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“ON THE CARPET.” CAT AND THE CROW.

BARRISTERS TO EXPLAIN LANGUAGE OF BRIEF.

THE CHINA MAIL.

FACE PAINT.

"RAWALPINDI" PET. PROVES. OLD ADAGB.

6,000 YEARS OLD IN BRITISH

ABSENT MINDED

RED ARROWS AS FINGER-

POSTS.

London: Aug. 81.

CHURCH IN CHINA.

SOUTHERN PARTY DES NOUNCED BY@MISSIONARY.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER

AIRMEN'S ORDEAL

MACHINE WRECKED ON GLACIER.

Vienna, Aug. 31

LADIES HAIR DRESSERS,

Its the way you- have your HAIR done that makes it

Dr. Harold Balme, of the Tainan- Senator Juan Sumulong, Senator Sailors have on occasions been Face paint used by some Egyp

Huge red arrow in every fu University, spoke, on August 17,

The torrible ordeal of two Our barbers are Emiliano T. Tirena, and Messrs. known to tell tall yarns, but wetian dapper 6,000 years ago is exhibits at the British Lavides, Hilado, Faustino, Leviste ("Times of Ceylon," September among and Escolin, and Blanco,-all attor-1), are quite prepared to belleve Museum. It was discovered af Ur, street pointing the way to the at the Summer School of the Lon- neys, are in hot water with the the tale of the cat and the of the Chaldees by the Joint ex- British Association mesting. don Missionary Society at Swan Jugoslav airmen, among ice.experts in Bobbing: pedition of the British Museum and place serve to rob, absent-mind-wick, Derbyshire, on the position covered mountains, was reveal, Shingling and Way-

years' experience. Make

aeroplano, totally wrecked, on CAMPBELL MOORE Supreme Court, Manila, reports the crow" related to-day by the the University of Pennsylvania.ed professors of the excuse of in China, where he has had 21 ed when searchers discovered an ag "Bulletin". In a resolution ap-second officer of the P. and G The paint is contained in dainty losing their way--a popular ex He said he wanted them to pic Westalberg Glacier, in the Tyrol. 19, Queen's Road C. Tel C, 151 proved and issued yesterday by the

which lay in little shells.

ture the influence of the Christian The machine was missed "Rawalpindi,"

case in the past. There are also fragments of tollet Beetle-browed scientists rub Church in dealing with the pro- when, with six others, it was re- high tribunal, they were ordered to show cause in writing within 10 Colombo Harbour.

The tale should be prefaced combs and silver articles which action should not be taken against them. with, two observations, which figured on some beauty's dressing shoulders in the hotels. "Crowds blems of that great Empire. They turning from the aviation meet.

According to the resolution, they are:A ship's cat is different / table those days.. 'Asaries of 'clay of women Bome lecturers, some must build up the Church in China.ing at Zurich.

days why disciplinary

The pilot was found lying be

Several bones {[were] In the impact in China the Church side the wreckage, suffering ter was winning, and he believed that ribly, a purer Christian Church would broken and his feet were frozen. His companion, ⚫ Colonel emerge from militarism on the one band and Communist propaganda Petrovic, was not injured by the

was mainly Nationalistic, and yet Times of Ceylon.". showed a most wonderful loyalty to the ideals of the Christian Church in difficult circumstances.

tablets, bearing school exercises, students contrast with the That Church had already begun to are accused of "using such scan- from other cats-A Colombo religions and grammatical texts, earlier days, still remembered by face the nation on its own account. dalous and contemptuous language crow is different from other multiplication tables, and direc one of the General Secretaries. tions for Anding aquara and cube when women were excluded as in their brief," against Judge Cayo crows.

The cat which figures in this roots are also on view. A diagram a distracting influence": Alzona and Judge. Conrado Car-

In addition to the 300 papers ballo, of the court of first instance tale rejoices in the good old illustrates the methods used for of Laguna, and Luis P.

