1938-01-24 — Page 19

THE HONGKÒNG TELEGRAPH.

Chinese Launch Strong

SURPRISE BLOW WINS OBJECTIVE NEAR YENGCHOW

Raid

Aircraft Twice Wuhu, But Japanese Deny Damage Done

Shanghai, Jan. 24.

Chinese troops yesterday broke the lull-on the front in south-west Shantung, claiming that as a result of a surprise attack they recaptured Langsiation, south of Yenchow on the Tientsin-Pukow railway.

FREIGHT TRAINS BOMBED

Shanghal, Jan. 24.

A Japanese naval spokesman stated to-day that Navy planes on Sunday bombed the railway station at Suchow and also the Canton-Hankow and Canton-Samsul lines in Kwangtung. hitting several freight trains.-United Press,

AIR RAID NEAR CANTON CITY

MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1938.

Fresh

Tonkin Offers Rare Beauty To Tourists

Picturesque Country Also Abounds. In Chancos For Sport

and Bank

Aim and talk on the attractions whích Tonkin has to offer touriais, were given at the Queen's Theatri at noon to-day In connection with Conion, Jan. 24. the Exhibition of Tontin Ari A foreigner phoned Renter's office Handicrafts at the French from Salchuen, an Industrial district Building. In north-west Canton, to say that!

Toe Blin WOR shown by five bombs had just been dropped a

afterwards mads: few miles to the north but that no Lacollunge who details of their effect were avaliable. muments which were translatert us

No planes were seen owing to the dult and overcast weather, but the

roar of engines was distinctly audi- ble as they passed over.

follows:

*

Mr.

at the

Offensive

RADIO BROADCAST

Studio: Raymond Lui And

His Hawaiians

HOTEL ORCHESTRA

Programme Broadcast by Z.B,W. on Frequencies of 833 k.c.'s, 9,52 m.c.'s per second. |HKT.

12.0 noon Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m. studio. Som Plano Compositions of MacDowell, in com- memoration of this Composer, Jon. of his 24, being the anniversary death. (A. T. Lay).

12.50 Light Orchestral. Molly on The Short; Shepherd's Hey (Graluzer). itoyal Opera Orchestra of Covent Garden; Mock

(Grainger). Morris Dances New Light Symphony Orch.

1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather

1.03 The Ballyhouligans and

Report.

The spraker said in brief: Coming from Hongkong after 10 hours at sea, the traveller arrives at Uniphong, a The country north of Saichuen was Harbour bullt entirely by the French also bombed yesterday afternoon, but about ten miles from the inouth of with the exception of the arsenal it the river Cun-cam. After

Billes. dimeult to ascertain with what objee- cuil at the tourists bureau

1 Got Rhythm; I'm Nuts about tive. Despite intensive bombing of Chamber of Commerce, you mg Sunwy

Music (Foxtrots).

One the Canton-Hankow railway, the leave for the lovely seaside resort of Ballyhooligans; A Shanty in a trains are still leaving for Harkow, so and then on to Hongng where Horse Town; Waltzing Matilda (Aus- all crowded with passengers.-Rou-ja steamboat is wailing to take you trakan Song). .... 11 Billies; ruising armagh the by of Alon Favourite Favourites (Foxtrot Med- and the Bay of Fallsltong.

fey) Ballyhooligans; Across the Great Divide: My Little Buskoroo. The first nained is too well-known į to reqttire elaboration but ir til Billies; Choo Choo: China

Buy (Quicksteps).

Dallyhoo- would i

ligens. {surely have included it among the 130 Reuter and Rugby Press;

They are also attacking in the direction of Tsining, from which position the Japanese are attempting to cutter. the Lunghai rallway, described as "China's jugular vein.”

Sporadic clashes occurred in the neighbourhood of DEATH OF LORD ancients had known it they

Pengpu, 75 miles north of Nanking.

Chinese planes twice raided Wuhu, but the Japanese deny either casualties or damage resulting from the attacks.--Reuter.

Chinese Resume Offensive

Shanghai, Juth. 21. Batting in bitterly cold weather over a frozen countryside, Chinese! and Japanese soldiers have been deadlocked in brisk engagements on the northern sections of the Tientsin- Pukow railway, according to Chinese|

are the

OPIUM FOUND IN POCKET

BUT

TRAVELLER DENIES GUILTY

KNOWLEDGE

report.

