Hongkong, Nov. 28. WHO excitement on the Hongkong border is dying down, although Japanese troops are continuing their mopping-up operations and are now working their way eastward towards Mirs Bay.
The only Chinese troops remai ming in the adjacent territories are 540 men at Cheungkai, and a further 250 at Shataukok. Both groups are persistent in refusing o shelter in British territory, and are resolved to fight to the last.
Eight hundred Chinese troops, interned at Fanling, are being removed to a vessel in Kowloon Bay, where, it is stated, they will be held for the duration of hostilities, Sir Geoffry Northcote, Governor of Hongkong, has issued an appeal, through the press, asking for con. tributions for the relief of refugees. Reuter.
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