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9/4/40. No.4. 
The following is issued by Naval Affairs to the Press for such use as they may like to make of it. 
U-BOAT PRISONERS OF WAR 
There are now 226 prisoners of war in Great Britain taken from German U-boats. This number is made up as follows:­
Officers, 25 Petty Officers, 80 Other ratings, 
121 
Total 226 
NAVAL AFFAIRS. 
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8/4/40. No. 5. 
FIRST OF JUNE APPEAL FOR NAVAL OFFICERS ’ CHARITIES 
Rear-Admiral the Duke of Kent, K.G., as President of the Central Bureau for Naval Officers’ Charities, has 
expressed his support of the Admiralty decision to issue an annual appeal for contributions to these charities. 
The effort is to be known as the "First of June Appeal for Naval Officers’ Charities" and the first annual
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appeal will be made this year. 
The ever-increasing numbers borne in the Fleet as a result of the War, and the many casualties which have occurred and 
may be expected in the future? will impose a severe strain on the resources of the societies concerned. 
lack of been
Owing to funds it has quite impossible for them 
to give adequate help to a large number of necessitous cases. 
During 1939> eleven of the principal societies spent nearly £21,000 on assistance to 1,357 cases, in addition 
to providing scholarships or securing reduced school fees for a large number of officers’ children. 
The ’’First of June Appeal" has been distributed? 
to
with Fleet Orders? all serving officers, under authority 
of Admiral the Hon. Sir Reginald Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax? K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief? The Nore. 
Following is the text of H.R.H. the Duke of Kent’s supporting letter to the C.-in-C. 
My dear Admiral, 
I am delighted to hear that it has “been 
decided to make an appeal annually on the Ist June to the serving officers of the Royal Navy, in order 
to obtain their sympathy and practical interest in Naval Charities. 
As President of the Central Bureau for 
Naval Officers’ Charities, I sincerely hope that this effort to help the magnificent work done by the Naval 
Charities for Naval Officers and their dependents will and
meet with every success, I shall be greatly interested to hear the result. 
Yours sincerely 
(signed) George 
ADMIRALTY S.W.I. 
9th April, 1940. No. 6 
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE WEEKLY NEWS SERVICE. NO. 51. 
SILAGE TIME IS COMING. 
Making the Farm more self-sufficient. 
There are many signs that much more attention is now 
being given to silage. The reason is clear, for silage 
provides a means of making the farm more self-sufficient. Farmers realise that they must produce more fodder from their 
own soil for next winter. 
An interesting discussion on silage by Mr* W*Si Mahsfield of Cambridge and Mr. Anthony Hurd, the well-known farmer and journalist, was broadcast last week. Much was then said that 
will be of value to the farmer who has never yet made silage but is 
thinking of doing so. 
Mr, Mansfield pointed out that the main reason why ensilage is not more popular is that it got a had name in the past. The picture conjured up in many farmers’ minds is of a foul-
smelling fodder, made at great expense and proved to he of low feeding value. picture quite of date.
This is out New methods 
of making silage have been perfected recently. It is now within 
any farmer’s capacity to make -quite cheaply -a high quality 
silage that will replace a proportion of cake in the ration. Such silage can he made from young leafy grass, or from early cuts of lucerne or clover, or from mixtures of oats and vetches, 
peas and heans, or maize. Cheap and easy methods. 
What are these new methods? They are cheap and simple. Cheap portable silos are now on the market and molasses is added 
to the material during filling. These portable silos are especially suitable for the ensiling of young, leafy grass, 
and 
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Mr, Mansfield bore testimony from his own experience to the value of silage so made, v/hich carried his stock through this last severe winter. They liked it and thrived on it, he 
said. Steps have been taken by the Ministry to ensure 
supplies of these cheap portable silos this season. Good also be made
silage can in pits or clamps. 
Arrangements have been made for farmers to get adequate supplies of molasses for silage making. All the farmer has to do is to apply to his War Agricultural Executive 
Committee for a if he wants more than one barrel 
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permit, about 40 gallons. He will then be able to obtain the molasses through his usual supplier. To get good stuff out put good stuff in Molasses must be added to material, such as young grass, which is rich in protein. If this is done, and the simple rules of silage making are carefully followed, the farmer will get a good quality silage. But there is one other 
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important point Mr. Hurd and Mr. Mans£ield agreed. In their own words "ensilage is not a magical process that can convert rubbish into valuable food. Half-made and weathered hay 
will make poor silage as it would have made poor hay. To 
get good stuff out of the silo, good stuff must be put in." Silage Versus Hay. 
What the broadcasters said about the respective 
merits of hay and silage was especially interesting. Mr. Hurd is the
suggested that hay making easiest and cheapest way of 
saving summer grass? and that labour needs are less than with 
silage. Mr. Mansfield? on the other hand, held that while 
silage making involves more carting, it does want
not 
more labour, especially in the wetter districts of 
small fields Y/here hay sweeps cannot be used. He 
emphasised, too, that the loss of food value 
in hay as commonly made, even in good weather, 
is about 25 per cent., whereas the loss in 
making silage might be reduced to 10 per cent. 
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But the important point is that hay and silage are not competitive. The ideal programme is io make high-quality 
silage in portable silos from young grass or crops in the Spring, and again from giving aftermath in the autumn, while making hay in the usual w'ay in June and July. Any 
mature grass that cannot be made into hay during these months, owing to wet weather, can be converted into stack silage. This is less valuable material than that made in a structural silo, but is more cheaply made, and is certainly better than bad hay* 
Farmers who are thinking of making silage this year for the first time should apply to the ministry at 10, Whitehall Place, London, Skid for "Growmore" Leaflet No*2B on “Ensilage I', *, just published® It contains advice
in 'far Time on the methods of making'silage in structural silos, in pits clamps or trenches, and in stacks© 
( * A copy of the leaflet is enclosed for favour cf 
review) 
TO RAISE YIELDS USB NITROGEN 
Some Hints for Guidance. 
Nitrogenous fertilisers are a sound investment for the farmer. There is a special need this spring for a liberal use of them, for last winterTs heavy rains washed out much of the 
available nitrogen from many soils, leaving not enough for the needs of the heavy crops that we want® By applying nitrogen, the value of the increased yields both from arable and grassland will outweigh the rise in fertiliser prices due to the war# 
Greater Yields on Arable and Grass. 
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On arable land 3 additional yields per acre of 7'd 15 
per cent may be got from applying 1 cwt of sulphate of ammonia, or its equivalent in some other form of nitrogenous fertiliser® This is definitely profitable to the farmer emu involves UN little 
additional labour* The value of the increased yield of cash crops, 
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« such as cereals or potatoes, -is well above the cost of the 
fertilisers. If the extra produce be fed to stock in place of 
purchased foods, the gain in feeding value would be more than the cost of the fertiliser, even with sulphate of ammonia at 
10s • cwt
.a 
t> 
On permanent grass, nitrogen applications would extend the grazing season both in spring and improve
autumn 
the quality of the young grass to be made into silage, and 
increase the hay crop 0 The area of grass that has been lost by ploughing up may at first sight seem a serious blow to some 
farmers on for
dependent their permanent grass to give hay winter keep as well as summer grazingo But the conversion of grass to arable will supply concentrates, and give more straw and more roots or kale to replace the lost hays while the hay 
yield on the remaining meadow may be increased by the use of 
serious of
nitrogen. Any shortage other plant foods, 
however, must be made good if the nitrogen is to play its full part, either by using a complete fertiliser, or by separate applications of phosphates and/or potash, where necessary. 
With pasture, good management must ensure that the herbage is kept well grazed at all periods of the year*, Nitrogen 
increases the grasses rather than the clovers, so that the 
be eaten down to allow the clovers to
grasses must flourish. 
Choose the Fertiliser to Suit the Soil. 
three main
There are nitrogen compounds at present available as "straight” fertilisers They should be compared
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and valued according to their nitrogen content. Sulphate of ammonia contains 20.6 per cent nitrogen, nitrate of soda 
15i -¦ 16 per cent, and nitro-chalk 15i per cento Care should 
be taken to choose a fertiliser suited to the soil* 
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Here are some hints for applying nitrogen:­
Crop. Quantity of sulphate of ammonia per acre. 
corn ..... ­
Autumn-sown wheat after 1 2 cwt.. in spring, except 
on very rich land. 
Autumn-sown wheat after seeds, 
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1 cwt. in spring. 
beans, fallow, potatoes if crop is yellow 
Spring barley or oats after 
1 2 cwt.. to seed bed.
corn. ­
Spring barley or oats after carted roots 1 cwt.. to seed bed. 
.... .... 
2 cwt.
Rye after corn •, in spring.
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Sugar-beet, mangolds, potatoes 3 cwt. just before sowing or 
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planting. 
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turnips, kohlrabi 1 2 cwt, just before sowing.
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Swedes, 
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Kale 3 4 cwt. just before sov/ing.
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Seeds hay where much clover 
has died out in winter, leaving 
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1 2 cwt..
mostly rye grass in spring. 
Permanent grass for hay 1 cwt. inspring, if dung is not available. 
GANGS FOR FARM LABOUR. 
