THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 27, 1939
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THE KING AT NUMBER TEN. - H.M. the King vissted No. 10, Downing Street on Sept. 1. Photo shows-Mr. Chamberlain shak- ing hands with the King as he leaves Number Ten. (Copyright, Fox).
To Judge
"Conchies"
ap-
Judge Hargreaves has been pointed chairman of the London tri- bunal before which conscientious ob jectors to compulsory service in the Militia will state their cases.
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Thetis Widows:
"Help Others"
The Flying Panthers
Two young panthers from Central
Africa have arrived at Marseilles by air from Algiers. They were captured in the Congo territory and made the entire journey by air.
Feel Fitter Now?
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Grants totalling £1,468,302 have been made or offered by the Fitness Council since its inception, says an official report.
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of the Thetis widows, who Boots By The Million
want to
Some have private means, do not draw money from the Mansion House Fund, now £131,000. They say that other widows, whose financial position is not so good, should come first.
The first provisional payments to de- pendants of victims made.
Quads' Brother
Has Bronchitis
Contracts for the supply of boots for the armies of France, Poland, Turkey, Rumania and Greece are to be placed
But British army, in Great Britain. contracts come first, and in Northamp- ton alone orders for 2,000,000 pairs are in band.
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Very Compleat Angler
Gangs of salmon poachers are using Gordon Miles, five-and-a-half-year- an ingenious and profitable method old brother of the St. Neots Quads, has on Scottish lakes in Argyllshire. developed bronchitis-In spite of his being sent away when two of the Quads-Paul and Am-developed it.
He returned home and was taken ill, He had a bad night, but was stated
to be comfortable.
Gordon's illness will not interfere with visiting.
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The chief of the Baghdad police Hasham Alaoui, was found shot dead near the Syrian-Irak fronter,
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Crown Prince Michael, who will be 18 in October, is now a sub-lieutenant in the Rumánian Navy, and was gazetted on Aug. 15, Navy Day.
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Prince Jean, heir to the Grand Dun- thy of Luxembourg, presided at a camp fire organised by Luxembourg Scouts at a camp at Saint Jorioz.
"A request by the U. S. Government for the extradition from, France Isaac Leifer, a Rabbi of Broc charges of smuggling heroin" bably be granted.
SURPRISE FOR TWO PEERS
SOLICITORS' LETTERS requiring payment of rates on
blocks of land in the heart of Darwin, Northern Aus tralia, have been sent to the London addresses of the Earl of Rosebery and the Duke of Manchester. This was the result of an inquiry to find out who owned the land:
The ownership of large blocks of land-mostly unused-in Australia have been in doubt and the inquiry was held at the request of local rate collecting authorities.
New Sea Giant
A sister ship to the crack French liner Normandie, to be called Bre- tagne, is to be built. The object is to have two liners capable of making the double crossing of the Atlantic every fortnight, thus having a week- Jy service similar to that of the Queen, Mary and the Queen Elizabeth.
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Try It Next Time
Tomatoes and lettuce--taken to- gether are said to have proved in recent tests to be effective in prevent- ing air sickness.
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For Humanity's
Sake
"Whatever the legal position, all disused open pit shafts, for the sake of Humanity, 'should be filled in or effectively covered," said Walsall's de- puty coroner, Mr. J. Addison, at an inquest on a boy who fell into one.
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More "Foot
And Mouth'
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Four more cases of foot and mouth disease in South Hampshire, making seven during the past week, were con- firmed in the Curdridge and Durley district. Already 121 head of cattle have been destroyed. Alresford Agri--- cultural Show, has been cancelled.
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Fleas To Fight
Rabbits
Fleas may save Australia the ter- rific annual bill for damages presented by the rabbit.
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STEEL HELMETS AND IRON RATIONS FOR LONDON PO- LICEMEN.In view of the ser- tousness of the situation the Me- tropolitan Police were all is- sued with steel helmets and fron rations. This is only one of the - measures., which shows the pre- Photo paredness of the country. shows-A policeman leaving Scot- land Yard with his helmet and iron rations in the haversack. (Copyright, Fox).
New Warship
A virus from the flea infects the rabbit with a fatal influenza,-but it is harmless to human beings and other On Trials animals. The fleas are now being bred as quickly as possible.
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H. M. flotilla-leader Kelly, of 1,800 Rabbits are the greatest plaque tons displacement, built at Hebburn, Australia knows. Millions have bred left the Tyne for her acceptance trials. from one pair originally imported, and First salmon roe, which makes fish the country is now overrun "with Made Famous hungary, is thrown into the water. them. The damage they do is put Then "otters" (slabs of wood behind at £40,000,000 a year. which trail hundreds of baited hooks) are drawn across the water by hand lines, the fish leaping around them. Each "otter" often catches as many as forty fish, which are hurried to the market on fast motor-cycles.
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Twins Will
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Wed At Same Time
Two Bristol bridegrooms will have M. Lebrun, the French President, to take great care to secure the right and Mme. Lebrun are to visit the brides at: St.: Bortaventure's Church, Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxëm-
Bishopston, for they are ... marrying twin sisters, só alike that it is hard tö bourg at Berg Castle.
tell them apart.
A large number of Paris doctors re- ceived by post a pamphlet from Ger many on Danzig, consisting of articles by Herr Karl Hans Fuchs, Press officer of the Danzig Senate.
An announcement signed by Mar- shal Voroshiloff, Sovlet Defence Com-
states that Major-Gen: Kholz unda, a "Hero of the Soviet Union,"
hree other "airmen, perished on duty" and have been cremat-
Decision
Sir John Meir Astbury, who as a Chancery Judge held that the general strike of 1926 was illegal, has died at Sandwich Kent, aged seventy-nine.
Presented From: Court
Witness at Highgate: The reason for this accident was that there were too many cars per square yard.
The twins are France and Veronica, aged twenty-five, daughters of Mr. "I couldn't possibly have avoided and Mrs. W. G. Hignell, of Clara- the accident. The defendant was on avenue, Bishopston, Bristol. They the offensive."---Motorist nt High- have always been inseparable, wear
gate. glasses, do the same sort of work and
Husband at Willesden: My wife hai have the same hobbles......
flùng money back at me.
On their twenty-first birthday they had two lead cakes with a bridge be- tween them.
There will once more be two cakes, but on this occasion there will be no bridge since the twins are separating for the first time in their lives. ·
Europe's wheat production, •*• cluding Russia, this your is estimated at 44,000,000 metric tons, 14 per cent. below last year's figure, but ¤ per cent. higher than the average between 1988 and 1937.