THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 22, 1989.
Chinese Troops Man New Positions
In Swatow Vicinity
THE CHINESE TROOPS AT SWATOW HAVE WITHDRAWN INTO THE INTERIOR AND ARE NOW MANNING DEFENCE LINES EXTENDING FROM KITYANG TO CHAO-ON, SOME 30 MILES ACROSS COUNTRY.
RESERVISTS'
·LARGE HEROIN HAUL
to
It is reported that, contrary Japanese reports, fierce fighting: occurred immediately the Japanese landings were effected.
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Most of the Japanese casualties were caused by Chinese soldiers equipped with light machineguns.
Some 200 Japanese troops and marines are claimed to have fallen before the Japanese eventually reached the outskirts of the city.
the
Chinese machinegunners on islands opposite Swatow sank sever- al Japanese motor-launches, when they attempted to reach the shore.
A small Chinese girl was among the three persons arrested by two police reservists, Thomas Wong (R48), and Lai Ching-fan (R18) on Taipo Road on Tuesday night,
FULL OF TROOPS when some 10,000 heroin pills, 30 Swatow is now full of Japanese pounds of pink mass, and parapher- troops, and the marines have with- nalia were found in their posses- drawn to their ships, following the sion.
landing later in the day of a con- The three persons, a man, à wo-siderable number of army reinforce- man and the little girl were walking along Taipo Road at about 8.30 p.m., when they were stopped by the two police reservists.
ments.
Japanese gunboats and armed trawlers are now attempting to pro- ceed up the Han River to Chao-On, The basket the woman was carry- where the Chinese have transferred ing contained some 10,000 heroin all government organs from Swatow. pills, and in the tin which the man They are, however, moving cau- had on his shoulder were about 30|tiously for fear of mines. pounds of pink mass.
of
Two columns of Japanese troops The girl was carrying parapher-are advancing along both banks of nalia used for making the pills.. the Han River with the object
They were all taken to the Shum- preventing the Chinese from dyna- shuipo Police Station where the miting the banks and flooding the Swatow and case was handed over to the Imports entire area between
Chao-On. and Exports Department (Revenue Section).
RIVER RISING The Han River is reported to be Later in the night, Revenue Offir steadily rising owing to heavy rains cers, acting on information receiv-in the interior, and has overflowed ed, visited some unnumbered huts its banks in several areas beyond in Shek Kip Mei Village, but the Chao-On. expedition proved fruitless as re- gards arrests and discovery heroin factory,
ANTI-JAPANESE HANDBILLS IN SHANGHAI
Chungking, To-day.
An unconfirmed message claims of that the Japanese have fired on Chaoyang, an important port, about 15 miles south-west of Swatow.
This morning brief sages state that several Japanese naval planes flew into the interior and are bombing the Chinese posi- tions..
Anti-Japanese handbills were dis-
mes-
NAVAL COMMUNIQUE
Tokyo, To-day.
of
The complete occupation Swatow by the Japanese forces is officially confirmed in a naval com- munique.
The communique states that tributed at Wayside Road and naval forces have completed re- Yangtsepoo, the Japanese-controll-moval of the boom and the sweep- ed area in Shanghai, a few daysing of mines in Swatow harbour, ago, says a Shanghai report.
which can therefore now be enter-
transports.
Ja-
by Japanese ed Reuter.
The handbills denounced panese efforts to undermine the Chinese financial structure and
urged the Chinese people not to use the bogus notes issued by the Hwa Hsing Commercial Bank.
Following the
discovery of the
handbills, Japanese gendarmes .conducted rigorous searches, hold- ing up traffic for some time. Cen- tral News.
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MACAO ALSO HAS INOCULATION RACKET
Macao, To-day.
The Portuguese police made seven arrests yesterday in connec tion with the activities of a Cholera Inoculation Certificates: Selling Racket.
The seven persons are alleged to have been engaged in Belling certi- ficates to persons who had never been inoculated. Some certificates are alleged to have been sold to Ahow that the possessors had been inoculated for a period of over six days whereas they were not. Our Own Correspondent,
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