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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST

BUTTER

THREAT OF SAGHALIEN

ACTION

BY JAPAN

Cryptic Statement In Diet By General Kato

GERMAN RED

CROSS GIFT

ARRIVING IN

ARMY TO TAKE STEPS MISSIONARIES

TO "REMEDY" BORDER SITUATION

Tokyo, To-day.

TO AID OF FOREIGNERS

H.K. TO-MORROW Not a little surprise, mixed with some apprehen- IN HANGCHOW

in

up

Berlin, To-day. A gift of first-aid equipment made

by the German Red Cross response to the appeal made by the Chinese Government, will ar rive in Hong Kong on board the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner "Scharn- horst" to-morrow (Thursday).

The equipment will be placed at the disposal of the Chinese Red Cross for distribution where it is most needed.

For carrying out this plan, -two German doctors, one of whom is the son of the German Ambassador in Hankow, Dr. Trautmann, and two first aid assistants, have been sent by the Government.

Shanghai, To-day. Two American missionaries

company a motorlorry carrying a

sion, has been caused by a somewhat bellicose statement made in the Diet this morning by the Vice-Minister for War, General Kato. General Kato's statement referred to the Island of left Shanghai yesterday to ac Saghalien, where, he declared, the Japanese supply of provisions for about army is to take action to "remedy the situation" forty foreigners who have stay-

ed on in Hangchow on the Japan-Soviet border.

"In Hangchow the two - mission- aries will pick up hospital nurses has who remained in the city and will anoth side of Lake-Tai, where they

Mr.

Kato did not divulge the nature of this tion, announcement of which, however, resulted in much conjecture, some of it of alarmist nature.

Saghalien Island, on the west side

Army circles profess ignorance of

then proceed to Huchow, on the

intend to reopen the missionary hos- pital

of the Sea of Okhotsk, is divided bethe "action" threatened by Gen- Permission to carry out this ex- tween the Soviet and Japan by a feral Kato, but in political quarters pedition was obtained from the Ja- recognised boundary line.

anxiety is expressed over the pos-panese authorities in Shanghai. Though there is no dispute oversibility of the Army attempting a It will be the first missionary ac- the boundary, there have bendramatic coup at a time when the tivity allowed by the Japanese in The German gift, which has a "incidents” in the past few Soviet, has its hands full with in-territory occupied by their gross weight of 200 tons, is in months, which have resulted internal troubles. Our Own Corres-since the outbreak of hostilities.-- tended primarily to satisfy the strengthening of the troops sta-pondent and Reuter.

Trans-Ocean needs of the civilian populatio:tioned on both sides of the border. as far as suffering from epidemics is concerned.

AGAINST DISEASE-

For this reason the consignmen LORD TENNYSON

consists chiefly of medical pre- parations used against tropical disease, such as malaria and dy- sentery, and anti-lockjaw serum and vaccines against cholera, and typhus.

Besides these, the consignmen contains bandages material, sur- gical instruments and other medi- cal equipment.

Beware of Imitations!

LORD TENNYSON AERTEX

MAY PLAY

IN HONG KONG

Lord Tennyson, hero of many

a stirring encomter on the cricket field, may play in Hong

The German Red Cross hopes by this means to make an essential Kong.

contribution towards alleviating Arriving this morning on the suffering of the Chinese people from epidemic diseases. Frans Ocan

ANGLO-EIRE TALKS IN BETTER MOOD

London, To-day. That the Anglo-Eirenegotia- tions have taken a sudden favour able turn is confirmed in well informed circles, the general opinion being that not only will a trade agreement be arrived at but also an understanding on the question of defence. Trans-Ocean.

board the luxury liner, Empress of Britain, Lord Tennyson said that if a game could be fixed up between a local club and a side from the "Britain," he would The

very much like to play.

me," he added.

ship are very keen on getting a

"I played for a ship in Colom bo and had an enjoyable innings

83 out of 98.7

AUSTRALIA'S TEAM

“A good side but I feel that Grim- mitt should have been included,” be said, when asked to comment on the Australian Test side recently select-

to tour England. "I also thought that Oldfield might have been yri

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