ALHAMBRA
NATHAN RO-NOWLOON
YAT 230620
TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
-A HOT-HEADED HEIRESS WHO ALWAYS GUT WHAT SHE WANTED UNTIL AN EDITOR CRACKED HER HEART! THE CHAMP CHARM-TEAM OF THE SCREEN 1
The GIRL on the FRONT PAGE
SATURDAY
A 20th Century For Picture
EDMUND LOWE GLORIA STUART REGINALD OWEN
A UNIVERSAL BICTURE.
Jane Withers în
"CAN THIS BE DIXIE"
with Slim Summerville Helen Wood.
The Ovaltine EGG FARM
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 18, 1937.
GRANTS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES
NEW AND MORE EQUITABLE PLAN FOR BRITAIN
London, To-day. where the need for social services is least
BLOCK GRANTS GONE Revision of the block grant sys-.
A White Paper was published last usually greatest while they are night" containing proposals which able to pay for them. have emerged from expert investi- gation of the working of the formula under which the annual Exchequer tem was undertaken on account of grant of $44,000,000 is distributed the great inequalities of the rates among the local authorities in Eng-prevailing in different localities, at- land and Wales towards provision of tributable to the incidence of un- health and other local services, and employment and other causes, and subsequent consultations between frequently resulting in discourage- the Government and the local au-ment of industry in just those areas thorities themselves.
where it's recovery was most im-
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The total of the grant is to be in-portant creased to about £49,000,000 and, Among the striking examples in under the revised formula, which the White Paper of the effects of gives special weight to an amount redistribution, is the estimated gain of local unemployment and factors of £51,000 yearly to Merthyr, and such as sparse population, a larger Tydfil, derelict mining villages in share of the increased grant will South Wales, representing the equi- be allocated to the poorer. areas valent of five shillings in the pound
"The Ovaltine Egg Farm extending
over 350 acres and with s
mmodation for 300 000 BT21
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FACTS about Ovaltine'
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OVALTINE MASS
contains pure rich and creamy milk that conforms to the highest standards of quality, pure malt extract, and new laid eggs from the OVALTINE Egg Farm.
Due to the exceptional character of the Ingredients OVALTINE" is the most economical food, beverage you can buy. and only a very small quantity is needed to make one refreshing cup of this delicious drink.
“OVALTINE:
ral properties
which, when added to milk, make the
milk palatable, absolutely digestible and extremely nourishing.
For Health Day and Night. drink Ovaltine! Served in all
cafes and res
Remember-
there is more in
Ovaltine
-more in Health- giving ingredients -more in Quality
more in Quantity
more in Value
on local rates. Durham, Glamor- gan and Monmouth between them will gain something like £650,000 yearly. In London, Bermondsey, a poor borough, will gain the equiva- lent of more than a shilling rate.-- British Wireless.se
SUDDEN DEATH OF CHU PEI-TEH
Trusted Colleague Of Generalissimo
Shanghai, To-day. General Chu Pei-teh, member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang and Chief Officer in charge of the General Office of the Military Affairs Commission, died suddenly in Nanking at 11.20 PIL yesterday.
General Chn attended the open- ing ceremony of the Third Plenar Session at the late Dr. Sun Yat- sen's Mausoleum on Monday. He was only 49 years old and is sur- vived by 7 sons and 3 daughters. Our Own Correspondent
FRANCO ITALIAN CLASHES IN TUNISIA
Paris, To-day.
The Italian Ambassador, Signor Cerruti, yesterday called the attention of Premier Leon Blum to the recent repeated clashes between the French Po pular Front and Italian Fas- cists in Tunisia.
On the same day the French Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, M. Pierre Vienot, left Tunis on a fortnight's tour of inspection Trans-Ocean.
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S. M. RUMJAHIN PRAISED
Mr S M Ramjahn of the Hong Kong Electric Co. was this morning commended by Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy for his prompt action in chasing and arresting L Wah, aged 17, who had snatched ear- rings from Leting: Mui at Tai-lung street yesterday evening The defen dant pleaded guilty ras remanded for medical éta
his fit ness to be birched
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Cheung Wah-yee, agedő the G Hat 430 yester
result of ed when
red-down by public car at 130 po
Causeway Bay Road
The RMS. "Empress of Jay will leave here for Victoria-
couver, BC, via Sha
Yokohama and Honolulu
resday)