THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 18, 1938.
News Snack Bar
THE COMPLETE
PARSON-
Every vicar must be a preacher, a teacher, a visitor, an organiser, good with men, with women, with young people, with children, some- thing of a musician, something of a business man, firm but gentle in character, strong but tactful, abló to handle difficult members of his congregation, to lead the church council in paths of wisdom, to cheer the sick and warn the sin- ner, to be all things to all men and yet preserve his own self res- pect, dignity and independence.— So say Canon W. Thompson El- liott, Vicar of Leeds,
HUMAN STORY
Said a motorist, charged at Tot- tenham Police Court: My car was having trouble with its engine.
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UNDID WORK TO SAVE HORSE
A horse attached to a coal cart passing over a temporary bridge in Roman-road, Barnsbury, reared and fell into excavations. The fire bri-
LITTLE AUDREY. four-year- old daughter of Sub-Officer Dalton of the Whitchurch Lane, Edgware, Fire Station, is England's only firégirl. She is the official mascot of the fire station, has her own uniform and knows all about fire fighting. Photo shows Little Au- drey in pride of place on the fire engine with her father Sub-Officer Dalton.
gade were unable to get the. horse out, so workmen had partly to re- fill their excavations. After nearly an hour the horse was able to walk out.
Then the workmen had to ex- cavate again all they had filled in. * * *
£135,000 FOR FITNESS
New lido at Mayesbrook Park, Barking, is among the schemes to which Essex Fitness Council are making. grants of £35,000. Other grants for "keep fit" projects total- ling £135,000 are under considera- tion.
* * GERMANY'S LARGEST CITY
Vienna is to become the largest city (in area) in the Reich, and sixth among cities of the world, "un- der a decree which announces that an additional area of over 100 square miles with a further 213,000, persons, is to be incorporated.
This will give Vienna a popula tion of 2,087,000 and an area about 470, square miles.
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£1,000 TO HER CHAUFFEUR
"SPOONING"
COMES BACK
An old system of promoting friendship between eligible young men and girls in South Wales has given a new lease of life at Cardiff. Typists and shopgirls to their jobs found time to stop outside one store and gaze at four "love spoons," made by an unemployed miner, in the window.
"It was the custom years ago to use wooden spoons at every dining-table,” the Snack Bar was told.
"Sometimes there was a shortage SIR JOHN REITH
of spoons. (Often deliberate). So
ask to share those available. the young men or maidens would ADDS TO THE STORY
"Often a young man would pre- aircraft factory
Another commentary on sent himself, at table
methods without a from London. spoon.
If the girl liked him she offered him a share of her's
British
comes
Sir John Reith said that Imperial
And so they began spooning." Airways was getting nearer to buy- Later it became the custom for ing abroad because of the slowness a lover to send a spoon as a token
of British deliveries. Planes or- of his love with a proposal of dered years ago had still not been marriage.
supplied.
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Let's hope that the custom will be given a new life.
"STOP GIRLS OF 16 DRINKING!”
Girls under eighteen are making themselves look older by using lip- stick, face-powder and paint, and gaining access to public houses. This practice must be stopped."
This statement is made by an official of a Bradford institute for wayward girls.
An appeal to the authorities to take firmer steps to enforce the law forbidding sale of drinks to minors is under consideration.
"Many of the young girls who are sent here," said an official "are guilty of unnecessary make-up.
"They paint their faces, wear high heels, smoke cigarettes and make themselves attractive to men much older than themselves, with whom they frequent public houses."
WORLD'S
WORKLESS
INCREASED AGAIN-
In eleven out of twenty-three countries unemployment has in- creased as compared with the cor- responding quarter of last year.
This is shown by world unem ployment statistics for the third quarter of 1938, compiled by the International Labour Office at Geneva.
* Increase in Great Britain and Northern Ireland is given as 451,242.
THE SEAMEN'S LOGIC
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TRAGEDY OF SCHIPOL DISASTER
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WEIGHED HALF OUNCE AT BIRTH. Mickey, the Bush Baby at the London Zoo who weighed only half an ounce at birth, is now three months old and weighs four ounces. He is now almost fully grown and is one of the zoo's smallest inhabitants. He is the son of Bubbles and Wilfred, the popular Bush, babies of the Rodent House.
"RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION”
A British commentator on events
It is revealed in connection with in Germany last week says that the the Douglas KLM airliner disaster most surprising thing was to ob- at Schipol, that among the victims serve soldiers in uniform smashing were Jews who had been expelled into shops and cafes, plundering. from Germany, had been refused landing permits in Amsterdam, sent back to Berlin and re-expelled.
The crash came on their third air trip in one day. One of them died shortly after revealing the facts to a rescue worker.
the
The crash occurred when plane was trying to alight by main-
Little Audrey can roll a hose with the best of 'em.
taining touch with a radio beacon. It hit the ground about a mile from the airport and skidded 200 metres before coming to rest.
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FLIGHT FROM GERMANY
As a result of the pogrom, 144,000. applications for immigration to the United States have been made at the U.S. Embassy. The official quota is only 27,000 from Germany.
The crow of a British steamer in AMERICAN Australia have
e refused to sail for Japan with a cargo of plg-iron.
LOSSES IN POGROM In presenting
a formal demand
Killed as the result of a motor ac- cident last month, Mrs. Lucy for removal of the cargo, the American Jews in Germany were A number of buildings owned by Helena Haberson, widow, of spokesmen of the men pointed out completely wrecked last Thursday. Ivydene, St. Mark's-cresent, Sheffield, that it was impossible to reconcile It is understood that the American left $1,000, her motor-car and acces an Australian ban on the export of Consul is drawing up an estimate sories and garage equipment to her iron ore from Australia to Japan of the damage and a claim for the chauffeur, Whalter Stacey. Her total with the absence of restriction on full amount will be lodged with the estate was £88,899,
manufactured iron.»
German Government,
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BUMPER CORN. YIELD
Wheat yield per acre in England and Wales is forecast by the Minis- try of Africulture at 191⁄2cwt. This is Bcwt, above that of last year and about 2cwt, above the average for 1928-37. Barley yield per acre is Sewt. above last year's.
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“HELP MEN WHO WON PEACE”
"Goods shown at the Disabled ex- Servicemen's 12th Annual Exhibi- tion, opened by the American Am-- bassador, Mr. Joseph Kennedy, at the Imperial Institute. South Ken- sington, W., have been made by be- tween 3,000 and 4,000 disabled ex- soldiers, sailors or airmen, in work- shops in different parts of the coun- try.
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"One way of showing thankful- ness for peace would be by helping these men who won peace twenty years ago," says General Sir John Kennedy, chairman of the exhibi- tion.
JUST FIDDLE FUDDLE
Thomas Sweeney, forty-two, a sailor, was charged at Southamp- ton with, of all things, steal- ing a double bass-the Instrument which looks like an overgrown vio- lin-from a second-hand shop.
He was walking off with it when a policeman taught him.
The prosecuting solleitor said yesterday: "I cannot think of any- thing more ridiculus to steal."
Sweeney said I had had a few drinks. "It was the biggest fiddlo I ever saw. I thought I'd like to play it on the aide-walky
~ He was advised to feare drink alone, and discharge