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Siangtan, Hunan, Dec. 15.

The increasing importance of

Our barbers aro Word has come that a large band mechanical transport in the devolop Charles A. Lindbergh, enough to considered in the preparing of a

Mary Garden thinks a lot of

experts in Bobbing, of so-called Communists started out ment of Australia is insisted upon sing for him for nothing, which she used car for sale is its appearance. other a knave and the ensuing up the 18 In King's

The most important point to be

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thuanian manu- Shingling and Way- to loot the city

One of a pair of Jacks called the factor £10,000 was CAMPBELL MOORE Changsha on the in the report of the special, com- terms her highest tribute, but she First impressions go a long way, roar

nowitz, against ing. wight of December 10. They broke mittee appointed last year by the doesn't think as much of William and the would-be vendor of such a least, for the time being the AC Be should, honour up the railway track some miles Commonwealth from the city and the next train conduct investigations in Eng when she arrived on the Aquitania. much easier job to convince a pro heavy-weight champion, by Jackow, and endorsed

Government

completely oblitated at setonewits demand-19, Queen's Road C." "Tel. C. 151 Tilden's scholarship. So she said car will find that he will have a going over that section had three

tion for £60,666 damages brought or four cars deralled and many pea: H. W. Gepp: (Chairman, Deve subject of nude bathing at mid- spective buyer of its value than he Kearns, his erstwhile manager, fort, then British UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERS

Turning Impatiently from the

against Jack Dempsey the former edin. 1918 by a plo killed or seriously injured. They attacked the North Gate lopment and Migration Com

night and kindred things, she re- would if the vehicle were in a dirty alleged breach of contract. electric power house and expected, mission), Brigadier-General T. Hated an incident of the Lindbergh and uncared-for condition. So much to attack the south end plant at the Dodds (genoral staff representative

reception in Paris,

After counsel for Kearns had the cheque from there. Aronowitz same time, so that the city would in London), and Major R. G. Cassy when I would sing for him "The pounds and have the bodywork court, and Tex Rickard, the promo-, and relied on

"You must know I admire him often worth while to spend a few with deliberately "framing"

do first impressions count that it is charged Dempsey and his lawyers of for an equivalent work. The south plant was not in- Foreign Office). Chief among the "The Star-Spangled Banner of all should it be decided that it is not agreed to end the trial in a "volun- General stated re- be in entire darkness for their foul (Australian liaison officer at the Star-Spangled Banner!" Ye godal painted or varnished. Jured and soldiers were able to at- committee's findings tack the rioters and dispel them. there was opportunity for more ex-

However, ter, with having boasted that he rnment for pay-1

had the case "in the bag, both sides One policeman

When asked if she knew the necessary to go to the expense of tary non-sult" a polite form of Lockhart's transac Twenty-three of the leaders have tended use of six-wheel lorries, and words of the national anthem, she the painting no offorts should be mistrial carrying no connotation of been arrested and seven or eight roadless tractors in Australia's Kalled. Most of them were students hinterland to carry produce to the Tilden to give me the words and he Even the engine and underworks Kearns had unintentionally got as an act of grace

"Of course I don't. I asked Bill look as near spotless as possible.

spared towards making the car guilt,

Higgs had al Dempsey's lawyers declared that but that the Crown railways, and supplies to farm and went so far as to sing '0, say, can should come in for the cleaning pro- kimself up a salt creek without aronowitz the $10,000, The political situation seems to station; and that, in order to on you see, then ba t-dah'ed the rest. be most difficult to understand at courage the use of such vehicles, 30 What a scholar he is! I finally had ceas. The floor boards should be paddle," and would have a present.

bord humour la abroad that that they might be available for to have the words looked up in a taken up and the differential and time getting back "Into the legal McCardle said he there is a union of Hunan Generals against two or three of the Kuangel defence in the event of war, the library." generals and it is even hinted that Government should either directly pounds since leaving the country down. The engine should have inunts, tears, and

gear-box should be washed, on the the 8th and 36th Armies, both subsidise the purchase of them or using her usual methods of bathing similar treatr... nt, and if possible a

