BRITISH RAIDS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23997, 21 June 1941, Page 11

BRITISH RAIDS

FRANCE AND GERMANY

FURTHER HAMMERING NINTH SUCCESSIVE NIGHT (Reed. 7.-10 p.m.) LONDON, June '-'0

British bombers with fighter escorts yesterday made their fourth daylight, sweep on Northern France. Among the objectives were the docks at Le Havre, where hits were, scored on wharves and oil tanks. An enemy supply ship was hit off the French coast.

Little opposition was encountered from enemy fighters, one of which was destroyed. No British aeroplanes were lost.

For the ninth night in succession British aeroplanes bombed Western Germany on Thursday night. Cologne and Dusseldorf were among the objectives.

The official Russian newspaper Red Star states that in a recent British raid on Hamburg five German submarines anchored in the port and a shipyard were destroyed. In the Ruhr there has been a considerable decrease in production at the Krupp works.

There was little enemy air activity over Britain last: night. Bombs were dropped at a few widely-separated points. A small number of casualties were reported and some damage was done. One raider was destroyed.

MR. HUGHES' POST

RETENTION INTENDED STILL HAS HIS TEETH SYDNEY, June 20 The Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, on Thursday warned a Labour member who suggested that Mr. W . M. Hughes, Minister for the Navy, should he eliminated from the Ministry in the forthcoming reshuffle for new defence posts, that although Mr. Hughes had reached a ripe age (he will be 77 in September), "the old tiger still has his teeth, the best test of which would he to embark on a public campaign against him." Mr. Menzies said there was no possibility of Mr. Hughes leaving the Ministry, and there would be no change in his duties. JAPANESE WARSHIPS FLEET SEEN AT SEA SHANGHAI, June 20 Passengers aboard the liner President Coolidge, from Hongkong, reported seeing approximately 100 Japanese warships, including battleships, cruisers, aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines and supply ships, moving southward off Amov, which is on the China coast west of Formosa. A Japanese naval spokesman said ho had no statement to make. Japanese quarters in Shanghai state that "some warships are engaged in limited manoeuvres." NEEDS OF EIRE SHIPPING DIFFICULTIES Tired. p.m.) LONDON, June 20 Fire m-eds at least 30 ships in order to ensure essential supplies, declared Mr. Scan Lemnss, Minister of Supply in the Dail, when seeking a vote of 11102,000 for a new Irish snipping company. He added that shipowners were prepared ti> accept only dollars, hut the supplv of dollars at the disposal of Fire was extremely limited. The vote was approved.