Ranpura Due From Japan Materials Sent Today; Potsdam Sailing Thirty armoured cars and other At Noon Next Friday r materials were transported to the Sungkiang area by Japanese warships Coastal sailings these days are find: on Friday, according to a Chinese ing the passenger shi filled with report yesterday, passengers bound for the holiday re-Escorted by 1,000 marines, these sorts of China and Japan. Exception-war materials are to be distributed ally heavy passenger were car-among Japanese garrisons who have ried by the Chaksang, Hunan and been constantly attacked by Chinese Shuntien, and the Shengking, which guerilla bands, it is reported. is sailing tomorrow, will als be Fighting was reported to have again carrying a full complement of broken out in Pootung, where the holidaymakers.
Japanese launched a severe attack on The P. & O. passenger liner Ran-guerillas at Siaotang, using big guns. puta, which sailed from Kobe at After about six or seven hours' fight-about 4 o'clock on Friday morning, is ing, Chinese mobile units retreated expected to come into port this after-to an unknown place. Fighting ceased noon, tying up at buoys 11 and 12 at on Friday morning. about 3.30 p.m. This 17,000-tons mail According to an arrival from land passenger liner sails for Marseil-Pootung, Hsulienchiao in Siaotang les, Gibraltar and London late Tues-district suffered most in the fighting. day morning, passengers leaving the After the retreat of the guerillas, the Customs Jetty by tender at 9.30 Japanese were said to have set fire o'clock. to a number of houses in the area.
Heavy baggage will be accepted Over 100 houses were said to have into lighters lying alongside the Cus-been razed in the conflagration which toms Jetty between 2 and 3 o'clock raged for over twelve hours, tomorrow afternoon. En route home-Fighting also broke out at Nan-wards, the Ranpura will be calling chiao with Chinese guerillas holding Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Port Said their ground. Heavy machine-guns and Malta. were used by both sides. The Japanese According to present expectations, military was reported to have sent the Norddeutscher Lloyd express reinforcements to dislodge the Chi-liner Potsdam is expected from Japan nese, on Wednesday morning. She will sail from the Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co.'s Hongkew Wharf at noon on Friday, bound for Port Said, Genoa, Southampton, Rotterdam and' Bremen "Reformed" Govt. File and will be calling at Hongkong, Manila, Singapore, Penang, Belawan
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