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FAMOUS PRODUCER AND

FILM STAR HERE

Mr. Clive Elliott And

Colin Tapley

ON

WAY TO SINGAPORE

In Hong Kong this week' are two very interesting people, who have just arrived from Hollywood and are staying at the Hong Kong Hotel.

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They are none other than Mr. Clive Eltlot the well-known producer, and the film star Colin Tapley, and they are an "route" " to Singapore where a new Paramount film will shortly be started.

Mr. Elliot produced that wonder- ful wild-animal film "Bring Them Back Alive," and another remem- bered film "Double-Tiger," so it is not surprising to learn that once again he is off to the wilds of Malaya in search of

halls from New Zealand Where he made his first theatrical successes on the legitimate stage. Now in New Zealand is a branch of the famous Paramount Film Company, and it is not possible that good other big | look, sian as those possessed 'by

USE INCENDIARY SHELLS IN GENERAL TSAI TING KAI

ATTACK ON WANPING

CHIANG KAI SHEK ARRIVES AT NANKING AND CONFERS WITH MINISTERS

Japanese Rushing Heavy Artillery From Fengtai

PEIPING, JULY 20.

OLLOWING THE CALLING OFF OF PRELIMINARY FIGHTING IN WANPING THE JAPANESE ARE RUSHING HEAVIER ARTILLERY FROM FENGTAI AND HAVE COMMENCED HOURS OF SERIOUS

ING HAS ALSO BROKEN OUT AT OTHER POINTS IN THE PEIPING SECTOR AND THREATENS TO BECOME GENERAL-REUTER.

game. Singapore also features in Colin Tapley could pass unnoticed BOMBARDMENT ON WANPING WITH INCENDIARY SHELLS FIGHT

the story as does Penang.

Colin Tapley will play the lead He has many fans since he sp- peared in "Double-Door" and as Captain Dobbin in "Becky Sharp," but he is a past-master in the art of make-up, so it is quite possible that those who remember him a the "spy," in Bengal Lance"

for long. With his steady eyes, cleancut profile, and genèral air of determination he looks every inch what the novelist is so zona of describing as a "typical English- man." He was invited to make a test, found to be most photo- graphic, and promptly invited to go to Hollywood, where he has": been me the last three years

GENERALISSIMO IN NANKING"

* Nanking, July 20, Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek, Head of the Nanking Central Government and President of the Nanking Executive Yuan, has arrived here from Kuling and is busily conferring might easily fail to recognise lum working for Raration with General Ho Ying Ching (War Minisgf) and other Government officials. — Reuter

Holy

he passed them in Pedder ätzezt”.

HAILS. FROM NEW ZEALAND

His part in the new film "Booloo" will suit him admirably. He has

Colin Tapley Is tall, broad- | to portray, the part of a British

and holds himself

shouldered

scientist, who has got into a magnificently. He is very athletic-scrape and decides to go out to the looking, and though his hair is wilds of Malaya to make good, dark he has a very fair skin. Ee

All Political Prisoners Set Free

Ailebabad, July 20 The Arst act of the local Gov ernment on assuming office was to release all political prisoners in Allebabad. The other Ministries. are taking similar steps.- Keuter's Bulletin Service.

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TYPHOON

The Manila Observatory, reported at 3.20 p.m. yesterday that the typhoon" was in about latitude 18 N., longitude 128 E.. moving N.W. At 3.40 p.m. the Royal Obser- vatory reported:-

The typhoon is situated about 300 miles east-north-east of Mani- la, moving north-west.

"Hands Off Spain!"

Employing phraseology which the so-called volunteers-70.000 conveyed the impression of icing- had been estimated as a probable sugar and arsenic, Mr. Wickham figure-had been despatched to Steed, the veteran journalist and supplement. Franco's forces by student of international problems, Germany and Italy. On the ather in his weekly commentary on hand, and, of course, on the other world affairs, remarked last night side, Russia and France had many In his broadcast from Daventry nationals fighting ostensively that it was becoming increasingly volunteers for the Spanish Gov dimcult for the average person to ernment's forces, The point about understand what was the attitude all this was. that Germany, Italy, of certain Governments whose Russia and France were all mem- spokesmen indulged in a species of bers of the Hands Off Spain Com- diplomatic Jargon" which might mittee! A nice state of affairs, mean anything to anyone, acord-and-between them they had got ing to the way they wanted to in- Europe into a great mess, terpret it! Mr. Steed set himself the task of giving a common-sense translation of certain phrases ko Liberally employed by "official spokesmen” for the confusion of mankind. He announced that be would be frank. ***

'' BELLIGERENT

RIGHTS

Germany

and Italy wanted Franco to be recognised as pos sessing full belligerent rights, What, he inquired, was the What did that mean, asked Mr. meaning and the raison d'etre of Steed with icy logic? It simply

Mr. Steed certainly was.

the Non-Intervention Committee? meant that, according to interna-

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WANPING BOMBARDED

Shanghai, July 20.

