Japanese Consulate Has Narrow Shave: Retreat Away From Shanghai Denied ''HINESE shells from behind the North Station were bursting over the Hongkew District just after sundown last night.
Several landed in Boone Road, one hitting the Hongkew -Market, and another glancing off the Indian quarters of the Hongkew Police Station, without, however, causing any injuries.
At about 830 last night several other Chinese shells came over in the vicinity of the Japanese consulate, exploding in one of the godowns the N.Y.K, quite close, and shattering window panes in the consulate. of the others fell in the district behind the wharves.
In the Settlement itself the situa~ tion was again quiet. The Chinese air raiders of the night before apparently dropped no bombs. though Other shells exploding in Boone] they produced more spectacular Road and near Woochang. Road also} caused some injuries to Japanese pedestrians, None of the wounded was seriously hurt.
Intermittent shelling of Hongkew from Chinese batteries continued until a late hour last night.
The bombing of Nantao by the Japanese, on the plea that the South Station had been used for the arrival bursts of anti-aircraft fire, with tracers illuminating the sky
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.