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No. 24806. &#XS AIR HONG KONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1938. 興禮 日县廿月弍年捌佰玖仟登英 Price
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CAPITAL OF FORMOSA RAIDED
Aerodrome Bombed By Chinese Planes
Shanghai, February 23.
MAKING THE FIRST air raid on any part of the Japanese Empire, seren Chinese planes visited Talhoku, capital of Formosa, and bombed the aerodrome. The bombs fell wide of their mark and no damage was done, according to a Japanese report.
Twelve machines appeared over Talhoku aerodrome at 11.05 this morning and released ten bombs, which, according to Japan- or injured several ese reports, fell wide of their mark and killed women and children.
SHOW
RACE
Race 1 Borrachito" Golden Cow Five Rulers
Face 2
National Fride Humdrum Eve Lancashire Lass
Race 3 Potentate Soldier of Honour Boolat Bay
Race 4 Gypsy Love. Lancashire Chips Home Brew
GOVERNMENT
RESULTS AT
A GLANCE
Jockey
A. Noodt
Chinner Gordos
18.C.
Bari-matael
Win Place
$12.00 $9,80
8. C. Liang S. W. Tung
Black and white
$7.10 $40.20
R. C. Pih F. Marshall #A. Noodt
Why Eve Lancashire
-$11.90 $8.60
$7.30 $1.70.
C. Encamacao
J. Pote-Hunt H. Maitland
Eu Tong-sen L. Raidy...
$11.90 $6.00
L. Dunbar
$6.30 $18.00
B. L. Tac
L.C.L.
$7.80
$5.40
B. A. Proulx L. P. Ralph
Lancashire Waylong
$6,10 $7.70
S. L Yuen
Eu Tong-sen
$5.30
$5.10
C. L. Gregory K I Ip
C. Ę. Brown Lan
$5.10 55.10
h
H. Maitland
Gredka
$4.60
W. H. S. Davis
E.SK.
A. W. Raymond
Mr. & Mrs. Stanton
The all-clear signal was
ended midnight. Tuesday. A total sound-¡of 783 cases have been notified
with since January 1,
over de- deaths.
Race 7 Cameronlan
C. EncarnacÃO
425 Moonlight View
Handicap Eve Race 8.
V. V. Needa
Eu Tong-sen Lan
$7,70
$5.80 $18,80 $11.60
$8.10
F. Marshall
Eve
R. B Moller
Cite
The second raid was staged shortly after 1 p.m. against Shin- chiku on the western coast of Formosa. It is stated that the Chinese planes few so high this time that their number could not te ascertained.
Ten bombs were dropped all and. failing wide of their mark
OVER 425 DIE
OF SMALL-POX SINCE JANUARY 1
A further 18 cases of small-pox according to Japanese sources, were reported during the 24 hours killing several civilians."
ed at 3.42 p..
Race 5 Rob Roy Amberley" Scenic View
Haco $ Murray River Colorado Star Rex
A Japanese communique clares. "No signs of confusion are
Of the cases reported on Tues-Silkylight discernable throughout the Island) and calm is prevailing throughout day, 12 occurred in Victoria, four Liberty Bay Formosa. This must be ascribed in Kowloon
and one each In
to the successful results of air raid Shaukiwan and Aberdeen. training:"-(Reuter).
The
worse small-pox epidemic occurred in 1926 with 1500 cases
Race
in four months and it is feared Race 10
MORE TROUBLE that with the approach of warmer Jober
IN TUNIS
Paris, Feb. 23. Trouble has again broken out in the French protectorate of Tunisia following the resumed activities of the Tunisian National Neudestur Party.
Werc
The French authorities compelled to arrest a number of this Party. They are accused of having held several secret meet- Inga in Susa in violation of the existing ban on public assembly. (Transocean).
THE DOLLAR
T.T. ON LONDON: 18. 2.7/8d. T.T. ON NEW YORK: 31-1/16. "
London Silver Market
(Our Own Correspondent).
London Feb. 23. London silver prices today were up 1/8 for "Spot' and, 1/16 for "Forward," as follow:-
Spot.
