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SURGEON REAR-ADMIRAL
PICK
In order to facilitate the promo": tion of junior, officers, Surgeon Rear-Admiral B. P. Pick, C.B.E, is being placed on the retired at his own request, after relinquishing the charge of the R.N. Hospital at Chatham, where Surgeon Rear Admiral S. F.. Dudley, G.B., sue ceeds him,
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RETURN OF THE SCARBOROUGH The escort vessel Scarborough, Commander H. St. L Nicolson, has ordered home from the America and West Indies Station on the conclusion of her commis- slon, for a long rent. She will leave St. John's Newfoundland, оп August 9, and should arrive at Chatham on August 18, The Scar borough has been employed on the America Station since her com- pletion in 1930.
The following appointments are made by the Admiralty:-"
Cdr. A. McCoy, to President for language study (Aug. 16).
Surga, Cdr.-M. Barton, L.R.C.F. and S., to Drake for RN. Bs. Devonport (Aug. 4).
Schmitt (C.WO))-P. G. Foss to St. Angelo for Dockyard School, Malta (Aug 13.
PROMOTION
Wt. Engr.-F. J Day to rank of Cd. Engr. (geny, July 19...
RETIREMENTS
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The War Office announces that the following non-commissioned officers have been selected for admission to the Royal Military Collge, Bandhurst, in August, for course of 18 months training. under the scheme whereby non- oficers of the commissioned Regular Army may be granted commission
second-leuten- ants:--
ES
Lance Corporals! A. L. Fajerman, . R. Signals.
W. R. Dales, 3rd Oren. Gids.
R. H. Harrison, 2nd King's Own
Regt.
N. W. Purteli, 2nd R. Norfolk
Regt.
E. Hockings, 2nd Devon. Regt. C. J. H. Cranmer. 2nd R. Scots
Fus.
C. J. Napler, 2nd Cheshire Regt.
A.
Meikle, 2nd Black Watch.
H. DE Follett, Ist R. Berks Regt.
F. W. Misoti, 1st R. Berks Regt.
D. M. Matide, 2nd R. Berks Regt]
THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1938. :
MALARIA INCREASE
IN MALAYA
LAMMERTS AUCTIONS
The rise in the number of cases of malaria during 1937 is com- PUBLIC AUCTION.
mented upon by the Chairman of the Malarts Advisory Board. FM. s, Dr. A. Neave Kingsbury, in his annual report, wherein he states that the total hospitalised malaria cases in the Federated Malay States during 1987 reached 35,500 as compared with 27,200 in 1934.
Dr. Kingsbury says:-"Meteoro- | "The Board has also viewed with logical conditions doubtless played anxiety the programmes for the a part in the causation of this in replanting or rubber on many local crease but it will be remembered estates Warning notices contain- that the previous report stressed ing advice on methods for meeting the danger from the unmigration the situation have been issued on of large numbers of non-immune two occasions, but certain labourers consequent upen the estates, replanting has been enhanced price of rubber and of sociated with a mark increase in anopheline Breeding often in close proximity to the labourers' lines."
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Hollywood Riddle Of
Car Murder
Hollywood, creator of many B. D. Holworthy. 2nd R." West | mystery thrillers, has now one of
Kent Regt
Its own to solve in real life-the murder of Mr. King Gray: 2-year old cameramAIL.
F. W. Coombes, 2nd KRRO. P. G. Jackson, 2nd Manch. Rest. Corporal RE. J. Ball, Ist R
Irish Fus.
ROYAL AIR FORCE
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Gray was found shot dead in his car in a busy Hollywood street, and the police declare that he was murdered.
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Dr. Kingsbury states that thei number of hospital admissions for malaria cannot be ranked higher than, as an indication of malarial conditions Such an index, he says, falls considerably short of the total incidence and as the per mile rate cannot be accurately com- puted, the annual records are not strictly comparable inter se
THE Undersigned have received
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TO SELL BY
PUBLIC. AUCTION
ON
FRIDAY, the 29th JULY, 1938.
Commencing at 2.30 pun.
At their Sales Room, No. 35 Hankow Road, Kawloon.
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Comprising:—¿
Blackwood Ware. Teakwood Bed- room Diningroom, Drawingroom. Admission to Government hos- and Office Furniture, Offaments, Pitals. says Dr. Kingsbury, are Pictures, E P and Brass Ware. effected by the ebb and flow of Porcelain and Glass Ware, Gramo- labour between, Malaya on the one phones and Records, Electric Table hand, and India and China on the Fans, and Lampa,, Cutlery. Cooking other.
