CHINESE TROUBLE
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CHINESE FIGHTING
(Received tins day at 12.25 p.mD SHANGHAI, May 30
Six thousand were killed and many thousands wounded in heavy fighting between Afansi-ites and Afukdenitcs along Peking-llankow railway, in a three-day engagement. It is reported that neither side gained much. The other fronts arc practically quiet. The Northerners succeeded in holding their positions.
SHANGHAI, Alav 30,
Peking and Tokyo reports state the Nationalists occupied Paotingfu, a key to the city capital, eighty miles southwest. The report, if true, means that Pcichunghsi’s troops have been thrown in from Shinehiachuang, and is a serious reverse. Chianghsuehliang, son of Chnngtsolin, was unable to stem the Southern onslaught at Afanchong, west of Paotingfu, with the result that the Southerners hurst through tlie position, capturing the city at three in the morning.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 May 1928, Page 3
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