Because of the weather conditions, Japanese troops are stated to have‡ curtailed their offensive, and

While he was on search duty an consolidating concentrating on

the 12.30 p.m. train from Shum Chun guined. ground

Meanwhile Chinese troops have to Hongkong yesterday, a detective reportedly made several determined named Wong King, came upon a attacks with the purpose of dislodgenn, lui Tal-tong, 43, who had a ing Japanese units from Chaohsien,packet of opium in the right pocket an advance base in the southward of his jacket. Hui was arrested and was charged with unlawful posses- drive of the Japanese, but the Chin- ese efforts met with seant success.sim before air, K. M. A. Barnett at the Kowloon Magistracy this morn-

Reuter.

Japanese Planes Destroyed

די

Tunchi, Clickinnig, Jam. 24. Eight Japanese military planes of various descriptions lying.on the air feld at Wuhu are claimed to have been destroyed by Chinese nirmen in a surprise raid on the city yesterday.

GISBOROUGH

NOTABLE RECORD WITH ARMY

wonders of the world.

ENTRANCE TO CHINA

A visit to the coal mines of Honggay

Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.

140 Variety and Dance Music. You Showed me The Way (Swing

is strongly recommended. Depart-Step); Where Are You? (Slow Fox- ing for Langson the traveller

Fritz

of the

Hongkong

tro)... Victor Silvester and His the old Annamite elladel at Boc-Nini Dall room Orchestra; Gracle's and London, Jan. 29.

The and passes over the famous Tonkinese Sandy's Party, ... Gracie Fields The death is announced, at

delta of immense rice field and white and Sandy Powell; Lamento; Land advanced ape of 12, of Lor

imestone cliffs falling sharply int of Magic (Tangos).

Heinz Gisborough Reuter.

strai Ninont Brother of Viscount Long, Lord the sea. Soon the old creneliated Huppertz and His Orchestra;

of wall pierced by famous Nam Quan- Love for Ever I adore you. Glaborough took the hame

offeint Reginald King and His Orchestra Chaloner under the will of the late door, is reached. This, the

Cavau O'Connor (Tenor); Admiral Chaloner, by Royal Llecnec entrance to China, is on the western wills edge

of Kwangsi.

Village (Introducing "The in 1888,

Ön this route the traveller will Band"); The Seene Clianges (Billy Lord Gisborough, who was created

pheasants...... Baron in 1917, entered the army in And plenty of shooting.

Hildegarde; Barsey Hor- 1878, and served in india, Afghanistan partridges, quail, snipe and woodsey (Foxtrot). .... Billy Cotton and

Licut cock; hare, deer, wild dogs and alis Band. and South Afrien. He was Colonel and Hon. Colonel command-mixture of the fox and fackal being 2.15 Close Down.

road 5 p.m. Relay in the 1st Wills H. Volunteers from abundant. From Langsou the 1800 to 1003. He commanded the 1st goes through high mountains, by the flotel Orchestra from the Roof Gar-

to den of the Hongkong Hotel Battallon of the Imperial Yeomanry famous water-falls of Ban-glod

Cao-Bay where t two curious tribes of 1. (a) Du I love You, (b) Your's and in South Africa.

mountain people, are met.

Mine, (c) You've Got Something The

"of "Tinh Tục

are There. (d) The Moon Got into My visiting. And Ry

pass Eyes; 2. (a) Love is never out of sea- wore in nines of through the country you will be son, (b) When Love is Young; (c) You

the

of protection

native Can't Stop me froin Dreaming, (d) guard whose posts in the high Have you got any Castles, Baby; 3. mountains Bre like eagles neats. (a) You Can't Run away from Love. Above the Dabe Lakes there is a finci (b) I'm Feeling like a Million; (c) Rest House Trom which this ad-Okny for Sound, (d) The Cuban Cub- mirable country can be explored. It by; 4. (a) Seventh Heaven, (b) All Ireland, (c) You reminds one of the lakes of Scotland the Way from for the Norweigan fjords.

Needn't Keep It a Secret; 5. (a) Take Another Guers, (b) Maybe I's the Spring, (c) What Will I tell my Heart.

During the Interval dance records wil be played from 2.B.W

0.30 p.m.

He married the daughter of a clergyman and they had two SONS, the eldest of whom was killed in the War, and four daughters, -

TRAIN THIEVES WATCHED

Hul nemitted he had the opium in his pocket, but how it had got there he did not know. Before leaving Canton he had been offered two ins toplum by friends but he had not One of these friends accepted them. had accompanied him to the Canton railway Station and it was possible hat the man had placed a tin of the opium in his jacket, which was ONE OF GANG TAKENĮ

AS PICK-POCKET..

Di_the

Pandemonium ruted_al_the_acro- and time hanging o

_on_one. drome during the Chinese attack.pers of the train. He was only pre-

After releasing their missiles, the

aning that this was the case. Chinese Byers returned to their base

in safety, Central News.

