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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 18, 1939 `.
TEACHERS' ATTITUDE TO THE EMPIRE
A SUGGESTION THAT THE teaching profession in Britain, to a great extent, is not "particularly keen on the Empire," was a feature of the discussion by the congress of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire.
Sir J. Arthur Alton, Derby, moved a resolution demanding that every op- portunity should be taken by educa- tional authorities to broaden the basis of historical and geographical stu- dies, so that children of each Empire country could appreciate that they were members of a united Common- wealth.
It suggested that training colleges should ensure that teachers were thoroughly equipped with a know- ledge of the development and re- sources of the Empire.
RETURN OF COLONIES ·
Sir Arthur stated that during a re- cent tour of the Empire he asked vari- ous people what their views were on the question of the return of the co- lonies.
Everyone he spoke to replied that it was a splendid Idea, but added, "Don't return any that are near us,” (Laughter.)
Mr. A. Leslie Wall, New Zealand, said that it was the ambition of every body in New Zealand to get to Eng-
land, which he was taught to regard as home.
EUROPEAN CRISIS AND STOCK MARKET
London, To-day. Stock exchange prices, general- ly declined, owing to the absence of buyers who were not willing to operate pending clarification of the European situation. Losses, however, were amall, with the market closing ateadler at lower. levels.
Wall Street was "easy." —Rou- ter.
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Sir Charles Granville Gibson, M.P., USE RAYS
said that one of the reasons why, in this country, there was so little pro- gress in the teaching of Empiré mat- ters, was that the curricula were in the hands of the teachers. Our Department of Education took no direct action ir Issuing instructions to teachers what they should teach.
"It is no secrot,”, continued Sir. Charles, "that to a great extent the political outlook of the teach- Ing profession is not in the direc- tion of any particular keenness about the British Empire.
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"I know that will call for a great deal of criticism, but the fact is there, and we may as well say it if we think it."
SUBVERSIVE PROPAGANDA
Mr. Gerald S. Chadwick, Kidder- minster, speaking. as a member of various educational authorities, said that never before had there been a greater need for some revision in our educational curricula.
Mr. A. Spencer-Watts, Austra Ila, stated that some of their au- thorities were concerned about the subversive propaganda being spread through the primary schools and the teachers of pri- mary schools.
Det.-Sergt. William Postleth-- walte, hunting for clues to lead: him to a ralfway thief, stumbled'. across a pair of shoe, uppers while:` searching a Camberwell house. On the canvas lining of one shoe. was a name which the thief had tried to obliterate with an indelible pencil.
"HAD A HUNCH”
Det.-Sergt. Postlethwaite, who re- tires from Camberwell and Peckham C.I.D. to-day, had a hunch, and de-. cided to use infra-red rays for the first time in criminal history-to de- cipher the name,
The Yard photographed the shoe, and the rays revealed the name of the man, who was gaoled for three years,
For four years, since then, infra-red" rays have been used repeatedly in the- detection of crime..
COLLAR CLUE
Postlethwaite, while in the Flying Squad, once chased a gang of three housebreakers 40 miles, and arrested then though they had firearms.
Another time, by the laundry mark on a collar, he traced a man who had snatched a bar of gold from a railway · The Teachers' Federation in Aus-van. And in 1935 he took part in the tralia was said to have become cap- round-up of Leopold Harris and his tured by the Communist wing of the fire-raising gang. Trades Hall, and subversive pro- paganda was spreading right through the educational system.
The resolution was carried unanim- ously.
PREFERENTIAL TRADE
Mr. H. G. Seaford, British Guiana, moved a resolution on behalf of the Associated West Indian Chambers of Commerce. This, asked the congress to reaffirm the Federation's advocacy of the extention of preferential ·· trade within the Empire, and, having regard to the benefits which had been derived from the Ottawa agreements, pledged support to all efforts to maintain and increase Imperial preference between the various units of the Empire.
Sir Cécil Well, Glasgow, moved an amendment to substitute the words "pledged support to all efforts to main- tain, and increase - ther exchange - of, goods between the various units.com- Dosing the Empire) for the reference to Imperial preference. This was agreed to, and the amended motion was carried with only two dissen- tients.
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