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Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

February 3, 1940...

LATE NEWS

KOWLOON YUNNAN

VILLAGE RAZED

Big Conflagration This Morning

ONE OF THE BIGGEST conflagra-

RAILWAY HOLOCAUST

RETIRED ARMY OFFICERS' PAY

In this morning's issue of the "Government Gazelle't a notification states that the Army Council has Imade A decision regarding the jemoluments of retired Army officers

taken into employment with Dominion

Land Colonial forces during the present [emergency,

per cent.

10 Foreigners Among Over 100 Killed

They have decided that officers re- KUNMING, Feb. 2 (Reuter),-tired from the Imperial forces will flans in Hongkong for some years More than 100 persons, including cease to receive service relired pay accurred at the large "war" village about ten foreigners, are learned but will be eligible to receive an of Shekklimel, off the Talpo Rond, to be killed and injured when addition to colonial pay of 251 Shamshulpo, in the early hours of Japanese aircraft yesterday bomb-based on British Army rates of pay. this morning.

ed a bridge situated about 83 Officers who have commuted any Five hundred buildings, mostly huts kilometres from the French Indo- the deduction from their pay of an

portion of their retired pay will sußer | and many two storey brick struc- tures, were razed to the ground dur- Chian border on the French rail amount equivalent to the amount of ing the blaze, which was under con-way connecting Haiphong with fretired pay that was commuted. trol only after a 3% hour night by Kunming. Fire Brigade unlis,

Twenty-seven Japanese

were destroyed.

Pathetic Genes

Retired Meers who have been re-

planes ceiving disability retired pay will It is estimated that 2,000 people participated in the raid, which continue to do so but will be eligible have been rendered homeless. Miru- resulted in the destruction of only for so much of the 25 per cent. culously, no lives were lost, but northbound train,.......

us exceeds the, service element of their pay. large quantity of pigs and poultry Several Frenchmen, either pas.

Non-regular omeers who have been were witnessed sengers or employees of the rail-receiving disability retired pay will alu Taipo Rond this morning where way, are belleved to be among the continue to do so but will not be the homeless have made temporary casualties,

eligible for any addition to the pay. The majority of those who The 25 per cent, addition to pay under every available veran hones

perished were killed either by will be met from imperial funds and dah or stairway.

of claiming this addition The concerned is one which bombs or by boiling water

vliluge

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British Sailors Escape Officers and men of the British

gunboats, Gannet and Falcon, who their ships at Chungking

nnrow

ed by these unauthorised townships escape. Their train, bound from which have sprung up in the Colony Kunming to the French Indo- as a result of neighbouring hostilities, China border, was not very far

Approximately a quarter of Shek-

kimel, which covers an area of about from the bridge when the Japan- one square mile, has been destroyed ese started bombing.

as a result of this morning's blaze,· After the rald, the officers and An eye-witness told the "Telesailors worked untiringly for hours graph" "The fire started in one of in succouring the wounded and The hats at about 1 p.m., and spread dying.

rapidly.

air,

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"At one time the nines were leaptors of the two gunboats proved The presence of the naval.dec- ing over fifty feet into the providing an awe-inspiring sight."

The ruins were still smouldering ut 11 o'clock this morning, and the Fire Brigade is still on the scene,

Russians Fire On Estonian Plane

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The traffic line has been brought i to a complete standstill as the wreck of the train is blocking the tunnel.

Japanose Version

The Japanese Naval communique on the Yunnan air raid states:

"Japanese naval aircraft led by LL-Commander Mihara on Thursday

"Chinese

the Yunnan-Indo-China)

"Geordies"

At Dinner

TALLINN, Feb. 2 (UP)-Russian bombed warships opened fire on an Estonian Railway, the vital supply, route to military plane over Tallinn to-day, the Chinese. under the impression that it was af

anti-aircraft batteries The Northumberland and Durham Finnish raider.

Three unexploded AA. shells fell newly installed at hey mountains Association held its first annual din ara hili-ides subjected Japanese ner at the Peninsula. Hotel last night, into the city, wounding a woman and planes to intense fire.

when over 200 members and gucata Entertainment Was causing minor damage. The plane "Disregarding the Chinese ground were present.

Blair, Kathleen fre, Japanese raiders scored direct provided by Doris Red hits on tracks and bridges. Several Cooper, the Harmony Three, Gaston bombers thrice this morning, the first, Chinese pursuit planes were repulsed d'Aquino, Len Jordan, David Kossick. Hector rald starting at midnight. There All Japanese planes safely returned." F. Marvin, H. Peasegood,

Wiggins, and Art Carneiro and his band.

landed untouched,

Turku was rided by

was apparently no loss of life.

Sweden's Big Plane Order

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UP);-) Sweden has virtually completed at rangements for ordering 144 Vulter' pursuit, planes from the U.S. These are conaldered to be among the finest fighter planes in the world. They are capable-of-speeds in excUES of 400 m.p.h.

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Rt. Rev. Bishop R. O. Hall presided To-morrow: “Buildog Drummond's Secret Polico”” and proposed the Loyal Toast.

Prof. W. Faid, Chairman of the Commitice, sald the occasion was the Association's first offelal gathering of the year and was "an attempt to give, facilities for mixing and meet- ing people.

Prof. Fald said he was glad that some members of the Royal Navy had attended in response to a newspaper notification. He hoped they would tell their shipmates that whenever they were in Hongkong they would always

ays be welcome at any function organised by the Association.

Referring to future activities Prot. Fald said it was the wish of the Shanghai, Feb. 2, Mrs. E. Krogseth, a Norwegian, majority of the members of the Committee to hold a dinner dance in was shot in the arm in an extra- Settlement Road in the western about a month. There was a pos- isibility of future activities in con- district this morning when she

nection with sports. Last year a Major Benos, Deputy Assistant sisted a hold-up by three armed bowls match was arranged and even Adjutant-General and Press Liaison Chinese.

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has been seriously ill with pneu-arrived just too late on the scene as monia, is reported to have greatly the gunmen had decamped down the success. He hoped this would be re- neated not only in the form of bowls Improved during the past few days. alleyways into the "Badlands,"

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well. the French Concession Police, was After expressing the hope that lady found last evening wounded in the members of the Association would co- chest in an alleyway in the Con-operate in forming a ladies' section,

He now lying in a serious Prof. Faid concluded by saying that: condition. No motive has been found those act in the counties at Home so for for the shooting-Reuter. wero not having an easy time, but Mrs. Krogseth, whose husband is in in spite of that shipbuilders would the Chinese Customs, is known in still build ships and fishermen would Hongkong, where she lived for some still go out to fish for such was the months in 1937, following the evacua spirit of Northumberland and Dur- tion of women and children from ham. (Applause).

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