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Chinese

Economic Police' Move

Shanghai, Del, D. Shanbhai's recently formed "economic pollce" went into ar- tion. agallist speculters, and hoarders today is the Chinere dollar hit a new Jow In the Blackmarket, sinking to .887,000 (to..USSI).

Upon the direct peders of Mayor

A Matter Of Balance

Not a rocket aircraft, bu! a Halton Freighter being loaded with a ship's propeller-shaft for delivery in tudin.

Recently a ship was towed into Calcutta with a dam- aged propeller-shaft and a replacement was necessary. A new shaft was made, taken to London Airport and loaded Into Halton Freighter (better known to the publie as a. Hallfax bomber) for a three-days Journey to Indla

ing in time and cost hitherto unknown in this close of ship repair,

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Britain Sells More Gold Reserves

London, Oct.19.

K. L. We, squads of economic pulier Britain this week sold another $80,000,000 worth

this morning began

buy for secret radie

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sridespread transmiters

used for goldbar and foreige

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change stendation betwem Hong Kong and Shanghai asil; ai the sam time, started, an inspection of accounts of exchang firian.

th:

The Central Bank of Chinn this morning revised ake open marke rate, raising the price of the United States dollar so $41680 boying and $36,000 elling.

rathpared $48,000 and $50.200 respectively.

Chine overtiment

The

with

of her gold reserve to the United States in or der to replenish her dwindling supply of dol- lars, authoritative sources said today. It was the Hecund time To replenish British gold fa three weeks that Britain has New York, these sources said'

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IN

SWATOW

New Gale Hits Hard At Iwo Jima

Typhoon “Pauline” which struck the China coast in the vicinity of Sivatow early on Wednesday morning, caused more than 10,000 casualties and extensive damage to property, according to telegrams received by local foreign and Chinese business concerns yesterday.

Hundreds of other buildings in the city were also either blown or partly demolished. Many casualties were also reported among the float- ing population. Numerous craft were sunk cr thrown ashore.

Arcording to Chinese raports, They plan to send an obattvá 12 badly smashed ships Umped tion plane over the area early

Hong Kong yesterday, tonwrrow.

Ocean-going Oers had vowed into Ping Hoi.

ships untel·le The Hong Kong. Fisheries Divi- Swałow hort algo sustained sion said that there was little damage.

but there were no re Inubt that more than 20 are still ports of any large vessel bring

grounded.

msing

An unconfirmed report from a herman at Cheung Chau said that there were 60 to 70 jus

|ff|_ Maenu, Although there is sam: possibility that the storms ould have driven the Ping Ho! is believed junks to Macao, il that the Junks reported in this. area are Micas bnsrd and are cot bore caught by the storm.

Buffeled by two sterins, the sudden squall last Friday and the tại chi ng "Nanette" alt Junks.

ly damaged.

Chinese messages described the "blow" that hit Swatow as being ne severe as that of Aug 2, 1927; when severe dameg: was enused and about 20.000 casualties reported.

Tidal Wave

The messages said that the

In the Pine Hol area were severe-port was struck by a alx-foot 'tidal wave'und that the whole missing town was under several feet of hips, crews and damage will not water. with pipple clinging to be complete for. one to two

A full report

und is hoped that roof tops awalling rescue i weeks, when it

worn of the missing craft will reliet

to reached safe harbour...

Shrine reports that the titler Leiegrim reached b

vhoon "Paulinc" is expected, to Messrs. Reiss and Bradlty con- dasipate this morniox over an fhrmeil the Udal wave and inte aren went hf Swatow, according undation of Swatow The mex- tot the Zikawel Observatory.

Now "Rosalind”

DOUBLE TENTH

HOLIDAY

To-day belig: a General Holiday-the Double Tenth there will be no issue of the "China Mail" to-morrow. The "Sunday Herald" will published as usual on Oct. 13.

The Draw

The latest draw of Japanese warships arrived in Hong Kong last Sunday, Here is a glimpse of how the draw is conducted in Tokyo. An officer of the Royal Navy is draw- ing the winning Üçkets from a glass bowl,

Red Push

Panic In

of

Spreads Mukden

In the south the Communuta

Upon Saigon

¿Paris, Oct. 9. 1.