Feb. 22. Feb. 23. .20-1/8 29-1/4
Forwärd.....19-7/8
19-15/18
B. L. T30
$3.80 $8.50
LAZARUS OPTICIAN
Single Copy, 10 cts. Per Month. $3.
STABILITY NOT AFFECTED
·
PREMIER WILL NOT REST CONTENT WITH INTANGIBLE PROMISES FROM ITALY
HERBERT MORRISON TESTED FOR FOREIGN
J
SECRETARYSHIP
London, February 23.. THE PAST TWO DAYS' DEBATES in the House of Commons have shown that the stability of the Government is not affected and there has been not the slightest sign of the point of view that Mr. Anthony Eden was supported by any members of the Cabinet, whatever the opinion held among the not unimportant section of Conservatives outside Ministerial ranks.
THE GOVERNMENT'S VOTE was about a hundred below the highest possible and the Opposition twenty below. The only Conservative to vote against the Government was Mr. Vyvyan Adams while 15 to 20 Conservatives, including Mr. Winston Churchill, abstained from voting.
It is not expected that Mr. Chamberlain will rest content with intangible promises from Italy." The fact that the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Herbert Moxxisod, was put up to wind up the de- bate has led to speculation that he is in the running for the Foreign Secretaryship and was being test- ed. Mr. Morrison spoke well, with a touch of humour, and yet was ready with his arguments and re- torts to Interruptions, but in the main his speech toď closely resembled Mr. Chamberlain's for the... liking of the Opposition.
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The most frequent comments afterwards were, that Mr. Morrison had not advanced his chanDON. However, the Prime Minister is not likely to hurry the appointment of a successor to Mr. Eden. Lord Halifax's appointment is now discounted så he is not a member of the House of Commons- (Reater).
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NO REQUEST FROM ITALIAN FIRMS FOR CREDITS
London, February 25. Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a question in the House of Commons yesterday said that no request had been received from representatives of Italian firms in London' for extensive credita with Government guarantee-(British Wireless).
Louis XIV Smiling Thru'' Salvage Marter.
8. W. Tang
C. Encarnacao D. Black
S. T. Tang Eu Tong-sen S. N. Wong
$9.70 $5.50
$5.90
$7.30
NO CHANCE OF
F. Marshall
*A. Noodt~~-
Marber Eve Lancashire
59.60
$5.20
MEDIATION BY
$5,20
$8.30-
"
B.. A. Proulx
T. and E
8. W. Tang
$87.30 - $14.50
$6.60 $66,20
weather the present epidemic will Call-Moon Eve Lancashire Boy spread
Race 11 Whalsey
Vaccination is urged by the health authorities.
During Tuesday, two cases of Coronation Day enteric fever, two of measles and Mac's Adventure. A. Noodt dysentery were also notified.
AMAHS OUT FOR
BIG MONEY:
The cash sweep fever appears tc|| have gripped the amah community of Hong Kong, consequent upon the syndicate of 300 amahs winning the big sweep on the Derby.
Yesterday" a Portuguese resident who was at the Race Course re- eived a telephone call from his house to the effect that he was wanted home urgently.
On arrival at his dat he found gmup of excited amaks awaiting him. They had collected $30 be tween them and wanted him to Invest this cojossal amount on the
tash sweeps.
We understand the amabs are a sorrier but wiser bunch of women!
CHINESE MEDICO MARRIED
Photograph taken after the wedding between Dr. Lee Ching-wa, -of the Tung Hospital, and Miss Lily Chan, at the Registry Office yesterday. (Photo, A.C.P.)
Bace 12
Trentbridge
Gladiater
V. V. Needa
F. Marshall
Cossack's Beauty Y. K. Wouh
KOWLOON TIGER
AGAIN
Animal Seen By Resident
THE KOWLOON TIGER is abroad again! Following a report made by a responsible resident 01 Cheungshawan, and investigations by the police, there appears to be no doubt that a ferocious animal is roaming the Shamshulpo district.
