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WOUNDED SOLDIERS CARED FOR: SPECIAL COMMITTEES

For TO LOOK AFTER THE REFUGEES PROBLEM

Changsha Populace. Firm In Belief China Will Win War

(From Our Special Correspondent In Changsha)

As the result of the recent Japanese alt raids, the people of Hunan,bave Dow become fully war conscious and are preparing in earnest to resist the invaders.

"

At first the average Hunanese took little or no Interest in the war as he thought of it as just another civil war, a matter for only the politicians to worry about.

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However, the arrival of refugees in thousands at the end of last year and the stories they told of Japanese atrocities made the pep- ple of Hunan realise that this was a war of resistance against Ja- panese aggression.

The first air raid Changsha, the capital of Hunan, had ever ex- perienced was on November 24 last

Seve.al bombs were year. dropped near the railway station. 100 wounding iling and civilians, including a wedding party who were feasting in one of the hotel restaurants near by.

over

The air raid in the spring of

this year, when the Hunan Univer- sity across the river was bomber and wrecked, helped to change the people's attitude to air raids. Since then dugouts have been made and Red Cross units reorganised. The Y.M.C.A. has been particularly active.

Three weeks ago several tombs were dropped in the most densely populated district of Changsha, resulting in the death of over 400 civilians. People in the city began to evacuate and over 100,000 left in less than a week. With the per- suasion of the police, this has been stopped and normal conditions now prevall

The problem of disabled soldiers has been solved by the appoint- ment of a committee, representing patriotic o.ganisations, to attend to their needs.

The soldiers are met on their arrival in Changsha and those who are seriously wounded are sens to the hospitals. The re-. mainder are sent to the outly- „ ing districts and provided with small sums of money to cover sundry expenses.

7)

People in Changsha are firm.. in their belief that China will win the war. Their belief is based partly on oracles and partly on queer phenomenal changes, not to mention their confidence in the Chiang Kai- shek regime.

A whisper started at the begin- ning of this year that if the moon.

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AUSTRALIANS AT FOLKESTONE

London, Sept. 4.

The County cricket season is drawing to a close and Satur- day's fixtures were confined to two friendly and one County match.

At Scarborough, the Marylebone met Sir Pelham Warner's XI and at the close of play has scored 366

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1938.

FOREIGN MAILS

Surcharged air mail letters may be posted in the ordinary post-. Ing boxes. They should be clearly marked "By Air Mail" and bear suficient postage. Insufficiently prepaid letters may be taxed with double the deficiency or forwarded by Steamer Service, at the dis- cretion of the Post Office.

Letters and Postcards for Europe (except Great Britain and Eire) and South America are forwarded "rin Siberia" it so superscribed.

Air Mail Services to Shanghai, Nanking, Tsingtau, Tientsin and

Peiping are temporarily suspended.

"

Parce! Post Service to the Province of Yunnan is

temporarily suspended,

Shanghal Japan

for eight wickets. Sidney Barnes Swator

contributed 91, B. A. Barnett 82 and M. G. Waité-50 not out. W. A. Brown was dismissed for 3. C. L. Badcock 21 and A. L. Hassett

18.

At Baerborough, the Marylebone Cricket Club were opposed to Yorkshire. When stumps

were

INWARD MAILS

From

Per

Dur

Shanghai and Amey

Air Mail by Imperial Airways

Ixian.

Airways Plane

Direct Service"--London date, Imperial 31st August. Japan. Straits

Australia and Manila Straits .....

drawh for the day the M.C.C. had Shanghai and Swałow

compiled 190 for four wickets.

Pakhol

In the only County champion-Shanghai and Europe via Sibéria-

ship match commenced yesterday. Gloucestershire scored 417 far seven wickets against Sussex, Wally Hammond, the Test captain, being responsible for 118 runs. (Reuter).

The cricket programme for the remainder of the season is as follows:-

"September 7 (Wednesday): --Mr.

Kutsang

Soochow

London date, 15th August .......... Lyeemoon.....

Service" San } Pan-American

Air Mall by

Pan-Americas Air-

WAY! Direst

Francisco, date 31st Angust Tentdin

Japan and Shanghal.. Manila

5th Sept..

Africa Maru......

5th Sept.

Chengtu...... Kaying.

5th Sept.

8th Sept

6th Sept.

6th Sept.

Van Heutas

6th Sept.

Talping........

6th Sept.

Yasukuni Maru.....

6th Sept.

Kiungchow..

6th Sept.

6th Sept.

7th Sept.

Plane

7th Sept.

Haiho........ Agamemnon

7th Sept.

7th Sept.

Scharnhorst...........

7th Sept.

8th Sept.

5th Sept.

Emp. of Japan..

9th Sept.

Imperial

Airways Plane

9th, Sept.

