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A League of Nations Handbook.
SIX BOOM YEARS.
IN CEYLON.
MINIATURE LAKES.
"Retrenchment Not Such Respite From Swarajist |
A Simple Matter."
A new yeaston of the Ceylon Legislative Council was opened on! July 10 by the Officer Administering the Government (Mr. B. H bourdillon).
Mr. Bourdion outlined the prin
Activities.
CALCUTTA FLOODED.
Calcutta, July 8. From a city of palaces Calcutta has been transformed into a city of canals and miniature lakes,
Whatever may be the case with other industries, the trade in arms certainly shows no sign of depres- sion. The "Statistical Yearbook of the Trade, in Arms, Ammunition,cipal happenings affecting the Gov The unusual sight of urchins and and Implements of War," which theernment since the Council last met. even League of Nations published, deals A new "Vier-President' was elected about in flat-bottomed boats and grown-up people paddling with the six years from 1923 to in Mr. D. B. Javatilaka,
hastily-improvised rafts was enjoy! 1923. During this period the an-. In the course of his address His fed by those who had the hardihood nual export of war materials rose Excellency stated that while the to venture out,
It is officially announced that five inches of rain fell up to 8 a.m.. to-day and it is estimated that at least four inches have fallen since then, so that Calcutta has had a re- cord day.
from a little over £12,000,000. The Colony's revenue during recent Since eight o'clock last night It more prosperous section of the years has shown a continuous ma- has been raining continuously and trade was that in fireartes, but the tural expansion, independently of it was-not-till-nearly six o'clock this ammunition section also increased additional taxation, the rate has evening that the clouds broke, its gains. These figures, with an been lower than the rate of expend!, aggregate total for the whole ture increase. period of over £57,000,000 only dea!, The Railway budget, he saki of course, with the international showed a deficit; and, referring to trade. They would have to be the general revenue of the Colony, enormously increased if they in-he pointed out that not only did Gov- cluded guns and bullets for home erament realise the gravity of the The city enjoyed a respite from consumption.
existing situation, but was also allve Swarajist activities and the resid The three greatest exporting to the possibility that it might deents almost blessed the "rain, for countries are Great Britain, France teriorate even furher. and the United States-with Great
the picketing had got on every- Referring to retrenchment, His body's nerves and the police wel- Britain easily first with 34 per cent. Excellency remarked it is not so comed anything which gave them a of the total, trade, though about simple a matter as some of the rest. half of our exports go to the critics of Government appear to Colonies and Dominions.
belleve it to be.". He went on to Some interesting sidelights on deal with the prospects of the intro- political and economic conditions duction of the new Constitution, may be drawn from the destination and said it was proceeding at a of the various consignments. Thus satisfactory pace, "I have little i
in the case of the United States, doubt," he said, "that it could be 43.2 per cent. of her trade in rifles completed by the end of 1930." and ahot-guns was in 1924 with "However, there were difficulties Mexico, but three years later it had and there appeared to be no pro- dropped almost to extinction. Inspect that the State Council would 1927 it represented only 1 per cent. meet before late in June, 1931. It of the total. France finds her best was more than possible that this customer for firearms in Poland, might prove to be unduly optimistic. whese demand was more than tre- bled between 1923 and 1927, while! in 1925 it reached a temporary high-water mark with a consump tion of nearly 60 per cent. of France's output. These sales were of.mounted guns and gun-mount- ingy.
British Soles to Latvia & Russia, The figures for Great Britain are very interesting. Our two biggest
customers outside the Empire were
MIXED BATHING.
STARLINGS AND OTHERS.
Enforced Holiday.
This morning Calcutta woke to find all roads and, the low-lying! portions of the city under water.
Only horse gharries and certain types of motor cars were able to traverse the streets, so many office. workers had to stop at home, wait- ing in vain for relief.
Boats were improvised and freely aed in Northern Calcutta, in Elliott Road and some of the roads. in Entally. Some of the more dar- ing workers, including typlats and telephone girls, to whom a day's ab sence from work is a serious thing, travelled in boats until they got to a' dry spot and were able to find a; vehicle, but on the whole Calcutta office workers had an enforced holl- day...
