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ITALIAN PICTURES.
RÅRE MASTERPIECES LEAVE FOR LONDON EXHIBITION.
Gonoa, Dec. 4.**
The steamer Leonardo da Vine! Jeft for London yesterday evening with a cargo of some 350 pictures, works of art worth some millions of pounds sterling, for exhibition January to in London from *March, 1930,
Modigliano, vico. Professar director of the Brera Gallery in Milan, who has never left the precious consignment since it left Milan on a special train consisting of ten trucks, de accom- panying the argony to England, together with a police official of high rank.
It was a slow and delicate business loading the ship with Its precious freight, on which the Insurances amount to between three and four millions sterling. The entire dock was surrounded by steel-helmeted Fascist militia men.-Reuter.
Many Works of Art,
London, Dec. 4:
The exhibition of Italian art will be held at Burlington House. There are 300 pletures coming from Italy, of which 230 are old and seventy modern, together with a wonderful collection of statues. old furniture, lace,. ivory and bronzer.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1929.
WAR OPERATIONS
CONTINUE.
SUSPICIOUS KUOMINCHUN
MOVEMENTS.
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Shanghai, Dec. 4. According to a Hankow message of December 3 despatches from Honan declare that the Govern- ment forces continue to push west ward and that they have now occupied Shanchow and Lingpao.
It is stated that a concerted push will be started towards Tung
Meanwhile kwan within a week. troops are continually passing through Hankow on their way to Nanking. The Special Political Staff, which hitherto has remained in Wuhan, is also moving towards the capital.
All units of the First, and Second Divisions have now arrived at Hankow and are relieving the Whampoa Cadets from garrison duties. The first batch of the latter arrived from down the river on Monday. The situation every- where, continues quiet-Router.
Change of Plan?
Shanghai, Dee, 4. A Hankow message of December 3 states that contrary to expecta- tions, Liu Shih is remaining in north-east Hupeh, and the troops in that region, who had concen trated at Fancheng for despatch to Kwangtung, have also been ordered to remain.
The reason for this sudden Fourteen specially constructed change of policy is not ascertain- steel vana containing the cases able, but it is believed that the from Kuominchun in South Shensi is were taken under escort Milan to Genon, where the con-again making suspicious moves,
to the despite the recent armistied. tents were transferred specially chartered and appro- priately named ship Leonardo da Vinci, which sailed accompanied by a naval tug.
SHIP ASHORE.
BRITISH STEAMER SAID TO BE DOOMED.
Pago-Pago, Samoa, Dec. 4. "Going fast" was the signal from the British steamer Norwich City on November 30, ashore on Gardner Island, eighty miles south-west of Honolulu. This resulted in a rush of ships to the rescue and at length a wireless has been received from the steamer Trongate that she and another steamer the Lincoln E aworth, sighted the Norwich City to-day, banched, but a heavy surf, breaking on the reefs surrounding the island, hampered the rescuers
Hitherto three of the crew have been taken on the Trongate. Eleven were drowned when the Norwich City struck the rocks,
The vessel in probably a total loss, Twenty Men Marooned. »
Pago-Pago, later. Twenty of the crew of the Norwich City are marooned on Gardner Island, lacking food and water, heavy seas and dangeroua coral reefs preventing their rescue. --Renter
The Norwich City is a stoel screw steamer of 5,587, tona, bulit In 1911 by W. Gray and Co., Ltd., W. Hartlepool, and owned by the St. Just S. S. Co., Ltd., her port of registry being Bideford.]
it is oficially denied that there is any cause to apprehend a further Definite attack from Shenal. orders have now been issued for the closing of the Generalissimo's local headquarters, and Chang
Chief-of-Staff, Chih-chung,
going to the capital.
It is also reported this evening that skirmishes have again broken out on the Lunghaj railway, where the Kuominchan commanders re The exhibition, which opens on sent the further westward advance January 1, will last until March 8. of the Government armies.
Renewed activity is in evidence In addition to Italy's grent con- tribution, King George and other at headquarters here, and a num British art lovers are lending ber of the headquarters staff re- works from their private collee-cently granted leave are now being tions, and the United States, reculled to their dutien-Renter.
Later Reports. France, Germany, Belgium, Hol-
Hankow, Dec. 4. land and other countries are cou-
Liu Shih returned here -unan- tributing to the exhibition.
nounced late last night, and now-Reiter. British Wirelens.
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