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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
PLANES GUARD CANTON
City Considered Well Defended
Canton, August 24. With the
uf
new arrival quadron of Nanking aircraft a few days ago, and two more squadrons expected to arrive from Kwangs in one or two days, Canton feels more secure against air attacks now,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1937.
Insurgents Closing On Santander
Expect Capture In 48 Hours
Torrelavega Surrenders
JAPAN MAY LOSE HER MARKETS
Buyers Doubt if Orders Can Be
Carried Out
London, Aug. 24. The Financial Times, lending Bri- tish commercial newspaper, states to- day that Lancashire's inanufacturers of cotton piece goods Torrelavega, Aug, 24.
ods are already be- prices for making The local air force headquarters
The Insurgent armies, under ng asked to quole pri
cheap
cloths, ordinarily suppiled to was officially Informed to-day by the Kwangsi Government that it had General Francisco Franco, enter some of the Dominions and to South
instructed been
by the Centraled Torrelavega, 11 miles south-American murkets by Japanese milis.
Gend two Government to
nr west of Santander, to-day. The squadrons to Canton in view of the last of the great Basque sea- persisting rumours that the Japanese are ready to carry out air raids on ports, Santander is expected to fall within 48 hours, releasing thousands of Insurgent troops for fighting elsewhere.
thly city,
According to a Government spokes- man to-day, the city is quite safe now that the Nanking planes are here. More anti-alrcraft guns have been set up at strategic polnis, Even some of the high buildings utilised have been for anti-aircraft guns.
The spokesman added that if two more air padrons arrive from
A brigade of Navarre Monarchists first occupied Torrelavega.
Earlier messages stated that two Insurgent columns were within 12 and 18 lles of Santander respretive-
The Manchester correspondent of this newspaper adds that buyers doubt Japan's ability to deliver sea- sonable goods in the case of the war with China continuing for any length of time.-Reuter.
CONTRACTS CANCELLED
Shanghai, Aug. 25. Chinese business circles state that Chinese merchants have cancelled contracts for Japanese goods totalling 170,000,000 yuan since the outbreak
ALHAMBRA
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No prison can hold mel
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PAROLE RACKET
ROSALIND KEITH PAUL KELLY Leona Markle Thurston Ha? Directed by C. c. Celeman, jr. A COLUMBIA PICTURE
Paroled Bandil
Mabbed!
Kwangst the total strength of the ly, and that a third was within 16t the Shanghai troubles.-United NEXT CHANGE "The LAST TRAIN from MADRID"
forces will not only be sufficient to guard the city but will be able to carry out defence patrols' along the whole of the provincial const- Wah Ki Yat Po.
Income Tax Yield
Big Increase Shown
In Britain
London, Aug. 20. An Increase of over 12 per cent. Jas! in the yield of income Tax weel, compared with the correspon- ding week of 1030, is a feature of the Exchequer returns, which show that total ordinary revenue amounts to £245,001,532, compared with £230,- 225.519 at the corresponding date of last year. The week's total ordinary revenue, at £17,852,468, was £643,- 168 in excess of the total for
the corresponding werk in last year,
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miles of the main objective of the present drive. Apparently the ad- vance was meeting with little resist-
ance..
Both sides reported aerial activity and claimeil to have shot down several planes.
Insurgent bombers flew over and slightly damaged various Loyalist positions.-United Press.
SENTENCE OF DEATH
Senor
Bilbao, Aug. 24.
former Manuel Castro, Minister of Industry in the Basque Government, captured with the fall of Bilbao, has been condvinned to death by the Insurgent Wor Council.
Renter,
1,000 More
Refugees H.K.-Bound
Total expenditure, less self- balancing items, was £322,311,833,
Shanghai, Aug. 25. compared with £300,340,012 at the correspondlig date of 1936.
The Empress of Canada leaves for Floating debt outstanding on Hongitong to-day with 1,000 refugees August 1 was £884,535,000, which of all nationallies, but mostly Bri- shows an increase of £186,405,000 tish bringing the total number of since March 31 and compares with foreign persons to have left the
£828,225,000
August, 1936-Settlement to approximately 18,000. British Wireless.
Yesterday 500 Germans and 212 Americans left for Hongkong and Manila on the Gneisenau and Pre- sident Pierce respectively.
in
OLYMPIA RADIO
EXHIBITION
FIVE MILES OF STANDS
be
London, Aug. 24. Hundreds of workmen wilt engaged all night in putting the thishing touches to the Radio Ex- hibition, which opens at the Olympla to-morrow morning,
are
Worldwide reception and television features which will be emphasised by exhibitors on five miles of stands showing 5,000 sets, of which 3,800 will be all wave" and 25 television Television will be demon- receivers, strated in 14 theatres.-British Wire- less.
