REMEMBER TEL. No. 977 FOR
MERCURY GARAGE
STOLEN TOY MOTOR-CAR.
HOW IT PASSED FROM HAND TO HAND.
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THE MOST MODERN CARS IN TOWN.
FRANKFORT FULL OF WAR PROFITEERS.
SMUGGLING VALUABLES OUT OF GERMANY.
His idea curs that
fearful cursa - was, * Before be ginning to speak take two or three deep breaths, and always breathe at a stop, so as to prevent whąt fill old Atammerers do, speaking with an empty lung." Dumbbell exercise, he also believed, helped Kim to overcome his disability. Curiously enough, it was only in conversation that Kingsley stam med, navar in the pulpit or on the platform. He used to say be - could speak for God but not for
himself.
The about-to-be Disestablished Church in Wales, is setting its new house in order. The Govern- ing Body (Clerical and Lay) were busy recently considering the formation of a Separate Welsh Province, which evidently found favour. Under the Act of September 18, 1914, Disestablish- ment will come into operation in Wales at a date "not being later than the end of the present war." That meant, of course, on the One of the most profitable in-day peace is ratified. Nobody M. A Remedios, was stolen dustries in Germany at the pre-entertains any doubt on
No.sent time is the smuggling of matter. The perplexing point is 51. Wyndham
and valuables out of the country, says that the Irish Home Rule Act iş after passing through various a Daily Chronicle correspondent, in precisely the same position as vicissitudes in the hands writing from Frankfort.
the Welsh Act. What will of at least three
happen? Will the one be taken, found its way into a second-hand
the other left? Or will a new furniture store at No. 72, Welling
Suspensory Act for Ireland be ton Street, where it was later
introduced 2 found with its various parts broken up,
A toy motor-car valued at £25. the property of the son of Mr.
from his
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the
to
residence at
Street,
persons, Quite a number of people are ready to pay quite handsomely to have their valuables taken out of Germany just now. There are various reasons, of course. Some merely wish to escape the in- evitable heavy taxation which must shortly be expected.
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Others have made their money in ways which they might and awkward to explain,
it
this
The smallest of ́all recognized breeds of dog is the Chihuahua, pronounce "She-wah-wah," which is also one of the most intelligent breed is a product of Mexico and at all the canine family. This
is named after a northern..pro- vince of that country where there are thousands of these little dogs running wild and multiply ing each year. It seeras a re- markable thing that in spite of the fact that they have never had any dog shows in Merico, one
Inspector Boulger prosecuted three Chinese. one of whom was the master of the furniture shop, the Police Court this morning, of receiving a charge
knowing motor-car
Other again and I am told have beeb stolea. -He stated that it was a rather mixed that they are in the majority up case. The car was discovered are quite honest merchants, who in the furniture shop at Welling-re out to make quite honest, if ion Street by Mr. Remedios son rather exorbitant. profits. They When the third defendant (the are buying large supplies of food master of the shop) was question-and luxuries in neutral countries. ed, he said he bought it from The neutral merchants demand only has to visit that country and
the
cash. The Government will not the second defendant, who
allow cash to be sent out of the The Was a marine hawker. second defendant
merchants Wis locat-country. So ed at his store in Lascar Row smuggle their marks abroad, sell
them at a large reduction (there and he in turn
that sard
the by still further reducing the he bought it from
valne of the mark) and use the first defendant The latter
proceeds to pay for the goods. Connanght arrested in Road and he informed the Police These goods are then sent to the that the car was sold to him by occupied districts, and from there the son of the Chinese man-muggled into Germany, where ager of the Victoria Theatre. they are sold at profits so fabul- From certain statements, Inous as to cover all expenses. spector Boulger had reason to believe that there Jusion
Was
was
between the
Let me add that I have just col-been asked 150 marks which at boy the present rate of exchange is and the first defendant, about £3 10s. for 200 cigarettes, but owing to the insufficient for which we used to pay 3d-or nature of the evidence, the former was it 24d-for ten not so long could not be charged.
220.
