RAILWAY BOMBED
British Consular Party Travelling On It (Eeceived 7,' 8.45 a.m.) HONGKONG, Dec. 5. Japanese axrcraft bombed the railway 15 mileB from the frontier of the British territory. The train in which the British Embassy officials were travelling to Hongkong was 45 ininutes' joixrney away. Mr. R. G. Howe, the British Charge d'Affaires at Nanking, on the arrival of the party at Hongkong, said: "We saw two aeroplanes flying over the train and saw one bomb drop ahead. We did not stop. The Japanese guaranteed tlie safety of the train but not the safety of the track."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 63, 7 December 1937, Page 5
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98RAILWAY BOMBED Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 63, 7 December 1937, Page 5
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