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FILM CENSORSHIP.

LORDS AND CAVELL PICTURE.

THE NAVAL BUDGET.

Westminster, March 16.

AS MINER.

THE VALENTINE.

AFGHAN KING DOWN A COAL PIT.

VALIANT BLOWS.

Manchester, March 22,

DISCARDED CUSTOM OF ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE.

THE EPITAPH.

THE CHINA MAIL,

poet. All' over the country this DUTCH COMMUNITY. may be found graven on enduring stone..

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1928.

DOG. KILLING.

SHANGHAI TIFFIN TO

POLICE BREAK UP A

TRUST.

. CONSUL

MR. DANIELS.

;

NEW INDUSTRY,

Harbin Manchuria, April 11-A The entire Dutch Community, "dog stealing trust" is the latest

Shanghai, April 19.

The authorship__of_opitaphs' 'is Jan intriguing study. They may be divided into three classes. The frst class are those which purport In rural England ancient cus- to be utterances of the dead. Of There was an interesting de- King Amanullah did a little coal toma linger long, but the cult of these one of the most well known bate in the Lords on the film mining to-night by way of round-St. Valentine seems to have been is that which touches in its pathe-under the auspices of the Nether-industry to be broken up by watch censorship, opened by Lording off a atronuous experience of discarded by the present generatie humour an unusually high level lands Chamber of Commerce offer-ful Chinese police."

hos Lancashire hospitality,

Possibly we are here-we of obituary verse;- He did a number of other un-[cortainly think wo aro--more up- and which usual things as well, such as mak-to-date than in some parts of the a sharp tongue in is no guile. He wants a new cen- ing "home-made lightning" at the country, and perhaps in remote sorship of films by the Lord Metropolitan Vickers works and villages there are still young men Chamberlain, and in the course steering a jaunty little ateam craft and maidens who continue the coy of his advocney he sprinkled pep-down the Manchester Ship Canal.

But practice of their forbears.

ก

Newton. Lord Newton

surtonic countenance

tion.

led a goodbye luncheon to their Throughout Her last words on earth were: popular Consul-General Dr. Groen owners in Harbin have been tor- the winter dog "Dear friends I am going man at the Shanghai Club yesterrorized by a mysterious gang of dog. Where washing ain't done, nor day. Dr. Groenman who is prateniers and poisoners who decimat- aweeping hor sowing: ceeding on furlough towards the ed the canine population of the But everything there is exact to end of the week was greeted in a city and killed many

few very well chosen words by hunting dogs.

valuable .my wishes,

Police investi- For where they don't eat there's Mr. van Leeuwen, the Chairman of gation revealed a well organised

the Netherlands Chamber of Com- syndicate of Chinese who no washing of dishes. I'll be where loud anthems will merce, in which he was thanked growing rich on the industry.

always be ringing,

most heartily for the co-operation But, having no voice, I'll be and assistance he had given during

clear of the singing.

these troublesome times to his no Don't mourn for me now; don't tionals, working with them and for I'm going to do nothing for ever ted, but at the same time always mourn for me never them whenever conditions permit

keeping in mind the changed cir- cumstances under which we were living now in China.

and ever."

bis tem-

were

Headquarters of the gang were traced to the Chinese city- Funchiaton-where, the police dis-

from five to 20. dollara Mex ench covered, a foreign fur merchant had caused all the trouble by offering for good skins. Ambitious Chinese immediately set about killing off

nearby

per about which should make Mr. The King was highly diverted by it is to be feared that St. Valen- T. P. O'Conner snecze even in his journey half a mile under-tine has had his day, which has America. He is all for more ground. He arrived at the deep been a fairly long one. The mar- censorship of films, but by way of mine of the Bradford Colliery Com-tyred bishop of the early Church beginning he would confine the pany (Bradford is a working-class did not dream that his name would censorship to films that may pre-suburb of Manchester) entirely be held in popular esteem 1,700 judice international relations. fresh and keen. There were hun-years tater, and would be invok- Lord Monk Bretton followed dreds of miners' wives and childrenjed as an excuse for amorous ad- with some revelations on the in the humble streets around the vances. slapdash way in which the LC.C.shaft,

The dictionary, it is true, mean- They greeted him with censorship for London is exer- rough kindliness and frank ex-ly tries to rob the Saint of his Tributes and Comments. cised. The first opposing speech pressions of approval. The King's glory, and refers to the old French

