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TUESDAY JUNE 18, 1922.

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The Best Women.

A "best man” who was a WOMAN acted at a wedding at Ealing recently. This unusual role was adopted on the spur of the moment, the Daily Chronicle learns. It was all arranged on the way to the church. The pro- apective bridegroom--an afficer attached to the Air Force who lost his leg in the war-sad the bride, a war, widow, motored from London. With them were an ex-officer who was to be best inan, and a woman who was to give the bride away. Sadden- ly the woman exclaimed: "Let's be original. Let me be the best man. Promptly the suggestion was adopted. The ex-officer handed over the wed- ding ring to her, and at the ceremony she produced it and "supported" the bridegroom while the original deat man gave the bride away.

Handling Bee Snakes.

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There is a young woman of the Natural History Museam who is in effect a spake charm:t on scientif lines As curator of the reptile department, her duties include the anpacking and handling of live poisonous snakes from all parts of the world. One Saturday's Press repre sentative made inquiries in that department regarding the rumoured arrival of a consignment of live anakes, and discovered the curator anpacking specimens which bad, unfortunately, died en mate. "When I handle poisonous makes alive," she said, "I wear rabbit skin gloves at fire, but once I know my snakes I wear no gloves, and let them wind themselves round my arms. I find they respond, like most wild things, to the right method of handling." Asked what constituted, the right method of i handling, she replied, "Oh, it's just a knack, that's all." As curator of reptiles she has charge of all the exhibits in the galleries and of the store-room collections, being occupied cataloguing new specimens, slive, dried, or preserved in spirit. Perhaps her most interesting live specimen at the moment is a Mexican avolotl, the white, tadpole-like creature that Pro- fessor Julian Hurley has turned into a sort of salamander by feeding it with thyroid gland. This particular axolotl, however, has been experimenting on its own account. In a moment of wild adventure it swallowed three pebbles, clearly discernible beneath its transparent skin. "He can't swim up to the surface of his tack now," she said, "they weigh him down; but he srems quite happy and healthy, so I don't worry."

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A shallow depression lies over. S.W. China:

Hongkong rainfall for the 34 hour anding at 10 am today, 008 incls. Total sizes January 18%. 10°M `inches, against an average of 19 94 inches

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A fize of $250 or three months' hard labour, was the sentence pared. Among the Seventh Day Adventist by Magistrate Hamilton yesterday on delegates who arrived back in San a godown-keeper employed by Mesers. Francisco recently after attending the W. G. Humphreys and Co., charged Adventista world convention--was with the misappropriation of 100 cases Elder Meade MacGuire, who recently: of soap.

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"We were traveling up the Yang- the river on one occasion when pirates attacked na," said Elder MacGuire in an interview with the San Fran

Mr. F. G. Tax, the Company's ing outlying mission stations. During On the question of tail, Mr. Longi-had been instructed not to ask for a Mr. I. H. Evan, also Adventista solicitor, sold the Magistrate that he his etay he traveled with Mr. and notto said his client had been unable heavy sentence. This was due to the to raise the $250 previously fixed and intervention of the defendant's father workers, through parts of the country he suggested that the amount be who had pleaded for leniency on where robbers and pirates are an reduced to $150. This was agreed to, behalf of his ening son.. The cir- ever present danger.

According to the prosecution, the cumstances surrounding the sale of the other welcome a scheme that is now defendant is alleged to have neglected goods had tempted the defendant to Gader way to establish a fleet of his duty whilst on best on the Bow commit the crime of misappropriation. the Thames, loon City Road on the night of May According to the police the misap motor ships on

As the result of a telephone, propriation was committed in connec sisco Chronicle. It was the time Anything to relieve the pressure on 31. tubes and motor 'buses at busy hours message the Indian Sergeant was sent tion with the delivery of 2,400 cases when the steamer "Robert Ballar" of the day, when the scramble for a out to investigate the matter. On of soap out of the godown, no receipt was sunk by Chinese bandits. Our place becomes interse, must be a meeting the defendant he asked where being given to the defendant, who was best was fired on by robbers drawn valuable public service. Many he had bern and why he had left his the enabled to make out that 2,500 up alone the banks of the river and The constable rezented the ces had been delivered instead of one bullet, entering the cabin occupied thickly populated districts in London best. border the Thames, and there is no accusation and is alleged to have,

by Mr. and Mrs. Evans, drove reason why most of the dwellers assaulted the Sergeant.

Defendant having pleaded guilty, its way into Mrs. Erens' Bible, com therein should not be carried to their

the Magistrate parsed the sentence pletely shattering the book. That mentioned.

was just an incident of our ex- periences.

offices in the City by water.

Practically speaking, there is no HISTORIC INN DESTROYED. reason why a service of passenger

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CURSES IN COURT.

DRAMATIC SEQUEL TO A SUMMONS.

