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1938.
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Daedalus Arriving To-day: Departs...
To-morrow
Hongkong will be linked with the, new Imperial Airway Dying-bont
between service
Singapore and Alexandria with the arrival of the R.M.A. Daedalus to-day,
As part of the British plan for the carringe of all first-class Empire mall by air, glant 25-ton flying bouts will be used on the England-Australia route from Egypt to Singapore as from this week.
STOP PRESS
Soldiers In Court Following Disturbance
Hard Fight By General Pershing
Will To Live Keeps
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Tucson, Feb. 27. A warrior's will to live has kept General John Pershing nuve ngamist complications and alimenta which have weakened his hurt and supped his strength, Dr. Davison at noon 0- day said: "The General is somewhat restless, but if anything, there is, t sight improvement in
In the kidney function."
Arising out of a disturbance in Nathan Road carly yesterday morning, three soldiers of the Afiddlesex Regiment wore! Later in the day Dr. Davison said: some discrepancy in 'bad brought before the Kowloon Court this morning, charged cinical and laboratory findings, Duc ing the past tour hours there appeaES with malicious damage of the to have been some improvement from the clinical standpoint. However his Sun Sun Restaurant.
The Daedalus is scheduled to arrive at Hongkong at 12.30 p.m. lo-day and will depart again at 11 a.m. to-morrow to make the first The three men are Private George blood, from chemistry studies, in- connection with the new service, S. Bradman, 25, of "A" Company; dicates no change in the number of In order to provide connection, the Lance Corporal Daniel C. Taylor, 25, metabolites accumulated in the blood
as a result. OUR time-table between Hongkong and of "D" Company, and Private Alberta a res
kidneys to funciton. General. Bangkok will be altered after the Taylor, 24, of "C" Company, present flight of the Daedalus. The Police allege that the men were Pershing is conscious at intervais.
Last night General Pershing, it was Delphinus will arrive in Hongkong involved in a 2 am, disturbance in on Fridays instead of Mondays, and which eight plates, three flower pots, revealed, complained of a pain in the will depart on Tuesdays matead of two windows and a ginss door were legs in order to hide the pain in his heart from his sister, May-United Sundays. Outward mails for Ausmanshed. tralia and England will therefore Del. Sub-Inspector R. Cunningham Press. close at the KP.O. and G.P.O, at 91 requested a 48 hour remand in nun. on Tuesdays.
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There will be two inward mails this week-one this afternoon and the
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It is emphasised that, for the time; being, prevailing ole mail charges of 50 cents per half ounce to Britain and 80 cents per half ounce to Aus- tralia will remain In force, reduced charges applying only to airports at which the flying-boats land,
SATISFACTORY FLIGHT BY
FLYING PORTRESSES
San Francisco, Feb. 27.
American Six of the
aeroplanes known as Flying Fortresses, arrived at Langley Field aerodrome at 5.03 p.m. to-day. Colonel Olds told the "The machines meet ait ex- pectations, and are undoubtedly the best flying machines ever bullt."
He praised the pilots' morale and said: "They certainly deserve credit for this feat."-United Press.
press:
CHINESE RAILWAY
HEAD RESIGNS
Hankow, Feb. 28. The resgination of Dr. Yen Teh- ching as Managing Director of the Pelping-Hankow Rallway has been accepted by the Ministry of Com- munications--Reuter Special.
CHINESE BOMB
MENGHSIEN
Children Badly Hurt by Home- Made Bomb Blast
Chengchow, Feb. 28. Japanese positions in the vicinity
Four children were. ddmitted to the of Mengheten on the northern bank
with of the Yellow River were heavily Kowloon lospital yesterday bombed by a squadron of seven severely lacerated breasts resulting from the explosion of a home-made Chinese planes at 3.20 o'clock yes bomb. Wong Chi, an 8-year-old boy, terday afternoon.
The Chinese airmen subjected the son of Wong Pun-lio, 30, master of Japanese lines to a severe attack for junk T2020, found some gunpowder half an hour, and succeeded in and putting it into an old shell case, Ignited it with a firecracker. The inflicting heavy casualties,
All the Chinese planes returned to shell-cast exploded with disastrous
results. their base in safely-Central News.
JAPANESE PLANES RAID KIANGSI
Nanchang, Feb. 20. Japanese planes twice raided several peints in Klangst yesterday inorning and afternoon, inflicting minor damage to civilian properties.
The first rald took place at
Nat- chenghsien at 0.75 o'clock when squadron of nine Japanese planes appeared over the city and dropped
20 bombs. over
The junk was moored In 'Castle Peak Bay at the time, and the explo- slon occurred at 0 a.m.
The other children were Wont So- mul. 11-year-old girl, Wong Chi-hi.
both 2-year-old boy,
children of Wang Pun-ho, and Wong Yung-pun, 5-year-old son of Wong Kau, a fold. Their condition is stated to be serious.
VERNON BARTLETT PASSING THROUGHI
Mr. Vernon Bartlett, Political Cor-
In the afternoon, at 1.25 o'clock, respondent of the London Newan three Japanese planes raided Yushan Chronicle, returned to Hongkong by and released over a dozen missiles.plane from Hankow yesterday. Mr. Bartlett is leaving for Singapore to- Central News.
morrow.
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Japanese Wartimo Economy Kwangsi. Student Army
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