THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOB
1937
NAVAL TACTICAL EXERCISES
-HUMANITY URGED ON FRANCO
Paris, To-day.
The British and French Gov- emments have sent a joint de marche to the Spanish Nationalist authorities at Salamanca, récom mending as lenient treatment as
TO BE HELD ROUND HONG KONG NEXT WEEK
In accordance with their usual practice, the Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm will carry out a series of tactical exercises in the vicinity of Hong possible for the people of Astur Kong next week and the following programme will
ias, which has just fallen to Gen- eral Franco's forces Reuter.
RAND
AIR
WARSHIP
be adhered to:
Monday HMS. Dorsetshire and her aircraft will carry out an exer- cise near Mirs Bay.
ESCORT FOR NEW Tuesday: HMS. Dorsetshire and
GOVERNOR
When His Excellency the new Governor, Sir Geoffrey Northcote and Lady Northcote arrives in the -Colony next Wednesday morning by the P. and O liner s.s. Ranchi, the Royal Navy will provide an escort of two Destroyers in HMS Duchess and HMS Thracian, while HM. Aircraft Carrier Eagle, will provide an air escort.
her aircraft will carry out an exer- cise with 8-inch day and night sub- calibre firing in the area to the East of Waglan Submarines will exercise to the South of Hong Kong.
Wednesday: Submarines will ex- ercise to the South of Hong Kong.
Thursday: HMS. Dorsetshire will carry out 8-inch day and night sub-calibre firing in the area to the East of Waglan.
ANTI-GAS TRIAL
HMS. Suffolk will carry out an in the vicinity of
All His Majesty's warships in har-anti-gas trial bour and Royal Fleet Auxiliary Mirs Bay. vessels will be dressed overall
JAPAN'S PLANS FOR NORTH CHINA
ANOTHER TOKYO
COMMENT ON
JUNK INQUIRY
TOKYO, TO-DAY.
THE JAPANESE AUTHORI- TIES CONTINUE TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THE COURT OF ENQUIRY IN HONG
KONG INTO THE JUNK INCI- DENT OFF CHEELUNG POINT| ON SEPTEMBER 22
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Yesterday a Foreign Office spokes- man declared that Japanese sub-1 Lachrymatory Gas. (Tear Gas) marine No. 7, only recently .com- will be used and will produce and structed in Yokohama, is still lying unpleasant effect on unprotected there.
persons anywhere within one and a half mile of the vessel.
Furthermore, he stated, Japanese Junks and sampans have been submarines are painted dark grey warned to keep this distance away and not silver grey.
Peiping, To-day. In an interview Major-General Kita, Chief of the Special Affairs Bureau in North China, virtually will intimated that a detailed pro- gramme for the establishment of a new state in North China similar to Manchukuo would be announced some time after October 25.-Hua
Nán
TIN YAT MAKES TRIP TO CANTON
Canton, To-day.
The first river-boat from Hong
OTI
from HMS. Suffolk, and the ship's
Evidence at the Hong Kong en- boats will assist in patrolling this
quiry mentioned the figure 7 vicinity.
HMS. Thracian and Submarines the conning-tower of the submarine, xercise to the East of Waglan also that the latter craft was paint-i
ed silver-grey.
• BOMBING PRACTICE Friday: HMS. Duncan, attack- This latest declaration follows a Destroyer Flotilla, statement that the massacre was while on her way to Hong Kong justified on the grounds that the will carry out 4.7 inches full cali-junks--registered in Hong Kong- bre firing in the area to the East- ward of Waglan.
ed to the 8th
HMS. Tracian and Submarines will exercise to the South of Hong Kong.
The Fleet Air Army will carry
were carrying cannons and therefore pirates-Reuter
were
out daily bombing practice in Tolo NORMAL SERVICE
Harbour during the whole week.
hong to arrive in Canton since the JAPANESE |
IN
Pearl River was blocked berthed
here yesterday afternoon.
The vessel was the s.s. Tin Yat,
SHANTUNG
Peiping To-day
which was the only boat which could safely pass through the Japanese troops in Shantung seven-foot draft opening at Bocca claim the capture of Linghuen, 14
Own Correspondent. miles south of Tehchow. Reuter
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The "China Mail was cfficial- ly informed this morning that the Kowloon-Canton Railway track, damaged in yesterday morning's air raid, has been re stored and that a normal service was resumed this morning
NEW A.D.S.T. HONG KONG
London, To-day. Colonel L. G Robinson has been appointed Assistant Director of Sup- plies and Transport; British troops in China Peuter.
It is presumed that Colonel Ro- binson will I take over from Colonel HH. Wright, D.SO.
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