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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 1, No. 11 June 15, 1938

Fun and Games

Fun and Games.

Air raids are fine sport to watch, but it spoils it a bit when you see the subsequent blood and guts. There is a humourous side to the spectacle though. The natives are certainly scared. The alarm is enough to send them all scurrying for [unclear: ogouts] and trenches—one of [unclear: Cahina's] biggest post war problems is going to be the filling in of dugouts as far as I ran see. In one of the [unclear: maps] you can see a corner of the hospital with shrapnel holes from a bomb that was closer than usual. That one, Incidentally, killed a patient who was taking the air and killed a coolie. It also badly frightened the young N.Z, doctor who was in the room on the right.