A Floating School
A floating Government school, equipped with auditorium, books, radio, and movie apparatus, is reported on tour of Chinese giving information on sanitation, music, news, and such practical technique as might be needed in case of air raids and chemical warfare. Much of Chinese life, points out tho National Geographic Society, is already linked with its waterways. In this vast, thickly-peopled country an intricate network of canals, creeks, and rivers does duty in place of, or as a supplement to, roads. Millions of Chinese families live in junks anchored outside the teeming cities. Though modern steamers now chug up and down China’s internal flowing roads, the ancient and characteristic junk is still a familiar sight. In various colours and shapes, these crafts carry much of China’s enormous river-borne trade. Occasionally one even crosses the ocean.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 152, 30 June 1939, Page 2
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137A Floating School Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 152, 30 June 1939, Page 2
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