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MACHINE-GUNNING OF

BUS PASSENGERS Another Japanese Plane Outrage Near Macao

18 EXPLOSIONS-

ON BURNING

LUXURY LINER

Le Havre, To-day. - In the space of half an hour, there were eighteen explosions on board the French liner "Lafayet- te," which is still ablaze.

The luxury liner was set on fire last evening, and it is feared that the whole ship will be gutted.— Reuter.

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London, To-day..

The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, speaking in the House of Commons, declined the suggestion made by the Conserva- tive member for West Leeds, Mr. S. V. T. Adams that the League of Nations should be asked to mediate between the Sudetic Germans and the Czecho-Slovakian Govern-

ment.

Mr. Chamberlain gave as his rea- son his belief that intervention by the League of Nations would not lead to any useful result. Mr. Adams then asked whether it was clear to Mr. Chamberlain that Czechoslovakia's independence would be definitely destroyed if one was to give way to Henlein.

Mr. Chamberlain answered that might be true or not but did not affect his answer.

OVER TWENTY OVER HUNDRED

SHOT DEAD OR

WOUNDED

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

Macao, To-day.

H.K. JUNKS LOST IN TYPHOON

Over 100 small and large junks and many fisherfolk are believed to have perished in the course of Tuesday night and yesterday morn- ing when a severe gale passed over

the Lama Islands, the "China Mail"

The machine-gunning by a Japanese aeroplane of bus passengers at Shekki as they were about to move off to Macao, was revealed this morn-learns. ing.

The gale started on Tuesday morning and increased in velo- city shortly after 10 p.m., while The outrage occurred last night, causing consider-many junks were still at sea,

making full speed for, shelter. able excitement at the Kei Kwan Motor Bus Fifty junks, it was learned this morning, are missing, and it is Company at Macao, to which the buses belong-feared they have sunk, while the shores_of_Miao Wan, Tam Kon ed. The plane swooped down as passengers Island, of the Lama Group, are strawn with wrecks of many were seeking refuge, bombs having been drop-more fishing craft. ped by the plane close at hand.

over

were

Representatives from the Hong Kong Fishermen's Union sent out last night to the Lama

Our Own Cor-supplies to render assistance to

the homeless and injured.

It was learned that a Japanese glass windows and splinters of Islands with rice and medical seaplane appeared Cheong bomb explosions. Chau, a village in Shekki and drop-respondent. ped one bomb at about 5.20 p.m. yesterday. The plane then dis- appeared as the anti-aircraft guns went into action.

The plane reappeared later over Cheong Tai, on the other bank of

the river and released three more bombs. One struck the brick fac- factory being unoccupied at the tory and partially destroyed it, the

moment as it was dinner hour.

The second one hit a newly con- structed latrine and the third fell upon a bus station next to which three buses full of passengers were about to leave for Macao.

:

As the village of Cheong Chau ! is opposite Cheong Tai and separat-

for

In reply to a further questioned by the river, the sound of the whether the Prime Minister was first explosion had caused the pas- convinced that Berlin really, wish-

sengers in the buses to rush ed 'a peaceful and reasonable set-

'safety. tlement of the Sudetic German ques- tion, Mr. Chamberlain' gave no re- ply.--Trans-Ocean.

· PEOPLE MACHINE-GUNNED

It is stated however, that the

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WEATHER FORECAST plane opened fire with a machine-gun

on the terrified passengers and 'de-

The Royal Observatory reports fenceless inhabitants.. that pressure remains highest over It has since been ascertained that the Pacific to the east of the over twenty were killed and Bonins and is relatively low over wounded. One Keikwan bus driver, China generally.

Ho Kip, was brought to Macao and Forecast:-S.E. winds, moderate; admitted to hospital suffering from fair to showery.

wounds received from the broken

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