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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 September 1940, Page 8

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RUGBY, September. 19. The “Alert” warning.., was given by the air-raid sirens in London, on Thursday night. The thirteenth consecutive visit to the capital by the Germans, during the hours of darkness, was greeted with the customary calm, most households in the suburbs having made all preparations ready for as comfortable .a night as possible, in anticipation that the Germans would again demonstrate their owp peculiarly-brutal brand of warfare, in senseless, indiscriminate bomb dropping on the homes of innocent citizens. Heavy anti-aircraft fire was immediately heard in the Central London area, but it is stated that lone German bombers were driven away. A few bombs, were dropped in suburban-dis-tricts, 'in the early stage of the raid. . LONDON, September 19. Major-General and Mrs. C. J. B. Hay were killed when a bomb last night crashed through the roof of a West End hotel, and carried the wreckage down several floors. The remainder of the 200 guests and staff were not hurt. Rescuers continued into the night, digging in the debris for those buried as a result of the damage caused when the bomb-laiden raider crashed, last night. Those trapped under a bombed school, which was the headquarters of the local A.F.S. ambulance services, include nurses, fire-girls, and Stretch-er-bearers. WASHINGTON, September 19. .Mr Stimson announced that the Army has ordered 9574 of the. 18,641 planes authorised by Congress, this session. AUCKLAND, September 20. Appearing on summons in the Police Court, to-day, three men admitted a charge of supplying intoxicating liquor to soldiers for consumption elsewhere than on licensed premises. The police said that the incidents happened when members of the Third Echelon were marching down the street. The men each handed a bottle of beer to soldiers, and the third handed half a bottle of whisky.

Counsel for one man said that his client handed to a former employee a ■ parcel containing sandwiches, sweets, and a bottle of ale. He was ignorant of the regulations, the primary object of which was to stop soldiers taking liquor away from licensed premises. iMr Morland, S.M., said that the supplying was not done with wrongful intention. He ordered each defendant to pay costs, and also suppressed their names. The public would now know the meaning of the regulations.