Fighting broke out in the Wanping area this afternoon. The Japanese bombarded Wanping and claim to have silenced the Chinese batteries there. Clashes are also occur. ring in the Fengtai and Lakouchiao areas.

Meanwhile families of Japanese officials in Shanghai and Nanking are proceeding to Japan of their own accord on July 23-Reuter.

FIGHTING CEASES

SHANGHAI, JULY 24,

THE FIGHTING IN PEIPING CEASED AFTER FORTY MINUTES,—REUTER.

JAPANESE CASUALTIES

TOKYO, JULY 20. "ACCORDING TO A JAPANESE WAR OFFICE COMMUNIQUE, CHINESE TROOPS BEGAN TO ADVANCE FROM PAPAOSHAN AND LUKOVCHIAO SHORTLY AFTER 2 PM 60 FAR THE JAPANESE CASUALTIES HAVE AMOUNTED TO ONE KILLED AND ONE WOUNDED.—-REUTER.

TOKYO'S "LAST WORD"

NANKING, JULY 20.

MR. WANG CHUNG-HỤI, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO-DAY RECEIVED THE JAPANESE CHARGE. D'AFFAIRS, ME. HIDAKA, AND REAFFIRMED. THE CHINESE ÁTTITUDE AS AS DEFINED IN THE CHINESE REPLY TO THE JAPANESE DEMANDS. MR. HIDAKA. THEREUPON. REITERARED THE DEMANDS.

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HE ALSO TOOK EXCEPTION TO GENERALISSIMO CETANG KAI-SHEK'S STATEMENT. ON THE JAPANESE PRONOUNCEMENTS URGING CHINA TO RECONSIDER HER ATTITUDE AND SUG- GEST THAT TOKYO IS FULLY SEIZED WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF GENERALISSIMO CHLANG: KAI-SHEK'S DECLARATION THAT ONCE WAR STARTS THERE WILL BE NO LOOKING, BACKS

THE UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING THE SITUATION ARE EXPECTED TO BE CLARIFIED AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE JAPANESE CABINET THIS EVENING WHICH HAS BEEN CALLED TO DECIDE ON TOKYO'S "LAST WORD"-REUTER.

NO REQUEST -FOR BRITISH INTERVENTION

...... London, July 20.

Contrary to reports from Tokyo no request for British intervention has yet been received from Mr. Quo Tai Chi, Chinese Ambassador to London. à report that Mr. Wang Chung Hul, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has approached Sir Hugh Knatchball Hugessen with the same request is also nat con- / Hrmed-Kenter.

MARRIAGE BILL

THIRD READING IN LORDS

•London, July 20.

The Matrimonial Causes (form-

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"STACKING THE PACK

Under this heading on Page ̈'s there is the Editor's Comments on the Sino-Japanese situation.”:

THE DOLLAR

RABIES MAY DEVELOP

MAN BITTEN BY DOG

LAST MONTH

It simply was the Hands Of Spain tional law, Franco would be re-erly marriage) Bill passed its third Committee. Weze the constituognised as the rightful attacker reading by 79 votes to 28 in the tant members of that committee and his claim to assume control of sincere, or were their Governments the Government of Spain as justi ouse of Lords after adopting the TT. ON LONDON: 1s 2-29/328.rom demarilis which may later

sincère? Mr. Steed had doubts in trenchant terms.

his

VOLUNTEERS?'

fied. Britain had been asked to amendment for reducing the

how King's

prepare a formula concerning this minimum period for divorce after knotty problem of granting bel- ligerent rights to Franco, and the marriage from Ave to three years, British Government had in fact The appl Jon for There were what was known as submitted what it considered was within the latter per Trofunteers participating in the a workable formula, namely, that ever

be granted by: Spanian conflict. Doubtless, re such rights would be granted | Bench, in particularly hard cases marked Mr. Steed, some of them when, and only when, all for The Bull now returns to the House were actually volunteers in the troops and volunteers, ha

Commons for consideration of true sense of that word. However withdrawn.

House of Lords amendmei for the most part thousands of

Reuter & Bulletin Service.

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T.T. ON NEW YORK:1-1/4"

ARRIVES TO-DAY

Travelling To Nanking To Reorganise 19th Route Army

-General Taal Ting Kal, former Commander-in-Chief of the famous 19th Route Army, arriving . here: aboard the Empress of Russia this morning from Manila. He is on his way to Nanking where he has been recalled by the Central Government, to reorganise the 19th Route Army and also to restore" the Big Sword Brigade" for active service in North China. -

Another report from well-informed circles: states that Genera!- Tsal may be appointed to command a new army, which will be com posed of various units, allotted from the Central Government Forces. The report adds that the Communist Forces, which recently moreN-" dered to the Central Government and are now being recruited and" reorganked in the Kwangtung-Fakten border, and may form part of the new army, which will be put under the command of General Trai Ting Kal

age.

