'Quite often,' too, there are a num~ ber of what seem to be new machines, oF re-conditioned ones, which the Japanese pilots proceed to test over our heads, looping, fying upside down and all over the place, At the time of this accident, there' were four of them in the alr.
"They were all of the pursuit-ship type and were obviously being tested else the pilots were just enjoying hemeelves. As we watched, one of them, flying low, disappeared behind trees in the direction of the aerodrome just inland from the Point, There was a terrific crash—and that was the last we saw of it. We can only surmise what happened to the unfortunate pilot—but from the sound he bit ground or perhaps a building with a great deal of force, and it hardly seems likely much was eft of the aeroplane."
Rumours News of the accident began to clrculate around Shanghai as. the day went on, the dest version—and one Introduced with much detail—having it that the machine was returning from a raid and on nearing Point Island, appeared about to crash; it} released Its bombs and then crashed {nto the island; The bombs "fell anywhere from' Holt's Wharf to the APE. installation near the Point—fortunately without "hitting" any-' thing!
Strike of Chinese Workers Shanghai, July 24.
As a protest against maltreatment, several hundred Chinese workers employed for the repair of Chi' Mel Road, which links Dixwell Road and the Civie Centre, have gone on strike, according to a Chinese report.
The workers were gathered [Chinese foremen, at the wage of 40 cents each per day. They were employed to widen Chi Mel Road to] facilitate Japanese military trans portation.
'The trouble started when one of jthe workers was' beaten by ® Japan-jose sentry. A group of the workers: protested, but the sentry, angered by_ {the protest, emptied the workers' rice from their pot into the muddy street. As a result, the workers hay Fefused to return to Chi Mel Road, according to the report.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.