Daily Post - 06.03.1941, Page 3

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TheNationalLottery of the University of Iceland
See Sunday Post for Feb. 23rd.
The lottery ofíices in Reykjavík are as follows:
Lottery Office, Túngata 2. Near the Salvation Army Hotel, and below the
Toc H. premises.
Verzlunin Höfn, Vesturgata 12.
Lottery Ofíice, Skólavöröustígur 22.
— — Reykjavíkurvegur 5, Skerjafjöröur.
— — Austurstræti 12. Opposite the Landsbanki.
— — Laufásvegur 61.
— — Laugavegur 66. Opposite Base Censor’s Office.
— — Alþýðuhús. Next to the Gamla Bíó.
— — Varðarhús. By the Harbour, near the Y.M.C.A. Nissen Huts
Lottery Offices are distinguished by the sign: Happdrætti Háskóla íslands.
suggested that they should be called
‘Kamba-Meru’ and ‘Kikuyu-Embu’. The
chiefs are not parochial in their outlook,
and they do not stipulate that their planes
should be sent to a particular front. They
say they want them to ‘defend King
George’s house’. They ask only that if
their aeroplanes bring down any of the
enemy, they shall be told about it.
Water-Ski Invasion?
Amongst the lighter stcries which this
war has produced is undoubtedly the lat-
est from Berlin to the effect that specially
selected super-soldiers — it was always
alleged that all German soldiers were
super — were being trained for the com-
ing invasion of Britain, and that tens of
thousands of men were being taught to
use ‘water skis’, permitting the men to
skate over the water at the rate of about
five and a half miles an hour. The water
skis are described as being made of cork
two meters long and fifty 'centimetres
wide. General von Seeckt is reported to
have seen Chinese gymnasts performing
on the Yangtze, and, returning to Ger-
many in 1936, submitted the idea to Ad-
miral Raeder.
The story is not an impossible one. The
German ‘super-soldier’ is said to be able
to skate over the water at a rate double
that at which the British ‘Bobby* nightly
prowls his beat. Even then a gentle stroll
from Calais to Dower, the shortest dis-
tance which the newly-equipped German
invader would have to cover, would take
about four hours.
The message reporting this new scheme
emanates from Berlin, and, giving away
what appears to be a military secret, it is
astonishing that it was allowed to pass the
censors. Skating and skiing champions
and acrobats have been engaged for the