Local sportsmen will have to keep their fowling pieces in moth balls this season, according to an announcement by a Japanese Embassy spokesman \yesterday. Japanese authorities will not permit shooting for game by either Japanese or third Power nationals, he said.
The spokesman referred to an article in Japanese newspapers on Friday momping which, he said, might be misinterpreted to mean hunting or|shooting would be permitted lin Shanghai's environs. The press report was based on an admonition from the Japanese consular police to Japanese residents to register their firearms, including hunting guns, the spokesman stated
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