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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 12, 1989.
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Kweilin Suffers Severely In Japanese Bombing Raid
MANY KILLED IN INDO-CHINA BORDER TOWN
Chungking, To-day. Mass air raids were again staged by Japanese planes over important cities in Kwangsi, Kiangsi and Hunan yesterday, resulting in heavy losses of civilian lives and property. Kweilin, capital of Kwangsi, was raided by 12 ma- chines, which, flying in two squadrons, dropped over 100 bombs.
As most civilians had taken re- nine Japanese aircraft which flew fuge, only eight were killed and from Weichow Island, south . of 50 wounded.
Pakhoi.
About 20 bombs fell at Fuposhan hill, wrecking a temple and scores of houses. Refugees taking shelter in a cave escaped unscathed, when a heavy bomb exploded nearby shoot- ing up mud and stones.
Incendiary bombs were dropped outside the south gate, starting fires which gutted a row of 14 houses,
The Hunan-Kwangsi Railway station was also made target of attack. However, all missiles went wide.
of
bers attacked Kian, 122 miles south- In Kiangsi, a squadron of bom-
west of Nanchang.
More than 130 bombs, including incendiaries, were dumped in the heart of the city, inflicting more than 100 civilian casualties and devastating a prosperous section of the town.
Fires raged for a considerable time before they were brought un- der control.
Seven boats in the river were blown to pieces.
Lientang, near Nanchang,
was
Lungchow, near the border French Indo-China, was bombed by, bombed by three Japanese aircraft.
BRITISH PLANES
Between 40 and 50 were killed or maimed.-Central News,
Impressive ceremonies were staged in Germany when the body of Herr vom Rath, the murdered Paris Embassy official, was brought home. Here is the scene in Duesseldorf as the cortege proceeded from the station to the hall where the body lay in state.
SET NEW SPEED SIR HUGHE KNATCHBULL
RECORDS
London, To-day.
Imperial Airways'
new fast
monoplanes continue to set inter-
capital commercial records.
HUGESSEN APPOINTED AMBASSADOR IN TURKEY
London, To-day.
In November, Frobisher, first of Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, who came into the four-engined De Havilland Albatross monoplanes commission- ed for service on the company's European routes, flew from London to Paris in 53 minutes at an average speed of 282 m.p.h.
In the following month she flew
world prominence when he was machine-gun- ned by Japanese planes on the Shanghai-Nan- king highway, has been appointed Ambassador to Angora.
with mails from England to Egypt Sir Hughe, while Ambassador to Nanking, was
at an average speed in the air for
2,300 miles of 219 m.p.h.
motoring to Shanghai when his car, plainly marked with the Union Jack, was attacked by Japanese planes.
On Tuesday, a sister craft, Falcon, carried eleven passengers, a crew of four and a ton of freight from London to Brussels, 200
The Ambassador was seriously miles, in 48 minutes, surpassing wounded and was forced to relin- the previous best journey accom- quish his post, since when he has plished by an Italian aeroplane in been in London. the fleet of Sabena, Belgium's State air transport company, by five minutes, and averaging 250 m.p.h. -British Wireless,
AMERICAN ON TRIAL IN REICH
Sir Hughe entered the Foreign Office in 1908 and was attached to the British delegation to the Ver- sailles Peace Conference in 1919.
From 1926 to 1930 he was Coun- sellor of the Embassy at Brussels, and for the next four years Was Minister to the Baltic States.
From 1984 to 1986, when he was appointed Amassador to China, he was Minister to Teheran,-Reuter,
Hamburg, To-day. The American sailor, George Roth, who was arrested a few weeks ago in Hamburg, will be placed on trial on January 14 before a Ham- Quarantine restrictions imposed burg criminal court. He is indicted against arrivals from Macao.. on for preparation, of high treason." account of cholera have been re-
Trans-Ocean.
moved.
PHILIPPINES READY TO TAKE REFUGEES
Manila, To-day.
An agreement has been reach-. ed between China and the Com- monwealth Government to al- low Chinese refugees to enter the Philippines for the duration of the Sino-Japanese hostilities provided that they are guarante ed by a resident here and will not become public charges.
The previous approval of the Chinese authorities must be obtained before embarkation from China.
and
The Chinese Consulate Chamber of Commerce in Manila are being held respon- sible for their return to China after the war-Reuter?
Here's Luck!
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BEER
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