13/4/40 -NO: 1. 
R.A.F. SEARCH FOR THE GERMAN FLEET. The Air Ministry announces: 
Throughout yesterday (Friday) a series of st~ong formations of R.A.F. bombers searched Norwegian and Danish waters for the purpose of locating and attacking units of the German Pleet returning to their home bases•. 
As already reported, one formation penetrated into Kristiansand Fiord, attacked German warships and met with strong opposition. 
Another formation, proceeding north towards the Stavanger area, was met by a large enemy fighter force. 
In the day's hard-fought actions, four Messerscrhmitt fighters were shot down. Two more are believed to have been destroyed and others were damaged. 
Our losses in the day's engagements were eight aircraft• Two others came down on the sea on their way home. 
AIR AFFAIRS. 
13/4/40  No.  2.  
FRENCH  OFFICIAL  COMMUNIQUE  
(MORNING)  

Paris, Saturday, April 13th. 
The following official conununique was issued this morning from French General Headquarters:­
On the evening of the 12th in the region of the Saar our artillery fired on the enemy works in construction. During the night, infantry activity along the banks of the Rhine both in the region to the eaet of Mulhouse and in the vicinity of Strasbourg. 
The enemy attempted, unsuccessfully, a raid on an island in the Rhine, occupied by our troops, to the north of Huningue. 
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l3.4,.40.  No.3.  
P.18.  
MINISTRY OF SUPPLY.  
~RESS NOTICE.  


The need for the strictest economy in the use of paper is emphasiz~d by the Control of Paper (No.11) Order which has been made by the Minister of Supply to come into operation from midnight on Saturday. The new Order reduces the amount of paper and paper boc-,rd which paper mills may supply to customers or use in manufacture during the three ;nonths March, April and May, 1940, from 6.0 per cent. to 30 per cent. of the amount supplied or manufactured in the same period last year, except under licence. Licences already issued to supply or convert paper are reduced by 50 per cent. The effect of this retrospective cut is that only a small quantity of paper will be supplied in future except under licence. 'l'he Paper Control will issue licences to supply or convert paper only for purposes essential in the national interest, and owners of stocks of paper are therefore advised to exercise the utmost economy in their use as it may not be possible to sanction further supplies vmen those stocks are exhausted. 
Y..inistry of Supply, Adelphi, w.c..2. 
13th ARril, 194Q. 
13/4/40 -No. 4. 
OFFICIAL ADMIRALTY COMMUNIQUE. 
The Secretary of the Admiralty regrets to announce the following casualties in H.M.S. GURKHA which was sunk in action off the Norwegian Coast on April 10th. 
OFFICERS. MISSING BELIEVED KILLED. Lieutenant M.F.J. Ferguson, Royal Navy. Lieutenant-Commander (E) I.e. Howden, Royal Navy. Probationary Sub-Lieutenant N.C.J.S. Hutchings, Royal Naval 
Volunteer Reserve. Temporary Surgeon-Lieutenant D.N.B. Morgan, Royal Naval Vo1unteer Reserve. Lieutenant D.O. Smith, Royal Navy. 
RATINGS.  
KILLED.  
McCormick,  J.  Stoker, 1st Class  D/KX.90333  
MISSING BELIEVED KILLED.  
Cowan,  T.  Telegraphist  C/JX.144074  
Graze,  w. s.  Able  Seaman  D/JX.136373  
Crossing,  A.J.C.  Petty Officer Cook  D/MX.49483  
Herniman,  M.  Petty Officer  D/J.110547  
McKee,  R.H.  Able Seaman  D/SSX.26336  
Palmer,  c.  Ordinary Seaman,R.N.V.R.  MD/X.2777  
Parker, F.G.  Ahle Seaman.  D/J.85624  
Russell,  J,  Leading Cook  D/MX. 52180.  
Ward,  G.B.  Acting Ordnance Artificer. (4th Class) D/KX.99186  
WOUNDED.  