Chinese Occupy Hills Near Wuhu Tunchi, Cheklang, Jan. 21. Effectively supported by the air in a fresh force, Chinese infantry assault on Wuhu yesterday occupied several hills overlooking the city, in- cluding Palmashan and Takuahan.

Chinese aircraft have been specially active bornbing Japanese poslilons of Lukang, Hsuancheng and other points in the vicinity of Wahu.

More than 20 Japanese troops be- longing to the Fudo regiment were slain at Yuchlacheng, ten kilometres north of Hsuancheng, in a surprise attack by Chinese guerilla forces yesterday morning-Central News

RUSSIANS MASSING WARCRAFT

wataing

all are

you

the

10

Hang

Children's Records.

Essie Ackland.

0.47 Choruses.

low,

Paul

"AL

ON TO OLD HANOI Passing from the High

the Middle-regions of Tonkin--the road Mr. K. M. A. Barnett, at the Kowuguin crosses the delta by the famous

mile-lonit Doumer Bridge to

The Adventures of Chrcless Carrie Ilearing this story Mr. Barnett loon Magistracy this morning, sen 1,200 year old capital of Indo-Cluna, and Wilful William. Wiful Wiliar remarked that it was very probable tenced a man named Chan Piu, 22, There is another bureau here that the account was true. However, to six months' hard labour for the which tourists can

tokes Carrie to Sleepy Town; Jungle obtain

in- Town Frolics;

cs: New Nursery Tunes it wiss his duty to convict the man theft, yesterday, of 17 ten сель

The Small Lake, numerous formation.

for Old for unlawful possession of the drug. Kwangtung Provincial Bank notes pagedas, the botanical

Nursery Rhymes; garden.

the Mother's Knee." Hush-a-Bye Baby, Defendant was then discharged, from Mr. Chan Wai-mun, secretary Grand Lake. the Museum of conviction being registered against of the Canton Treasury, who was an Archaeology and of Handicraft. the Lullaby, Sweet and Low sung by him. An order was made for con- a week-end trip here to see his wife. University and the Pasteur Institute Ascation of the opium.

The charge was admitted.

Leaving worth visiting. Del-Sergeant J. F. Scott said that Hanol at night the traveller spends Drinking Song..... Raymond Mar- The Student Prince-Serenade and in the afternoon a detective in the tife night in the train, arriving ot

day-time. Chorus: Rallway Station aw the defendant Laokay on he frontier by extracting a packet from complain-Yunnanfu is reached by the after- ant's hip pocket. Defenduni was

Rail arrested and was found to have stolen noon by the famous Yunnin

from stoich road

there the notes. The man was one of a

ck

Kol Nidrei-Op. 47 (Brich); Bang of people who worked on trains, excursions by chair or on horse-buck Ins, can be made at this cross-road of

Menuet (Haydn). ... Casals; Music Stated to have stolen $130 in long- They were dressed in the European Tibet and China. A steep road leada c long: currency and $200 in Canton fashion and carried a small attach from Laokey to Chapa which has of the Night (Coates); A Song Re- currency, the property of his master, case, mixing freely with the passen picturesque views and good shooting. (Cadman-Shippey); An Old Sacred ing.membered (Coates); Candle Light while the latter was absent In Macao,gers of the train.

From Hanoi another trip can be Chan Kam-shing, foki of a shing Defendant had a previous convie-made to the frontiers of Siam by the Lullaby (Corner arr. Liddle).

Menuet Hue McCormack;

(Debusay); junk, was charged before Mr. Forrest tion for larceny.

Mandarin Road. Leading to capital of Annam, of which beautiful Gavotte Tendre (Hillemacher). ....

Casals. kingdom much has been written.

7.30 A short talk in French on the Permission can be obtained to visit

Tonkinese Exhibition. wonderful the

and Patace

the festivals which, besides its antiquities and the engineering marvels of its modern roads, are the most attractive fratures of the Innd.

FOKI ROBS HIS MASTER

at the Central Magistracy this morn-

ing.

inspector A Wright said that $34.00

jin Canton currency had been re-

covered from defendant.

