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" ,' ''• ' ' " '••IJSW INCORPORATING THE ROYAL GAZETTE (Established 1828) and THE BERMUDA COLONIST (Established 1866) =•= VOL. 20—NO. 130 HAMILTON, BERMUDA,! SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1940 3D PER COPY—40/- PER ANNUM ALLIES EVACUATE 100,000 OF B.E.F. SURPLUS MILK PROBLEM SAVINGS BANK BILL IS COUNCIL RUSH THROUGH THOUSANDS OF MEN POUR THROUGH ALL SEATS FOR WAR FACING DAIRYMEN RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY OUR WAR CONTRIBUTION LECTURE TAKEN BOMB-SHATTERED DUNKERQUE Arrangements are now com­ Some Want To Know Why Right Of Appeal In Disputes £40,000 Enthusiastically pleted for the war lecture at the Cream Is Being Imported Here Inserted By The Council Passed Yesterday Morning Opera House tomorrow night. That the public is keenly inter­ It has been learned from several At yesterday's meeting of the Although only received at yester­ ested is shown by the fact that reliable sources that in recent weeks Legislative Council another three- day's meeting from the Assembly, War-Weary Allied Soldiers Tell Of Nazi Losses all available seats had been there has been a change in the policy quarters of an hour was devoted to distributed by Wednesday last. the Legislative Council gave the of the Food and Supply Control Clause 13, of the Savings Bank Bill utmost expedition to The War Con­ As already announced, the Board, specifically in the granting of but half an hour later the committee tribution Resolve, 1940, which reads speakers will be Major D.R.G. permits to certain companies to im­ stage of this Bill was passed and the as follows:— Five Times Greater Than Theirs Cameron and Mr. F. O. Misick, port cream and an ice-cream mix. bill was ordered to be returned to the, M.O.P. and, in addition, the Whereas this Colony Is earnestly This has produced dissatisfaction Assembly with a request for concur­ resolved to make financial contri­ services of the Bermuda Ama­ among some of the dairymen, who rence in the Council's amendments. teur Symphony Orchestra, un­ butions in accordance with Its see ahead still another problem of The Council adjourned for another means to the Imperial Government der the direction of Mark Wil­ surpluses in excess quantities of milk ENEMY DEAD AND WOUNDED PLACED AT 500,000 liams, have been secured. An week after passing the War Contri­ toward the cost of the war, and and feel resentful because these per­ bution Resolve and turning over to Whereas it id now deemed pos­ excellent selection of appro­ mits are being granted. priate patriotic music will be the Private Bills Committee the sible to make such a contribution, IN ESTIMATES IN ALLIED CIRCLES played during the seating of the Several individuals in the dairy Masters Limited Act, incorporating Resolved, therefore, that the audience, and the .orchestra business were questioned yesterday the Masters Hardware Company, Colonial Treasurer is hereby re­ will accompany the singing of by a reporter of The Royal Gazette and reading a first time by title quired to pay to the Imperial Gov­ LONDON, May 31. (CP).—The great drama of the withdrawal from Dunkerque "Land of Hope and Glory" & Colonist., A general expression of Supplementary Appropriation Re­ ernment the sum of Forty thou­ and the National Anthem at the complaint was not evident. Many solve No. 8, re-yoting £125 for cost of sand pounds as a contribution from neared its close late tonight, as heavy detachments of Allied troops poured through the of the smaller dealers were complete­ a diorama and the last £626 of Ber­ besieged city on the way to England. In a last desperate attempt to crush the with­ conclusion. The soloist will be the Government of these Islands Thomas Phillips. ly unmoved by.the change. One of muda's contribution of £19,000 to­ to the Imperial Government toward drawing Allied armies, the Germans flung ten armoured divisions into the struggle, but the largest suppliers of dairy products, wards cost of construction of the the cost of the present war. The doors will open at 8.30 however, had much to say against air port. Since no airways subsidy the withdrawal continued successfully under the raking fire of Allied warships and p.m., the lecture will commence In moving that advantage be •the new and possibly temporary pro­ is now being paid, the situation is taken of the Rule of the Council the ceaseless bombing of Royal Air Force 'planes. At least 100,000 men have already at 9 o'clock. cedure. that while, the Colonial Development arrived in English south-east ports, it was estimated. Troops returning said that Ger­ Fund contributed £27,834 towards to deal with this Resolve at once, He described his present difficul­ the Colonial Secretary, Major