The second class includes those was mude by Lord Crawford, who eyes twinkled with amusement, valentin, a young person betroth- epitaphs which express the grief Mr. van Leeuwen also took this all the stray dogs in the city and soon had disposed of more than avowed his principled objection to With Towel And Lanip. ed on the first Sunday in Lent, of the bereaved relatives, and are opportunity to welcome

When the supply of censorship and demurred to Lord He had put on

a loose brown but the theories of lexicographers generally conventional. Sometimes norary successor Mr. Daniels, an3,000 skins. Newton's idea that it was only overall to protect his lounge suit. do, not disturb us. We do not need they give blographical details. Iold and trusted friend of Queen atray dogs had been exhausted the the vanity of artists that rebel-He wore a new grey cap, carried to pore over miserable books to remember years ago making a Wilhelmina's subjects in Shang-polaoners, ventured into

villages and finally into Harbin led against a censorship. Lord a towel in one hand and in the find the origin of the custom and copy (which I have lost) of a hai.

itself. Crawford, who is distinguished other a polished electric lamp, used its association. Every countryman long epitaph in Bideford church- Dr. Groenman touched by the

Great Danes, wolf hounds, amongst his fellow peers for his by miners. One woman added to knows that birds choose their yard which gave quite an interest mark of appreciation given him by devotion to art in all its forms, the general merriment when she mates on the feast of St. Valen- ing history, in verse, of the dead his nationals, thanked them for the Pekinese lap dogs and priced collies was ready to concede an inquiry implored the King "not to go down 'tine." What need we of further man's career.

words spoken by the Chairman of began either to disappear or dic info the whole question.

testimony?

The third class is the most curi-the Chamber of Commerce on their with alarming rapidity. One of In the House of Lords the occu-

Rustic Poets.

ous, It includes those inscriptions behalf, and Inid particular stress the schemes of the gang was to pant of the Woolsack does not

One cause for regret åt tile pass-which either comment with ferock on the good and friendly spirit throw a piece of poisoned meat call on speakera by name, and the

ing of the valentine is that it ous frankness on the character of which had ruled during his present near dog kennels, await the death of the dogs and then blandly op- result was that when Lord Buck-

The King was led along the low closes one of the few channels of the dead or criticise the survivors, tenure of office amongst his nu- master and Lord Olivier rose to gallery at the bottom until he came publicity for rustic poets. The ar-

Of this kind is one that I read tionals, and that undoubtedly this proach the house owner offering to gether we enjoyed a competitive to the face of the seam. A pick dent swain trying to. express him only recently:

same. spirit which was now so firm-dispose of the carcass for a small duct, which was ended by cries was handed to him and he slashed self would take (like Blake) "a Here lies William Smith, and ly established would be extended Rum. for Lord Buckmaster. The most valiantly at it. Miners looking rural pen" and burst artlessly into

what is somewhat rarish, to his successor, a well-known and By March 1 police reports show. interesting thing that he had to like black ghosts hovered in the verse thus:--

much appreciated member of the ed that mere than 2,000 valuable say was that he approved the shadows and the King could just Roses red and violets blue,

Dush community.

doga either had died mysteriously first two parts of "Dawn," but discern here and there

disappeared. A detective Mr. Daniels thanked the two or Sugar's sweet and so are you. a grimy disapproved the third, which face wreathed in approving amlies. Or, still more passionately, and

speakers for the kind words they finally uncovered the scheme when contained the execution. But

had spoken in his welcome, and he saw a Chinese leading a dog he blew hot and cold all through;

stated that his return to the muddy which he used as a decoy to entice all his principles were against the

waters of the Whangpoo was a hunting dogs from their master's censorship, but his particular in

perfect delight and pleasure

He arrested the man and to home. stances were for it.

found several bottles of strychnine in his possession.

Headquarters of the gang revealed scores of dog zkins which were sold to foreign merchants who converted them into such valuable pelts us Siberian fox, imitation tiger cub,

The poisoners. and wolf skins. explained that a Great Dane hide admirable "tiger cub" makes an

The Navy Estimates,

in the mine, daddy!"

The shaft is 925 yards deep, and is descended by the experienced hand in 52 sec.

Controlling the Lightning.

King Amanullah went through the other adventures of the long day with equal zest. He began it with a walk through

with a bold use of metaphor:-

If you love me as I love you . No knife can cut our love in

two.

originate?

when "On St.

