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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 1, 1937.
EAGLE PLANE! INCIDENT
following
statement firing by regarding the an unidentified vessel on a plane from HM.S. Eagle en- gaged in exercises, was issued this morning-
"It appears that when the Eagle's plane was about 30 miles E.SE. of Waglan, it came
TERRORISM UNDER CONTROL 20
Two British battalions ha Lived at Haifa to replace
hons leaving Palesti announcement.
Acts of terrorism appear to be decreasing, thanks to the energe tic measures taken by the author- ities-Trans-Ocean..
out of the clouds and dropped FLYING BOAT'S
a smoke float in order to.. determine wind direction.
"An unidentified surface Fes- sel which was below the aircraft, apparently mistook the aircraft for a scouting plane from Can- ton, and fired at her.
into the The float fell sea some distance away from this surface vessel. The crew of the plane suppose that the surface vessel mistook this object for a misdirected bomb.
The whole matter has been re-
30,000 MILE SURVEY
London, To-day.
Imperial Airways Empire flying- Centaurus is scheduled to
boat
Zealand
leave Southampton on Friday this week on a 30,000-mile survey ferred to the commander-in-flight to Australia and New chef and when the vessel is identified, he will decide whe- ther any action is necessary.
No further details will be available until the Eagle returns. from her exercises.
JAPANESE BAN REOPENING
In the course of the fight the first commercial survey flight by flyingboat across the Tasman Sea will be made.
Centaurus will operate in "Aus- tralia over Imperial Airways' mar- ine air route to Karachi, and thence over the proposed flyingboat ronte via Calcutta, Singapore and Darwin-Reuters
OF FACTORIES KING'S GIFT TO
Shanghai, To-day.
Factores and shops in the north-
ATTACK ON
ern suburbs of Shanghai will not be T.B. IN INDIA
permitted to re-open by the Japan- ese for some time, nor may Chinese inhabitants of these areas be em- ployed by foreign concerns.
Announcement of this Japanese ban accompanied release of informa tion that residents of the war-ravag- ed suburbs would be permitted to return about December 15.
New Delhi, To-day. The King heads the first list of donations, with £750, to the King Emperor's Fund for a new attack on tuber- culosis in India. The Queen also donated $250.
The Fund is to commemorate the King Emperor's accession to the throne, and will aim to establish the and finance an all-India associa All foreigners returning to northern suburbs will have to com-tion for prevention and treatment no of tuberculosis, regarded as the ..ply with regulations by which
visible light may be carried after most insidious disease known in sundown and no persons may leave India. their homes after 10 o'clock at night.
-Trans-Ocean.
JAPANESE CLOSING THE OPEN DOOR
Washington, To-day
The State Department has asked for information from consular representatives in China in re- ferences to the repor Tientsin customs rates
on a wide
reduc favour
Japanese
The scheme is receiving wide- spread support, particularly from ruling Indian Princes, and among
other large gifts is one of
from the Nizam of Hyderabad, Reuter
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