By BUD FISHER
THAT
OUGHT
YEH, BUT
TO:
STOP
EM!,
IT'S THE WRONG ONE!
MILITARY MISSION SCOUTED
There is no confirma- tion in Chungking of the report that Britain is sending a military mission to China.
LIGHTS FOR
LIFE JACKETS IN FUTURE
Replying to a par- liamentary question yesterday the Minis- ter of Shipping an- nounced that life- jacket lights had been supplied to the crews of all merchant ships
Well-informed quarters are in- clined to the belief that such a mission is not
owned necessary at the
or managed present juncture, as they are con-
by vinced Japan is unlikely to take
the Shipping drastic action either against Bri- Ministry. Mr. Cross tain or the United States in the
added that the ques- near future in the Far East.
tion of making such lights obligatory, for merchant crews would depend upon experi- ence as to the utility of those issued by the Ministry. British Wireless.
Chinese circles are of opinion that Japan will probably con fine her activities at present to the acrial bombing of the Burma road and also to streng--
Indo- thening her position in China.
Despite Japanese threats they point out that for economic, if: not for other reasons, Japan is not in a position to wage war in the Pacific against the United States or Britain.
O
event of a determined Japanese
A British military mission to drive towards Burma for un at- China would be necessary in the 'tack on Singapore. - Reuter.
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An officer of the Chinese Mari- time Customs was killed and two others wounded last night in a clash with a party of smug- glers over the border near Sha- taukok.
The wounded men were con-
condition
veyed to the Kowloon Hospital last night and their was reported to be favourable this morning.
While returning from patrol to the Customs station near Sha- taukok, the three Chinese officers and observed a group of men
Instead called on them to halt. of obeying, one of the men fired and wounded the foremost officer in the right thigh.
The other two then opened fire and the smugglers replied with rifles and revolvers. As a re- sult. Chinese officer Ho Yau was wounded, killed and the other just before the arrival offshore of a Chinese Customs launch which threw its searchlight the area causing the Smugglers to scatter.
KUNMING FEASTS
on
The first caravan of motor-trucks from the China-Burma border, fol- lowing_the_re-opening of the highway last Friday, reached Kunming yester-
day.
feasting Last night there was and celebrating in the city.,
The majority
of the truck drivers were Chinese but a num- ber were Indians and Burmans. The whole journey from the Burmese border was made with- out hitch in spite of the Japan- ese bombings.
Part of the caravan will leave Kunming to-day for points fur- ther in the interior, while some of the trucks will make a return trip to the Burma border.-Our Own Correspondent.
FOUR GIRLS ENTICED?
FOUR CHINESE GIRLS, BE- TWEEN 13 AND 15, ARE RE- PORTED TO HAVE LEFT THEIR HOMES YESTERDAY, TAKING THEIR PERSONAL CLOTHING AND MONEY BELONGING - TO THEIR PARENTS' WITH THEM.
It is believed that the girls were enticed away. One of them left a letter stating that she was going to Macao where a friend has found a job for her.
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