Organising and employing mobile gangs of workers, v/ho can be hired out to farmers for special purposes during the coming summer, a further activity which Agriculture
is the Minister of has authorised Committees to
County /ar Agricultural Executive undertake. It may generally known some seventy years
not be that 
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ago a law the Agricultural Gangs Act, 1867 was passed to regulate employment of persons under gangmasters.
the That Act 
is still in force. One of is that no
its main requirements 
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person may act as a gangmaster that is, hire children, young persons or women for agricultural work on land that he does not himself occupy unless he (or she) has obtained a licence.
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In some counties? private gangmasters make it a 
regular practice to form gangs for seasonal farm work and Committees will? no doubt? make as much use of them as possibles The idea is that the gangmasters should register their names with the Committees? so that farmers needing labour can be put in touch with them. In other counties it may be necessary for the Committees 
themselves to form gangs. The Minister has given them a wide discretion to do what may be necessary to meet their county’s needs. 
WOMEN’S LAND ARMY. More Recruits Needed, 
Lady Denman’s broadcast on April 6 opened the new recruiting campaign for the Woments Land Army. Recruits are wanted both for the regular Women’s Land Army to work continuously on farms 
throughout the year? and for the new Auxiliary Force of workers able to give a month or more continuous service away from home for 
seasonal work during this spring? summer or autumn. Volunteers for either of these forms of service should apply to the Women’s Land Army Committee in their county? whose address they should be able to obtain from 
the nearest Employment Exchange. If they have any difficulty in finding out the whereabouts of the County Committee# to
they may apply the Women’s Land Army Headquarters? Balcombe Place? Balcombe Sussex. 
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WAR ON BRER RABBIT. Gassing "Clean-up" after Trapping and Ferreting, "Kill the rabbits on your land within three weeks" is the 
sort of order that might be served on you by your War Agricultural Executive Committee under the new Rabbits Order? 1940. The wise man will not wait until he receives such an order? but will begin an early spring campaign against this farm pest that must not be allowed to damage the food of man or beast in war-time. 
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A sound procedure either for an early spring or winter offensive is, first, to trap or ferret all burrows,
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thoroughly blocking in all holes before moving on. In about 
a fortnight, go round the whole area dealt with and do a spot of “spooning’*. “Spooning 1* simply means putting about a tablespoonful of cyanide powder in the mouth of each hole you find open and blocking it up. Turf or other suitable material 
should be used for sealing, to avoid covering up the powder with loose soil. Use a long-handled spocn get the powder
to 
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in as far as possible about 2 to 3 feet. The cyanide powder to the moisture of the
gives off hydrogen cyanide when exposed rabbit burrows, and this gas kills the rabbits when they come up from their burrows to make their way out. The spooning of any open holes can easily be repeated at intervals. There are two proprietary powders on the market. Some people pump the powder into the rabbit burrows, but "spooning” seems to be at least as effective as pumping. The "spooning" method' has many advantages for the farmer who has of rabbit for he
not got large areas warrens to deal with, does not need expensive tools and the job can, if necessary, be done by one man working alone. It is particularly suitable for following up trapping or ferreting. 
THE WOCDPIGEON WAR GOES ON. 
There is no lull on the wood pigeon front. The war against this pest goes on and should continue. One expert shot in the Midlands a miner who shoots in his
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spare time reports that he has just killed his thousandth 
pigeon of the season* He has himself raised a squad of and one member under his direction has already accounted
guns, for nearly '4OO birds this season* But the native wocdpigeon will still be doing damage to the crops this spring and summer, and the work of destruction must not slacken. Young 7, 
shoots of peas and other crops are now appearing and will 
also clover, and corn will not be safe from their attack. 
attract the pigeons. They may congregate on young 
the birds at this season should be remembered. They are not so likely to gather in large for feeding, are pairing off and keeping 
The changed habits of 
flocks but to 
more over
limited territories. Although shooting from hides decoys feeding grounds abandoned, it may
on should not be now 
be more effective for guns to seek cover in woods where the 
birds nest and roost, and wait for them in the evenings as they come in. Farmers and market want
gardeners who woodpigeons destroyed should write to their local branch of the National Farmers’ Union, who may be able to put them in touch with sportsmen who have offered their services in the campaign. 
care
Sportsmen are again reminded that every 
should be taken not to shoot homing or carrier pigeons, above all because large numbers of these birds are being used to 
carry important messages for our armed forces, It is not always easy distinguish the carrier pigeon from the wood-
to pigeon when in flight, but the "carrier” has a faster and shorter wing beat, the woodpigeon. If
and is smaller than there is any doubt about the identity of a bird, it should not be shot* 
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FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW 
OF WORLD COMMENT ON THE WAR
DAILY SURVEY 
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION
RECEIVED BY THE
FROM TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS
COMPILED 
1940
No. 72. 9th April, 
U, S, A: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BRITISH AND GERMAN NEUTRALITY ATTITUDES. 
News of the German invasion of Denmark and Norway reached New York too late for comment in the morning papers, but most papers devoted great space to reactions to the Allies' mining of Norwegian territorial waters. 
The NEW YORK TIMES in an editorial article points to the difference in 
manner in which Britain and Germany’trespassed on Norway’s and 
expresses bewilderment at the timing of the British action at the commencement 
of the Baltic ice-free season. This paper goes on to refer to the dependence 
of the Scandinavian oountries on an Allied, victory for their independent 
existence. 
In an editorial article the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE expresses the conviction 
that America will not regard Britain as an aggressor* 
small nations the NEW YORK DAILY NEKS states: "The small nations will have to ease into the orbit of the big nations in a planetary system similar to that of the United. States in the Western Hemisphere." 
Discussing the rights of 
Stressing the difference in the treatment of neutrals by Britain and Germany the NEW YORK TIMES deolares in an editorial article: "There is all the difference in the world in the manner 
in which the two belligerents have trespassed, on Norway's sovereignty* The Germans have done it by murdering neutral seamen -404 of them Norwegian. The British have done it by the more humane illegality of blocking territorial waters. The Scandinavians know that 
an the
Allied victory in this war will mean continuance of their independent exi,filer.cm2»-A German Victory would mean their extinction." 
The NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE 
states: "Legal rules, already so widely dis­regarded., are inadequate issue, which is essentially moral.
to decide such an Those who wish the Totalitarian Powers to win will seek to class the British along with the authors of aggression against Poland, Finland and. China, but most Americans, we imagine, will feel very differently, Britain has acted with, the vigour that many have been hoping for," 
given by the NEW YORK H RALD TRIBUNE to a long
Front-page prominence was article by a woman who lived in Warsaw during the siege of that city and the occupation of Poland. 
Describing a "ruined but unbowed Poland." she declares: "There is only one rumour that is never denied, but on the contrary is confirmed many times from quite reliable sources it is that the Germans are fortifying their eastern
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frontier along the Bug and San rivers. The last line of the fortifications reaches as far as the suburbs of Warsaw, A number of people who lived along the 
ordered to move out.
railway track were 
"Against whom are the Germans fortifying their eastern frontiers? Do they not quite trust their new Russian allies?" 
The NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE publishes an American News Agency article by IT. Payson Sibley Wild, a well-known legal authority who is reported saying:
as 
"It is true that international law allows one belligerent to retaliate for the 
illegal acts of another and legally commit acts that otherwise would, be illegal. The present move had. its counterpart in 1918. The present situation is a con­tinuation of the 'reprisal for reprisal' system in which even the United States 
participated, after their entry into the 
World. "War. Since the entire matter is but weakly covered by international lav/ my advice to Americans is not to get unduly worried, about it from the legal angle. " 
NOTES FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE PRESS. 
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE CLUB TAPES OR BY BROADCAST 
OR_ W ANY OTHER WAY BEFORE 5 P~M. TUESDAY, 9TH APRIL, *1940. 
7/9.4.40. 
Control of Employment Act, 1959. 
On and after 24th April next advertisements for bricklayers, 
or joiners may not, without the consent of the Minister of
carpenters Labour and National Service, be published by any employer engaged in the building industry or in civil engineering contracting. This is the effect of the Control of Employment (Advertisements) Order, 1940 made by the 
Minister under the powers conferred on him by the Control of Employment 
Act, 1959. 
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Minister referred a draft of the Order to a committee consisting of a chairman and equal 
numbers of members representing respectively, organisations of workers to be concerned.
and organisations of employers which appeared to him Copies of the report of this Committee and of the Order may be obtained 
through K.M. Stationery Office or any bookseller. The Order, which differs slightly in its definition of the building industry and of civil engineering contracting from the draft Order, has been made in accordance 
with the Committee's unanimous report. 
Order and a form of
A leaflet explaining the provisions of the 
application to be completed by employers desiring the Minister’s consent to publication of an advertisement are in course 
of preparation and copies will be available on request at Local Offices of the Ministry within 
a few daps. 
Press 
Office, 
Ministry of Labour and National Service, Montagu House, Whitehall, S.W.I. 
Telephone: Whitehall 6200. 
H.Q.203-400 D.J. 
