THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 18,
FIVE HUNDRED KILLED AND WOUNDED IN HANKOW RAID All Hospitals In Wuhan Area Filled To Capacity
Bomb Explosions Throw Flames 300 Feet High
Hankow, To-day.
A total of 500 persons were reported killed and wounded here yesterday in what was described as the most extensive air raid yet experienced in Hankow. These figures include 200 persons in Wuchang, 150 at the Liuchiamiao Station in Hankow and 50 at the Hsuchiapeng Station in Wuchang. Several bombs landed near the huts constructed for
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use of the passengers of the Canton-Hankow
Railway.
FOUR MILITARY CLASHES
Jerusalem, To-day. Eight bandits were killed and several have been wounded in the course of four military engagements during the past 24-hours.-Reuter.
of
With yesterday's victims, all the hospitals in Hankow, Wuchang and Mangyang are now filled to capacity.
ROYAL VISIT TO KENYA
Marseilles, To-day,
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, who are travelling to Kenya for a holiday, arrived here by air from London.
From Marseilles they will go to Egypt by boat, completing their Journey to East Africa by an Im- perial Airways flyingboat-Reu
ter.
ACTOR FLIES TO KEEP TEN- YEAR VOW
GATE-CRASHERS TURN SNEAK THIEVES
Remember Raffles-the genial crook in white tie and tails? He used to rab mean old barons of priceless heirlooms.
He has returned to Mayfair! But he is a mean guy nowadays. He goes in for sneaking debutantes' handbags at parties into which he gate-crashes.
And hostesses are worried.
They are scared of publicity. Yet they must do something to safeguard their guests. They have tried restricting admission to folk holding invitation cards.
But gate-crashing is fashionable just now. It's the "right thing" among most of the Smart People... Now hostesses are to try a new
a
To keep a vow he made ten years trick. They will ask all guests to. ago, Mr. Charles Carter, a young leave visiting cards. Then if any- Shortly after an "urgent" air actor, appearing in Leeds in "While thing vanishes there will be raid alarm had been sounded, six Parents Sleep," recently chartered check-up. Japanese light bombers started to a 'plane and flew to the wedding Names will be added to the power-dive over the Shuchiapeng of Miss Helen Marion Kerr, at Social Black List. The "Yard"
Station which was not hit, although Sandon, Staffs. the bombs landed very close,
A formation of heavy bombers then released tons of bombs in the
same area.
After bombing the southern out- skirts of Wuchang, the raiders then crossed the Yangtse and circled
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE above, the Hankow aerodrome.
LESSON SERMON
Subject: Soul
The subject of the Lesson Sermon in all Christian Science churches to-mor- row, August 14th will be."Soul."
A.A. FIRE Then they heavily bombed Hankow side of the river.
Miss Kerr, whose home in South Canterbury, New Zealand, was mar ried to Dr. Henry Thornton Dudley Bocking, of Sandon House.
They fell in love at first sight when Dr. Bocking was called to at- tend Miss Kerr's mother, who was taken ill when they visited England the for the Coronation.
Chinese A.A. fire, time and time again, broke up the raider's forma- tion, but none of the raiders were
hit.
even may be called..
LOST HANDBOG
This speaking-thieving by play- boy guests has reached alarming proportions.
Here is a typical case. That of Pamela Hunter, debutante of Kingston,, Surrey. It happened at a deb's party.
"I had just arrived and was talk- Mr. Carter told reporter he be-ling to a friend," Miss Hunter said. came friendly with Miss Kerr when "I placed my purse on a table. he worked on her family's sheep when I turned round a moment. station in New Zealand, and they later it was gone. vowed that wherever they might be "My hostess was terribly upset. each would attend the other's wed-She had the room thoroughly
searched immediately. ding."
The explosion of the bombs threw The Golden Text will be "Hear me speedily Lord:
cause me to up huge flames 300 feet in the air, hear thy loving kindness in the morn- while a huge column of black smoke ing; for in thee do I trust: cause me
of should covered the down-river section to know the way wherein I walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee." the city, just beyond the Japanese
(Ps. 143, 7, 8).
Concession.
“When the time comer I know she will keep her part of the bar gain and attend my wedding he
smiled.
,
"Next morning my bag was found empty in a corner of the room. had evidently been thrown there
during the party.
“My gold cigarette case, a gold The bride returned to England vanity case and my money · had only recently.
been taken.'
Among others the following citations The fire in Hsuchiapeng Statior will be read from the Bible, "And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men was still raging two hours after followed him, crying and saying, thou the bombing.
And son of David, have mercy on us.
The Liuchiamiao Station building | __ when he was come into the house, the. blind men came to him: and Jesus saith was set on fire and rescue workers unto them, Believe ye that I am able were busily engaged removing the to do this? They said unto him, yea, dead and wounded. Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying, according to your faith be it
The fire later was discovered to unto you. And their eyes were opened. And Jesus went about all the cities and have been caused by the oil used villages, teaching in their synagogues for
OIL ALIGHT:
lubricating the locomotives
Reuter's correspondent, visiting
and preaching the gospel of the King-catching alight. dom and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. Then saith he to his disciples, the harvest the southern outskirts of the city truly is plenteous, but the labourers where the fire was raging, found are few; pray ye therefore the Lord all foreign installations along the of the harvest, that he will send forth river safe and untouched. labourers into his harvest." (Matt. 9: 27-80 to; 35, 37, 38).
A total of 200 cases of gasoline,
The following citations will also be stored in the Luichiamiao Station, read from the Christian Science Text-was quickly removed by station book "Science and Health with Key to workers with the assistance. of the Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy." "Knowing that Soul and Ite attributes policemen and membors of the fire were forever manifested through man, brigade.-Reuter
the Master healed the sick, gave night ma
to the blind, hearing, to the deaf, feet
to lame, thus, bringing to light the
scientific action, of the divine mind on NEW PRESSURE ON
human minds and bodies and giving a better understanding awake to realise their need of what they have not, they will be receptive of divine Belonce, which gravitates, towards Soul and away fromfi, material sense,
removes
thought from the body, and elevates
AUSTRIAN JEWS
Vienna, To-day,
It has been decreed that Ause even morial mind to the contemplation trian Jewe must apply by the end of something better than disease of of the year for "Jawish Recogni sin. When understanding changes the tion Cards" which must be ex- standpoints of His ~ and intelligence
معلی
from a material to a spiritual basis, we hibited whenever they are dealing shall gain the reality of Life, the con- with officials, trol of Soul over sense, and we shallj perceive Christianity: or Truth, in its divine Principle.” (Pages 210, 323, 322),
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