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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST

1988. 26,

Powerful Guerilla Force Wrecks Railway AND NOW

WELL-ARMED UNITS

DESTROY ARMOURED TRAIN CAR, PLANE

Tientsin's Communications Interrupted Every Day

Peiping, Aug. 25.

LOYALISTS ON GREAT OFFENSIVE

Inflicting Sovere Casualties On Insurgents

Hendaye, Aug. 25. The Battle of the Ebro is a month old to-day.

Apparently the Loyalist offen- sive has more than accomplished its purpose and there are indien-

The relentless activity of guerillas in cast Hopeitions now that, with pressure threatens to disrupt railway communications between Peiping and Mukden,

During the last few days the track has been damaged at least once daily between Tientsin and Shanhaikwan, trains in both directions ruming hours late while repair gangs try to keep pace with the wrecking activities.

The latest incident has occurred near Tangku, Tientsin's port, this morning, when a section of the track was removed and trains were delayed four hours while -repairs were made. Similar breaks were made last night near Changli, in the Chinwangtao area, where one train was derailed without casualties.

Travellers report that trains,

travelling et night now carry no Hights, und passengers are warned to lie on the floor at the first sound of fring.

They report that a wrecked plane is near the railway track near Tien- tsin. It is unknown whether the machine was brought down by guerillas, but a damaged car of an armoured train in the same aren indicates that the guerillas ore armed with

than machine-guns.-- more Reuter.

Garrison Relieved

Tientsin, Aug, 25.

It is reported that the Japanese

LINDBERGH PUNCHES

BODY GUARD Ogpu Agent Knocked Out By Airman

Paris, Aug. 25.

An incident in connection with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's visit to

DALADIER SUBDUES CRITICS

Popular Front To Back Premier's Social Rulings

Parks, Aug. 25.

Daladter, holding firm to his stand- With the Premier, M. Edouard point, the political storm arising out of his proposal to modify the 40-hour week In the

of National

cause

Defence and economic stability shows signs of abating.

A communique Issued after a three- relieved elsewhere, the Loyalist hour meeting of the National Com- offensive will develop into the mittee of the Rassemblement Pop

laire

which represents the Popular greatest battle since the incep- Front throughout the country, ex- regarding the provision National Defence and the independ- ace of the country," while upholding the Popular Front and maintaining the Integrity of social laws-Reuter.

on of Civil War over two years presses unanimity

of "all necessities for

ago,

RADIO BROADCAST

Concert from the Studio By

Prof. Harry, Ore

"UNDER BIG BEN"

Radio Programme Broadcast by B.W. on a Frequency of 845 kc's, and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 P.m. and 8-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's, per second.

6.00 Dance Music.

That Musie; Fox-Trots Swing Thankful....Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra with vocal chorus by Louis Armstrong; Goody-Goody; It's Been So Long

(From "The Great Ziegfeld')....' Benny Goodman and His Orchestra vocal refrain by Hel

Helen Ward: Tango-Lu Carcajada; doble-Bella Espanola

oin....Orquesin with

vocni Tipica Roberto Firme now

Glory Of refrain: Fox-Trots-The Love; Hold Me Tight I'm Falling Jay Wilbur

He Band with

Wani ifistory (From

tom Palm Spring'); There Isn't any Limit To My Love..... Itudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees: Humba Fox-Trot-Serenade From Gin The Mo

Deceivers'): Fox-Trot-

Moonlight (From Jackson

Nearly 60,000 Loyalists are opposing 60,000 Insurgents. The butter claim to have captured 4,000

Loyalist prisoners since Saturday but the Loyalists, on the other hand, claim that the insurgents have sustained

huge casualties.

The heavy fighting continues along the entire river front.-nited Press.

Celebrating Wilhelmina's Accession

Thousands To Pay Queen Homage

garrison which has been besieged for Soviet Russia is just reported from Majesty at the Naarlem Railway

Amsterdam. Aug. 25.

anniversary The fortieth

of the Accession of Queen Wilhelmina to the Netherlands Throne will be cele brated throughout the country from September 5 to September 10.