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Helyer, F.G. 	Stoker~ 1st Class D/KX.92931 
Hannigan, Wo 	Able Seaman D/SSX.27020 
Sherlock, R.E.C. Acting 	Stoker PettyOfficer D/KX.79648 
ADMIRALTY 
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£60 000 FROM MALAYA 
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A cheque for £60~000 has been received in London from Sir Shenton Thomas, G. CcMoGo 9 OoBaEo in Singapore for distribution as follows:­
Shipwrecked MarineI'S' Association £12,500 
Soldiers' Sailors' Airmens' Families 
Association £10$000 
Incorporated Soldiers' Sailors' Help 
Society £1 o,ooo 
Sto Dunstan' s £10,000 
The Salvation Ar·my £ 7,500 
Navy League Comforts Supply £ 5,000 
Y. MoCo Ao £ 2,500 Overseas League Cigarette Fund £ 2,500 
This is the third contribution from the Malaya Patriotic Fund which vvas established at the ·beginning of the war. So enthusiastically v1as i t suppo:-ted by all the various local communit ies that within s. month a gift of £80,000 was made to the Red Cross & St. John's Pl.md~ followed by a New Year Gift of £25,000 for various war charities 9 including the French Red Cross. 
Working parties have bec:::.1. set up everywhere in Malaya and women of all races and creeds have co-operated in furnishing seventy cases of knitted comforts for the forces and evacuated childreno 
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BOARD OP TRADE AJ\r:mUNCEMENT . 
The Pr esident of the Board of Trade has appointed Sir Herbert Hiles M. B. E., J. P. to be Chairman of the South Wales Local Price f'.egulation Cornm.i ttee in succession to Captain Geoffrey CPawshay D.L. who has resigned in order to take up another Government appointment . 
Board of Trade, 13th April, 1940. 
Note for the information of the Press. 
Sir Herbert Hiles is an ex Lord Mayor of Cardiff and the District Secretary of the National Union of Bakers and Confectio:.1ers. He was alr0ady a rnernlJer of the Local Price Regulati on Committee for South Wales. 

The President of the Board of Trade has ~ade the following further appointments to .Loce1 Price Ren:ul&tion Corn.mi ttees set up under the Prj_ces of Goods Aet 1939. /.A further annoLmcement will b e made in a-o.e course a1Jout t:t'le ar rangements for administering the Act in ·che Orkney and Shetland. I slandy. 

Mr . K.1(.Knight 
Mrs. M. \1intringham. 


Alderman ?.E.Curl, J .P. 
Mr.G.J. Jennings . 

Nortl!_Rale.§_35m._i_s_:,nal _Commj:...'t_"t.qQ 
Mrs. c.s. Darbishire. 

South and South-Eastern Sc6tland District 
Mr. David Porter ~.s. 
Board of Trade, 13th April, 1940. 
Notes for the informs.tion of the Press. 
Nor~h Midland. R~.c_ional porn.mi ttee ivir_.lCK.Kn~__gh~ is Director of' Knights (Leicester) Ltd~, . Leicester. 
Mrs.Y/~n.~r-;~ngr~m ~~ _~ m~niber of the ~q·ational Fede:eation of. ,{oLaen ._, Ir.ot1tu1..1es • .She was at one time hI.P •. 
for Lincolnshire. 
~astern B_~g_iq_!?:_~l _Q~ruittee Ald e:-·ne::i. l), :r:: J>rrl is a Justice of the Peace; he W8s ---ai--one-··:c:e~ie-Eord Mayor of Norwich and he is a 
mnnfoor of the Norwich Chaml)er of Commer·ce. Mr.G_~J..!_1~".::F-1TI~!.J...G..§. is an official of the Ipswich Branch of V1e :3hop Assistants' Union. 
No:'.'th -.;fr:-,Jes ?e12:ional Cornmi ttee --Mn3--~~~-. F:JS;~1-:-t.::. siir;~-i 8 a-County Councillor and a well­------kno"?m--social v-rnrker·. 
South and South-~ast Scotland District -i<ij~o::Jc:-=.;·-1-::-J?orter '.'i.S. is-a ps.:c·tner in the fir~n of ----1;re-ssrs.--:b-avidGOl1 an-d. Syne, Ed.inburg;h,. 
A now lunch hour attraction f or city workers will begin on Monday April 15th. when Gcmernl Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson, Adjutant-General to the Forces, will speak at the Mansion House 9 Land.on, where the ~Lord Mayor will open an inquiry bureau for prospective recruits into the recently formed Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps. 
It will be the first of a series of talks to men between 30 and 50 --men in the prime of their strength who wish to join up in this pioneer unit. 
Lunch hour t alks to city men will be given on subsequent days b~,r a number of notable speal;:ers to encourage the formation of a City of London company. 
Throughout the count ry arrangements are also complete for recruitment as fast as men wish to enlist. 
Pioneers will do for the .c'.rmy what minesweepers and repair shops do for the ~avy. Their job is to sweep away all obstacles 1 smooth the :L'oads Find other traffic r outes 1 do run11ing re1)airs and malrn free movernent possible and continuous. 
Thousands of men will therefore be r equired during the. progr ess of the war. 
Service with the A.IvI.P.C. means a fair amount of hard work but it has this advant age that certain handicaps like defective eyesight or slight physical disability are of no great consequence and wont debar a man from being accepted. Another advantage is that if a group of friends enlist together they may be kept together and placed in the same sections. 
Pay and allowances are the same as for the infantry: a private gets 2s. a day, a corporal 4s. a day and a sergeant 6s. a day ---and, being a newly formed corps , prospects are bright for quick promotion. 
The War Office, S.W.l. 13, 1+. ~-0 • 
AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN 13/4/40, -No. 9, 
NOT TO BE '~DOTED AS AN AIR MINISTRY iu\fNOUNCEMENT 
R.A.F. PL11-NE 1 S ADVENTURE IN NORWEGIAN FJORDS. 
Fired on incessantly by anti-aircraft batteries and 
repeatedly attacked, a Coastal Command Aircraft carried out 
a lone and long survey of many miles of Fjords and Harbours 
in South West Norway yesterday (Friday). 

