack follows that

maximum

un enrolment of adopted by the Luftwaffe over Eng-year was 240 and the average otten- lond last summer after British Aghters dance was 97.7 per cent. I am had forced German dive-bombers to happy to say that our percentage of which abandon attacks on convoys in the attendance is always high, English Channel

reflects our boys' good health in Hurricane fighters shot down five general and regularity of work. dive-bombers over Mallu yesterday.

To continue our scheme of the Last Thursday they also destroyed previous year, we started in Septem- Ave raiding aircraft while Ave others ber two new classes, Lower Primary fell to anti-aircraft gunners.

III and IV, by eliminating class

In the initial blow at the British Normal II and one rection of Higher Mediterranean Flest on December 10, Primary II. The completion of this the raiding formation was not en scheme means that wo have at pre- corted by fighters. As a result, 12 sent entirely given up our Normal planes were brought down, chiefly by Division and have established four Fleet Air Arm fighters. Three consecutive Lower Primary classes so that our school begins with class Lower Prinary I and leads up con- secutively to class Higher Middle II.

British warships were hit.

Heavy Blow At Catania

On Sunday night and again later

in the week, R.A.F. bombers heavily

raided Catania airport in Sielly, one

Love

Examinations

UFS

WORLD'S LARGEST-First of 18 Diesel locomotives rolls out of shed at La Grange, Ill., for Atlantic Coast Line railroad. Mass production was carried to now high when big machine was rushed to completion in 60 days of 24-hour shifts.

British

Children Happy

In New Canadian Homes

The British children who have been evacuated to Canada are rapidly becoming

New Odour' In

Osaka Zoo

In last July all our 13 Normal 11/accustomed to the Canadian way of life and customs. Most of them are in homes of the Nazi bases. Between 30 and students (the Inst batch of boys of where there are other children of about the same age. They are being dressed the 10 aircraft were destroyed or damaged the Normal Division) sat for their same way, eat the same food, go to the same schools, play the same games and talk in the first rald alone. In two ralds, final examination conducted by the about the same things as their foster-brothers and sisters. several hangars were damaged.

Education Office and 10 passed. Of The Chief British problem In all the 13 Higher Middle II boys who

They have learned to play baseball, Canadian children's favourite summer game, and Combating the German menace Is sat for the

School Certificate Ex-are looking forward to learning how to aki in the winter. Already some of the children who possession of sufficient Jand and amination six turned out successful shore-based fighters,

"Alrendy the and two of these were awarded Class came to Canada early this summer cannot be distinguished from Canadian children except Germans have had to bring into ser- I Scholarships. The other nine when they talk, when their English accent easily given them away. vice their own Oghters to protect the classes of the school were highly

The British children at first had some difficulty with the Junkers 87 and to employ

other satisfactory in their annual examina bombers.

tion, their average percentage of pass siang expressions of the Canadians, but are now becoming almost Control of Inland Sea being 80.15.

as expert in using them as the Canadian children are, They not In February the Exhibition of LONDON, Jan. 19 (Reuiter).The Kwangtung Cultural and Historic longer say "those boys," but "those guys." They do not say, Near East war, in which German Objects held at the Fung Ping Shan" don't believe you" when they doubt anything. They say dive-bombers and British troops have Library Invited University under "boloney!" slared the limelight, continued to graduates and Middle School boys in hold attention to-day as bad weather the Colony to send in Chinese com-

Government's Care.

A chimpanzee in the Tennoji sufficient to actually accept less than Zoo in Osaka has petitioned the mentory essays on all categories of An elaborate and careful organisa- 7,500. orew a screen over the war in the exhibits. Of the first ten poperation had been created to look after west.

Or this total, only between 1,500 authorities to have his foreign The German air force, secking to chosen by a board of examiners, three the children brought out under the and 1,600 have reached the Dominion name "Lloyd" changed to Д ald Italy by gaining control over the were submitted by pupils of this Government-sponsored scheme. The under the auspices of the combined Japanese name more in keeping central Mediterranean waters, made school. I am always of the opinion British Government delivered them Governments of the United Kingdom with the "new order. In Asia" another attack on the British naval that without some general culture as to sume Canadian port of entry, and

Canada. The balance have base of Malta to-day, according to its basis, education must be an very

There the Canadian Government arriv

a result of private 13 a

ar and the "new structure" in Berlin reports.

