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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST

BUTTER

H.K. SHIP SEIZED BY JAPANESE

Foreign Captain And Flying Panaman Flag

MYSTERY OF MONTH'S JAPANESE DISAPPEARANCE SOLVED

TWO REBEL PLANES SHOT DOWN

Valencia, To-day.

Two Spanish rebel planes were shot down near here yesterday, says an official announcement.

Papers found on the bodies of the five members of the crew of one aeroplane proved them to be Italians.

The other plane was brought. down over the sea-Trans-Ocean.

TAKEN TO FORMOSA: SHIP HELD BUT

CREW FREED

ADMIT SHANSI DIFFICULTIES

Perping To-day.

Seizure by a Japanese cruiser of a Hong Kong- A Japanese spokesman said bound steamer commanded by a foreigner under-day that a small Japanese force stood to be of German nationality, flying the Pana- man flag and registered in Panama, although, Chinese-owned, was revealed to the “China Mail to-day after a complete unexplained disappearance of the ship for nearly a month.

pushing westward had attained position inside Niangtrekuan Pass, but that Chinese troops, having made a detour through h the hal north and south of the

pass, were

The vessel, the Tchekan, left Tourane for Hong Kong on September 29 and was never seen or heard hampering the general Japanese of again until a few days ago when, as a result of

advance.

Guerilla warfare is going on

THOUSANDS enquiries made by the wife of the master, Captain nesantly, he added

MOWED DOWN AT TAZANG

S. Hamman, special enquiries were instituted which brought a message from Formosa announc- ing that Captain Hamman was well and likely to be returned.

Meanwhile, the Chinese, who were recently pushed back to the Hsinkow Mountains, north of Tai- uanfu, have launched a vigorous

Prior to that the owners had sought the co-counter-attack, according to operation of the British naval authorities and a Japanese military communic look-out had been kept for the Tchekan by British which claims that they were re- naval craft without result.

Shanghai, 1.30 p.m. To-day. In claiming the capture of Tazang at ten o'clock this morning

It was assumed by the owners after an all-night battle, a Japan- that the ship had been seized by ese official communique states that the Japanese blockade ships, al though the possibility was envis the Japanese troops were ordered aged that she had foundered dur to take the ruins of the town reing a typhoon which raged through gardless of cost, and admits that the Gulf of Tongking round about

the time of the voyage.

"thousands were mowed down by the Chinese machine-gunners."

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STORY OF SEIZURE Story of the seizure of the ship The Ishi Brigade and the Yasumi and Oshima Regiments, was revealed for the first time

the safe return from Formosa which led the final assault, in hundred-metre dash against a line the "Hong Kong Maru yesterday bristling with machine-gun nests, of Captain Harman, who is under were severely cut up, and report stood to be of German nationality, more than fifty per cent. casual- the Danish Chief Engineer of the

ship and the crew of 50 Chinese. ties

Hand-to-hand fighting raged for more than

She left Tourane on September 29, was hailed by a large Japanese

reached an hour after they cruiser on October 1 at about. 2.30 |

Chinese trench system. p.m. exchanging signal with her Our Own Correspondent.

regarding her nationality, owner ship, cargo ete (the cargo consist Li Shun, an cleaner, was ing of a large consignment of live sentenced to six eks' imprison stock for Hong Kong). ment by Mr. R. Edwards for the

theft lesk

uiser appeared to be satis

a fountain pe from the fied at first, but followed the Tche- Mr. D. Ballantyne of the kan steadily and at 8.30 p.m. ov Chase Bank Defendant took the October 1 put a boarding party on office and the ship. She was then searched,

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