Celebrations in Amsterdam will arrival of Her commence with the

some time by guerillas at Yuen hus Moscow,

Station, after which Queen Wilhel been relieved by reinforcements.

Col. Lindbergh noticed that he

will make a triumphat passage The guerillas, however,

re- was being are

constantly shadowed ported to have taken strom: through the streets of Moscow. He hugh the city to her Palace.

up

The official commentoration duy positions in the hill close to the turned suddenly, and punched his

will be September Ú when 10,000 railway between Luasion and shndower on the noMM

men and women, delegates from all Shunhalkwan-Renter.

Next morning Colonel Lindbergh received a telephone call from the OGPU.

Claim Guerillas Defeated

Pelping, Aug. 25.

"The man you knockert out was a police offeer who was acting as your

A Japanese spokesman announced bodyguard," said OGPU Commis to-day that 500 "bandits" launched sioner Yeshov in an aggrieved voice. an assault on Japanese forces be-Trans-Ocean..

tween Fengsun and Lincheng..

Reinforcements were despatched

from the Lincheng garrison, id the guerillas were repulsed. They left 70 dead.

The spokesman also claims that Japanese troops defeated 200 Com- munist querillas six miles south-west of Tehchow, in northern Shantung on August 22, while on the same day 500 guerillas were defented Afteen miles south-east United Press.

of Tehelow..

Thoughts Of Dying Father Stayed Hand

But Do Not Keep Li Out Of Gaol

Home Fleet

Prepares For Short Cruise

London. Aug. 25.

'The Admiralty announces that the Home Fleet will leave on its regular autuma cruise next month,

FIREMAN SHOT

Medway And Submarines Going South

HMS. Medway, with six sub- marines and two destroyers, leaves

vocalists: Don't

In

Hacivers')....Jack

'Gay

Make

and His Orchestra at the Dorchester Hotel, London with vocal refrain; Slow Fox-Trot-Nightfall; Fox-Trot -Way Down Yonder In New Orleans ...Scott Wood and His Six Swingers with vocal chorus.

BIR

Hongkong to-day for Singapore. The London Relay-'Under

Medway will sail. Bp.m.. but the submarines will leave earlier,

The 1wo destroyers going Singapore are HLM.S. Westcott and

1.M.S. Diana,

to

A talk by Howard Marshall. 7.00 Frank Titterton (Tenor) and Doris Vane (Soprano) with the New Light Symphony Orchestra.

March (Erle Bridge

the So New Lght Symphony |

The submarines leaving for south are the Rainbow, Olympus Perseus, Crampus, Pandora Orpheus.

Frank

with

Orchestra

by Joseph conducted

Eyes (Tosti, We Lewis; Denuty's and

Titterion thorley)... Fred Hartley and His Quintet: Inci

utal

To "Mary Rose" Munic

from Weihaiwel,

II.M.S. Defender arrived to-day

Raiders Find Opium, Heroin

Rolds on two narcotic divans in

months. Au Sal

arts of the Netherlands Empire, Temple Street on August 10 by will march to the Royal Palace, Revenue Offerr Warden resulted in where they will do hontage to their the appearance of Che Kwong and ruier-Trans-Orcan.

Au Sal before Mr. Q. A. A. Binefad- yen at Kowloon Magistracy this morning.

Charged with possession at 101 heroin pills, Che was given nine month: imprisonment and fined $100 or another three Was charged with possession of mace of opium and 57 heroin pills, and was fined $175 or six months with an additional six months' hard labour.

on a divan in the Another raid some street on August 24 ied to the arrest of Wong Choi who was fined $70 or four months' hard labour for possession of four mace of opium.

IN LEG

the

As a result of a fracas at Junction of Nathah Road and Hai- phong Road at 3.30 am. to-day, fireman was shot in the legt by a Chinese Police Constable while trying to evade detention.

It appears that the fireman who was off-duty at the time, was making merry with some friends when

The Fleet will be composed of Chinese paliceman came up and re- five battleships, six eruisers, three monstrated with him for behaving aircraft carriers, three destroyer in a disorderly manner. Another flotillas and

the

į! is

the 2nd Submarine pullerman joined him and the fire- Flotilla, and will leave Home portsman, resenting

interference, G. The knocked both the men down. on and after September majority of the warships will be in understood. Invergordon from September 9 to October 17, at Scapa Flow

from October 18 to October 25, and at Rosyth from October 26 to November

The venal will return to their ports on November

14.