Miss Garden said she had lost 30 outside, with kerosene and wiped punctuated

The hearing, though brief, wajd propriety,

frown had acted with

by shouts, stationed in almost the same terri-asalat in the acquirement of them in her "birthday suit at midnight." coat of some quick-drying enamel. being narrowly averted.

threate Lockhart, in evidence tirades, he was appointed bory in Hanan, are on the point of by means of a preferential tariff.

several occasions physical confid hostilities. Communications,be- tween Hankow and Changsha are which the committee investigated

Possible transport requirements Garden asked her interviewers was: enamel will do toward increasing direct character against Tex Ric Scott (for Mr. Arono-

One of the first questions Miss It is wonderful just what a pat of counsel made a charge of a mo17

WhAgent at Moscow in very poor at present.

"Where is Gene Tunney? are only running to Yochow and the stock and fodder); bush fire fight-out of town, she declared herself accumulates around evon

The trains were drought relief (transport of boy is decidedly a bear.""

the appearance of the engine, and ard, the latter jumped to his when did your appoint- bridge beyond has not yet been reing, with transport of personnel and distressed, but not so distressed as new engine will probably takes by the suddenness and gravity September 1, 1918, and

When informed that Tunney was the coat of dirt and grease that and shouted: "You are a contempneto? paired.

ble liar!" Dr. E. D. Vanderburgh was called apparatus; feeders or connecting

fbart-I cannot say when back to Shanghai recently by the lines to railways running on defined in was when he was on the canvas pounds off its value in the mind of the charges, and Rickard's trie

Everyone prosent seemed stunnthere because I was ar- illuesa of Mrs. Vanderburgh, and routes, and on a scheduled time fight.

in the seventh round of the Chicago the "prospect." was caught on the river in a small table, to be regarded as providing launch just as the retreating Hunan an alternative to constructing a per-

were obliged to pull him down under arrest till the end The next thing to do is to attend his chair.

Then I was exchanged aries were coming in. It took manent railway, or possibly as a

to the mechanical efficiency of the him cleven days to get from Chang-fore-runner; exploring, prospecting, in case of war, has instituted a snug. If the engine can be depar- the court room in such a mae middle of July, 1918, h

The boxing promoter was back to England. engine and transmission; every further enraged by counsel's reto explain how he came eha to Hankow and he was in dan-

thing should be made as tight and ence to "his (Rickard's) siuling with these large sums ger of his life most of the time, be surveying cross-country vehicles.

system of subsidising the pur- bonised without going to any exces that the jury tampering in the furchase, roubles for various shadow which has been cast. Mr. Lockhart said that Advantage of Six-Wheelers.

chasers of a certain standard of sive conventence it is advisable to Sinclair triul smela like atta Recent tests seemed to support vide payment of £10 per annum for ground in, so that as far as power

lorry. Money is available to pro- have this done and the river as they were retreating, the claim that six-wheeled tracks the first three years of their life of output and performance go every-

the values roses."-Reuter. The soldiers are occupying, the had many decided advantages over 1,000 vehicles. These vehicles are thing will be as it should. In any

Jorganisations in Russia. All s were closed and the only boys school, three private resid- four-wheelers, including ences and the Community Guild petrol consumption per ton mile, case of war, are liable to be called should be adjusted, to make them as on Christmas Day. He and a roubles were handed to him get roubles was to buy belonging to the American Presby- and

inspected twice a year, and, in the case the tappets or rocker

A Chinese soldier was achate people.""" terian Mission in this city.