Reports from many parts of the city that trees had fallen down and houses-had crumbled have given
The bird bath, writes B. V. R. cause for anxiety, but so far as is
man
in 1924 the neighbouring States of in the Manchester Guardian, pro- known only one death was caused, Latvia and Russia. The one bought vides so much joy, not only to the through a big tree falling across £116,200 worth of firearms, the bathers, but to the spectators, that Russell Street, crushing a other countered with purchases I feel tempted to supply one of Gar-beneath it. worth £105,700. Russia bought 605 gantuan proportions; but alas! the Sporting Events Cancelled. machine-guns: Latvia 35,000 rifles. garden is small. All day the
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But while we were willing enough thirsty birde come for drinks-in Calcutta Maidan looked like a to sell them guns, we, or they seem summer a more urgent need than vast lake, dotted here and there to have thought better of any ap the. crumbs" on the bird-table, with patches of green and quite preciable trade in ammunition to though these are welcome enough early in the day it was announced fire from them After 1926 Russia with young families to feed. But that football was out of the ques dropped out of our customers, but who wants to be invited to tea on tion. her place was more than filled by a hot afternoon and to find nothing
QUEEN'S presents Mae Clarke Another popular sporting fixture, Japan, which from a small pur- but cake-no cups set?
the first round of the Merchants'.
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"Nix on chase of £20,000 worth of goods in Most of the bathing takes place Cup Golf Competition, had to be Unless within a few weeks £22,-
Dames," a story of vaudeville 1924, rose to orders for over in the evening. The thrush and postponed, as £164,000 in 1928 The total value blackbird are exclusive and like the Golf Club's two courses were both Book of Houre, which was sold by Many of the large cast have had the Royal Calcutta 300 le raised, the famous Bedford players and their love affairs. of our exports of arms and ammual- bath to themselves; they come under water. tion combined rose from £2,930,900 when dusk is beginning to fall and
auction for £33,000, will go to actual experience of vaudeville in 1924 to £4,108,600 in 1928.
Telegraph and telephone.com-America. Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, life and this helps the film enor- the rowdy people have gone to bed;munications have been seriously in though dearly wishing for the book mously. "This film represents a Of the Importing countries China they make quite a dignified cere- terfered with
himself, has given to Britain, which new talkie departure both drama- 500 is now the largest. The last six monial of it and take a long time.
years, indeed, have seen a tragic The robin is till more exclusive; I evening, is Calcutta getting back to it, an opportunity to keep it; but,
Only now, at seven o'clock in the has a paramount sentimental claim tically and photographically."___A
talkie film. change in her position. In 1923 have only once seen him in the to its usual appearance, but the unless somebody comes she spent only £118,500 on arms bath, and that was when it first weather prophets say that it will rescue, the opportunity will be lost. and ammunition from abroad, in appeared in the garden and was rain again heavily to-night. 1928 her expenditura had risen to done out of bravado. The sparrows £1,700,000.
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In 1923 she took only are of the tribe which considers a 1.5 per cent, of the world total of face-wash once a day sufficient ab- imports of war material, in 1928 lution; they prefer dust baths. she headed the list with 16.3 per (One does not get so beastly wet!). cent.
Nevertheless the performance of the starlings excites them. They
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come and sit on the edge, get a LORD BIRKENHEAD AND few drops from the shower and look
aa if they almost wished they dared,
too.
knock
THOMAS.
to the
CENTRAL
Nearly a year ago, when both the
features Clive Luttrell Psalter and the Bedford Brook and Ruth Chatterton in Book of Hours came on
to the Charming Sinners," the story of market, Mr. Morgan advanced a woman who discovers her hus £64,600 to the British Museum, free band to be in love with her best of interest, to enable it to buy both, friend and who applies the theory for the goose is
the condition being that if either that "sauce MR. months, it should become Mr. outlines eight sure ways of losing book was not paid for within twelve sauce for the gander." The picture
a husband's love. A talkie film.
daya.(laughter)-|
WORDS.
STAR features George Sidney and Alexander Carr in "Partners Again." The film is one laugh from beginning to end, the two inseparables providing mirth, at every turn. A silent film.
Morgan's. Through the public spirit of its owner, Mrs. Alfred Noyes, the Luttrell Book was with- Starlings those hooligans of suburban gardens--are not beloved. pulling" between Lord Birkenhead sold direct to the British Museum. Louise Fazenda in "Tillie's Punc- There was some amusing leg- drawn from public competition and
MAJESTIC presents W. C. who, as the landlord of the Kirk these hearty vulgarians at least dinner of the International Lawn sum has, by various special means,
The ashes of Mr. Mark Atkinson, Their manners are shocking. But, and Mr. J.-H. Thomas at the annual fr 231,500, and
Fields, Chester Conklin and more than this stone Inn, the highest hotel and re-have a passion for cleanliness; they Tennis Club of Great Britain.
