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BORRAH MINEVITCH AND HIS GANG
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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
General Elections May
Follow Cabinet Schism
LONDON,' Dec. 20.
SERIOUS DIFFERENCES of opinion within the British Cabinet will lead to an early election, according to the “Evening News" to-night, which states that such a step by Mr. Chamber- lain would clarify the political atmosphere, and also strengthen the position of the Prime Minister and his main collaborators.
The growing Cabinet crisis was the main topic of discussion to-day in political and press circles.
December 21, 1938.
Baby's Fall From Train
Sat Between Rails In Tunnel
Fife mother
was detained by following the discovery of her 21- A Edinburgh City Police, recently,
months-old baby on the main Edin- |burgh-Perth railway line at Inver.
Was
the work and progress is not dis-keitin, which is due at the closed.
A Ministry for Supply and a com- Waverley Station at 7.28 p.m., pulsory register continue to and their stopped by the pulling of the com- when the advocates, while there are members inunication cord, and An increasing amount of criticism who doubt the widzom and restulness guard was Investigating the cause, a 19 being directed at the Secretary for of the Premier's visit to Rome, Col-young woman rushed up to him and War, Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, the lectively. these issentients pro-shouted that her baby had fallen "Evening News" writing: "The pre- duce an atmosphere of political un-from the train. vailing Impression la that Hure-settlement which does not go
Her appeals that a search should very Belisha will go. The accusation deep when examined.
be made for the baby were promptly levelled against him is that while he The most probable outcome ap- makes confident speeches and has pears to be that just before replied to by the railway oficiais.
From North Queensferry word was kept himself in the public eye, ment re-assembles on January 31,sent ta Inverkeithing, the next nothing Has been done in his there will be a reshuffle of certain station along the line. and the Ministry."
offlees in accordance with the inten-station
Lord
Maugham Jar
stationmuster there immediately he
Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Lion which the Premier is believed Carrangert search. Railway em- W. S. Morrison was attacked 1 to have held for some time.
players set out along the track and the! Neither Ipswich this afternoon by National Farners' Union, which Viscount Runchnan originally withed within a few minutes found the baby passed a resofullun expressing dis-to remain indefinitely in the Govern in the tunnel outside Inverkeithing. appointment over "Mr. Morrison's ment. Lord Winterton has not land a altempts to occupy himself with happy parliamentary passage during agricultural problems," Trans- the present year, and therefore be comes into the list of forcesat resiņu - Dean.
tions.
Inasmuch as the Premier's investi- London, Dre. 20. Reports of the resignation of nations into junior Minsters'
plaints might not convince him of the number of Ministers and a possible validity of their illegations, the
PARLIAMENTARY UNEASINESS
Comm-
early general election were investi- Poker Toulay by "Router" lobby excluded from a eurrespondent, who weltes that Mr-changes-Reuter, Chamberlalu is investigating the re- presentations of some of the Junior:
names of those Ministers cannot be
list of posible
A SLIGHT BRUISE It was sitting up between the rails and the only injury it had received was a slight bruse above the right
cye.
The stationmaster carried the child back to his
own house where it was cared for by his wife overnight.
The railway police were COM- united with, and it was decided to take the woman into custody. The train was met at Edinburgh by cm- b.13 of the Edinburgh City Politr,
Mutsters, and that it is insable Pan-American Talks and the woman was taken to pollee
ure will be heard of hat anything more the matter before the recess.
A Reneral election within a tow; months is distinctly improbable, nothing is the more calculated to delay desittely a programe at what ts admittedly stil
period. There is it measure of partiam:- uncasiness over the present state fary of national defences, but this is not, necessarily because of d;fault by the Ministers responsible. This feeling Is assisted by the Biet that much of
HOME
Proceed Slowly
Lima, Dez 20
tri
headquarters
in the ligh Street, where she remained overnight,
The womun, it is understood, lives i
in Rosyth. Indigings Before the baby was found in the tunnel, a train from inverkeithing to Glasgow passed through. sumed that the baby In-line!ively
side crouched against th
The opinion is held here that the! Pan-American Conference is proceed ing slowly owing to introduction of foreign problems such as Spam into the scope of discussions.