ars tally killed at St. Catharine's Payment of £225,000. clamations signed by the command- ing officer were placed on the buil.cause of this auperior performance, years, We recommend for .con- attention to the plugs and the make. rifles when a finger caught he to pay the sterling equiva the report, "be- up, but only during the first three silent as is practicable; and a little soldier were fingering each e in exchange a receipt and ings but were absolutely ignored and ability to traverse bad going, tem of subsidy, or, alternatively, a for a very smooth performance at died almost immediately. and these already damaged build- will probably be adopted by the form of subsidy by means of a pre- slow speeds. The petrol system

some similar ays-and-break points very often makes soldier was hit in the che in London. In about threa

trigger and the rifle went off ings are being further ruined by army to take the place of the preferential tariff, may be adopted in and the carburettor should have

of which this was one, he The electric light sent four-wheel lorries, and, pre- equipment of the guild is ruined, sumably, this practice would also be Australia. This may be found both little attention and be cleaned, so

sad Messrs. Higgs' cheques. the beds and furniture of the school followed by the Defence Depart-eccesary and desirable, in order as to avoid any possibility of a got the power unit and trangles. When he and Mr. Higgs gave the cheques to the per- are being taken out and some oment in Australia.

from whom they obtained the the furniture and woodwork of the

that a speedy, cheap, and efficient premature stop on the road. Ad- buildings taken for firewood. The

vehicle may be introduced as an aid just the brakes evenly. It is very thing to consider is the bessia and returned to London ho as near perfect as can be, both released from prison in registration of property has gone on

Flexible Track Vehicles.

to development in sparsely settled much easier to do this than to ex- of selling it. Assuming Mr. Higge the sums owing throughout the province, the mis- Dealing with flexible track localities sion property does not have to pay vehicles (half and full track), the facilities, and also in order that only need a little adjusting.

remote from railway plain to the purchaser that they car is to be sold outright, funds supplied by the Govern any taxes at present.

report states that, The Commissioner of Foreign wheeled vehicles, they possessed the commercial user of

as opposed to encouragement may be given to the

Another point that should not be vertise it in the classifed 10,000 and a final sum of 425,000: traded in, the best thing at. He paid a fret sum of Affairs at Changsha left for Han-advantages that they would travel proved by the Defence Department the adjustments of the shock ab- the advertisement the maent of all transactions.

a vehicle up- overlooked is the tyre pressure and of a reputable paper. In receipt was given in full settle- kow recently, because of the un-over settled situation, it being reported broken.

softer, steeper, and more as suitable in time of emergency. sorbers (if these are fitted). Tyres its year of manufacture, Sir Leslie-For what purpose did that some of his critics think he is economical, for loads from five to In the manufacture and introduc maximum riding comfort over

ground, were

more It would also lead to the restriction should be adjusted so as to give the power should be invariau affix the seal of the Mission. too pro-foreign and is helping the 25 tons, and did leas damage to the tion of types unsuitable for defeuce the customer. For example, a car The more additional crown)-I' object as the cheque foreigners too much, so he became road. On the other hand, they were purposes. a little nervous over the situation

to as should the type of bThe Attorney-General (for the in Hunan. "N.-C. Daily News."

more complicated and expensive,

that is habitually driven fast in the that can be given the bet peaks for itself. were not so well sprung, and were

country, with the shock absorbers drafting the advertisem Sir Leslie-In what capacity diá slower, and lesa economical for road

tightened and the tyres blown up try to put in just the you affix the signature? transport.

hard, will offer a very uncomfortable that you would require ride on a city. In this case it would buying, instead of sell jected, but the Judge allowed the The Attorney-General again ob- be advisable to loosen the absorbers, unnecessary words and leave the tyres a little on the out; such statements as what capacity be fixed the signa- seft side.

she question and asked Mr. Lockhart in

hand, a concise advert head of the Mission. waste of money. On Mr. Lockhart-In my capacity a or "owner going abroad ture and seal."

is to the point and formation that prosp require is far more lik a host of replies f buyers.".

cause of the commandeering of the launches and also because the soldiers fired on all sorts of craft on

the soldiers.

lower tyre wear. Pro-wheelers," states

BUTTERFLY STYLES.

WHAT MIGHT BE DONE IN

NEXT 10,000 YEARS.