9th April, 1940. No. 8. M.A7C 187A. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCEMENT. AGRICULTURAL WORKERS* MINIMUM HATES OF WAGES« A Meeting the Agricultural Wages held at Kings
of Board was 
Buildings, Smith Square, London, S*W elo, on April Bth, 1940*, the Rt. Hon* the Viscount Ullswater, G C B , presiding*
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The Board, considered notifies’.bions from Agricultural Wages Committees of decisionsfixing minimum and overtime rates of wages and directions in regard holidays and holiday-
to 
remuneration, and proceeded to make the following Orders:­
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Lincolnshire (Holland)* An Order cancelling the existing 
minimum and overtime rates of wages, and trie directions in remuneration and
regard to holidays with pay and holiday fixing minimum rates directions in substitution therefor such
and mailing 
rates and directions to come into force on 21st April, 1940, the rates to continue in operation until further notice and the holiday directions until 27th January, 1941 The minimum rates
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in the case of male workers of 21 years cf age and over are 42/
(instead of 40/-) week of 39-§-hours in the week in which
per Christmas Day falls and in the week in which Easter Monday falls when that week is in winter; 48 hours in any other week in winter; 41 hours in the week in which Whit Monday falls and in the week in which Easter Monday falls when that week is in summer; 41 hours in the week in which August Bank Holiday falls or Y/here a holiday is given in summer in lieu of that dav in the week in which that holiday falls; 50 hours in amr other week in summer, with overtime unchanged at l/~ per hour on weekdays and l/2-g-do per hour on Sundays and Christmas Day, In the case of horsemen, cattlemen and shepherds of 21 years of age and over additional weekly sums are payable to cover all time worked in excess of the number of hmuo mentioned above, except employment which is to be treated The minimum rates
us overtime employment* in the case of female workers of 18 years of age and over are 7id. per hour (instead of 7d* per hour ), with overtime unchanged at per hour on Sundays and per hour on weekdays* The 
directions in regard to holidays with pay remain unchanged and provide that a worker who is employed or engaged to be employed by the same employer tor twelve or more consecutive months in the 
period Ist October, 1939, to 27th January, 1941, shall be allowed holidays of 4 days* Where a worker is employed or engaged to be employed for less than a year the works? shall be allowed holidays at the rate 
of one day for each three consecutive months of employment with the same employer in the said per:1 od Any
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holidays, up to 3 days, to vh ich a worker becomes entitled on or before the 6th November, 1940, shall be allowed before that date jf the v/orker so elects In any other case they are to be allowed 
at such time or times before the 27th January, 1941, as may be agreed between the employer and worker and provision is made as to when they are to be allowed in default of agreement« Where a worker is entitled to holidays of 3 or 4 days, 3 of such holidays shall be allowed on consecutive days. Holiday remuneration is fixed at daily rates which are, in the case of male Yorkers of 21 and of
years of age over: 8/Bd (instead 8/4d ) for Horsemen;
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8/od. (instead of 7/8d ) for Cattlemen and Shepherds; 7/od.
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(instead of 6/8d ) for other workers; and for female workers of 
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18 years of age and ever 4/10d o (instead of 4/Bd©) 
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Suffolk. An Order varying the existing minimum and overtime 
rates and the directions in regard to holidays wi h pay
of wages and holiday remuneration such rates and directions as 
varied to 
come into force on 14th April, 1940, and to continue in operation until further notice. The minimum rates in the case of male workers of 21 years of age and over are 38/-(instead of 56/-) per week of 41-J-hours in the weeks in which Good Friday and Whit Monday fall; 50 hours in any other week in summer; 
31 hours in 
the week in which Christinas Day and Boxing Day fall together; 39-2 hours in the weeks in which Christmas Day Boxing Day fall,
and 
when those days fall in separate weeks; 48 hours in any other week 
in winter; with, in addition in the case of workers employed 
as cowmen
wholly or mainly horsemen, or shepherds a sum of 6/10do 
(instead of 6/6d.) per week to cover employment up to 10 hours per week in connection with the immediate care of animals a The 
overtime rate in the case of male workers of 21 years of age and minimum rate in the 
over is 10^da per, hour (instead of lOd.) The case of female workers of 21 years of age and over is per hour (instead of 7d ) for all time vorkedo 
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The directions in regard to holidays with pay remain date between the Ist March
that where in any year and the last day of February in the suceeding. year a whole-time worker 
unchanged, and provide "by any 
referred to a less than four consecutive months
(hereinafter as the "holiday year") 
has completed period of not employment withthe same employer, the following holidays shall be allowed: (a) on completion of twelve consecutive months of cowmen and shepherds
employment, 4 days in the case of horsemen, and 3 days in the case of other v/orkers (b) where the employment does not extend for 12 consecutive months, at the rate of one day for each four consecutive months 1 of employment The 
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are to be at such times within the holiday year,
holidays allowed as may be agreed between the employer and the worker, and provision 
is made as to when are to be allowed in default oi agreement.
they in
Holiday remuneration is fixed at daily rates,, such rates being cowmen
the case of workers aged 21 years and over, for horsemen, for other male workers
and shepherds 7/6d.. (instead of 7/Id*) , and for female workers 5/-(instead of 4/Bd.)
6/4d*. (instead of 6/-) 
Sussex. -An Order fixing minimum an d_ overtime, rates of^ and 
wages and" making directions in regard to holidays with pay holiday remuneration to come into force on 15th April, 1940 on which the existing rates are due to
(i.,e. the day following that until further notice,, Ihe
and to continue in operation
expire) 
in the case of male workers aged 21 years and over
minimum rates or mainly as horsemen, 
cowmen, are: 
for workers employed wholly per week of: 
50 stockmen or shepherds. 42/6d. (as at present) Whit Monday and Christmas
hours in the weeks in which Good Friday, 
Day fall and 58 hours in any other week; for other workers, 07/bd„ weeks m which Good
(as at present) per week of 44 hours in the hours in any other week in summer,
Friday and Whit Monday fall, 52 48 hours in 
40 hours in the week in. which' Christmas Day falls and case oi 
any other week in winter: with overtime unchanged in the at 10d per hour on weekdays
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all classes of adult male workers, 
minimum rates of wages in the 
and llid. per hour on Sundays. The of female workers aged 18 years and over are unchanged 
au case 
and
6-|-d. per hour with overtime at 7d per hour on weekdays
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8d» per hour on Sundays
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Provision is made that a whole-time worker shall upon the completion of six consecutive months 1 employment with the* 
date
same employer by any in the period 25th March in any year 
1940 to 24th March in the year (hereinafter referred to as the "holiday year") be allowed 
commencing with the year succeeding 
of three consecutive holiday year of a further six consecutive months of employment additional holidays shall be allowed of three consecutive 
holidays days. Upon completion within the 
days 
in the case of Horsemen, Cowmen, Stockmen and shepherds and two 
consecutive days in the case of other workers. The holidays are 
to be allowed at such time or times within the holiday year 
as 
may be agreed between the employer and worker and provision is made as to when they are to. be allowed in default of agreement* 
Holiday remuneration is fixed at daily rates, such 
rates, being, in the case of male workers aged El and over 6/4d. and
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in the case of female workers aged 18 and over 4/9d. 
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Bast Hiding of Yorkshire. An Order varying the existing minimum and overtime rate of wages and directions in regard to 
holidays with pay and holiday remuneration, such rates and directions as varied to come into force on 14th April, 1940, and to continue in operation until further notice. The minimum rates 
for all male workers of 21 years of age and over are 40/-(instead of 38/-) per week of 39~k hours in the weeks in which Christmas 
when those
fay and Boxing fay fall, days fall in separate weeks; 31 hours in the week in which Christmas fay and Boxing fay fall 
48 hours other week in vfinter; 41 hours in the
together; in any weeks in which Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday and hours other week
August Bank Holiday fall; 50 in any in summer; of workers boarded and
with, in the case lodged by their employers where the total hours worked exceed the number mentioned above, 
payment at 6d. per hour for such excess employment up to 10 hours 
in any week in connection with the care and attention to stock. 
The overtime rates in the case of male workers of 21 years of age and over are l/-per hour (instead of 11-g-d) on weekdays and l/2-jg-d per hour (instead of l/2d) on Sundays, Christmas fay, Boxing fay, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Yvhit Monday and August Bank Holiday. 
The minimum rates for female workers are, 7d per hour with overtime at 9d per hour in the case of workers aged 18 
years and over (instead of for workers aged 16 years and over) and 6d per hour with overtime at 7-g-pL per hour for workers under 18 years 
of for workers under 16 of
of age (instead years age). 
The directions in regard to holidays with pay remain and provide that whole-time male and female workers
unchanged 
employed or engaged to be employed throughout the period 
24th November in any near (commencing with 24th November, 1939) 
to 23rd November in the succeeding year shall be allowed holidays 
the does not
of two days. where employment extend throughout the 
said period the worker shall be allowed holidays at the rate of 
one day for each completed six calendar months of employment with 
the same employer in the said period. The holidays are to be 
allowed at such time or times within the period as may be agreed 
between the employer and the ’worker and provision is made as to when they are to be allowed in default of agreement. 
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Holiday remuneration is fixed at the followinf daily rates:-in the case of male workers one-sixth (to the nearest penny) of the weekly minimum rate of wages ordinarily applicable 
to the particular worker i.e. workers 21 years of age and over 6/8d (instead of 6/4d) and in the case of female workers eight of
times the minimum hourly rate wages applicable to the particular worker i,e. 4/8d for workers aged 18 years and over 
{instead of for workers aged 16 and over). 
