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OF VANISHED Pleasure Boat Lost EXPEDITION
Adelaide, Aug. 24,
In Killarney
London, Aug,24. Five English tourists, of whom
An expedition of Australioni three were women, were drowned at scientists, which recently left Adelaide Killarney to-day, when
4 .boat
to examine the discovery of, a ring carrying a party of 27 tourists and a of skeletons in Central Australia, crew of four capsized. thought to be the remains of the 11- The boat was shooting the rapids fated Leichhardt expedition which at the Junction of the three lakes mysteriously disappeared last century; when it struck the old weir bridge on an exploratory tour, has arrived and capsized at ils destination..
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CANTON
But Railways Cet
Heavy Bombing
Canton, Aug. 24.
From 6.10 a.m. up to noon to-day
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JAPANESE PLANES COLLIDE
Wreck Falls On Factory, Kills Nine Persons
no fewer than eight batches of was completely exhausted;, so much Japanese planes came from Tongka-so that he could not move for un
Tokyo, Aug. 24. A terrible air disaster occurred at won and raided many places all over hour,
Omori, in the southern suburbs of this Province, chiedy along the Woods, then walked inland to Tokyo, at 8.55 a.m. to-day when two Canton-Kowloon and Canton-Han- near-by Chinese fort but being un-elvilian training aeroplanes collided kow Railways.
able to speak Chinese he could not in mir-air, wing to wing, during a The first two bombs were dropped ascertain the fate of the passengers. dense fog and crashed. at Sinchuen, on the Canton-Kowloon Later he was taken to the district Railway by four Japanese bombers, covered that only the radio operator instantly.
The crew of five in one plane and magistrate and through him dis-of two
in the other were killed which cume at 0.10 am. They proceeded to Sheklung, where then and one passenger had survived.
One of the planes fell in a factory tained
He was very kindly treated by the yard. eight bombs, but all fell into the river. I appears that The Chinese, who arranged for his con- Japanese bombers aimed at the rail-veyance to Macao. way bridge at Sheklung, but could Woods reached Macao at 4 pan, not find their mark.
At 8.15 am, 15 more planes Bew. over Tongkawan for the Kwangtung Interior. These planes dropped over 10 bombs on Parkong and Yuentam on the Canton-Hankow railway and Cheungmuktao on the Canton- Kowloon railway. The Bocca Tigris and
Canton highway was damaged in come places.
Three bombs fell on White Cloud Mountain, in the suburbs of Canton, but the city itself escaped undamag- ed. The "all clear" signal was given at noon-Wah Kiu Yat Po.
RAILWAY AGAIN BOMBED
Canton, Aug. 24.
Japanese
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Canton, Aug. 25. The air raid alarm was sounded at 6.50 a.m.
Sixteen Japanese planes
This morning four bombers appeared over Suntong, on are reported northward of the Canton-Kowloon line around the city, approaching to-
six o'clock. After elreling
over
there for some time they released wards it.-United Press. three bombs. Procceding to Shek- they dropped Ave more missiles.
Shortly after seven o'clock, groups of Japanese planes raided the Canton-Hankow Railway. They
five
dropped over 30 missiles at Yuentam, Kwantin, Parkong, Yingtak, Wan- shick und Falsien-Central News.
BRIDGE DAMAGED
Canton, Aug. 24.
Two apans of the nine-span Tal
SEARCH FOR BODIES
Canton, August 25. Efforts are being made to recover
The yard and the factory were immediately enveloped in flames, nine persons being killed and close on 200 seriously injured, the dead bodies being charred almost beyond recognition. The factory and two dwelling houses were completely destroyed.
The second plane crashed on to the bathroom of a geisha house, the pilot and his passenger being instant- ly killed,
The Inndlady stated that she, and her geisha girls were showered with fragments of the wreckage, but none of them suffered seriously.--Domici.
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channgau on the Canton-Hankow Hallway, were torn out yesterday by down by Japanese planes at Cheung- C.N.A.C. plane which was forced one out of seven bombs aimed that kapin, near Shekki, In the Chung- way. This was the second raid of shan district yesterday, according to the day, hu
but the first on this road. Three of the spans were rather badlya Chungshan report.
Meanwhile, cracked, and it is going to take three days of labour before the bridge will into the incident are being conducted Paris,
by the Chungshan authorities. be passable for trains, and it will be
It is also reported that aftor forcing Mian a patched-up jab ut that,
During a later attack on Kong-down the C.N.A.C. plane, the Japan-Oslo
ese released five bomb near the tsun three cargo boats were destroy-machine before flying away.-Central Copenhagen Amsterdam. ed, most of the crew being killed.
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night service had to be suspended, of any military significance. The Yokohamu. pending the perfecting of arrange-pilot. Mr. H. L. Wood, carries a civil Belgrade ment for making the
avlation licence issued by the Com Bucharest. connectionsvl between the several trains.
mercial Department of the United Montevideo. It was a detachment of the 158th. States Government.
Buenos Aires....19.04 Division that felled the Japanese
As the C.N.A.C. is a Sino-American Rio de Janeiro...27... plane rieur Santong on Monday, and enterprise, the American Govern- Silver (Spot). 19 Col. Chan Yau-yan of this Divisionment, it is believed, will be gravely Stiver (forward). 19 has rewarded them with $1,000, and concerned with the case.
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ably The fallen plane
equipped with wireless, but fire rendered it useless. However, the two machine-guns can be recondl- tioned. Our Own Correspondent.
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Siaoshan, Cheklang, Aug. 25. After dispersing the Japanese gar- rison, Chinese guerillas operating on the north bank of the Chlentang River recaptured Chapoo on August 20, according to a belated report.
The Japanese retired to Plaghu, north of Chapoo, where fighting is raging-Central News.
Meanwhile, a report from Shanghai revents that both Chinese and foreign circles in the port elty were astound- ed by
d by the Japanese attack on the
Grave concern was expressed by banking circles over the fate of Mr. Hau Sing-loh, General Manager of the National Commercial and Savings Bank.--Central News.
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