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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 22, 1938

MODEST BRITISH HEROINE

Page

OF ST. HILDA'S SCHOOLQUEENS

BOMBING: BEYOND REPAIR

(From Our Staff Representative)

Canton, To-day.

A modest British heroine of the bombing of St. Hilda's School in the early hours of June 16

has just come to light.

She is Miss Vincent, of the Church Missionary So- ciety, who was sleeping peacefully in the "City of the Dead" when two bombs burst twenty yards away from her.

The "City of the Dead" was Canton's traditional building where the dead were laid pend- ing the finding of a suitable site for the grave and an auspicious day for the funeral. It has not been used for this purpose for many years, and several years! ago was taken over by the C.M.S. as an extension to the St. Hilda's School building.

Miss Vincent, who is an or- dained Deaconess in the Church of England, was as "cool as a her terrifying cucumber" after experience, according to an eye- witness.

She had a miraculous escape, the building in which she was sleeping being undamaged cept for two holes

ex-

in the roof

where chunks of steel had come through.

"SUNSHINE OF HAPPINESS"

been

AIR RAID INQUIRY COMMISSION

London, To-day. It was learned officially to-day that the Spanish Government is willing to collaborate with the International Commission, consist- ing of members from Britain, Sweden and Norway, which the British Government proposes shall be established to enquire into the air-bombings in Spain. --Reuter.

PUPPET MOVING TO NANKING

now

Shanghai, To-day. St Hilda's School has

The so-called Nanking puppet Gov- ruined beyond repair. One bomb exploded after penetrating the ernment set up by the Japanese in roof; the other burst just outside the second half of March will the porch, making a crater fif- establish itself ac Nanking.

It has spent most of its time up teen feet wide and demolishing the entire ground floor. By the to now in Shanghai. It is learned side of the crater, strangely un-from a Japanese source that as there touched, stood an ancient bronze has been an improvement in the situation in Nanking the members temple-bell....

un-of-this-pro-Japanese “Government” Inside the School, only scarred evidence of foreign oc- will move to that city on Wednesday. Among them is Liang Hung-chi, cupation of the premises were a large, framed portrait of King "President of the Executive Com- of mittee," and Wen Tsung-yao, Pre- Edward VIII, when Prince Wales, inscribed "Presented to sident of the Legislative Commit-

a tee." Trans-Ocean. the People of Wales," and calendar, hanging askew under the picture, bearing the words,

Lady Northcote has kindly con-

somewhat ironic in the circum-sented to present the prizes at the stances, "May the Sunshine of Annual Speech Day Happiness Make all the Days Girl's School at 5.30 p.m. on Thurs-

day, July 7, Bright."

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