Torres, Irish name of Bridget and has measuring the area of an irregular of extraordinary variety, the on the other. The Church in China crash, but was frozen to death. secretary of justice, in connection won the hearts of the good men

practical demonstrations will in- with the contested-election case of who guide the "Rawalpindi"

clude experiments on a flock of the provincial governor of Laguna. over Eastern seas. Now, Bridget

sheep to demonstrate the Men- The resolution in part states:

dellan' process of selection, also Baird's "Noctovision.”

"There appearing on pages 6, 25, enjoys playing around when the 25, 26, 139, 140 and 145 of the brief ship is in Harbour, and this of the appellant filed in this court morning when engaged in her In the election contest between usual playful pursuits, ahe espied villainous-looking Colombo Proceso Echarri, contestant and a appellent, and Feliciano Gomez, crow sitting on the combing of contestee and appellee, R. G. No. one of the hatches. 26072, certain words and expres "Ah, ha," thought Bridget, "I'll sions of libelous character against teach that Colombo wallah a les- Honourable Cayo Alzona and I'll show him he can't do Honourable Conrado Carballo, who what he likes on board my ship: presided over the hearing of the case in the court below, and I don't go up and down the sea

son,

piot of ground.

DANGEROUS HUMOUR."

NEWSPAPER'S SKIT ON A

DOG RACE.

Lord Moncrieff, in the Court of Session, Edinburgh, approved of an issue for trial by Jury of an Farr, Myrtle Cottage, 21 Cherry- action by Mrs. Mary Martin or

The

political and Industrial revolt had LEAGUE OF NATIONS. given an opportunity to Communism and class hatred, and that had FRENCH CONTROVERSY. given rise to the anti-foreign feel-

London, Aug. 17. ing now so rampant all over China. Sectional war lords had arisen, each A controversy is raging in! of them fighting for his own ends. Paris as a sequel to M. de After one set of lords had made Jouvenel's intimation that he did. their pile others followed with a not wish again to be a member similar intent. The Southern party of the French delegation to the were making use of the old mill- tariem, with the cruelties which League of Nations. The most

Honourable Luis P. Torrca, Scorelanes of the world without pick-/ Hillview, Larkhall, against "The serving uniform the colour of the went with the employment of mill-important count in. his indict- tary of Justice, which are not per- ing up a thing or two." And Hamilton Advertiser" (Limited), vellum pages of the Golden Hook tary weapons,

|

It has been the custom to select

DAILY SALUTE.

Buffa Tribute to. Dead.

London, Aug. 17 Beginning with a method of pre

5-9 Campbell Street, Hamilton, of the War, the East Kent Regi- the crow Bridget tinent and material to the discus- towards sion of the questions presented by stealthily crept. She got ready for payment of £250 as damages ment, known as the Buffs, has ar in respect of alleged slander. ranged to perpetuate daily the cus the record before us.

to leap, but still Mr. Crow re-

The pursuer avers that in the tom of saluting the regiment's dead оп the "It is ordered that Attorneys mained unperturbed

tiser" of Saturday, January 15, Jesus E. Blanco, Sumulong. Lavides combing. The impudent and issue of "The Hamilton Adver- in the Great War. and Hilado, Tirona, Faustino and il-mannered

brat,"

thought 1927, there appeared an article Leviate and Escolin, who subscribe Bridget. "Here goes." Straight entitled "The Reward of Kind said brief, be and are hereby cited for the crow sprung Bridget, not ness: A Tale of the Blessings of to appear before this court within ten days from notice hereof to show knowing that the hatch-covers

The article set forth that on a cause in writing why disciplinary were off. The crow fluttered action should not be taken against aside. Bridget could not stop. particular evening in "The Sodger them for using such scandalous and She clawed at the combing as Man," a public-house, a number contemptuous language in their she realised her jump was carry of persons were gathered. One ing her into the yawning hold. of them, the owner of a dog call- Mr. Justice Thomas A. Street, Mr. But she could not pull herself up, ed Gipay Lad, issued a wager to Justice George A. Malcolm and Mr. and down she went, out of the the effect that his dog was the Justice Ignacio Villamor dissented morning sunshine into the dark- best dog in the town, and inviting against the resolution, believing "it neas of the hold. Full seventy anyone who thought otherwise to would be sufficient to order the oh-feet through the air she dropped put his money down. Jectionable language stricken from before she reached the hold's the brief filed on behalf of the ap-bottom. pellant, and to admonish counsel to

brief."

