Eire Prepares LETTERS TO THE
For Elections
Cosgrave Challenges
With 80 Candidates
Dublin, June 1. To-day is Nomination Day for Eiro's General Elections, which will be held on June 17.
There are 210 candidaten for the 137 scata,
The Speaker, Dr. Frank Faby, is unopposed, and is automatically re- clected.
EDITOR
DANGEROUS BEACH
To The Editor,
Hongkong Telegraph.
Sir, In the Interest of the bathing public, I beg to ask for your favour to insert this letter, in your paper.
it
In view of the ever-increasing Mr. Eamon de Valera's Party, the popularity of sen-bathing coupled Flanna Fall, has nominated 90 can- with the Colony's increased popula- didates. The Fine Gael, Mr. L. Ttion I think it is now high time that
the
Government should find Cosgrave's Party, has entered 90 candidates, Labour 20 and Indepen-juatiable in spending a reasonable amount of money to improve the condition of the Lai Chi Kok public Only four women are among the bathing beach, the only bench avail- candidates. They are widows of able for middle class people in Kow- former deputica-Reuter.
loon Peninsula. The Party Strength at the Inte Eire elections was!
dents 14.
Government, Fianna Pall
Fine Gael
Independent
Labour
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Population Of Amoy Shrinks
From 120,000 To Mero Handful Of 16,000
Tokyo, June 7 Amoy Island's pre-war population of 120,000 has been reduced to 16,000, it is revealed here.
Nearly everyone has fled from the inland, some seeking sanctuary on Kutangsu, in the foreign concessions, uthers fleeing to the mainland.
Japanese savai authorities strenu qusly deny that the population has been reduced in any way other than by evacuation. Nor, states a Japan-
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FRANCO RESUMES ATTACK
Saragossa, June 7.
After a lull of several, days General Franco has resumed his offensive along the entire line be
Castellon tween the Teruel and fronts.--Reuter.
CIVILIAN CENTRE BOMBED
London, June 7.
The British Minister to Spain, who persoonally visited Granollese after It was severely bombed by Insurgent planes on May 31, has reported to London that there were no military objectives in the centre of the town, where most of the casualties occurred. aerodrome on the outskirts lawn.-Acuter.
LOYALIST ADVANCES
Madrid, June 7. A Loyalist communique reports several important gains in the Fano sector of the Pyrenees, following severe fighting yesterday.
Thero oro a few factories and an of the
Dangerous and shell-inden rocks and rubbles are to be found every Loyalists stormed three hills out- where in the whole beach and it is side Fano, capturing them after
out of sheer luck and special pre-bitter fight. caution that a bather can escape in- Jurlen after a swim.
Insurgents suffered heavy losses on the Levant front, where their attack was repulsed and a counter-attack was made.
Owing to the intense heat of the summer months, mony thousand
The Insurgents have succeeded in Beu-bathers Dock to this beach dally rectifying their advanced lines in with the result that a great number, Denesal.--Trans-Ocean. of the less fortunate ones return home with
kind of injuries, some especially in their four limbs.
A few hundred dollars will be sufficient to make a good improve- ment and it is highly justifiable for the Government to spend even $5,000 or $10,000 for this matter of great public interest. The Government nem must also not overlook the important fact that an injuries will often result in dangerous and serious ulcerations and may sometimes be the cause of fatalities.
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ese naval spokesman, has the cityTrue (From The Sky's The Limit') been reduced to ashes, the Japanese landing party occupying the island Billy Ternent and His Sweet
so rapidly that only a few buildings wero destroyed.
Representatives of the International Red Cross Society who visited Amoy Island on May 23 state that Chinese prisoners were being treated well Trans-Ocean.
Rhythm Orchestra with vocal refrain; Plano Solos-Charlie Kunz ano Medley No, R......Charlic Kunz (Plano); Fox-Trot-Lambeth Walk (From 'Me and my Glr; London is Saying Goodnight....Billy Thorburn and His Music.
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dull, with very few enquiries.
The market opened, and remained,
Ilayers Providents (018) $1,40 Providents (New) $330 Venz. Goldfielda 15. Holeis $6,70 HK. Lands 4% Debentura 1101 HK, Tramways 6107% Prak Trama (Old) (7 Meena Electries $18 Mammers (11,IC.) 3/10 China Prov. (01) 80,00 China Prov. (New) $8.00
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NIGHT
RAIDS
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Water Works, Power Plant Destroyed
Canton, June 7.
