Eire Prepares LETTERS TO THE
For Elections
Cosgrave Challenges With 80 Candidates
Dublin, June 7.
To-dny i Nomination Day for Eiro's General Elections, which will be held on June 17,
There are 219 candidates for thei 137 seats.
EDITOR
DANGEROUS BEACH
To The Editor,
Hongkong Telegraph.
Sir-In the interest of the bathing public, I beg to ask for your favour The Speaker, Dr. Frank Fahy, into insert this letter in your paper.
- unopposed, and is automatically re-
elected.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FRANCO RESUMES ATTACK
Saragossa, June 7. After n lull of several days General Franco has resumed his offensive along the entire line bo- tween
and Castellon the Teruel fronts.--Reuter.
CIVILIAN CENTRE BOMBED
London, June 7. The British Minister to Spain, who personnally visited Granolles after It was coverely bombed by Insurgent In view of the ever-increasing planea on May 31, has reported to of sea-bathing coupled London that there were no military Mr. Eamon de Valera's Party, the Popularity Fianna Fail, bos nominated 90 enn- with the Coleny's inercased popula-objectives in the centre of the town, didates. The Fine Gael, Mr. Ltion I think it is now high time that where most of the canunities occurred. tho Government should find it There are a few factories and an entered 80 Cosgrave's Party, has candidates, Labour 20 and Indepen- Justinable in spending a reasonable aerodrome on the outskirts
amount of money to improve the town.-Reuter.
LOYALIST ADVANCES condition of the Lai Chi Kok public bathing bench, the only beach avail-
Madrid, June 7, ablo for middle class people In Kow- A Loyalist communique reports loon Peninsula.
several important gains in the Fano
severe fighting yesterday,
denis.14.
Only four women are among the candidates. They are widows of fermer deputies-Reuter.
The Party Strength at Eire election; wna:
tale
the
Government, Fianna Fail
40
Flue Gael
53
Independent
11
0
Labour
Population Of
Dangerous and shell-Inden rocks and ribbles are to be found every- where in the whole beach and it is
of the
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1938.
NIGHT RAIDS
OVER CANTON
.
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. The sector of the Pyrenees, following engineers are Malcolm and Co.
Loyalists stormed three hills out- side Fano, capturing them after a
Insurgents
The Power Station was also put | Mr. Viser was in his own quarters, out of action and Shameen and the which was the only buliding un- clly will have no light to-night-damnged in the entire enclosure.
out of sheer luck and special pre- bitter suffered heavy losses on Reuter.
cauilon that a bather con escape in- juries after a swim.
the Levant front, where their attack was repulsed and a counter-attack was made.
Owing to the intense heat of the summer months, many thousand sea-bathers flock to this beach daily with the result that a great number Dencial-Trans-Ocean. of the less fortunate onca
with
come kind of injuries,
The insurgents have succeeded in rectifying their advanced Unes in
Amoy Shrinkspecially in their four limbs.
return
A few hundred dollars will be
From 120,000 To Mere sufficient to make a good improve-
Handful Of 16,000
Tokyo, June 7. Amoy Island's pre-war population of 120,000 has been reduced to 10,000, It is revealed here.
Nearly everyone has fled from the island, some seeking sanctuary on Kulangsu, in the foreign concessions, others fleeing to the mainland,
Japanese naval authorities strenu- ously deny that the population has been reduced in any way other than by evacuation. Nor, states a Japan- eso naval spokesman, hus the city been reduced to ashes, the Japanese landing party vccupying the island no rapidly that only a few bulldings were destroyed,
Representatives of the International Red Cross Society who visited Amoy Island on May 23 sinte that Chinese prisoners were being treated well Trans-Occan.
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 must also not overlook the important fact that small injuries will often result in dangerous and seriou ulcerations and may somethines be the cause of fatalities.
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BOMBS ON 'HOMAN
Canton, June 1. Between 15 and 20 planes heavily bombed Canton batween 2.30 and 4 p.m., aiming mainly on the Govern- ment buildings at Salehuen and also Honam.
fell at
Reuler interviewed all three inter and they appeared to be unmoved, despite days of thrilling events.
Examination of the power station at Saichuen reveals that only the windows were wrecked and the light was restored at 8 pm, only to be cut off again by the moonlight alarm, Driving through the city this evening, Reuter's correspondent noticed at least 70 per cent. of the houses shattered up and the occu- pants fled.
Thousands are lining up the river
and
thousands more
Scores of bomba fell in the densely populated section with high casualties, it is feared. No figure has been uscertained yet.
Bombs on Honam, Island Salkiang (Little Stream Village) bauks
United Press correspondents aboard houseboats, which go down river by daylight and return at night saw nine bodies and a basket con-river taining the remains of a woman. No bombs were dropped here previously,
Hongkong Stock Exchange official summary, issued at 3.15 pm.where yesterday, says:
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the raid taking the villagers by sur-where, broken only by the drone of prise and leading to a most confused the Japanese machines, as they poss Rituation.
over now and again to and from their objectives.--Reuter,
The correspondent saw an 80-year- old man struck dumb. Solkiong is Utle more than a mile from the American endowed Lingnan Univer- sity, where more than 20 AmericanB live- United Press,
SAICHUEN BOMBED
Canton, June 7. A moonlight raid commenced at 8.30 p.m. and the raiders ugaln bombed Salchuen. Although the city is completely blacked out, the objectives must be clearly visible to the raiders, as the bright moon's Orst quarter is bathing everything with light. Reuter.
EUROPEANS' ESCAPE
Canton, June 7. In this afternoon's raid n bomb of the exploded directly in front 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 Sol- chuen this afternoon, while Messra. 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 raiders came over both of them. They dash-
BOMBS NEAR AERODROME
Canton, June 7. Several bombs were dropped over Canton very near the Tienho acro- drome in to-night's rald.—United Presa.
WEIRD SIGHT
Canton, June 7 (midnight). Japanese planes attacked Canton's nerve-wracked population jam- packed in basements and along the boundary of Shameen for five hours to-night. The planes are still dron- ing overhead.
They dropped bombs ол the spurline of the Canton-Kowloon and Canton-Hankow railways and in the vicinity of Salcbuen power plant. There was no A.A. fre The planes released flares,
The crowd beside Shomeen 15 maintaining siience. An old British resident of nearly 20 years said that he had never seen anything so weltd.
The silence was broken only for a moment, when wave of frenzy swept the crowd, following the dis- covery of an alleged traitor, suspect- ed of signalling to the Japanese planes.
The wave of hysterlo subsided after a few minutes. The traitor good, his escape.United
BLUEJACKETS LAND
ed for cover, in different directions, made but the Chinese watchman was Preas unlucky and was blasted to pieces when a huge bomb' landed In the compound.
Mr. Murphy was sitting on the canteen steps, fondling his two dogs and when the Japanese planeje 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.
Canton, June 7, British bluejackets were Landed to-night in Shameen as a precau- tionary measure.—United Press.
Waterworks Demolished
Canton, June 7. The British capitalised waterworks, which are under construction at Sal- chuen, were demolished by the after-* noon raid and the city power plant put out of action.-United Press.
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