North Riding of Yorkshire:-An Order varying the existing minimum and overtime rates of wages and the directions in regard 
to holidays with pay and holiday remuneration, such rates and 
directions as varied to come into force on 14th April, 1940, and 
to continue in operation until further notice. The minimum rate in the case of male workers of 21 years of age and over is 40/­(instead of 58/-) per week of: 41 hours in the week in which 
Christmas Day falls; 50 hours in any other week in winter; 
43 hours in the weeks in which Good Friday, Whit Monday and 
other week
August Bank Holiday fall; 52i hours in any in summer; 
with payment for employment in connection with the care of and attendance upon animals where the total hours exceed the number mentioned above unchanged at 4d per hour for those workers who 
are boarded and lodged by their employer, and 7d per hour for those who are not so boarded and lodged. The differential rates for 
are hour of
overtime employment ll£d per (instead lid) on weekdays and l/i-H per hour (instead of l/ld) on Sundays, and
Christmas Day, Good Friday, Whit Monday August Bank Holiday. 
In the case of whole-time female workers of 13 years of age and 
over who are employed by the week or longer period, the minimum rate is unchanged at 23/ 6d. per week of 36 hours in the weeks 
in which Christmas Day, Good Friday, Whit Monday and August Bank Holiday fall and in any
44 hours other week with overtime at 9d 
For other female workers of 18 and over
per hour. years of age 
the minimum rate is unchanged at 6£d per hour. 
The directions in regard to holidays with pay remain unchanged and provide and female
that whole-time male workers 
to be
employed or engaged employed throughout the period 
24th November in any year (commencing with 24th November, 1939) 
to 23rd November in the succeeding year, shall be allowed holidays of four days. Where the employment does not extend 
shall be
throughout the said period the worker allowed holidays 
at the rate of one day for each completed three calendar months 
in the The
of employment with the same employer said period. 
holidays are to be allowed at such time or times within the said period as may be agreed between the employer and the worker and 
provision is made as to when they are to be allowed in default of agreement. 
Holiday remuneration is fixed at daily rates, such rates being in the case of male workers of 21 of and
years age over 6s. 3d (instead of 6/4d) and in the case of female workers 
of 18 years of age and oyer unchanged at 4s. 4d. 
The next meeting of the Board will be held on 30th April, 1940* 
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9TH APRIL, 1940 NO. 9 MftAoF# 1870 
JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT BY DEPARTIENTS OP AGRICULTURE And home office; 
WHEAT COMMISSION 
e 
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the 
Secretaries of State for Scotland and the Horne Department have appointed Mr William Frederick Byford of "The Norfolks",
o 
Clare, Suffolk, to be a member of the Wheat Commission representing the interests of dealers in home~grOwn miliable 
I 
wheat* 
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & NATIONAL SERVICE 
Press Notice 
10/9.4.40. 
NATIONAL SERVICE (ARMED FORGES) ACT, 1959. 
The Ministry of Labour and National Service announces that 
are liable for service under the
qualified medical practitioners National Service (Armed Forces) Act.. Arrangements are being made whereby doctors who have been registered under the Act may be called 
up for service in H.M. Forces in their professional capacity* Holders 
of full-time teaching appointments are, however, reserved from Military 
Service, if of or over the age of 25 years, under the Schedule of 
Reserved Occupations, and the arrangements described below vail not apply to them. 
The Government has entrusted the Central Medical War Committee, 
and with the
the corresponding Scottish Committee, function of advising the of Health for
it, through the Ministry of Health, Department 
Scotland the Ministry of Labour and National Service, on
and the 
in
application to doctors of this liability for service with the Forces 
the 
light of the medical needs of the civilian population. 
These needs will be safeguarded by using the machineiy of the Local Medical War Committeeswho will obtain the view of the doctors concerned 
as well as of local authorities, hospitals and insurance committees. 
The arrangements made by the Central end Local Medical War Committees 
under
for selecting Doctors for service will be the general supervision 
of the Ministay of Health and the Department of Health for Scotland. 
These Committees will not review questions of personal hardship 
or conscientious objection. Individual practitioners will have the 
on
same rights as other persons registered for service to appeal either 
of those grounds in accordance with the ordinary machinery provided under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act. 
Medical men of all ages may volunteer for service in their 
professional capacity, and the Central Medical War Committees are open 
to receive applications from suitably qualified men up to the age of 55. 
Press Office, Ministry of Labour National Service,
and 
Montagu House, Whitehall, S.W.I. 
Telephone: Whitehall 6200. 
H.Q.199-500 D.J. 
(6367—1428) Wt. 47177—7024 20,000 2/40 T.S. 677 
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RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION AFTER b,30 THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING 9th APRIL 1940. 
MEM. TO SUB-EDITORS: 
As this script is issued in 
advance, it is necessary to check it 
against the actual broadcast at 6,15 
p.m approx, this (Tuesday) evening on 391 or 449 metres. 
FULL TEXT OF THE BROADCAST BY MR. H. RAMSBOTHAM, 
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, 
"FRIENDS AND ALLIES". 
My predcessor at the Board of Education,Lord De La Warr, returned last week from an official visit to our friends and allies in Paris, 
I attach so much importance to the very valuable work which he has begun and which I intend to that I want to talk to
develop you about it this evening and ask you to help. 
We Britishers, who for centuries have been able to 
on
go building 
up our own civilisation in our snug little island, have come, I fear,rather 
to think ourselves a race apart * Our failure after the last war to convert our military alliance with the French into a deeper friend­
ship was due partly to a desire to retire once more from the troubles 
but also
of Europe partly to a fear of losing something of our 
individuality by throwing in our lot with a people in whom we recognise 
certain marked differences from ourselves. Of there are
course 
differences, big differences between French people and English people. Don't let's seek to conceal that fact or to minimise it; but the 
differences are not nearly as great as the similarities. 
Where individual relationships are concerned we are not afraid of losing our identity through binding ourselves closely to other individ­uals, who are different from us in many respects. We have the good 
sense to realise that human beings can be complementary to one another and that a partnership can achieve something far greater than the 
partners could achieve singly. What we do recognise however is that the partnersiip must rest on a certain identity of ideals of behaviour 
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and by this I do not mean social conventions but fundamental principles of decency in human conduct* Here beyond any doubt we and the French are no common ground. The French and ourselves do not murder a man or 
torture him or send him to a concentration camp because of his race or religion. It is unthinkable that the French or British peoples could 
terror
ever produce let alone tolerate a government whose reign of would drive hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens to abandon their 
homes, their property, their means of livelihood, their prospects, to seek refuge in other countries, We and the French have every right to be proud that so many of these unhappy peoples have chosen to live in 
our countries in the knowledge that there they would be respected as 
human beings, allowed to live their own lives, think their own thoughts, read their own books, and tune their wireless sets in to any station in 
the world without fear of punishment. 
The French and ourselves believe that the individual's right to 
lead his life in his own way is sacred and it is to safeguard this right 
that we are again fighting side by side in a grim struggle for all that weld 
we hold dear But fighting together is not enough, We must our 
two peoples together, and make a permanent contribution to European security and civilisation* To do this effectively we must begin with the children and therefore the educational authorities in both countries have been for some time engaged on the plans which Lord De La Warr went to 
o 
Paris last week to discuss with Monsieur Sarraut, the French Minister of Education, 
2­
There may be a few people who will cry out that we are going to introduce propaganda into the schools. I assure you that nothing in all the projects discussed in Paris last week could 
possibly be described as propaganda. We are not going to borrow 
anything from the technique of the Reich or the Soviets and try 
to warp our children’s minds. We are not going to instil into 
them that we and the French are perfect and other nations are 
beyond redemption. We are not going to alter history books and try to conceal from the children of both our countries that the Hundred Years’ War and the battle of Waterloo ever happened. be sin
Anything of this kind v/ould a gross against the very 
integrity for which we are fighting. 
What we are going to do is to attempt to give the children of both our countries a greater knowledge of the other country, its ideals, its culture, its achievements. The French and our­selves have much to give each other and I believe that the plans which were discussed in Paris last week will have enormous 
benefits on both sides of the Channel. The talks ranged over 
every aspect of school life and we are hoping to achieve at least 
as much through informal activities, as through formal classroom 
instruction. We hope to see French clubs formed in English 
schools and English clubs in French schools and we have discussed 
with our French colleagues possible exchanges of films, lantern 
slides, picture postcards and other materials which can bring 
life into all these activities. 
Broadcasting can, of a and I should
course, play big part like particularly to thank the B B,C and the Central Council for 
O
c 
School Broadcasting for all that they are doing to help us in this work. School broadcasting is now generally recognised as part of the national system of education and despite the difficulties of 
war-time, the 8.8.C. are giving school programmes as nearly as 
possible on the lines of their peace-time programmes. A new term 
of school broadcasting is beginning next Monday and am very
I 
that there is included in the feature
glad to say programme one which is particularly well designed to help us in our effort to bring France vividly into the lives of our school-children. It is 
a course which will be relayed every Friday at 2.20 p.m. called 
*'lf you were French." These broadcasts which will be illustrated 
by scenes from French life, will ask our children to imagine 
themselves to be French children of their own age once a week. 
