THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 27, 1988.
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Paris, To-day." destroyed⚫ 10 million francs' worth of wool in a ware- house of a large French rug com- pany in Beauvais yesterday after- noon. The cause of the conflagra- tion is unknown.—Trans-Ocean.
SHANGHAI CHOLERA
SHANGHAI
Shanghai, To-day.
Sunday, having seemingly estab lished itself as a favourite day for the police in both the International} the police in both the Interational Settlement and in the French Con- cession were keeping a specially vigilant watch yesterday night.
The police, mobilising all uni- formed and plainclothes men, were ready to be sent out any- where in the Settlement at a mo-
Shanghai, June 20. Cholera was officially announced by the Public Health Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council yesterday as "epidemic." Of the 166 cases reported to the department's notice. ment, 119 had not been proven in the P.H.D. laboratories, but 18 were fatal, according to the report for last week, issued yesterday.
The Commissioner of Public Health reported to the Health Com- mittee and the S.M.C. on Saturday that the disease was now epidemic within the International Settlement- (including outside roads), defining epidemicity as the occurrence of an average daily number of three new cases for one week.
Cholera, declared the notification, was not stated to be epidemic ear- lier in the week owing to the num- ber of cases notified which later were proved to be not true cholera. Next to cholera, Shanghai's most serious disease last week was ty- phoid fever, which claimed 29 lives out of only 138 cases. The high in- cidence of typhoid, according to S.M.C. health authorities, was
stated to be due to the unusually wet weather, which while increas- ing typhoid, had been instrumental in delaying the onslaughts of cholera.
Typhus fever also has been res- ponsible for a high death rate, 11 out of 85 cases succumbing to the disease, while dysentery, amoebic and bacillary, resulted in 11 deaths out of 28 cases.
Inclement weather during the last week was also held responsible for the large number of deaths through tuberculosis, a total of 32, the highest figure for any disease having been reported last week.
There was one foreign death from cholera and one from typhoid fever in the Settlement last week, and the total number of foreign deaths reported was six. Chinese deaths reported from all causes up to Saturday midnight were 687.
MYSTERY OF A MINISTER
-Sofa, Yesterday.
The former Soviet Miniater in Sofia, M. Raskolnikov, who disap- peared mysteriously without leav- ing a trace three months ago, has now been discovered, in Paris, ac- cording to a report in the paper “Udro.” The Paris correspondent of the paper asserts that he recog nised Raskolnikov in a certain Paris suburb, the name of which
is discreetly withheld
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The former Minister apparently
took the correspondent for an
Special watch was kept over radio stations which have previ- ously been bombed and the police riot squad has been standing by during the night hours-Reuter.
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HANKOW, TO-DAY. BITTER FIGHTING IS RE- PORTED TO BE GOING AT MATANG AS WELL HSIANGSHAN, ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT BY THE CHINESE MILITARY SPOKES- MAN.
Japanese troops at Hsiangshan are occupying positions northeast of the town, while Chinese are situated in southeast Hsiangshan.
The Chinese "are "attacking vigorously," in an attempt to prevent the Japanese from es- tablishing a foothold on the south bank of the Yangtse River.
Part of the Japanese forces at Hsiangshan are said to have re- treated on Saturday, in the direc- tion of Matang, where they are now reported to be surrounded.- Reuter.
AUSTRALIAN LEADER'S VISIT TO HOLLAND
Amsterdam, Yesterday. The Australian Commonwealth Minister of Commerce, Dr. Earlé Page; arrived here to-day from Copenhagen.. The Minister, who will stay in the Commercial capi- tal three days, will, it is announ- ced, be present at the start, on Tuesday, of the first: aeroplane for Batavia, where it will connect with the new regular air service from Batavia to Sydney.
In conversation with a represen: tative, of “Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant," Dr. Page observed that the question of competition be tween Dutch and British air ser- vices was of minor importance by comparison with the realisation of
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the aim of putting an end to Ausisters of Trade and Social Affairs. tralia's isolation. He added that In honour of the Australian visi- he would utilise the opportunity tor, a dinner will be given at Sche-
agent" of the G./P, U, and fled. | afforded him by his short visit to veningen to-day, on behalf of the
but the correspondent subsequent-
ly discovered him in a small taurant where they got into con versation, Raskolnikov then den led that his case was similar to that of the Soviet Envoy Bu charest, Sudenko, -- Trans Ocean.
Holland to endeavour to secure a Netherlands Government by the further extension of trade be Minister of Ways and Communica tween the Netherlands and Aus- tions.—Trans-Ocean. tralia.
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London, To-day.
Sir Harry Luke, Lieut. Governor Australia attached much value The E. and A. &.8. "Nankin" left of Malta, has been appointed Gov- to the Immigration of Dutch citi Shimonosaki for this port on Sa- ernor of Fiji and High Commis- zens and Dr. Page would discuss turday, and is due here on Wednes- sioner for the Western Pacific, this problem with the Dutch Min- day afternoon,
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