The pilot set off from a Scottish base and reachingthe Norwegian coast worked southwards, flying up and down every Fjord he came to. 
Ships can only be seen from directly overhead in these Fjords so steep are the cliffs. 
The pilot, therefore, went up and down both sides of each Fj' ord, travelling more than 300 miles to survey 50 miles of coastline. 
All the time, his crew were noting the shipping in the Fjords, troop and transport dispositions inland, and the tonnage and activities of every German merchant vessel and warship in the Fjords. 
From the moment the Coastal Command Aircraft reached the Norwegian coast it had to run a gauntlet of heavy fire for more than two hours. Without deviating from course or compass, the aircraft pursued its patrol to the limit. 
The pilot had just completed his "beat" and was about to return to his base with valuable information when hidden machine­gun posts opened tremendous fire from one side of the last Fjord. But only a few bullets struck. One came up through the floor near the navigator and another wounded the pilot in the head. He disregarded the wound and climbed into cloud to escape the torrent of bullets. 
Then the rear gunner ~houted a warning that his starboard engine was losing oil. Realising that the engine might seize at any moment, the pilot decided to make the fullest use of his rapidly dimishing oil supply and only levelled out at 4~000 feet. Then the damaged engine railed. 
The wounded pilot made for his base and successfullycompleted a 350 miles' sea crossing with one engine and with bullet holes in wings and tailplane. 
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AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN 13/4/40. -No. 11. 
Not to be quoted as an Air Ministry Announc.ement 
R •. A.F •. PLANE ATTACKS DESTROYER AND DORNIER 
Royal Air Force pilots, co-operated with the naval for~es in the North Sea and in Norway, are performing audacious task with zest.. One long range reconnaissance aircraft of Coastal Command patrolling the North Sea, ran into a snow storm and in the thick of it encountered and fought, in quick su~cession, a German destroyer and a Dornier 18 flying boat. It then flew home over 200 miles of sea with a punctured petrol tank that might have caused disaster before the base could be reached. 
Attacking the destroyer the pilot dived through a snow storm, and at 1,500 feet opened fire with his front gun, sweeping the decks of the vessel until the aircraft was within 500 feet of its target. Hundreds of rounds of ammunition raked the ship. 
Immediately afterwards a Dornier flying boat appeared. The British pilot did not give the German time to attackc He went after the Dornier at once, got on its trail and carried out a devastating attack. The Dornier, riddled with bullets and severely damaged, . finally got away losing height, with both engines on fire, , and little or no chance of reaching land. 
At this point the British crew discovered that a shot had pierced the petrol tank of their aircraft. Fuei was escaping rapidly and, .with half the North Sea to cross~ theyturned westward to begin a race against the leaking tank. 
In poor visibility, but with accurate navigation and careful nursing of petrol consumption, the aircraft returned 
safely. 
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13/4i4_0_ -. No 12 

Operations against the enemy in Norwegian waters continue. Yesterday attacks were carried out by the Fleet Air Arm against enerrw-warships, transports and supply ships at Bergeno 
Three large trans:ports or sup:ply ships wore bombed, a warehouse containing munitions was blown up and a motor torpedo boat was machine gunnedn Weather conditions were most unfavourable and one of our machines made a forced landing in 
the  sea  close  to  an  islando  The  crew  of  two  were  observed  to  
leave the  aircraft.  The  remainin g air cr aft r eturned  to  their  
base  in safety.  

