A number of Dutch airmen are waiting in Lisbon for the British Consulate to grant visas for them to go to London to join the R.A.F. One said, “I do not know why, but the British seem suspicious of our desire to tackle the Germans.” C. Hanham won the middleweight title boxing contest at Waimate on Saturday. V. Caltaux, who was groggy, was disqualified for holding in the last round.—Press Association. Fourteen persons were arrested and later released after anti-Semitic demonstrations, including attacks on Jewish-owned shops, states a Paris message.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 229, 26 August 1940, Page 8
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