They will imagine first of all that a Frenchman who has lived and 
worked for a long time in Great Britain is brought by a British 
teacher into a school such as their own. He will ask them what 
they would like to know about French week by week,
children, and, in answering one of the many questions he is asked,• he will take the children for an imaginary visit to France. The Central Council for School Broadcasting have gone to a lot of trouble to investigate in a number of the extent of the childrens
schools knowledge of France and with this information at their disposal they have been able to draw up a course which should be of the greatest value. I trust that Local Education Authorities will do 
all they can to see that schools wishing to make use of this 
are
programme provided with wireless sets. 
All of you who are listening to me this ever&ing will I feel sure be with firm
us in these efforts to lay in the schools a foundation to which
for Anglo-French co-operation. The "basic Lord De La Warr set his hand and on is not
which I shall mow carry only needful to our war-time activity,. It is far more than that, it is 
the onljr sure and sound of in Europe,
basis a lasting pwhen this war 
is ended. 
BOARD OP EDUCATION­
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9/4/40 No. 12. 
FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. 
The German Government have issued a statement saying they have decided to take over the protection of Denmark and It adds that this action is
Norway. in reply to the laying of minefields in Norwegian territorial waters by Great Britain and France yesterday. 
Information has now reached His Majesty f s Government 
to the effect that the German Minister at Oslo has demanded 
the surrender of Norway to Germany; in the event of refusal 
all resistance will be crushed. This demand was of course 
immediately refused by the Norwegian Government. Information 
has been received that German troops have already occupied 
Norwegian territory. 
The German statement that their action is in reply to 
steps taken hy the British and Brench Governments will deceive nobody. So elaborate an operation, involving simultaneous landings at a number of Norwegian ports by troops accompanied by naval forces, must have been planned long in advance. It 
is not surprising that the Norwegian Government have decided 
to resist this latest exhibition of German aggression. 
His Majesty ! s Government and the French Government 
have at once assured the Norwegian Government that, in view of the German invasion of their country, they have decided forthwith to extend their full aid to Norway and have intimated 
that they will fight the war in full association with them* 
The necessary naval and military steps are accordingly being taken in conjunction with the French* 
FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW 
THE WAR
OF WORLD COMMENT ON
DAILY SURVEY 
INFORMATION
THE MINISTRY OF
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BELGIUM: MINE-LAYING "NEUTRALS WILL UNDERSTAND". 
to
Reactions in today's Belgian Press the Allied mining of Norwegian 
territorial waters are favourable in the Socialist newspapers and in some of the Liberal organs. There is a certain amount of criticism in the Catholic papers, although the tone is moderate. 
writes:
VOORUIT, the Socialist Party organ, printed in Flemish, "The offioial 
can but
attitude of neutral governments is relatively unimportant. Norway protest if only to convince Berlin of her neutrality. Public opinion reacts as Switzerland.
otherwise, is clearly the case in Scandinavia, Belgium, Holland, and None of these countries is in fear of France or Britain and. therefore public opinion mil understand such a measure as that affecting Norwegian territorial waters. " 
The the "Emotion must reign
STANDAARD, Flemish Catholic newspaper, writes: in every neutral land. Ape the Allies convinced that Norway acted under German 
pressure? Norway would not have refused to institute an impartial enquiry. " 
set
"The precedent by the Allies is of real gravity for all neutral 
countries," declares LIBRE BELGIQUE, the Catholic Right-wing organ. "At the moment a belligerent considers justifiable the violation of a small country's 
neutrality on the score of reprisals. Who can say whejre this dangerous course will end? 
"The Allied action offends no precept of natural right. There are present many attenuating circumstances. It cannot be compared with the cruel methods of German submarines nor German-Soviet acts of aggression against the life 
and small
independence-nofN-the states. It-respects--their existence and sacrifices no innocent life. " 
a realist attitude the
Adopting NATION BELGE, Catholic newspaper, declares: 
"The Allies before acting must have envisaged the necessary dispositions to save Norway from German reprisals or to prevent Germany from extending control over one or several Scandinavian states. The Allies have taken risks which that
prove they have made their calculations. 
" 
LE PEUPLE describes the Allied note as "An
to Norway impressive document from every viewpoint," and adds: "At last German maritime trade will be separated from the world and reduced to the Baltic." 
SWITZERLAND: REACTION TO ALLIES' MINE-LAYING. 
A certain amount of criticism at the Allies' action in laying mines in Norwegian waters is apparent in today’s Swiss Press. 
The BERNER TAGwACHT, the Social Democratic newspaper, writes: "The British people have been demanding the prevention of supply of iron ore Germany
the to 
and Since the Western armies have been unable to
is prepared to fight for it. risk an assault on the Siegfried. Line they must seek other fieldsonce more at the 
"
of ' 
expense small neutral states. , 
The ST. GALLER TAGBLATT, the Radical Democratic organ, writes: "The Allies 
informed Germany that a further exploitation of the neutrals "by Germany can only he prevented, by energetic counter action. Germany's reaction will doubtless depend on the extent to which Germany is affected by the interruption of ore 
"
imports via Norway, 
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9/4/40 No. 13. 
POSTAL, TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE SERVICES -TO NORTHERN EUROPE 
The Postmaster General announces the temporary suspension 
of the mail services, including airmails, and the Money Order 
services to Denmark, Esthonia, Finland,, Greenland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden, 
The Telegraph and Telephone Services to these countries are at present subject to indefinite delay. Telegrams are being accepted entirely at senders * risk. 
GENERAL POST OFFICE. 
9.4.40 -No.14. 
T,21. 
PRESS NOTICE. 
TIMBER CONTROL. 
The special attention to consumers is drawn to the Control 
of Timber (N0.9) Order, 1940, which provides that the seller may make an on the prices fixed by current
extra charge of not exceeding 20 per cent, Crders only in cases where (l) the value, calculated at the prices fixed 
by the current Control of Timber Orders of any one group contained in an the Control of Timber (N0.5) Order,
acquisition licence granted under 1939, does not attain £l5, or (2) timber is purchased against a declaration 
on the O.A. Norm. 
This means that where the value of a under a
aggregate group licence is £l5 or more the seller may not charge the 20 per cent, extra 
of the
even if he sells only a portion (less than £l5 in value), 
aggregate quantity specified in that group. 
Ministry of Supply, The Adelphi, London, W.C.2. 
9th April. 1910. 
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9/4/40 No.15. 
CLAIMS FOR OLD AGE PENSIONS. 
More than 100,000 claims have alreadjr heen 
received for old age pensions under the new Act which reduces the age at which women are eligible for such pensions under the contributory scheme from 65 to 60. 
It is most important that all the 310,000 women who are 
expected to qualify for a pension as soon as the Act comes into force in July should send in their claims as soon 
An
as possible. application form and a leaflet explaining 
the conditions can be obtained from any Post Office. If a woman has her birth certificate and, if she is claiming as 
the wife of a contributory pensioner, her marriage 
certificate, already in her possession, she should send 
them with the claim form. If, however, she has not got 
either of these certificates, she should forward her claim without them, and need take no further steps to obtain 
them unless asked to do so by the Pensions Department of 
the Ministry of Health. In no circumstances should a certificate be forwarded apart from the claim except at 
the request of the Department. 
MINISTRY OF HEALTH. 
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RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION AFTER 
9.35 T).m. THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING UPRIL 9, 1946). 
As this script is being issued 
in advance it is necessary to check it 
against the actual "broadcast at 9«20 
this (Tuesday) evening 391 449
on or 
metres. 
DOMINION COMMENTARY 
TALK BY G.R. POWLES,READ BY NESBITT SELLERS. 
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The death of the Prime Minister, Mr. Savage, has left gap 
the public life and the leadership of New Zealand which is hard to 
fill. 
I know you will have heard a great deal about him during the last two weeks, but I cannot talk to you about New Zealand affairs without speaking of. him. 
was
He was, of course, our first Labour Prime Minister. He 
Leader of the Labour Party when it won the 1935 election and his 
party returned again with a huge majority in 1938. His leadership 
of the party was to no small extent responsible for the speedy 
out a
carrying of sweeping programme of social reform during the last 
four crowded years. 
But it is as a man that he made his mark Zealand. 
upon New 
Savage was in the true sense a ’’man of the people”. He never lost 
human
his cheerful simplicity and friendliness, yet his broad, 
sympathies were allied to tenacity ®f purpose, and personal integrity 
which gained him the respect and affection of all, opponents included. 
Concern for the well-being of his fellow men was always uppermost in 
his mind. 
His last report to the annual conference of his party, written 
just before he suffered the relapse which quickly proved fatal was 
read to the conference as he lay on his death "bed. It contained 
these words: Zealand have
"The people of New engaged upon the present war with full determination to see it through. 
Their future is at stakre and as a Government we are vitally 
concerned in the prosecution of the war effort. At the same time we 
have begun to prepare for peace. It may come soon or it may be long 
in coming, but when it does come we must not be caught unawares. The 
aftermath of war can be very cruel for the worker. We must see that 
the change over finds New Zealand adequately prepared for it”. 
