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CAN GEN. MIAJA REPEAT OF
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LATEST REPORTS FROM BARCELONA RE-
VEAL THAT WHILE THE INSURGENTS LANDLORD CUT DEFENCES, NONE OF FRANCO'S TROOPS WATER SUPPLY:
ARE CLOSING IN ON THE LAST LINE OF
HAVE YET ENTERED THE CITY.
All normal business has been suspended, while Franco's bombers are carrying out almost con- tinuous raids, in an effort to demoralise the civil population which is aiding in the preparą- tion of street defences.
General Miaja, who dramatically saved Madrid, has flown to Barcelona, in a last effort to repeat the "miracle" at Barcelona.
DEADLY GRIP
Saragossa, To-day.
A deadly grip on Barcelona has been gained by the
Nationalist troops.
While Moroccan Cavalry under General Yague are trying to fight their way into the southern suburbs, troops in the north and the west have approached to within 22 kilometres of the outer edge of the city.
The suburbs and the race course of Das Corts are within gunrange. Barcelona is cut off from all road and railway communication with Manresa.
Li
ALLEGED AXIS PLAN FOR ACTION IN THE SPRING
London, To-day.
With the fall of Barcelona seri- ously imminent, Left Wing circles are becoming more and more clamorous in their demands that
assistance be rendered to the Spanish Government.
One division of General Yague's corps, just before reaching Barce- lona, wheeled off to the left with the object of closing the western end of the cordon around the city.
The Republican retreat is said to have been so precipitate that! all bridges were left intact. Ship traffic in and out of Barcelona has been made impossible by batteries
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given to the suggestion that France, for strategical reasons, should occupy Minorca and Spanish Morocco, should Italian volunteers not be withdrawn from Spain fol- lowing Franco's victory.
NAVAL BABES ALSO In leading articles, the "Dally In its leading article, the Herald" brands Mr. Chamberlain "Tempa" in Parie mentions the traitor to the cause of peace possibility of such a "compensa- democracy" and demands that tion" and the "Daily Express" is m to deliver war material to prompted to report that, under
hould be accorded to British carta
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FINED $100
Li Shiu-fai, of No, 57, Robinson Road, was summoned before Mr.
PROVIDE ARMS FOR GERMANY
Prague, To-day,
The mission of German military. experts has concluded an arrange- ment by which Czecho-Slovakia will supply · Germany with high-per-: formance aeroplane engines and aeroplane parts in exchange for
R. A. D. Forrest at the Central lignite from the Sudetenland pits. Magistracy this morning, for caus- It is officially explained that as ing or permitting, to be altered athe Munich. Agreement deprived"
service connected to the water Czecho-Slovakia of practically her works at No. 34, Russell Street, entire lignite supplies, drastic mes- sures are now necessary to prevent between January 5 and 7. ·
a serious shortage.Reuter. Mr. A. Cash, of the Water Works Department, said this was the first case under the new each of the four floors of No. 54 Waterworks Ordinance, in which Russell Street. landlords were held responsible for the consumption of water by their he obtained the services of an un- tenants.
No payment was forthcoming so
authorised plumber and discon In the present case, defendant nected the supply from the meter,
A fine of $100 was imposed. had demanded $5 a month from
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