ADMIRALTY,
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13.-4..40 No 1,2. ·. ·· 
PRESS NOTICE 
The Ministry of Information announces that 
there is no foundation for the statements in the Press as regards a change of ministerial :policy 
in connection with films or that the Ministry is 
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co-operating in the production of a film to be 
entitled "The Lost Dominion". 
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MINISTRY OF INFORMATION 
13/4/40 

!:filiJ1§.Y..Qll~ 
De;eendants_bl:]._S,>!(8.!1..9._Q.§_~ -:.. Lower Deck Ratinp;s 
~d :E!guiV.§...1.~.nLRoya~ Marine Ranks. 
It has been decided to modj_fy certain conditions governing the ward of Dependants Allowances (Ao F. Oo. 2791/39) and to increase the rates of allowance in some instanceso The changes are:­
(a) 	
Instead of being limited to an allowance in respe0~ of one man only9 a dependant may receive allowances in respect of more than on e member of H.M. Forces provided the other conditions of the scheme are satisfied, eogo. the income limit. 

(b) 	
Dependants will no longer have to prove, as hitherto, that they are incapable of self-support. 


( c) In calculating household income one-fifth of the earnings (but not other means) of each member of the household is ignored, except that this abate­ment may not e.~~ceed lOso a weelc in the case of the earnings of the dependant and the dependant's father or husbanda In addition the followingdeductions f which have previously been allowed from income , will continue to be allowed, viz.:­
("i) Rent (or equivalent expenditure in the case of a"l 11 owner~occupied" house) and rates. 
(ii) 	The first 5so a week of any sick pay from a Friendly Society and the first 7s. 6d. a week of any benefit under the N·ational Health Insur&~ce Actsc 
(iii) 	The first £1 a week of any wounds or disability pensiono 
(iv) 	One half of any weekly payment by way of compensation under the Workmen's Com­pensation Actso 
(d) The scale of allowances now is:­
Weekly rate of net effective Weekly rate of' 
contribution made by the man allowance, including
in support of the dependant qualifying allotment. 
prior to the commencement of 
the war or to date of joining,
whichever is the J.ater. 

Over 	9so and not exceeding 15so 12s. Rate A. 
I.I.
Over 15so and not exceeding 20s0 17so lB'. over 20so 0 9~ DOC O 0 20s, 
6d. " c.
O• 
II
24so and ove:'"' j_f the dependant 1 s 24s o n~ househoJ.d has absolutely no income from otheP sources" 
(Note: 	Different r ates may apply where the dependant is an est:r•anged wif e t see paragraph 4 below)•) 
( e) The term "unma.rx>i e:. ,v·~f ell is to be replaced by the phrase "unmarr.led dependant living as a wife." 
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2. 
Where dependants become eligible for an allowance or an increased allowance under the revised rules referre'd to at (a), (b) or ( c) of paragraph 1 , it will be necessary fer. :.tresh claims to be made by r atings(on Army Form Oo 1700-2) and their dependants (on Army Form Oo 1700~5) even if claims have already been m~de and rejected prior to the present extension of the rules. In the completion of Army Fm:>m 0 o 1700-5 the sections relating to medical unfitness and age should be:ignored. Where supplies of Army Form Oo 1700M2 are not available 9 a rating shou]dmake a formal application giving (a) the name and address and relationship of the dependant, (b) the amount of his pre-entry or pre-war contribution to the dependant, (c) tho amount of allotment in force, and (d)-for reservists, pensioners and war entries -his occupation in civi l life, his rate of wages, the name and address of his employer and whether he was a member of the same household as the .dependanto The issue of new allowances found to be due will take effect from the date cif allotment or application, whichever is the later; but if application is made by a rating within one month of the date of receipt of this order on the station on which he is serving9 the allowance may b&~ put into effect as from 4th April 19401 provided a qualifying allotment is in force or is declared to commence from that date. 

3. 
Where an allowance of either 17so or 20s" 6do is already in issue, which could be inc.reased und.er the new rules, or where a claim has recently been made but has not yet been decided, no fresh applic·ation will be neccsso.ry. Increases which may be made in accordance with t he new scale of allowances set out in paragraph 1 ( d) above will be ~c;mt int o i s sue as soon as possible with effect as from Thursday, L~th April 1 9400 

4. 
Estranged Wives hold].ng Co\:;rt. Orderso ·-In cases ·where · a rating is required t o contribute towards the maintenance of his wife and/or legitimate chiJ.drcn u:.n.der an Order of the Court the man will be reg_uired to make the maximum allotment permissible in accordance with Section 98A of the Naval Discipline Act (or such lower rate as the Admiralty may, at their discretion, decide to be appropriate) and this allotmont may be supplemented, where necessary, by an allowance whj_ch will mako the total payment up to either:­

(a) 	
The amount of the Court Order or such less amount as the wife had previously agreed to accept in settlement; or 

(b) 	
The amount of marriage allowance and qualifying allotment which would have been payable if the parties had not been separated, whichever is the lesso 



5. 
Estranged Wives without Court Orderse -As heretofore, where there is no Court Order for the maintenance of an estranged wife (with or without children ), 