Frankfort is full of war pro- The evidence in court corrobor- ated the Inspector's statement fiteers. It may be as well to add. and revealed that profiteering was that the Frankfort smugglers are indulged in by the defendants extremely dissatisfied. Which is as they in turn sold the motor car to say that the French sentries to each other. The stolen car are unpleasantly severe. was sold to the first defendant
try to purchase a really good, typical little Chihuahua, from a native to realize that the Mexi cans know the worth of this dog of his own country, How these. dogs were bred probably never will be known. Some authorities have intimated that they were bred some generations back from large squirrels, and this view is borne out by the fact that at one time these dogs ran wild in the woods and that the Chihuahua is nearly as proficient in running up. trees as the squirrel
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Notes on ancient inn signs remind some of us of the good old days when beer, that was beer, could be bought at the inns: when it justified its old time name of } “Merry go down." This was the name of a strong ale when the first of the Licensing Acts was passed in 1552, and when. at an Assize of Ale, the price was fixed at one penny a quart. Tradition takes beer back to the Bronze Age; certainly the Angio-Saxons were notable beer drinkers. The word tale" claims descent from
If you are a smuggler op the for 80 cents, this price British front somewhere in the being in tum raised by the other neighbourhood of Cologne, say defendante, until, when the car you have a very much easier finally came to rest in the time of it. The British sentry an ancient Danish word.” “OL" furniture store. it had risen to the never shoots he is far too good.There is a theory that the marks respectable sum of 54.
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TO AVOID DYSENTERY and diarrhoea during the hot season the system must be kept ILITARISTS HOPING FOR clean and the functions active, for which purpose there is nothing HIS RETURN.
equal to
natured. Fie may arrest you, but on beer barrels, X, or double and GERMANY AWAITS EX-KAISER. The third defendant gave his then his officer is certain to let treble X-for pale, mild, or strong evidence in an awkward manner you go if you only pitch him a ales, were derived from the siga which swiftly called down on his sufficiently pathetic story with of the Cross, and signified that the head the anger of the Magistrate three little children and a starving monks, renowned browers of old, who-informed
that he other in it. Or so I am told. him
had taken their oath that their As was "an old scoundrel."
The bourgeoisie of Germany are beer was good beer. the evidence showed that he ready to pay 20 per cent.-that, had no knowledge of the car at least, is the percentage I have being stolen, he was, however, been offered to anyone who will discharged. The other two take their war-profits out of defendants were convicted and Germany. Mr. Bela Kun and his sentenced to four weeks hard colleagues are ready to pay even manufacturing costs, plus the ent source that the members of Pinkettes dispel constipation and Jabour.
more.
TRAGEDY “UP
TO DATE
BY THE COMIC MUSE.
Just the man for the job, said the Colonel's wife
As she gazed on her hubby with pride;
Though you may not believe me, you're it to the life, So don't let your modesty hide.
Your merits at all on occasions like this,
When all that is needed is push;
Take your place at the head of the whole blooming biz, And insist without beating the bush.
On your rights as the Dur of your own little crowd You have earned them much more than the rest For rank despite Burns is the one thing allowed, To be gold that has come through the test"
The Montreal Methodist Con- The Daily Nery special corres- ference has asked the Govern-pondent writes from Vienria,] ment to appoint a permanent dated May 31, as follows-1 commission to investigate and fix learn from a thoroughly compet
PINKETTES
cost of transportation and the the Dutch Government have re prevent its return, cure brious- scale of profits, thereby modera-cently reached the unanimous ess, sick headaches, torpid liver, ting and standardizing the cost determination not to hand over ill-smelling breath, clear the skin of living as far as possible. The the ex-Kaiser to the Entente and of pimples and blotches, Of Conference also favoured Govern that the extreme limit of compli chemists, or 60 cents the vial, ment ownership" and sale of ance with a request would be to post free, from the Dr. Williams alcoholic liquors within the request the ex-Emperor to return Medicine Co., 96 Szechuen Road,
Shanghai. province of Quebec. Recorto-Germany. It is further con struction" is evidently on the tendal, on behalf of the Dutch minds of the Methodists, who murities, that the ex-Kaiser's however, refused to endorse the physical, and mental condition. The people” he said, “begin demand of the General Conferoso deplorable that the adopt to feel that without the unifying ence that the whole economic top of the course in question influerice of the Monarchy, Ger- system should be, based on so would result in his complete many will not be able to occupy operation instead of profits...) collage
that place, in the sun which
Heri Noske, the German Min
If news reaching here is relia Germans claim,
ister of Defence, is acquiring at ble, the German Government, as which I witnessed least as much odium as the mili-well as large sections of
tarists of the old regime. Since German
his ruthless suppression of the with this possibili
Spartacists in Berlin be has had to the Fatherland
to be guarded night and day. On fór spo
a recent visit to Hamburg he met Germany.
with the worst of recestičné
Accordingtothe Kolnische 2
a huge asserably gather
front of the Town
Soldiers
The scenes
Andam
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