THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 14, 1938.
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BARBARIC BACKSLIDING Impossible To Find Parallel In Generations
British Comment On Latest Nazi Jew-Baiting
London, To-day.
"Jews everywhere were left in a state of terror and without hope that there is any future for them in Germany," declared the "Sunday Times," yesterday, commenting on the German repri- sals.
This backsliding towards barbarism, says the journal, is something for which it is impossible to find a parallel for many generations. The newspaper continued: The only permanent solution for Jewry is a National Home or Homes.
FRANCE'S LAST CHANCE
Paris, To-day. The Press emphasises that the new, financial reforma are France's Inst chance.
The proposals are generally well accepted though attacked by M. Leon Blum in "Populaire,” an the ground that they will weigh heaviest with those least able to bear the burden.-Reuter.
JUNK ARREST
Master of a fishing junk, Liu Tak Yau, 39, was this morning charged before Mr.. R. A. D. For- rest with possession of five coun- terfeit banknotes, purporting to be $50 notes of the Chartered Bank, and one $50 of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, on board his junk
at Aberdeen.
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Mr. P. H. Sin appeared for the defence, and Det. Sergeant J. Allen for the Police.
The hearing of the case was fixed for November 28 at 2.30 p.m.
CZECH CHANGES IN PARLIAMENT
Prague, Yesterday.
Somehow, somewhere, a secure dwelling-place must be found for those who, under the stress of ex-
treme nationalism and social hatred,
are harried across national
tiers.
An important scheme for the organisation of women in connee- tion with A.R.P. has just been announced for the counties of Not- tingham, Lincoln, Derby, Leicester, Rutland and Northampton, which comprises the East Midland area. Each of these counties is to have a woman organiser working under an area chief whose headquarters are at Nottingham. The latter post has been given to Miss B.M. Wa'ker, who has been prominently associated with organisations for women and girls. The scheme is being run by Women's Voluntary Services for A.R.P. Photo shows Miss E. M. Walker (left) going over the map of her area with the Hon. Sylvin Fletcher Moulton, who la liason officer between London and the Midlands.
decided to indulge in one fron-
BRUTALITY AND ATROCITY
of its
· periodic orgies of Jew-baiting . tó the accompaniment of brutality and atrocity such as passes the under- standing of normal human beings. The “Observer” says that in June Now, in still more delicate cir- when big issues of peace or war cumstances, they have let loose an- were beginning to formTM оп
other inhuman fury, worse -horizon, the German Government anything yet recorded.-Reuter.
the
than
Lost Fingers And Toes For Fun
Drama Of Two Men And A Mountain
PETROLEUM IN NEW GUINEA
Sydney, Yesterday.
A start has already been made in working various petroleum con- cessions in British New Guinea, according to a report reaching here from Papua.
Mr. R. 6. Haynes, Director of the Papuan Apinaipi Petroleum Company, has arrived here with the object of asking for a govern- ment loan to finance acquisition of - deep boring plant-Trans- Ocean.
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The Peak School prizegiving takes place at the Peak Club - oa To the England they had left with "On a June day of heavy snow-Wednesday December 14 at 5.15 high hopes, Capt. T. B. Harrison and storms Hodgkin and I set out as an p.m. Lady Northcote has kindly con- 23-years-old Mr. R. A. Hodgkin re-advance party to find out whether sented to distribute the Prizes. turned on stretchers. They will there was a safe way to the summit,
"The weather was awful. never tie their shoe-laces again: perhaps they will never walk any two days, we had to deal with thick more.
fog and falling snow; but we did not despair and on the third day were rewarded with fine weather. after we had reached 24,600 ft.
For they have come back without toes or finger-tips. A raging blizzard claimed these on the roof of the world, 25,000ft. up Masher- brun, monster of the Himalayas, only 3,000ft. lower than Everest.
It was a sad moment for parents, brothers and sisters waiting to greet -The Ministry of Interior has them as the Strathmore slid into issued an announcement regard-Tilbury. But mot for Harrison and ing changes in the composition of Hodgkin. “We're all right,” they the Czecho-Slovak Parliament necessitated by the cession Czecho-Slovak territories to Ger many, Hungary and Poland.
said; "we did it for fun-und we've of had our fun.”
According to the announce- ment, 69 representatives and 33 senators have lost their mandates
so that the new parliament, which will elect a new president, will consist of 281 representa- tives and 117 senators. Trans- Ocean.
"Just for fun" that was that made handsome Capt. Harrison, late of the 'Indian Army, and Hodgkin, just down from Oxford, join three other climbers in an attack on Mas- herbrun this summer, writes Edwin
Tetlow in the "Daily Mail.”-
"THE LAST 1,000 FEET In weather which was never bet- ter than "moderate" and was
For
to
"Next morning we set' out tackle the last 1:000 ft. of the moun- tain. We very nearly did it.
"We had reached 25,000 ft. when frostbite hegan to attack our hands, and unmistakable. signa of had weather appeared. Sadly we turned back to our ramp.
DISASTER
"We reached it safely, and then disaster overtook us. The bad weather started with a vengeance, and in a blizzard a mass of moving snow half-burled our tent.
con-
“We scrambled out, salvaged what we could, and in wretched ditions of darkness and blizzard [tried to find our supporting camp
1,000 ft. below us.
bad the party pushed upwards from 3,000 HEROIN PILLS
The Heep Yunn School, Kowloon a base at 18,800 ft., and hope moun- is holding an M.C.L. and war chari- teo with altitude.
Arrested in possession of 3,000 heroin pills at the Yaumati Ferry ties sale on Wednesday. Mrs. T. Now listen to Capt. Harrison tel-wharf on Saturday, an aged woman, H. King is to open the sale at 11.80 'ing the rest as, with hands and Ko Ling, was sentenced to three a.m. and it will remain open until feet heavily bandaged, he is wheel-months' hard labour and 4 fine of 6.30 p.m. A Chinese play with an- ed in an Invalid chair down the $2,500 or a further six mont cjent costumes will be performed at gangway from the Strathmore at Mr. R. Edwarda at, the Cent
journey's end:
Magistracy this morning.
3.30 pm,
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