dull and mechanical process for the took charge of them, divided them rangements between their parents Japan, accoding to an article in

Into small parties suitably escorted, and individual Canadian familes. allocated

the "Nichi Nichi," them reparation for the pupil's future ¡ute.

different

Pro

It is characteristic of the spirit A word of thanks is due to

The director of the Zoo has the vinces on the basis either of the pro- that has enveloped the whole move. Pan-Hok-Tunn gentlemen. At the portion of applications from each or ment that the young evacuees, even heeded Lloyd's appeal and has

accordance end of last February the Hon. Mr Li in оп

with arrangements In the official language ured in advertised for suggestions, the Tse-tong and Mr Kwong Tsl-ming mode with the British parents for Government administration, are only requirement being that the arc now relinquished their posts as our Hok some definite destination, and desferred to as "guest children," not as boing protected by German and Tung representing the Pan-Hok-patched them for. able waiting refugees.

name be 100% Japanese. Italian Oghters-and-the-Germans Tuan, and in their stead Mr Kwole period to the several provincial admit losing three more aircraft to You-ing and Mr Fung Heung-chuen capitals. RAF. fighters who, although out- were appointed by the Government. There the children were kept for numbered, shot down six in combat yesterday, making a total of at least 11 since Thursday,

Hitherto no account of the raid ina been received from Malta dire but apparently the Germans switched their attack back to the harbour after

RAF. nerodromes.

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It appears that the chimpanzee. created a commation recently ruddenly appearing decked out in the a few days rest from their travels.

new "people's uniforms' which ultra- A New School

While a close medical watch was

patriots have recommended for each After he had presented the prizes, kent upon them to see that no com- Vichy police acting to check the and every Japanese man, woman Mr Ralston congratulated the Head- municable disease had been con-spread of Communist propaganda, and child. master and his staff on the excellent tracted on their ocean voyage, com-have arrested more than 100 parsons The article in the Osaka paper report.

munity groups co-operated in wel- Wang Ching-wei Bank "A building such as this," he said, coming and entertaining them and charges of subversive activities, said that Lloyd was proud of his

It was reported recently.

good fortune in being in Japan, re- "is anything but conducive to good accustoming them Opens In Shanghai

their.. new

The arrests were made under the gards himself a native son, hence work. Even this morning the noises environment

provisions of a` Government decree] wants to discard his foreign name for SHANGHAI, Jan. 20 (Reuter) that we heard are sufficient to dis- After their period of waiting in the dissolving the Communist Party in a purely Japanese name in keeping Gally decorated with flowers and tract our attention, and to go on year provincial capitals the children were France and prohibiting propaganda. with the trend of the times. flags, the Shanghai branch of Wong

niter year In

and dispersed to their new homes, which these unsavoury Ching-wel's Central Reserve Bank noisy surroundings is not

Idealpreviously had been carefully in- opened this morning.

state of affairs Simultaneously the new currency day we hope

for school. One spected and approved by the provin made, its first appearance as officials

new school will be vial authorities. built

Wards of the King attending the opening ceremony tip-

(Applause), This is a very appropriate week the Chinese wailers with the for prize giving because It is the For purposes of guardianship, the

children who came Centenary Week of the British occupation of Hongkong. One hun-Joint auspices of

ped

now money.

There is much

speculation re

an

co-operation between the

which has made it such a large and

World's Fair Closes: Seen

By Record Crowd

The New York. World's Fair, which ended recently, was seen

out under the the British and garding the possible effects of the dred years ago this week' was started Canadian Govenments have all been new currency on Shanghai's money that

made wards of the King. market.

British and Chinese In Hongkong The homes and children are subject by more people than any exhibition in history, and Americans

to periodle inspection the authorl-

by was prosperous sea port. I hope that ties. Actually, however, the homes will long remember it as an intimation of the brave new world have been so carefully investigated) of to-morrow to which they look forward hopefully but which

that little

practical seems to have been made incredibly remote by Germany's rever- necessity for these inspection exists. There have been no cases as yet of ion to barbarism. any children having landed Into un- desirable surroundings.

Leung Yu, 40, dock coolle ordered to pay $25 or to two months before you go on your New Year beforehand hard labour at Central Magistracy holidays your teachera or Headmaster to-day for theft of a maritime signal- will speak to you on this subject so ling torch valued at $20 from a that you will be able to appreciate steamer berthed alongside the Talkoo what you and I and all of us owe to Docks on January 18.

the British flag in Hongkong."