Under the shadow of Mr, Savage’s tragic ifLness, the Labour Party held its annual conference. This conference is held every year at Easter, To it come delegates from Labour Party Branches and Workers’ Organisations throughout the countrye 
The conference is the supreme governing body of the party* As the Labour Party 
is by far the largest political party in New* Zealand, 
and forms 
the country’s government, it is natural that the proceedingsof the 
conference should be followed with tie interest in all
greatest 
,
parts of the dominion, 
This was 
the first conference to he held since the outbreak of ?^S+as^on 0f attitude to the war claimed its delegates’ first 
o+ -D
By 311 overwhelming majority the conference adopted a 
statement pn 
war 
policy which clearly aligns New Zealand labour with 
British labour. 
movement”, the statement "must take its share of
says,
¦v™ ~
responsibility for the successful of
carrying out a policy of 
a
?Se 5°^ag§reis^on It must in self defence do its utmost to 
ensure 
the defeat of * 
the Hitler regime”, /Peace 
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must
"Peace objectives”, the statement also explicitly says 
be no dictated peace: the use of armed force as an instrument 
of national policy must be completely abandoned. There must be an international authority with power to make its decisions effective not only in the political, but also in the economic 
sphere. Imperialism must be abandoned in favour of an extended 
and strengthened mandate system under international supervision. 
Thus far the conference was on familiar lines, but it added 
an interesting suggestion that the industrial and political labour movements of the countries concerned should be represented 
when the peace terms were discussed. The statement proceeded 
to deal with local issues. It affirmed that conscription was 
well as undesirable. It announced "No 
conscription in New Zealand while labour is in power". It 
ended with a strong plea for the preservation of freedom on the 
unnecessary as 
home front. It was generally expected that the conference would 
exprdss views of this kind, but the second main action of the 
conference on an entirely different matter produced a first class political sensation. 
Mr. J.A. Lee, a labour member of parliament who had until 
recently been Under-Secretary for housing was expelled from 
the party by five hundred and forty-six votes to three hundred 
and forty-four after a long and keen debate. This action was 
partly the product of an issue which had developed within the 
party over a long time. 
Like all political parties, Labour has had differences of 
opinion within the ranks. Mr. Lee served in the last war and 
lost an arm. Mr. Lee had been the most vocal of those who 
formed amongst Labour members of Parliament, a Group popularly 
known as "Left Wing." He openly criticised the Government’s 
financial policy on the ground that it was too orthodox. 
Since the last election he has pressed strenuously for a 
Cabinet reconstruction on the grounds that the Cabinet should be 
appointed by a caucus of members of the Parliamentary Labour Party, not by the Prime Minister, as in the case of the present Labour Cabinet. Nevertheless, as far as one can judge Mr. Lee’s 
have been due
expulsion may to personal issues rather than to 
principles. He is a writer of no mean ability. 
In a recent article of his he made astonishing reflections 
of late Prime which caused
on the capacity the Minister, 
consternation in the Labour movement and surprise among opponents. 
It was largely on this issue that Mr. Lee was expelled. 
The new Prime Minister, chosen as its leader by the Parliamentary Labour Party, and indeed accepted by the whole country as the one man for the job, is the Honourable Peter 
Fraser. Mr. Fraser visited you last November to attend the Conference of Dominion Ministers. He was Mr. Savage’s right hand man. He was Deputy Prime Minister and during Mr. Savage’s 
illness he carried the whole burden of responsibility for the Government. His ability and energy won everyone's respect. 
He is fifty-six years old. Born in Scotland, in the Rosshire village Hill of Fearn, he bagan life as a carpenter, 
joined the British Independent Labour Paryy in 1908,came to New Zealand in 1910 and has since been closely identified with the early struggles and subsequent slow rise to power of the Labour 
Movement in New Zealand. 
A caucus meeting of Labour members of Parliament carried a 
vote of confidence in him and all former Ministers were also 
confirmed in office. It was announced that Mr. Fraser would 
soon 
submit to the caucus a report on the question of the 
appointment of additional Cabinet Ministers and the whole question of Cabinet reconstruction would be reviewed by the at the end of the
caucus 
year. /Despite 
¦3 
Despite the very large caucus majority in favour of MivFraser’s 
leadership, there are indications of difference in the Party. 
Mr. Ba-rnardjthe Speaker of the House, to-day resigned from the 
Party. 
about
I have told you a good deal domestic politics to-night because these matters have been attracting much of our attention lately. During it all, of Course, the country goes on,
the work of 
and with it the carrying out of our war effort. Troops continue 
to be enlisted and trained in all branches of the army. Now over 
fifteen thousand men are in khaki, some in Egypt, some here* Many 
thousands more who have enlisted and have passed the doctor are now 
to
waiting to be called up undergo training in turn. 
The training of pilots, observers and air gunners is also 
proceeding apace, working up to the predetermined figure,> These small to but with
figures may seem you they mean a good deal to us 
a population of only a million and a half. 
As the war goes--on, not only must we lie gig to feel the strain 
rTret the-economic issues' will "begin to loom large 
0 
Up to the end. of last month the'war had cost ua.seven and half 
mllXieh-pounds-, which-was ne-arly all provided for out of increased “taxation and voluntary "interest-free"loans. These "interest-free11 loans were starred Toy the Bank" of New Zealand offering to lend the Government one million pounds... free-of interest for the duration of 
the war. 
This was followed, almost spontaneously it seemed, by numbers 
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of similar offers not to lend a million pounds of course but to 
lend sums varying from one hundred thousand pounds down to ten 
shillings a month of war pension offered by a pensioner of the last 
war. 
All have been gratefully accepted. The total reached over a 
million and a half in quite a short time. In the coming year the 
war is expected to cost us thirty three million pounds, of which 
twenty millions required for the will be obtained
overseas
troops 
from overseas credits. The remaining thirteen million we shall 
have to find ourselves. 
We all expect a general tightening of the countryf s belt* Yet with these dubious prospects in view, the country as a whole spent (as our newspapers tell us you did too) an excellent holiday at Easter time. 
New Zealanders love to move about the country at holiday time. 
We were allowed to our well as the
use as
April petrol coupons March ones. This meant that the owner small
of the average car coiiU, if he saved up until Easter time haVe sixteen gallons for the Easter 
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holiday quite a useful amount* But it also means that the large 
number of motorists who took advantage of this have now eaten their 
cake and cannot have it this month. There will be many idle cars 
during the rest of April. 
The railways handled a record traffic during that Easter period Thousands flocked to Wellington the capital, where the Centennial 
Exhibition was a great attraction and shortly after Easter, the city and exhibition authorities and the whole populace combined a give a rousing welcome to the officers and crew of the cruiser ACHILLES which with AJAX and EXETER distinguished herself in the fight with the CRAP SPEE. 
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ACHILLES was largely manned "by New Zealanders so you 
imagine with what special pride we have welcomed her company* After a tumultuous reception at Auckland, some hundreds of their train a
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ship»s company were brought to Wellington by special sixteen/ 
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slxte.en hour journey. 
After a march through cheering crowds in the city, the 
ship f s battle colours were handed with appropriate ceremony to the exhibition authorities to display for the time being. The men were given the freedom of the Exhibition. 
Incidents such as these, combined with the holiday relaxa­tion, help to nerve us for the drab days which must be coming. 
BRITISH BROADCASTING-CORPORATION* 
No. 17. 9.4.40. 
MINBtS DEPARTMENT ANNOUCEMENT. 
The after consultation
Secretary for Mines announces that, with the War Office, it has been decided to introduce a scheme for the issue of supplementary petrol coupons to volunteers for the purpose of meeting and conveying to their homes in private 
members Forces
cars, of H.M. arriving late at night at railway stations, on leave from Active Service afloat or overseas, when 
ordinary transport services are not running* 
The scheme, which is "being 'brought into operation as quickly as possible, will he administered "by the Social Welfare Department of the War Office through its Command and County Welfare Officers, Volunteers and organisations willing to 
assist are asked to get into touch with the Local County Welfare 
address he the Secretary of the County Territorial Association. 
Officer whose can obtained by application to 
Officers and men will "be required to produce their leave 
warrant or a leave certificate as evidence that they are 
entitled to make use of the facilities provided. 
Dean Stanley Street, Miirbank, London, S.W. 1. 
9th April, 1940. 
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9/4/40 No.18. 
THE FOOD POSITION. 
In view of "developments in Scandinavia", Lord Woolton, the Minister of Pood, has made a special statement on the food position of Great Britain. Hev 
says: "Since "before the war, the Ministry of Food has laid its plans in order that w® could emergencies you need have
meet so 
no fear that food supplies will he seriously interfered with.. A few days ago I told you that my first job on going to the Ministry was to ask: his the food there? 7 I got the answer: fYes T 
. 
The credit for this is due to the system of Government control established by my predecessor, Mr, Morrison. If it were not for Government control, the present 
an
situation might indeed he emergency*, As it is, it is nothing more than an appointment with the future, which we had already put in our engagement diaries. 
the
Bacon is in ample supply. At the beginning of war we and
did not count on getting regular supplies fron Denmark and under those conditions the bacon ration was put at
Norway, 
k ozs. I am satisfied that our supplies will be sufficient to provide an adequate ration. We have a very large weekly contract with Canada, as well as agreements with Eire and Northern Ireland. 
Farmers in this country are also now sending in large numbers of 
pigs, and in this way increased supplies of bacon are becoming 
available. 
