MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1933.
*
SECRETS OF Largest
THE WAR
REVELATIONS BY A REVIEW
INSTRUCTIONS TO CENSORS
- Paris.
Secrets of the day in which the French and German censorships worked during the Great War are
ly review.
Racecourse
IMPROVING THE RAILWAYS
New Street
Lighting Systems
Stand in World NEW DEVICES EACH
NOW AT KEMPTON
PARK
London:
people, and is 240 feet long and 100 feet deep.
Independent Inquiries made by
One section of the new building Reuter's Parls Correspondent in authoritative quarters confirm the contains three special boxes, one accuracy of the remarkable state for Lord Derby, one for the ments now published for the first stewards of the meeting and a timo.
suite for the King. The Royal Here are extracts from instruc-auito is like a magnificent self- tions given to German censors. ac contained fint. It has dining cording to "Vu:"
MONTH
THE LATEST
London.
Month by month new and wonderful devices are brought use to save time and work into railways.
thom.
PARIS INVENTION
BANKS.
P & O BANKING THE CHARTERED BANK OF CORPORATION LTD
Authorleed Capitul Paris. Subscribed and Paid-up Paria engineers have successful- | Resurra Fund *********
ly experimented with an Invention which they claim will revolutionise
£5,000,000 1,594,100 180.000
INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.“
Incorporated by. Mayal Charter 1943,
EKAD OFFICE-LONDON,
HONGKONG AND BHANGHAI
BANK CORPORATION.
Authorized Capital ............. Lormed and Fully Fulékp Reserve Fund
| 239,701.000
Miesling juosa. # 8,900,000,
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Paid-up Capital „........$3,000,000 | 11æverve Lisbilliy; of Proprietors · K30,000,000 Reserye Fund sevisiune
the street lighting systems of the 17-122, Leadenhall Street, Losdes. B.C. Reserre. Liability of Proprietors 3000,00 world's capital eliled.
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The largest racecourse stand in the world, has rizon In eight
This is a photo-electric 'eye' Inonths, from the ashes of the To-day the boilers of engines Kempton Park momber's stand clean themselves out automatical which, exposed to the daylight,
BRANCHES-Dombay, Osleutta, Calicut ALO STAR ILOILO olombo, Hongkong Madre, which was destroyed by fire inatly and trains on the railway lines automatically switches on the
Shanghai, AMNITSAN
-BANGKOK electrie-current-when-tho-daylight-ingapor
Ariselent-in all the pelocipal towns of NATAVIA revealed by "Vu," tho French week. year. If holds more than 8,000 themselves control colour light reaches a given degrea of weak-
signals. Thero org
the world. portable
DOMBAY General Exchange and Banking Business CALCUTTA machines which faston tight theness, and increases the strength of bolts on sleepers, and electric the current in direct ratio to the transacted Loans and overdrafts granted an wolding apparatus which
will gathering darkness, so that full decurity. Current and Fixed Deposit CANTON build up new steel on rails worn at brilliance is achieved when night the paints where they cross, with has completely fallen. With the allowed as rates which may be obtained on COLOMBO
TRAVELLERS LETTERS OF CREDIT DELHI
ILAIPHONG reversed. out it being necessary to move first streaks of dawn the process is
and TRAVELLERS' CHEQUES Samad. "Our invention", an official said,FASSENGERS MESTO. and BL HANKOW LETTENS OP CREDIT HAMDUR ing on the new electric system, the present wasteful system In- One man in a signal-box work-will save thousands of pounds on can do, with case, work which stalled in all capital cities, where- needed something like ten men by blocks of street lamps are wired under the old system.
to clocks which switch the lights regulated hour. "An on enormous amount of wiring, and large number of clocks are re- quired for this, and a large margin of error is inevitable. Another advantage is that the group of weather watchers scattered about any great city who have to turn on the lights in the event of leg or bad weather will be replaced by the automatic photo-electric 'eye'."-Reuter.
rooms,
and
drawing-roome, kitchen. There is a private et trance leading direct to the suite
of from the road. ro-
The Kaiser: Watch especially all speeches, orders, telegrams, or other personal manifestations His Majesty. They must be viewed before publication, even the original text is authentic.