Reuter,

At the point of extracting a foun- Home tain pen from the coat of a Chinese in Possession Street, Li Hing-wing. 36, unemployed, was said to have thought of his dying father, and re- frained from the theft. But he was arrested by a Chinese detective any- way,

Li was sentenced to four months' hurd labour by Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy to-day for attempted larceny. Defendant had five previous convictions,

EUROPEAN RESIDENTS ROBBED

Mr.. A. 1. Potts, of "High House." Mount Davis Road, reported the theft of a silver salver worth $100 from his home yesterday.

17

36 Now Dead FOOD CONTROL

In Air Crash

Tokyo, Aug. 29.

British Firms Driven From Manchukuo

Harbin, Aug. 25. Owing to the enforcement of the Insurance Law, promulgated by the Government In Hsinking, 28 Insur-; ance companies, of which eleven are British, have withdrawn from busi-

(O'Neill). New Light Symphony Orchestra conducted by Norman O'Neill: A Summer Night (Marzials and Goring Thomas): My Dearest Heart (Sullivan)....Doris Vane with Plano: Cello Obbligato; Oh! No John

That (Arr. Sharp); Songs Live For ever (Lockton, Longstaffe); Intro- Come back to Erin; All through the night; Annie Laurie; Sally, in our

Alley.... Frank Titterton; Mock Morris Dances (Grainger); Handel la The Strand (Grainger).....New Light Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent.

7.40 Chamber Music. Gavotte In E (For Strings-Bach -arr. J. H. Wood); Minuet (Boc- cherini)

The Walter String Jean Pougnet); Players (Lender: Gavotte "Mignon" - Thomas); Orientale (Glazounov) ...Virtuoso arr, Sharpe): Molly On The Shore String Quartel; Tambourin (Gossecs, (Grainger)....Virtuoso String Quar-

tel.

8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 Stullo A Tiano Recital by f Professor Harry Ore.

Air in G (Bach-Saint-Saens); 2. Rigxion (Monsig

(Monsigny): 3. The Bag- pipe (Hiller): 4 Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa (Liszt): 5. American Polonalse (Carpenter): 6. Mediin. tion (Tschaikovsky); 7. A Mountain Blood (A. Brax): 9. (a) Dance of

ning Leave:

(b) Sledge Drive (Palmgren).

Orchestral.

the

8.33

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Mendelssohn): Overture....Berlin

State Opera Orchestra conducted by

Dr. Leo Blech.

8.45

Studio-Rev. C. B. R. Sargent 41st Series of Opera.. "Veril

Programme."

9.30 London Relay-The News 9.50 Ellaline Terris and Seymour Hicks Medley,

strings

and

A third policeman came up and the freman ran off. He was pursued by the policeman who called on him to stop and fired at his legs when the A shot reman refused to do so, grazed the calf of the fireman who was then taught and detained pend-ness in Manchu stipulates that any Only a penny. Sir:

Intro: Honeysuckle and the Bee; Simple little ing further investigation,

The new low insurance company desirous of con

Church Parade; Lousiana taining operations in Manchukuo Lou: I want yer. ma honey; And must open a branch office at Hsinking her golden hair was hanging down and must also deposit 300,000 yuan her

back with Orchestra, .Ellaline Terris with the Manchukuo Government. Seymouír Reuter.

10,30 Variety with Murgatroyd and Winterbottom, the Hill Billies and Jack Hylon's Orchestra,

Moonlight On The Prairie (From the Film): Home on the Range (Arr. Ted

_and_Ezra)

Ezra)....The Hill Billies; If You Pretend You're Blue (M. Crick R. Frankau-T Handley) Murgatroyd and Winterbottom; Un- bellovable (From "Swing Along")-

x-Trot: Drop In Next Time You're Passing (From "Going Places Fox-Trot....Jack Hylton and lis Orchestra with vocal refrain: Through

Dream The Doorway of

(From Big Broadenst of 1030')....Justion

ORGANISED

London, Aug. 25. Britain' organisation for food The number of deaths in the air disaster at Omori, in the southern control in time of war is now com- suburbs of Tokyo, has mounted to plete, with the final appointments of Divisional Olcers by the Board of Trade..