Tulawa........

gely. Sept.

9th Sept.

9th Sept.

| Haruna' Maru...........

Glenshiel

11th Sept.

19th Sept.

13th Sept.

USA, Japan, and Mantia-San

Francisco, date 12th August...... Pres. Cleveland..

Parcels only-London date "4th August....

London

should become full round on the 13th of the third moon and then change to three-quarter full on the H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI v. 15th. China would win the war. M.C.C. South African Team (at (Full moon comes only on the 15th Scarborough): Over Thirty v. Un-UBA., In the luriar calendar).

der Thirty (at Folkestone),

Belleve it or not, this did happen as prophesied in this part of the world, at least.

FLOOD DREAD

A study of contemporary events in Hunan would be incomplete without reference to the foods which are dreaded by every farmer.| There are two kinds of foods here.) one comes in the spring while the other occurs in late summer or

early autumn.

The latter is called rang-sui (rang means to give way to). because the overflow of the Yang- taze River empties into the rivers here. thus causing a flood.

September 10-Mr. H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI v. "Australians. September 15:-Gentlemen of Ireland v. Australians (at Dublin).

SOUTH CHINA WIN AGAIN ·

BEAT SAINTS 7-1 .. WITH WEAK SIDE

Following their fine win over the Middlesex" Regiment on Saturday, South China scored another meritorious victory yesterday when they beat St. Joseph's by seven goals to one at Caroline Hin

The spring flood is called ta-suf or big water, and is caused by the melting of the snow in the moun Although the winners did not tains and incessant rain. Rang-field anything like their strongest sui is more serious because it comes team, the forwards gave a polish- at the time when the crops are ed display, and the result did not ripe or nearly ripe and which, unduly flatter them. soaked for over three days by the flood water, will be ruined,

Nature was kind to Hunan this year as neither of these foods stayed long enough to cause any

REFUGEES CARED FOR The large numbers of refugees and the scarcity of houses caused a serious damage. temporary problem but " now special committees take care of the homeless.

6.

RISE. IN PRICES

Young Kan-po, who opened the scoring, Luk Tak-kan and Lau Chung-san each netted twice while Chan Tak-fal claimed the other point.

The game was too one-sided to be really interesting, but the smart work of the Chinese front line As elsewhere, prices, especially prevented it from being a drab for foreign goods, have risen in affair and fans on the whole saw Changsha, A five-gallori tin of some good football. kerosene, which cost about $5 last year now sells for over $12.

The refugees themselves now have

their own organisations which, besides giving thein in- formation about conditions

Prices for cigarettes have more Hunan, help them to locate lost than tripled while native products relatives and friends and under-jot Ruman have also increased 20 take to find jobs for them, either per cent. In spite of the unpreced-

CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF

London; Sept. 4-Lord Halifax

by advertising in the newspapers ented rise in prices, business is who has been on a short visit of without charge or by appealing to good. the public on their behalf.

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Manila

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Bhutan...

· Victoria.............

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OUTWARD MAILS

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For

MONDAY

Kongung. Nankin..

Samshu and Wuchow Shanghai and Japan....... Kongmoon

............................) Tai Lee...... Bil Lanchow, Air Mall for

Changsha and Chengtu, etc. (Via Hankow) by the ""Eurnals Air-

Service" WAYS

(To further points by surface transport as Services permit.) Bangkok

Belra and L. Marques

Air Mail for "Imperial Airways

Direet Service "--due London. Imperial 12th September.

Airmail for Malays and Australia by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due Sydney, 12th Sep-

tember.

TUESDAY

Date and Time

Monday, 5th

8,15 AM

5,30 AM

11.00 AM

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Reg.

11.30 AM

Eurasia Plant Hauk Africa Maru.....................

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On Lee,

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10:30 AM

2.30 PM

2,00 PM

Yasukuni Maru...

3,30 M

4.30 PM

Imperial

Sulyang.

Tibadak

In spite of the war and the two days to his home in Garrowby, The Provincial Government is foods, Hunan has had a fairly good forkshire. Is returning to London

tomorrow. (British Wireless), Samabul and Wuchow. alio helping by implementing crop this year-not altogether a

London, Sept. Since his re- | Kongmoon schemes for the development of bumper crop, but over 80 per cent turn to Berlin, the British Ambas Amoy Western Hunan. A special depart has been successfully harvested

sador, Sir Neville Henderson, has Batavia, and Sourabaya The price of unbulled rice is now had the opportunity of a long con- ment has been established at

Swatow, Aminy and Foochow Yuanling, the most important town $2.10 per stone (a stone is 138 cat-versation with the Germani Foreign Shanghai, Japan and Europe (ex- in the west of the Province, with des in Changsha and 190 catties in Minister. Herr von Ribbentrop.- cept Great Britain and Eire) via

the country districts). The price (British Wireless).

