Chinese War News.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 August 1938, Page 4

Chinese War News.

Speaking at St Paul’s Church at Wanganui, the Rev H. Davies, of Canton, China, said that the war news received by the New Zealand newspapers was substantially correct. It was to be expected that the cablegrams from Japan and China should be influenced by local colour, and it was left to the intelligent reader to balance the news from one source with that from another. By using one’s judgment it was possible to come to a fair appraisal of the position in China. Often, however, the real significance of a cable message was not realised by the public. For instance, it was recently reported that Japanese bombs had hit a factory. The fact that 100 factory girls had lost their lives had not been mentioned, however. Very Much Alive. Looking for all the world like a stuffed animal, a large black cat lay curled up in a tight ball in a shop window in Ferry Road, Christchurch, the other day. The sight of the cat in such unusual circumstances aroused the interest of a number of passers-by, and there was considerable speculation as to whether or not the animal was alive or dead. To clear up the point, one youth tapped the pane with his hand, whereupon the cat proved that it was very much alive, jumping up suddenly, stretching, and then spitting violently in the direction of the watchers. It then turned and walked with a dignified air through the open door into the shop.