1941-04-18 — Page 23

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A.R.P. Tunnel

Test Planned

Interviewed this morning, Wing Commander A. H. Steele Perkins, Director of A.R.P., said that a test of the efficiency of the ventilation plant Installed in the tunnel close to the Ellis Kudourle School will take place early next week.

A previous test of the fans had been carried out from an engineering No coulles will be point of view, used in the forthcoming test.

It will be recnited that a tunnel ventilation test was carried in the tunnel opposite the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank In Queen's Rond Enst recently und that approximately 3,000 coolies were hired for the ex- periment which proved successful.

Current Account Overdrawn

Bank Wins Action

Judgment was given by Mr Justice E. 11. Williams in the Summary Court this morning to the Neder- landsche Handel-Maatschappij, N.V., against the Trust Industriel Beige- port- Francais and A.A.C, Morant, ner therein, of 8A Des Voeux Road Central.

Plaintiffs claimed $1,039 lent or advanced to the Defendants on cur- rent account, but walved $30 to bring the case within Summary Jurisdic tion.

Mr H. L. Kwan, of Wilkinson and Grist, appeared for the Plaintiffs.

Mr J. J. von Mubien, accountant of

Friday,

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PLANES TO PACIFIC-General George C. Marshall, foft. U.S. Chief of Staff, confors with Senator Morris Sheppard, chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee. The General asserted that the U.S. was speeding war planes to He would not the Pacific to strengthen air power there.

state the number of planes.

Lost and Stolen BIG BROTHEL

Mr M. Nemazee of 12 Peak Road

the has reported to the Police larceny of clothing and jewellery to the value of $315 from his residence. W. Baxter 15 Babington

RAIDED

April 18, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller

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KING GEORGE V A MIGHTY WARSHIP

("Reuter's" Correspondent on H.M.S. King George V) April 17-As the first journalist to be allowed aboard Bri- tain's latest and greatest battles hip, I am able to describe some special features of what is probably the mightiest instrument of war yet created by man.

Nowhere is there concentrated such effective steel protection against bombs, shells, torpedoes and mines and so many colossal guns.

It takes more than day to examine this floating fortress, carry-

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· FROM PAGE ONE

Few Errors

ing every kind of hush-hush device, This revealed that in 29 foors violted including one which might be called the difference in the number of peo- Churchill's secret weapon, about ple was only 13. which 1 can say no more than that it was inspired by him when he was Many divistatin and district war-

Admiralty,

dens made a personal check on the first thing to be noticed on figures supplied by the wardens on

Is Kangway

the the night that the census was taken thickness of the armour and only very rarely were small pinte, unofficially estimated al 10 errors found and these consisted of Inches. On setting foot on board the errors in classification of the deck, one is confronted with one of

groups. the colossal quadruple 14-inch gun- Wing Commander Steele-Perkins turrets outwardly as big as an ordin- added that he himself was the last nry bungalow.

person who would say that the figures obtained during the census were per- fectly correct and foolproof. In such a large undertaking there must be margin of error.

Armament

Altogether there are tea monstrous 14-inch guns as well as rows of 5.25 inch high-angle guns along both sides of the ships-16 in all-and on a higher level are multiple pom-poms. An air attack against KG5, as the vessel is known in the Navy, would definitely be

job for a suicide squad. Incidentally, the fire control in struments, the Inst word in this have accounted for more than 200,000 of the battleship's total cost. Should the bridge be put out of action by a bomb or shell, the KGS could still carry on as there are at least four positions in various parts of the ship from which control could continue.

the Plaintiff firm, testified to the path na reported to the Police that Two Women Fined branch at war sefence, are said to

Defendants indebtedness, and pro- duced his company's books to prove over- this. The money had been drawn on the current account on Feb- ruary 20, 1940.

His Lordship gave judgment to the Plaintiffs against both Defendants on the clalm and costs.

