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THE ·HONGKONG ⠀ ⠀ TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1938.

YANGTSE CITIES HEAVILY BOMBED BY JAPANESE NAVAL AIR UNITS

JAPANESE SUFFER REVERSES

FORCED TO MAKE WITHDRAWALS

SHASI, Nov. 28..

Indicative of the strain on an extended Ene, several hundred Japanese blue-jackets who had landed at Sinti, midway between Yochow and Kiayu on the Yang- tre south of Hankow, have been withdrawn to their ships.

More than 100 remnant Japanese, marooned in the vicinity of Sinti, are surrounded by Chinese forces and Lace nnnibliation.

At Chenglingk, north of Yoyong at the neck of the Tungting Lake, several Japanese naval vessels have been forced to steam down-river to Hankow, having lost contact with the land forces, Only three small ships|

Low anchor

off the Lake.

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In the vicinity of Yoyang, Japanese sappers are busily engaged in repair- ing the highway connecting Yoyang with Maolipu, a small village about seven miles to the southeast, fore- shadowing a fresh move in this direc- tion.

ADYANCE COLUMN WITHDRAWS Nearly the entire Japanese ad- vance column which had reached Kupchenshin and Sinkaitang south of Muolip has now witnorawn 14 where smoother contact is

TH, W Yoyang.

At Tungcheng, twenty-five miles southwest of Teungyang in south Hupch, little changes are reported in the military

situation.

the south of Yoyang, a flying Japanese cavalry unit suffered heavy reverse at Shanglungkino on the north bank of Sinsiang River late on Saturday night. Out of a mixed group of 300 mounted men and fool soldiers, more than 100 were killed

a Chinese nocturnal attack. The Chinese

n vigorous launched assault in the black of catching

night, the invaders completely by surprise, and then retreated to the south bank again early the next morning when Japanese reinforcements arrived on the scene.---Trans-Occon,

Queen Maud

Royal Oak Arrived At Oslo

Oslo, Nov. 20.

H.M.S. Royal Oak, which convey- ed the body of Queen Maud of Nor- way from England, arrived at Oslo this morning.

Dense crowds lined the route through which the funeral proces- sion passed this afternoon.-Reuter, Dense Crowds

Oslo, Nov. 20. Dense crowds assembled at the quayside to watch the British batlle-} ship Royal Oak bringing the body

of Queen Maud back to her adopt-

country.

ed

Flags everywhere few at half-

mast, while rchools and many shopsį were closed.

Bluejackels carried the coili pust)

United States Army has streamlined its airplane detectors. This picture shows one of the detectors used during the aircraft defence manoeuvres at Port Bragg, N. C., with the listening horns shorter and smaller than formerly. They are made of balsa wood, with n cellulose covering. While they have no greater hearing power, they shut out all but plane sounds.

Y12,000,000. Airport For Tokyo

Tokyo, Nov. 27,

As a result of negotiations between the Ministry of Com- munications and the Flance Ministers, a 3,000,000 yen sub- sidy for the projected construc- tion of the Tõkro municipal air- field, and over 2,000,000 yen appropriation for the improve- ment and expansion of the Fukuoko arield was approved to-day as part the budgetary estimates for the next fiscal year of the Communications Ministry. The new Internat oral airport at Tokyo is to be far bigger than the existing Haneda aerodrome, and is expected to be completed by 1941 nt an esihnated cost of 12,000,000 yen-United Press.

GERMANS

FORSAKE

COUNTRY

Startling Exodus Of Agricultural Lavourers

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GOSLAR, Nov. 27.

IN A SPEECH-winding up the

the barehended crowds to a walt- Sixth Roch Peasant Congress at ing car, while a military band play-

ed. the national anthem. A Norwe- Goslar to-day, Herr Waller Darre,

gian warship fred a salute of 21 guns,

King Honkon and Crown Prince

the German Minister for Agricul-

Olaf walked behind the coffin, fol- ture, revealed that in the fifth lowed by members of the Royal

family, Government and Court off-year of the "drive for increased

cials.

The body was taken to the Castle production", there had been a Chapel, where it will remala until flight of the population from the countryside into the towns, (notably the industrial regions.

the final reşélem mince has been fix- ed.-Reuter Bulletin.

