The Paoantui played the role of fleeing civilians at an air, defence practice at the East Parade Ground yesterday. But the field was far too small for the emergency stations to handle the pretended casualties properly. It was plain that this will be so in case of a real air raid, and so 18 places are to be located and designated as refuge stations to which the people of the city are to resort if enemy planes pass over Canton.
Imaginary enemy aircraft tried to blow up the terminal station of the Canton-Kowloon Railway during this practice, but anti-aircraft guns drove them away. None of the dummy bombs found its mark, dropping into fields beyond the station, Then the same planes set out to drop bombs on military headquarters at Whampoa. The wharf was hit, but no building was struck. Other aero-
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