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SILENT ENEMY
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Friday, July 31, 1931.
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HD 英七月卅一號禮拜五|| 中華民國辛未年六月十七日 |
HONG KONG, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1931,
FIGHTING IN THE NORTH.
CHINA' MISSIONARY
DEAD.
Resided in Shanghai from 1917-1929.
Heavy Blow for Mukden Forces.
50,000 FALLING BACK,
Tokyo, Yesterday,
A Tientsin report received by the Rengo news agency states that Shit Yu-shan's troops have captured Tsangchew, on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway and that the Mukden army are retreating to Maching, which is expected to held out to the last for the purpose of defending Tientsin.
Reinforcements are being rushed to the scene to assist in the do fence.
Disorderly Mukden Retreat.
A Tientsin message to the Rengo agency states that, learning of the unfavourable situation in the neighbourhood of Pasting, the headquarters of the Mukden forces, the Peking authorities ordered fifteen trains to proceed to the front to assist in the transport of the retreating troops, but they ar- rived. too late to effect an orderly- retreat.
Fifty, thousand. Mukden troops accordingly are falling back in dis order towards Lintho and Chang- singtlen, where defence works are being hurriedly constructed, but it la believed it will be difficult to hold this postion owing to the rapid ad- vance of Shih Yu-shan's troops, who are expected to capture Chang- singtlen very shortly,
A Counter Attack.
Tientsin, To-day. The Bengo News Agency reports that on launching a counter attack the Mukden forces, being reinforc ed, recaptured the defences north- ward of Paoting after several hours' heavy fighting.
The Proting defences are expect ed to change hands frequently in the next few days while the Mukden
forces are endeavouring to recover the whole position-Reuter,
HEALTH INSURANCE AT HOME.
Benefits Paid to Young Men Abnormal.
TIGHTER ADMINISTRATION.
Rugby, Yesterday.
i
REV. C. G. SPARHAM,
London, Yesterday, "
LONG DISTANCE AIR RECORD BROKEN.
Achievements of Two
Atlantic Fliers.
LINDBERGHS IN CANADA.
Constantinople, Yesterday. The death occurred to-day of "It is believed that the trans- the Rev. Charles George Spar-Atlantic fliers, Poland and Board. ham, aged 45 years, a former man, have broken the long dis- missionary in central China. He tance record which Costes made resided in Shanghai from 1917 in 1929 from Paris to Manchuria. to 1929, when he left for Home on retirement-Reuter.
RAIN LATER.
The Royal Observatory's weather report to-day states:-
The typhoon appears to be. situated about 350 miles S.E. of Hong Kong, moving W.N.W. Pressure is high over Japan. Forecast: N.W. to N.E. winds, freshening; fair at first," rain later.
Rainfall.
Rainfall for 24 hours end- ed at 10 a.m. to-day. nil. Total since January 1--46.29 Inches against an average of 51.56 inches - deficit 6.27 inches,
Temperature.
The temperature at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock was:
Hong Kong
78
Macao
Pratas Island.
83
Manila
77
Foochow
81
B6
75
Shanghai
.79
Amoy Chefoo
BANK OF ENGLAND
RATE RAISED.
„Arrival in Zeppelin. The trans-Atlantic "fliers, Herndon and Pangborn, arrived in the Graf Zeppelin and took off en route to Friedrichshafen.
Ottawa, Yesterday.
·Colonel -and-Mr. Lindbergh, who are attempting to fly across the Pacific, landed here at 4.29 p.m. to-day-Reuter.
Earlier News,
New York, Yesterday.
Boardman
The airmen Russell | and John Polando, who set out from
New York at 5 á.m. on July 28, reached Constantinople to-day at 1.20 p.m.-Reuter's American Ser-" vice.
[The achievement ja a truly magnificent one, Boardman and Polando having done the distance in one "hop/"]
Australian's Flight.
Singapore, Yesterday. Mr. J. A. Mollison, an Australian who is trying to establish a record, Australia to England. fight, has" arrived here from Batavia a day ahead of Mr. C., W. A. Scott's re- cord..
. Mr. Mollison left Wyndham, in West Australia, at 1a.m. on July 29,--Reuter.
Earlier News.
London, Yesterday. Herndon and Pangborn, after flying to Croydon this morning,
left for Berlin this afternoon.
In spite of the delay, they still hope to beat the record set by Post and Gatty-Reuter.
(Mr. C. W. A. Scott, the London
Newspapers Believe It airman, who broke the world's re-
Was Inevitable.
LAST RAISED IN 1909.
cord for a flight in a light acro-, plane from England to Australià, in nine days, three hours, landed at Lympne at 7.30 p.m. on June 5 laat, having established a new re-f Rugby, Yesterday,
cord for a flight from Australia to The evening papers, commenting
England under eleven days. Scott; on the raising of the Bank of Eng-therefore now holds the record for
land discount rate this morning
from three and a half to four and the fight in both directions. He a half per cent, take the view that left Wyndham, in North-West Aus- the step was inevitable-if-the-post-tralia, on May. 26 on the return trip. tion of sterling was to be consoli-He completed his flight from Aus tralia by flying through a storm, dated.
and he was suffering badly from cramp when he stepped out of his machine at Lympne.]
In the course of her reply for It is remarked that the last occa- the Government in the debate on sion on which the rate was increas health Insurance in the House of ed in two successive weeks was in Commons last night, Miss Susan 1909 British Wireless Service. Lawrence, the Parliamentary, Secre-
Earlier News, tary to the Ministry of Health,
London, Yesterday:
admitted, that, making all allow- The Bank of England discount ance for special circumstances such rate has been raised to 42 per as unemployment, the growth of cent.Reuter. expenditure in benefits under the health insurance scheme did not Beem to be justified by the health
City Not Surprised.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE.
Ex-Premier's Strength Well Maintained.
Rugby, Yesterday,
It la officially stated to-night that
London, Later.. The advance of the bank rate has: of the nation
not surprised the City. Mr. Lloyd George had a fairly com- There was a remarkable number Lombard Street had already pre-fortable day and slept at intervals. of short illnesses, and the increase pared for it by bringing the pri- His strength is well maintained and of benefits paid to young men was vate rates as near the official mini- his general condition continues to be satisfactory-British; Wireless unexpected. The position of the mum as possible. central fund was being anxiously
Bervice.. discussed at the moment, with the approved societies, and a lavy on
The abnormality of the foreign exchange position was unquestion- ably the deciding factor.
the societies was one of the respon- The Stock Exchange does not tal situation is still apparently sibilities under consideration. expect the advance will result in viewed with some uncasiness
The figures of the third valuation any change of sentiment, so long Reuter, and British Wireless Ser- were coming out rather better than as the political and financial un vice had been anticipated, but some of the societies would certainly, have to cut their additional benefits.
The Heal Minister,
certainty places, a check on any [It was only as recently sa July Although gold with- 23 that the rate was raised from ave slowed down-con- 21% to 8% has not been 38 ably, and sterling hast shown high as 4% since the beginning of
Greenwood, added that he believed steady. Improvement, the continen March last year.]
a tighter, administration will lead
Th
to considerable improvement, number of claims during the last
"was the lowest for aaveral
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