HONGKONG SERVICE A Memorial Strvice for Her late) Majesty the Queen of Norway will be held at St. John's Cathedral on Tuesday next at 12.30 p.m. Norwe glon oostors and Dean Wilson will be omiting.

This had taken pines in spite rt] the fact int as a result of State: ta'dance there had been a big rise| in German agricultural production.

This fight from the countryside His Excellency the Governor and he declared, was such as to jeopar- Lady Northrote will attend the Ser-445- the Government's plans for still vlce, and the Norwegian Consul will further augmenting agricultural

also be present,

outnut, and resort would have to bel made to a large extent to a more: intensiva mechanisation of farming.

MANILA SHARES

Th's year's grain harvest, he said, The following quotations were re-had been the biggest ever recorded ceived after the close of the morning

acsalon through Reuters!

Antamok

Alok

Begula Gold

Benguet Cons

Coco Grou

Consolidated Mines .

yn.tration...

IXL

Husus din Lumaus..

Hon Mauriclo ....

United Paracale....

Business Dona Prices in Pesce Nov, 20. Nov. 2

47 20% Ung

234 12.70 12.10

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$4

4Rу 2014

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Ung.

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$14

1.78 1.74

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Germany. The potato yield was

21 per cent, above the average of the congue farm 1974 to 1932, while thei sugar beet yield was twice that of 1032,

This year's production of hemp in' Germany was 126 per cent, above thTM anggan at the that three years.

Meat production was half a million +-n 100V h: average of the years between 1028 and 1932,

Owing to the prevalence of fool The following in Swan, Culbutson and mouth disease, and Jack of milk-

ALARMING FIGURES

& Fritz report on this morning's era, then had hem to increaza in market:

the production of butter as compared The Manila market was dull and with the preceding year. inactive. Most stocks either had no sales or prices were unchanged from Herr Darre then went on to dis- Saturday What price changes there p’nan the alarming trại that pe poma würde? wire generally down from pared with 1933, the number of agri- fractions to two points,

«cultural workers in Germany

Canton Peace Maintenance Commission

NINETEEN PLANES GREATE HAVOC AT ICHANG

300 People Homeless In Kweilin Blaze

SHANGHAI, Nov. 28. JAPANESE NAVAL AIR FORCES on Saturday showed intense activity, raiding Chinese inland bares on the upper reachos of the Yangtse and co-operating with the South China expeditionary forces in the mopping-up campaign against remnants of Chinese troops south of the East River, according to a communiquo issued by the Head- quarters of the Japanese Fleet in China waters.

Ichang, important town on the Yangtse in central Hupeh Province, was attacked by a squadron of naval aircraft, when three buildings attached to the airfield were smashed, the communique says.

Attacking Wangchinkou, opposite Ichang across

the the Yangise, Japanese air raiders blew up seven mun.tions warchouses,

Kengehen on the Cheklang-Klangat and Hengyang on the Can-

www railway in southern

Hunan were also attacked by the Japanese air units, the communique says.

Naval air units stationed in South China co-operated with Innd forces in attacking Fomalkang and Chih- The

Inauguration Ceremony kang, south-west of Peklo.

Hold Yesterday

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Ch.nese military establishments at Hoyun and Luklung in eastern Kwangtung were also bombed and damaged, the communique concludes. -Domci,

JAPANESE PLANES BOMB AND MACHINE-GUN ICHANG

Ichang, Nov. 28,

staged

Canton, Nov. 28. Absorbing nit existing vigilance corps in the district, the Canton Peace Maintenance Commission was formally inaugurated here on Sun- day with General Lu Chun-yung, formerly attached to the general stat of the Fourth Route Army, as Chair-aerial attacks on chong, important

city above Hankow on the Yangis River, yesterday.

man.

The inauguration ceremony took place at 2 o'clock in the afternoon with many Chinese and Japanese officials attending. Besides Chair- mun Lu, Mr. Chen, Vice-Chairman, and two other Chinese members of the Commission were sworn in at the meeting.

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Japanese bombers

TEN DEAD IN AIR DISASTER

Prominent German Airmen Lose Their Lives

BATHURST, Nov. 27.

IT HAS now been established that ten people lost their lives in the disaster to the big Junker acroplane on Saturday after- two noon as it was taking off from here on a test flight to South Africa.

The first ra.a was carried out by they released a number of bombs at machines in the morning when the drill ground, Huangchiasze and Chanchingshan.

