FOOD FOR TIENTSIN
ONLY SHORT DELAYS
SEARCHES LESS RIGOROUS
(Received June 30, 2.10 p.m.)
LONDON, June 29,
The Shanghai correspondent of ''The Times" says that large supplies of fresh foodstuffs have entered Tientsin with only short delays at the barriers.
\ The situation at Swatow .-■ is unchanged. British ships continue to call but do not.enter the harbour, transhipping/their passengers. H.M.S. Scout is outside the harbour. '
The naval authorities report that British residents have not evacuated Foochow.
A message from Tientsin says that the concession is quiet and the searches are less rigorous.
It is reported from Chungking that the Jajfinese were forced to evacuate Yuhwan Island and suffered heavy casualties.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 152, 30 June 1939, Page 10
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