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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20273, 16 August 1937, Page 6

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I / THE WAR IN CHINA. LAND. SEA AND AIR SHANGHAI. Aug. 16. The Japanese began a combnn d mg, again bombing the Hungjao aer >- i drome and vicinity and attacking t:e j Chinese rear positions west of Shanghai. The Chinese announce the capture of the Japanese Naval Club after a bitter fight. Twenty Chinese and 2.-0 Japanese were killed. It is estimated that the Japanese troops in the Shanghai area number 10.000. The Chinese have 70.000 r mforcements available. An additional battalion of the Ulster Rifles is joining the first, got ,g to Shanghai from Hongkonk. Indi m troops are ready to leave Singapore •for China. RECORD TEST CROWD GATE RECEIPTS TOTAL £BI3O. , WELLINGTON, Mond&y. That the crowd for the First. Test was the greatest ever seen at Athle.ic Park was borne out by the gate receipts. IVIr J. N. IVlillard, chairman of tie management committee of the We lington Union, stated that the receit ts totalled £BI3O, compared with £70)7 for the Test on the ground in 195.3. The admission prices for tho two matches were the same and the set my accommodation within the e closure was approximately the sane but for a comparison allowance nust be made for the fact that more high 2r priced tickets were sold for Saturday’s match than in 1930. The estimated attendance was about 45,000. LADIES GOLF. In the semi-final of the club foursomes played by members of tie Hamilton Ladies’ Golf Club at the ft. Andrews links, to-day. Miss Wilkinson and Mrs Worley def eated Mrs Sar.dford and Mrs Colin Taylor, 1 up.