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Evening Star, Issue 23702, 9 October 1940, Page 12

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MASTERV OF THE AIK. RUGBV. Uetubor 8.--“ The main reason why invasion lias not been attempted." said Air Churchill in the House of Commons, " is the succession of brilliant victories ol our lighter aircraft over grcatly.siipcriur numbers. The three great days--August 15. .September 15. September JW —proved that here at home we have the mastery of tho air. That is a tremendous fact, marking Sir Cyril XewalTs laying down of the office he has held with such distinction, and enabling us to record our admiration for the services he has rendered. These air victories will enable the Navy which is receiving great reinforcements, to assort its sure, and welltried power. No one can ever pretend that we could overtake the Germans with their immense aircraft lead in tho first year or so of the war. We must give ourselves a chance, but don't forget that the ■resources of tho enemy have been substantially increased from captive countries." BERLIN " STRAFED." RUGBY, October B.—-To launch his attack on a power .station at. Berlin the first British raider came down to o, COO feet and'dropped a stick of bombs across tho target. A vivid white flash was seen, then a lire which, after dying away blazed up to great intensity. .Powerstations and other important targets in the city were bombed and set on fire. Factories and gasworks were hit hy high exsives, and a huge blaze followed the bombing of a central railway yard. In another attack, which began at 11.55 p.m., military objectives in the city were bombed by relays of aircraft which made repeated runs over the target in the face of an intense barrage and the city’s many powerful batteries. High explosives of heavy calibre were followed by numerous fires.. Bombs were dropped in the course of attacks lasting an hour and many fires were seen to break out amidst the bomb explosions. Tho West power station, an important coal gas plant in Togel in the northwest suburbs of Berlin, and the electric power station at Wihuersdorf were the objectives of other sections of the raiding force. REPUGNANT TO LABOUR PRINCIPLES. A meeting of the Wellington branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters- and Joiners and Joiners' Machinists Industrial Union of Workers carried unanimously a resolution condemning strongly tho amendment to the emergency regulations issued on September 30 (says a Press Association' telegram). The union declares that tho powers are repugnant to the principles of the Labour movement and are parallel with tho methods by which tho workers’ movements in Italy and Germany wore destroyed.