1938-10-25 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 25, 1938.

CANTON BLAZE DYING

Entire East Bund Area Mass Of Charred Debris

JAPANESE

OFFICERS' STORY OF ADVANCE

CANTON, TO-DAY. ALTHOUGH THE HORIZON IS STILL GLOWING RED, THE DRONING SOUND OF FIRE PUMPS HAS CEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 36 HOURS, INDICATING THAT THE FIRE SITUATION IS NOW UNDER CON- TROL.

WANG

CHING-WEI

RUMOUR

DISPELLED

Chungking, To-day:

Mr. Wang Ching-wei at present is in Chungking, and reports of his being in Hong Kong are pure

rumour.

He addressed a meeting of mid- dle school students on the occa sion of the opening of a large- scale physical training display on Sunday Reuter.

CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE AT LEAST

London, To-day.

In connection with the bombing of the British gunboat, Sandpiper, at Changsha, it is understood that the British Ambassador in Tokyo, without waiting for instructions from London, made representations The entire East Bund area is merely a mass of char-pondents have arrived

red debris, while other huge areas present simi-Some are remaining, and others are

in Canton. at the Japanese Foreign Office.

Full information on the circum- · lar pictures of destruction.

pushing up the. Canton-Hankow stances is not yet available in Several more looters and would-be incendiarists

Railway with the Japanese army. London but in view of the fact that It is believed that damage to the the Japanese naval authorities are, were shot dead on the Shakee Bund, opposite Canton-Kowloon Railway, especially by their own request, acquainted Shameen, last evening by Japanese military the blowing up of Sheklung bridge, from day to day with the positions patrols.

and movements of British men-of- war in the area of Japanese air operations, the bombing would ap pear to involve at least culpable

Japanese officers informed Reu- ter that the main army is pushing northward, leaving only a small force In occupation of Canton.

Some of the officers added that they had come all the way from Bias Bay without firing a single shot, "the only resist- ance being from mosquitoes.”

They stated that the Supreme

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will prevent resumption of traffic at least for three months..

UTILITIES WRECKED Meanwhile, Canton's greatest

Command at present is at Tseng-problems are the shortage of water negligence.---British Wireless. shing, where temporary field head-and the lack of electric power. quarters were established.

Yesterday, banks on Shameen opened from 10 am to noon, but closed again in the afternoon.

RAILWAY DAMAGE

A party of Japanese war corres-

It is understood that it will be half a year before the new water works are ready, while it will 'take The Crown Prince and Princess

London, To-day. several months before the power of Denmark concluded a private plant can be put into commission. visit to England yesterday-British

Wireless.

-Reuter.

PEOPLE

LIKE OURSELVES..

·Hurry dear, breakfasts ready. Don't look so gloomy- it's sausages!

Aw Mary, I hare going to work these days. Every morning wake feeling tired like this absolutely

washed out

Hello Gilmore! hrad agam

Aren't you sahtfed with the way my workć

has been going, Mr. Harris?

this morning! Cheer up we're BZD putting Barron

into your department to take a bit off/2

your hands

Gilmore, don take offence We realise you've got

You can cope with

really-

WHEN THE DAYS WORK IS OVER

- THE BOSS SAYS” Under the re-organisation f - can see no reason for paying Gilmore so highly. It's quite apparent he's hot pulling This weight, these days,

(BILMORE THINKS: THEÝŘE PLITTING BABRON IN MY PLACE EM ? IF ONLY . I DIDN'T FEEL SOʻLIMB IF ONLY I WASNT D ́AI AND RUN-DOWN. ER SOMETHING MAT BE DONE FOR MARYS.

I CAN'T AFFORD

BILMORE SAW THE D Even in the mornings

fired. That makes "an uphill fight to hold my jobs My wi

mg a chud

Spring, so

Then every

night

افوا

Oh darling, I'm so glad those old Fingles at the office gave you a rise it's Lovely to have this

liffle car of

our own.

What's even better darling, I feet sure of my posihon now I've got nd of that- awful firedness

Does your hu

wake tired is he overworked, run-down?

CIVE brin ́n eipfuà of Horfiaks ***

night at bedtime, no win nee waking fired." He will have new vitality, new conf.danou ža success that his brilag und real nbility him te`havs)".

HORLICKS

GUARDS AGAINST, PRE NIGHT ST

LATIONS.