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JOCKEY THROWN
AND HURT
(By "RAPIER")
Yet another new Australian pony was responsible for an accident this morning, Mr. Ip Kui-ring, the well-known Chinese jockey, being concerned this time.
His injury is reported to be of such a nature that it is doubtful whether he will be able to resume riding for some time to come.
MR. IP KUT-YING. Whilst riding Fatshan, Pony No. 38, this morning Mr. Ip was hear- ily thrown near the half mile post. He struck the sand track with his left shoulder, and was unable
to
AUSTIN REACHES FINAL
London, To-day.
In the semi-final of the Nation- al Covered Courts Tennis Chami- pionship at Queen's Club Fester- day. H. W. "Bunny" Austin, Bri-.. tain's No. 1 ranking player, de- feated Jean Borotra of France. eight times winner of the title. by 6-1, 6-16}
Austin meets the holder, Kalle Schroeder, of Sweden, in the fin- al-Reuter
PALESTINE TERRORISM: POLICE IN HEBRON AMBUSH
Jerusalem, To-day.
Many arrests were made in different parts of Pales- tine yesterday following the outbreak of organised dis- turbances, and curfew was enforced at 6 o'clock yester day evening in Jerusalem. Details of yesterday morning's engagement at Solomon's Pool, Bethlehem. show that the
near
get up. The Hong Kong Jockey police received information that Club coolie on duty hear the five 150 Arabs intended to attack the furlong post saw the accident, and police station at Hebron. immediately rushed to his aid, be- ing followed almost immediately byl the jockey's brother, Mr. KLIpi Messrs. Sleap and Walker went to the scene in Mr. Sleap's car, and had Mr. Ip removed to the Jockey Club, where he was examined by Dr. Poon Sik-wai. It was later re- vealed that his shoulder joint was dislocated.
JAPANESE LINES BLASTED TO BITS
(Continued from Page 1) retreat after heavy losses.
THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 16, 1937.
STOP PRESS
Reports of serious damage
to Sheklung railway bridge yesterday's bombing raid were 'discounted by Major R. D.
Walker, manager and chief en-
gineer of the British Section
of the KC.R. this morning,
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who stated that he had no in-
formation of damage tow
bridges, which doubtless he
would have done had any ser-
ious break occurred.
The track had been damaged
at several points. It was not
All available British police reserves in Jerusalem were des- to the scene but they patched were ambushed by men behind barricades at a bend in the road. and were greeted with a very heavy fire from a range of thirty possible to say how soon re- yards.
A number of British police offi- cers were injured but the Arabs were eventually routed with heavy casualties.-Reuter.
STATE OF SIEGE
London, To-day. Following the ambushing of a large British police detachment
has an
Government Hongkew nounced that a stage of siege will be substituted in Palestine for the state of emergency.
Chinese airmen played a promi-and attacks on British troops, the nent part in the battle, their sudden Palestine and unexpected raid on
and Yangtsepoo taking the Japan- ese completely by surprise.
Considerable damage
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was done,
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This is according to a news agency report, which adds that two and many casualties caused among British soldiers were killed when a Japanese marines and troops before military patrol was ambushed on the anti-aircraft defence was able to get into action squadrons took the air.
the
Jerusalem-Hebron
and Japanese Trans-Ocean.
NIGHT AIR BATTLE
A precedent was created in aer al
warfare, says the correspondent, when a major air battle took place
iz
IZUMO AS
in pitch darkness at 3 o'clock MESSENGER
the morning.
At 4 o'clock in the morning the entire outlying sections of the city were in flames, the heavens were blood-red and the din of battle could be heard for miles round-Trans Ocean.
NORTH NA RETREAT "ACCORDING TO PLAN?”
OF PEACE!
road.
Shanghai, To-day. An official Japanese statement cruiser makes it clear that the Izumo, flagship of the Third Ja- panese Fleet, was not captured from the Russians in the Russo-Japanese War but was built for Japan by the Armstrong Shipbuilding Com- (Continued from Page 1) Japanese scouting plane reports pany in England and arrived・・ în that Hsinhsien, 25 miles south of Japan on December 18, 1900, Yuanping, has been captured by a The statement declares Japanese unit, which thus threaIzumo "is known teps Taiyuanfu, the Shansi capital, the globe, not as
he north
general Chinese withdrawal to the
the Yellow
er, abandon-
therm
Shan of
Sul-
part of
the
m-of-war but
ess
pairs could be effected.
Chinese reports state that
two of the eight planes which
attacked the railways were
subsequently brought down by
A.A fire four Japanese ait-
men being killed and two
jured, and arrested
These reports state that the planes dropped 27 bombs of about 500 pounds each. Only
one direct hit on the railway
track was obtained, about 200.
feet being destroyed,
TEL. 20022
Nanking, To-day.
Madame H H. Kung, wife.
of the Finance Minister, has
donated 371 trucks and 200
far
coats to the Chinese
forces as "an expression of
appreciation of the exce lent record of Chines men during the Sino-Japan-
Reuter. ese hostilities."-
Shanghai, To-day
semi- According to
official Japanese report, the
Japanese have captured the
walled town of Pingyuan, on
Rail- the Tientsin-Pukow
way, 50 miles north of Tsi-
nanfu, after an engagement
ing eight hours-Reuter.
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