Here Hes the body of Mary Ford, Whose soul, we trust, is with the

Lord;

But if for hell she's changed this

life,

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He was born and hang'd in this

here pariah. Men who are hanged are not usually buried in consecrated ground, but the gentle art of "wangling" is centuries older than the word.

Another of a similar kind, but How long. I wonder. has the still more uncompromising, is prob-him, Shanghal, and Dutch interests Lord Olivier, who, one gathered,

always taking a very large place in the great custom of sending valentines last-ably familiar to many: is fond of the filma, dislikes off shops of the Metropolitan Vickers ed? When

did it

his heart, cial censorships, and thinks that Company at Trafford Park. Un Ophelia's Hong suggests that St. the present system is working fortunately the Queen did not ac-Valentine's Day had amorous as- quite well. With this excellent note of a Socialist peer blessing company him, and the women work-sociations in the century. At an

point since the War. It was then ers were distinctly disappointed. (éarlier period it was an agricul things as they

Lord kre,

The King was impressed by theftural date of some importance, It's better than being John. demonstrated that resourcefulness Desborough chimed a harmonious

Ford's wife.

and adaptability were to be found third, after Lord Cromer (the uncanny intelligence of the giant and marked the time in the routine

furming

A Business Laureate.

even in the War Department, and switch-boards. and by their strange of commanfield Lord Chamberlain) had made it

It is clear that the average villag-that in major matters it could rise rug and that a raw hide is worth quite clear that he did not want duties. He was asked to press a beans should be sown.

to a national emergency. $30 Mex. Shaggy Mongolian doge the job that Lord Newton had button, and instantly he was dazzi-Valentine's Day cast beans in elnyer was not capable of writing for nobly

ed and almost deafened by the But on St. Chad sowe good or cible verse like this. It is to be But in the minor details of ad-jeven can be converted into & ren- sought to find for him.

there In other words, the time noted that all the "Interesting" ministration crash of lightning created by the bad."

little sonably good bear-skin rug, it was between epitaphs are at least a century old. change either in spirit discharge of nearly 1,000,000 volts, for sowing beans was

or sub- discovered. a hard-pressed

Police estimated more than 5,000 In the Commons Mr. Bridge-as a sign in fiory letters triumph-February 14 and March 2 by the The most plausible explanation is stance, and many man introduced the Naval Estim-antly proclaimed: "The King con-Julian calendar.

that the local stone-cutter-"monu-officer at the front dreaded the dogs were slain in the Harbin area afes, but, as he candidly admitted. trols the lightning.”

Beans are now usually winter-mental mason" he would now call official forms more than the Ger- before the poisoners were broken "It's all in the White Paper," Then the King became the cap-nown, but it is probable that the himself if he survived-was also man guns. An instance of tenaci- up.

Heous attachment to historic formula meaning the publication in which lain of a ship. He was driven to weather in many parts prevented the laureate of the tombs. the estimates are set forth and Trafford Wharf, on the Manches-sowing last year, and that the de- must have had some education, came to my personal notice a few explained. In the United States tor Ship Canal, where the smartficiency may to some extent be and it is probable that, like Jude days ago, Congress you can make your little Flying Breeze, în gala dress,made up now. The most welcome the Obscure, he combined stone- 'An army pensioner brought his As pension form to me to sign the de- speech by merely putting in was waiting to take him through valentine farmers had was a short cutting with literary tastes. printed or typewritten papers, the lock and past moored ocean spell of dry weather in the second the majority of his clients were un-claration of his identity and sur- and so far as the actual prepared steamers,

week of the month, although, un- able to read he could exercise his vival. The classes of person

Sunrise and Sunset in Hong Kong #peech goes nothing would be lost "Marvellous," said the King, as fortunately. St. Valentine's Day it-art without fear of criticism, qualified to sign it include magle- if Mr. Bridgeman did the same. he surveyed the canal.

