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i FACTORIES & WAR DEPOTS ; AT KUNMING s 1 TRADE BETWEEN HONG KONG & CHINA. J RETURN TO FORMER CONDITIONS. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.15 p.m.) HONG KONG, October 18. Japanese aircraft bombed munitions factories and military establishments at Kunming (the Chinese terminus of the Burma Road). The Colonial Secretary, Mr N. L. Smith, stated that the Hong Kong Government intended to revert to the position obtaining before the Burma Road agreement in regard to trade between Hong Kong and China. This means that from midnight the ban on the shipment of various goods, including gasoline, oils and raw materials will be lifted, but the ban on arms and ammunition will remain in force, as this was the subject of a separate • British undertaking, given last year : and having' no connection with the ’ Burma Road agreement.
TOKIO ANNOUNCEMENT (Received This Day, 1.10 p.m.) TOKIO, October 18. It is announced that the Japanese have begun their bombardment of the Burma Road.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 October 1940, Page 6
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