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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST

BUTTER

NONSTOP BATTLE FOR TAIERCHWANG

Japanese Admit Capture Claim To Be Premature

-WAFDISTS

DECLARE

The

BOYCOTT

Cairo, To-day.

Wafdist (Nationalist) Party, following its crushing de- feat in the parliamentary elec- tions, yesterday decided to boy- cott the elections for the Senate.

It is said that the Wafd even contemplates withdrawal of the twelve deputies elected to the House of Representatives, in or der thus to avoid the loss of prestige which is bound to result from such a numerically weak re- presentation."-Trans-Ocean.

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Twelve Picked Brigades Now In Action

· Shanghai, To-day.

ANOTHER SOVIET NORTH POLE FLIGHT

Moscow, To-day.

Another Soviet-airman has flown

The airman, named Moshkowski,

Twelve Japanese brigades, composed of specially picked units, are now engaged in the battle which is still raging for the possession of Taier-over the North Pole. chwang, latest messages from the sector reveal. Japanese communiques now admit that their claims took off from Rudolf Island at 3 to the recapture of the town were premature, 'clock on Monday morning, and but claim that a foothold has been gained, and 720 was over the North Pole. add that the intensity of the fighting exceeds 2.05 in the after2004. anything seen during the great battles round Shanghai.

It is significant, too, that to]: day's, Japanese military reports speak of the powerful nature of the Talerchwang defences, ap parently to justify their failure' The "China Mail learns from to oust the Chinese forces after official quarters that the report fourteen days of repeated offen- of the Rents Commission is un- ces.

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RHODESIA

TRAIN DISASTER

Johannesburg. To-day. Twenty-three were killed and 2 number injured in a head-on colli- sion between passenger and goods trains near Plumtree, South

likely to be released for publica- Reports from both sides show tion until it is laid before the that the main Chinese army is next meeting of the Legislative not at Taierchwang, but has. Council, to be held on Wednesday driven a wedge into the Japanese! next week, April 13.

lines north of Taierchwang, with It is understood that the Com-the objective of preventing fur- mission's Report will be brought ther reinforcements from reach-Rhodesia, at midnight last night. before the Executive Council to-ing this vital sector. So far, the morrow for discussion regarding Chinese strategy has succeeded, the steps to be taken to imple-as columns which were proceed- ment the recommendations of the ing to the relief of the troops at Commission. No details of these Talerchwang are now themselves recommendations will, however, heavily engaged some be disclosed for the present.

STEAMER ASHORE:

ALL

FEARED LOST

Oslo, To-day.

miles north-east.

SURPRISE RAID

twelve

The Chinese Air Force in a

surprise raid at dusk is believed

to have inflicted heavy casualties (on the Japanese concentrations

Found Taierchwang.

At the present time, severe

A so far unidentified steamer, fighting is taking place at the believed to be a Norwegian coast-north-east corner of the city, er of about 1,000 tons, ran ashore while on the east and west, the on the coast of the Norwegian Chinese troops are gradually clearing the outskirts of Japan- province of Moere yesterday..

Huge waves are sweeping the ese troops.. wreck, from which parts of life-pondent. boats and one body havé been

washed ashore.

It is believed that the entire

czew of 12 or 15 perished.--Trans-

Our Own Cornes-

TSINAN RAIDED

Hsuchow, To-day.

A military ommuníque issued

The Royal Observatory reports yesterday stated that a Chinese air that the anti-cyclóne has decreased squadron carried out a sud considerably in intensity, pressure raid on Japanese military posit cus being highest over the lower Yang-in Tsinan yesterday mHOTE tse Valley. The depression is still the result that about indicated to the north

Hokkaido

Local forecast,

moderate, fins generally.

at

"He refarned to Rudolf Island at

In an official statement it is de clared that object of the flight was to search for Lewanewski, a the Russian airman who was lost sever- the al months ago in attempting second fight from Russia to the United States.

Yesterday's fight, however, pro- duced no traces of the missing airman--Trans-Ocean.

Three trucks of dynamite in the to goods train fortunately failed explode in the crash, which occur red during a severe storm-Renter

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