EXPERTS SPY AS THEY PLAY
To Help Them Grow Up
IF you see a professorial-looking man up a tree over- looking school playing-flelds, or peering through a periscope over the wall of a school yard, don't get curious -it may be only a psychologist watching the boys and girls at play.
Psychologists are teating that maxim about all work and no play making Jack a dull boy, according to the annual report of Sir Arthur MacNalty, Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education.
But it is being, done unobtrusively,
for they have discovered that children
become self-conscious "under the microscope" and will not; play naturally,
A clinic at Bristol, where obser vations have been made, kus sand trays, running water, binckboard, dolls' house, and other toys, so that each child can find material most helpful to colve his or her emotional problems."
OWN
From examinations of 1,600,527 children Sir Arthur has formed this nutrition blo:
15
Excellent
per cent. Normal
73.8 per cent. Slightly sub-rormat 10.6 per cent. Dai
0.6 per cent.
The figures are about the same us those for the last two years.
tonsils (removal of).
Lastly, he gives a warning about
ber of operations for the removal of Observing that since 1935 the num- tonsils and adenoids has continued to rise, he says there is evidence that these operations are often performed without adequate reasons and some- times without full precautions against, dangers and complications.
Mme. Skobline, known as La Pleviizkaia, confers with her lawyers after a Paris court sentenced her to 20 years at hard labour in prison, with bandstiment atferwards for 10 years. She was con- victed of alding her husband, General Skobline, In the kidnapping of General de Miller. White Russian leader. General de Miller was believed killed.
Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 2, 1939.
ON CHILDREN EMPIRE
UFS
Walter H. Cragg, 58, left, a disbarred Brooklyn, N. X, lawyer, at a New York police station after his arrest on a charge of black- mailing "F. Donald Coster." late president of McKesson & Robbins, Inc. Coster shot himself when Identlied as ex-convict Philip Musica. Acting U, S. Attorney Noonan said a number of persons who knew "Coster" as Musica had been paid to keep quiet.
Servant Girl's Death by Fire
Strapless Gowns
evening
Ruling that atrupless gowns were immodest, University of Washington 'Varsity Ball Committee told girl students wearing such dresses that they would be banned from | dance floor. Bright secretary found way out; gave all strapless-gown girls pair of men's braces.
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NEWS
SETTLING NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY.
The Federal Government intends to carry out a five-year programme to increase pastoral production and population in the Northern Territory.
to
be
The plan will embrace rend con. struction and the establishment of water supplies on stock routes. Ad- vances
to settlers will enable cattle country
converted to sheep stations. Some of the
the large leases will be subdivided. There will be co-ordination of road, sea and rall transport to reduce freight charges on goods sent from the Territory. A survey of all leases in the Territory will be made.
An aerial survey is to be carried out of country adjoining the pro- posed rallways, one of which will run from Dajarra in Queensland to Rankine in the Barclay Tablelands, and the other from Wyndham to Mistake Creek.
Refugee Immigrants Recently for the first time for many years, Italtung took second place on the foreign im- migrants list. First place went to German and Austrian refugees, of whom 300 arrived, as compared with 135 Italians. There was a sharp rise In British immigrants, who num- bered 972, but, as 502 people of Bri- tish
left Australia, the net permanent gain In
British-born population was 380,
Film Quota Bil-A new flin quota
bilt has been introduced In the New South Wales Parliament which will force every Australian exhibitor to include 15 per cent. of British
Alms in his programmes.
SOUTH AFRICA
IMPROVED TRADE
OUTLOOK
CAPE TOWN.
An optimistic note is struct by Mr. G. E. Williamson, President of the Cape Chamber of Industries, in a letter to members. Mr. Williamson slates that there seem to be definite signs that trade is Improving. The slowing up of trade in the Union during 1838 had been due chiefly to international difficulties.
face, of
of so many adverse cir cumstances it seems remarkable, that our trade has not sulf
suffered more,"
writes Mr. Williamson. "The fact that secondary industries have had as much business
As
they have and
HAVE
that agriculturists have found in us
as good a market as they have, is o
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city of young qualified land surveyors Scarcity of Surveyors-The scar to gain more sympathy was made at in the Union was mentioned
Nottingham Inquest recently on annual meeting in Cape Town of the at the Edith Price (17), whose home
at Coronation Avenue, Dinnington, Sheffield.
Cape Province. A lecturer on Survey Was Institute of Land Surveyors of the at the University of Cape Town sald that next year there would probably be no men qualifying. The survey profession did not appear to attract the youth of South Africa. JAMAICA
She was employed by Mr. and Mrs, Wood, of Burleigh Road, West Bridg- ford, when her clothing caught are on November 18,
Her father stated that she told him! in hospital that she was either draw-
ing or poking the fire when her cel- PLEA FOR WEST INDIA
lulold cuts caught fre,
The Jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," adding a rider that celluloid cuffs should not be worn in such circumstances.
REGIMENT
KINGSTON.
Plans for island-wide representa- HAD FAINTING FTTS
tions to the traperial Government for the re-establishment of the West Mrs. Lucy Wood, the girl's e- India Regiment in Jamaica are under ployer, said that Price was suscep- consideration. The object Lible to fainting fits. On one occasion relief of unemployment. There are is the her daughter thought that the girl now had more colour on than usual, took
1,000
out
of work.
her
It is proposed that Jamaica should
to the sink and washed it off, contribute one-third of the annual The girl was dismissed Inter.
The Coroner:
amount needed for the maintenance What made you of the regiment. When the matter possess the iden that she had not ac- was, rafsed some time ago the War cidentally got on fire?-1 thought she Office replied that nothing could be wanted to burn herself to try and done on account of the cost. get a little more sympathy. She had
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had a fit and it was a terrible thing was disbanded in 1927. Two bat-50 years has gained world..
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Palestine, East Africa and the
The girl's father (to Mr. Wood): Cameroons, Do you think that taking a girl for- elbly, holding her over a sink and washing lipstick off her face is a
proper way of dealing with a domes- STOMACH SUFFERER
"I WAS SORRY FOR HER" Mrs. Wood: You did not see how it was put on. It was not done in the ordinary way. I took her to the doctor, and it made me look such a fool. I thought it was her heart, but there was eyebrow black on her lips. I was sorry for her; and when I found out I had been deceived 1 thought it was
terrible. Professor H. S. Holden, of the Home Office forensic science labora tory, Nottingham, put a lighted match to a corner of a plece of cuff and held it over the Areplace in the
court.
The cellulold flared up nearly a foot high and in 20 seconds was burnt out,
WOMAN'S SKELETON
IN CEILING
A skeleton, belleved to be that of a woman, was recently found "con- cealed in the celting of a house in Dublin. The remains, discovered by workmen repairing the ceiling, were removed for examination by the State pathologist.
The room in, which the find was made is occupied by a couple who visited England for. Christmas and the calling was being repaired before their return. Another family lives ju, the upstairs room. •
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"One Mass of Bones"
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