1941-07-14 — Page 29

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 14, 1941-

DOG HAS MAN'S JOB ON HAND

Mick, the

Alsatian, does his bit by solving a wart me labour problem.

He has a workinate-Mr. W. R Harris, Weston-super-Mare Cor- poration sewage ejector engineer,

can

Because work In man-holes

be dangeroue ooth to the worker below and he careless

pedestrian above. It is usual to have two men on the job when a manhole cover ls lifted.

But other towns, has its labour pro- blems It was hard to find a male for Mr Harri --until Mick the Alastion came along.

Weston-super-Mare, Itke

Mek is always on guard above when his mate goes below.

Once, when

rescue came.

children

closed

a manhole, Mick barked until

ing near.

LOW RAID TOLL AT RECORDS

HOSPITALS

TOPPLE ON SATURDAY

Despite the very humid weather conditions on Saturday, a very full

Since the raids on Lon-¡staffs and patients was one stoker programme of sport was con.

don started last Septem-|

casualties ber hospital patients been just over one hospital.

This statement was

among have

per

made by Mr. Ernest Brown, Minister of Health. The figures he gave to in the 400 support it were that hospitals in the Greater London area the total raid casualties up to mid-April were 235 killed and 195 injured. The higher number of killed was due to two "in- cidents."

This shows that the risks in hospitals have been very much might think after Now he patrols the area of the less than we hole and prevents anyone cum-reading of the extent of damage

done to them,” he commented.

said Brown also Mick lives at the heal water-

that works Every morning at exactly casualties at provinciali hospitals At two a were on a similar scale. the same time. he walks to street conuer nearly half a mileports which had been repeatedly away tu meet Me Harris

bombed, and where six hospitals He has his own lunch packet, were hit, the only casualty among

HERE

Mr.

slightly injured.

Of the staffs in the 400 Lon. don hospitals three doctors, 40 nurses and 15 porters and other members of the lay staffs had been killed. The total nursing s'aff was about 5,000.

cluded.