E. man losses had been five times those of the Allies. In London and Park;, the German ties'in view of the sharp advance in construction Bermuda gave the site and £19,000 (besides 9 years' exemp­ A. T. Dutton commented: dead and wounded are estimated to have reached 500,000. prices of feed and hay, and he feared "It Is with the greatest pleasure that he would soon be having more tion from taxation) and is paying A naval spokesman in London declared that the loss of a ANTI-JAPANESE BEETLE annually £700 for wireless service and and pride, Mr. President, that I small transport, three destroyers and several small auxiliary troubles with surplus quantities of introduce this Resolve. It seems ITALY BREAKS OFF DEAL milk due to the loss of trade he sus­ £600 for air port maintenance by vessels in the evacuation operations was trifling compared with CAMPAIGN HERE GOES ON the Works Department. to me that this is something much the lives saved. tained through importing of cream. more than a conventional gesture FOR CONTRABAND CHANGE He explained that it took from Meanwhile, as their comrades in the north fought their way SAVINGS BANK ACT of assistance from this ancient to the coast, French and British troops on the Somme cleaned Strict Quarantine Is To Be eight to ten quarts of milk to get a Colony to the Mother Country. The np in. the Abbeville sector at the western tip of the front. The Now Expected To Cast Lot quart of cream, and in the sale of ice­ With regard to the Savings Bank generous thoughts which moved the Abbeville bridgehead was taken but the town itself is not yet. Enforced in "Danger Period" cream much of his excess production Act, after long explanations and set- sponsor of the proposal, the stir­ reported to have been wrested irom the Germans. With Germany in The War of milk was absorbed. He estimated ling of questions at procedure (the ring Words with which he introduced In the north, a French spokesman said, the triangular shaped some people were importing cream latter because of fears that the Co­ it into the Legislature, and the loyal The Department oi Agriculture's at about 4/6d a quart in quantity, lonial Treasurer might have to vote French force was continuing to fight its way to the coast. He LONDON, May 31 (CP).—Premier enthusiasm with which the elected described the battle of Flanders as the first round; the next round comprehensive plans to protect Ber­ which included freight- and duty. against his own motion), the Hon. Mussolini had vetoed negotiations muda as far as possible from invasion representatives of the Colony sprang is expected to be fought on the Somme and the Aisne front de­ He referred to his wholesale price of F. G. Gosling finally effected a sub­ with Britain for a contraband con­ by the Japanese Beetle will get under ice-cream, which was 2/3 a quart, and to their feet in welcoming it, seem fending Paris. The French spokesman said that here the Germans stitution which made Clause 13 to me to be symbolic of all that trol agreement, removing practically way today, which marks the begin­ said it was retailed at 4/- a quart. read as follows:— would find the northern Allied resistance has lasted just too long all doubt here that he intends taking is finest in our Empire. They dem­ ning of the quarantine period that He did not question the profit mar­ 13 (1) If any dispute arises between for the Nazis' good. ygfc>; Italy into war on Germany's side.: extends until September 30. These gin, for he knew that stocking ice­ onstrate once again its strength, The only doubt left in the minds of the Colonial Postmaster and any its vitality and its unity in the hour Escape by sea of considerable num- Details of the withdrawal are dis­ summer months are known as the cream was not just a matter of plac­ depositor, or any executor, adminis­ bers of Allied forces from the Flan­ closed in various communiques issued diplomatic observers here is when "danger period," when the pest ing on a shelf—it had to be kept In of danger, and I believe firmly that II Duce will line up with his partner. trator, next of kin, committee, credi­ that devoted spirit will in the end ders pocket, and continued embarka­ tonight. The Air Ministry's com- forsakes its grub-like stage under­ good condition, and that probably tor or assignee of any depositor or tion of French, British and Belgian muniue stated: "Throughout yes­ Some believe Italy will enter wai ground and emerges as the beetle necessitated extra cost. achieve victory. I, for one, am proud any person claiming to be entitled and encouraged to observe this troops at shattered Dunkerque, in­ terday and last night, bombers of the within a few days, perhaps during stage.

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