General Taal Ting Kalian 1 The war against the Japanese native of Loting District, Kwang invaders in North China on Janu- tung Province. He la 48 years of ary 28, 1932, was the 48th battle, fought by the troops of the Nine- teenth Route Army, and had won universal admiration, as the whole army consisted of only 25,000 men,, but the Japanese forces trebled the Chinese both in the number of men and guns and, ammunition.

During his early years in the ariny, General Tsai fought many battles, and always won. The most sinificant one was, when he was in command of the Bandit and Com- munist Suppression Army 'In Klangal Province."

On the battlefield, General Trat always addressed and exhorted his During the Japanese szerezziom troops to be loyal and faithful and in North Chinaviandi i Klangwa

to fight for justice, and the peace Shanghai. In 1982, Cenerator entry2 20 – matter

great the sacrifice was appoirited Commander-in÷

be so as Chief of the Nineteenth Boute to finish the duty of a good

soldier. Army, farmer Eleventh Route Army of Kwangtung Province, to

General Tsal's bravery anti

bravery an' lead the army to North China to loyalty to the country had won resist the Japanese invaders, under universal praise and admiration of the instructions of the Nanking the nation, and he is indeed, Central Government.

model general for the Chinese soldiers. General Taxi will always be remembered by the people of the Chinese Republic.

Before he left for the North, General Taal told his wife and children to be prepared for the After the war with Japan In worst, as he thought he would North China in 1932 was OVEL, never come back. He had. - deter- General: Tai's troops were dis- mined to die with his officer and banded. He then went abroad on men, rather than surrender to the 's world tour of military investiga Invaders,

Hon

FAMOUS

GENERALS

THE WEATHER

A report issued by the Royal Observatory states that 080 tach,

VISIT HERE of rain was recorded during the

SIR DOUGLAS BAIRD AND MAJ-GEN LINDSAY

A distinguished visitor to Hong Kong who arrived by the as Taima yesterday morning was Lt.-General- Bir H. B. Douglas Baird, KCB, OMG., CLE, D.B.O, General OM- cer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command, India, who tog gether with his daughter, Miss E Baird, are on: a round trip to Japan.

Accompanying them is Major General GM Lindsay, 03 UMG, DÃO, Coma der of the Presidency and Assam District. India

day by Col N. M-B. Irwin, General They were met on board yester-

Staff Officer (1), China Command. Bir Douglas Baird was born

and is the only surviving of the late Col W. Baird, CISL

in, N.B. Sir Douglas, entered the FRS, RE, of Palmer's Cross, Army in 1877 and has red the

A man, named Tong Yee Mul sged 29, is at present a patient at the Queen Mary Hospital suffering

develop into rables, “

the European War and Afghan From a police report fanied last War. He was ADC to the G.0.0. night it transpires that Tong, who fri: Chlef at Aldershot from 1012 to London Silver Marker

was employed at No. 8 Dragon | 1914.37 Terrace, was bitten by a dog. JAME Aram Our Own Correspondent)

owned by his employer. London, July 20. The dog, described as a brown unchanged, for "Spot" and 1/18 in dogs and cata. A

London sliver prices to-day were Chinese chow, was sold to a dealer down for Forward," as follow Police are now making every

July 19. July 20effort to trace the animal „19-15/18~ 19-15/18 Tong Yee Mid was bitten on the Executive Com

Spot Forward.

19-15/16 June 15.

Barn in 1889 the son of the late Lieut.-Col and Hon. Mrs. Lindsay, Gen, Lindsay served in the of Glamevin House, Dub

African War and E He has been ADO since 1928. He was

Boxing Associat

sairman

24 hours ended at. 10 am. yester day, bringing the year's total since January 1. to 47.98 inches against an average of 17.31 inches.

Monday's maximum tempera- ture was 83 degs. with a night minimum of 77. Yesterday at 10 am the temperature was 82: degs The maximum temperature yesterday was 85.9 degs, this read ing being taken at 4 nm.

BRITISH STEAMER

RELEASED

London, July 20 General Francisco Franco's GoT- ernment have agreed to release the British steamer Moulton which, was captured outside Santander, an Saturday A British destroyer was - sent to escort the Moulton--- fiesters Bulletin Service

R.M.A. DELPHINUS

RMA Delphinus Tak roma

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one passenger Mr. 32.000 kilos of freight and 2013 Ellos of mall

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