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No. 29,781
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1937
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AUSTRALIA'S CHOLEST
BUTTER
BOMBING JUST OVER THE BORDER
Attack Believed Made On New Road Being Built EIGHT THOUSAND COOLIES KIATING BOMBED
MAKING ROAD TO CANTON
EXPLOSIONS HEARD PLAINLY IN NEW
TERRITORIES
BRITISH & U.S. NAVAL FRIENDSHIP
A severe bombing raid, reported to have been
Shanghai, To-day. carried out just over the border of the New Terri-
An
re exchange tories, beyond Shumchun this morning, is believed
Anglo-Amencan to be connected with the building of a road between the departure of the cruiser HMS Canton and the New Territories, which, the "China Danae this morning for England. Mail” learns from a reliable source, has been start where she will be placed ed with unprecedented vigour.
OUT OF EXISTENCE
Shanghai, To-day. Kisting, once a flourishing town behind the Linhang L has been redneed to
three days of intensive bomban
Japanese planes. Over
were dropped on
A scene of
few bodies litter
fore the
the
SHAI
On the eve
As Danae passed the United States HMS Dan
com-bowl with agship Augusta, the ship's pany bred up on the cheers, which we
and broke out
Bombing is reported to have been heard from Castle Peak and other parts of the New Territories between ten and eleven o'clock this morning, com ing from over the border, and it was thought that Augus the KCR was being attacked in the vicinity of Shumchun.
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The Canton express came through at about noon, without incident, however, revealing that the attack was not on the railway.
Later, the "China Mail" learn-further anti-aircraft guns were or- ed that the Chinese military dered to be sent to the district to authorities yesterday imported protect the building of the new an army of 8,000 labourers to the road. border near Shumchun and that work was immediately com- menced on the building
designed, by high pre a road
15 TO 20 BOMBS
acti- Although no authoritative
vity, to open up road communi- formation is available rega between Shumchun and the bombing reported
cation
Canton within fifteen days.
OPERATIONS SPOTTED
According to a reliable source, the operations were spotted by a Japanese scouting plane yesterday afternoon - end several machines overhead for later
droppi
time
cor
upon the part side.
The bands
then struck
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the Angusta ship betwee
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