tive officials,"

be more restrained in their reflec Of course, forgetting that a tions upon courts and administra: cat has nine lives, her owner, who had seen her jump, expect The judgment of the court of ed to find old Bridget a heap first instance of Laguna, confirming of mangled flesh and fur at the the election of Feliciano Gomez, bottom of the hold. Happily, he provincial Governor, was confirmed did not. He found her as fit and

ELGIN MARBLES.

SHALL WE RESTORE THEM?

+

TRAFFIC COP DUMMY.

•

Giving

+

The article, which was in verse and in Braid Scots, proceeded to say, "in stepped wee dumpy Bille Faur" in time to hear the challenge. He proceeded to praise his own dog Poosie Nancy, with the result, that a race ber tween the dogs was arranged, each owner depositing £2 105.

with the stake-holder.

a recruit of good behaviour to re present the regiment. He parades before the adjutant, and receives

་་

ment was the habit of the For- eign Ministers of the Great Powers, while at Geneva, of con- ferring outside the League and allegedly shelving Important is-| sues or preventing the discus- sion of them either by the Coun- cil or the Assembly of the League,

FIRE PANIC.

100. Dash for Safety.

London, Aug. 11, A fire in the Eastern rubber

M. de Jouvenel's opponents on the colonel's cane, on which is en- factory sent 100 people scurry the contrary ascribe his resigna- graved "Commanding officer's oring for their lives from the ad- tion to some petty cause, such derly,"

Many were jacent houses,

as jealousy of M. Boncour whom The recruit.proceeds to the Can-

M. Briand latterly encouraged to terbury Cathedral, where the ver- homeless for the night.

The proprietor of a laundry lead the French delegation when ger solemnly conducts him to St. Michael's Chapel, and unlocks the carried out his wife, who was iron grille.

The recruit salutes, hugging a baby a few days old. he himself was absent.

The "Daily Telegraph's" diplo- and turns the next page of the The husband collapsed, and Golden Book, in which

every neighbours took the trio to safe matic correspondent expresses the opinion that repercussions soldier's name da, inscribed, com ty, anh

are probable at the September mencing with privates and ending A fireman, playing a hose on with generals,

the flames from. a roof, tumbled meeting of the League when re- presentatives of the smaller collapsed. His comrades dug whole question on the revival of into the roaring fire as a beam Powers are likely to raise the him out of the debris uncon- the British proposal to reduce scious. He was hurried to hos- the meetings of the League coun pital.

cil to three instead of four a The street presented an indes year. Critics point out that cribable scene. It was stacked when the Great Powers were re- with furniture and full of ter presented by Independent atatea- ror-stricken horses, and running men auch 28-Lord Balfour and women and children. The fac-M. Leon Bourgeois, får more tory was gutted, and six shops numerous and more important were damaged.

issues were settled than at pre sent, while the League com- manded greater prestige. It is argued that the League between

The commandant says the cus-

tom has a wonderful influence on recruits, who compete for the daily

honour of turning the next page.

*

TROUSERED WOMEN.

Plus Fours To Be Worn,

London, Aug. 10 Trousered women were seen at the winter fashion displays, says the Paris correspondent of the "Daily News."

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article, they explain, was a humorous sketch, the tone of on September 9 by the Supreme sound as a cat could be.

which showed that it was entirely Court. The high tribunal gave Probably Bridget feels morę *There was a consensus of opin- Governor. Gomez a majority of 427 vindictive than ever towards ion among the company, the arti- fictitious. They deny that any part of the article was of and concern- votes over Proceso Echarri, his op- crows, and probably a certain cle represented, "that Billle Faured the purauer, and averred that ponent and contestant. The board crow will this evening tell his was demented to oppose his dog the pursuer's husband had never of cayassers gave Governor Comer friends on the tree-tops how he to Gipsy Lad. The race, describat any time taken part in dog a majority of only 21 votes, and the sent a silly old ship's cat to the ed in the article, was unexpected-

racing. court of first instance only 282.

bottom of a hold.

ly won by Billie Faur's dog.

