Shanghai, Feb. 19.
On Friday evening, February 14, members of No. Platoon of the Transport Company, S.V.C,, and their guests sat down to dinner at the V.C. Club to say "farewell" and bon voyage" to their brother-inarms, Driver Harold Hf. Lawrence, whois leaving them fo join the RAF, His older brother "Sonny". an "ex-Platoon Sergeant of No. Platoon, ig at the moment 2 member of the Canadian RAF.
'The occasion was both sorrowful and joyful. Sorrowful, because the Platoon' was losing not only a keen Acting Section "Commander, - Ist Class'Driver and Rifleman, but also 4 pal. Joyful, because another mem= ber of the Platoon will sail. across the ocean to "do his stut"
Driver Lawrence was transferred to the unit in March 1038 from "5" Coy. in which unit he was present. ed with the 1937 Emergency' Medal.
The guests were the Officer Commanding, Capt. J. G. Forbes, the Omicers and Senior N.C.O's, Aller dinner the Chairman, 2/Lieut HI. Hill, No, 1 Platoon Commander, asked the O: C. to present {0 the Geparting member a small. token of appreciation from the members the Platoon—a silver matchbox engraved With the company crest.
Along Railway Shanghai, Feb, 19.
Although efforts made yesterday to confirm reports appearing in several Teading Chinese dailies here that the Shanghai-Nanking railway was again blown up on Monday morning by guerillas failed, it was learned that It was a fact that the main train could not reach Nanking on that day. An oMefal atthe North Railway Station stated yesterday, however, that the train ad resumed its vice oven to Nanking, although the Chinese reports indicated that the explosion had occurred at. a place near Soochow.
The official interviewed admitted the curtailment of the train service on Monday, but refused to confirm the Chinese reports about the explosion. "He said that the train could not reach Nanking because. some damage had been caused 10 a bridge, but failed to explain the nature of the damage, 'Repairs had been effect ed and the train had resumed its full service yesterday, not only to Soochow but also to' Nanking, he Chinese reports stated that guerillas operating along the railway had been active. recently and on Monday morning they again bombed and destroyed a section of the railway track below Soochow, causing the complete suspension of the train service, The' Japanese sent workers to repair the damage the same morn= Jing, but in the evening the repairs had not yet been completed, indicating the serious nature of the damage. Both the outgoing and incoming trains were stopped by the incident.
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