More Than Sixty Houses Destroyed in Blaze Seven Chinese were. injured attempted to escape from a strous fire which broke out outside the Tsang Gate of Soochow at midnight on Wednesday, reports The conflagration, which destroyed more: than sixty houses, lasted till Thursday morning. The overturning of an oil lamp in a tailor's shop was blamed for the fire.
Rendered temporarily homeless in the first big fire since the hostilities were 144 persons.
Merchants of the city subsequently called a meeting to dis the strengthening of the fire brigade in order to prevent a repetition of such a major fire, the reports said Tokyo Plans Training In Aeronautics Tokyo, Dec. 2.
"inaneed by 'a Y.9,901,000 appropriation approved by the Cabinet today, a mass training programme for aeroplane pilots and mechanics will get under way in April.
The project calls for the education of 50 first-class and 700 second-class pilots, 80 mechanics and 500 other civilian fliers in 10 training centres established in various parts of the country.—-Domei.
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