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IN SARAWAK.

NATIVES FEAR OF A LEPER.

of

STILL UNHONOURED.

STATUES FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC BENEFACTORS.

of

The following which occurs "The news that a statue is going in the report of one of the to be erected to the farmer's wife district officers Sarawak who discovered the Becret shows that sophistication has Camembert checae suggests that not penetrated every fastness many of the world's unconsidered Above Nanga Spak, Ulu benefactors have no. plastic monu Layer, it was seen that a very ments to keep their memory green," remarkable number of land writes the London correspondent of

the "Manchester Guardian." slides had occurred, the like of

"The inventor of Cheshire cheese which, according to the oldest should have a monument-who he natives, had never been seen in or she was history does not relate, their lifetime. The continual but Watts's humorous picture of the rain has caused great floods hero who tackled the first oyster and not only have padi huts but has set a precedent.

"But there are others whose also a solidly-built house has been washed away. Other mis-names we know, Only recently fortunes include the burning to saw the centenary of John Walker death of a man in his hut and a surgeon and chemist of Stockton- on-Tees, who produced the first box

the death of another through of matches-friction lights, as he falling over a cliff. It was with called them. And then there is great difficulty that the Dyaks Joseph Priestly, the father of could be induced to offer an sodawater, who published his opinion as to the cause of the 'Direction for Impregnating Water trouble and when they did with Fixed Air in 1772, Then speak it was to give the astonish-there is Shillibeer, who ran ing reason that the old gun had firats omnibus on the Paddington

Road in 1827. › been removed from Mt. Sadok.

the

"It would be much more amusing That such things would hap-and senalble to have statues of pen in such an eventuality they these men than the innumerable said had long ago been foreseen second-rate generals of the eigh in dreams. The explanation teenth century and unremembered was all the more extraordinary politicians whose statues obstruct in that two cases of interest, of our public places.

auch a description that would in,

What of Tobacco?

former days have obtained for "The number of great men in the culprits death by impaling, whose debt we lie is prodigious, but are at present going unpunished where are their monuments? in the district,

What of tobacco? It was Sir John

It was to attempt the arrest Hawkins, not Raleigh, who first of one of these persons that I brought tobacco to England.

"That was in 1565, seven years went as far as Nunga Tiga. after Franscisco Fernandes intro- The attempt failed as the manduced it to Spain. Then there was: fled into the jungle many days Thomas Garway, the founder of the before. In the ordinary way famous coffee-house Garraways:" the Dyaks themselves could. He was the first of the English ten probably effect the capture but merchants, and he wrote such a

the man in question is a puff of the virtues of tea leper and prepared to fight for Pepys tasted and approved of it:

ав

to

his freedom, fear of the illness keeps them from, coming grips with him,

BONE-FORMING VITAMIN.

THEORY OF ULTRA-VIOLET RAY RICKETS CURE.

That

"Even base objects have led to noble discoveries. John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich,, had so great a passion for the gaming. tables that he invented the sand- wich so that he need not break his play for a meal.

And Trousers Braces.

"If he also combined mustard with his sandwich he deserves of big' and fine a statue as money can buy.

"Then as, to clothes, the English are under a perpetual obligation to Scientists in London and Liver-Mr. Macintosh, the inventor of that, pool are investigating a rare sub-indispensable garment. stance which it is believed will "Braces, too! London should cer- help to eliminate rickets. and tainly have a memorial to Mr. other serious ailments arising Mortimer von Bulcheb, of Berkeley

Square. from deficient nourishment.

"This eccentric. Londoner of the Professor Isidore Heilbron, of eighteenth century used to ride Liverpool University, one of the about on a grey pony ornamented investigatore, said to a "Daily with spots and stripes of purple, Mail reporter that the cure of black, and green. rickets in rats by ultra-violet "He started life as a dentist, rays led to research into cho-passed on to the manufacture of lesterol, a white, fatty, cry-trusses, spring quilts for saddles, stalline, alcohol, found, in the and, last, elastic trouser braces. bodies of all animals and fishes. "Let us hope that the statue of The latest step is the discovery the Camembert lady will point the that the beneficial effect is pro- way!"..

duced by a substance consisting of only about one-ten thousandth part of the bulk of the cholesterol, and then only when it has been flooded with ultra-violet raya, which, it is thought, change the substance into vitamin D-the bone-forming vitamin..

·HUMAN- OSTRICH.

PRISONER WHO SWALLOWED METAL ARTICLES.

"There still remains," added Ostrich-like: propensitics-caus- Dr. Heilbron, "the task of isolated the death of Alfred William

ing and analysing this substance."

A New Excuse

active Jacobs, aged twenty-two, a waiter, of Newport, Isle of Wight, an inmate of Winson Green Prison, Birmingham.

Prison appliances were fre quently found broken and parts missing, but what had become of them remained a mystery until Jacobs was taken ill and an operation was thought

["The fact that artificial ultra- necessary, violet rays are being used experi- It was then found that Jacobs mentally on a large scale for the had swallowed the pieces, and manufacture of beer was mention the doctor removed from his ed at the British Pharmaceutical Conference at Brighton." News item.]

Barmaid, barmaid,

brightly,

beaming

Agitate the beer pump, do! Fill the bowl and pass my nightly | Sample of your famous brew. Not for me the ancient tipples,

Not for me the older awipes

stomach..

Two spoon handles,

Two pewter hair-combs, A tooth-brush handle,

A hook screw from a

bedstead,

Twenty metal links from a

spring mattress."

