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CHINESE

AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST

BUTTER

AIR FORCE

ATTACKS WARSHIPS

Claim To Have Sunk Three Yesterday Morning

SWATOW ATTACK NOW IMMINENT

SHANGHAI, TO-DAY..

Direct Hits On Several

Boat In Yangtse

Tungliu, To-day.

SWATOW WILL BE AT Chinese air squadrons continue their raids on the

TACKED AND OCCUPATION ATTEMPTED BY THE JAPAN- ESE WITHIN THIS WEEK, "ACCORDING TO JAPANESE

SOURCES HERE.

Japanese military circles be

Japanese naval concentration in the vicinity of Siankow and early yesterday morning at 6.301 o'clock, they sank at least three enemy vessels in a terrific bombardment.

lieve that the defence of Swatow The Chinese air force rained tons of high explo-

by the Chinese will turn out to be similar to that of Amoy Island and say that landing of marines and troops on the mainland is not expected to encounter any dif- ficulty.

sive on the Japanese ships, more than fifty in number. Direct hits were scored on several and four were seen to catch fire.

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The Chinese aerial attack yes- yesterday by a Japanese air squa-| Reports from South China, however, indicate that thousands terday morning was carried out dron in the course of two raids on of Chinese soldiers are arriving at the same time as a violent Nanchang, which is one of the

strongest Chinese air bases.

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HOTTEST DAY OF THIS SUMMER

Yesterday

the

test

day of the present summe the temperature registered at the Royal Observatory reaching" 93 degrees in the shade in the course of the day.

This morning at 10 a.m., the thermometer showed a temper- ature of 86 degrees.

Rain is now heavily below average, the total fall since the beginning of the year being 24.33 inches, against an aver- age of 36.57 inches.

RAIN EXPECTED

The Royal Observatory reports in the Swatow area and have battle was raging ashore between

that depressions remain over strongly strengthened the de- Chinese defence forces and the planes took off to give a battle to

It was claimed that 50 Chinese Tongking and the Loochoos; the fence lines. Our-Own-Corres-

invading army. pondent.

the raiders but that 85 crashed or northern depression has moved As the bombs hit their targets, were disabled, the Japanese having into the Pacific to the east of Ja- huge fires, accompanied by blind lost only three. As result of low

pan. Forecast:-S. E. winds, mo ing smoke, rose from the Japan-clouds the battle is said to

BIG CHINESE AIR OFFENSIVE ON YANGTSE

Hankow, To-day.

have

ese vessels which prevented the taken place at an altitude between derate; fair at first, some rain Chinese planes from ascertaining 150 and 200 metres. Trans-Ocean. later. the exact extent of the havoc done.

LATER REPORT

Later.

All available Chinese aircraft. The Chinese air force directed has been mobilised for a big two lightning raids on the Jap-

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terday morning, it is now an- nounced.

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One of the Japanese vessels Chinese reports state that as hit, according to military des- KARDEX FILING, CABINETS. a result of the past two days of patches, was a large craft of the Chinese bombings the Jepan-cruiser type. ese aerodromes at Wuhu and An- king are unsuitable for use, man Reuter,

TRUNK PHONE OUT OF ACTION

Telephonic communication be tween Hong Kong and Canton was cut off this morning, No explanation is forthcoming, but it is assumed that the line has been damaged in an aerial bom- bardment.

The service had not been re- atored at 2.80 p.m.

As this vessel took fire and foundered, the despatches say, the rest of the smaller ships, more than twenty in number in the immediate vicinity, went out of formation and steamed down- river."

Two of the three Japanese ves- sels hit, it is stated, were sunk during the second raid, particip ated in by several raiding squa- drons. Central News.

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