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By French FROM PAGE ONE

Work On Air Defence

in

(Reuter).-- French planes aro haminering the LONDON, June 17 Free French and British rear lines. "Development of high promise War has got so much on the It in omcially announced that many directions" in the detection' nerves of the Germans, that French destroyer was sunk off Sidon and destruction of enemy planer was and that seven members of the crewmentioned by the Lord Privy Seal, they're carrying tablets of sleep were drowned during the aeriai-Mr Clement Attice, in answer to a ing draughts and patent medi-naval battle. The destroyer was question in the House of Commons

sunk during the course of the French to-day, cines about with them.

Mr Attlee was invited to amplify Prisoners taken in the raid on attack off Beirut and Skion at dawn

on Monday against

a British squu-a recent: etatement by the Canadian the Lofoten Isles carried them, dron of two cruisers and four des Minister of Defence, Colonel J. L. and an expert stated in London: Troyers, and following Sunday's Ralston, aunouncing Canadian help "It suggests that German sol-aerial-naval battle in which the in diers are developing nerves and French claimed that they dispersed that their morale is getting the British squadron which was

shelling the Lebanese const, lower."

*

Scientifi -iests .on. captured equipment indicated that the Ger- mans were getting short of collon and copper and that a poorer type of alloy was being used,

A pillow case found in a German rescue float consisting of a fabric made from wood suggested shortage of-cotton and jute.

'thist direction.

Mr Attice said that thanks to the

brilliant work of our scientists, great progress was made in devising means of helping the fighting servlees in locating and destroying the enemy.

Ingenious Apparatus

main-

Vichy Communiqua LONDON, June 17 (Reuter) -A Vichy cominunique on the Syrian

British Industries were now turn- operations, broadcast by, the Lyona ing out increasing quantities of in- radio to-night, read:

gentous apparatus, wi1030 "In the area situated between tenance demands large numbers of Jebel Druse and Mount Hermon 45 sizilled men, especially radio well as in the mountainous part of South

Lebanon, counter-affenale mechanics.

Training is being given by the. operations continue.

"On the const, British forces, desities and technical colleges through-

fighting services, assisted by univer prived of the support of the Ficct out the country. which withdrew on the morning of Sill there was June 10, have developed only sight craftsmen and a overseas to come was being made their skill and knowledge to that of

"We had heard that the Germans were running short of iodine and vaseline, the expert said, "and a naval medicine chest which has come into our hands contains neliher.

"It does not contain any disinfec-activity. tant either."

Shot

Briton Dead In Nazi

Prison Camp

Britain hus protested to the German Government against the shooting by a sentry in a prisoner-of-war camp in Ger many of Lieutenant Dees, of the 6th Battalion Durham Light In- fantry. The officer died Inime- diately,

The disclosure was made by Captain Margesson, Minister of War, in the House of Commons recently.

Inquiries made through a protect inst Power, said the Minister, had established that Lieutenant Dees was shot by a sentry while standing in the window of his cabin in Oak ↑ C/H.

The shots were fired because of unp regulation forbidding prisoners to lean out of the windows with a view to preventing communication with the civil population.

The protecting Power had been requested to convey to the German Government on behalf of the British Goverrunent the most eniphatic pro- fest against the shooting.

Health

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Cholera Figures

"Our air force continued yesterday to attack with bombs the rear of the enemy despite very active anti-air- craft defences,

"Rayak and Homs districts were twice raided by the R.A.F. on Sun-

our scientists,

need for more broadcast аррелі to teclinical men forward to join

day night but there were no casual Tanks Take Part

ties or damage."

Blow in Centre

(DY "REUTER'S" CHICF CORRESPONDENT IN CAIRO)

In Big Battle

> FROM PAGE ONE

CAIRO, June 17-Resistance by Vichy troops in Syrin, which it was hoped could be avoided, has now are distinctly threatened with, being developed and General Deniz's fortes cut off by the operations have struck a blow in the centre plain above Sollum. They are rush- which has led to fighting.

ing up reinforcements from the

on the

It has, however, made no material Tobruke arca, and it is difficult to change,

The latest dispatches received here Prophesy the future to-day report that Merj Ayoum engagement. claimed to have been taken by Vichy

troops-is still in Allied hands.