Fighting Renewed Round Rich Ichang Port

CHUNGKING, Jan. 20 (Reuter). —A sudden-flare-up of military activity around. Ichang, resulting in fairly bitter fight- ing which is still continuing, occurred last week, according to Chinese reports reaching here.

The Japanese appear to have taken the initiative, some 5,000 of their troops from Lungchuenfu (east of Ichang) having ad-- vanced towards Lungwangtung, Sangchialing and Tutinai, sup- ported by more than ton aircraft on January 10.

These forces, reports claim, were repulsed, whereupon the attack was

renewed with reinforcements of over

20 planes un “January, 17.

***Severe Aghting followed. The Jap- anese are said to have suffered heavy "casunities.

Canton-Samshui

Train Wreck

SHIUKWAN, Jan. 19

In the course of its two seasons the Fair has been visited by approximacty 55,000,000 people. The number who paid for The welfare ol the children admission is approximately 44,000,000 and is therefore well in brought to Canada privately is cri- tirely in the hands of the familles excess of the two-year total, 38,020,000, achieved by Chicago's who have taken them in.

Century Progress Exhibition.

are as tanned as nuts.

Many of the children arrived dur- ing the summer and have been more The financial side of the New [coloured panels of the British Pavi- fortunate than those who arrived York Fair, however, la not sollon, showing famous costs of arms, later in that they have been able to bright. Its bondholders will re- Congress in Washington, which will are to be installed in the Library of gradually acclimatise themselves to the Canadian weather, now growing ceive a total for the two years of also receive the genealogy of George colder as winter approaches. Many 38.4 per cent. of their original Washington, tracing his descent from spent the summer in the country and investment, but this causes little signed Magna Carta.

King

John and the nine barons who dissatisfaction, because 80 per The Lincoln

of the Magna сору Canadians Disappointed

cent. of the Fair's bonds. are Carta will eventually be returned to Few Federal projects that have owned by the large exhibitors England, but replicas of the Crown

Jewels will be presented to ever been discontinued have occa- and concessionnaires, who feel British-American Ambulance Corps sioned the widespread disappoint- ment that has been manifested from they have got: their money's to be taken on a nation-wide tour to coast to coast. În Canada over the worth. sudden cessation of the Influx

raise funds for the Corps.

the

"Exhibits in the Maritime Hall will probably be transferred to the Mar- iners Museum, Newport News, Vir-

British children owing to the dangos Fair Grounds As Park

Each day's mail When the Fair's buildings have dinle. Fair Employees

of ocean travel. hrings to: Government here hun-been demolished the ground will be dreds

of letters from families who transformed into a great public park The question of what will happen cling to the hope that the children which promises to be one of the city's to the employees of many of the whom they w

were expecting to receive brightest ornaments. Bu

foreign paviliona is problematical, (Central might have left, the Old before

Land Xchang is the

To guard against vandalism on the since they are either unable or un- the British Government halted the closing date 2,000 policemen tso port above Hankow and below the train on the Canton-Samshul Railway move no alternative but to

ind de gorges. It gives access to the produs met with disaster on January 18

A hundred Italian waiters now. tive provinces of Hupeh and Hunan,

to these homes the

of open, visitors will be admitted to the

Philadelphia, are wondering where to At least. Krounds on payment of 10s which go next. A bill which has been In grown. Since its fall into Japanese Chinese near Fotahan. The focomo- Out of well in excess of 100,000 will go to the American Red Cross.troduced in the House of Representa bands, moet foreign shipping on the tive and three coaches were wrecked offers of homes for Hille British hades Exhibits Fature continutives would provide that foreign Upper Yangtee has been Idle for want and many Japancae were killed and evacuees Government officials state, Many och alle will remain in the pavillon employees may become per

the supply of childred – has been. United States: Thus, the brilliantly, manent residents of the United States.

Minnst Important. Yang- | News)~--A westbound Japanesa troop | the. By The Federal authorities teclives were on duty to-day. Twilling to return home at this time,

where much rice and cotton are when it struck a 'mine laid by the their hopes tempomorrow, though exhib1; will not be living an an Italian cargo boat off

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