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"MORE KITTENS" IN TECHNICOLOUR
TO-MORROW
.M.G.M. Pictura
Herbert Marshall - Virginia Bruce - Mary Astor in “WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN”
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On display in the fobby of the King's Theatre are many photographs taken by a roving photographer. Identify yourself and you will receive a compimentary pass to seo M-G-M's picture entitled "Live. Love and Learn" co-starring Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell commencing Sunday, 16th October. It's Great Fun ! If you love fun, don't miss it ! ! 1
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THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1938.
Late Final News
BRITONS EVACUATE ALHAMBRA
CANTON TO-MORROW
Other Foreign
Nationals Leave
~CANTON, Oct. 12.
TERRIBLE MASS AIR RAIDS
137 Japanese Bombers Over Kwongtung
MR. A. P. BLUNT, the British Consul-General in
Canton, has advised British women and children to ONE HUNDRED AND evacuate Canton. Special arrangements are being made Japanese planes participat- for them to leave to-morrow aboard the s.s. Fatshan.
About 30 British and a small number of Indians have. arranged passages, and other consulate officials are making similar arrangements.
It is estimated that 100 women and children refugees will be aboard the Fatshon.
"The Consul-General emphasised that this is taken as a precautionary measure, owing to the possibility of the Canton authorities closing the Pearl River to shipping-Reuter.
· sources.
SEVERE FIGHTING
Heavy Costs
Of Preparations In London
London, Oct. 11.
vast amounts,
THIRTY-SEVEN
ed in mass air raids over Kwangtung throughout to- day-the largest number of planes seen anywhere over China since last December.
The air raids commenced at 5.35 a.m. and have con- tinued almost incessantly throughout the day.
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Cities and towns raided in- Canton, Oct. 12. Serious fighting is proceeding in
Indicative of the
clude Tienhotsun, Yuejejemg, Blas Bay, according to Chinese official spent on air raid precautions are the Tunghun, Weiyueng, Tsenshing. necounts being submitted to the city Lienshan Cheungmuktou, Lo- The bulk of the Japanese is sald of Westminster, where the to have landed at Hachung, whilst amounted to over £84,000.
bill chong, Kuntien, Tuentam, Pa- another unit has landed at Nimshan, Trench-digging labour and trans-kong, Teungfu and Fahshien. where fighting is particularly severe. Port cost £30,000, tinber
Enormous casualties have Positively Your Last Opportunity To See This An attempt to land troops at Tal- £23,000 and picks and shovels about been inflicted on the ping Harbour, west of Bias, is re- £2,000,
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population in these mass air
Elsewhere In This Colony For At Least 6 Months!
The Adventures of
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Wilisi the exact number of Japan-pender on screens for alle sig raids, which show no signs of
ese troops which have arrived in paint and reflectors for land stan-abuting. Blas Bay for the invasion of South dards, ect. Ching has not been ascertained.
Japanese bombers are ulso Chinese official circles estimate that fitted with gas maska and special the Blas Bay area, bombing the Practically 100,000 persons were assisting the troops operating in Utcy are about
35,000. At least 80 arrangements were made to fit the warships, transports, steam aged and infirm who could not attend townships lying between the pre- and other types of vessels the centres. have been sighed in Bins Bay.
Three and a half thousand men and the Canton-Kowloon Rail- sent Japanese vanguard lines The Kwangtung military authorities dug trenches in the parks and open way, are rushing reinforcements to Blas spaces to give accommodation to: Bay and other points along the coast 23,000 persons. These treneles ex- to prevent the
Although the planes have Јарапезе pushing tended for nearly inland.Central News,
four miles.flown over Canton during several Reuter Special.
of their incursions, no bombs have yet been dropped on the Kwangtung capital. - Reuter, Central News and Domei mes- sages.
Smilin' Through New Emergency Laws
WYTH
FREDRIC MARCH
LESLIE HOWARD
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Afloat and Ashore !
GANGWAY for the COAST GUARD!...
