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HAIPHONG ROAD GAMBLING RAID
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Canton, To-day. The police have started a Apathetic scene was seen yesterday paign to clear up gambling when a Chinese girl, barely ten
near the Water Police Station, and, this morning, resulting from a raid years old wailed beside the corpses
Chinese were of her mother and sister, victims of late last night, 15 Japanese aerial bombings.
charged before Mr. K. M. 'A. Bar-
A heavy demolition bomb had nett, at the Kowloon Police Court shattered many houses around, with gambling.
The men were arrested
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blasting and crushing many to death. But the 'girl miraculously ground floor of No. 31, Haiphong escaped.
[Road, according to Detective-Ser- Bereft of her mother and sister geant Sykes, who prosecuted. and without any relative, the girl An additional charge of keeping was taken away by the police to be a gambling house, was preferred taken care of,
against first accused, Lam Shing Pictures of the pathetic scene and he was fined $50, while the were taken by Chinese and fore-rest were each fined $2. Two were igners.-Central News.
absent and their bail of $10 was estreated.
Ho Chun has reported the loss of a fountain pen, cigarette case and $19 in money, from the library of St. John's Hall, Hong Kong University.
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Lau Kim-lee, 38, a coolie, was admitted to the Kowloon Hospital, with serious” head -injuries. He was assaulted by three Chinese in Canton Road yesterday.
London, To-day. "Some of the latest discoveries of our cleverest scientists in our defence are now coming into
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use, and an enemy may expect to encounter some formidable, and perhaps unexpected, forms of defence."
This statement was made in a wireless speech last night by the Minister for Co-ordination of De- fence, Sir Thomas Inskip, who broadcast on Imperial Defence.
Giving the assurance that Britain's defence plans were "elaborate and widespread,” Sir Thomas added that joint plans had been prepared by the Navy and Air Force for every emergency, and providing for complete trade protection.
of research
New types of guns were being tion and organisation prepared, and special rapid-firing work for War Office purposes.--Bri- guns were being made to protect tish Wireless. important points against flying rai-
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were giving a great deal of at- tention to their own defences, and "where we are asked to give a help- ing hand we want to be ready respond."-Reuter.
NEW POST AT WAR OFFICE
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CANTON
Canton, To-day.
The Canton Municipal Govern- ment has instructed all refugee camps and charity organisations in many Canton to accommodate as victims of Japanese aerial bom- bings as possible.
Besides $10,000 remitted by the Executive. Yuan, more funds are being raised by the municipal authorities to relieve the victims.
Rewards will be given to mem bers of the rescue corps, who have displayed remarkable courage.- Central News.
Chung So, 40, and Chan Yiu, 32, The Director of Scientific Re-were sentenced to four months' search, who will take up duty on hard labour by Mr. R. Edwards at Wednesday, will be responsible to the Central Magistracy this morn- the Director-General of Munitions ing, for the theft of electric_wires Production for the general direc-'from No. 19, Lower Lascar Road.
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