..self was ushered in by violent Howevor firmly he might hold the trates, officers on the active list, during April, 1928, standard time Mr. Bridgeman is like some of

and After lunch he was initiated into wind and rain.

view that personal consideration police sergeants,

public for the 120th meridian, East of those distinguished barristers some of the mysteries of the tex-

should not affect the expression of notaries. The old soldier, who had Greenwich, is as follows?—— Cult of the Epitaph. who have built up a lucrative tile industry. Much to the satin-i

an author's opinions, he would risen to the rank of sergeant and

Sunrise. Sunset. the oppor-scarcely write so plainly, for ex was not deficient in inteligence, practice by the successful pre-faction of the crowds along the The curtailment of

p.m. tence of being simple common- royal route, the Queen accompani-tunities for rustic poets by the ample, about John Ford if the did not know what a public notary How many people do? And place men, not orators like Brutus ed him on this expedition. They disuse of the valentine is not the bereaved husband had been able to was. or clever like Cicero, He merely went first to the cotton mills of worst blow which has been dealt read his effusion.

if they do, where would they find If we assume that the commis-one? When this form was ori- chats to the House like a pleasant Messrs. William Holland and Sons, to the Muse. The ancient medium and garrulous old gentleman. and then to the handkerchief mill by which inglorious Miltons who sion to cut the inscription on the ginally drafted, perhaps about the But let someone interrupt him, of Messrs. Toptal, Broadhurst, were not mute secured publicity tombstone included freedom as to time of Waterloo, publie notaries and then you know that all this where 650 looms were busy in the was the tombatone. The compost its terms, we have at least an hypo- were well known and important During the temporary absence of simplicity is a pretence and that weaving ahed. The King followed tion of epitaphs provided great thesis which would account for persons. When the last public Mr. George B. Fryer, Mr. and Mrs. the speaker is not only ariful but intently all the processes.

acope. Some became, like hymns, some of the strange epitaphs to notary is dead and buried the pro-|J. C. F. Robbertson will be in has a surprising punch when he

Queen popular favourites. The unknown be found in country churchyards. fession will no doubt be immor charge of the institution To-night the King and hits back.

"Amictions Bore long

War Office Ways.

talised in this form for the puzzle- Chinese Blind, the Fryer School for were entertained at a banquet at uther of

time 1 bore" must have reached a Many of the old gibes about ment of pensioners "Sunday the Deaf, and the Jessfleld Road! the Manchester Town Hall.

larger public than many a famous War Office methods have lost their Times."

Hostel for the Blind

Lord Beatty As Debater, The speech contained nothing that was new except the eulogy of | Lord Beatty and the references to the United States. Of Lord Beatty, he said, a little slily per- haps, that he was as good as Mr. Churchill, in an argument round a table, evidently with some memory of an argumentative bout in his mind in which Mr.

CHANNEL LOSS.

WOMAN'S £3,000 BRACELETS.

Another loss of jewellery-the

Churchill had come off second third within a month-is engaging best.

the attention of detectives on both

at

New York woman

In his dealings with the United sides of the English Channel. States, Mr. Bridgeman has been The articles-bracelets-valued at somewhat unfortunate; quite ob- viously he miscalculated

£3,000, were either lost or stolen. Geneva. But he denies that the They were in the luggage of Mrs. new American programme arose Doubleday, a out of Geneva; it was really an old travelling in the cross-Channel programme "revived. Moreover, steamer "Maid of Kent" to Dover. Mr. Bridgeman has not given up It is thought possible that during hopes of disarmament, but thinks the creasing Mrs. Doubleday took that other opportunities will recur them from her luggage, wore them, soon, and is confident that he will and in the hurry of preparing to go be more successful and loss mis-jashore left them in the boat. understood next time. Certainly, The missing jewellery consists our shipbuilding programme is of three flexible platinum brace- modest, and the Admiralty cannot lets, one set with sapphires and one be accused of forcing the pace or with rubies (both line design), and undervaluing the Importance of another with rubies and diamonds América's friendship on the sea, in a floral design. A reward of From his account of the in-300 is offered by Messrs. Tyler ternal state of the Navy, the pas8- and Co., assessora, of 45, Holbera- age that remains in the memory viaduct, E.C., for their recovery... was that in which he described

the improvement in the conduct

of the men. Judged by the

panishment returns, the men of

The London telephone girls are

the Navy are twice as well behav-considerably prettier than the

ed as they were before the war.

The debate was opened by Mr. Swiss ones.-M. Paravicini..

Ammon and continued by Mr.

Belisha, but it did not promise

great interest, The real Interest

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· much in itself as in its relations which the three services might with the other fighting services. be discussed as a whole, but Mr. Mr. Kenworthy made a good point Baldwin either did not or would at question time when he remind- not see the importance of the sug-

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