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Evening Star, Issue 23686, 20 September 1940, Page 12

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LONDON CASUALTIES. .LONDON. September 19.—Majorgeneral mid Mrs C. •). I!. Hoy were killed n hen n ‘ bomb last nHit cradled through t lit' nini' nf a West Lnd hoi• d ami earned tin.' wiockaao down several Honrs, Tile remainder of tlio ‘ii’D guests and stall were inn hurt. Rescuers eontinned into Idle night digging in l lie debris for those hnvicd as the result oi the damage when the lunnh-huhni homhor crashed last night. Those trapped under a bombed school which was headquarters nl the local ,\.F.S. ambulance sendee's include nurses, liregirls. and stretcher bearers. INTEREST-FREK LOANS. Mr Nash announced to-day that the interest-free loans and donations had reached a total of £2.5 1 M. i -1,. Ihe latest amounts acknowledged included “ two anonymous people."' Dunedin, each £1.500 for the duration and six months after.-—Press Association. 1 * ETR OL 11EST RICH ON S. Mr Nash, in a long statement today, declared that the Government had not been harsh or unjust in the petrol restrictions. If our stocks of petrol got low wo could not he sure of replenishing them at a moment's notice—the tankers wore not at our heck and call. It hud been shown beyond dispute, that the motor industry had been hit heavily, but every restriction had been weighed and the national needs must remain paramount in order to avoid embarrassing Britain.—Abridged from Press Association. Tli o Prime Minister, speaking to a deputation of resellers, said that the Government would reconsider the petrol restrictions next month. He had been asked for another million gallons per month,—Napier Press Association.