Branch Office: RUE LAFAYETTE Opp. Rue Cardinal Mercier severely injured in the bombing of the Great World, but somehow these Banks of the Whangpoo to Woosung mites escaped serious injury. Possibly this was because they present such SPECIAL To TH "medw." a minute target.
"In an unaccustomed early-morning of Point Island two old-fashioned Of Unknown Origin silence, broken only at intervals by Japanese gunboats are anchored. A The origins of the remaining four the distant whirl of aeroplane pro-small squadron of Japanese land planes are, and will remain, shrouded in pellers, a small steam vessel flying makes a wide sweep over the* river, mystery. They are unclaimed babies, the Union Jack negotiates "the curves inland over Yangtszepoo ani brought into the Lester Chinese Hos-Garden Bend and is on her way to to the westward and soon the first pital after.one or other of the Woosung.. She glides past the aloof-Domb is heard, followed by an irre-various disasters. Names given them tooking Idzumo and the first few of gular column of brownish dust which at birth are now forgotten for ever, a seemingly endless line of Japanese quickly mushrooms over the horiasvig their former existence as help-destroyers, torpedo-boats and gunzon. less little refugees. With their new boats with their artillery trained on The cottages on Point Island, names, given to them by the "camp"
Pootung and, later, the opposite bank many of which have been looted, still workers, they take on a new lease of the Whangpoo. A Chinese soldier's fly a variety of national flags: British, of life. They will be given every body in midstream off the Shanghai American, German, Danish, French chance to grow up strong and Hongkew Wharf suddenly startles The Nazi swastika flag is the most healthy children, The hazards of the olfactory nèrve, Otherwise there common. The standard of the war are now very remote from their is little to suggest the presence of Whangpoo Conservancy Board has comfortable creche in Avenue Petain. ife, either in progress or ended, been ruthlessly torn and less than Dr. B. S. Platt, of the Lester In-On the Pootung side appear the half remains. The Municipal Fish stitute, has worked out a special diet
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