VISCOUNT GORT-DRUNKARD'S
TO TOUR MIDDLE EAST
London, To-day.
Viscount Gort, Chief of Imperial General Staff, is leaving London on Jan. 26 on a tour of inspection of the Middle East.
He will be absent from London for a few weeks.-Reuter.
ENSIGNS BEING WITHDRAWN FROM SERVICE
London, To-day.
The giant Ensign liners built for Imperial Airways are being with drawn from service temporarily for slight modifications.
DUBIOUS DISTINCTION
Berlin, To-day.
The dubious distinction of being the first person to be sent to con- centration camp for driving a car in intoxicated condition goes Hermann Niehoff.
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to
The German police have for some time carried out a campaign | against dangerous driving. Herr Himmler, Chief of Police, threaten- ed severe punishment to culprits who endangered the lives of their. fellow-citizens.
Niehoff was twice severely re- primanded for driving his car alcohol. Now he has been sent to whilst under the influence of
concentration camp, although no accident had occurred yet, The
The two Ensigns on the London-police are of opinion that accidents Paris line will be replaced by planes through intoxicated drivers should of the Frobisher type-Reuter.
LOITERING
Wong Kai,
21-years-old unem-
with
ployed, was this morning charged at the Kowloon Magistracy loitering in the enclosed yard of the China Automotive Co.
He was apprehended by the yard watch- man at about 12.40 a.m. on Sunday. Defendant admitted that he went to the yard with the intention of stealing iron bars.
not so much be punished as pre- vented. Trans-Ocean.
EMPIRE FILMS
London, To-day.
Forty-two new films have been received by the Imperial Institute for the Empire Film Library.
Many of the films come from the overseas Empire.-Reuter.
The case was adjourned for а week so that the mental condition of defendant could be ascertaimed.
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