LIBYAN CAMPAIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 May 1942, Page 5

LIBYAN CAMPAIGN

ENEMY CONVOY BOMBED. RUGBY, May 21. An R.A.F. Middle East communique states: Objectives in Crete and Libya were raided by our bomber aircraft on Tuesday night, and during the same night R.A.F. and naval planes attacked an enemy convoy in the Mediterranean. Hits were scored with bombs, and probably with torpedoes, on a medium-sized merchant vessel and destroyers. Operations in Cyrenaica were on a reduced scale, yesterday, owing to bad weather. It- has now been established that, in the early morning of May 14, a JUBB was hit by fire from anti-air-craft defences, and crashed into the sea north of Alexandria harbour. From all operations, one of our aircraft is missing. ABYSSINIAN ADMINISTRATION. RUGBY. May 21. Mr. Law told the Commons that the British Government had no doubt of the Emperor of Ethiopia’s intention to abolish slavery. He had appointed or would shortly appoint. Britishers as advisers to his Ministries of Finance, Justice, Interior, Commerce, Communication, Post and Telegraphs, and Education, two more as judges, and two others as advisers on municipal and medical services. There was no detailed information yet about the appointment of police officials by the Emperor.