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H.E. the Governor sponking at the opening of the new Police Sports Ground at Boundary Straut, on Wednesday afternoon.” On the laft of the picture are Mr. and Mra, T. H. King-King's Studio.
40-Passenger Plane Starts Channel Service
London, Oct. 20. The Imperial Airways liner Ensign made an initial trip from Croydon to Le Bourget in 80 minutes to-day.
Straight Fight Friendless,
In Oxford Bye-Election
London, Oct. 20,
Sir John Simson, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the Liberal National section of the Government's supporters, has sent a letter to Mr. Quinton Hogg who was nominated yesterday as national Conservative candidate in the Oxford City bye- stating that the times
It is the first of 14 all-metal ma- electich.""
Lonely-On £150-a-week
Publication of his will recently revealed that Henry Philip John luce Anderton, lonely, frieadless Lancashire man who moved from hotel to hotel across Europe till he died last March in Swiss clinic, had an income of more than £150 a week. He was worth £183,305, yet after leaving a West End hotel for the Continent he stayed nearly always Some of the machines will be used
in cheap rooms, ale sparingly, drank in the Continental service, and others will be put on the England-Calcutta
who was When he died, aged fifty-seen, he route in conjunction with the flying-nominated as Independent Progres- left all his money to Roman Catholic boat service-Reuter,
sive candidate, previously selected charities, taying in his will: "As I
hay-
chines, carrying 40 passengers, and through which the country is passing is one of the largest air liners in the require it be united and strong, and world.
Expressing the hope that the electors will make their contribution to that end by returning Mr. Hog
Mr. A. D.
|N. Z. BANK RATE
INCREASED
Wellington, Oct. 20.,
The New Zealand banks have
Labour and ral candidates Liberal
little,
ing stood down in his favour, have to dependants or relatives... received a message from Lord Crew fort nt liberty in so bequeathing my residuary estate to charitable ob- and Sir Archibald Sinclair saying,cets."
The manager an hotel in Vevey,
they are asking Liberal voters i Oxford to Elve him whole-hearted Switzerland, said: "My staff knew support.British Wireless.
him well; he was always alone, and seemed anxious not to mix with "other" "English" people. "He was not in our best rooms, and that you hould say he was rich surprises me.
"VERY COOD. TIPS" "Sometimes he would "give very zood Ups, and then for days nothing at all.
decided to increase by ten shilling CRUSHING JAPANESE
per cent, the exchange rate between the New Zealand currency and sterilng.
The T.T. sterling rate of £124 10s. will be increased to £125 New Zealand currency for £100 sterling. Other currencies would be similarly affected.—Reuter.
S. AFRICAN DEFENCE CHIEF FOR U.K.
DEFEATS
(Continued from Pope 1.)
Japanese were badly beaten and re- treated to the north in confusion.
"We knew he was a devout Roman
Catholic: he went nearly every day to Mass."
On the Shaoyuan seeter, west of
A nurse at a elinlewear Montreux, Taiyuan. the Chinese launched Switzerland, remembered: "Ah, yea, Amuitanrous attacks in the Japan-the Monsieur Anderton, How sorry ese from the cast and south on Oct.) we all were for him. He was 17 and defeated them, inflicting 600 and no one to come and see him. *sualties. Af present, the town of We tried all we could to keep him
Japanese cheerful. He was very brave." Shaoyuan is cleared of troops.
Yesterday, the Chinese Intercepted Japanese detachment windraw- Mr. Pirow, the South African ing to the cast from Taiyuan Minister of Defence, who is going to Pustangchen. The enemy suffered London to discuss South African de-heavy lusses, fences with the British Government, Meanwhie Berce fighting betwegen Is visiting Portuguese East Africa en the Japanese and Chinese fores is route.
in progress
Pushan, a height in Later he will visit Lisbon at the the outskirts of Taiyuan.—Contrai: request of the Portuguese Govern-News. ment.--Reuter,
London, Oct, 20.
TROOP TRAINS DERAILED
Hantrow, Oct. 21. Two Jpanese troop trains have
ROBBERS' ATTEMPT been derailed respectively at Potow-
ON PAYROLL
Exchange Shots With
Indian Escort
chen and Pingyuan, south of Tientsin long the T.cutsin-Pukow Railway, In the past few days, as a result of damages done to the track by Chinese
rifins, states a Tientsin report.
All the Javanese aboard the trans are sald to bave been killed,
At Hochwang. in the vicinity of
an-
A daring attempt to steal a $9,000| Tulowchen, a party of more than 400 payroll was falled yesterday when Japanese soldiers was recently Tour Chinese held up car in the nililated by Chinero guerillas in on New Territories, and exchanged re-ambush.--Céntral News. volver shots with four Indian watch-
men.
The money, which was for the star of the Hongkong Mines works the
PAOTING ATTACKED
Loyang, Tet. 21. Intensifying their netivities along Pripn-Hankow Railway,
at Lai Hung Ma, was being carried Chinese guerillas launched a furious
in a car by a clerk, escorted by the attack on Proting, provincial capital four Indians.
JAPANESE LINES CUT SPEARHEAD RELYING ON AEROPLANES
(Continued from Page 1.)
that eight Divisions of Kwangtung troops which were recently sent to Changsha to protect the Canton- Hankow Railway from the Jap-
anese
advancing on the South Yangise front have been recalled to defend Canton. This Army of 130,000 men were recently taken
from the front lines in the south Yangise area to rest behind the lines and were to have returned to the Yangtse front next werk. In addition, Generalissimo Chilang Kal-hek is cending two divisions about 30,000-of his own crack troops to defend Kwangtung. The
150,000 soldiers are reported to be already en route to the south.
An official communique issued by Japanese Military leadquarters
ot
1 nm to-day confirms previous Japanese reports that Chengkonglais, When the car rounded a bend near pation, on Wednesday night.
of Hopel now under Japanese occu- miles from Canton, has been oc-
cupied, the 1414 milestone on the Tulpo Flere fighting continued until
The communique adds that a large Road, the four robbers were seen yesterday morning.
area surrounding Sheklung has also standing in the middle of the road) In the meantime, another Chinese bera completely occupied. lifting their hands above their heads mobile unit attacked Wangtu, south- The Japanese, according to the and calling on the car to stop, Theof hating on the same rallway, official report, are carrying out in- driver applied his brukes and when and drove the Japanese out of the tense air raids on the big Chinese the car stopped the robbers whip- town.
army which is marching from ped revolvers from beneath their Fighting also occurred on the same Kwangs to the defence of the Cily tunics and opened re.'
day at Chenting, north of Shih- of Rams. lleavy damage was in thiachwang. Traffic on the Pelping-| Micted on the highway troop-train One Hankow Hallway has now been dis- between Tsungfa and Trengshing, ac-
rupted.--Central News.
eding to the communique,
The Indians returned the fire and soon overpowered the robbers, of the gang was wounded.
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