THE ANIMAL WAS seen by Shum Kai, master of the Chung Sing Garage, of No. 184 Castle, 'Peak Road, a gentleman who has long | been resident in Shamshulpo and whose reliability is not questioned.
While sitting at a first floor window of his address, at about 2.30 p.m... on Tuesday, he saw an animal which he is positive was a tiger, chasing a dog in a vegetable plantation in front of the house.
The animal did not catch the dog and after a short while 'ran away towards Taipo Rord,
When, a little later, Mr. Shum went up to the place where the chase bad taken place, he saw clear foot-prints which left him in no doubt that the animal was indeed a tiger. His impression is that it was six feet long, four feet high, and weighed about 150 cattles.
Following Shum's report a Euro pean sergeant went with others to the scene and his opinion is: f it wasn't a tiger It must have been Some strange animal; the claw prints were the size of my lami”
The "Kowloon tiger" first be- came famous in 1936, when it was repeatedly seen. A reward of $50 for tiling or capturing it, was then offered by the police.
K.-C.R. BOMBED Japanese planes again visited the Tongtowwal, and Tongmai stations yesterday morning and dropped a number of bombe on the Kowloon- Canton Rallway Line. Two planes were sighted early in the morning | and the station masters and staff made for the fields for shelter. The damage done was negligible,
S. N. Chan Tucker
Mrs. Pearce Lady Northcote Mr. Lan
$42.10 $18.70 -$10,50 $32.60
ITALY CLEARS THE AIR
London, Feb. 23, Cessation of anti-British broadcasts by the -Italian radio station at Bari is reported by the Evening Etandard.
The paper says that the pro-. gramme has been changed and that not a single anti-British broadcast has been sent out since Monday.-(Transocean).
KOREANS JOIN· JAPANESE ARMY
Tokyo, Feb. 23. Imperial decrees, governing the
NO FOREIGN LOAN TO BE "FLOATED
Tokyo, Feb. 23.
"FOREIGN=POWER adatson of Koreans and excepted The Government does not in-
Japanese in to the Army, were tend to fost a foreign loan to Tokyo, Feb. 23. promulgated" today and will take secure. funds needed in connection Questioned by a foreign corres effect on April 3. The new regula-with the China incident, Mr. Kaya, tions, for the first time in history. Finance Minister, announced" to- pandent on whether Japan favours permit Koreans to join the colours day in the Lower House. Most of British mediation in the Sino-and gives opportunity to Japan- the funds required, he added, will Japanese confict, a Foreign Office ese, now excepted for military|be covered from proceeds of the
duty, to join the Army.-(Reuter), domestic bonds issues.—(Reuter), spokesman recalled the Japanese Government's statement on Janu-
ary 16 refusing to have any deal- ing with the Hankow Government and, therefore, the spokesman öpined, there is no chance of for- eign Powers mediating in the pre- sent affair.
TURNING THE PAGES
Page 2.-Child "seller sentenced. Salvation bond sales satisfactory. Yachting. Army rugger tourney. Page 3-Food page. India, Con-
gress tension.
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Japanese are optimista? Rifle shooting results. Page 9-Jockeys and owners--how they fared. No change in foreign policy of France. Chinese planes The foreign correspondent drew
bomb Japanese troop concentra- attention to a Japanese press Page -"Dictators determined to
tions. drive out Mr. Eden." British | Page 10.-Annual Race meeting, message from Hong Kong which
Ciplomat killed. Shanghai news Page 11.-Precautions for "black- suggested that the new British paper men threatened.
out." Sporting fixtures, Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark Page 5 Cinema notices and news: Page 12.-New York Quotations. Kerr, contemplated mediation and Pare 6.—The Services. Royal visit Hong Kong Stock Exchange. asked whether the messages were to Paris.
Page 13.-Radio' programmes." officially Inspired. The spokesman Page 7-Islington Corinthians at Pages 14 and 15-Shipping news. replied that the report may pos-
cricket, A.D.C. scorts success. arrivals and Clearances. Direc- sibly be mere guesswork on the Photographic exhibition, Colony tory. part of correspondents in Hong tennis championships. Kong.-(Reuter).
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8-Leading article: The
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