The is also to
picture satisfactory with regard hutter. Even if we were to keep to the 8 oz, ration and our imports in the immediate future were interrupted, we should still have plenty for our needs for some time to come, And New
large supplies are coming in from Australia and Zealand. 
The Government plans for security have Justified themselves.w 
MINISTRY OF FOOD. 
9.4.40 Mo 19 FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUMIQ. 'E (EVENING) 
Paris, Tuesday, April 9th, The following official communique was issued to-night from French G.H.Q:­
A the the
quiet day generally along front from Moselle to the Rhine. 
Some infantry fire along the Rhine in Upper Alsace. 
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GERMANY: GERMAN PUBLIC PREPARED FOR SCANDINAVIAN INVASION. 
With a German public for the invasion of Denmark
view to preparing the and Norway, Nazi newspapers last night, in commenting on the Allies'
the Britain and Mr.
mining of Norwegian waters, launched violent attacks on Churchill in particular, 
The DEUTSCHE ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG wrote: "Churchill, an avowed activist and desperado even before the World War, does all honour to a name already tainted ventures count
Salonica and His today as a last way out of the blind alley of the English War. That is what how 
by Antwerp, Gallipoli. desperate in England 
they call an English Spring Offensive of 1940. How premature and rash, illusionary were the commentaries in the Scandinavian papers on Saturday i They reflected wishes rather than the naked facts of British brutality." 
The BERLINER NACHTAUSGABE declared that with the laying of the British mines, Norwegian t3rritory had been turned by England into a war area. This paper added: "The assertions made in England and Norway on an alleged possibility of negotiations between England and the Northern States the
on 
basis of the last Anglo-French note represented only an attempt to conceal from the public the seriousness of the position. For 48-hours British warships will provide the evidence in Norwegian territorial waters that England in and that she has created for the
principle, recognises neutrality no longer North a complete reversal in the political situation." 
The German papers have also commented on the Mauretania’s voyage, but, have of treatment of the
possibly unwittingly, changed their method subject. When the liner Queen Elizabeth made her daring voyage to New York, all the this as final haven and the
Nazi papers reported a "flight to a of refuge" German wireless later suggested that the Queen Mary and the Mauretania were to be held as pledges for war deliveries. The Nazi Press attitude now is of these liners as a wild "dash for
apparently to represent every movement safety". The latest report stated: "The English steamer Mauretania has left Honolulu in order to continue her flight, The Captain refuses to say 
the
anything about purpose of the voyage•" 
HOLLAND: PRESS CONDEMNS ALLIES' MINE-LAYING 
Comment in the Dutch written before the latest events in
newspapers, Scandinavia, condemned with varying degrees of intensity, the 
Allies' nine 
laying in Norwegian waters. 
DE MAASBODE, the Catholic organ, was the mildest in its comment, contrasting Britain's "violation of neutrality" ferocity of German
with the sea-warfare. This to foot the bill."
paper added: "In any case, Norway will have 
stated:
The Liberal newspaper, HET VADENLAND, "Norwegian sympathy is not 
on the side of Germany and their pride will be in arms at what has now occurred'.' 
HET VOLK, the Social Democratic Labour Party organ, declared: "Pure morality shakes its head, but it is the high priests of warfare who have the say* As to Norway's duty as a neutral, out, she fight
if she carried it would 
both Germany and England." 
Strong criticism was expressed in HET HANDELSBLAD, which declared: well that she was a breach of international law at
"England knew committing 
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the cost of a small Power, which was practically helpless and who so far had faithfully tried to fulfil, its duties as a neutral." 

9.4.40 No 20. 
DEPUTATION TO MR BURGIN 
Mr. Burgin, the Minister of Supply, received today a deputation industry and
from sections of the wool 
discussed with them a number of questions regarding 
the control and distribution of wool in the United Kingdom. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Herbert Holdsworth, M.P. and consisted of 
British
Mr. Edward Holmes) ) Jointly representing ie ) Wool Federation & The Mutual Mr. William Hunter ) Woolcomhers Association. 
Mr. Harold G. Brown, The Colonial Mir. F.. Graham Roberts, 0.8.E. ,/Wool Merchants Association, Mr. F..D Haggard j 
Mr. J.N. Balme, Representing The Associated London Selling Wool Brokers. 
MINISTRY OP SUPPLY 
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9/4/40 No. 21 
PRESS COMMUNIQUE 
The Seventh Meeting of the Supreme War Council was held in London this afternoon. Great Britain was Viscount Winston
represented hy Mr, Chamberlain, Halifax, Mr* Churchill, Mr. Oliver Stanley and Sir Samuel Hoare, who were accompanied by Sir Alexander Cadogan, Sir Cyril Newall, Sir Dudley Pound, and Sir Edmund Ironside, Prance was represented by Monsieur Reynaud and Monsieur Daladier, who were accompanied by Monsieur Corbin, Admiral Darian and General Koeltz, 
The Council met to consider the situation resulting from the German invasion of Norway and Denmark. The representatives of the two countries passed the whole 
position in review, decided in full agreement upon
and 
the to he
various measures, military and diplomatic, taken to meet this latest act of German aggression. 
10 Downing Street, S,W.I. , 9th April, 1940, 
The War Office, 
S.W. X. 9th April, 1940. 
P.R.I. 
The following is the latest list of German Prisoners of 
War 
Rank Christian Name Surname Where from Age, 
Rootsmaat Paul DACHNER Westermunde 23 
i-unkgefreiter Walter ZILS Saarwellingen 21 
Mechanikergefreiter Heinz SOMiixjß Rendsburg-Y/es tferronfeld 20 
Maschinenmaat Kurt REICH Berlin 22 
Matrosengefreiter Andreas LOWER G-ronau in Westfalen 19 

9/4/40 . No,-24 
PRESS NOTICE 
It is being suggested in German quarters that Great Britain is contemplating the invasion of Holland or Belgium and that Germany would be 
justified in forestalling such action* 
After the wanton invasion of Denmark and Norway by Germany the immediate conclusion at which most people will be tempted to arrive 
is that as usual Germany is preparing the ground for a fresh assault upon some other neutral country. Any suggestion that Great Britain or France is contemplating an attack on Holland or Belgium is so fantastic that no-one outside Germany could for a moment he deceived by it* 
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9/4/40 No 25 
LORD HALIFAX'S MESSAGE TO NORWAY. 
text of from Lord
Following is the English &he message 
Halifax, Foreign Secretary, broadcast this evening in the 8.8.C.'s 
first Norwegian bulletin to the Norwegian people (at 6. 30 p.m.8.5.T.) 
"I am glad in this first Norwegian broadcast from London 
to have to
the opportunity of conveying the Norwegian Government and people a message of warm sympathy and 
encouragement in the fight which they have so unhesitatingly and courageously undertaken against German aggression. 
"Norway has for long been one of the foremost leaders of the world in the arts of peace and of good government. 
The British people have noted with deep admiration 
Norway’s fearless acceptance of the challenge to 
her 
and side by side Great Britain
liberty and independence, 
and Norway will fight until victory has been won." 
That was the British Foreign Minister's message to the 
Norwegian people. 
DANISH BROADCAST. 
Text of 8.8.C.’s first Danish message broadcast at 6.40 
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p.m. this (Tuesday) evening: 
"Here is London. 
The British Broadcasting Corporation brings, in its first announcement in Danish a special message to the Danish 
people. 
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Here it is: 
For the second time Denmark has been brutally invaded by Germany. The British peoples have received the news with deep indignation and wish to send to the Danish 
of
people a message warm sympathy. 
This event has strengthened the British resolve to pursue the war until the nations of Europe are liberated from the menace of Prussian aggression l " 
BRITISH 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION. 
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SWEDEN: SWEDISH REACTION TO ALLIES' MINE-LAYING. 
A prophetic note, in the light of later events, was struck last night the Swedish evening newspapers, commenting on Allied mine-laying of.
the Norwegian territorial waters. 
denial
AFTONBLADET considered that the mine-laying was a of the principles 
for which the Allies were fighting and added: "This is a belligerent act on 
The Narvik ore traffic is a minor consideration for Germany and can be taken by another route. The result is that Norwegian shipping is blockaded in its own waters by belligerents. It is not difficult to fore-see the reaction of the Norwegian Government and people. It seems that the Allies intend to extend the front 
Norwegian territory and violates Norwegian sovereignty. 
to the North and it is inevitable that German counter-action will bring the 
war to Scandinavia's threshold." 
NYA DAGLIGT ALLEHANDA declared: "One must not close one's eyes to the deeply serious nature of this cold-blooded neutrality violation. Norway is nearer than ever to being drawn into the great war. It is known that 
Germany intends to take counter-action and Norway must take immediate action 
in the face of the British violation and prevent Anglo-German warfare in 
Norwegian waters. Serious developments may be expected now that the Great Powers have abandoned 
all scruples." 
Criticism of the Allied action was expressed in NY TID, the Gothenborg Social Democratic newspaper, which wrote: "From what has leaked out, the British and French notes were not friendly and accused Sweden and Norway of 
un-neutrality. The Allies do not understand that we are absolutely determined on strict neutrality. helped Germany more than the
full and We have not 
Allies in the matter of iron-ore. Renewed protests to Berlin have been unanswered. 
