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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1936.
Rat-Catcher Blows Up
ALHAMBRA A Villa AIR RAID SAFETY
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til the cyclone atruck!
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RAYMOND
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JESSIE RALPH and HENRY STEPHENSON
Directed by JOSEPI! SANTLEY. Screenplay by Bert Kalmar - Hors Ruby. Produced by Edward Kaufman.' IKO. RADIO PICTURE
BUT HE
KILLED
THE RATS
Paris, Dec. 15.
A REMOVAL contractor
who rented a smart villa in a suburb of Paris found to his dismay that the slumbers of himself and his family disturbed by mice were which scampered about the attics. Further, the Persian carpets which had been laid on the ground floor showed signs of having been gnawed by rats,
To get rid of the pests the man engaged the services of profes- sional rat-catcher, and while this omelal was at work the tenant of the villa and his family lodged at an hotel adjoining.
About six o'clock onc evening there was a terrible explosion, and although it is safe to say that after it there was not a mouse or a rat living, it must also be confessed that the villa was ruined.
FLOORS CRASH
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All Under Cover
Seven Minutes
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Warning
SEVEN minutes after enemy bombers cross the coast, Britain will be taking cover in gas-proof rooms at home and putting
on State-provided gas-masks. These seven minutes are the limit set by the Air Raid Precuations De- partment for warning the country of a raid.
be given dormant contracts, for supply of material within 48 hours. Gas masks and bleaching powder. will be stored, and facilities given
țin anti-gas megaures Local
for
Wing-Commander A. HI. S. Sicele- | civilian trorities, said this Govern
Perkins explained recently in London Pablle Health Congress how 10 the the Government's safety-in-air-rald plans are being completed.
Thousands of people will be evi- cunted from danger zones to, the country by tube and railway. Plans are being worked out in delali for a voluntary system.
Slum Danger Wing-Commander Steele-Perkins ilmed that he had visited 9,000 lum houses in London.
"Thousands," he said "cannot under any conditions be made gas-proof."
Plans for combating perll from the tr were frankly discussed in this.
wny.
Approach of War-Loent nuthori- Des will be keut informed of diploma-
-EX
could not be ment spokesman, pected to bulld-gas-proof shelters at over the country. "That," he said "Is the responsibility of the factor owners and of the householders."
Keep Indoors-Thot was the part- ing word of advice.
Gunman Felled
Paris, Dec. 15, A man named Jean Stefany was visiting his wife's grave near here 10-day when shots were fired and hir called Paoletti, fell companion, wounded.
·
The assailant, named Foatn, took to his heels, but was felled by n
The attics were blown into the air, ¦ tje tension, and safety plans would Grave-digger with a wooden cros3,
while the second and third storeys of the building crashed on to the ground
b nu Into oneration.
Lighting. Power, and
Water
floor, smothering rodents and furniLondon. south-east and east coasts ture alike.
nod · industrial midlands will be
From all this arise three cases.
court
The owner of the villa is summoning
the tenant for damages. The tenant replies that the damage is th direct result of rats and mice which the owner has no right to tolerate.
The tenant is summoning the profes- Fional rat-catcher as the party re- sponsible for the damages, The rat-catcher replies that if the tenant or his agent had not struck natch, the polsonous gas with which the villa hnd been filled to
"hineked out." Co-operation be tween adinining authorities to main- taht supplies.
Incendiary. Bombs. These are "reatest danger. Fire brigades will
deal with people in burning build- logo rozrué narting will tackle people all other buildings not affected by
Arg.
First Aid Posts.—Plan prepared on basis of worst possible conditions. Contractors, it was suggested, should
k the rats would not have ex-alleging that there is no longer a rat placed,
or mouse in the villa--or what re- Finally, the rni-catcher is suing the mains of it-and therefore he has tenant for the price of his services, | fulfilled his contract.
Į
Paoletti was taken to hospital in
charge of Fonts. serious condition and the police took į
-Stefany was acquitted on a charge of having shot and wounded Fonla.
Python Drama
New York, Dec. 20, Dancing with a python wound round her neck, a variety artist named Hazel Ariel has narrowly escaped a ghastly death.
The 7ft reptile suddenly tightened Its coils during her act.
Stage hands and other performers behind the scene rushed on to the singe, ond, after a struggle, they managed to tear the snake off the girl-Reuter.
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