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THE CHINA MAIL; JANUARY 29, 1988.

CHINESE CELEBRATE 7

ALHAMBRA ANNIVERSARY WITH BOMB

•

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY.

NEW SONG HITS

ROMANCE

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DICK

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WARING

FRED

Mad Adventure

SWELL MUSIC

COMEDY |-

VARSITY SHOW

AND HIS PENNSYLVANIANS

FRED ASTAIRE

» TED MERLY + MOULTER CATLETT PRISCILLA LANE – ROSEMARY LAKE

MY BAYIS - BOCK und- BUBBLES Irestad by WILLIAM KEIGHLEY

& Mittner Bros. Picture

TO-MORROW

New Dances

GEORGE BURNS

Music

Romance!

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CHINESE NEW YEAR'S EVE

FESTIVITIES

GALA DINNER DANCE

TO-NIGHT

AT THE GLOUCESTER HOTEL

WITH

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Dinner $6.00

Non-Diners Cover Charge $2.00

OUTRAGES IN SHANGHAI

Shanghai, To-day. The sixth anniversary of the Shanghai War of 1932 was marked here yesterday by several hand grenade attacks.

"

A cigarette tin grenade was found on the lawn of the Japanese Consul-General's residence and two hand grenades were hurled into the branch office of the "Great Way City Government" in the western district, resulting in slight injuries to a Chinese employee.

It is also reported that a grenade was discover- ed in front of the house of Mr. Yamamoto, mana- ger of the N.Y.K.

Information from sources reveals that

Japanese YORKSHIRE

naval units, assisted by Japanese

gendarmes, made а thorough DOCKERS WILL

search of the western areas out- side the Settlement for the bomb

throwers immediately following NOT WORK CARGO

the blasts in the Great Way po-

lice office.

TOSSED OVER WALL

FOR JAPAN

London, To-day.

The grenade found in the Jap- anese Consul-General's residence, which is situated in Seymour Middlesbrough dockers who last Road, was tossed over the wall Friday refused to load 400 tons of and landed in the garden. The

missile, however, failed to ex-steel onto the Japanese steamer plode.

second within a `month

That attack on his home was the "Haruna Maru," yesterday refused to move it to an alternative vessel, On New Year's Day a home made the liner "Bhutan." bomb was found inside the com-

pound of his residence.

SUSPECT ARRESTED

A meeting of the men unani- mously decided not to handle goods for Japan under any cir- cumstances, although the district secretary of the Transport Work- It is reported that early yester-ers Union emphasised that the day morning, the Municipal police, working in co-operation with the Japanese consular police, arrested a suspect on whose person six cigarette tin bombs were seized.--Reuter,

SHANGHAI "GOVERNMENT" EXECUTION

men's action in refusing to load the Japanese steamer is not ap- proved by the Union.

Mr. Ben Tillett, the veteran dockers' leader, has informed the organisers of a public meeting arranged for. Sunday by the China Campaign Committee in Middlesbrough to support the ac- tion of the dockers, that he is certain that "if the "Haruna Maru" goes to London in accord- ance with her schedule, there will be action by dockers in London.

-Reuter.

Shanghai, To-day. COLOMBO'S

The first execution ordered by

the "Great Way City Government PROTEST ON

took place in Pootung on Thursday

morning, according to a Chinese TOYKO ACTION

report.

The man paying g the supreme

Colombo, To-day. penalty is reported to have been

The Board of Ministers is ask- Yuan Lih-fan, 27, interpreter ing the Colonial Office to make of the Pootung organisation.

Charges against him were embex in view of the Japanese Govern- strong representations in Tokyo

[zlement of taxes,

The execution is stated to have tions on imports from Ceylon ment's decision to place restric- been ordered by the Pootung City amounting, in the case of tea and Government after an investigation fibre, to virtual prohibition. conducted by its police bureau.

OVERCHARGED TAXES

Fears are expressed that other Ceylon products may also be ad- versely affected, though any action The interpreter spoke fluent Ja-in the shape of retaliatory mea- panese and was reported to be the sures is deprecated. brains behind the embezzlement.

It is pointed out that in the first He was also alleged to have over-eight months of 1937, Japan sold to charged taxes for his own benefit. Ceylon seven times the amount A sword was used to carry out that Japan bought from Ceylon.- the sentence.- Trans-Ocean.

Reuter.