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MONDAY, JANUARY 卡拜禮 三月正英港香

-1988.

日二初月二十

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SINO-JAPANESE PEACE TALKS CONT

TERMS MUST BE Chinese Driving. Through__hekiang Pro

MODIFIED, SAY

CHINA LEADERS

German, Ambassador

Acts as Intermediary In Delicate Discussions

Hankov, Jan. 3.

It is learned here that peace conversations are con ig between Marshal Chiang Kai-shek and the man Ambassador, Dr. Oscar Trautmann, who is acting

a intermediary.

Notwithstanding this fact, Marshal Chiang is known ve just rejected Japan's latest terms, which claimed rmanent military and economic facting for the nèse in China.

icial Chinese quarters are taken aback by the on of the terms, as it was intended to keep the. trict secret in order not to projudice the chances timate success. But now the terms have leaked Chinese quarters contend Japan must con-

them if she sincerely wants peace.

"Mongo-

war in-

OP PRESS

FIGHTING RESUMES

Shanghai, Jun. 3.

With the Japanese resuming their Juance after a temporary hall, fierce

FRENCH AVIATRIX. MISSING

Maryse Hilse Long Overdue At Basra. Attempting To Beat Record

Baura, J. 2. Mlle, Maryse Hilso is missing. The gallant young French aviatrix, who is attempting a record-breaking flight from Sai- gon to Paris, was last seen over Jask at 4.15 m. G.M.T. She has not arrived here and is long overdue.

SHEL HOLE

FOR CHINESE

Again and again the Chinese have provešticir' slogan, "We will fight to the last man" Here is one of the last standa by Chinese soldiers, bedene of the beleaguered nurtitern interior cities. Converting a shellhole into‘a machine-gun hest.16 Chinese keep an eye on 'n 'Japauese' airplane

ctreling of fad.

Anglo-American Trade Treaty One Step Nag

Heater

Washingto

The State Departing, Jan. 2. sun preparation for pipit has be- of its latention to blic nolice trade agreement with getlate a

Britain.

The nolle may be the coming week, a Dissued in official stated.

partment

This will be the secont the negotiations, the firil step in notice ot "contemplatit being negotiate, which was impa" to 'November last-Reuter. ued In

H.K. Tanker Wins Free From Reeff

Toorak Was Never

In Danger

Information has been recei the Hongkong-owned oiled that Toorak, en route from Ce tanker Palemburg, Dutch East and buto been successfully refloated after, has!

ber

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ROAD TOLLC STILL HIGH

Only One Death During Week

Although every effort to reduce traffe accidentai Hongkong has been made, pole statistics for the week ending Direrüber 25 disclose that the number of decidents and There fatalities are up to average. were altogethers--accidents--in. Streets of Houlking and the main- land, with one fatality. Twenty- of four eight persons, an average ench day in the week, suffered in- Juries.

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In almost evely instance pedes- trians were the fictims, only eight of the 28 cases of injuries involving vehicles. drivers or passeivers in

The bar. fatality Solved a Chinese male, who fell of moving motor lorry.

Ove bus passenjer and one tram- car passenger wert Injured while alighting from mojing vehicles.

One motor-cycl; driver and á pillon passenger vere injured when they fell off their machine;

One motor-cycll driver, a ricksha driver, u, bicycle rider and a private car driver were injured as the result of collisions... Ottie 75 accidents, 41, were collisions between vehicles, 20

Insurgents Heavily Bomb Barcelona

Barcelona, Jan.

surgent planes to-day healy bombed the central sections of Barclona.

Iannounced that 49 sere killed and 50 wounded,—le CT.

Another Journalist

Is Killed

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Associated Press Writer Dies Of WoundsTM

Two -

Componions Also Perish

MANY STRATI

CITIES FALL ADVANCING AI

Ground Lost When Je Landed at Hangchow 1

During Strong Offer

The

Hanko

Furetral, Government authorities

recaptur

the mportant city, of Hai Szeau and Kwangteh, all strateg towns, which were the line of, advar Japanese landed at Fangchow Bay and sti inland, completing throut of the Chinese and the Shanghai area.

