THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 29, 1941.

HOUSEY HOUSEY' IN THE TUBES

"Housey-Housey"

the

BLOCKADE BY GESTAPO HUNT

LOCUSTS

It took the war to con- and have cost the nations' which

CZECH SECRET NEWSPAPER

set up the intelligence bureau Widespread arrests by

numbers game so popular vince the Government of milions of pounds,

In the six years before this the Gestapo following the

international agreement was en-

Since

into statistics show that mass circulation of the inflicted by locusts Czech illegal newspaper amounted to £8,000,000.

locusts have "Struggle" are reported then plagues of developed on such an enormous from the Czech protec- scale that experts decided that it

torate. was futile to attempt to control

among the troops during the need for an expert 'the last war, has been re-scientist to fight a pested surrected by London Tube which has been waging damages shelterers.

war against civilisation of players for centuries. Organised schools each with numbered cards and counters, "sweat on the top line” for the kitty in quiet corners of the Underground at time.

a penny

At one of the best patronised a West End Tube. "schools" in a schoolgir bombed out of her' Maida Vale home is busy cach night cutting up cardboard for customers' counters.

"Not Illegal"

of Forty-two employees The only practical mea-

the

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