THE FAR EAST
HOLLAND CONCERNED. INTERESTS IN THE INDIES. DISPATCH OF WARSHIPS. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received August 19. 12.45 a.m.) THE HAGUE, Aug. 18. U Holland is concerned over possible reactions in the Far-Eastern conflict on Dutch interests in the Indies. The East Indies government is communicating with the' Hague regarding the dispatch of warships to China from the Indies.
CARGO FOR SHANGHAI. NOT SOUGHT BY COMPANIES. CONGESTION AT HONGKONG. Halted Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received August 19, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON. August 18. L British shipping lines are refusing or discouraging cargo for Shanghai, and a movement is in progress for a joint decision for the omission of calls 2 to Shanghai. It is estimated that 100,000 tons of cargo is at present 1 en route to Shanghai, and diversions 1 already are causing congestion in Hongkong. t EXPLOSION AT FACTORY. 1 22 WORKERS INJURED. CONSULATE REDUCED TO RUINS. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. TOKIO, August 17. The War Office reports that a gunpowder factory at Uji, in Kyoto Prefecture, exploded last night and 22 were injured. One workshop, nine warehouses and three dwelling houses were destroyed. A message from Shanghai states that c tiie Japanese Consulate-General there has been reduced to ruins by Chinese c bombs but the officials refuse to quit t tiie building. >
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20276, 19 August 1937, Page 9
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218THE FAR EAST Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20276, 19 August 1937, Page 9
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