As soon as the nows of the attack reached aval headguariers, the Set~ floment Defence Headquarters of the Japanese" Special Naval "Landing Parly. ce-operating with the Japan= ese Gendarmerie and the "Consular Police. closed all bridges leading into Hongkew and threw a cordon around the Wangtszepoo area." But these mea sures "proved of "no avail and" the criminal was stilt ree yesterday, was, revealed that the victim of the' shooting had been in the Japan fete navy for four and @ halt years, joining up on january 10,'103%—
Naval Landing' Parly on™ Aprit 14 Recamte tember of "the, Speciat 1030 and held the rank of Third Class Warrant nicer at the time of his lath.
Sry. measures, the Slecawel Observa tory was unable to send out weather reports yesterday, Hr wil be recalled that two armed Japanese have been shot by terrorists during the past few days, On Satur-chay might, " member of the Japanese fayal landing party, was shot white patrol duty'in Alcock Toad." He was" later Tushed toa. military Hospital where he succumbed a few hours later, To. this case, the Japan tse. conducted extensive' searches
Feeidents and. pedestFlana in the vain. Street in. ongkevr stopping many Ail bridges over the Soochow Creek Were closed for many hours.
Rumours were published, by the Chinese" press yesterday thatthe Sapanese might, Close he iron gates Separating the French Concession and Nantao fora period. of two. months commencing dri" August 1 to take Special "precautions "against, possible disturbances during the anniversaries fof the August 13) Incident ud the He Manchurian Incident which falls on Seplember 18, "Many Nantao residents had already moved out, it was said, Water Worms of No Danger to Health July 26, 'The "worms" which have made their' unwelcome appearance' inthe Water supply this summer ip greater Humber that Usual are the larvae of all files of the family Chronomidac, Which has an extremely large: num members- Fortunately very Tew of them are known to bite man, fand the vast majority are so far
recording 40 '@ communique ssi ie'knpwn of no medical importance Yesterday, by the, SEG.
"These midges" s they are commonly called, are liable to appear vare, and are, of interest. owing fo''thelt superficial. resemblance to Mosgultoes. The exis. which" are Innit arg lid othe uriace twater and develop in due course in the larvae whicl are, red 10. colour fina tre in fact, the "blood worms" with which residents ave become Tomlin. Apart from their undestr~ tiliy'on aeatheule rounds, the pre-fence' of these larvae in the water Supply is of no" particular medical i°fe"alieuts to: see "what effective mer months {sno easy problem. an Foal cfadieation dusting the sum;
Theaguras could be taken beyond hoe Tous flushing of the mains.. This the "Watarwarks. Company ale ready doing. 'The Droblém. isnot new as_compantes in' other parts of the world: have experlenctd the same rouble, and' the ame 'iMieulty nding the complete remedy for it 'Tue health report of the French 'Municipality' for the" week ending' July 26 shows that the total number of deaths from all causes amongst the' foreign and Chinese population Inthe Concession was—Forelgners 1B and Chinese 193," Deaths from notifiable diseases Were—Forelgners, Tuberculosis 3 and Chinese, - tubereulosis 25; typhoid and "paratyphoid fevers. 19; dysentery 10; pneumonia Beri-beri. 2 and cholera, disease of the ear. marsh fever, septicaemia one each,
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