Another factor is the sudden de tunnel. parture of the Argentine Foreign Minister whose movements have i given rise to rumours.—Reuter.
OFFICE
'CRAMPING' A.R.P.
MORE than nine months ago
the Home Office were invited |
Sponsor special A.R.P.
AL
ant."
Categ
A. R. P.
were made, we were
It is as-
Shopkeepers Plan Own "Police"
of the
heks will rank for Government RESIDENTS of Kenton, Mid- dlesex, are discussing plans *l was in touch with a dem making to form themselves into a pro- trailer five engines," rald an-tection corps to guard their section at the, Public Health Ser-Da "They were exactly what we homes in vices Congress and Exhibition, vented, and
a fresh outbreak of which opened at the Agricultural, tong Office specifications, but burglaries is the district. Hall, Islington, N., recently.
they are still walling “approval." i For more than a year burglara have The representative of a flani muking (bern at work. Recently a fresh wave It took them five months to reply; fc-fichting optaratus said: "If we started and aner restdents are arrangs and feel the proposition, akhough could get an order for thousands 51 ng that wuru nyer they go out neigh- the galleries of the hall would have, the things we could cut the price our will be called in to act us been at their disposul free of charge, susiderably, but they ask us for 200, watchmen
They nuclined on the ground that)
108, or perhaps 50."
The this veg are believed to belong
ta were too try.
The President of the Board of unent and to work with skeleton Education, Earl De La Ware, speaking at the congress, said: "Fears have S C. Sido, of Monhouse Road. been expressed that the drive for re-eme Park, said: "Every penny
konaskeeping money manied may make peressary cut:
storm although
out Was toetal services.
Ti Printe Minkter has already youse for a few minutes only."
Mr. C. Inay, tadio dealer, of denied that this is either the policy
the desire of the Government, but Chenabury Circle Parade. Kenton. those lines of development unsaid: "Nerly every one of the 40 Snd one Midland official: "Sige which Dere can be no lets up the old shops to this parade has been the crisis we have been inundated by health of the future generation stands pbbed not once but two or three raniphlets and mentoranda from the out above all.
tires in the last year. We have to Home Office stating what they Dink! "No armaments will Save The teep changing the locks on all our i mur duty towards A.R.P.
British Empire unless Dritish youth doors.
"The raiders are driving people out "But they refuse to indicate how is properly equipped physically as much of the expenditure they ask us well wy mentally to face the future." of the district and trade is suffering."
Ths: they missed the opportunity gesting into personal contact with the hundreds of representatives of local authorities who will be visiting! the exhibition during its live days
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"Floating Nursery" Trip
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Liverpool.
Last month saw the end of 21 happy play days on board a "floating nursery" for 600 soldiers' children who arrived here from Bombay in the liner California.
6 Hours in Dug-Out
Three Sution, Surrey, men spent six hours in a 25s, sealed dug-out re- Their fathers are men of the Buffs, erntly, They took gas-naskt with the Bedfordaires, the Hertfordshires. them, but did not use them until they and the Hampshires, who have been had been in the chamber for four left in India ready for duties in hours, Palestine.
Mr. L Power Wallis, borough Forty of the children, whose ages|A.R.P. officer, sold afterwards: "In range from two to ten, have never the last hour we found it almost im scen England before. They were possible to keep a match night be born in India.
enuse of the absence of oxygen. But with our respirators on we were not. Special cols had been fitted in their | inconvenienced, and we felt fine mothers' bunits for the maller when we came out. children, and the ship was provision-
ed with special supplies of children's "One curious thing in that laughing foods.
become a distinct effort."
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