THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 18, 1937.
COLONY'S
ALHAMBRA BUDGET FOR
TO-
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
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FRED MCMURRAY FRANCES FARMER CHARLIE RUGGLES
EXCLUSIVE
MORROW
•— LLOYD NOLAN FATHOLDEN RALPHEN "BLONDE TROUBLE
Eleanore Whitney-Johnny Downs
FASCISM IN CANADA?
NEW PARTY'S
AIMS
Will Quebec try out the corporate state?
This question is being following the formation of the ional Party, about the progra of which there is a decided ring
In a wireless address one of the new party's leaders, Mr. Oscar Drouin said;
"We of the National Party pro- claim that our pro-French-Canadian doctrine should be riveted to cor- poratism, and we bind ourselves to take all possible means to make the corporative idea triumphant.”
-FANCY THAT!
San Francisco, To-day. Belief that the bombs which struck the liner "President Hoover" off Woosung on August 30 were from Chinese planes, was expressed by the First Of- ficer at the opening of the official inquiry into the bombing before the United States Marine Investi- gating Board yesterday
etter
substitute an Economic Counci
This was viewed as a step corporatism, although the Premier has not set about destroying the what Council
He has, filled in vacancies have occurred in its mem bership.
In discussing the trend towards the corporate state, the "Montreal Standard points out that French Canadian actively pro- minent in provincial affairs has yet spoken against it.
Down With -rust
tły how hope to attain clear
National paris ends is not
NEXT YEAR 09
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The "Gazette" contains the draft of the Colony's Budget Bill for 1933 Government is budgetting for a sum not exceeding Twenty- six million three hundred and twenty-seven thousand three hun- dred and forty-three Dollars repre senting an increase of a milli dollars on the Estimates for 1987. The items are appended: His Excellency the Gov-
ernor
Colonial Secretary's De-
181,897
partment & Legislature 308,038 Secretariat for Chinese.
Dr. C. T. Wang, Chinese Ambas- sador in Washington, who is said. to have shown signs of nervous strain after an interview with M Cordell Hull
Affairs
146,094
Treasury
322,901
JAPANESE WAR
Audit Department
125,443
District Office, North
75,788
District Office, South-
53,506
CASUALTY
Post Office ...
820,546
Radio Traffic Office
183,065
FANTASY
Wireless * unafara da
279,929
496,314
Harbour Department
1,314,654
Air Services".
Royal Observatory
Imports and Exports Office
Fire Brigade":
Supreme Court
Attorney Generat Crown Solicitor's Office Official Receiver Land Office Magistracy, Hong Kong Magistracy, Kowloon- Police Force
Tokyo, To-day. 120,271 The latest admission of Jap
91,56 anese war casualties was made $78.786 yesterday, and like its predeces- 237,906 sors, is obviously very much of
88,04 an under-statement. -66,945 The statement says that up to 25,849 Thursday, 1,014 Japanese troops 74,011 were killed. The statement does not, 74.380 however, explain whether this 51,457 covers the whole of China, or Shang- 3,307.619 hai only, or one sector of the Shang-
975,642 hai line only.
Prisons Department Medical Department 2,177.835 Twenty-three Japanese planes have Sanitary Department 1,123,136 been shot down, but the Japanese Botanical and Forestry
naval air arm makes the fantastic Department
139.579 claim of having destroyed 205 Chin- Education Department 2,275,936 ese machines, 95 of them alleged to Kowloon-Canton Railway 832,346 have been shot down in aerial com- Volunteer Defence Corps 161,932 |bat:
49.164 Naval Volunteer Force".
The others, the claim runs, were Air Raid- Precautions
50.000 destroyed together with 34 hangars Miscellaneous Services 1,752,435 during raids on Chinese aerodromes. Charitable Services
214774 The communique adraits that Pensions
2,500,000 Japanese plane was shot down Public Works Department 2,371510 the Shanghai front yesterday. Public Works, Recurrent 1,600,200 Trans-Ocean- Public. Works, Extra-
ordinary. Total
1.277,850 327,343
MUKDEN ANNIVERSARY
Canton Plans To Mark Day
4,000 AT LOTIEN Says Chinese Report On Fighting
Shanghai, To-day.
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In defiance of heavy rainfall and rough weather, the Japanese launch- ed a series of sorties on the Chin ese positions in the Shanghai and Woosung areas in the past twenty- four hours, but all attempts to break through failed.
Canton, To-day. A two minutes' silence is be ob- The Lotien front was comparatively served at noon to-day by all quiet and the Chinese troops, after Chinese to mark the anniversary of dislodging the enemy, were busily engaged in picking up the corpses of Japanese soldiers, which numbered 4,000 upward strewn over the battle field
Mr. Drouin resigned his office as
Forests Minister of Bands the Union Nationale Government of Mr. Maurice Duplessis in February and inaugurated the new party Besides his allusion to "corpora- Drouin declared in his with six others. Five of these,
radio address: cluding Mr. Bronin himself, belong to Quebec's Legislative Assembly, Since my resignation (from the Two belong z to the Legislative Coun-Ministry of Lands and. Forests; 1 the Mukden Incident
have enunciated "Canada" for Meetings will be held by all or Canadians" doctrine. This ay 'Iganisations, including schools and only one that colleges, and demonstrations will
Brend
Tace be conducted throughout the city.
It appears that the Japanese will Most of the leading articles in the vernacular press this morning concentrate on Linho as fifty Ja- remind the public of the events of panese warships are now gathering September, 1931, and of the activi nearby for the obvious purpose of ties of the Japanese military since opening heavy bombardment on the that time. Our Own Correspon- Chinese defences so to cover
landing of newly-arrived Japanese reinfor ments-Hua Nan
cil, Quebec's Upper House,
Others Favourable, Too
It is now being pointed
the leaders f
the Nationa
favorable to the
state.
Cardinal-Villeneuve, Roman Catholic Church
declared his belief
earlier this ye
Godbout and T. D. leaders of the Liberal
said to be favourable
Mr. Duplessis tion
els complain
in
dent.
Blockade Order
the
to stop by a Japanese Man-of-war
To British Ship and none of His Majesty's ships is
present, they should permit Japan-
His Majesty's Government in the ese to board and examine the
United Kingdom have issued
following instructions:
Masters of British advised that, if they
the ficate of Registry on these
standing that an immediate report ships are is made by the Japanese Man-of- requested war to British Naval Authorities.