Death occurred soon after the

Give me of the draught that operation.

ripples

From your scientific pipest

Never mind the hops, my laggle, And the malt you may omit Ale that's up to date and classy

Doesn't need such things a bit; Virtues ripe flavours pleasant. ;

Now are sought in other ways- See the vitamink are present

And the ultra-violet raya. Thank you, thank you, for this

tankard,

Which at last is mine to lift! Gee, but how my soul has

hankered

For this pure, synthetic gift! All day long I've trusted blindly

To this mixture as before Cheerio, miaga Would you kindly ANYON Fill the tankard up.once morer

And If I should start to frollég And a gayer mood begins, Do not call it alcoholic

N

Put it down to vitamins, AU Let me alt høre, slumber scorn

Binging with increasing ch Lo we won't go home till mor

Till the violet raya appea

JOCKEY'S EARNINGS.

£3,000

Damages amounting were agreed as the basis of the settlement of an action brought by the family of Michael Tighe, the steeplechase Jockey who was killed-in a collision between three motor-cars on the Crawley- road, near Lowfield-Heath, Surrey, on December 15, 1926,

The plaintifs were his widow, Mrs. Ethel Mabel Tighe, of South court-road, Worthing, and her five children. The defendants were Mr. Robert Leach, Florence-road, Brix ton, S.W., Mr. William Charles Goff, St. Lawrence-avenue, Worthing, Mr. Reginald George Parsons, Central Hotel Garage, Railway Approach; Worthing, Mr. John de Vere Naun ton, 5 of "Pagham," Bul Avenue Worthing, and . Boar, of Westdown-road);

Dru

that the

wer

THE CHINA MAIL.

SATURDAY, AUGUST

ANNUAL

CLEARANCE

1927.

ALL

THROUGH

THE

MONTH

OF

AUGUST

ROCK-BOTTOM PRICES TO CLEAR EXCESS STOCK.

*LADIES' HOSE. Odd makes and sizes in Lisle, Art Silk and Silk. Usual Prices 1.95 to $3.50,

BLUE.

TICKET

BARGAIN

$1.00

PAIR

CORSETS

105 pairs

W. B. Corsets. Odd numbers and sizes. Slightly sviled.

BLUE

TICKET

BARGAIN

and Comfortable. $6.50 to $8.50%

HALF PRICE

Cork Bath Mats: Compress-

ed cork with edges bound

wood. Bize 20 by 24 ins.

Usual Price $4.50.

BLUE

TICKET

PRICE

TCHED

HEM-STIT

$3.50

HUCKABACH

Great Value TURKISH TOWELS,

The "Monster" Value Turkish towel. Semi bleach. Hard wearing. Worth $1.50.

BLUE

TICKET

PRICE

75

Sheets

CTS.

EACH

THE

WINDSOR

THE

BRAND

ONE OF WHITEAWAY'S STANDARD VALUES.

69 pieces

CRETONNE

Beautiful designs.

and colourings. Usual prices $1.25" to $1.95 yard.

BLUE

TICKET

PRICE

75

CTS.

15 dozen only: Pure Linen Hackaback Towels with coloured hem- stitched ends.. Usual Price $1.50.

BLUE.

TICKET $1.00

PRICE

4 only

BRASS SWING CRADLES 日 illustration. Usual Price $45.00.

BLUE

.TICKET

96 pairs

FINE COTTON BED SHEETS Free from dressing. Ready for use.

$29.50 Size 2 by 3 yards.

The ALL STEEL CABLE COT

BLUE

TICKET

BARGAIN

YARD

FTERNOON

TEA

BARGAIN

6 only

BLUE

EACH

Usual Price

$6.95

PAIR

CHILDREN'S COTTON OVERALLS in striped and [ancy designs. 3 sizes.

BLUE

TICKET

$1.00

·· PRICE - EACH

THE "CABLE" ALL STEEL CAMP

COT. Very Strong,

$15.00.

TICKET

BARGAIN

$9.50

BEACH

ILLOW

CASES

MEN'S LISLE THREAD GOLF HOSE.

Fawn or Grey with

coloured turnover tops. AII

Sizes,

SPECIAL

BARGAINS!

SOCK

LADIES' ART, SILK VESTS in White, Pink and Blue. Light, Cool 60 only

Usual Prices

SAMPLES OF BABY'S BIBS. Chic and Nice. Perfectly. Fresh, Fred HALE

BLUE TICKET":

PRICE BARGAIN

BLUE

TICKET

* PRICE

HALF PRICE

36 yards

26 dozen

| HEAVY COTTON PILLOW CASES. Hemstitched Border. Size 20 by 80 ins. Uaual Price $1.75.

BLUE

TICKETS

BARGAIN

COTTON DAMASK TAHLE CLOTES. H. Good deriga.,

Hard Wearing Cloth Bize

58 by 68 ins. Usual Price

BLUE

TICKET

$1.35

FACIL

500 only

SALE

$3.00

PRICE

PAIR

ODDMENTS IN CHILDREN'S SOCKS Plain and Striped. All Sizes. Usual Prices 85 cts. to $1.75

BLUE

TICKET

HALF

BARGAIN PRICE

GENTS FULL END TIES Wellassarted designs and

colour

$1.50 to $1.95.

Usual Prices

$3.95

PRICE

BLUE

TICKET

BARGAIN

$1.00

DACH

CLOTAS

29 dozen

WHITE DAMASK TEA CLOTHS with coloured borders, 36. ing. square.

DO NOT FAIL TO SECURE THESE BARGAINS

BLUE

TICKET

80

CTS.

PRICE

EACH

BOYS' RIBBED COTTON HOSE with fancy turnover tops.", Sizes 8 to 10 Inches. Usual Price $1.50.

BLUE

TICKET

BARGAIN

ESIGNS

$1.00

PAIR

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