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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST
BUTTER
HUGE BOMBERS IN THIRD CANTON RAID Canton-Hankow Railway Now Apparently Objective
HUGE PILLARS OF SMOKE MARK HITS SECURED
AMERICAN
ADMIRAL'S DECISION
BELIEVED HEADIEST
ATTACK OF DAY
Canton, 2 p.m., To-day.
CHINESE IN
NANKING WORK
Canton's fifth raid in two days found the at- ON NORMALLY
tack concentrated on the Canton-Hankow Railway, by which it is alleged large supplies of ammunition
Nanking, To-day. - In spite of the threatened emanating from Hong Kong have been transport- Japanese bombing of the capital ed in the last two or three days.
all Chinese officials are working!
The roar of Chinese anti-aircraft guns herald-normally. ed the arrival of the further contingent of Japan- ese raiders.
The exact number of planes participating in the raid is unknown, but Reuter's correspondent counted nine large bombers, and there were possi- bly more.
Shanghai, To-day. According to a statement re leased to the press by the United States Commander-in-Chief, Ad- miral Harry Yarnell, a report from Rear-Admiral Marquardt, commander of the Yangtse Pa- „trol, says that neither the gun- hoats Guam nor Luzon will be moved unless they come under “direct fire of artillery or direct bombing from aircraft.” Retter.
RAID PLAN NOT
B OFF
The staff of the Belgian Embas-
Tokyo, 1 p.m., To-day. sy, as well as the Czecho-Slovakian The War Office to-day denied Minister, M. Jan Seba, have decid-that there was any intention of abandoning the plan to destroy ed not to move.
Meanwhile the U.S.S. Luzon was Nanking, which was regarded as sighted this morning lying two the main base of Chinese mili- miles up-river from her original tary operations.
anchorage.
A spokesman declared that a It is believed the gunboat was raid might be made at any time on any day, whenever a decision to issue the order was given- Our Own Correspondent.
The raid was apparently of a more severe na-actually en route to Wuhu when ture than former attacks, for six columns of smoke plans were suddenly changed. are now rising to the sky, indicating hits.
One of these columns is rising to a height of
more than 200 feet.
Reuter.
The raiders left within the hour and the city is Cricket Bats That Give Confidence again quiet. Reuter and Our Own Correspondent.
TRAIN DELAYED 21⁄2 HOURS
Passengers arriving in Kowloon this afternoon by train from Canton report that out of five hang- ars at the military aerodrome near the station, three were destroyed in the Japanese air raids.
The train, due at Kowloon at 11:30, did not ar- rive until 2.05, having been held up by the raids.
The train was not allowed to leave Canton un- til the "all clear signal had been sounded.
The passengers state that the populace of Can- ton has by now become inured to the raids, and that thousands of Chinese flock to the house-tops to witness the air battles, completely oblivious to all danger.
Canton, To-day
The exodus from Canton was resumed this morning following the excitement of the past two
HANKOW LINE
Canton, To-day- story is being circulated all over the city that during yesterday's fair raid the Japanese planes drop- ped pamphlets declaring the Japan- ese intention to bomb the Canton- Hankow Bailway on Friday this
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