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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 4, 1938.

JAPANESE TROOPS RUNNING INTO TROUBLE IN SHANSI

Chinese Troops Change Tactics And Menace Lines

CABINET CHANGES?

London, To-day.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY.

LIMITED

The Directors of the Green Island Company Limited, report:-- The appointment of the pre- Cement sent Secretary of State for Air, That the balance at credit of Profit and Loss Account at 31st December, Viscount Swinton, as Lord Pre-1937, including $62,406.00 brought for- sident of the Council, in succes-ward from the previous year, amount- sion to Lord Halifax, who has ed to $533,401.97 which the Directors, annual been appointed Foreign Secre- at the forthcoming ordinary

meeting of shareholders to be held on tary, is predicted in both the Tuesday, the 12th April, 1938, will re- "Daily Express" and the "Daily commend allocating as follows:- Mail."

To pay a dividend of $1.00 per share on 195,494 shares

..

Both papers count upon Lord Halifax not holding office as For-To pay a bonus of 25 cents

eign Secretary merely during the period of the Anglo-Italian nego tiations, but, retaining it for a longer period.

The present

Secretary

per share on 195.494 shares

To

transfer to General Re- serve to bring same up to $1,050,000.00 of To pay a bonus to the Staff

Account

War, Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, is To carry forward to 1938

announced as the successor to Viscount Swinton-Trans-Ocean.

FOG OR DRIZZLE

+

$195,494.00

48,873.50

98,262.12 12,688.20

178,084.15

-$533,401.97

mo-

ATTACKING FLANKS

AND REAR OF THE

INVADERS

Hankow, To-day. Confidence that the Japanese forces will not suc- ceed in occupying the north-western provinces of Kansu, Ninghsia and Chinghai, thereby cut- ting China's overland communications with the Soviet, was expressed by a spokesman of the Central Government yesterday.

The spokesman added that foreign military obser- vers arriving from the north-west state that the Japanese forces are already experiencing the greatest difficulties in Shansi, where they are unable to keep their communications open.

Foreign observers say that and is now highest over Manchuria

miles and to the north of Japan; it is re-only the territory a few

each side from the railways, cer- The Royal Observatory reports latively low over Indo-China. winds,

tain cities and villages in Shan- Local forecast:-E. that pressure has decreased moder-

si, are in the complete control of ately to considerably at all stations derate; cloudy with fog or drizzle.

the Japanese troops, and point out that the Japanese forces are exposing themselves. to very Sir, The collection taken at the an- great danger if they penetrate nual Armistice Day Concert given by further inland, as reinforce the Hong Kong Singers, was donated ments of arms and food supplies I should like, through your_columns may be unable to reach the Jap-to convey the public of Hong Kong the anese forces operating inland. grateful thanks of Captain Sir Ian Fürthermore, the Chinese Fraser, expressed in the following let-

ter recently 'received, forces in Shansi are changing their military tactics.

KING'S

• OPENING TO-DAY.

THRILLING AS YOU KNEW THEY'D BE TOGETHER

IN A GAY AND MAGNIFICENT MUSICALI

20

SONIA

TYRONE

HENIE POWER

ARTHUR TREACHER RAYMOND WALBURN

JOAN DAVIS

SIG RUMANN ALAN HALE LEAF BAY MELVILLE COOPER MAURICE CASS - GEORGE GIVOT Directed by Bidney Lanfield

Dortył F.Zanuck

From the play "Das Kemet" by Amilia Orkek

BOOK YOUR SEAT EARLY

Silver - winged, rhythm on swirling, whirlin ice ballets and songs of lilting loveliness, that multiply by million the delights of 'One. In A Million"!!

Hit songs by Pollack and Miteball, and another from Gordon and Revell:

Instead of fighting positional war- fare with the Japanese, who possess superior artillery and mechanised units, the Chinese forces in Shansi are not meeting the Japanese fron- tal attack but take positions along the Japanese flanks or attack Japanese rear.

HEAVY FIGHTING

the

· Chinese reports claim that heavy fighting is progressing in the vicin ity of Linfeng, Chaochen and Hung- tung, where the Chinese forces are also using mechanised units.

Chinese circles are of the opinion that the Chinese forces on the Pei-

H. K. SINGERS' AID TO CHARITIES

to St. Dunstan's.⠀⠀

Dear Dr. Ride,

It is a great pleasure to receive from, the National Institute for the Blind a further most generous gift of twenty pounds which the Hong Kong Singers are good enough to forward for the benefit of war-blind- ed men, this amount being the result of a Concert and Collection. I am indeed grateful to you, the members of your Committee, the Hong Kong Singers, and the people. of Hong Kong for this splendid help.

Please accept the sense of grati- tude which I am endeavouring to convey as coming not from myself alone, but from my Council, and ́above all my blinded comrades who will materially benefit by the inter- est taken in their welfare,

(sgd.) Ian Fraser. This contribution makes the total Hong ping-Hankow Railway front may ong Singers for charities during the

sum of money raised by the shortly launch an offensive striking last three years, well over $4,000; and northward along the railway from while thanking the people of Hong Chengchow in order to support the Kong for their support in the past, I Chinese defenders in Shansi,

at should like to take this opportunity of reminding your readers that our next present hard pressed by the Ja-concert of part-songs and sea shanties panese-Reuter.

INSTITUTE OF BOOK KEEPERS, LONDON

is being given in the China Fleet Club on Wednesday next at 9:30 p.m. The proceeds of this concert are to be do- voted to the funds of the Sailors* and Soldiers · Home, an institution whose

valuable work is so well known to the Hong Kong public and so much appre- ciated by the sea-faring men who visit

port.

L. T. Ride.

The Hong Kong Examination Super-this visor has been notified that the follow- ing Students have been successful in the December Examination:--

School of Accountancy & Commerce: Fellows Stage: Wee Hoe Giap; Asso- ciates Stage: T. C. Fang, M. L. Da Roza, Miss J. Lee, C. Rozario, E. M.. Marques, A. Abdullah, M. Singh, A. M. Xavier; Elementary Stage J M FL gueiredo, H. A, Ruzario, Allan Fung W. P. Benedicto; Preparatory Stage: Lim Keng Teo, A. M. Campos, Yuen Kan

Sang, Pun Chung Mok (2nd place), I. Ali, Miss L. Woo, K. J. Mas- ter, A. K. Markar, T. S. Lim, Chan Pui Kai, Chung Kwai Sing, G. C. M. Se queira, H. H. Do Rozario (10th place), M. M. Gutierrez, H. L. Phillips, Miss A. Young

PEOPLE'S TRIBUNE

The February issue of the People's Tribune" which commen- ced publication in the Colony last December, having transferred from Shanghai owing to the hostilities, is out.

The journal, edited by Mr. Tang Leang-li, confines its contents to the Sino-Japanese conflict,

the recent impossible peace terms" presented to the Central Government by Tokyo, and Sino-Japanese relationships be- fore the hostilities broke out.

Hong Kong Commercial Institute: Associates Stage: Lee Koon Lan; Ele-viewing particularily mentary Stage: Nellie Cooper, Ching Yee Shau, Charles Lee.

Hong Kong Technical Institute Fellow Tsong Shin Cheung- Asso-^ ciates: Ng Kit Yin, G. A. Noronha,