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NOTHING SACRED
CHARLES
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WALTER
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Produced By
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
WARNED AGAINST CHOLERA
Public Urged To Take Precautions
Up to midnight on July 7, eighty- nine cases of cholera had been dis- covered in Hongkong, slx of which had been toported from Maeno, Swataw and other Chinese ports Infected with cholera, Medien! Department.
With
snya
the
of
So far over half the number
the discuse persons taken ill with have died and it is probable that the death-rule will execed three in every five persons infected,
such
SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1938.
EMPIRE Japan Navy ALHAMBRA
NEWS
HEAVY PROGRAMME FOR PARLIAMENT
Ollawn, Apr. 21. Members of the House of Commons have another week's vacation before returning for the heaviest part of the sesalon. The Senate will not reopen until May 3.
The Commons still has to debate the Transport Bill-to enlarge the scope of the Board of Railway Com- missioners to deal with shipping and air trafle-and the Electoral Reform Bill. Both bills are highly contenti- ous,
ous
The
Budget, passibly combined with a new United States treaty and
thu:
Since the opening of centres for at the inoculation against cholera
105,000 persons end of May, some
a Retlef Act, and whatever tegțiala- have been inoculated. There Art: still many persons in Hongkong who on arises from the report of the
Penitentiary
Commission und bave failed to secure
protection
Commission (II Grain Morkeling. from choleta as inoculation effords, also remain to be dealt with. This and they are urged for their own]
to be discouraged by the heavy sake: not to
programme is expected keep
the session sitting until mid- slight reaction which follows in certain small proportion of cases summer. more especially when the inoculation is dickied into two doana ni interval of seven to ten days, the first Injection being a half dose.
an
Won't Lag
Tokyo, July 8.
The Dome News Agency under- stands that the next Japanese naval budget will provide for an expendi- ture of 800,000,000 yen, including the costs of new construction.
It is understood that as a result of the war in China. the Navy has decided that it shalt not lag behind other Powers.
The Navy has also devided on a pulley based on the principle of In- dependent re-armanent, hence Japan il probably be obliged to adhere to third replenishment programme In the vent of the United States and Great Britain commencing huge con- estruction-United Preng..
WOMAN SLAIN BY EX-COMRADES
Shanghai, July 9.
The tast chapter in the history of a gallant Chinese Amazon was written few days ago with the cuplure of Mrs. Wang Te-hsin, known far and St. Lawrence Open.-The 21.123-wide as the guerilla leader who faced ' ton Canadian Pacific liner Duchess of firing squad composed Bedford arrived at Montreal to-day. former comrades. officially opening the 1938 shipping. season.
i
NATHAN A
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A THRILLING STORY OF ECSTATIC FIRST LOVE SET TO THE SWEET MUSIC OF SOME OF THE
WORLD'S GREATEST COMPOSERS !
YOUNG LOVE IN ALL ITS SWEET STARRY ECSTASY!
of her
Mounted on dashing Chan pony
merciless horde of NEXT CHANGE and leading a
becane belgands, she
striking gure on the Pootung peninsula.
Warner Bros. The story goes that when the
Picture from Chinese retreated
Shanghai, friendly with
former General Li Tien-wing.
tuerilla lender who was joining the Reformed Government as a paciften-
on commandes.
Apart from securing some im-
Strike Sellied. The strike of gra- munity by theculation, residents are
men on the Great Lakes has been invited to give careful thought to the
selffed. Shipowners have agreed to following precautionary nieasures:- [ selite
ke C
Seamen's should be recognise (1) Milk and water boiled.
as the negotiating body for Mrs. Wang became Non-serated Chinese fruit or Union herb drinks should not be consuined, collective agreements.--B.U.P.
1hoyn Four Boys Drowned.--Four nor re in drinks.
the Sydenham drowned in were vegetables. (2) Fresh. brooked
They cut or peried fruit which has been River, Ontario, last evening,
who of six were mussein. exposed to them, raw fish,
Their former comrades vowed rr- among a parly ISTE found an old rowing boat and took venge, and both were captured and "eung fan" and Jellies known as "man tat lo", or ice cream fimnless
put to death.- from source known to be above sus should not be enten. piclon)
it out into midstream, where t be
sank. San To
leak and eventually Two of the buys were able to swin,
four ouis
(3) All food should be protecled ' but from flies, cockroaches, ants and other; B.UP. insects. Every fly should be regarded as a possible carrier of the holera germ
A wastes should be burned of plticed in covered receptacles pend- ing removal and disposal in a sanitary Manner.
(5) Swinoming should not be in- ! dulged in within the limits of the harbour owing to danger of infection from sewer outfalls or from dejreta į from shipping.
(6) Medien) mulvice should be ob- talnest immediately
of diarrhoea and vomiting.
of
(7) Suspicious enses cholern should be reported immediately to the Health Authorities.
(8) Persons should avoid going to places known to be heavily infected with cholera
WITHDRAWAL
PLAN PASSES
has
London, July
the
Well nul.
STOP PRESS
Shansi Town Recaptured
to
Klanghsien, Shansi, July 9. Wensl. Important town In Mouth Shansi, was recaptured by Chinese queriins yesterday. according military advlets
Ilotly pursuing Bu Japanese retreating from Any which was re- cently re-occupieri. the guerillas overtook part of them at a point nent Wenst und annihilated them.
Following up immediately, the querillas stormed Wensi and bruke
The Soviet representative on the into it. The Japanese retreated Non-Intervention Committee has in-northward to Howina and Kuwo. formed the Foreign Ofer that Jabs Large quantities of Government
confirmed his acceptance of the British scheme for the withdrawal of volunteera from Spain, as agreed by the other mem- bers of the Committee:
This removes the last objection of the Soviet to the Non-Intervention Plan-Reuter,
HENLEIN MOVES IN SECRET
Berlin, July B.
It is understood that Herr Konrad Heniein visited Berlin 10-dny and the Sudeten-German section of the Inter- nutional Handicraft Exhibition.
Herr Henlein later left unspecified destination.
for
It is
be-
iloved he has either gone to see Herr Hitler in Munich or in flying to Lon-
don.
German officials profess
Ignorance of his visit---Reuter.
zanel the abandoned ammunition
by Japanese were seized by the guerillas,
Central News,
Reuter.
STOCK EXCHANGE STILL QUIET
London, July 8.
The Stock Exchange was quiet la- day, and quotations were genernity lower, following easier Wall Street advices.
Gilt-edgeds resisted profit-lakkings quite well. Kars were inactive ond s were lower 140 sympathy. Rubbers and coppers declined follow- ing lower commodity prices. On the market base metals Commodities
were lower, folowing Wall Street Rubber declined on profit-taking, re- covering fractionally in sympathy with New York.
On the Foreign Exchange market ensed on heavy the U.S. dollar Swedish selling. The French franc was offered against continued pur chases of göld.--Reuter Special.
AIR MAIL FOR WHOLE EMPIRE
Wellington, N.Z, July 8. As from July 28, all first class mall between New Zealand and those parts of the British Empire uiready Incorporated in the Anglo-Australian and Anglo-South African dr mail services will be carried by air.
from Without surcharge, felters
from New Zealand will be carried Wellington to Australia, Singapore. Hongkong, India, South Africa, Canada and Newfoundland.-Trans- Ocean.
DANCE MAY BE POSTPONED
arl
The Hongkong Women's Soldiers' Reltet Association, which is planning to give
air open
dance at the Kowloontong Club to-night, may have to postpone the entertain- ment until to-morrow evening if the
The-siary of two fugitive lovers who had to clisosé between their storiaur
romance and an extting
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