The Crown Prince: Avold any allusion to His Highness than in his capacity as Army Com-patronise Tattersall's ring-Reu- mander.
other
Soldiers: Avoid the expression "human material.”
September 22, 1014: The situa- tion on the Western Front is good. Let through no allusion to a re- treat due to enemy success.
Every movement of Gorman troops is of natrategic nature, la unaffected by enemy movements, and represents preparations for a new auccess.
NOT TOO MUCH GLORY.
December 23, 1916: Too much glory should not be given to the Turkish successes in Gallipoli.
The Turk is a good soldier, but the major part of our success is due to German officers, German muni- tions, etc.
Two-thirds of the stand are for members of the Kempton Park Club, the remaining portion being publle who
the for
ter.
genern
MUMMIES NOT
WANTED
x
PUBLIC CHANGED ITS MIND
London.
Fifty years ago the ery of al- most every visitor who came into the Britsh Museum was "Show us The way to the mummies."
Tu satisfy the public's passion-
museum aequffed and was present- ed with mummies on a wholesale scale. They were lined up in the corridors and crowded into ត number of rooms.
April 18, 1910: Reuter is try- Ing in an obvious manner to sugate Interest in Egyptology, the gest a rupture between ourselves and the United States in the near future. Do not allow the German Press to fall into this ridiculous trap. The United States appre- cinta the clear and firm words of our diplomatic notes. There is no reason to suppose that the United States would dream of rupture. Givo the Press cuttings from American newspapers which con- tradict Router.
1
of
There is a machine in use which whirls great engine driving wheels round at a speed equivalent to 70 miles an hour, and so tests their balance before they are fitted into the engines. There are appliances which, when trucks are being made, can make forty-eight holes, and screw home 48 bolts in a few acconds.
A fireman in the locomotive sheds has only to press a button and huge coal bunkers made of concrete mix, weigh up and supply tons of coal to the engines.
One of the latest "gadgets" to be tried out on the railways is a device to be fitted to express trains. By means of the photo- electric cell, this device will switch all the electric lights in the train on when a tunnel is entered.. and will switch them off again when the train re-emerges daylight.-Reuter.
ENGINEERING WOMEN
RUN WORKS AT KENSINGTON
Into
20 GIRL HANDS
London.
at
a
TO SAVE U.S
2,000 PLANS SUBMITTED.
"SOME ARE PRETTY WILD"
Washington, D.C. More than two thousand plans have poured in upon Miss Frances Porking, U.S. Secretary of Labour and first American Woman Cabinet Minister, from as many citizona anxious to help the nation since she took office.
Home Line sleamers, and al Ports of Call, HARÐIN
British Income Tax Recovered.
HONGKONG Exsentarships and Trusteeships undertaken.
W. J. WADDINGTON,
*THE PERFECT
WIFE
NEWSPAPER GIVES SOME HINTS
HEAD-OFFICE -BONGTONG. BOARD, OF DIRECTORS,
T. Pro, Xig. Chairman,
T. IL A Her Tho..
Depuis Chabemus,
J. K. Donifield, Eng G. Miskin, Zaq. (A. 11. Compton, Xaq. Hon. Mr. K 3.
E. IL Dodwell, Eleg.
Bon. Mr. C.. GEN.
Mackie.
Paterson.
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Young woman who wish to be como perfect wives should study a the advice given in a Belgrade newspaper:-
"Listen when your husband tella you something-even if it is dull.
"Learn to cook. "Learn to cook. "Learn to cook.
"Give him the dishes he likes even if you hate them.
"Don't disgust him with dishes you like.
