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THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1939
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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST
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FOREIGNERS STAY PUT IN FOOCHOW
FOREIGN SILVER PRICE
Washington, To-day.
The new price for foreign sil- ver, which will be announced at noon to-day, will, well informed circles believe, be about 30 cents. -Reuter.
CHINESE REACH LUPAO, NEAR CANTON
Canton, To-day. Chinese forces have reached Lupao, about 25 miles north-west
of Canton, where fighting is said to be progressing, according to the unconfirmed report of a Chinese traveller from Lupao.
He also stated that Chinese forces are most active near Sam- shui.
It is understood that the bus service between Lupao and Can- ton was suspended this morning. -Reuter,
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At dawn to-day, the Japanese boom across the MANOEUVRES
mouth of the Min River was to be closed and the attack on that city launched with a "terrific” bombardment. Some 30 Japanese warships, including at least three aircraft carriers, have been lying off the treaty port for the past few days, but the attack has not yet been launched. According to word received in Hong Kong, a hand- ful of foreign women left Foochow yesterday in the s.s. Yunnan for the quieter port of Shanghai as a temporary measure until the worst of the Japanese attack was over Little fresh news has been re- ceived in Hong Kong so far, Ac- cording to the latest British naval authorities, the situation there early this morning was "quiet."-
Reports, according to the naval spokesman, make no men- tion of an attack on Foochow; should the situation warrant it, an official communique may be released later.
any
With the exception of such communique, the outside world will get little reliable word of Foochow, local circles indicate, unless in the way of "official statements" issued by the Jap- anese naval spokesman at the press conferences in Shanghai,
✅ FOOCHOW DEFENCE Reports from Chungking state that the Chinese troops entrusted with the defence of Foochow who have been reinforced, will put up a stubborn resistance, GIVES DETAILS Defence lines are believed to west of
ARMAMENTS
LONDON, TO-DAY:
THE INCREASE have been estable they can re-
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Foochow, to which
THE CABINET tire should the bombardment prove top fierce
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Bill is to be rushed Parliament at the rilest
Hy Jail" mentions #150,- Nantal Island, opposite Roo- show itself, is of little military value and it was expected yester- day that a temporary exodus of Chinese and foreign residents of Foocho would pour across the
with the opening of the
no general the
amdially in
pokès-
Sharp Peak, which is out at sea," he said, "and they are
there in the interests of Bri- tish nationals and property. “They are available to eva- cuate Foochow - residents if required. One or two peo ple have left Foochow, but this must not be regarded as a general evacuation,
"Should events make
LONDON, TO-DAY. IT WAS OFFICIALLY AN- NOUNCED LATE LAST NIGHT THAT THE JOINT MANOEUVRES OF THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE, WHICH WERE TO BE HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.
HELD ON JULY 26 AND 27,
pre-
Government quarters add that the cancellation is due to the sent tension in the European si- tuation.
An official statement explains that the Admiralty has declared that at the present moment it is in no
position to spare warships for
manoeuvres.
It was originally intended to let part of the Fleet try to land troops on the East Coast, while the Fourth Division was to try and frustrate the landing. Trans-Ocean.
necessary, the Duchess and the Sinklang are, of course, available.”
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