1939-07-22 — Page 24

Doctors'

Part In War

London, To-day. COVERNMENT plans.

SHARP RISE IN PRICES

IN SHANGHAI

Shanghai, To-day.

The continued dépreciation "of for utilising the ser- the China Dollar has resulted in vices of doctors to the a continuous rise in the price of

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are announced by the the China Dollar had registered Ministry of Health. Ta further considerable deprecia-

A national hospital service for tion to between 4 and 4.1/2) treatment of casualties is to be pence, commodity prices fluctuat. created and administered direct-ed sharply. ly by the Ministry of Health and the Department of Health for Scotland.

Doctors joining it will be liable for three years to service in an emergency.

They will be allocated to their wartime positions now, so that in case of emergency casualty hospital staffs will function at a moment's notice.

The service will be recruited from all doctors except those in regular whole-time: Government or municipal employment. Reuter.

According to various reports, cur- rency depreciation has had a mark- ed effect on Chinese foreign trade since depreciation raises prices and increases the difficulty of sales of imported goods.

The number of cases is increas- ing in which Chinese wholesalers relinquish contracts concluded in foreign currencies on the ground that these commodities would now be unsaleable because of the rise in price.-Trans-Ocean.

TWO AIR RAIDS IN skirts of Ishan, northwest of Liu-

KWANGSI

Kwellin, To-day.

More than 100 high bombs were dropped in

chow, by eight Japanese planes in a severe air raid yesterday.

Earlier in the day, six Japanese aircraft, off from a off

Paithoi, raided Lungchow, in south TWO KILLED IN

explosive Kwangsi near the border of French the out- Indo-China.-Central News.

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SHANGHAI GUN BATTLE

Shanghai, To-day.

Two "Ta Tao" Government "officials" were killed by the Municipal police early yesterday morning when a 15-minute gun battle occurred in Sinza Road.

The two dead were identified as "Ta Tao" Government members by cards found on the bodies.

The battle occurred at 7.30 a.m. when five gangsters held up a 50- year-old Chinese, who was alighting from a tram at the junction of Sinza and Chengtu Roads.

The victim raised an alarm, and attracted a Chinese constable who chased the gangsters and opened fire

One gangster was killed only a few yards from the spot, while the other was killed in'":"Soochow Creek into which he jumped to avoid arrest.

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The other thres made their escape through alleyways.

It is believed that the motive behind the "kidnapping". was poli- tical-Our Own Correspondent,

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London, To-day,

Many parts of England -ex- perienced severe thunderstorms yesterday afternoon and reports have come in from many towns of damage done by lightning and heavy rain.

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Such towns as Coventry, Bir- mingham and Oxford seem have had the worst experiences, but the storm was also very se- vere in the latter part of the afternoon over London.-Bri- tish Wireless.

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