1937-10-15 — Page 24

VICTIMS OF THE JAPANESE

TYPHOON

Flag Day To Be Held

To-morrow

VERSION OF TSINPU BATTLE

Perping, To-day.

Some weeks ago an appeal was pu- Fighting was renewed in the Tsin- blished for subscriptions to assist the pn Railway Zone yesterday after- victims of the recent typhoon: A sum

of nearly $5,000 has been subscribed, noon when Japanese troops, advanc but when the extent of the damage ing 16 miles to the south of Teh- caused by the typhoon is considered.chow, North Shantung, attacked the is obvious that this sum is quite inade- quate, if material assistance is to be Chinese forces entrenched in the rendered.

vicinity of Tsing-Yuan

Claims of losses amounting to over The Japanese claim the capture $120,000 have already been reported of the walled town of Yenhsien in to the Directors of the Tung Wah Hos- pital. In one case there was only one the course of their advance and this survivor from five boats containing 118 brings the Japanese within 40 miles persons. This survivor, who was the of the Yellow River-Reuter. owner of the boats, puts his loss at over. $60,000.

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MUI-TSAI CASE

IN COURT

A considerable number of destitute fisherfalk. picked up by various ships and brought to the Colony have been assisted from the Fund and sent back to their native districts. Other fisher-? folk are resident in Shankiwan, Aber- deen and Cheung Chau. It is the de-

Wong Mm, aged 27, was fined $30. by sire of those responsible for the ad- ministration of the Fund to give these Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Ma- humble people not merely a few dol-gistracy this morning when she plead- lars in charitable relief but such assis-ed guilty to keeping a unregistered tance as will enable them to make a muïtsai at No. 3, Third Street.

Inspector Fraser said the girl was start in replacing the fishing fleets

found by a lady inspector. She was which have been sink.

Nor must we forget these unfor-presented to the defendan'ts mother- tunate people whose homes were des-in-law for $85 two years ago, and had troyed by the fire in Connaught Road since been under the control of defen- West during the height of the typhoon. dant, who arrived in the Colony from The girl was Nearly 150 persons suffered losses in Shanghai in August

that fire and of these a considerable well treated, well-fed and clothed and .number now remain in the Tung Wah desired to remain with the defendant. Hospital awaiting help. Some of them

are fortunate enough to have relatives!

in the Colony or the country to whom population of the Colony and those they can look for help, but a consider who help in the Colony's carrying able portion of them will have to rely trade. The cause is one worthy of the solely on such assistance as they can most generous support, and those who get from the relief fund to give them have not already forwarded subscrip- tions are reminded that the Est is not a new start.

In order to augment the present sum, yet c'ased. We earnestly request them a flag-day will be held on Saturday, to forward their donations to the 16th October, and we make this urzent Chairman of the Tung Wah Hospital. appeal to all citizens of Hong Kong to (Signed) E. H. Williams, R. H. Kote- give of their utmost on that day. The wall. T. N. Chan, M. K. Lo, and Li majority of the victims are the fishing Shu-fan.

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It was stated officially by the K.C.R. this afternoon that trains to and from Canton were running normally and that if the line had been dam- ed by further bombing, inform- ation must have been received.

It is possible that bombs aimed at the line wrecked the telephone without damaging the line, or that the brekkdown occurred as a result of the temporary nature of repairs.

JAPANESE ROMAN CATHOLICS BEGIN CAMPAIGN

Tokyo, To-day. Two hundred thousand Japan- ese Catholics, their loyalty stirred up by the sight of Japanese heroes fighting night and day with Bolshevism in China and bringing holy chastisement upon the lawless Chinese soldiery," have organised a patriotic movement de- signed to reveal the "true Japan” to the whole world.

The organisation, will request the Foreign Office to establish Japanese Legation at Vatican City, and also to publish a pam- phlet in all languages dealing with the Bolshevisation of China" and the "necessity for the Yamato race to advance into North, China." Reuter.

Mrs. J. Harphan, of the Manu- facturers Life Insurance Co., lost a old wrist. watch between th Hong Kong Hotel and Babington, Path yesterday afternoon.

Mrs. Lee, of No. 12. Wong- neichong Road, accidentally knock- ed down Poon. Yan, in Johnson Road vesterday. He was taken to the Queen Mary Hospital suffering from slight injuries.

While driving in "Taivo vestezday, Mrs. B. A. Mansell; of

Shanghai, To-day. Except for bombing by Japan- ese planes and occasional shell- ing by heavy artillery, quiet reigned on all fronts this morn- ing.

Chapei was the scene of very heavy fighting all night, in which the Chinese assumed the role of attackers, but dawn found no change in the respec- tive lines.

The Chinese claim the purpose of the offensive was for ascer- taining whether the Japanese lines had been reinforced. The Chinese troops. retired when they had obtained the informa- tion wanted.

Meanwhile the Chinese Mili- tary authorities do not believe the Japanese will be able to launch a large-scale drive un- til they receive further rein- forcements, owing to severe losses in recent engagements.

They estimate Japanese losses in the past fortnight as .20.000 killed and wounded.

It is added that 29 Jananese warshins and 23 transports made three unsuccessful at tempts yesterday to land at Taimamow. 45 miles north- west of Shanghai in order to carry out an enveloping move- ment-Reuter.

NEWS FLASHES

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No. 125. Wongeichong Road, col-going over lided with a tree damaging the car in an attempt to "avold a evelists The latter was slightly injured.

Miss H. A. Brown, of Socony- Vacuum, lost a suitcase, valued at $15.12.6d, from the office between Saturday and Monday Inst.

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