Hongkong, Mar. 1.
About twenty Japanese planes raided Canton yesterday, according to despatches received here. which add that immediately after the squadron had been sighted the Chinese aeroplanes took off to attack it.
One Japanese plane was shot down, "is claimed, but the others. con: tinued their toute inland, bombard ing the town of Waichow and also the railway from Canton to Kowloon the neighbourhood of the town of! Chiungmoktow. by Japanese Hongkong, Mar. 1.
The British steamer Chuenchow on its way from Macao to Hongkong. was boarded by Japanese sailors yesterday. The cargo and the ship's documents were examined.
After a short time the vessel war allowed to proceed. The steamer had a number of Chinese passengers en board but no incident occurred with the Sapan-during the investigation Trans-Ocean, Jseries of explosions. At 4 pin. five planes returned and dropped three more bombs. A large number of houses were blown to atoms and over 100 men, women and children are reported killed or seriously injured.
At 2.30 o'clock a powerful plane The railway is said to have been severely damaged tut the repair work has already begun and the Chlnese authorities hope that the trafic will not be unduly interrupted.—Trans-Ocean,
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