tured Romance," a rollicking sidence in Lakeland, had entertain- love the water and will plunge in
been raised. But it is the comedy with Misa Fazenda át her ers during the last two decades, deluge, sleet, anow, bitter wind, most of the world's tennis stars, should be sent to the Director Bri-attached to it. A silent film. ed thousands of motorists and walk under any conditions in a heavy over a gathering which included provide the balance. Contributions circus during the Great War, the Lord Birkenhead, who presided public that is, now relied upon to best. The story centres round a
were given a mountain-top burial, even in hard frost if you will be so said:
use of that circus and the romance 2,600 feet above sea level recently obliging as to remove the thick
tish Museum, W.C.1. Mr. Atkinson gave instructions on layer of ice which makes the feat myself or my esteemed old friend been well described as a portrait "I do not think it likely that I The Bedford Book of Hours bas his death-bed that his remains were impossible. Their evening tub is a Mr. Thomas will be actively-em-gallery of England at the time of to be cremated and interred
on delight. The first black scallywag ployed at Wimbledon during, the Agincourt. Caudle Moor Mountain, facing his whirling madly. In a Burry of forthcoming home on Kirkstone Pass. The following unclaimed tele-directed that his mountain
He also waters. A second laut swoops on though if it were sufficiently adver grams are lying at the office of Billie, which he had used for the bowl has as many as it can another on the Centre Court I be- SIR A. CONAN DOYLE'S LAST
pony top of him-three-five-aix-now tleed that we were to engage one- the Great Northern Telegraph twenty-six years, was to bear his hold,' and a regular football scrim- lieve we should be awaited by a Company (Limited) of Den- ashes to the grave and was never to mage goes on in the water; they "gute" not very inferior from those
work again,
flap their wings, fluff · Ragwort, from Shanghai,
The grave was cut among the feathers, shove others over
out which reward your efforts. Unimant, from New York,rocks on the mountain summit. the edge, and.
"But such an encounter cannot
WORLD presents a Chinese Lyman,
Dairy Farma, from Each mourner bore the largest stone other about. With squawks of discussed it. I cannot play be- Rueter, said
The late Sir Arthur Conan Alm, Westward Ho." each take place. Mr. Thomas and I have Doyle's son, Adfian, interviewed by ordinary film with the usual plot, It is no Shanghai.
available to guild a cairn over the laughter. Whoosh! they are all cause I have got some legs, and Mr.He was great man and a splen- problems. The distribution of casket containing the ashes. Above out and the bath-water has nearly Thomae cammot play because, when did father. He was loved by all of Chinese propaganda gains a front but a play dealing with social Superintendent all was erected a wooden cross cut all gone. Refill the bath, and there he goes to Paris, he is not allowed us. He had heart trouble in the seat in this entirely Chinese pic-
by Mr. Atkinson himself."
will be many more batches to take under the rules to stay at the same past few months, but recently I The summit commands a magni- their place, hotel as Mr Thomas."
ture. A silent film. Acent prospect with the lakes of Ae the wet birds alt about on the 3 Windermere, Ullswater and fence, completing their toilet, they said lovers as on their marriage day tical Jokers on the other side as Mr. Thomas, in his response,
became easier. Brotherswater set amid the moun- make as much noise as small bove "Lord Birkenhead may plead Their devotion to each other was here and it is possible that there
My father and mother were tains and away far to the south the on the cricket field. They shout to guilty to incapacity, which knowing one of the most wonderful things will be an attempt to Impersonate allver line of Morecambe Bay the one another whistle, Imitate the him better than anyone else, I ad- I have known! His last words were him. There are, however, tests Irish Sea This was the view to cata maw with surprising realiam mit he is entitled to do, and he may to her. He simply smiled and said: which my mother knows which will which Mr. Atkinson used to escort and carry on long confidentiel con- talk about that infirmity to every You are wonderful'."*** vialtore, and here he would declare, versations with the duency of Miss one, but I want to make it perfect Asked whether, before his death, speaking. his remains would lie in the highest Bates Now they are all dry, and ly clear that he is talking for him.
tell us when father himself is grave in England, their beautiful plumage shites pur self and not me. (Laughter,) with his family after his death,
The small body of mourners who ple and green and gold in the light Tim & few years older than he Adrian sald
Sir Arthur spoke, of communicating sat out on the long trall to the moun of the sinking sun. The Jovial, ie, and when a few weeks ago fais top Included the daughter of troop.nich off, and in the gathering there was a controversy as to what "Why, of course! My father Mr. Atkinson, accompanied by her dunk the garden becomes quiet. I should be the team, where they fully believed that when he passed hasband Professor Lees, of Glas wonder sometimes if the owl floats would live and what hotel they over he would continue to keep in The Newspaper Enterpme Lid gow
Before her wed down from his favourite perch ta should stay at, Mrs. Thomas said to touch with us. All his family be Chind Mail Offices.
wes known the serial pole, and takes a dip in the If you are selected, Jim, I de lleve so top. I know perfectly well throu
the tamala the moonlight. But If he does, I not care tuppence where you go that I am going to have conversa
to her adam not there to see, he bu
Caughter
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E. V. JESSEN,
Hong Kong, July 30, 1980.
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ended, Sir Oliver added.