"Never slop about the house in slippers.
"Never come down to breakfast uncombed.
"Never clean up his writing tulile.
Probably every person in official life in Washington has had an "Tell him his salads are perfect avalanche of such plans over a per--then he will any your cakes are lod of several depression years, but marvellous.
"Don't perpetually ask him- 'Do you still love me?". "Rettler.
Now the visitors' interest in them having worn off, the museum would. like to get rid of about half their Hupply. It is proposed to leave a few of them on view and put the
The only engineering works in rest in two locked rooms, available the world run entirely by women is it remained for the statistical- "Buy lata of spare studs, boot- May 24, 1918: The Bolsheviks to students who insisted on study at Kensington. Every employee, minded Miss Perking to assemble laces and mutches. must not be referred to with con- ing large quantities.
from proprietor to office giri, is a all that arrived in a single book- tempt. They are little affected by
woman and much of the work l■ cane and classify its contents. {: Entente influences. They show The First Commissioner
"The kind of thinking that is anxiety to keep their word. We Works recently startled London manufacturing the engineering in-
going on in America to-day is very have recognised their government when he said that the girders ventions of women.
Girls clambor along high shaft-interesting," she said of this type and do not wish to cause them supporting the floors of the British difficulties.
Museum were "no longer to being there, armed with grease guns, of arriving mail-matter. trusted." But the officials of the while others pry deep into building have replied that there delicato works of big machines.
fiths in were always serious the girders due to faulty easting. They are just as bad to-day as they were 110 years ago when the building was erected-but worse.-Router,
KAISAR'S ABDICATION.
October 9, 1918: All allusions to the Emperor's plans for abdication are forbidden. No news on this subject is allowed at all,
The rules for French censors were codified in a lengthy secret report called "Circular 1,000." Here are hitherto unpublished extracte quoted by "Vu":-
the
"Some are pretty wild, but I find grains of truth in them."
The business was started by a Her own view on public works woman and at no time in its his was that $2,000,000,000 or $3,000,- try has any man had a hand in it.000.000 worth of projects could be Its founder, manager, organiser, put underway in four or five months and inventor of some of its products in Federal, State and county pro- nois Mias A. Ashberry..
jects, not "monumental" works, but Miss Ashberry now employs 20 of a nature to raise the American girls as engineers but at first she standard of living, by means of had so many rebuffs from men more roads, sewerage systems, that the enterprise was almost kill-bathrooms, low cost houses, and
African Troops: Do not give LARGE NOSES AND
more than just praise
to native
troops. Their value must not be
exalted at the expense of
other
troops. (November 25, 1914)
SMALL JAWS
AUSTRALIANS
Melbourne. Australians possess two notable characteristics; they have large
ed. Some of the girls in her plant telephone and light polca leading to left offices and shops to learn on-farm dwellings,—Router. gineering. One was a speedway rider and another a road scout.
Not long ago Miss Ashberry was approached by the British Broad- casting Company to make a special gramophone pick-up. She was given the work because the B.B.C. thought a woman would be the best to handle it as the detalla wore a confidential secret.
Poison Gas and Liquid Flame CHARACTERISTICS OF Throwers: All publication of their use is forbidden (August 19, 1916). Publications in Favour of Peace: These publications, forbidden in principle; can be authorised when they specially advocate o victorious peace, based on Justice and the noses and small juwa. triumph of right (February 1, A sculptor, Mr. Paul Montford, 1915).
has discovered these facts about Publicity should not be given Australians after many years of to special circumstances which may study and modelling. have led to a momentary and local To make Australian features machines, baconcutting machines, rapprochement between enemles, as well as to acts of generosity of there should be a greater infusion
more regular he suggests that and a patent fly-trap invented by a Germans towards the French (which are, moreover, extremely of English blood,
rare)-Reuter.
.
DYNAMITE IN A BLAZING HOUSE
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP VILLAGE
Lisbon.
