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THE CHINA

WUCHANG HEAVILY BOMBED Scores Of Buildings Wrecked In South Lake Area Casualties Not

Yet Known: Forty

Injured Taken Out

Hankow, To-day. Seventeen Japanese heavy bombers, accompanied by pursuit planes, severely bombed Nanhu (South Lake), south of Wuchang, at noon yesterday.

A Reuter's representative was watching from the East Lake and saw the bombers, in two close formations, drop 60 bombs on the South Lake

district.

the

At the present time, number of casualties are not known, but scores of buildings were demolished in that area and more than 40 wounded, some seriously, were taken away to the American Wuchang Sanitarium, where doctors and nurses, with Chinese assistants, are working feverishly to save the lives of the injured.

Reuter.

STATE-AIDED WEDLOCK

IN GERMANY

Berlin, To-day.

The proportion of marriages con- cluded in Germany, with State aid in form of matrimonial loans, has

Hankow, To-day; Over 50 persons were killed and wounded yesterday when risen by one-third now that the Japanese planes twice raided Wu-grant of these loans is no longer chang.

made dependent on abandonment of employment in office, shop or factory by the female partner.

The first visit was made short- ly after seven o'clock, when about eight planes were reported

In the first quarter of the cur- heading for the suburb.

Chinese A.A. batteries pre-rent year, 47,000 marriages, or 41.3 marriages in vented the raiders from reaching per cent. of total their objectives.

Germany, were concluded with State About four hours later, a large aid, as compared with 30 per cent. fleet of planes raided the out-in the preceding quarter.

of the skirts of Wuchang, dropping al- In the second quarter most 100 bombs.

current year, the figure had risen

Chinese military positions suf- to 66,000. fered no material.damage. Our Own Correspondent.

BEGGING AT SIKH TEMPLE

Twenty Chinese were

The Duke and Duchess of Glo ucester left their London home last week for the start of their holiday in Kenya. They will be away for over three months. Photo shows the Duke and Duchess outside York House when leaving on August 12. ↑ (Copyright. By Air Mail).

This brings the total of State-WANCHAI RAID BRITAIN'S

assisted marriages concluded in

Germany in the period between Dockyard coolies, hawkers, lift

August, 1983 to the end of June, boys, shop coolies and a number of EFFORTS IN THE

Butters

BLACK AREAS

1938 to upwards of 935,000.

unemployed were among Chinese Although figures for July are not |yet available, it can already be charged before Mr. H. R.

stated that the million mark has at the Central Magistracy this cautioned now been reached.-Trans-Ocean. morning with being found at No.

London, To-day. 74, Lockhart Road, yesterday, with- Total commitments of the Com- by Mr. H. R. Butters at the Cen- tral Magistracy this morning when Temple distributed every Sunday.out lawful authority or excuse and missioner for the Special Areas in charged with begging outside the Inspector Baker said he under- with being present for a meeting. England and Wales to the end of July Sikh Temple, Gap Road, yesterday. stood that such was the case but a held for an unlawful purpose. amounted to £16,358,000, including They admitted the charge, but complaint was received from the The defendants were remanded £5,111,000 in respect of grants to said it was for the food which the temple and the raid was made. for three days on bail of $100 each. assist industry and £3,258,000. for

land settlement..

The London Auxiliary Fire Brigade have found a way of attracting recrults. They have a "high speed laurici

"which patrols the Thames regularly at lunch and evening rush hours, just when the embankments! are crowded with city workers. The launch is capable of 30 knots and flies a long pennant inscribed with "Join the LF.8,” (Auxiliary Fire Service). Photo shows the vessel at spoed on the Thames.

ex-

Total expenditure involved, |cluding capital brought into the areas by new firms established on the trading estates and elsewhere, was more than £22,000,000. Bri- tish Wirelss..

SCHOOLBOY DROWNED

To Po-leung, a teacher of the Chan Kwong boys' and girls' school, No. 38, Fuk Wah Street, has ported that a member of a swi

| ming party near the 18-mile beach

on Saturday, Leung Tai-yau, aged 13, got out of his depth and was drowned,

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