The situation there is well in hand and Allied reserves are available.

Overlooking Damascus

On the const, the Allies have made little progress beyond Sidon and the position there scem: reasonably secure.

course of the

Jockeying For Position

AL the moment, gun carriers, armoured cars and mobile artillery taking part are jockeying for posi tion in a bid to secure a useful Jumping off ground in the "triangle."

This area is very useful to whoever holds it and inconvenient to the side

that does not.

There has been. little doing on There is still fighting south ot Damascus, where certain Vichy post-the evast und plain abar Sollum compared with the really hard fight- flons have been captured.

escarpment The Allies are now on the hiltsing in progress on the overlooking Damascus Plain and are making their way slowly down to words the city.

Syrlans and Druses are generally triendly to the Allles.

GERMANS TO RETALIATE

FROM PAGE ONE

above.

Huge Boulders On Conduit Rd. House

>> FROM PAGE ONE

ding, occupied by one of the Japan- ese, and then. crashed into the grass court, the largest one burying itself several feet in the ground. The room was practically smashed only. or merely immobilisa-one of the doors remaining, but confiscation tion.

curiously enough, the servants' Some observers suggest that the German Government has not yet quarters immediately below it were untouched. One of the servants Eleven cases of Cholera (three each completed drafung details of the stated that the occupant of the room from Victoria, Kowloon and Shaukl-netion it intends to take, and that the had a miraculous escape for

general until wan, and two from the New Terri- term "necessary measures" should be ly he did not leave the house torles), 12 cases of Dysentery, seven taken to make it plain to the world about 10 a.m.; this morning he left of Typhoid, one of Measles, and 42 that it would not accept the United a few minutes before the incident. of Tuberculosis, were reported on Slates move without retallation. On being informed, the Police Monday.

Large U.S. Holdings

mediately despatched an emergency The weekly return shows the fol-

BERLIN, June 17 (UP)-Ameri-unit to the scene, while the lowing eases of infectious diseases in can-owned property in Germany is Brigade and Ambulance were also roughly estimated-by-neutral-un-summoned, but as it turned out their were not required. The official sources to be $450,000,000, the services

held by a dozen Hon. Mr J. P. Pennefather-Evans, majority of which

are Commissioner of Police, and the Hon. large companies among which the Ford Company, General Motors Mr A. B. Purves, Director of Public

also went to the scene. Corporation. International Harvester Works, ont Cmpany, Otis

Company. Elevator Eastman Kodak Compant, Yale and The St John's Univerally Alumni Towne, Merganthaler Company and Association, Hongkong Branch, will the Standard Oil Company.

hold its annual general meeting at It is pointed out that there are the Chinese Merchants' Club, China large holdings in the occupied terri- Building, at 7.30 pm, Friday, June tories, particularly France.

addition to Cholera: Three cases of Cerebro-epinal Meningitis with one death; four of Diphtheria with two deaths. 43 of Dysentery with 16 deaths, 22 of Typhoid with nine deaths, two of Menzies with ane death, one of Puerperal Fever with death, and 270 of Tuberculosis with

128 deaths.

Small-pox On Decline Cholera figures for the week ended June 14 show a total of 34 cases with 12 deaths. From January 1 to June 10, at midnight, the total was 913 cases (five imported) with 520 deaths. Fifty-one sufferers are undergoing treatment.

Evidence that Smail-pex is being steadily checked is contained in the information that there were no cases for the week ended June 14. From June to June 10 there were 15 cuses, of which 13

proved fatal,

The decrease In Small-pox figures

the is lo a certain extent, due to education of the Chinese in the value of vaccination. The Chinese scem to have lost their prejudice but they are still reluctant to allow their in- fants to be vaccinated. This 18, one reason why the majority of Small- pax cases oceur among infants.

On the other hand, the Chinese are not so willing to avail themselves of the protection afforded by Inoculation

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