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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 7, 1988.
GOLD IN MOSQUITO T
GROUNDED LINER
Ottawa, To-day.
Some £30,000 worth of gold was secretly unloaded off a British steamer in the St. Lawrence; after the vessel had grounded in the river.
The gold which was destined for London from the Bank of Canada, was transferred to an- other liner.Reuter.
MUNITIONS MANUFACTURE IN CANADA
London, To-day.
BOATS ON
YANGTSE
Shanghai, To-day. Fourteen small, but fast, tor- pedo boats, alleged to be com- manded by foreigners, are oper- ating against the Japanese fleet in the Yangtsze, according to a Japanese report.
The report says that the borts appear to be capable of travel- ling at a speed of 50 miles -an hour and are armed with three| torpedos each.
Vernacular messages state that the Japanese who were land- er on the south bank of the Yangtse are now closing in on Hukow, which the Japanese claimed yesterday to have occu- pied.
Sir Thomas Inskip, Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, was
A violent battle is now raging: asked whether he could now atate on the outskirts of the what arrangements the Govern-Japanese infantry being strongly town, ment have been able to make for supported by aircraft which are * the manufacture in Canada of air-carrying out raids in continuous
craft and other munitions, and, in relays.
.
reply, stated that the report of the The Chinese have completed recent special mission which was fortifications and defence lines sent to the United States and Can-at Kiukiang and have massed an ada, and which made enquiries armed force of formidable into the production of aircraft in strength. Our Own Correspon- Canada was under examination. dent.
As regards the manufacture of other munitions, orders had been placed in Canada for shell bodies
and Bren machine guns the form- American
er direct with Canadian manufac- turers and the latter in association with the Canadian Government. An order for explosives was also un-
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less.
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Buys Oil
consideration. British Wire In Mexico
SENTENCE INCREASED ON APPEAL
Budapest, To-day.
Following an appeal, the Budapest High Court increased the sentence imposed by the Lower Court on Major Szalasy, head of the Hungarian Nazis, from 10 months to three years imprison- ment, treating the case as 8 criminal offence.
The High Court also Major Szalasy of his for five years.`.
deprived civil rights
Major Szalasy was sentenced on June 2 to charges of incitement through the press and activities, aiming at upsetting social order.— Reuter:
ANGLO-SOVIET
NAVAL PROTOCOL
London, To-day.
The right to increase the tonnage of battleships to 45,000 tons and the calibre of guns to 16 inches will henceforth apply also, to the Anglo-
New York, To-day.
The signature on a ten million dollars contract by the New York firm of W. R. Davis and Company to buy Mexican oil is reported from Mexico City.
The oil will be for delivery -principally--through--Davis's- European companies to Ger- many, Italy and Sweden, and it is estimated that ten million barrels are involved, with de- livery to be made over a period not exceeding a year.
Payment will be 40% cash and the remainder by equip- ment for the oil industry from Europe. Reuter.
TAXI KNOCKS DOWN MR. T. PARKINSON
Mr. T. Parkinson, recently appointed Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, met with a nasty acci
dent whilst walking up Garden
Road last night.
He
was knocked down by
Soviet Naval Agreement. It in taxi No. 562 and sustained
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officially announced that a supple mentary protocol to that agreement was signed in London yesterday In which the right was formally re- cognised by the Soviet Government.
Trana-Ocean.
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refa vitLondon, To-day;
scalp wounds which necessitat- ed his removal to Queen Mary Hospital.
At Queen Mary Hospital this morning, his injuries were said to be slight and it is highly probable that he will be dis charged in the course of the day.
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Sir Kingsley Wood, the Air Min-July 2 last, 19,140 men applied ister, announced in the Commons the enlistment in the Royal that during the six months ended Force-British Wireless..
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KING LEOPOLD'S
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Amsterdam, To-day,
MR. KENNEDY SEES PREMIER
~ London, To-day.
The State visit of King Leopold The American Ambassador, IIT, of the Belgians to the Nether Joseph Kennedy, who returned landa has been planned for Sep-from a short visit to Washington tember 16th.
on Monday conferred with the King Leopold will be received in Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Cham- Amsterdam by Queen Willelmina berlain, yesterday. and will stop at the Royal Palace The conference which lasted al- in that city.
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