Police are investigating what is believed to have been an attempt to blow up a whole village with dynamite.
A thounnd pounds of dynamite arrived from Lisbon at the village of Vale-Major, and was stored in a house to await Its. use for blast- Ing work on a now road..
Shortly afterwards the Im provised" powder magazino" was
Mr. Montford attributes the
enlarged noses to naturo's just
ment to a hot, dry, and sultry climate. Men breathe faster and deeper in hot Australia, he be- lieves, and as a result their noses develop.
He does not know any reason for the small jaws.-Reuter.
The factory makes delicato aeroplane parts for many of the great air companies, turned parts for ships, wireless sets,, blades, motor-car clutches, hosiery
woman.-Router.
TAZOr
AUSTRIA'S RICH MEN
CAPITALISTS FEW & FAR BETWEEN
Vienna. Austrin, according to the official Bureau of Statistics, has only two persons with an annual income of one million schillings (about £30,000) or over.
Only 300 taxpayers, out of.n population of
have an
RIOT AT FASHION larger than 24,000 year
PARADE
WEDDING “STUNT” WHICH FAILED
London, Ontario, Because a wedding did not take place as scheduled at a fashion re-
There are 9,000 who annually re- volvo an income of from £700 to £2,000.
.....
The average yearly income of taxpayers is £90, and, only one- third of the population pay an income-tax-Reuter.
LENGTH OF THE low, women patrons created such ENGLISH WOMEN WIN
THAMES
REPORTED TO BE
137 MILES
London.
a disturbance that police had to be rushed to the aceno and were oblig. ed to arroat a man in order to restore peace.
The dress show was held at a local hotel, and ong of the at- tractions advertised was a wedd, Ing ceremony.
Women turned up in theft hundreds and everything was go- ing splendidly when
The length of the Thames is given as 137 miles in a report just The bride and bridegroom arriv. Jasued by members of the Thamesed and blushingly announced that the marringe knot had been tied
Acon to be on fire but what might | Conservancy, ........................
colourful
AT BRIDGE
· Ireland Beaten In First International
V
London... England defeated Ireland by. more than 8,000 points in the all- women's contract bridge inter national match held in London recently.
It the first international kavo been a terrible catastrophé If all the windings of the oleowhere. was averted in the nick of time. Thames are measured, according The patrons of the show wore bridge contest in which Irish wo-
Taking their lives in their to the distance from Thames furious. There wore loud erfas of men have played.
The score, after two days' play, hands, firemen courageously onter- Hond Bridge to the Nore in 200 "Fraud!" Hoax!"-mingled with ed the blazing house and trans-miles. And if all the tributarios more
ojaculations. was England 20,870, and Ireland ferred the dynamite to a safe din be included, the river has n' total Chaos broke loose. Amid screams 20,310-Router.
A of "Give us our money back!" Lance..
mileage of 668.. Meanwhile, a man is under arrest The streams which comprise the general melee ensued and the ox-ed when the women's clamour for and is said to have confessed to main river are the rivers Mole, ibits were in danger of destruc- nction had resulted in the removal to a police station of the promoter Bring the building from motives Ember, Lodden, Thame, Cherwell, tion.
The polico arrived at the of the show-on a nominal charge. of vengeance against the owner. Evenlods, Windrush Chrun, Ray, Reuter.
and Kennet-Router.
double; but peace was only assur-Reutor.
up;
LOCAL GOLF
(Continued from Page 8.)
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J. W. Mayhew bent A, MacFarlane, 2 upi
R. H. G. Ashby w.o. J. S. Dykes;|
Rt. W. Amery beat F. M. Ellis;
G. Thwaites w.o. J. E. Dovey;
L. B. Holmes beat W. J. Wadding- ton, 4 and 3;
C. H. Bradley beat E. Lewis, one
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"A. E. Charman boat J. J. King. 8 and 7:
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