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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 15, 1988

HANKOW RAIDERS DRIVEN

OFF IN FIRST

VISIT FOR A MONTH

Hankow, To-day.

OXFORD FULL COURSE TRIAL

The Oxford boat race drew yes-

from Putney to Mortlake, ar dis tance of för snd a quarter miles, in 20 minutes 31 seconds.--Ren- ter.

For the first time in almost a month the air raid

siren sounded yesterday when six Japanese terday rowed a full course trial planes were sighted south-east of the city. Chinese pursuit planes took to the air and the sky hummed with activity, but the invaders veered off without making any attempt to drop bombs. Ten Japanese planes were sight

FRESH JAPANESE TROOPS POUR INTO SHANGHAI

Shanghai, To-daya

ed at 11 am. yesterday at Siang- yang, north-east of Hankow. They flew over Chumatien and Ming- kang, on the Kinhan Railway, but satisfied themselves with recon- noitring and no air raid was stag- ed. Renter.

SHANGHAI

RESIGNED TO EXCHANGE CONTROL

Shanghai, To-day.”

He pessimism and gloom pervad- ing Shanghai businessmen and bank- ers yesterday, to-day gave way to a general feeling of resignation,

JAPANESE MASS coupled with vague optimism that

RAID ON

SIANFU

Sian, To-day.

Japanese planes carried out a mass raid on Sian yesterday. About forty Japanese planes took part in the attack.

the new Chinese exchange regula- tions might eventually be modified in order to allow foreign currency to be procured for legitimate pur- poses and that profits of foreign firms in China might be allowed to be converted into foreign exchange

Shanghai interests are also press- ing vehemently to have Shanghai in- Many transports bringing fresh ments are not less than 20,000 men,

cluded as the forwarding centre for In the face of heavy Chinese anti foreign exchange in addition to Japanese troops have disembarked including some marines.

Hundreds of local peasants have air gunfire, they failed to reach the Hong Kong, but are not over san- been pressed into military labour main city, but dropped scores of guine of success. Reuter. addition around Shanghai for the purpose of bombs on the suburbs before being to heavy consignments of arms constructing a big aerodrome and ammunition. The reinforce-Tazang-Hua Nan.

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NANCHANG RAID BEATEN OFF

Nanking, To-day

LULL IN NORTH TSINPU FRONT

Hsuchow, To-day.

to

The lull on the northern Tsinpu Railway front is continuing except at Lin-1, which was subjected heavy air bombing by Japanese planes throughout yesterday. From Six Japanese planes attempted a Lin-1, which is used by Chinese as surprise raid on Nanchang last even-base of operations, the Chinese for-- ing but were intercepted and forced ces are launching their counter- to make off —Hug Ñan.

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London, Feb. 21.

Sex-Starved girls, hugging their beds pictures of Hollywood film stars ready for any ex-

perience for a thrill

solid

lets, or what you have this Mother England.

THE "GIGGLING DEBS”

"Then there are your bits of fluff little girls who in summer live in

matrons breeding babies in red-bathing pools and shoot from party to party in flimsy garments. They bricked suburban villas.

fare harmless, highly peroxided,

painted creatures.

These

are the women of England seen through the eyes of Mr. D. F. Karaka, twenty-year-old Parsee brilliant product of Oxford Univer- sity.

"With what little she has, she tries to make her world an imita- tion of her dream."

Beside them, only different, are the "the bevy of giggling Debs who pro- He fess to be devotees of art and beau

Pedigree England.”

Mr. Karaka tried to bridge gap between East and West. failed. His book, "I Go West (Michael Joseph, 108, 64), sets down the reason for his failure. -

Then come those poor women who wear glasses and to whom your First Indian to become president men won't even make passes These of the Oxford Union, the Univer-poor little sex-starved girls go to sity's famous debating society, Mrbed with a picture of some Prince. Karaka declares himself a rebel

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