On another occasion Mr. MacGuire and his companions found themselves unexpectedly in the midst of a battle. Wa Pei Fa, the leader of the victori- ous Chinese forges in the civil war just brought to a close by his sucCAZE, was in command of a squadron of battleships lying in the rivaL. Steamer bearing the missionaries railed through their ranks sad anchored

The Amato Iur, Epsom, an interes- tion as such a service proves to be on ting old wooden building over 200 the Seine in Paris. Unfortunately, it years old, has been burn to the ▲ considerable enm - of is not always possible in these days to ground. consider a question from a practical money kept in s bedroom was rescued business point of view. Pablic officials by the fire brigade, but practically and other authorities step into the everything else in the place was picture and spoil the effect. This has destroyed. The occupants, who were been the case in the past, when other awakened by the smoke, escaped with Walter Redstone, an elderly man, of when a shot scross the bows brought |

difficulty in their night clothes.

inn.

A wild scene in the precincts of Willesden police court was described there at the end of a case in which

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Kingthorpe-road Stonebridge; was summoned for 17s. 6d. arrears of the intimation that further progress maintenance due to his wife.

was frowned on.

passenger services have been tried on

The Amato Inn, which was reached the Thames. And the obstructing in- fucace ba-bren the Fort of London by a flight of steps, was well-known

"About 11 o'clock that night,” said Authority. This body hat charged to racegoers because of the old pump Defendant tearfully declared: "I such high fier does that the pas outside on which it was the custom protected her for thirty years, and Mr. MacGuire, "Wa Pei Fu, in his senger heat companies have been un- to chalk the probable winners of the never broke a hair of her head beside. flagship, steamed up to within 150 She has sworn my life away." De Jards of our vessel. We hardly realiz able to pay them and ran at a profit. Derby and the City and Suburban, One of the rents of this has been Lord Rosebery, whose residence is fendant declared that he had no ed that it was a battleship; it looked that the many excellent piers in the cicse by. was amongst those who money, sad was ordered to pay the more like an oil tanker, Thames have been for the greater came down to view the rains of the 174 6d. in a week or go to prison. "Suddenly the battleship began Two minutes after the partier had firing at the shore batteries lined up 'part of their existence idle and

left the coort shrieks ware along both banks. Wu-Pei Fa went anproutable to say nothing of the lose

heard from the of an excellent means of conveyance.

corridor, the word to us not to be alarmed, as be dror bust open, and Two other difficulties in the past wire

they had no intention of bitting us, but we reappeared. The roman sank on her did't know what the shore batteries tides, and frequent stoppages. The latter is evercome by the modern

knees, still shrilly shrieking in evident might do, when they got into action motor ship, with its facility fo **Have you a parental fixation?" fest, and the man apparently bad his and we were right in range. For- manoeurving power. There is no According to Dr. David Forsyth, who hands around her throat and was tunately the batteries were made up reason why the modern motor boat lectured on " Payche Analysis" at the trying to choke her. He was dragged of machine gune and their shots, fell should not start and stop slmost as Institute of Hygiene, 34, Devonshire off by police officers, and the wife short, but our captain thought we had easily as a motor hus. The former street, W., if one of the parties has a declared that she was in fear of her better move CIL difficulty is overcome by the building parental fixation the marriage is lifte

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PARENTAL FIXAT.ON."

“Just ut that moment the donkey During the wife's evidence on this engine that worked the anchor weat of very specially designed shallow- almost bound to be unhappy. draft craft. And as the boats are. "A parental fixation," hearplained, charge he kept up a continuous stream out of commise on. There we wert being built by the famous firm of is the love which a person sometimes of abuse, declaring that Mrs. Bedstone right in the middle of the battle, Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co., in retains through lif for his parents. was a coward and had ruined bis life. and held down by an anchor that the north, this side of the problem is As our capacity for love is always the Curse you!" he exclaimed many couldn't be raised. It took the men certain to be adequately dealt with. If same, a man who is head over heels times

more than an hour to get the engine Bemanded in custody, he resumed working again and finally we got out low fares are charged, to compare with one woman cannot care any bing favourably with tubes and omnibuses, for another woman. He can be half his violent abuse of his wife, and unharmed and if only the Port of London in love with two women, and a clung so tenaciously to the dock rails

During his Chinese travels Mr. Authority is reasonable as far as pier sixth in love with six women, but he that three cfficers were required to MacGuire journeyed to the border of charges are concerned, there seems no can only be wholly in love with one." remore him to the cel's below

Tibet, visiting many ancient cities, reason to doubt the success of an Dr. Forsyth also said that if a man

Seven hundred and fifty miles of the ambitious scheme which must prove is in love with an ideal his business

journey ware made, in sedan chaise great boon to all the working popular or calming. Al löyð lát

Tway it days vene 20 LART FUTION tion of the greatest city in the world, j diminish in ratio,

of the trip.

Although he had declared his in- ability to pay his wife 171,6d, a £5 note was found on king when sekrete

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HONGKONG TIME SIGĦALS.

The Time Exll on Kowloon Signal Hill is dropped- daily at 10 am. and A puta. ezsept on Saturdays when it is dropped at 10 s.m. and 1. pam, and on Sundays sad Holidays when it is dropped at le

The Ball is bairted half mast at the sõth minute and full mass, nf the 57th zoinate. Should the ball fail to drop at the correct time it will be lowered at 5 matoutes past the hour and the ordinary routine repented at the following hour, if possible

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