1938-01-22 — Page 24

BOMB FOUND IN WATER NEAR HIYE MARU

Seattle, To-day.

United States Customs agents yesterday took a bomb from the water near the spot where the Japanese steamer "Hiye Maru" was moored yesterday.

It will be recalled that previ- ously the police arrested a man who said that a time bomb had been placed on board the ship.

ARMED MAN CAUGHT ON THE N.T. BORDER

An important capture was made by a police border patrol in the New Territories early yesterday morning, when they arrested two men who had just come across the border from Chinese territory.

One of them was armed with a revolver and carried eight rounds of ammunition.

It is suspected that the pair were bent upon armed robbery,

They were taken to Sheungshui Earlier, a friend of the arrest- Police Station and were expected ed man had been found dead in to appear to-day in the the water near the vessel.-Reu- Court at Taipo.

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TOMMY FARR WEIGHS IN FOR BIG BOUT

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Police believe that most of the armed robberies carried out in the New Territories have been perpe- trated by marauders from Chinese territory.

night at 14 stone 3 lb., while the Briton weighed in at 14 stone 11 Ib.

Both boxers were .in excellent shape, and after the weighing-in ceremony, General Phelan, Presid ent of the New York State Boxing Commission, interpreted the "no- foul" rule to Tommy Farr-Reuter.

New York, To-day. James J. Braddock, former world heavyweight boxing champion, whe was dethroned by the "Brown Bomber," Joe Louis, a year ago, and The winner of the bout will pro who was scheduled to meet Tommy bably meet the winner of the Joe Farr, of Tonypandy, last night at Louis-Max Schmeling world title Madison Square Garden, in a world bout, which is scheduled for next eliminating bout, weighed in last June.

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CHINA PREPARING FOR HSUCHOW BATTLE

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transformed into strong defence positions, and the civil population of the town has been ordered to evacuate, while able-bodied civilians are being trained in the use of arms so that they can re- inforce the regulars.—Trans- Ocean.

ADVANCE SLOWED DOWN

Shanghai. To-day.

The Japanese advance north- ward along the Tientsin-Pukow Railway has slowed down as the result of two days of heavy fight- ing, according to Chinese reports.

The reports add that the lull in the northern section of the railway continues owing to bad weather

The Japanese claim that the Chinese Ironsides," who on Jan. 17 were reported to be six miles from Hangchow, have now re treated. Reuter.

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That all chamois leather is made from the hides of animals of that name, This is not so.

Most of the so-called chamois lea- ther is made from sheep-skins, and while most leather is preserved by the use of tanning in some form, "chamois," or wach-leather is pre- pared by the use of oil. ROYAL TYPEWRITERS, however, are made from the finest steel obtain, able and are up constructed that they moet ALL the require of the eventual, OPERATOR and not those of the manufacturin gineer as is the case with competitive makes.

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