(i) 	a man may claim dependants allowance on her behalf under the 
normal rules; 

(ii)and 	the Admiralty mayJ in appr opriat e cases, exercise the 
compulsory powers ves t.ea. in them by Section 98A of the 
Naval Discipline Act o 

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6. 
If the r ating supports an unmarried dependant living as a wife and also has a wife and/or legitimate children, and the r ating is unable , by r eason of the application of the procedure set out i11 paragraph 4 or 5 (ii) above, to make the allotment q_ual:l.fying the · "unmarried dependant living as a wife " for an allowance, the allowance due to this dependant will be increased by the amount by which the man's allotment to her falls short of the q_ualifying allotment. A similar procedure will be adopted as necessary where an Aff iliation Order is held against the ratinG and the rating supports an "unmarried dependant living as a wife.11 

7. 
Special Allowances issued by the Ministry of Pensions m~y require to be re-assessed in the light of the amended Dependants ~llowance regulations. 

8. 
Dependants Allowance will not be issuable to dependants resident outside the United Kingdom and Eire except as may be decided by the Admiralty: in such cases as the allowance may be authorised, special rates may be fixed. 


ADMIRALTY 
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PRESS NOTICE 
Apnlications for Leave for Agricultural Purposes
' 
Their Lordships have had under consideration the q_uestiqn1··.cr.:f granting leave to men in the Royal Navy for azricultural duties ,·'· · at planting time and harvest, and after full consideration Qf this question in conjunction with the Ministry of Acriculture and with the Scottish Agricultural Department, they have regretfully reached the conclusion that no eeneral scheme of leave to individual men for agricultural purposes can b e establishedo 
2o Men who, in the view of the Agricultural Authorities, are particularly essential for food production will~· however,._: be represented to the Admiralty by the Government Department ·concerned and will be given consideration. Individual requests of this nature should be forwarded by the applicants direct to their Local Agricultural Authority which will represent the matter to the appropriate Government Department. 
3. This Order is to be r egarded as the reply to various submissions that have been received on tho subject of leav~ for a3ricultural purposes" Where applications by letter were forwarded (in original or copy) with the submission, a reply has been sent direct to the applicant from the Admiraltyo In ot her cases a reply should be made in accordance with the above" 
ADMIRALTY .§.W.1. 
PRESS NO'rIC~ 


