THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 18, 1989
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CONSCRIPTION "IF" BY BISHOP
The Bishop of Exeter (Dr. Curzon) addressing his diocesan conference referred to the "extraor- dinary unity" of the country in accepting conscrip- tion.
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"If the training is organised by men with vision, if it applies to rich and poor alike, if it is de- signed to equalise clas distinction, and if the leisure of the boys is carefully safeguarded, then it may be an instrument of the greatest social value," he said.
FEWER TO PAY
Ever-increasing
local council debts,
national
and Ever- decreasing numbers of people to pay them off.
That is the depressing picture painted for local council officials
in conference at Edinburgh. Mr. William Adams *rough Trez- surer of Wolver
on, pointed
measures
out that either the birth rate must rise or local councils must fix their tax debts on estimates of future population.
Unless appropriate were taken in time, many ser- vices might have to be abandon- ed and children would have to start work earlier to support their dependants in their declin- ing years, he said.
The possi bility of constructing temporary or semi-temporary buildings which could be convert- municipal ed to other uses should be ex- plored.
PROHIBITION CLASH IN BOMBAY
28. 6d. FEE FOR "BONE- THROWING”
Native herbalists
(the dingata)
in South Africa have formed a trade union as part of their campaign to secure recognition as "doctors.”
Taken on a farm at Hollowell, near Northampton, our photo shows The Great Blondini, famous wire walker, taking a rest on the wire. He could easily interpret the saying. "Sleeping on a Clothes Line."
SQUARE DEAL FOR
A book of rules governing bantu DUSTMEN "doctora" recently stated that "the is 28.
charge for throwing bones
A trip from the Thames to Calais by the General Steam Navigation Co.'s motor ship, Royal Daffodil, was
Over 700 delegates attended the cancelled when trouble with the bow of Public rudder developed after leaving Til-
6d. and no more." The deposit fee annual conference for attending patients
is £1 per Cleaners at Scarborough (including bury, Passengers were taken off in
from
hour. After the patient has re- representatives covered he must pay the doctor £5 Holland, India, Australia, Singa- returned to Deptford for repairs.
Germany, watermen's boats, and the vessel pore.)
or a cow.
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WANTS SIGNATURE NAMES TYPED
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Discussing improvements of re- STRANDED IN TUNNEL cent years, the president - ́asked: "Could not something be done, to provide overalls which employees London Tube line came to a stand- A west-bound train on the Central Sir Ralph Glyn (M:P. for Abing- could leave behind them at the de- still between Liverpool-street and the don) wants the idea of names typed pots so that they could take their Bank, and after 25 minutes delay underneath signatures on all official places in buses for home looking was pushed by another train into documents adopted throughout the and feeling the men they are?” Civil Service "in view of the diffi-
Bank Station, where the passengers alighted.
culty in deciphering signatures.”
He will ask a question in the com- LONDON HAS FEWER
mons.
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Bombay policy laid plans to pre-
ANONYMOUS £30,000 FOR vent à clash between ́supporters HOSPITAL and opponents of Prohibition when anti-Prohibitionists intended to
SCHOOL CHILDREN NOW
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DUKE'S SON AND EX-MINER
Lord Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, The number of children attend- in Scotland and son of the Duke of Commissioner for the special Areas ing L.C.C. elementary schools is Hamilton, and Mr. Duncan Macgre- still descreasing. For the year gor Graham, Socialist M. P. for have a mass dinner at which wine treasurer of King George Hospital, report
Lord Perry of Stock Harvard, ended March 31, 1938, the and champagne will be served and Ilford, announced that
for which
Hamilton, an ex-miner, received the is .issued Prohibitionists threaten to picket mous donaton of 81⁄2 per cent. War pared with 479,974 in the previous an anony- the average roll was 457,258, com-
freedom of Hamilton, Lanarkshire, the hall.
together. Some time ago 40,000 signatures, been made to the hospital through
Loan (nominal value £30,000) has year a reduction of 22,721. both Europeans and Indians, were him. secured to a petition protesting.
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against the law to introduce Pro- GIRL BEATS LORD DUNSANY hibition on August 1.
NEW
MY IDEA OF
"SEEING UNCLE”
Councillor P. C. Symondson, of Wandworth Housing Committee, told a town planning conference in London that they had a specially- trained rent collector to deal with tenants who had fallen on hard times. "Actually he comes more. with the category of the uncle than a rent collector," he added,
The Italian metal monopoly has bought 80.000cwt of copper in Chile, against cash) and 20,000cwt in Canada in the last fortnight.
• The fall is due to the decline in the birth rate and migration of pó- pulation to the suburbs
The average size of class in 1938 Lord Dunsany, the playwright in non-provided schools 80, com-
in council schools was
80.8, and and novelist, was beaten by Elaine pared with 45.4 and 88 respectively from England and five from France Saunders, the 12-year-old world girl în 1908. These figures are the
Finland has bought 95 Horses chess champion, in a living chess lowest recorded,
to be trained by the Finnish cavalry match at Croydon, being forced to retire after half an hour,
At the end of the year 800 for the Olympic Games next year. schools had radio,
Two hundred and five gold pieces bearing, the effigy of Louis XV., found last year by house-wrecke In a wall the Rue Mouffetard, were sold by auction in Par
PRESENTED FROM COURT
From London police courts.
Man at Tottenham. I called a meeting of my ereditors some time ago. They all had one idea, name- ly-money.
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Man at Wimbledon: I was told that my wife was in a temper and was looking for me, unfortunately
I could not find her,
Witness at Willesden: We the public house”? We went
do our shopping,
KING WINS FIRST PRIZE AT WI
class at the Windsor' with her herdman
Pho
German Secret Police in Prague have released M, Hinterhof, cor- respondent of the Polish Official Telegraph Agency," who was arrested on March 16, the day after Ger- many occupied Czechoslovakia.
tribunal at Metz, sentenced Rene