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JOCKEY THROWN

AND HURT

(By "RAPIER")

Yet another new Australian pony was responsible for an accident this morning, Mr. Ip Kui-ring, the well-known Chinese jockey, being concerned this time.

His injury is reported to be of such a nature that it is doubtful whether he will be able to resume riding for some time to come.

MR. IP KUT-YING. Whilst riding Fatshan, Pony No. 38, this morning Mr. Ip was hear- ily thrown near the half mile post. He struck the sand track with his left shoulder, and was unable

to

AUSTIN REACHES FINAL

London, To-day.

In the semi-final of the Nation- al Covered Courts Tennis Chami- pionship at Queen's Club Fester- day. H. W. "Bunny" Austin, Bri-.. tain's No. 1 ranking player, de- feated Jean Borotra of France. eight times winner of the title. by 6-1, 6-16}

Austin meets the holder, Kalle Schroeder, of Sweden, in the fin- al-Reuter

PALESTINE TERRORISM: POLICE IN HEBRON AMBUSH

Jerusalem, To-day.

Many arrests were made in different parts of Pales- tine yesterday following the outbreak of organised dis- turbances, and curfew was enforced at 6 o'clock yester day evening in Jerusalem. Details of yesterday morning's engagement at Solomon's Pool, Bethlehem. show that the

near

get up. The Hong Kong Jockey police received information that Club coolie on duty hear the five 150 Arabs intended to attack the furlong post saw the accident, and police station at Hebron. immediately rushed to his aid, be- ing followed almost immediately byl the jockey's brother, Mr. KLIpi Messrs. Sleap and Walker went to the scene in Mr. Sleap's car, and had Mr. Ip removed to the Jockey Club, where he was examined by Dr. Poon Sik-wai. It was later re- vealed that his shoulder joint was dislocated.

JAPANESE LINES BLASTED TO BITS

(Continued from Page 1) retreat after heavy losses.

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 16, 1937.

STOP PRESS

Reports of serious damage

to Sheklung railway bridge yesterday's bombing raid were 'discounted by Major R. D.

Walker, manager and chief en-

gineer of the British Section

of the KC.R. this morning,

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who stated that he had no in-

formation of damage tow

bridges, which doubtless he

would have done had any ser-

ious break occurred.

The track had been damaged

at several points. It was not

All available British police reserves in Jerusalem were des- to the scene but they patched were ambushed by men behind barricades at a bend in the road. and were greeted with a very heavy fire from a range of thirty possible to say how soon re- yards.

A number of British police offi- cers were injured but the Arabs were eventually routed with heavy casualties.-Reuter.

STATE OF SIEGE

London, To-day. Following the ambushing of a large British police detachment

has an

Government Hongkew nounced that a stage of siege will be substituted in Palestine for the state of emergency.

Chinese airmen played a promi-and attacks on British troops, the nent part in the battle, their sudden Palestine and unexpected raid on

and Yangtsepoo taking the Japan- ese completely by surprise.

Considerable damage

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was done,

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This is according to a news agency report, which adds that two and many casualties caused among British soldiers were killed when a Japanese marines and troops before military patrol was ambushed on the anti-aircraft defence was able to get into action squadrons took the air.

the

Jerusalem-Hebron

and Japanese Trans-Ocean.

NIGHT AIR BATTLE

A precedent was created in aer al

warfare, says the correspondent, when a major air battle took place

iz

IZUMO AS

in pitch darkness at 3 o'clock MESSENGER

the morning.

At 4 o'clock in the morning the entire outlying sections of the city were in flames, the heavens were blood-red and the din of battle could be heard for miles round-Trans Ocean.

NORTH NA RETREAT "ACCORDING TO PLAN?”

OF PEACE!

road.

Shanghai, To-day. An official Japanese statement cruiser makes it clear that the Izumo, flagship of the Third Ja- panese Fleet, was not captured from the Russians in the Russo-Japanese War but was built for Japan by the Armstrong Shipbuilding Com- (Continued from Page 1) Japanese scouting plane reports pany in England and arrived・・ în that Hsinhsien, 25 miles south of Japan on December 18, 1900, Yuanping, has been captured by a The statement declares Japanese unit, which thus threaIzumo "is known teps Taiyuanfu, the Shansi capital, the globe, not as

he north

general Chinese withdrawal to the

the Yellow

er, abandon-

therm

Shan of

Sul-

part of

the

m-of-war but

ess

pairs could be effected.

Chinese reports state that

two of the eight planes which

attacked the railways were

subsequently brought down by

A.A fire four Japanese ait-

men being killed and two

jured, and arrested

These reports state that the planes dropped 27 bombs of about 500 pounds each. Only

one direct hit on the railway

track was obtained, about 200.

feet being destroyed,

TEL. 20022

Nanking, To-day.

Madame H H. Kung, wife.

of the Finance Minister, has

donated 371 trucks and 200

far

coats to the Chinese

forces as "an expression of

appreciation of the exce lent record of Chines men during the Sino-Japan-

Reuter. ese hostilities."-

Shanghai, To-day

semi- According to

official Japanese report, the

Japanese have captured the

walled town of Pingyuan, on

Rail- the Tientsin-Pukow

way, 50 miles north of Tsi-

nanfu, after an engagement

ing eight hours-Reuter.

NEWS FLASHES

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five ma-sha

the woods, the world will

a beaten path to your - doo Royal made

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World's

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