30.

Among the virtins

Mr. ia Himate Yamamoto, proprietor of

Sir Reginald Ford will be Chief the factory whose hands rushed to Divisional Officer for London and the the unfortunate plane to extricate the Home counties. occupants from the wreckage" when the gasoline tank exploded.

The

officers

Land Values

Rising

****

The appreciated value of land Fox- the Colony was this morning when

well demonstrated an auction of 0,000 square feet at Taun Wan, known ng Lot 204, was held at the District appointed for the Once South." The limited capacity of the inter-London and Home counties will take With an upset price of $384 and an Dragonette (Soprano) with Orches- national airport at

at Haneda, in the over the work previously underlaken annual Crown rental of $40, bidding tral Accompaniment: I Love The suburbs of Tokyo, is blamed, for the by the Food (Defence Plans) disaster. Traning lights are usually Department and with officers in ather weitt up, to $1,250 at which priest Moon (P. Rubens); From The Land

Sky-Blue was secured by Wu Tak-chu, of No.1or The

Water (From made from Haneda Airport, which is parts of Britain will assist in the 41, Des Voeux Road Central. It is "Four American-Indian Songs" C. often dangerously crowded.—Domei creation of a shadow organisation

W. Cadman)......Howard Incoba to build a soy factory.

The plane crashed in the factory for food control purposes In the understoud that the site is required Enxophone, Solo) with String Quin-

yard after a collision in the alr, event of war.-Reuter Special,

three of its crew.

Mr. C. E. Gahagan, of 9 Causeway The second plane was alre lost-with Hill, reported the loss from his home of a gold wrist watchs, which is in- sured for $100.

Among the property stolen from the residence of Mr. T. C. Beck on the Peak yesterday was a gold wedd- ing ring, whose loss was not,dis- covered when the first report was made to the police,

STOCK MARKET IMPROVEMENT

London, Aug. 25, Earlier promise of greater activity on the London Stock Exchange failed to materiallec, but prices generally. closed higher to-day.

EXPELLED FROM H. K.

Warten Peter -Ovakimlan, 37. Gill-edged foreign bonds were American, was fined $20 and had an steady, while Industrials showed expulsion order made agunst him by fractional gains, Kaffis cased on Mr. R. Edwards at Central Magla- | inck of expected Parts support after tracy this morning, when he was an early improvement, and closed) charged with entering the Colony slightly higher on the balance- without a valid passport.

Reuter Special. “

Poison Gas

Charge Put

To League

The

Geneva, Aug. 25. Chinese permanent delegate to the League of Na- tions, Dr. Victor Hoo, has inform- ed the Secretary of the League, M. Avenol, that the Japanese destroyed two Chinese battalions with poison gas at Chuchwang.--- Reuter,

FRUIT HAWKERS COLLECT $300,000

Three hundred thousand dollars in were Chinese National Currency

the collected by fruit hawkers in Sheungwan district in their three-day campaign for funds for the Chinese Government, which ended last night, according to an estimate.

The amount is the highest reached in the local movement. Hawkers in all other sections collected a

total

sum of $370,000 Chinese National

Currency..

The drive is continuing and the organisers hope the grand fatal may exceed $1,000,000.

tet and Harp: Timber-Fox-Trot; | Goodnight. My Love-Fox-Trot (From Stowaway')....Jack Hylton And His Orchestra with vocal re- frain.

11.00 Clone Down.

SHIPS IN RADIO COMMUNICATION

The following ships are expected to be in wireless communication with Hongkong Radio Station to-day:

Hllos; Eskbank: Haltan; Griekse- nnu: Halyang: Empress of Japan;] Hupeh: Chaksang: Sulsang: Kum- Bang: Santhia; Yuensang; Hokusan Maru; Empress of Canada; Conte Rosso; Pleasantville; Kamo Maru; Kasimo Maru; Canton; Alipore.

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