News of events In |Indo-China Is. eagerly awaited here today, fol- lowing conflicting re- ports from Saigon yes- terday that a French military offensive In | Northern......... Indo - China was "imminent, if not already started."

La aight French Colonial Ministry official here described these reports as “very, „exaggerated".

The spokesman said that TOIA)

|villages may "have 'asked protes

and "some French troops may

sienta.

hare, advanced, accordinglative.

Ife added that there

Weze

ly few troops in; the northe

All reserve parachutists were 14- ported yesterday to have receirch orders to stand ready to move up the north of the country at the shortest notice:.; !

Objective

The Immediate objective of the reported fenilsa, according in re Hable sources in Hanoi (North lado. China) was to enctrele the headquat- |ters' of. Dr. #o Chi-Minh,- President of the Viet Nam Republican Govern ment.

Dr. Ito Chi, Minh's radio" "The Voice of Viet Nam announce yea- terday: "The French have.opened up fullscale auma offensive. The Viet Namess people will resist ag. Kreisione dea

gieter, death to slayety

WAN

#ational resistauas

He Had Had A Stomach-Full

Pelping. Oct. 233 Mukden today kirded itself for defence, organizing General Xuan's new Ciuvernment" for Cochin China, which was swom first aid units as panic swelled into a rush for plane passages out of the threatened city.

In yesterday morning. was "consider The Garrison Commander inj Three Communist columns. wera

ably, embarrassed" by the news.

A official spoken said that spreted the city defence and told moving toward isolated Chane the Chinese press that he waehan with one

must unlikely that Fresidear column only 15 Xuan would staři - á alminicancou confident that Mukden could hold miles from the city. The north offensive in Cochin China. "Ot

column Meanwhile, Tokyo despatches

out against anything the Com-Communist

reached clovernment does not want civil war munists can throw in.

Mishatze. slipped into reserves ensiluting the Government shipped 840,- typhoons this season, "Rosa. Tray on the most vulent Pael.

Chongchun railway There is no word from the station 20 miles north of Chang. and will adopt a policy of appen her last defences against econo- | 000,000 worth of gold to the find", with winds of 140 miles

Chief of Staff (Gentral Chen chun, while the

ent towards north-western mic collapse.

Federal Reserve Bank board ver hour, was hitting Iwojima

hovement." Remet, Cheng), overall Mallonalist Com-column was attacking Heloro- She also said

$80,000,000 the Queen Mary' which ducked als this morning.

mander, who was reported to be lung, 10 miles from Changchun. worth of gold

to the United in Manhattan yesterday.

Indiisposed." Japanese weather officials how. States for dollars on September

that the storin

Press dispatches Hold that were

· baftering___Tanantsun; - 15 w's 15.

British sources discienct the ever, predicted

around. Mukden are four out-les from the Government bas holds sufficient foreign exchange_t

Intest sale of gold came after would miss the Jupunere lilands,

lying defence zonck-to the west tion....... "deal a "beavy blow"

blackmarket The-intest-sale-ls-belleved to Washington dispatches in the ave-United Press.

United The

Sinnin.to.the enkrat Sintes. Army

Meanwhile dispatchies foreign curteles speculates accord-have reduced Britain's gold re- British press had reported that

****** Fushun, to the north at Tiching Peiping and Government rein- wurning nelwork

the wild ing to the official Central News, quote serve to 32.2-101,000,000 although this entry was in the process typhoon was, passing the fwo sage- did not mention

and to the south, at Anshan. Buy

forcements which are blasting a ing “an authority on ecosomics", the exact total is a Government of selling $120,000,000 worth of arch and predicted that the storm damage

The dispatches said the Red way into, Manchuria from Shan- to foreign property threat to the port of Yingkow holkwan, have lined up with the This authority said that the Ony secret.

her reserves.

tentre would reach a point 150 which was presumed intact. érnment is new in a position to ern

was growing with Intensifted Government garrison at Sulchung, These sources here bellovenlles north of the inland by 1800 play one part of its (verign exclamage

The foreign population is also fighting there.

