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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST
BUTTER
BRITISH MISSION HOSPITAL BOMBED
JAPANESE BOMBING NEAR AMOY
Amoy, To-day. Japanese cruisers and planes from aircraft-carriers have been bombing the mainland and the coastline opposite Amoy for the past two days.
The attacks are apparently cons centrated on the Chinese positions and the railway terminus at Chengchow.
No attempt to land, however, has yet been made.-Reuter.
HONG KONG BANK LOAN WELL RECEIVED
Shanghai, To-day. Announcement. of the £10,000,-* 000 credit to China was very well received in Shanghai's financial district this morning, and all mar- kets reflected a feeling of confid- ence such as has not been seen here for some time.
Three
Direct
Direct Hits ORDER NOT YET
On Well-Marked
Building
Shanghai, To-day.
RESTORED IN
MADRID
Paris, To-day.
In spite of the fact that com-
It is learned from unimpeachable neutral sources munication by telephone between that the walled city of Ichang, a treaty port Paris and Madrid was resumed on the Yangtse above Hankow, has been re- yesterday, all that could be gather- duced almost completely to ruins as the resulted from meagre reports was that of two Japanese mass air raids, one on Tues- the National Defence Council has day and the other yesterday. It is stated that not yet gained complete control 60 heavy bombs were dropped.
over the situation. ·
Tràm services were resumed “ in Madrid after an abortive attempt
By four o'clock in the afternoon,
In another of the many destructive raids carried
out by the Japanese yesterday, three direct by Communists to capture the hits were scored on the Jenkin Robertson Hos-buildings of the Bank of Spain and pital, of the English Baptist Mission, at Sian. the General Post Office. The Mission hospital was badly damaged. Communist troops were still hold- Fourteen Japanese aeroplanes, Yungchang was undefended ing out in 'some of the quburbs. took part in the raid on Sian. against air-attack, allowing the Much firing goes on in Madrid, due There seems to have been no Japanese planes to fly at 500 to the fact that a troop of: Com- possible doubt that the identity metres' altitude when bombing munists is entrenched in the Madrid of the hospital was well known. "the depots and other establish- Hippodrome.Trans-Ocean. Visibility was perfectly clear. ments within the walls of the
The hospital was marked by two huge Union Jacks, one on the roof and the other in the grounds, both clearly visible from the air.
NURSE KILLED
One Chinese nurse was killed when the raiders bombed the hos pital. There were no foreign ca- sualties:
The operating theatre, the Effect of the announcement X-ray Department, the machine- was most pronounced in the mar- ket for Chinese domestic bonds, room and two wards were com- all issues moving sharply higher on a wave of buying induced by a burst of renewed confidence in
the Chinese Government.
Gains at the opening averaged around $1, and although the high levels attracted some profit taking, the market maintained a very steady appearance.
DOLLAR FIRMS
The local dollar also benefitted
pletely destroyed.
No official indication has yet reached Shanghai or Chungking concerning the casualty toll at Ichang, but it is feared that the. death-roll will not be less than at Wanhsten, equally savagely de- vastated a few weeks back, when over a thousand were killed and wounded. Reuter and Our Own Correspondent,
and hardened in terms of both MASS ATTACKS IN
Sterling and United States Dol-
lars, and while the improvement
in exchange rates was only frac
tional underlying tendency was very firm.
One prominent exchange brok-
KANSU
Shanghai, To-day.
Continuing the long distance at-
er, questioned by Reuter, describe tacks begun in February at Lan-
ed the effect of the announce chow Japanese military planes ment as very beneficial".. to Shanghai's currency, Reuter.
"MAIL FORECAST -- London newspapers have been foreasting Joan China for
the por
would
yesterday mass-attacked the "Red
route" in Kanus province. :-
city" which lies within the sha- "the aerodrome and military es- dow of the Great Wall, in the tablishments" for 30 minutes, Sian, capital of Shensi, was like- valley of the Paiting River.
Other Japanese formations wise bombed yesterday.Trans- raided Pingliang and bombed' Ocean..
Japanese airmen reported that
is
but It was action, c
Ich first ro...). A report to this effect was ex- Tong Kong banks clusively published in the “China In the trans- Mall" as long ago as February 8)
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