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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21200, 24 August 1940, Page 4

• bpitish. workers /,'•/, * NAZI PROPAGANDA FAILS ' ' LONDON, August 23 It is expected that Sip John Anderson will make a further statement shortly dealing with the special arrangements for air raid warnings in industrial areas. In this connection *nterest attaches to the considerable prominence which tho German “workers' challenge’ station has given recently to propaganda talks, the purpose of which ic to incite British workers whom they hope are listening to their transmission against being compelled to continue work on vitai war production during air raids. The constant repetition of tins theme in the broadcasts f'-om the German station is considered in London a sure sign of serious disappointment at the failure to dislocate Britain's industrial life, which Germany hoped would result from her recent large-scale air attacks. In point of fact, the view of the British worker, which is frequently expressed in the press, is that providing air ruid warnings are sounded to enable his dependents to take shelter he himself is prepared to ignore them and continue work. Discussions along these in as are reported to have been proceed.ng among the Home Secretary, the Minister of Labour, employer,, ar.d trades union officials, but the German raids have not only failed to dislocato British industry, but also have failed to have anything but a strengthe ing enect on the morale of tho British people. Testimony to this fact was given by Viscount Nuffield this evening. He said said he was profoundly inspired by the steadiness and cheerful courage of the British workers in the face of the air attacks. “If the enemy could see certain residential districts in the industrial centres which I recently visited and noted the cheerful contempt with which his airmen’s efforts are treated by the workers whose homes have suffered he would despair of ever breaking tho morale of the British people,” said Lord Nuffield. One of the examples which Lord Nuffield instanced was a worker whose cottage was damaged in a night raid, who carefully rummaged among the rubble for a Union Jack which he had kept since the Coronation. When dawn came it was fluttering gaily from a battered chimney stack. MORE AIR RAIDS DAMAGE ON CONTINENT LONDON, August 23 Tfie Gri6heim chemical works, where explosivos are manufactured on a large scale, were attacked by the Royal Air Force. Oil refineries at Bottrop wore bombed. Railway junctions at Hamm, Soest, Coblenz, Manneheim and Duiseberg were all attacked again. A series of heavy explosions resulted from another attack made by a single raider on the Ds Mosk soaplane bases in Holland. A Ministry of Homo Security communique svatas: Bombs were dropped on a small town near the coast In Hampshire and at a few places in the fsio of Wight on Friday e/ening. Some damage was done to houses and shops, and there were a number of casualties, Including some persona killed. Among the Interesting targets selected for attack by Individual lowflying German raiders during Friday were the streets of a spa, grass of r acecourses, cottages of a small village, and a police station in the Midlands The spa street police station was machine-gunned and the racecourse and village were bombed. There was one casualty in tho village. German bombers also tried to machinegun anti-aircraft sites, but that was more dangerous. Between 7 o’clock on Thursday evening and mid-day on Friday four enemy aircraft wero shot down by anti-aircraft fire. It is now revealed that one of the German bombers destroyed on Thursday evening was shot down by a Belgian fighter pilot. It was the fifth enemy aircraft he had destroyed since he joined the Fighter Command squadron a month ago, after escaping with his wife and baby from Belgium. PAKURANRA RACES Pakuranga Hunt Cup.—6—6 Biform 10.4 (D.J. Burgess) 1; I—l Love Lilt 10.9 (M. Ritchie) 2; 7—B Dark Rose, 9.0 (C. L. Goulsbro) 3. Scr.: Tutor, Silver Wattle. Auckland Handicap: 4—5 Milanion, 8.1 (A. Markwick), 1; I—l Venture, 8.5 (T. Green), 2; 3—3 Joan Peel, 8.13 (A G. Cameron), 3. Milanion wic coupled with Hackenschmidt,. Scr.: Little Ruse, Lord Waitangi, Acre’s Beauty. Hinehou, RUGBY FOOTBALL Kam'lton: Half-time, Hamilton representatives 10. iyiorrinsvill3 representatives 3,