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PLANS FOR POONA
SCHOOL.
DINING-ROOM RUN ON LINES OF OFFICERS' MESS.
Bombay, July 26, Lt. Col. Graham Seton Hutchinson Prin-! cipal of the Shivaji Memorial Mili. tary Preparatory School, Poona, has arrived at Poona from Eng land, and is busily engaged in gat- ting to know his schoolboys and the conditions under which the school is to be conducted..
These conditions, of course, will very largely be moulded by him
Relt.
In an interview to-day he said he had no intention of modelling the school on the lines of any parttea- lar institution. He was familier with tho níethods of somewhat similar schools in France, Germany and America and with the best English public schools, and he hop. ed to incorporate the best of the traits of all of them.
General Education.
The first objective of the school, fre said, was to train boys for ea try into the Indian military cot leges, but it was obvious that all of them could not succeed in that direction, He would, therefore, make it the object of the school not only to impart military training but to equip each boy with a sound general education,
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In these conversations he had acted with the complete concurrence of his colleagues at Ottawa, and although he had not deviated from the attitude assumed before the conference, he could hope that ther door had been opened as the result of them for further discussion for a peaceful settlement of the outstand ing differences.
Although the delegates wero im- mediately approached by Press ro presentatives for interviews both at Southampton aid at Waterloo Sta- tion, they contended themselves Ruay, Aug. 28.
with making general statements, The conclusion of the Ottawa Con- and the first considered review of farence marks the end of the most Ottawa will be made to-night in broadcast speech by Mr. Baldwin. important phase in reorganisation When at Southampton this morn- of inter-Imperial trado but the tasking his party was accorded a civic of putting into effect the agreements welcome by the Mayor and Mr. reached at the Ottawa discussions Baldwin responded with a briet
speech. must involve the Government of He expressed deep appreciation Britain and the Dominions in heavy for the cordiality of the welcome For ourselves I can and added work during the next few weeks.
shy we have been a very happy and Meanwhile, the framework of united team. We have, wo think economic relations within the Em- dona a useful bit of work, and if pire having been settled, it has we have we shall be amply reward- ed by the approval of our fellow liscomo possible for the Govern countrymen, ment. in Britain to proceed with efforts to promote Britain's world trade through negotiations with other powers for mutual reduction of tariffs.
Soon after Britain had decided to end the system of free importe offers to open such negotiations were received from many Govern- ments. A reply was returned that the the time was not ripe for nego tiations, as clearly the first task was to seck agreement with mem bers of the British Commonwealth The way is now clear, however, for The Principal has surprised the such negotiations and The Times Memorial Committee by electing to warmly welcomes the announce live in a wing of the building and ments that the Danish Government, to have his meals along with the have made all necessary plans to boys. His idea is gradually to proceed with discussions for á change the present Indian dining-trade agreemont and that the Argentine Ambassador is now on roon atmosphere into that of an
his way back to London, bringing officers' mess, so that the boys will
with him concrete proposals for bo brought up to the life of un
agreements mutually advantageous officer in the Indian Army. In the sama vay discipline will be the Britain and the Argentine. first consideration is the conduct of the school,
Cups for School. That the Committee has been ex traordinarily fortunate in their choice of a Principal in many ways may be judged from the fact that within a few days of his appoint ment in England, he had secured two handsome solid silver cups for the school. A fine cup has also been presented by himself, and, ac cording to present arrangements, will be for the best cadet in the school, each year.
From Lord Riddell the Principal has received a cup which will pro bably be allocated to sport; as will
Attitude of 0.8.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 27, Enough has already been learnt of the character of the Ottawa! agreements to lead officials to pre- dint that the United States Govern ment will not find it necessary to take radical steps to meet the now conditions, according to the Washington correspondent of the New York Times,
The correspondent says that
that the United States will resort there seems to ho no probability to tariff increases or other retalia tion under the Tariff Law.
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"Thero can be no doubt," the | Times. adds, "that most of the countries to whom the British market is an important one, will follow the example of Denmark and the Argentine and will show them. HOW TO MAKE SALT OUR CONTINUED STORY
DEAR KIDDIES—
rangement for the encouragement of selves eager to come to a fair ar
mutual trade, now that we are no longer willing to buy freely from those who refuse to buy from us,"
The Zimes regards the efforts in which British Ministers have ex- hausted themselves at a series of international conferences since. the war in an attempt to reduce tariff or girl will answer that "Salt" is walls, until it began to be realised
What is salt-What a funny question you'll say; the average boy
that the greatest service Britain a white stuff which we sometimes could render to the cause of inter mistake for Sugar. national trade was to abandon the system of one-side imports.
Actually, salt is one of the oldest The Prime Minister, having flown of condiments; it exists in many from Lossiemonth yesterday, arriv
the equally the cup-given by the ad at Waterloo Station just as the substances. It is obtained from de directorate of the magazine Superboat train from Southampton with posits in the earth from salt-
four members of Britain's delego-springs and from sea-water,
man, with which Colonel Hutchua son has been connected.