Reference A. Fo O. 337/L~O ~ a further course of Non­Co1111~ssioned Officer Cadets is being held at Depot&~, Deal, co1111nencing 15th August? 191~L0o Candidates for this co1J.rse must hold the rank of Co11 poral or SeI'gear..-S, have a first class certificate of education and be not less than 24 or over 34 years of age on the 1st August, 1940. 
2. Names of Non-C01m-11issioned Officers recommended are to be forwarded by Commanding Officers to the Commandant of the Division concerned to arrive not later than 15th June, 1940. Service Certifj.catss are tu accompany recomrnendation. These names, together ~~th a~y of ranks serving at Divisions will be submitted t o the Ad jutant Ger;.era1, Ro Mc , with the remarks and reco1111;1endations of Command.ants~ 
3~ Candidates cal0cted by the Adjutant General, R.M., will be required to unde1-go 8. p2elirr:_·_naPy th:c•ee weeks 1 course at their own Division; on ~:onclnsj_on of the preliminary course, Commandants are t o repor t. to the Adjutant General, R.M., not later than 8th Au gus·:-. ~ -Li1e D.ames of candidates considered suitable to underg0 tLf; cou.:-:se at the Depot, R<> M. 
4o That a Non-Co1mnissioned Officer is selected for the 
Cadets Course at Depot. Ro Mc is in i t s elf an honour, and should a candidat e e1n:?.n-::.ually f'al.l the course 
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(a) 	the fact that he ~as selected is to be noted in his :r:·ecor·cJ.s; 
(b) 	shou~d the tactical knowledge on the course be of a Scltisfacto~y standard, he will be CODoidered. cruaJ.::.fied in S~b j ect t: 01! for Warrant Orficere 
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13/4/40. -No. 17. 
P R E S S N 0 T I C E. 
Navigation Order No.5, 1940. 
By command of the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty. 
In pursuance of the powers conferred on them by Regulation 43 of the Defence (General) Regulation, 1939, the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty hereby make the following order:­
1) This order shall apply to the ships set out in the schedule annexed hereto. 
2) No ship shall navigate in tidal waters of the United Kingdom unless it has received a permit issued by a Naval Commander-in-Chief or Flag Naval Officer in Charge of a port in the United Kingdom (hereinafter called a local naval authority). This permit is to be -0arried on board the ship ~t all times while under navigation. 
3) All ships shall comply with any directions issued by a local naval authority, regarding the area in his command in which navigation is allowed and where landing and embarkation may take place. 
4) No movements of ships are to take place between sunset and sunrise or in thick weather save with the permission of the local naval authority. 
5) No ship shall proceed from one port to another except by special permission of and by routes specified by the local naval authority. 
6) The movements of ships carrying passengers for pleasure or excursion journeys to places off the mainland shall be limited to services which combine an essential transport facility and shall be restricted to direct sailings to and from the port . or ports visited. 
7) This order shall come into effect ~n the 20th April, 1940, and may be cited as Navigation Order No~5, 1940, by command of their Lordships. 
Signed R.H. Carter 
Admiralty9 10th April, 1940. 
Schedule attached to Navigation Order No.5. 1940. 
Ships to which the Order Applies. 
1) Steamships carrying passengers in pursuance of a passenger certificate entitled "passenger certificate for a home trade passenger vessel plying on short excursions to sea, i.e. beyond partially smooth water limits between 1st April and 31st October inclusive during daylight and in fine weather." 
2) Steamshi~s carrying passengers in pursuance of a passenger certificate entitled "passenger certificate for a vessel plying in partially smooth water." 
3) Steam launches and motorboats carrying passengers in pursuance of a passenger certificate entitled "passenger certificate for a vessel plying for short distances to sea". 
4) Small pleasure craft not holding passenger certificates and carrying up to 12 passengers on voyages or excursions similar to those described in the preceding section of this schedule 
5) All other British vessels in the territorial waters of the United Kingdom except fishing vessels, vessels engaged in trade and rowing-boats. 
ADMIRALTY 
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13/4/40. -No. 18. 
As this script is being issued in advance it is necessary to check it a$ainst the broadcast at 9.20 this \Saturday) evening on 449 or 391 metres. 
NOT FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE 9.35 THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING. 
FROM THE :?RONT BENCH BY THE RT. HON. C. R. ATTLEE, M.P . 
When I last spoke on the wireless two months ago I laid stress on the moral issues involved in the war. I said that our civilisation was based on the acceptance of ~ertain moral principles and that Hitlerism by denying their value made civilised life impossible. 
The events of this week have afforded a striking confirm­ation of this view. The brutal unprovoked attack on the two neutral peaceful Scandinavian states shows clearly that the rulers of Germany are devoid of any respect for international law and morality. Denmark, and Norway, two small weak states, had done , nothing which could give the Germans any cause of complaint againstthem, unless indeed the mere fact that these countries were the homes of highly civilised free peoples was in itself an offence tb these modern barbarians. The Danes and Norwegians are justly admired by civilised people all over the world because, inhabiting countries with few natural advantages, they have attained a highstandard of culture and created for themselves a widely diffused prosperity. There are few among them very rich or very poor. They are democratic, free and pacific. They have not sought to dominate others but to live quietly their own lives as good citizens in the comrrru.nity of nations. But these exeellent qualities have not saved them from Nazi violence. I often get letters from amiable people who, like all of us, hate war, asking why we cannot now negotiate a peace with Hitler. The week's events give a sufficient answer. As far as paper guarantees go, Denmark was completely safe from ·Nazi attack, but the Danes have found, as have all others, who trusted Hitler's word, that he will promise anything and will break any promise. No enduring peace can be based on the word of the rulers of Germany. 
The talk of negotiating peace with the Nazis is like proposing to make an agreement with a criminal lunatic. When a man of this kind is loose in the countryside, it is no good imagining that. old women or little children will be safe because of their innocence. A criminal lunatic does not make these distinctions. The only thing to do is for all the citizens to unite to round him up. Victim after victim has fallen to Hitler because the statesman in so many countries had the idea that whatever else was attacked their country would be safe. It has proved a tragic delusion, though there are statesmen in neutral countries who still labour under it. The united strength of civilisation, which would have been sufficient to restrain aggression if collective action had been taken in time, has been dissipated by disunity through wishful thinking. It is but too evident that the rulers of Germany heed no argument but that of force. 
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If it is asked why, despite our command of the sea, Hitler was able to· gain an initial success in his operations, the answer is that the criminal always has the advantage of the police because they cannot know in advance the direction or the time of his attacks, especially when the probable victims are too frightened to warn the police and co-operate in safety measureso The defenders of the law cannot be everywhere at the same time. 
