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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST
BUTTER
GERMAN
CHOLERA SUSPECTS
Taken Off s.s. Assuan In Quarantine Anchorage
COLOURFUL
SCENES AT
K.C.R. STATION
First Victim Succumbs
To The Disease
Within an hour of schedule, One member of the crew of the German s.s. Assuan,
the international refugee train from Hankow, which left there on Tuesday, arrived at Kowloon Railway station this morning with some 300 passengers of all nationalities on board.
The train was originally due at noon and within a few min- utes of 12.30, the station pre- sented an animated spectacle, the platform being packed with a large crowd of relatives, and friends of those on board as well as representatives from the con- suls of the various nationalities represented..
After several false alarms. when shunting engines puffed round the bend in the line, the huge locomo- tive of the Hankow express -into view at 12,50 and steamed ma-
jestically into the station.
came
BUSTLE AND EXCITEMENT Out of every window leaned eag- er women, and children, anxiously scanning the throng on the plat- form for a sight of friend's or rela- tives.
In a few minutes disembarkation had taken place and all was bustle and excitemnt.
Occupying the first carriage after the locomotive, were a party of bearded and turbanned Indians. As one progressed down the platform one saw French marines and blue- jackets with picturesque tasselled сара,
women in all manner of garba, from beach-suits with sun tops, to the formal gowns usually
The
now in quarantine following the discovery of an outbreak of cholera on board, has since died of the disease, the "China Mail" learned this afternoon.'
victim is M. I. Scheffer, who was admitted to the Infectious Disease Hospital on Friday last week, and was the first to be taken off the ship.
GERMAN-CHINA RELATIONS
Singapore, To-day, The Daily Telegraph's Berlin correspondent states that poli tical circles in Berlin are cer tain that Dr. Trautmann will not return to his Chinese post and will not be succeeded. It is unlikely that diplomatic re- lations with China will be broken off but Germany's sym- pathy with Japan will be shown by leaving a Charge D'Affaires without Ambassa dorial rank with the Chinese Government.-Reutre.
FAIR GENERALLY
The Royal. Observatory reports associated by the masculine mind that a shallow depression is ̋sta- tionary over Tongking; the typhoon with garden and cocktail parties.
S.S.W. of Burly men in serviceable shorta la situated 200, miles and tennis shirts and innumerable children, completed as variegated a throng as is ever seen in a limited space in Hong Kong.
Tokyo,
moving north-eastward. forecast:-S. W. winds, moderate; fair generally.
Disembarkation started almost
to leave Hankow as really it is. immediately. Those with connec quite quiet up there. We will only tion with firms like Jardine's, were well catered for. All arrangements stay here for a few days and we are then off, probably to Shanghai had been made for the transport where we hope to find something of their luggage and they were whisked off with the minimum dis comfort and inconvenience.
to do.".
Down. the platform on crutches went a tall, angular American YOUCH OF PATHOS bluejacket grinning all over his touch of pathos was provided face. His right foot was in a by two Russian cabaret dancers, plaster-of-paris cast. "No, I'm not who were sitting dolefully on small a war casualty." he said, "Merely baskets containing all their be- fell over a trunk."
longings. They
men:
are
told
press- rather sorry.
In a compartment far away, from (Continued on Page 24)
CANTON APPREHENSIVE
Canton, To-day.
Canton was thrown into .- state of apprehension by the sudden appearance of an un- known number of Japanese planes which paid a lightening visit after two hours bombing of the railways. Apparently, no bombs were dropped by the raiders who were visible above thick lowlying clouds but the A. A. batteries went into ac tion firing blindy.
Crowds of Chinese are flock- ing on to the Bund opposite
Shameen fearing the visit is only a prelude to a further raid.
This is the first appearance of Japanese planes, over Canton since last Wednesday. The All Clear sounded at 10.80 a.m.
The International Refugee Train from Hankow is believ ed to be somewhere in the vi- cinity of Canton. From Our Staff Representative.
Since then three further pa tients have been admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital. One of them," Helmut Eggert, was removed from the ship on Monday, and is a serious con- dition. Yesterday, two further suspect cases were removed to hospital, one of them named Brandt and the other Behrand European members in its crew, It is understood that the now confined to the ship in the Assuan has
some thirty-five quarantine anchorage.
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