Here come two of the boys with different ideaï about
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NORMA SHEARER - FREDRIC MARCH - LESLIE HOWARD
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Gazetted By
By Govt.
to-day, the Governor has added an restriction of movement and other- In a Gazelle Extraordinary issued may give for reporting to the police, other section to the Emergency Re-wise. gulations issued last week whereby restrictions are placed on allen com- batants, refugees and others. new section reads:
RESTRICTIONS ON ALIEN COMBATANTS, REFUGEES AND OTHERS
The
(1) This regulation shall apply {L--s-
-(a) every person belonging to the naval, military or air forces of China or Japan who seeks refuge under the jurisdiction of the British Crown and comes or is within the Colony during the continuance of hostilities between those
countries and (b) every alien having no regular employment or fixed abode in this
of whom are hereinafter ferred to as "aliens".
re
King & Queen May Visit United States
London, Oct. 11.
(5) The Commissioner of Police, any public officer authorized, either generally or specially, by the Com- missioner of Police in that behalf and no invitation has been received by It is learned authorllatively that any member of His Majesty's forces Their Majesties to visit the United so authorized as aforesaid may, using States after their Canadian force It
If necessary, arrest and detain
tour. The King and Queen will return any person who appears to such to London from Balmoral early nexi Commissioner, culcer or member of week. Nothing definite on the sub- His
Majesty's forces to be an alien ject of the North American trip is
to whom this regulation applies, and
There is an idea current that the
may take such person or direct such expected to be known before then.
on
to go to a camp or place visit to the United States is not ruled established un
under paragraph (2).
out (6) Every allen who
In court circles it is thought (a) escapes or attempts to escape New York World Fair
that a visit to Washington and the such ortest;
may bo arranged.
from
If the President of the United
Robin Hood
Errol FLYNN
thrilled the agonis now lives forever in TECHNICOLOX
BASIL RATHBONE,
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(b) escapes or altempts to escape from a place or camp in which he is; confined under this regulation;
States took the opportunity of in- ROBERT TAYLOR (e) commits a breach of any rule viting Their Majesties to Washington It is stated that the normal channel, graph (3); or
(d) falls to comply with
would be used for delivering sucli direction given to him under para-un invitation, Reuter. graph (4) or (5),
(2) The Governor may establish made by the Governor under para-the British Embassy in Washington.
camps or places for the residence of allens and direct that aliens shall therein be under the control of such persons as he may appoint,
(3) The Governor may make rules for the government of aliens In camps CT places established under paragraph (2).
any
these regulations. shall be guilty of an offence against
(7) Any police officer who has reasonable ground for suspecting place or camp in which he was con- that any allen has escaped from a
STRACHEY CANNOT LAND IN U.S.
(4) Allens may be confined in any camp or place established under fined, under this regulation and is in
Now York, Oct. 11. paragraph (2), taken from any such any premises or on board any vessel has ordered Mr. John Strachey, the The special board at Ellis Island camp or place to another, or released may search the prmelses or vessel British novelist, to be excluded from subject to such directions as the Com- and take such allen, if found, to any the United States on the ground that missioner of Police in lis discretion camp or place established under he is not in possession of a properly and either personally or by his cfcers) paragraph (2).
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Terriers New Recruiting
Harbour Leap Record
Travelling on board the Star ferry Launch
woman,
Д
London, Oct. 12,
Electric Star yesterday,
On October 1 the Territorial Army Chau Ching, of Kennedy consisted of 188,689, officers and men, Street, allegedly attempted to com- the highest figure recorded since the mit suicide by jumping overboard war. when the ferry was mid-way across the harbour.
Recruiting for September, 2,810, also constitute a record for the
She was rescued by a fireman month, named Chan Fuk-tal, who was on board the Salar Star, which
Wan
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passing by at the time, and conveyed initials Wireless.
to the Queen Mary Hospital.
A 19-year-old man, Chung Kam-
ming, jumped from the third floor.
poisoning,
of No. 99 Connaught Road Central 24, was taken to the same hospital, yesterday. He was taken to the suffering from oplum Queen Mary Hospital, suffering from which she was stated to have taken a fractured thigh.
in an attempt to end her life at
Another woman, Leung. Ho-yeuk, Queen's Road West,
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