Fact or Fiction. Represented Her Husband.

Lord Moncrieff said that, if the The pursuer states that her article fell to be taken seriously, name is pronounced "Faur" in that was to say, if it might rea- the locality, and that her hus-sonably, have been read by a band was represented in the des casual reader, unacquainted with cription of "Billie Faur." She the facts as referring, under The life-size dummy of a traftic avers that the article falsely and whatever circumstances of cari- "The Nation" of New York, in

The dressmakers' refusal to

ALLEGED MILITARISM.- a recent issue, gives the British cop in full uniform was stolen caluminously portrays her as a cature, to an actual event, he did Empire some advice on the sub- overnight from its station at

woman of dishonourable, dishon-not doubt that it contained de shorten skirts still further, and the Parisiennes, equally definite

Berlin, Aug. 11. ject of the Elgin Marbles at the Berlin suburb where it stood as est, and deceitful character; as a famatory matter. British Museum. It asserts: warning signal for motorists: woman who, with the object of In the case of a newspaper determination not to revert to General Guillaumat, Comman- "Though the conscience of the Though the intrinsic value of procuring the victory in a dog which published by way of jest a the sweeping trains of 20 years der-in-Chief of the French oc British Empire is not notoriously this wooden statue representative race of the dog in the victory of statement of this order, he was of ago, has resulted in a compro cupying the Rhire, writes in a tender it is now mildly troubled of Berlin's finest is but negligible which she was financially inter opinion that parties who claimed mise, bringing peace and honour French periodical accusing the by the fact that Greece has just and it is believed that only a hoax ested, tampered with the other to have suffered in reputation as to both sides, in the form of fur- Reich of systematically seeking entered a polite request that the was intended, the authorities are dog so that it should not be in a a consequence of the publication trimmed plus fours, drawn into for a year past to carry out a plan to weld together a fighting Elgin Marbles be returned to her. inclined to consider the act as a condition to win, and thus, by were entitled to have their claim the leg well below the knee.

These plus fours will be worn force in the occupied territory, Even when, in 1816, Lord contempt of Prussia's guardians trickery and gulle and cheating, Investigated upon an examination Elgin sold to the Government the of law and order. They have securing the victory of the dog in of the facts, and ought not to be with a kind of short tunic belt which at a given moment could treasures he had stripped from therefore gone to the trouble of which she was financially interest deprived of their right of action ed at the waist, buttoned at the move against the French,

www.by any straining of the law in sides and furnished with sleeves The "Koelnixche Zeitung." the Acropolis at Athena there taking up the trail of the practi- ed

The defenders denied having favour of dangerous and very and a stiff high collar ornament- which is thoroughly informed were those who thought that theycal jokers with a number of tried

Blandered the pursuer. The doubtful. humorists:

ed with frills and lace,

concerning Rhineland affairs, as- belonged by right to the nation police dogs.

serts that General Guillaumat's contentions are untenable. It especially emphasises the fact that German sport is increasing- ly participating in international contests, and says that Germany has nothing to conceal, but courts the fullest investigation of its activities. It adds that It

which had created them and who

argued that the permission he

had from the Turkish authorities

to cart them away gave him little

moral justification for despoiling a subjected people.

"And though a century of possession has a tendency to make any theft seen legitimate there is actually less reason now than ever why London should hold what belongs by every right to Athens. Greece to-day her own mistress; she could place the sculptures in their proper setting; and there is no longer the danger, actually present in Lord Elgin's time, that they might be destroy ed in the course of military opera- tions, Britain is naturally lath to give up one of the greatest trea- Burca of the British Museum, but she has had them for more than a hundred years and possession has amply repaid her for her guardianship..

"Yet loot is loot whatever. its nature, and should the British Government see fit to return the Elgin Marbles it would be mak ing, for a Government, a magni ficent, gesture. It would, that is to say, be acting like a decent individual.❤

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