Siberia Swatow and "Shanghai. Taiyuan. Air Mail for Stan, Lanchow,Chang-

branches in smaller towns.

of unhulled rice in Hunan varles: London, Sept. The condition of This department, in addition to from $2 to $ per stone, the chea-Prince Arthur of Connaught, who exercising a certain

extent of pest in early autumn or late sum was reported in the bulletin last administrative control over the mer and the dearest in spring. district governinènts in Western

night to be losing strength, was Hunan, has full charge of carrying price this spring was only $3.30.

Because of the war, the highest unchanged today:-(British Wire- ont the developmental plans.

less).

Information bureaus have been set up in every district Western Kunan to advise all newcomers about the special conditions in that par- ticular district.

The bureaus help those with amali capital to find suitable loca- tions for their businesses or smali factories and provide information about house accommodation, pricez of different commodities, etc. ...

FOREIGN INVESTMENT

ANGLO-RUMANIAN TRADE

NEW AGREEMENT CONCLUDED

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LONDON GAZETTE

(Continued from Page 4)

R. Mil Academy-Capt, G. W. C. Montgomery, R.A relinquishes the appt. of Instr. (Aug. 24). A

· MEMORANDA

Lt. Col. W. W Gillum, D.S... ph: late RA retires on ret, pay on account of ill-health (July 17, 1837), (Substituted for the notifn, in the Gazette of July 16. 1937.) Lt. Col. E. A Robinson. M.C., late ER.E.

London, Sept. 3. Following negotiations which have been taking place in" Bucharest,

new Anglo- Rumanian Parments Agree- ment was signed in Bucharest on September 2 To induce foreign investment in

This agreement, which replaces | the development of natural resour- the existing Payments and Tech-List, retires on ret, pay (Aug. 27); ces in Western Hunan, the depart-nical Agreements between Britain Ma. R. HL Fink, O.BE., M.C.h.p.. ment is publishing a report on the and Rumania, will be brought into late R. Scots, retiree on ret. pay on location, "estimated quantity and force by a treasury order with ef- account of ill-health (Aug. 27): quality, etc. of all the mineral re-fect from September 12..

Ma). J. F. Thorp, late Midd's R. retires on ret. pay (Aug, 27); Capt. sources.

REDUCED IMPORTS

G. M. Thom. M.C. h.D., late RA.. Western Hunan, "a paradise for Owing to the reduced level of retires on ret, pay on account of bandits and corrupt officials, the imports into the United Kingdom-health (Aug. 28). most washed out' section of from Rumania during the past Hunan," is now humming with year, sterling received into the

activity. Every motor bus which Anglo-Rumanian clearing has been ment with the object of stimulating goes west from Changsha la packed insufcient to meet the require-exports from Rumania to the Unit to capacity. The roads are so busy ments of various sub-accounts ed Kingdom and so making avail that it is impossible to hire a The existing arrangements for sble an increased amount of ster- private car until after October, as the utilization of sterling proceeds ing for financial paynienta and for United Kingdom over 500 parties have already of import into the United Kingdom payment of booked all available vehicles and from Rumania, have accordingly exports are waiting their turn.

been modified in the new agree wireless).

Rumania (British

sha and Chengtu, etc, (via Han- ków) by the “Eurasia Airways Service" (To further points. by surface transport as Services per- 'mil).

WEDNESDAY

Haltan

G.P.O. & KP.O.

4

Eurasia, Plane

Beg. urd.

4.30 PM 5.00 PM:

Wed, th

815 AM

8.00 AK

10,00 AM

[10.30 AM

19.30 PM

5.00. PM

Samshui and Wachow

Kongso. Parcels only for Straits and Lon-

don-due London, 13th October....... | Agamemnon.

Fook On Kongmoon Holhow and Parcels only for Ran-

Boon

Swatow. *Shanghai and Tientsin... Shanghai and Japane

Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Hono

Hal Hing.. Hangsang. Scharnhorst

Jalu and USA. · by the "Pan American Airways Direct Service" | Fan-American" -due. San Francisco, 14th Sept. Airways Plane

THURSDAY

Hoihow, Pakhof and Haiphong... Kongmoon Manila, Balgon, Bangkok Batavis, Reunion. Madagascar "L. Mar

Ques

KP.0.

Box. 6.00 PM Ord. 18) M G.P.O.

Reg. Ord.

6,00 5.30 YM

Kiangchow..

Tal Lee.

Thursday, 8th" -10.00 AM

11.00 AM-

Ruys

2.30 PM

KPO

5.00 PM

15.30) Pas

OPO

6,00 1,00

Airmal! for "Imperist Alrways

Direct Service”—due London, Imperial 15th September.

Airways Plane (Ord

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