All these cities aréir Chekiang, ** This news is givelig headlines in Bs on cial organ, thị Sao rằng Pu

CURRENCY STABILITY NECESSARY

Schachtndicates Quickest Route

Bombing

700 bombs have t Japanese planes in during the past th In the killing of 20 destruction of nur buildings, includin the famous Taisha

The old pine tre living alned the T "Temple of the Mother," "were di

Japanese mi

Berlin, Jan. 2. Means of restoring international that they are bus currency stability are treated by Dr. Tegime in Tainan While the sittin Hjalmar Schücht, German Minister without Portfolio, in a newspaper ly quiet in Ming article, specifying the four necessary southern section conditions involved: debts, raw way, the Japan materials. colonics and economic vigorous advance

on the Yangtse F hostilities.

The time for a fasting organisation the Huainan Rai of international currency affairs wil Fighting, la res

spirit cnly come when the

gress in the immi Versalles is overcome politically and Hofei district wh economically. This demonds a settle from Hohɛlen..] ment of the question of international central Anaweł debts, better raw material distribu-highway reacher tion, which for Germany is linked up Plnghan Railway with the necessity of, the return of Observers expre Germany's colonies; and rally the Japanese troops termination of the general economic Hotel as a opt war"

of

og is raging in the region south GMT. on December 31, according | despatched from Manila to assist the s Foshan and cast of Weilision into a Rangoon message from Reuter tanker.

Chinese in an attempt to break the record to intung, sccording to Works.

Parts. Japanese troops are stated to have cupied the land of Talkungtao, welve miles south-east of Tsingtao, apparently with object of making the island a new base for operations

aguirms · Tringtao.""

Hendaye, Jun. 2. Mr. Edward J. Nell, Associate were collisions between vehicles and

Press correspondent in Spain, whd pedestrians and eight accidents wore was wounded in the leg when a rar

Dr. Schicht makes a strong plea Pinga railway

Now due to other causet.

containing newspaper correspondents for the gold standard, declaring that ground for over a week on be

being Fifty-two privau cars, 4 motor suffered a direct hit by a shell, las po matter what the order of world The exuct 1

Eurrencies, it will always rest on a Her plane carries, no wireless bollan land,

lorries, eight publil motor fus, nine died in hospital from his wounds. The Toorak was refloated dur

motor buses, six motor cycles, reven Mr. Nell had 34 shell splinter gold basis, though whether it will be Japaneke hüve Reuter.

the high tide on the night of Decering tramcars, four blyeles nort five wounds in his thighs, while his left possible to work on that in the future Taim is Kush

31 with the assistance of ricksh

two place without binding international, agree-drom Tsinan,s Me. Hilsa left Saigon at 1.54 m. Salvage tug Trubajador, which we rickshas were involved in accidents. leg was broken in

Sovere. Oghtin Ten pedestrians vere injured when Reuter,

be answered.--Router. ;

going on in the running across roadways in front of Mr... R. S. Sheepshanks, iter's ments is a question which cannot yet

castern Shantur people suffered correspondent, and Mr. Bradish vehicles: Ten Jurles, which necesitated

were killed by thene shell. them being admited to hospital Johnson, an Americ Journalist,

roadwy because they walkel on the Instead of footpath

Four persons were injured in 41 ollisions between verșicles..

The Toorak, which is under char- fer to the Standard-Vacuum Oli Company is owned by the Standard ΟΙ Sho was last reported at Akyab.

| Transportation, «Company Ltd.,

She arrived Arst Mlle. Hilse left Salgon

in Far Eastern Waters from the United December 24, but an endre defect States in mil-December, with full forced her down at Bangköl, and she į

cargo of oils for Montia. She dis- Meanwhile the Japanese are sald returned to Jure starting point. Her charge her cargo at Manila and be continuing their drive down the own record for the outward voya Cebu and was proceeding in ballast Mentein-Pukow railway, and the three days, 20 hours, 21% minutes,

to the Dutch East Indies when nhẹ und this she proposed to better. hidero bave evacuated Chuchow.

ran pground on a coral reef.