The Saichuen Power Station and the water works suffered severely in this afternoon's raid. Nine bombs were dropped on the latter's compound, causing damage to the extent of several hundred thousand dollars, while three British engineers narrowly escaped with their lives.
The water works are still under construction. engineers are Malcolm and Co.
The Power Station was also put out of action and Shameen and the elty will have no light to-night- Reuter.
ROMBS ON HOMAN
Canton, June 7. Between 15 and 20 planes heavily bombed Cantoh between 2,30 and 4 p.m., aiming mainly on the Govern- ment buildings at Saichuen and also Honam
Scores of bombs fell in the densely populated section with high casualties, It is feared. No figure has been pscertained yet.
Bombs on Honam Island fell at
where Salkiong (Little Stream Village
United Press correspondents saw nine bodies and a basket con- Taining the remains of a woman,
No bombs were dropped here previously, the raid taking the villagers by sur prise and lending to a most confused situation.
The correspondent saw an 80-year- old man struck dumb. Saikiang i
ttle more than a mile from the American endowed Lingnan Univer- sity, where more than 20 America live. United Press,
SAICHUEN BOMBED
Canton, June 7, A moonlight raid commenced ut 8.30 p.m.
ralders again and the bombed Saichuen. Although thie city is completely blacked out, the objectives must be clearly visible to the raiders, as the bright moon's first quarter is bathing everything with light. Reuter.
EUROPEANS' ESCAPE
Canton, Juno 7. In this afternoon's raid a bomb exploded directly in front of the Mayor's office and wrecked the win- dows and wireless antennae but the entire staff were in dug-outs and escaped unscathed.
Nine Chinese..were killed at Sai- chuch this afternoon, while Messrs. Murphy, Buchanan and Viser, British employees of Malcolm and Co. all had hair raising escapes.
Mr. Buchanan was talking to the Chinese watchman, when the alders came aver both of them. They dash- ed for cover, in different directions, but the Chinese watchman wag unlucky and was blasted to pieces when a huge bomb landed in the compound.
Mr. Murphy was sitting on the canteen steps, fondiing his two dogs and when the Japanese planese roar- ed into view he threw himself inside the canteen, clutching the dogs. Several bombs exploded in the com- pound, shattering the windows of the canteen and showering Mr. Murphy with glass.
The
Mr. Viner was in his own quarters, which was the only building un- damaged in the entire enclosure.
Reuter interviewed all three later and they appeared to be unmoved, despite days of thrilling events.
Examination of the power station at Salehuen reveals that only the windowa were wrecked and the light was restored at 8 pm, only to be cut off again by the moonlight alarm.
Driving through the city evening. Reuter's correspondent noticed at Jeast 70 per cent, of the houses shuttered up and the occu-
pants fled,
this
Thousands are lining up the river and thousands more arc banks aboard houseboats, which go down river by daylight and return at night time.
eerle quiet prevails every- where, broken only by the drone of the Japanese machines, as they pass over now and again to and from their objectives.--Reuter,
An
BOMBS NEAR AERODROME
Canton, June 7. Several bombs were dropped over Canton very near the Tienho pero- drome in to-night's raid.-United Prcca.
WEIRD SIGHT
Conton, June 7 (midnight). Japanese planes attacked Canton's jum- nerve-wracked population packed in basements and along the boundary of Shameen lor five hours lo-night. The planes are still dron- ag overhead.
bombs They dropped
On the spurline of the Canton-Kowtoon and Canton-Hankow rallways and in the vicinity of Saichuen power plant. The planes There was no A.A. fire, released flares,
The crowd beside Shararen is maintaining allence. An old British resident of nearly 20 years sald that he bad never seen anything so weird. The allence was broken only for a Di frenzy moment, when a wave awept the crowd, following the dis- covery of an alleged traitor, suspect- cd of signalling to Japanese planes,
The wave of hysteria subsided after a few minutes. The traitor
good his made
cscape-United
BLUEJACKETS LAND
Canton, June 7, British bluejackets were landed to-night in Shamcen as a precati. tionary measure.-United Press.
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the
Waterworks Demolished
Canton, June 7, The British capitalised waterworks, which are under construction at Sal- chuen, were demolished by the after- noon rald and the city power plant put out of action.---United Press,
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