Three other occupants were slightly hurt, and one was severely injured."

All five members of the crew are among the dead. They are: One civilian was Flight-Captain Robert Unlucht, killed and nine others wounded while who acquired fame through his long- three houses were wrecked.

distance Alght to China last year, In the afternoon six Japanese nlr-

Flight Captain Joackim craft came over and sprayed intense

record of 107 fire in the city for machine-gun about 20 minutes. They then flew wbout dropp.ng bombs.--- Central News.

Representing the Japanese Army at the meeting were Colonel Miya- zaki and the commander of the Hayashi contingent, while Captain Ugaki ottended the ceremony on beav half of the Japanese Navy.

The newly-Inaugurated commission consists of four departments, secret- arlat, peace preservation, finance,

and civil affairs.

DISASTROUS FIRE IN KWEILIN

Kwellin, Nov, 28. More than 300 people have beca

Blakenburg, who had.

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fights across the Atlanilo,

Mechanist Gillwadt, Wireless Operator Sager, and Deck Warden Lardong. The prominent German

acron- nudeal eagn.er, Herr Schwendler, attached to the Air Ministry, two repres:ntatives of the Bavarian Motor Herr Pessicinand and Herr

Slogans to reconstruct the local rendered homeless and destitude Soler, and three navigators, i

administration on the principles of co-operation with Japan and contri- bullon towards the establishment of fasting peace in East Asia, were stressed by the Chinese and Japanese speakers at the meeting-Domel,

fallen by 103,000. He estimated that since 1933, frem 700,000 to 800.000 persons had forsaken the country- ide for towns and industrial centres. In its efforts to rectify this state of affairs, the Government had spent

not

a result of a huge conflagraten which gutted a row of 40 houses in therr Senthin, Herr Andre and Herr

Sutter, are among the dead. Fortunately there were no casual ice. busy section of Kweilin yesterday. Herr Fessler of the Junker Works

was badly cut, but

Was The fire, which broke out at 9.40 dangerously Injured. in the morning, raged for two hours zinger, chief designer of the ill-fated Herr Schin-

befero it was Anally brought under control. It was caused by the negli-machine, and two other members of game of the croks in a shop, when and Herr Hansen, escaped with slight concern, Herr Thieme cooking breakfast Central News,

Inju les.

APPALLING CHANGSHA FIRE DESTRUCTION

Changelia, Nov. 20.

Provincial

Junkers

The cause of the disaster has not

been yot

definitely established. e marning had token off from inc runway, but for some unknown The appalling extent of destruc- reason began to lose height, and its Jost vear alene, the sum of 460,000 Changsha was revealed by estimates under the force of the blow, bent tlon wrought by the holocaust of right wing struck palm tree, which, 100 marks. feur t'mes as much as in 1932. At the same time it had rats released by the Hunan

over, though it did not snap in to. d the wages of agricultural work-

Government here yesterday.

This is b-rved to have caused the crs. It would appear from other Or the total number of thops and disaster,--Trans-Ocean. statements made by Herr Darie, in stores in the city, fully 65 per cent, the course of his speech, that the wether ermpletely destroyed or

overnment preparing arkaily demolished in the five-day | wercked. new legislation, designed to combat-fire.

The ascertained number of deaths further rxodus of population from Seventy per cent, of civilian res caused by the fine far reached 300 the countryside.—Trans-Occan, | dences were reduced to shambles or persons.--Central News.

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12 A dog-headed bird (6).

15 Scientifle

Instrumen:s

10 Interval in the way of ill

feeling (7).

17 Parody (4).

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pleased too little or too much" (Pope) (7).

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22 Pisnt a familiar umpire in hard

work (7).

23 Trains often run over this bird

(4).

24 No feminine agent turns into

a criminal (10),

27 A one-eyed affair (6).

30 Prosperous (8).

32 Do these Oriental people advise one not to gulp one's food? (8), 33 Ease (8).

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1 Litter in the East (6);

2 Prima donna or almost all a

Balkan country (5).

3 Feminine name (4).

4 Part of a concertina (4).

In some cases several roads end at this sort of entertainment

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8 This river rises in

Slovakia (4).

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7 This is found in a chemist's

shop and perhaps lost therú (4).· 11 Part of Azn or of N. America

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20 Part of a vessel to make appear

pleasing (4), `···

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31 Fine fabric found upset in 10.

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