HINA MAIL, FERRUARY
THE
ANOTHER NAVY
WORLD DOCKYARD
GOES BY
MAN DISMISSED
Writing this column is not easy. In fact, to use a somewhat vulgar
London, To-day. colloquialism, it gives me a pain in An echo was heard yesterday of the neck. But, having started it, un the recent sensational discharge of der compulsion be it known, I must five workers in naval dockyards, al- continue in my endeavours to sup-legedly in connection with the long ply my undoubtedly large and ad-series of sabotage cases on British miring public with sparkling with warships.
~This time. Devonport Dockyard cisms pounded out laboriously on a typewriter. It is assuredly a pain-was agam concerned, a worker ful process trying to fill my allotted there being dismissed without be portion of the paper every day, the ing informed of the reasons for th whole affair taxing whatever in- Admiralty action.
Political quarters expect another genuity that I have to the limit. The drawback, of course, is lack of in-discussion in the House of Com mons over the affair, which will spiration. Artists, who as all the world knows, are entirely lacking probably be raised by the Labour
Opposition. in moral values, have the beauty of
Cases of sabotage in the dock- the female form for înspiration. A|-
yards first occurred in 1933 and journalist, on the other hand, is
continued for two years before without this aid and, writing, pothose suspected were dealt with. matter how much a genius he is,
Trans-Ocean. puts him on a rack far worse than those devised by the Inquisition of
old. He has to plod on in the sar- MIXED COURTS
roundings of a newspaper office, dark and dismal places at best, where his flow of thought, if any, is interrupted by a continuous pro- cession, from the editor, a restless individual, to small grubby boys bearing "copy.”.
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IN EGYPT
Extension For Twelve Years Likely
Cairo, Yesterday. Extension of the Mixed Courts So you can see that there are few| more pitiable objects than a colum-in Egypt for another twelve years nist ready to write. As a rule he is envisaged here.
is under compulsion to create some- It is reported that the Egyptian thing which his editor, with a silent Government will make this pro- prayer to heaven, hopes will be posal when the Montreux Confer beautiful and immortal, or at least ence, of those powers directly in- grammatical He has to completefterested in capitulations, takes place. his work of art before, say, five The decision is the outcome "of minutes past three, an hour set by further negotiations on the ques- his publisher, who has no ideas, betion between the British and Egyp- yond method., Terror grips him, tian Government. lending him the appearance of 3 Apart from the powers directly hunted fox. Occasionally be froths interested, Germany, Austria, Hum- at the mouth and gibbers uncouth gary and several other States are words in a foreign language. He to be invited to take part in the will do anything to postpone that Montreux Conference. Trang inevitable moment when he pushes Ocean.
a clean sheet of paper in his type- writer and sits staring at it with bloodshot eyes.
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TEXTILE INDUSTRY INQUIRY
London, To-day. A favourite sanctuary with a col- league of mine in the past was the
The Parliamentary Secretary to barber's chair. If all else had fail-the Ministry of Labour, Colonel ed he staked everything on a hot Muirhead, will represent the British towel and shampoo, hoping against Government at the preparatory tri- hope than when the pores opened up partite conference to consider condi- something would find its way into tions of work in textile industry his head besides the warm shampoo which is to be held at Washington oil, hoping that he would surprise under auspices of Leagues Interna- the Muse in a bottle of Brilliantine, timal Labour Organisation. He never failed, though fo what ex-itish Wireless. tent the shampoo effected his liter ary output will always remain a my- stery.
But this little eccentricity of his has succeeded in one thing. It has helped me to fill half a column, leading me to the assumption that I am rather ingenious after all.
GERMAN FLIGHT FROM
SOUTH AFRICA
Nairobi, Yesterday. Herr Rose
eyer, the Germoar acing motorist, and
I have culled the following from zim "Time, that entertaining
can periodical which brings go mag arresting news stories itte the hom
£Australia
The Koala
Bear) spends its life în
branches of eucalyptu only eucalyptus. Tesses
varieties, drinks not
chew if given liquid.”
This reminds the, demmit, retired colonel of the Indian hose invariable breakfast large whisky and soda. After of this diet he began havin and sods for lunch, too,
disappeared one night
the long-
isy on their way back from South Africa.
Trans-Ocean
of firme and a cloud of smoke was
and
nce,
friends had reminded him
#nocessa:
fter that the Ver at a loss in
his witinky and plate, and ate
ing it was
to est in order
allant colonel,
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