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New Ordinance.

Cowle Appeal Hearing.

Family Boolal Welfare for HK. „Rago '5 ·

Jap 'Army Or--150,000;

London Belby inqytty,

On International: Oriálu.

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Fighting in central Klangsu, along the Grand Canal, has shift- ed further South today with the Comniunista reported to be over- running many points in the swampy regions North of the Yangise below Nanking.

Pro-Government" "reports sald that one Natiöcialist, artillery regiment, "crossed they river to reinforce the defence around Kaoyu, about 20 mild to the North of, Yangonow.

Reports also said that following the dgverament evacuation yer

terday of Pabying, - halfway ben

gotaald to Generalissimo Chiang

asked to give his views to the United States, British and French commandants on the possibility of the merger.

Colonel Frank Howley, United States commandant, Bald he British on the could not confirm the

statements and German

that early unification was planned.

ter of fact, the three Western virtually unified sectors now,"

and The British, American French MHitary Commandants in Berlin havo discussed Gor- man demands for use of the Western Deutsche mark an, the their sola fogalTM currency In sactors of the olty, Dr. Reuter stated.

The Scripps-Howard writer says from the Central Bank Ars Kai-shek will become even the question is whether there

Prospective buyers of disappointed was sold out after

that the

stock more important, he says. releasing In the opinion of most obser

Ingenious Smuggler Thwarted

The most ingenioux at- tempt yet made to smuggle gold out of Hong Kong was frustrated by the Revenue Department yesterday at the Kal Tak airfield,

While going through one.. passenger's luggage--a leather sultense and a rattan casalort, Revenue Inspectors found that the upper frames of both cares were solid gold. '

Chinese travellers usuall ly use an irori rod, bont. Into a square, to reinforco. the frames of leather suite Cores. If it were not. for.

A will be more defections such ne that recently in the North, which could strip the Nationalists'

· sirerigth,· Thereon iles the un- predictability of the current bat- 'le.

the alertness of the Re- venue Inspectars, the man 7-

·concerned yesterday would :“. have been successful in his, attempt. I

The gold In the rattan case was besten into a flat- band and used as the upper' frame-work? of "the benso, The gold band, WARD first neatly, “wrapped.) lis rattan-coloured paper and... then laced, with the ordin- aryratian pool (1)

The passenger veks. sIA

fon: 'ball,' Thou geld was value

od at HK$16,450)

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Dr. Router said he had talked

over with the Commandants

this

The despatch sald ́the, Na- tionalists probably are superior: In firepowe and certainly In planes and tanks which the since taking office last Tuesday.

but would not; way if they had. agreed.

| Communista lack..

At

* If the boltle becomés a question At

and marks circuinte in the Nationalist navy also in likely to Western sectors

and rationed be brought into play since the goods may be purchased with river, is deep, and broad there, Eastern marks at purity, al- the writer says.

though on the open market one Western mark may be exchang-" The Communists now have ed for nearly four Eastern | lengthened |--their, kupply line | marks,

whereas the. Nationallt Inos áre The Lord phorter than ever, before. Mt.

of a lower, Yangiso, crossing, the WestBent both Eastern

said he had grounds for belleving that 0,000 tons of supplies, would be com- He concluded: “And to win! a Eng into Berlin", dally over the war you have got to wine only afrtift in the rient low.wocks; úne "balllathe, last one."--Unity compared to 8,000 tons, dally as ed Press.

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