Harry Preston, doyen of Britian boxing enthusiasts and a friend of the Prince of Wales, is sending out a fourth cup, to be allocated to box ing. Bishop's Halt School in Mid dlesex, with which Colonel Hutcoin. son was connected, has announced that it will send out another ény; while one or two famous public schools are likely to link up with the Shivaji School by some similar gift.
tion to the Ottawa Conference drew
alongside. Sir John Simon, who, in If you get some salt water (ie., į another aeroplane, had also flown
Day by DA P
THE BALLOON BOY.
THEN Edwin's to stay-to stay and go to school with me!" cried Paul.
Mr. Artley laughed at the excited pair.
"You two go off on a treasure hunt," he said. "There's a trail!
of bits of yellow paper with a trea-
sure at the end. It starts down the
Inne."
to London from Lossiemouth, joined sea water) and boiled it--and kept The two boys raced away, wild the Prime Minister's party, which on boiling in until all the water had with delight. They found the first included several members of the boiled uwoy, you would be left with scraps of paper and began their Cabinet,"
awhitish-yellow substance, which is !
salt.
Try this, and make your own
His Majesty the King was repre sented by Lord Hampden and when the delegates, headed by Mr. Stanley Baldwin, alighted, there was a hearty exchange of greet salt! ·· ings. Cheers which were raised for homecoming statesmen at the conclusion of their successful mis sion were warmly taken up by a large crowd assembled and these. were renewed as the party drove During the afternoon the Prime Minister met each of the delegates The following health bulletin of and to-day a meeting of the Cabinet eastern ports for the week ended was held for a more formal con- August 20, has been issued:sideration of the work of what is likely to prove an historic Confer- Plague.
HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS:
Alexandria Baghdad n
Beirut....
Bombayss
Bassein
·Rangoon
Colombo
Choloze.
Calcutta
Macao Amoy
Canton
Nanking
Shanghai
Alexandria Bassein Bombay
Calcutta
Small-pox
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Cheerio,
UNCLE JAOK
SCENT.
hunt.
It led them across fields and over fences. It went around the barn, and through the garden. Then it stopped at the garage door,
This is the end of the trail!" said Paul
Then they heard a rustle and whimper from inside the garage, In a minute they had opened the WHEN. we wish to attract the garage door, and there, tied in
attention of anybody, the corner, was a puppy, a capering fat usual method is to dress in our f
collie puppy. beat
Picturesque Welcome.
and wear a Sunday smile | Edwin reached him first. As he Royal Air Force aeroplanes and That, dear juniors, is much the hugged the squirming creature he flying boats circled round, the same method that Mother Nature felt something rustis on the puppy's press of Britain as the liner made, wher
her way up Southampton Water uses to save her plants from ex- collar. He looked down und found one hour before the scheduled tinction, for, as you probably know, a card that bore these words. tinio. Ships, whistles and wires without the assistance of various
in the waterway sounded, a land
welcome as the vessel approached insecte, which convey the flowers' port, and the delegates chatted pollen from one plant to another, with officials and others who beard the fowers, would not be fertilised. ed the liner from a tender off the
Isle of Wight
Irish Question
I'm Edwin's puppy.
My name is Bob Roy. Then Chum come running, and
So, to ensure this, nature has there was a wild chorus of shouts decreed that flowers shall be scent and yelps and barks. When they
the insect catches a breath of their delightful perfume or sees their
big sigh.
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A homo out here with you!"
FOX, PICTURE
Corner
1
POUR LES PETITS.
SATURDAY'S TRANSLATION.
Mary and Susan (with fair hair)
are little English girl, Jean with
shy but she does not know how to dark hair is French, she is not speak English.
THE JESTER,
System
Friend: "Your new stenographer is a good worker, eh? By the way, How do you pick out your "steno |graphers 1971 ladder kann mann vann
Manager: I find out which of applicants the clerks in the office. favour, and then I hire one of the others
Why Ben 1
Some vers
Benjamin ngo Franklin was travelling cold. weather and saw no vacants place at the tavern, fire where he could warm himself. He cried out the order Half a peck of oysters
in the shell for my horse
All the fireplaod crowd rushed out to see a home eat oystere. Soon they came back and told him his höret wouldn't eat dystera. ***Won's he?“ naked Franklin, now comfortably sented by the fire. Bring them in, then, and I'll sat them myself. 13, chic ve
HIDDEN TOWNSI
The Dominions Secretary, Mr. Jed or brightly coloured, for when had all quieted down, Edwin drew SATURDAY'S PUZZLE
Thomas, told Press representa tives that he believed the Confer fence had in every way been success
ful." Questioned regarding his con colour, he flies into the heart of the be said. "A chance to go to a fine versations with the Irish Free flower and gathers its honey, school. No more long hours selling. State delegates, Mr. Thomas said he had many opportunities of dis- While bo is at the bottom of the papers. And a dog of my own! cussing the difficulties with them corolla tukies sucking the boney hie Who would have thought, he ask and he had hoped that the pro- posals lig made would have result body becomes dusted with pollen ed as he stroked Rob Roy's silky much hung on the el in a settlement, If that had and in this way, by passing from head, that so, muo not been achieved he added he
was sure he had cleared the ground one flower to another, he ensures string of that little balloon!"
(THE END.) the preservation of the pla for further discussion,
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