42 miles north-east of the Great GMT today. reserves to withdraw all banknote chequer (Dr. Hugh Dalton) said had assumed chronously that atmospheric pressure

Ex. the Washington correspondenią Japanese officials said bly believed to be safe.

Wall past. protecting Cabled

reporta received by last month after the frat gold the Queen Mary shipment also stonshu must likely would cause Chinese firms sold that most of sale that the reserves totalled was being sold immediately. the typhoon goon to veer towards the enava)tles were caused along

Denial

the northeast, but hesitated to the waterfront and on the out Minister (Sir. Stafford Crippa)

London informants also derled told a press conference yes the Washington, report that the;

"Coaster Jimands of improvised houses bad terday that he could Ray Quicen Elizabeth last week car asked permission to put into har- been erected by refugees, re- only... that. the ........... reserves

bour at Chichijima, about 500 turned after the end of the war, were between $2,000,000,000 and

miles due south of "Yokosuka, |*$2,400,000,000.

after riding out the storm and losing all life rafts and topaldo

-Reiter.

Comparative

The Chancellor of the

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Alien Case.

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Cripps Grim Warning.

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Anti-Comintern Auart.

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Motoring.

Pepe Ten

British Guld Shiponem, Pagė Tutor

44:Bacing Prospects,

Authoritative sources said the eale was consummated, by mov Ing gold held on Brillah account from one vault of the Federat Reserve Bank of New York to: Another and crediting this coun- try with an equivalent amount in dollars..

UNO Delegates To Tour Java Front

CANTON TRAIN HELD UP

The down train from Canton. schribed to arrive yesterday evening, had not come in last night up to the time of going to

Press

One unconfirmed report "anid the wain was held up at Shek- lang, owing to bandit disturb-. aures along the line. There wit no information available at in whether the up-train wai tike avise held up,

It is reported that there" "“cắt be na up train for Gantes, this morning.

ried a record $67,600.000 worth

of bullien to the United States.

predict the course absolutely.

The converted Landing Craft skirts of the port where thou

Infantry

(LCI)

The ship nid It encountered

140 m... winds and sens of 30 to 40 feet.

The Far East air forces report- ed that all communications with Iwolma have been cut since 10 aan. today,

Junks Safe

Fears that 40 junks-had been destroyed at sea after a sudden storm swept the Ping Hol area last Friday were allayed yester- any when approximately 20 of the missing vessels reached har- bours, along the Chinn Const.

Piper Cub Pilots Reach Shanghai

Shanghai, Oct. 9:

The new sale, coming soon George Truman and Clifford Evans, flying Piper

after last month's transaction and Britain's purchase of $60,000,000 from the Inter- national Monetary, Find on Sep- tember 10 Indicated this country still is spending well over. $150,000,000 a month more in

Cubs around the world, arrived in Shanghai safely today from Amoy after bucking head- winds reaching 40 m.p.h. in the tailend of the typhoon which kept them grounded in Amoy four days,

Reinforcements

These forces fanned out to mop out the Communists on both sides Pro.Government reports said of the railway before marching the Nationalists were flinging in further northward toward. Muk. naval and air units in a desperate den. effort to save Yingkow.

Further south in China Proper, The dispatcher admitted, that one-eyed Communist Central Llu Covernment troops were forced Po.chen's raiders are cutting a to evacuaft - Yingkow's outer de: path toward Hankow with the fence and that the -withdrawat | advance units reaching Tuanfeng, was followed Immediately by 'n 43 miles east of Hankow. direct Communist-wisault on the

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port, beginning, at 10 p.m. Tues- day.

Government *naval", units," "at- tempting to throw a barrage around the city engaged. Com- munist guns Ioan artillery duel.

Var uns. Nationalist thrown into the battle, straling and bombing the Communist gretind forces?"

were

North of Mukden, there Com munist divisions Inunched.fores attacks on Tichling,, 46

miles

north of Mukden which, a Na.... tionalist military source sais the Cominuniets main inmediato oblzetive:

Tithing is garrisoned by the American trained and equipped. New Sixth Army under the, vete. rau Burma commander, General Communist

Liao Yaotional

In

drive on Changtu, 28 mlies north

of Tichling, was also under away.