On the Yangtse front the Japanese e reported, to be advanting on the uthern banks from Wuhu in the rection of Tatung and to be multaneously attacking Hotel on the Forthern bank. --Houter.

RIVER BOOM *

CLOSED

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Shanghai, Jan. 3. All foreign shipping: companies have been compelled to suspend ship- ping services between Shanghai and Ningpo In consequente” of the closure of the opening in the boom across the Yung River of Chinha), cast of Ningpo, by the Chitso authorities.

zano action is said to be taken as precautionary measure in view of tur extensomal the Bind-Japanese

stilities in Chekindg÷ftrufer."

Stop Prets News' on

Clipper Hops For Home

Roaches Pagopago From Auckland

Auckland, Jan. 2.

The South Pacific Alt Service inaugural return fight" Curemenced to-day when the Samenn Clipper. of the Pan-American Airways fleck,

The ship wenever in any danger and Captain J. Gant, the master, and the 307 ofcefs and crew remained, aboard.

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The Toorak is a three-masted steel tanker classified as 100 A-1 Lloyd's. She was bulit in 1927 by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow and ja registered here.

SIR MILES ACCLAIMED

four. ol

Trade Curve Decline Now Setems Ended

New Confidence In Inve

Needed

stmont

TSINGTAO: REFUGEES RETURNING

Volunteers Try

Curb Looting

ADMIRAL'S HEALTH IMPROVES

destry

The establishments well received, f ng it shows the Tsingtao author Chinese dure ni wale wo said to have b Chinese theinsc Vernacular P Although Admiral Sir Charles Littled the lowere hett

الجاسو

Taina

is now convalescent after this: recent attack of pleurlay it is unlikely that prominent he will again, usunie the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Chind Squadron pending the arrival, of his successor, Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Noble,

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It has been t Tainan was câ]

December, Shorten Further to

Teingiao, Jan. 3. Although the military situation la In view of the illness of the Com-on virtually unchanged, with the faturd ander-in-Chief, the departure of still uncertain, Chinese refugees who Ver-humiral Noble for Hongkong Originally evacuated hurriedly at the beginning has been accelerated of the crisis, nee now returning scheduled to leave England in April,

Other than the fact that the retreat he will now depart from Marseilles westward has been blocked by the on Saturday by the P..&O. liner Japanese, the reason for the refugee' Comorin. action is obscure..

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line, Chinese t

tung have will

New York, Juni.2. There or decline cu some signs that the trade cording love is tatjening out, by the N the mandy letter issued York. "itional City Bank of Now

Tutil the arrival of the new Com are now holdi Commod

metry to the are firmer, _

evidently ity markdis

Meanwhile foreign, volunteers sumander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral LA E.,

Pukis Bally Cairo Jan, 2 because reflecting the actual needs Sir Miless Lampson. Its ligh prevallingere is no change in the Chuca police are taking action to abbs will retain temporary com- polley to keep down for-prevent further looting of Japanese land of the China Station. Sir hopped off from Auckland in the first Commnissioner In Egypt, 1 was ward com

properties. They have begun boog Charles Little, whose illness is run-wRDELIVE by h The Balimenta, a section of the route to United enthusiastically declaimed States.

crowd outside the home of Mahmoud however, pk is unable to predicting-up smashed window fronts of ning its normal course, and who le whether the improvement cores of Japanese shops which lave now convalescent, is expected to Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, will conui

and civilians. In addition Chinese at Pagopage, in the Fierana clanda. day.

The Clipper has now then reported with he put his first official call to employme hue a half the decline of bean ranuncked by Chinese smilers depart for Home shortly.

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ope the 24igation may be police patrol was on duty and a zinall na The Pilme Minister later issued o

shout a vinicult and pain- number of Chinced Carrying big last night after breeking into di sol, statement to the effect that theandful Maljugisë

Hapro Alled with lodi frore douanngul, not the suspension of the a great at mong but nothing short of swords, appeared togay. They are offices down town. Their tian Portlement: hétördasith that ment twigs Uno et confulence in invest- (undertaking. guard - jaty withinības/hich they afterwarde Fiel

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in gift of the Prim

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