"

Jower

"Six-

The committee ja thusiastic about narrow railways, which cost from £2,000 to £3,000, a mile to lay, and which necessitated the carriage of large and continuous tonnages to make them pay. If narrow gauge Styles in butterflies for the sum-tracks were later replaced by broad, mer of 11,928 or 10,000 years hence or if the route were abandoned, the

will show more vivid and lighter cost of the track colouring and some larger models if wasted.

was largely

sideration that

Д

Sir Leslie Were the roubles for your own personal purposes or off- cial purposes?-For official pur- poses.

Developing Dry Country. "With reference to six-wheeled not en-vehicles, we are of the opinion that gauge auch vehicles will have an extended application under Australian con- ditions. We believe that their use will be accelerated if tests and de- extras will add much to the price Generally speaking, no amount of monstrations of their capabilities obtained for the car, although it is under varying conditions and in true that their presence on the dash different localities where their in- or elsewhere may influence the troduction would be beneficial are purchaser's mind. But if there is, carried out, and we suggest that say, a spotlight or some other fit action be taken by the Government ting that can easily be transferred in this respect. Such tests might to the seller's next car, it should be used car should take

The Attorney-General-Your-pro- Briefly, a person &

a serve to prove the

per description was Unofficial to

Central Australia, and for general money to leave to the purchaser of and should then, in o vehicles in railway construction in sold, for it is simply throwing away sible perfect before use of these removed from the car which is to be see that the "bus is

Diplomatic Representative?That b&- ment made by Gunder, his research, of vehicles, the committee states:- purposes in the drier parts of the the old car

is 80:. be believes, has validated the

it, ent a host of accessories waste of money, in country railway your next one.

J. J. Gunder of Pasadena, national authority on insect evolution, knowa hia entomological patterns.

Government Subsidy.

In support of their contention that the Government should intercat

In connection with this announce itself in popularising suitable types

Conference With Judge:

ise- At the invitation of the Judge,

"Regnd half" of the theory of eva. "The British War Office, desiring to country, as well as feeders, to the that can be usefully employed on menta in the papera lost counsel then conferred with him in

lution by a definite and provable have a reserve of modern transport Failways at prediction of future forms of life, vehicles available for. Army use stations."

Through painstaking study of

thousands of butterfly specimens Gander has become convinced that he now is able to forecast with rea- sonable certainty the colour and size of the butterflies that will Alt? about the gardens of our descen- dants of the far-distant future.

He discovered that if a climate grogs colder coloure, in butterfly winga take on more sombre and leas brillant hues, while the present trend toward warmer temperaturea betokens more brilliant shades in coming eras. Gunder's' predictions, he says, are based on the geological precept that the ice age is still wan- ing, that the seasons gradually are warming up,

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London, Dec. 8, After spending the evening at a West End night club, Mrs. Arthur Bendir, the racehorse owner, missed a £5,000 bracelet.

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A foreigner, unaware of the re- ward, some days later, sought to rate 52 at a pawnbroker's shop on a Bracelet corresponding to the description of Mrs. Bendirle bracelet.

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his room. Upon returning into Court, Sir Douglas "Hogg thanked his Lordship for his assistance, and said he would have realised that legally the claim could not succeed.. But in the course of the case it had been established that the sup pliant did, In fact, part with a large sum of roubles on the faith of a cheque which he thought bound the British Government. The fact

seemed to him (Sir Douglas) and those for whom he spoke to raise; moral obligation to treat the upplíant generously.

The Crown had authorised him say that upon the costs being la they would be willing to pay Aronowitz, not as a matter of alght, but as a moral pro- fety, the whole 210,000

Ir Dalfe Scott said he desired recognise the generous propriety whin the Crown had dealt the matter.Morning Post."

PLEA OF INSANITY.

en a Chinese youth described e son of a local merchant waS ed before Ar. R. E. Lindsall Central Magistracy yester with resisting search by a picket, Mr. Horace Le, for fence, entered the plea of in- A certified prescription Dr. Ma Chiu-kee, and a cer from Professor Anderson, ter definitely expressing the bat the accused was suffer m dementia, were produc ort of the plea.Inspect said he had no reason with the medic

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