THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 25, 1938.
CANTON BLAZE DYING
Entire East Bund Area Mass Of Charred Debris
JAPANESE
OFFICERS' STORY OF ADVANCE
CANTON, TO-DAY. ALTHOUGH THE HORIZON IS STILL GLOWING RED, THE DRONING SOUND OF FIRE PUMPS HAS CEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 36 HOURS, INDICATING THAT THE FIRE SITUATION IS NOW UNDER CON- TROL.
WANG
CHING-WEI
RUMOUR
DISPELLED
Chungking, To-day:
Mr. Wang Ching-wei at present is in Chungking, and reports of his being in Hong Kong are pure
rumour.
He addressed a meeting of mid- dle school students on the occa sion of the opening of a large- scale physical training display on Sunday Reuter.
CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE AT LEAST
London, To-day.
In connection with the bombing of the British gunboat, Sandpiper, at Changsha, it is understood that the British Ambassador in Tokyo, without waiting for instructions from London, made representations The entire East Bund area is merely a mass of char-pondents have arrived
red debris, while other huge areas present simi-Some are remaining, and others are
in Canton. at the Japanese Foreign Office.
Full information on the circum- · lar pictures of destruction.
pushing up the. Canton-Hankow stances is not yet available in Several more looters and would-be incendiarists
Railway with the Japanese army. London but in view of the fact that It is believed that damage to the the Japanese naval authorities are, were shot dead on the Shakee Bund, opposite Canton-Kowloon Railway, especially by their own request, acquainted Shameen, last evening by Japanese military the blowing up of Sheklung bridge, from day to day with the positions patrols.
and movements of British men-of- war in the area of Japanese air operations, the bombing would ap pear to involve at least culpable
Japanese officers informed Reu- ter that the main army is pushing northward, leaving only a small force In occupation of Canton.
Some of the officers added that they had come all the way from Bias Bay without firing a single shot, "the only resist- ance being from mosquitoes.”
They stated that the Supreme
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will prevent resumption of traffic at least for three months..
UTILITIES WRECKED Meanwhile, Canton's greatest
Command at present is at Tseng-problems are the shortage of water negligence.---British Wireless. shing, where temporary field head-and the lack of electric power. quarters were established.
Yesterday, banks on Shameen opened from 10 am to noon, but closed again in the afternoon.
RAILWAY DAMAGE
A party of Japanese war corres-
It is understood that it will be half a year before the new water works are ready, while it will 'take The Crown Prince and Princess
London, To-day. several months before the power of Denmark concluded a private plant can be put into commission. visit to England yesterday-British
Wireless.
-Reuter.
PEOPLE
LIKE OURSELVES..
·Hurry dear, breakfasts ready. Don't look so gloomy- it's sausages!
Aw Mary, I hare going to work these days. Every morning wake feeling tired like this absolutely
washed out
Hello Gilmore! hrad agam
Aren't you sahtfed with the way my workć
has been going, Mr. Harris?
this morning! Cheer up we're BZD putting Barron
into your department to take a bit off/2
your hands
Gilmore, don take offence We realise you've got
You can cope with
really-
WHEN THE DAYS WORK IS OVER
- THE BOSS SAYS” Under the re-organisation f - can see no reason for paying Gilmore so highly. It's quite apparent he's hot pulling This weight, these days,
(BILMORE THINKS: THEÝŘE PLITTING BABRON IN MY PLACE EM ? IF ONLY . I DIDN'T FEEL SOʻLIMB IF ONLY I WASNT D ́AI AND RUN-DOWN. ER SOMETHING MAT BE DONE FOR MARYS.
I CAN'T AFFORD
BILMORE SAW THE D Even in the mornings
fired. That makes "an uphill fight to hold my jobs My wi
mg a chud
Spring, so
Then every
night
افوا
Oh darling, I'm so glad those old Fingles at the office gave you a rise it's Lovely to have this
liffle car of
our own.
What's even better darling, I feet sure of my posihon now I've got nd of that- awful firedness
Does your hu
wake tired is he overworked, run-down?
CIVE brin ́n eipfuà of Horfiaks ***
night at bedtime, no win nee waking fired." He will have new vitality, new conf.danou ža success that his brilag und real nbility him te`havs)".
HORLICKS
GUARDS AGAINST, PRE NIGHT ST
LATIONS.