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latest call-over prices are:

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100 to 7 Hayal Mail

15 to 1 Blue Shirt (1 and o)

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enjoying life with his sweelheart, Chao.-United Press.

Smart Work By Chinese

Searchlights

Hankow, March 17. Hankow was treated to another pyrotechnic display last night when six Japanese bombers pald a further visit to the city, and dropped about 30 bombs on the aerodrome.

STUDYING AUSTRIAN FINANCE

Vienna, Mar. 10.

Japan Builds:

New Luxury ALHAMBRA

New

Ocean Liners

Tokyo, March. 17. The construction of three luxury Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, former Minister of Economics in Germany, ners, designed expressly for the

of visitors to and now President of the Reichsbanic, transportation arrived in Vienna to-day where he is Olympic Games in 1940, is announced Investigating the financial situation by the N.Y.K. of the country.

the

The keel of the first of the three

The national banks of Germanyiners will be lald in May, and all and Austria have decreed, the ex-three vessels will be completed be- change of the two national currencies fore 1940,

Inge.

at 30 marks for 100 Austrian achill- They will onch have a displacement {

tonnage of 18,500 and a speed of 22 knots,

The sale of timber to foreign countries, which is one of the chief industries of Austria, has been stopped-Reuter Bulletin,

Following the termination of the flames, the ships will be placed on the European run-Reuter.

STOP PRESS NEWS

NORTHERN FIGHTING DESCRIBED

Hankow, March 17.

A Chinese military headquarters

just insucd, communique

states: Since March 14 Japanese forces in Lite Ball-east of Shunsi

province have been

een making furious attacks at: Maclsintu on the north banks of the Yellow River opposite Shenhsien, be tween Chengchow and Tungkwan.

Heavy fighting is going on about a cross the river there have been frus- mile to the north but attempts to

trated.

Ay was the case on March 15, Over 1,000 Japanese troops station- powerful searchlights picked out the ed at Pingwu in Northern Shansi have raiders long before they arrived over] alijexed rensnuding, and are moving Hankow, and kept them In beam southward from,Taljul and Yihsien until they were out of sight.

on the Tungpurallway which con- nects Tatung in north-eastern Shanst with Puhsten in south-western Shansi,

The anti-aircraft batteries, how ever, did not go into action in order to leave the skies open for Chinese pursuit planes to engage the enemy, Before, their departure, the Japan- ese planes fired with machine guns in the direction of the searchlights Reuter,

ATTACKING TAIYUAN About 5,000 Japanese on March 13, with heavy artillery, moved south from Linfen, south of Talwanfu.

CHANGTEH BESIEGED

-Chengchow, March 17. Changleh, importani town on the Pelping-Hankow Raliway in north Honan, which has been used as a base of operations by the Japanese, has been besieged by the Chinese Lorces.

to

The Chinese launched a counter- attack on the city on the night of March 13 and pushed right to the city gates. The Japanese opened heavy machine-gun fre on the Chinese

attackers but failed

After suffering repulse them. siderable casualties, they were forced to withdraw into the elty and close the city gates. Since,

then the Chinese have been besieging them. Central News.

NEW AIR MAIL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

con-

The following telegram has been received by the Postmaster-General of Hongkong, Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones, from the Postmaster-General of Lon- don,

regarding the inauguration of, the new air mail

service between London and

and Hongkong: "Commencing April 10, air mait the Japanese at Fushien, south-west days and Thursdays and will be due On March 13 the Chinese attacked services will leave London on Sun-

Shunsi on the east bank of the In Hongkong on Fridays and Wednes Yellow River, but the attack folled days. Commencing April 15, west- because the Japanese positions, were, bound services will leave Hongkong| strongly fortified, and

due in London on Thursdays and troops are ning positions in the mountains}

at present Sundays." surrounding Puhslen.

GRENADE EXPLODES About 5,000 Japanese troops

Chathslu

and Chiaochin, IN NANKING ROAD and have been attacking the old

Hankow, March 17. town of Tal Yuan, which is located south-west of the capital of Shansi, Pedestrians on Nanking Road in which bears the same name. How ever, these forces are now withdraw Shanghai were thrown

International Settlement in

into ing to the north, and their intentions sternation shortly after one o'clock are not indicated.

yesterday afternoon when they heard

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ASAMA MARU

After six months

of strenuous) are salvage work to release her from where she had gone aground during the September 2 typhoon, the N.Y.K. luxury liner is once more stranded, this time in a busy dockyard.

At the end of last week the steamer was refloated from Saiwan Bay and was taken to Taikoo Decks for repairs. But, up to to-day, she is still untouched by workmen, they having displayed unwillingness to work in the ship..

at

con-

Severe fighting is still raging an explosion, according to a report along the northern sections of the from Shanghai.. Tientsin-Pukow Railway, and the. The explosion was later found out Chinese at Liuchuan have been sur-to-have been caused-by-hond

a grenade which fell fram'a Japanese rounded' by Japanese following concentrated attack from Chalho on ammunition truck. No person was The Tientsin-Pukow rallway, Le-hurt-Central News. Dock officials are doing their best (ween Tsouhsien and Tenghsien.

to reach a settlement with, those Both the Chinese and Japanese have concerned. Other work fut the Dock-suffered yard is in no way affected. »

heavy casuallles. The Chinese flank forces still remoln In their original positions, and

Chinese

reinforcements yesterday morning reached Palchaho, to

PORTUGAL TO STUDY north of Tenthsien on the T'entsin-

COLONIAL DEFENCE

Lisbon, Mar. 10.

Pukow railway to check a Japanese' frontal attack. Fighting is

6:11) progressing.

One Japanese detachment is op- pranching Lungshan from Kangchen, wh'le another detachment is attempt- ing to attack Waishaho and Terghslen

The Portuguese Government is from the south side of Lungshan, sending a military micalon to Portu-Router.

gal's African and other colonies, to study problems of colonial defence,—– Reuter Bulletin,

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