A widow, Chan Klu, 52, was

charged with receiving a box contain-

ing 30 pleces of clothing and some of

BOAT PEOPLE PUNISHED

the stolen money, but Inspector One man was sentenced to

two

several $40

and

numerous

Weight said that he could not offer months hard labour and Tokyo, Jan. 24. Great prominence is given in the any evidence of guilty knowledge others were fined from $5 to submarine fleet at Vladivostok now in Canton money was found in her F. Hole, Harbour Master, In the numbers 90 units, following the addi- house,

Marine Court this morning.. tion of 18 submarines shipped to the

Charged with loitering within 100.

press here to reports that the Soviet against her. However, a sum of $80 when they appeared before Cmdr. G. TOO MANY LAWS

Chan was ordered to repay $54.80)

FOR BUSINESS

Clemon, Olaf Olson and Because; Maire My Girl. The Maestro Singers with Piano. 0.57 A Concert by Casals and John McCormack.

2.35 p.m. Studio-Raymond, Lul and 1s Hawaiian Serenaders.

1. My Tane; 2. Maori Brown Eyes; 3. Blue Hawnil; 4. Huwalian Medley; 5. Naughty Huln Eyes; 6. The Four Islands.

8.0 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.

Far East from Sebastopol on Decem-to his master, Yeung To-wal, and yards of the western seawall of thef ber 12.

to undergo six weeks' hard labour, Royal Naval Dockyard on Saturday, The report adds additional sub- while the woman was discharged an Tang Kain-shing, mistress U.S. COMMERCE LEADER cycles.

marines are now under construction condition that

at Vladivostok and Hubarovak and ti 300 to Young. Is stated now naval bases are being created in Soviet Far Eastern waters, -Reuter.

Estate Wound Up Only After Forty Years

shc hand

FORMER P.W.D.

EMPLOYEE

TURNS THIEF

over was fined $5 or five days Imprison-

ment.

HAS CRITICISM

Washington, Jan. 23. An unemployed man named Kan Tong was charged with

Mr. G. 1. Davis, President of the unlawful boarding of the Van Heutz and wan United States Chamber of Commerce, Aned $18. Lance Sergeant White in a letter to Senator Byrne, says said the man was found hiding in a thot Congress enn stimulate business box near the No. 2 hatch just before and reduce

pore,

unemployment

6.05 Chinese Programme-Studio Concert.

11.0. Close down. Radio Programme broadcast by ZEK on a Frequency of 840 Kilo- 8.05 Studio-Sonic Compositions of MacDowell in commemoration of the American Composer, Jan. 24 bring the anniversary of his death (Lind- say A. Lafford),

B.25 Viennes Music. Vienna Blood Selection, firstly Maria Hester, Herbert Groh, and the ship was ready to sail for Singn-through ceasing to legislate for the Max Schipper; Old Vienna Melodies, (Good Old Times and This Year's regulation of edinmerce, and secondly

(Continued on Page 4.) For taking fast his boat to the by revising the New Deal tax, labour A former employee of the Pubile M. S. Chile while the ship was under and slack market uels.

The letter said that very serious Works Department, Shek Kam-wah, Way off Rallway Pler without per- 21, unemployed, appeared before Mr.mission of the master or officer in obstacles to the immediate

and employinent Forrest at the Central Magistrney this charge of the vessel, Leung Kam-tai, sion of business morning, charged with the theft of 54, who and five previous convictions, were the threat of new laws like the 49 s. of solder from the P. W. D. was sentenced to two months hard Wage and Hours and profits

capital taxes, "the dangerously large" Although he died 43 yeara ago. Store at Bullock Lane on January 22, labour. lotters of administration de bonis and the larceny of 15 cities of solder

Chan Lo and Kwok Hing-cheung, proportion of national Income guing

in taxes, the Intrusion of the Govern non to the local estate of $39.000 left from the same pince on January 15, charged with a similar offence, were by Mr. Solomon David Sassoon. 17, and 19.

ment. la employer und employee re- Aned $10 and $40 respectively.

lations. formerly of Bombay, were only re Inspector A. V, Baker såld acctised cently appiled for and granted by was formerly employed as an elee- the Chief Justice, Bir Alboll Mac-trician, but had been dismissed from Gregor. The application was made his employment of the time the thefts by Mr. R. A. Wadczon, the Jawful attorney.

were committed. Stores worth $300 A Chinese woman named Yuen additional business regulation to $400 had lately been missed, was fined $80 or three weeks' im- would do more to solve the uncin Mr. Sassoon 'died in Bombay

Mr. L., W. lume, of the P. W. D., primontent by Mr. R. A. D. Forrest ployment relief altuallon than was March 18, 1801, and fife Tocal pro said necused and been dismissed be- at the Central Moglstrogy this morn-possibis through further artificini marty consisted of three houses. In cause there was hot enough work for Ing for possession of one tael of means, regardless of what form they,

prepared oplum of the Canton wharf, tookUnited Prem, ple

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