U.S.-Canadian

Defence

MONTREAL, Ápr. 17 (Reuter).- The completion of plans for the military and naval defence of the eastern and western coasts of Canada and the United States is announced Joint by the Canada-United States Permanent-Defence Board.

"The Board will from now on de- vole itself to keeping the plans up to meet changing conditions," said the Dunouncement.

someone entered her house through an open window and stole property to the value of $35.

FRENCH COAST

ATTACKED

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LONDON, Apr. 17 (UI)-The R.A.F, heavily attacked the French cast this afternoon. The explosion of heavy bombs rumbled across the Straits shaking buildings along the Kent coast line.

TELEVISION IN COLOUR

For keeping No. 202

Kilung Street, Shamshulpo, as a

brothel, Wong Siu, 60, widow, was fined $50 with the option of two months hard labour, by Mr A. N, Macfadyen ut Kowloon Magistracy this morning.

Ho Wah, 37, married woman charget.with the same offence, falled to appear in Court, and her bail of $50 was estreated.

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Asked whether a census had been carried out In the New Territories, Wing-Commander Steele-Perkins re- plled in the negative and attributed this to the lack of wardens. It the wardens' organisation, grew a census taking might be held there.

Nazis Intensify Their Assaults

FROM PAGE ONE

Greeks had evacuated Klissura and Ersek in Albania.

Virtually Unsinkable Internally the most striking feature

1ne communique added: "On the Inspector Moreton, of the Secreta- is the elaborate sub-divisioning by riat for Chinese Affairs, said that means of water-tight bulk-hends, Albanian, front, certain movements about 11.45 p.m. on Wednesday a making the ship virtually unsinkable of evacuation were carried out with-

A telephone exchange is linked

out impediment. Klissura and Erack rald was carried out by Miss Harrop,

were evacuated In consequence.” and 11 girls and 17 men were found with 1,200 phones in all parts of the

It was further stated that there on the premises. He added that the hip while upwards of 00,000 electrie business

being lights make the interior as bright and apparently

was no essential change in the situn- was

cheerful as is possible in a worship on in western Macedonia. conducted on a big scale.

Of the hundreds of features which

not

German Air Losses ATHENS, Apr. 17 (UP)-Reliable flank of the Allied front extending to sources to-day stated, "The right

In the Colony of Hongkong, in-strike one during a tour of the war- cluding the Island, Kowloon and ship which are worthy of remark, Mr. J. L. Baird, television pioneer, New Territories, during the week the least are those which contribute has succeeded in transmitting piceding at 8 aan, last Saturday, there to the confort of the crew. Every a village near Servia from Katerini colour, He demonstrated were altogether 70 trame sceldents conceivable modern device which can is resisting all enemy attacks despite tures in

home at as the result of which four persons be fitted in has been introduced into the heavy German aviation bombing. process at his his new

the body of the living and recreational The German air force is suffering Sydenham, S.E., recently.

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P.C. DESERTER FINED

Wong Yun, 23, Police Constable No.

CO07 of the Hongkong Foilce was

great losses.

Not one foot of Greek territory be- hind the Allled lines has fallen to the

enemy. Claims by the German propaganda units that British soldiers are leaving Greece are absolutely un- true. Not one bas left, Greek ter- ritory.

ordered to pay $200 or do two months PLANES DOWNED

In prison by Mr H. G, Sheldon, c..

at Central Magistracy this morning

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

for desertion from the Force on April LONDON, Apr. 17 (UP)-It is

20, 1040 when he was under engage-officially announced that two enemy ment dated July 8, 1938 to serve for 8ghter-bamber

a period of five years.

It was stated that Defendant was not seen after the date of his deser- tion t he was apprehended at Yaumat! on Wednesday afternoon.

Defendant admitted the charge

and said that at the repeated request of a friend in the Chinese Army he went away to join him. He had no other excuse to offer.

LONDON, Apr. 17 (British Wire- less)-Women born in the year 1920 wlli register nationally for employ- ment on Saturday.

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Accident Did Not Happen In Black-Out

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