Enemy Lorries Attacked In Ca-operative Attack Cairo, Aug. 10 French airmen flew with em-squadrons in Africa an official communique Tench air crews operated together with the R.A.F., and carried Out valuable reconnaissance in which enemy lorries were machinegunned," the communique stated, The communique also claimed that British planes carried out a "highly successful" raid on Bomba harbour setting a flying-boat jetty and two flying boats on fire, and sinking two other flying boats.
Many other objectives in the harbour were hit, the communique claimed.—United Press Further Taxation in Britain "Inevitable"
London, Aug. 18.
The Finance Bill was read for the third time in the House of Commons lest night, and then sent to the House of Lords, In the course of a debate the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Kingsley Wood, said that further taxation was obviously inevitable, but the time for its imposition must depend on the response to the appeals for subscrip-ton to Government loans.
It was hoped, he added. to bring the Purchase Tax into operation at the beginning of October.—Reuter.
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