Everyone, especially those who have enjoyed the hospitalityof the Danish people must sympathize with them in being forced to sub­mit to be plundered. and maltreated by the Nazis. The hearts of all the British people will be with the Norwegians in their gallant resistance and more than our hearts, our active he:;..n is with them. 
It is the nature of the Nazis to attack the weak. They have done so in Germany and in the neighbouring countries. The basest ele­ments of the German nation take a delight in cruelty for its own sake, while they appreciate the opportunity of plundering defenceless people.One reason for the persecution of the Jews and for the destruction of the workers' organisations in Germany was the plunder that could be stolen from themo One reason for the attack on Czechoslovakia was the prospect of loot that the resources of this industrious peoplepresentedo They will get a good deal of spoil from the Danes and the Norwegians, but I do not think that this is a mere piunde~ing raid. It is part of the attack against ourselves and marks the beginning of a new and more active phase in the war. It may well be the .prelude to attacks of the1 utmost violence by land,sea and air. It may well be only a beginning of attacks on neutrals. The fighting at sea and in the air has shown that our sailors and airmen have the same skill and courage as was displayed in the last waro 
It is probable that before long our soldiers and our people at home will have to face the full fury of the Nazi attack. I have no doubt that the same qualities of steadiness, daring and valour will be displayed~ We shall show that the self-discipline of a free people is stronger than the blind obedience of the slaves of the Goebbels propa­ganda machineo In the testing time before us we must keep the equal mind that is neither unduly elated by reports of victories nor depressed by inevitable setbacks. 
When a war is on we all naturally become greedy for news and tend to give heed to every rumour. Excitement is an enemy to goodjudgement. One has to keep a cool head and see events in tneir true proportionse In war an apparent advantage may turn out to be the prelude to dereato In the last war the great attacl<: in the Spring or 1918 led to the defeat and collapse of Germanyo It may well prove that initial success of Germany in occupying some ports in Norway may prove to have been in the long run a strategic blunder. It may be that the neutral screen which Denmark and Norway afforded to Germany's north eastern frontier was more useful to her than the pccupation or Scandi­navia. 
Our minds this week are naturally turne~ towards the dramatic fights in the snow and storm of the North Sea, but it is well to remember that the war will be won as much by the hard work of the people at home as by the courage and conduct of our fighting forces. For many years now through the faults of our industrial and s0cial system we have become accustomed to having always with us one or two millions of un­employed. Many people have become persuaded that chis is normal and that we cannot find work for allo They have forgotten the lesson of the last war when the value of every worker was realisedo We must appreciate that everyone who can work is an asset to the nation, and that the greatest waste of all is failure to utilise the services of our people,. 
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r want to say a few words about this because in a fe-w days we shall be considering the Budget. We shall be talking in terms of hundreci.s of millions of poundso We shall discuss how much money should be raised by taxation, and how much by loan and how we are to pay for the waro It is important, of course, that we should deal wisely with the problem of raising money, ·but it is still more necessary to realise that money is only a symbol. We have to provide the arms, clothing and equipment for our fight~ng services. We have to lrnep all our people fed, clothed and housed, and provided as far as possible with all the amenities of life. There is only one source from which these things can be provided ­the labour of our peopleu We may be able to get some things from abroad as interest on, or from the sale of capital investemnts. We may get some things on credit, but apart from this all our re­quirements must be supplied by the work of our ONn people. In producing commodities for home consumption or for sending abroad to pay for our imports we must therefore do our utmost to increase our home production. 
Denmark was one of ·our great sources of food supply.. Ws shall now have to draw much of our bacon and butter from other countries, and we must raise as much food as possible at home~ We cannot afford to waste our land or our labour. r was glad to see people this week getting to work making allotments on some building land at the back of my house, but I wished that land had been brought into service six months agoo We shall need to use to the full our coal resources f or home requirements and for export. It is strange to think that while today we realise the need for the work of our miners, we have allowed so many thousands to be wasted in idleness in past years~ 
When people talk about the Budget and the wealth of the nation the;y sometimes use the simile of dividing up a cake. They say this slice goes to the State, another slice to the rich another to the people of moderate incomes and another to the workers. Well, a very big part of the nat:.Lonal cake is taken today for war purposes, We must make the cake as big as possible, and see to it that the part of it which is available for civil purposes is divided justly and to the best ac1vantageo We shall have to make a different kind of cake,. We cannot afford to make i t EO richo That is to say, we shall have to do without some luxuries, for the important thing is that no one should lack necessitieso 
In Germany, the national cake has been made for some ;srear3 with a huge proportion of armaments, and the part left for the civil population has been scanty and of bad qualitYo· But they have strained every ner ve to increase its sizeo 
We don't want any Nazi methods here but we must realise that we are up against a country that has been organised with the sole object of making it an efficient war machine. Our resources ·are im­mensely greater than those of Germany. We can draw supplies, thanks to the Navy, from many lands beyond the seas, but we must have efficient organisati on and we must use all our resources. We must not allow any private interest to .take precedence of the national need. We are engaged in a life and death struggle, not only on behalf of our own people, but of all the inhabitants of Europe. Every nation that is brought under the Nazi yoke looks to Britain and France for their deliverance. Two years ago I spent a holiday in Denmark. I well remember the friend1iness of the citizens in beautiful C;openhagen. 
admired the houses built for the workers and the old folk ancl.. the highly developed social serviceso I saw there a peaceful democratic people setting in many respects an example to the rest of the rrorld. We are fighting today to make possible this kindly civilised life of ordinary simple folk which is menaced by the brutal lying blood­stained regime of the Nazi gangsters•. 
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The Air Ministry announces:-· 
Duri ng. this morning aircraf t of the coastal command reconnoitred the aerodrome at Stavanger, Salvoes · O~ heavy bombs were dropped and it is believed that extensive damage was done to a hangar and to aircraft on which mechanics were seen to be working. 
One of our aircraft was repeatedly attacked by a two­engined enemy fighter which fired several bursts at very close range, The rear gunner of the British aircraft although wounded continued to fire until the enemy fighter went down in flames, 
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FRENCH 	OFFICIAL COMMUNIO@ 
(EVENING) 

