MENACED BY JAPANESE.—RaiI-coaches, rickshaws, taxi-cabs, wireless masts, and huge cigarette advertisements; in fact all that is most up to date in connection with modern transport, may be found at Pekin railway station, while the surroundings embody the history and life of the ancient city. Pekin, once the Imperial City of China, was menaced early this week by Japanese troops, which advanced to within a few miles of the railway side of the city.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19378, 16 July 1937, Page 12
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73MENACED BY JAPANESE.—Rail-coaches, rickshaws, taxi-cabs, wireless masts, and huge cigarette advertisements; in fact all that is most up to date in connection with modern transport, may be found at Pekin railway station, while the surroundings embody the history and life of the ancient city. Pekin, once the Imperial City of China, was menaced early this week by Japanese troops, which advanced to within a few miles of the railway side of the city. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19378, 16 July 1937, Page 12
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