"Can England and France tell us how we could have behaved otherwise? not told us However much
They have so far. our sympathy lies with the Allies, it does not go so far as to say ’Amen' to everything that London and Paris want." 
Dissatisfaction in Germany was referred to in the GOTEBORGS MORGONPOST which wrote: "There are abysmal differences between the Nazi Government and hate but
Party Leaders. Many Germans the Nazi system, there is no organisation to clear it away. Some of the workers may have been given more 
money, 
but 
they can only buy bath-tubs and such articles with it. The mobilised army drawn mainly from the peasants country has
has been and the been drained of men. 
"Marsha}. Goering's last speech was not commanding but begging. He knows the that labour that too
country is dissatisfied, is needed, many husbands are away, that the horses and tractors are requisitioned and still production must increase. The peasants and labourers were the Nazis best friends once, but this is so no longer. 
"The Germans do not put faith in the official propaganda and ingenious tricks are developed to hear foreign broadcasts. No punishment terrifies these people. News and rumours go at lightning speed from mouth to mouth. When Goering has to say 1 Workmen's wives, we cannot send your men back to 
you’, then a terrible pressure begins on the Internal Front," 
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No. 
NORWAY: HOW NORWEGIAN PRESS REACTED TO ALLIES' MINE-LAYING. 
How the Norwegian Press reacted to the Allied mine-laying »f Norwegian territorial waters was shown in messages reaching London last night. 
NORGB2S HANDELS OG SJOFARTSTIDEEDE wrote: "Britain has brought her blockade into Norwegian territory in open conflict with international law, in spite of friendly relations between the two countries and. without regard to the fact that Norway has not only fulfilled her neutrality obligation but has alsr* shown all 
the indulgence she could without sacrificing her neutrality. The Allies' action is, on somewhat thin grounds, justified as a retaliation for German 
sinkings outside Norwegian territorial waters. 
"As a factor in Norwegian foreign policy the German attacks on our ships and seamen weigh far more in the scales. They, apart from other circumstances, must be decisive to our position. This will he much clearer now that the Germans with renewed energy have taken up the U boat and air methods of attack against 
Itisto be
our ships. hoped that the Starting will not take any step which will make the situation worse than it need be. " 
also "The 
British and French mine-laying in Norwegian territorial waters is one of fbn 
dangerous blows yet struck at Norwegian interests during the war. It is clear 
that Norway must protest with the greatest energy against such a violation of Norwegian sovereignty. ” 
Criticism was expressed in yesterday's MAGBLADET, which deelared: 
The opprorfeunity wag taken by TIDENS TLGN in commenting on Professor Knht* § speech, to attack Nazi sea warfarejnethods. 
"It will cause satisfaction that the Foreign Minister with energetic words 
the murders
branded the lawless sinking of Norwegian ships and of innocent 
"We such conduct. \le cannot understand that German sailors can reconcile it with 
Norwegian seamen,” declared, this journal. cannot acknov/ledge any right to 
of honour it is not in ary belligerent's interest to arouse.” 
their sense or with pure humanity. It works up fury in Norway which 
The German attack on the Lira roused bitter comment in the ARBEIDERBLMDET, which wrote: "while sailing over the North Sea this vessel was exposed eight air attacks. These were all murderous outrages on this neutral merchantman 
which had. so many people on board. The plane which was most active and which 
had no scruples about the sinking of a passenger boat with so many passengers was damaged and its way Norway seek and. rescue. Such war
made to to shelter a 
morality is not likely to increase respect for aggressors." 
Commenting on the Nazi ’’justification” of the attack on the Mira ICORGENBIjADET declared: ”¥e are of course used to the German lack of psychological understanding which here emerges so clearly. When during the last world war the 
Lusitania was sunk with many hundreds of women and children on hoard, this lack 
of understanding blossomed out in the most repulsive form in German propaganda. 
The Mira is no Lusitania but we must stress that if the bombing had had \diat the 
Germans would have called the effect would, have been the same here as
success, 
after the Lusitania. ” 
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1940 
No. ‘HUNGARY: "HOW LONG CAN HUNGARY REMAIN PASSIVE?" 
"How long can Hungary remain passive vd.thout prejudicing her national interests and aspirations?" was the question asked in a leading article entitled "Hungarian Neutrality" in the pro-Government organ 
UJ MAGYARSAG. 
The writer, after recalling Roumania's action in the last vrar in "selling added: must
neutrality to the Entente", referred to Transylvania and "Hungary remember the danger latent in neutrality namely that her claims may be
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forgotten v/hen the time comes for peace conditions, and Hungary should, remember that the most frontiers
dangerous rival in this field is Roumania, T/hich had her guaranteed by the Western Povrers yet leaves no stone unturned to curry favour 
vri.th Germany and Italy. 
"It is our conviction -and that conviction has been reinforced by the first seven months of war -that Germany cannot be beaten. he are also convinced that Germany's own interests make desirable a strong consolidated Hungary, and it is in our interests that Hungarian foreign policy should prove able to convince the Third Reich of this community of interests. With Roumania trying to a
make 
case for a strong Roumania as in the interests of German and Italian South­
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and against their better convictions may follow the principle 'Let sleeping dogs 
Eastern European Balkan policy, there is a danger that Germany Italy 
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lie'. The only way in which we can counteract this is to make the Axis Powers 
trust our strength more than they d.o Roumania's, and we must also reserve this greater trust. 
"No-one can to her historical claims, but
ever question Hungary's right there is a different chance of their fulfilment if in addition to right we
very have also German-Italian sympathy, confidence and goodwill on our side. It is evident that what Germany and Italy desire in the future is not a passive but an absolutely active and friendly Hungary on their side. " 
ITALY: CANADA'S WAR EFFORT. 
The Canadian contribution to the Empire war effort is stressed in an article in the current issue of RELAZIONI INTEREAZIONALI. 
to this
Referring the Canadian elections, journal emphasises Mr; Mackenzie King's support for the war and his recognition that unity was essential to make Canada's contribution effective. 
to be no doubt of the 
in relation 
to the whole Empire's present effort," it is added. "The order and. calm of the elections, despite a state of war, clearly indicate the Canadian people's determina tion to reach an honourable conclusion in the present cnnflict. Mr. Mackenzie 
King had reason to affirm that the result of these elections is a demonstration for the whole British Empire, and thut it shows the Dominions' individual determination to help Britain and France to and. 
"There appears of this victory, 
preserve liberty in general Canada's liberty in particular." 
Criticism of the Allied intensification of the blockade was expressed yesterday by REETO DEL CARLINO, which stated.: "The war against Germany is a continuation of sanctions against Italy. Italians recognise the well-known methods of Tafari's friends. After the speeches by Messrs, Chamberlain and. Churchill and M. Reynaud, it is impossible to continue to believe in Franco-British idealism, " 
9/4/40 No.l.
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PRESS NOTICE 
LOSSES DUE TO ENEMY ACTION FOR THE 31ST WEEK ENDING MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY/MONDAY, 7TH/BTH APRIL, 1940. 
BRITISH 208 ) ALLIED NIL ) TOTAL = 2326 NEUTRAL 2118 ) 
LIST OF BRITISH SHIPS: 3/4. "GORSPEN" (Steam Trawler) 208 tons. 
LIST OF NEUTRAL SHIPS. 6/4* "NAVARRA 1/Norwegian) 2118 tons. 
This is the lowest British weekly tonnage loss since beginning of war, and the lowest Neutral tonnage loss except 
The
for two previous weeks in which no loss was recorded. 
total loss of 2326 tons represents about one seventeenth of 
the average weekly losses for the 31 weeks since war began. 
There were no losses due to mines during the week, the "GORSPEN" sank as the result of aircraft attack, and 
the "NAVARRA" as the result of an attack without warning by U-Boat. 
CONVOYS. 
Up to noon Wednesday, 3rd April, 15/751 British-, Allied and Neutral ships had heen escorted in British Convoys with a loss of 
29 ships, Being a loss ratio of one in 543* The ships lost up to that date were 25 British, 1 Allied and 
3 Neutrals. The number of Neutral ships convoyed, was 2446, and 
the number lost, one in 815* 
ADMIRALTY. LONDON SlW.l, 
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9/4/40 No. 2. 
FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE (Morning). 
The following Official Communique was issued this morning from French headquarters;­
Artillery activity to the east of the Moselleo 
AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN. 9/4/40 NO: 3.
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SCAPA AIR FIGHT; TWO RAIDERS DOWN. 
The Air Ministry and the Ministry of Home Security announce; 
During the raid on Scapa Plow yesterday (Monday) evening a number of incendiary and high-explosive bombs wore dropped. No damage was 
caused to 
warships or other shipping. 
A civilian was buried under debris by a high explosive bomb, but sustained no injury beyond shock. There were no other casualties. 
Small fires were started in heather by incendiary bombs which fell on moorland and the 
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roof of an outlying farmhouse was damaged by five high explosive bombs fell near.
which No other 
damage to property was caused, It is now known that two of the enemy aircraft which took part in the raid were shot down by 
R.A.F. fighter aircraft, and it is believed that a third, which was severely damaged by machinegun 
fire and was last seen diving towards the sea, met with the same fate. 
AIR AFFAIRS.