Paris, 	Saturday, April 13th. 
The following official.. __ communique -was is.sued this evening_from.-Er.en.ch_-G.ener-8.l__Jieadquarul'"S-s 
The day was marked by a sharp renewal of the activity of the contact units. 
To the east of the Moselle a local enemy attack, prepared and supported by heavy artillery fire 9 completely failed. The enemy was unable to force the entanglements and had to fall back. 
More to the east encounters between reconnaissance parties resulted to our advantage. Between the Saar and the Vosges a raid by us succeeded. 
13/4/40 -No •. 21. 
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THE KING 1 S MESSAGE TO THE KING OF NORWAY 
The following message has been addressed by 
H.M. the King to H.M. the King of Norway:­
11:rn this critical hour, when Germany has, by ruthless and premeditated act, carried the war into your country, I desire to express to your Majesty my profound admiration, and that of the whole British <C:ommonwealth, for the dignity, courage and tenacity shown by your Majesty and your people. 
D:eeply sympathizing with Norway in her hour of trial, I assure your Majesty that my Government, in full co-operation with the French Government, are bringing all help in their power to Norway, so that Allied forces, fighting side by side with Norwegian, may prove this latest outrage by Germany to have been as rash as it was wicked. 
e~eorge R. I. 
April 13th. 
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(Not to be quoted as an Official Announcement.) 
Rumours are again being put out from German sources that the Allies are planning some action to violate the neutrality of Holland. · 
Nothing could be more absurd or mischievous than these rumours, which will mislead nobody outside Germany. 
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13/4/40 -· No. 23. 
OFFICIAL f DMIRALTY COMMUNIQUE 
Sih6e the attack upon the German destroyers in Narvik on Wednesday by the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, this Flotilla with . re-inforcements has been blockading the enemy in the Narvik F~ord. 
This morning at about noon H.M.S. WARSPITE;adcompanied by a strong force of destroyers using mine-sweeping and other appliances,advaneed up the fjord to attack the German destroyers, some of them already injuredj who were sheltering in the harbourj and also to engage any shore batteries which might have been erected• 
Acc-0rding to reports which have been received from the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Whitworth, hoisting his flag on the WARSPITE, commanded the ~ttack, which was extremeiy successful· The enemy opposition was not found to be remarkably severe. A field howitzer which had been mounted ashore was put out of action by the fire of H.M.S. COSSACK. 
Four German destroyers were shattered and sunk in Narvik Bay •. Three others fled up the Rombaks Fjord, a small inlet eight or nine miles long behind Narvik town. These were also pursued, engaged and destroyed. 
At the moment of issuing this ~ommunique, the Admiralty is not precisely informed as to the conditions in Narvik town. Parties of men, possibly German soldiers, have been seen escaping from it over the hills, and further details are awaitedo 
This destruction of seven of the enemy's ·destroyers was not achieved without some loss. Three British destroyers were damaged in the tight, but not serious1.y, and the British loss of life is believed to have been very smallo 
No estimate can be made at present of the German 10sses in personnel, but the seven destroyers must have contained over a thousand men. 
The Admiralty have signalled their congratulations to the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Charles Forbes, to Vice-Admiral Whitworth and to the officers and men engaged in this vigorous,daring and skilfully conducted action, which may well tend to clarify the situation on this part of the Norwegian coast. 
The operations are still proceeding.