The Weather

Lake Success, Oct. 9. The Australian-Belgian-United States "Commit- tee of Good Offices," which is attempting to seck & praceful settlement of the Dutch-Indo- nesian conflict, said today It will leave for tho' East Indies by air as soon as possible. Frank Potter Githam, of, responsibility for Greece's American representative-on-border troubles the committee.

and. Pal van Ad American apokesman de- „Zevlund, Belgian representá-clared the American delegation

Evans told United Press they."Then we tried everywher tive, met today with Australian would deviate from its position the United States than he re-planned to stay one day, in to radio that we had landed

À moderate unlimefunk, content gover Foreign Minister Evatt, who only if the three accused na ceived for her exports, Shanghai and hoped to take safely but the radios were out. represented, the Australian tiona-Yugoslavia. Albania and The Treasury may announce of for Tokyo on Saturday, So we headed into Amoy whore Mungulia corers be whole at China? committee member Justieb Bulgarin-officially agreed to the now male of gold officially Ho yaid both he and Truman we succeeded in notifying Prestre is also, high to lay of Japan,

A depression echan (daveloped, treer? "the" Bichard Kirby.

co-operate.

with the border later today. An antique felt fine despite a rough time Shanghal of our stoppver | Eastern Ben mid dy:mpóving: NE; through j. 2710 committee's firkt förmial | commission, which was Pap- It was believed to have been in flying today,

| Kreca? Biratta, A-typhomi- la preborted to We waited out typhoon benering W over Teulima! 02 For meeting will be held in Sydney, proved by the UNO. 57-nation lineissed today, by Prime Mints. The pilots took ng from Paine in the unfamiliar

Today's Furcenata--Vfusly?„20) and NE where Kirby 'will- foin" Girališni | Political Commission Into you at Its first; moeting Painco, the 1 Shanghai tut" rad,'into head town of Amby; Then fearing its Falz end-rook

ter Attlee's reorganised. Cabinet Hong Kong on Sunday for and Vail, Zeeland.

terday by a 14-8 vote. Alt

¡Yústerday's 'Woother the JOANNA The organation of the com The spokesman added that shake-up on Tuesday night. winds which left them barely the possibility of another ty file's work will be stars the three natione, had made it The Cabinet is scheduled to making headway and they de- phoon, which might strike in Maximuine 38,0 deg. Vab mined at that time,

evident that they had no in discuss the Marshall Plan ami cided to spend the night inlaid we decided to take off Sunshine 16.1 hour danwhile, tho. nitqu tention of complying an as the doline shortage thight Antoy before preceding to for Shanghai despite the winds Rainfall Nil. Tolti ancé eft

WOMANEN MAS 2347.8 161.0f, lid, as deathst, an States) Apparently, certain of sertion to which Bulgarian of Sir Stafford's warning yes. Shanghai,

* Naverate of 1091.6 mm 76:11 Ins.. Thickory in its fight,för a UNO: dolegate. Horis Athanshlov gave térday, that this country,<nny boy">“Busy Day" The pilots took off from song ivatelldog" commissiód in the weight by telling: interviewers: liave to cut import

We spent most of there, Kong, "after" befnit = ~ grounded, dass es mal, «-«,103) Baliana, qudusit plain today. They" (thêm United States) especially tobacco

mainder of the afternoon-tying/fonydaya and are now hatzita? Intaglion to prosa (or) have the majority, and can keep unless she rec

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It's new!

Bercak, Frakte, Oct, 9. Pierre Henaqur, 22-year-old prisoner in Boteus jail awaiting sejal on the changri, ramplained of indigestion,

Clay schere

·Taken to hospla gron: removed from his stomach suco sarding can kiyi, one-stver poker cut in six pirtes, several walls and street and four curtain

a gur

The prison conthoritira” “believe Hengque recallowed the junk in United Pres

an effort to commit, suleider

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