NO EXCUSE

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20995, 23 December 1939, Page 7

NO EXCUSE

ATTACKS ON TRAVVELRS UNARMED FIGHTING BOATS HELP FOR SURVIVORS

(United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrlg-ht) (Received Dec. 23, 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 22 High-placed officials say that the German aerial attacks on unarmed British fighting boats is presumably an answer to the Admiral Graf Spee defeat. There is no possible excuse for confusing trawlers with minesweepers, which fly the White Ensign. The Government has accepted an offer from ship-owners to share in equal proportions the cost of the wages of all survivors, officers and

MINESWEEPERS IN ACTION A British minesweeper flotilla in action off the British coast. men, of ships torpedoed, mined, etc., for a period of a month or until they have reached Britain, whichever is the greater.

ADMIRAL DARLAN VISIT TO BRITAIN MEETS MR CHURCHILL (Official Wireless) (Received Dec. 23, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Dec. 22 Admiral Darlan, Commander-in • Chief of the French Naval Forces, is on a visit to Britain. To-day he concluded a tour of the Naval establishments at Portsmouth. Accompanied by the Commander-in-Chief he was shown over a motor torpedo boat and torpedo and mining establishment and witnessed aircraft firing. Admiral Darlan has been in consultation with the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr Winston Churchill, on Allied naval matters. WORLD BROADCAST MESSAGE FROM AUSTRALIA EMPIRE UNITY EMPHASISED i United rrcss r«SsD.—Elec. Tel. Copyrig-iu) MELBOURNE, Dec. 22 Australia’s first short-wave world broadcast was received clearly in nearly all countries for which the five-language programme was destined. Cabled reports received by the Ministry of Information today indicate that Australia’s voice brought to listeners in Allied and neutral countries a welcome emphasis of the Empire’s unity. The British Minister to Bulgaria reported that reception in Sofia was excellent.