"SALVATION BOND" ISSUE
Nanking, Aug. 25.
The Government has appointed Mr. T. V. Soon, former Finance Minis- ter, to promote the sale of $500,000,000 weth of "National Salvation Donds" redeemable in 20 years-Reuter.
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shiploads Meunwhlie, two Chinese refugees arrived at Ningpo from Shunghai yesterday afternoon to find the city under bombardment from Japanese planes.-Reuter.
Germany - Alert
For Russia's Moves
in East
Berlin. Aug. 24. The Japanese contention that her struggle in the Far East is against the dangers of one Bolshevism, is being given in- creasing publicity in the German Press. The Nazi organ, Angriff to-night suggests that Moscow contemplating becoming more than a mere onlooker in the Far East.
Under the heading. "Moscow's Shadow OVCT China." Angrif maintains it will be the end of Russia's plans to bolshevise the world if China Joins the strong anil-Communist group.-Router.
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Futile Hunt
For Work
Roosevelt Cannot Help Marchers
Washington, Aug. 24. The Government can give no help to the Workers' Alliance.
men,
To-day 2,500 bedraggled women and children encamped on the mud fals near the Lincoln Memorial for the past 48 hours, delivered a letter to President Roosevelt, asking him to use his executive powers to P. A. workers reinstate former W.
who could not find private employ- ment. The whole party marched
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through the capital streets in orderly
procession, four abreast, waving the blue Workers Alliance logs and singing their union songs. on the way to the White House.
An automobile halted the mar- chers in their way, however, and diverted them to the Labour Depart- ment auditorium where they heard a message from the President:
"I regret it is not within our power to grant your request."
The marchers plan to disperse to their homes,--United Press,
Six Killed In Naval Plane
Struck Submerged Wreckage
"New York, Aug. 24. Six were killed and two injured when a United States Navy pluc struck submerged wreckage when landing on the sen at San Diegu. Reuter Bulletin,
MOUNTAIN CRASH
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VISITORS FLOOD
BRITAIN
THOUSANDS VISIT OLD COUNTRY
-London, Aug. 24. Figures of the number of foreign visitors to Britain for July, issued by the Home Oflee, continue to show an increase over last year.
Excluding numerous visitors from the Dominions, whose arrivals are not recorded at ports, and week-end and day excursionists from France and Belglum, there were 80,700, holiday visitors to Britain in July and 8,580 visitors on business, a total of 77,349 and a total increase of 3,089 over July last year.
from
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Wireless.
CLIPPER ON OCEAN HOP
London, Aug. 25,
The Pan-American Airways' Clip- per III to-day left Lisbon, bound for the Azores on a survey fight across the Atlantic by the southern route. The machine is to fly via the Bay of Biscay.
The survey of the Mediterranean route has been abandoned in view of the Spanish war situation-Reuter
Bulletin.
SIR WM. HORNELL Profesor Gerrard, in a bulletin Issued this morning, states that Sir William Hornell's conditions is siendily improving. No more bulletins will be issued unless they become really necessary,
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SERVANT STEALS
SUITINGS
questioned defen→→ enquiries. He
dant, who denied stealing the cloth, but eventually admitted taking it and took the detective to a scaveng- ing lane at the back of the shop, where 64 yards of the cloth was re- Appearing before Mr. S. F. Balfour covered from underneath a stone at the Central Magistracy this mora- step.
Defendant had cut off 2% yarda Ing. Ng Yuen, aged 30, shop assis- tant, was charged on two counts of form the roll, and had pawned it for larceny by servant of 2% yards of $3 at the Yuen On pawnshop. The grey weed suiting on August 21, and cloth was very expensive, added the. 54 yards of similar cloth on August Sergeant, being real English tweed, D'Aguilar Street. and was worth $14 a yard, The 24, from No. 4
Detective-Sergeant D. Davies sald value of the roll was $115.00.
Defendant denied the second defendant's master, Ahmed Din, re- turned to the shop yesterday and charge, saying he was about to re- found a roll of grey tweed which turn it to the shop after hiding it. he had noticed on the counter the but after evidence had been given, previous night had disappeared. He he was convicted, and sentenced to suspected defendant, and informed two months hard labour the police, and Chinese detective charge, the sentences fo run con- C270 was sent to the shop to make currently.
on each
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