1938-08-17 — Page 24

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ROOM-MATES...IGAM-MATES ...BUT RIVALS IN LOVEI You'll thrill to the crashing bunde, flashing parade... you'll cheur when Navy meets Aamy to tootball's clasafo ballle ...and how your heart will best to this grand and otorious love story of Annapolis)

NAVY BLUE

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ROBERT YOUNG JAMES STEWART Lionel BARRYMORE FLORENCE RICE BILLIE BURKE Tam BROWIE · Jomval? HINDS Pasi KELLY - Paraan PARKER

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, "AUGUST 17, 1938.

SAW HER HUSBAND GORED BY BUFFALO

Mrs. Bosman, wife of the famous big-game hunter,

DISEASE RAVAGING

CHINESE, JAPANESE ALHAMBRA

ARMIES ON YANGTSE

Shanghai, Aug. 17.

Following closely on the heels of the floods, which Major J. J. Bosman, saw her are rapidly abating in the Yangtse, another of Nature's husband gored by a bull buf- falo near the Kruger Na-along the Yangtse in the battle for Hankow to a further weapons, cholera, is threatening to bring operations tional Park, Capetown,

Bosman, known as "Buffalo standstill. Beaman," on account of the num-

Chinese and Japanese forces alike are suffering ber he had shot, was roughly seriously from the dread disease.

doctored by a veterinary sur-

goo!.

His wife then mursed and comfort-

ed him throughout the journey by lorry over 100 miles of rocky roads

to a mission hospital.

There he died, with his wife at his bedside.

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Civilians are also dying in hundreds from "China's Scourge," which is raging hand-in-hand with the less mortal but equally contagious malaria.

Exact information regarding the extent of the twin diseases among | Japanese troops is not abininaüte, but Japanese traveller who har just returned from Rudang estimates! that the mumber of saldiers affected in that area exceeds 5,000,

Angther estimate, from eeedingly

ex- SOURCE,

well-informed places the number of Japanse troups | in hospital owing to cholera, malaria, dysentery and typhoid, in the whole

of China, at 20,000.-Renter.

Cholera Raging

Nanchang, Aug. 17.

The serious outbreak of chotern in and around Nanchang is causing the authorities, both military and civilian,| considerable concern.

BRITAIN WORKS TO EXCHANGE PRISONERS

Bearing Whole Cost Herself

London, Aug. 10. Commenting on the appointment

No less than 100 cases have been admitted to the Nanchang Cholera of the British Commission which will Hospital alone in the past fortnight, endeavour to effect an exchange of † prisoners-of-war in Spain, the Times and 21 have already died.

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stations are being established throughout Asia in order to treat all

The Commission, which is under suspicious cases and inoculate others,

One million doses of anti-cholera le leadership of Field Marshal Sir 2,530 tons Vaccine have been issued in the past Philip Chetwode, will probably arrive

week and over 20,000

in Toulouse before the end of the inoculations month. have

already been made.

The aim of the Commission League of Nations anti-epidemic not be to obtain

will 6714/071nts are at present operating in the individuals, but of groups of pri- an exchange of area, in full co-operation with 19.024,000 bushels local health authorities.

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are at present stricken with malaria. Insurgents or Loyalists for military The camjim against this disease is or civil reasons, including members, seriously Bampered by lack of „sup-of the fighting forces, political leaders, ales of quinine.-Reuter.

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GRAND-DAUGHTER

OF KAISER WEDS

Potsdam. Aug. 16.

The marriage was solemnised to-

day at the Garrison Church in Pots-į dam of Princess Herzlelde, grand- daughter of the ex-Kaiser, who wasị

thies

Stock Market Waits For Europe News

London, Aug. 16. 1

married to Frince Karl of Courland, The London Stock Exchange was Princess Herzeteide is the daughter dull and inactive to-day, pending de- of Prince Oscar of Prussia, the ex-fialte news regarding the situation in Kaiser's 80th son.

Europe.

The marriage ceremony was per- formed by Dr. Doehring, former |Court chaplain.→Trans-Occan,

Lunacy Experts Marked Down

Wall Street advices.

of the Commission

refugees, and foreigners who have

been detained because they have no Jassports,

The cost of the work of the Cum- mission will be borne exclusively by the British Government. ---Trans- Ocean.

PLANES DELAYED

The Air France plane from Hanoi

All groups tended to be easier, has been delayed three hours and is though a slight improvement deve-expected to arrive at Kal Tak at 3 loped in the afternoon on better feel-nt, to-day. No reason for the delay Ing regarding the international poli-is known here. tical situation, together with steady: The Imperial Airways plane, Delia, which has been delayed a day at On the Foreign Exchange the Bangkok dollar European currencies, reflecting This morning no news

oor was caster in terms of most route, is by a hold-up on the London expected at Hongkong at 5 to-day. San Francisco. nervousness onent the position in Lunacy examinations aren't inted Central Europe,

the plane's departure from Bangkok had reached as high her as formerly. The city's

Kuld Hongkong. This is the first mid- lunacy commission composed of four allowed a sur contraction in un-week delay on the Imperial Airways physicians have bad their salaries official dealings.-Reuter Spertat."

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