BUND AGAIN SHELLED.
JAPANESE WARSHIP DAMAGED,
SHANGHAI, Aug. 17. The Japanese to-day bombed the Chinese section of the Bund and resumed the bombardment and bombing of Pootung. It is believed they silenced the Chinese guns which have been bombarding the Japanese positions at Hongkew, .across the river. The Japanese admit that the Idmno has been damaged but she is still using her guns. • The American destroyer Perry is due to-day to supplement the other American warships evacuating nationals. A message from Shanghai to Tolcio states that the Japanese Consulate-Gen-eral there has been reduced to ruins by Chinese bombs, but the officials refuse to quit. Cabinet again, met this morning. Mr Sugiyama reported that the Chinese Central Government troops are continuing to advance in North China. The main body concentrated on Paoting and T&mgcliow. Cabinet has fixed September 3 for the reassembly of the Diet when measures will be submitted placing the country on a war footing. A AVar Office communique reports that the gunpowder factory at Uji, in the Kyoto prefecture, exploded yesterday night. Twenty-two were injured and one workshop, nine warehouses and three houses were destroyed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 221, 18 August 1937, Page 9
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