Dr, Bell of Tsingkiangpu has been doing the largest medical service north of the river. Wounded people were brought in by scores due to the repeated bombings of the city. The kala-azar* work of Dr. Bell and Dr, Woods still goes on. In Sutsien city or neighbourhood Dr. and Mrs. Junkin and Mr. and Miss McCutcheon are carrying on medical and evangelist work.
Haichow recent reports still mentioned the name of a Holland citizen connected with the harbour works residing near the harbour and the Rev, and Mrs. MacLaughlin are in Haichow. To the west, Hsuchowfu still carries on considerable medical work in both Women's and General hospital, Dr. Greer with her staff has done splendidly, and the wonderful work of Dr. MacFadyen during the conquest and fall of Hsuchowfu is only too well known. Dr. and Mrs. MacFadyen are planning to return to the ruined city on the crossing of the railway.
As one of the China Navigation steamers left Singsengang, the port of Jukao, recently, a Japanese gunboat steamed up to the port carefully. Later on fires were reported from the shore and all foreign shipping was interfered with according to reports from passengers who managed to get into sampans and board other foreign ships elsewhere, It must be remembered that the foreign merchantmen anchor their ships at any convenient place to get cargo and with the scores of ships calling there every day somehow passengers manage to get away from the northern shore.
Guerilla troops are busy, ne ssitating the repeated closure of city gates of Japanese occupied cities and in some cases a retreat of them, The country side everywhere is held by the Chinese throughout up to the very gates of the cities.
Closing of the north river ports ti foreign shipping would be a serious blow to Shanghai as much of Shanghai's daily supplies come from this section. The Japanese will undoubtedly not interfere with this legitimate river trading after they have satisfied themsel that the guerillas have been driven inward.
Large quantities of British gunpowder are being exported to Nazi Germany according to the "Reynolds." The exporting concern is Nobel's Explosive Works, Ardeer, Scotland, part of the Imperial Chemical Industry combine.
The exports have increased recently, so that it has been necessary for the LEI. to charter an extra ship.
The LO. owns three steamers—
Lady Dorothy, Lady Gertrude Cochrane, and Lady Anstruther—and now the Nugget, owned by William Robert-Company, Glasgow, is on to the firm, The largest amer is the Lady Dorothy, whose gross tonnage is 8,194 ton:
Each ship invariably carries a full cargo, making one round trip about every four weeks, the ports of call usually being Hamburg, Germany, and (sometimes) Antwerp, Belgium.
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