Utensils, eft, etc.
Ca VIEW from THURSDAY, the 28th JULY 1995
Then
tog the prejudice of the ryot against hospitalisation is very gradually......... receding and, year by "For many
hours people passed year, a few more of the kampong the car, in which Gray was lean-population seak; treatment in Gov- Squadron Leader C. E. W. Fostering against the steefing wheel, ernment hospitals. This last fac- who has served at Halton since without noticing that anything tor tends to impose a very alight: 1936. has been appointed, for ad- was wrong.
upward tendency on the reported TERMS:-CASH ON DELIVERI mnistrative duties at No. 1, Air
numbers of malaria cases. Cd. Gnr.-C. GElliot, placed on Observers School, formed at North Retired List (July 15).
Coates, Grimsby, in March last
Lt.Cdr.-D. G., Reid, placed on Retired List with rank of Cdr. (July 18).
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': In his hand was a letter
Newcastle, PerifyNant
While commenting of the in ning, “Dear Daddy" and
crease in malaria for 1937. DY. "Babe The police, while refusing Kingsbury alká emphasisex that to reveal the contents of tife letter, the corresponding number of
Figures for each State bear this NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
THANK GOD I AM AN ENGLISHMAN state that it was written by a wo deaths was very small.
The Budget is not a balance- sheet. It may be a cash sheet. You can put down your abilities.
Mr. T Magnay, Liberal-Nation-1 BEST IS YET TO BE al M.P. for Gateshead, sitting in the House of Cornmons, recently heard other members talk about the Finance Bill and saw many but you cannot assess all the as- head shaken over the state of the sets the real possessions of our nation.
race, the will and the guts of our people. Who can determine the
At last, he rose and said:
"I thank God, I am an English-national income? man-that 1 live, in the best roan- try in the world. Why should wa not have a 'cheerio' speech?
"People talk about the good old days. There never were any good We've had speeches with the old days. We are living now, in an best bedside manner about a pati-age in which we see the birth ent who is said to be going to die pangs of a, new era. 'from all manner of diseases.
"If we play qur party as we "Ths experts are generally ought to do with faith and con- wrong. The patient has the will fidence-belleve there will be no to live and that is the thing that post-mortem. The best is yet to matters.
i.
be.
mad.
Gray was a married man with two sons, and his wife s333, "I never heard that there was an other woman in his life; certainly he never had an enemy."
No gun was found in the car. and Gray's pocket-book contained
£12.
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ture..
out.
Death: From the 21st July, 1938, the
Cases
Perak Selangor Negti Pahang
11.30
281
10,290
189
8,022
169
5.792
161.
F. M. 5.
35.483
800
Dr. Kingsbury states that very Just, before his death Gray had satisfactory progress has been been Alming a mystery comic plc- made in effecting, a decline in the case of mortality rate, during the He left home and arrived at his past few years, the rate for the 'studio. but nobody recalls "seeing Federated Malay States remaining
him leave.
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PRINCESS BABA
Wishes Husband To Be Rajah
Princess Baba, wile of Bob Gregory, the wrestler, wishes, to buy an island in the Dutch East -Indies.
She says she is asking the Netherlands, Consul General who- ther there is an island for sale in the Dutch East Indies
"I am planning a new empire like Sarawak,' she explains, " be called Babalaid. 1'll be Ranee and my husband will be Rajah."
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DUTCH AIRPORT
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The Dutch Government has in principle decided in favour of the
She "specifies that the island foundation of an. aerodrome ue- must be "full of natives and copra cupying a central "position with sheds."
regard to Rotterdam, Amsterdam The Netherlands Consul-general and The Hague, and intended to refuses to comment on the sug-be Hollan J's sole airport for in=' gestion.
ternational trafile.
Princess Baba and Bob Gregory This decision has been induced were married in London last No-by the inconvenience of two im vember. At the time her father, portant aerodromes-- Rotterdam Sir Charles Brooke, white Rajah of and Amsterdam-being only 30 Sarawak, stopped his daughter's miles apart, in view of the ever- allowance of £800 a year. but was increasing range and speed, or reported to, have restored it again Modern air-Eners. in February.**
The concentration of air traffic, at one aerodrome would.. it is cess, Baba announced that she was pointed out. effect considerable expecting a baby.
At the end of last-, month. Frin-
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