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ETHYL PETROL.

PROFESSOR ON ITS “DANGERS.”

FUMES IN PICCADILLY.

THE CHINA MAIL,

"Nobody can go down Pic cadilly without smelling lead- tetra-ethyl," said Professor II. B. Baker before the committee which is investigating in London whether the use of "ethyl" petrol is injurious to health,

Professor Baker expressed the view that the mixture was dan- gerous.

The Chairman (Sir Frederick Willis) Is there any danger of people being poisoned by it in Piccadilly Such a question is ifficult to decide. I have not yet

Romte-Signorinia Livia Maracci, who was chosen as the most beauti ful bambino of Italy. She will re- present Italy at the great Interna- tional Beauty Pageant which will be heki at Galveston, Texas.

suffered by walking down. Pic- cadilly.

The Chairman: How would you answer the question put to the committee?

Amid laughter, Professor Baker replied. "I would get one of the persons who say that there is ab- solutely no danger. I would say to him: 'Let us put some on your hand and see." He-added that the poison would develop in about five days.

Professor G. I. Finch, of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, South Kensington, į said that in his opinion the use of lead-tetra-ethyl in petrol would effect a saving of £15,000,000 in the national petrol bill.

Leaded Petrol

He

Leaded, petrol could be safely used if proper regulations were made by organised bodies. had made experiments with ex- haust gases from cars burning lead-tetra-ethyl petrol, and had come to the conclusion that there was a real danger to the com- munity from the lead dust con- tained in these gases, especially in a congested area like London.

The chairman pointed out that experiments had been made over the last five years in America, and no case of illness which could be attributed to the use of lended petrol had been traced. Professor Finch replied that it would prob- ably be ten to fifteen years be- fore the effect of the poison would. be seen.

At the last sitting of the com- mittee it was stated that a mon- key had been subiected to tests with ethyl. Sir William Pope, Professor of Chemistry at Com- ¡bridge University, said that such experiments were not comparable with similar experiments on

human beings. Lead ethyl acted SHANGHAI FATALITY

so violently on the central nervous system: that no deduction could be drawn from the effects pro- duced on low animals,

Experiments Peril.

Sir William added that to obtain positive evidence as to whether the use of lead-tetra- ethyl was injurious to health it would be necessary, in his opin- ion, to experiment on garage hands. He thought, however, that nobody would dare to make such an investigation.

The Chairman; What do you suggest the committee should do in order to answer the question? -Sir William replied that string- ent regulations should be drawn up governing the use of lead-tetra- ethyl, and that something in the nature of a leaflet should be issued calling attention to the danger of its use.

Replying to Sir Charles Martin, Sir Willam said that if experi- ments were made on garage em- ployees by-splashing petrol con- taining lead-tetra-ethyl about their clothing a tremendous num- ber of cases of poisoning would be discovered.

TURTLE SOUP CHEF.

MAKER OF THE DELICACY FOR CITY BANQUETS.

Chefs are losing the art of making turtle soup, but this ex- pensive delicacy has lost none of its appeal for the gourmet,

The making of the soup has been left almost entirely to Mr. John Lusty, of Limehouse, E., who has been importing green turtles from the West Indies for sixty years. At present he is busy making soup for City ban- quets, He said to a "Daily Mail" reporter:--

Turtle soup is still more popular in London than in any other city. But the hotels do not make it now, probably be- cause the task of keeping a turtle alive and of making the soup is such a troublesome one; These animals catch cold so easily, and unless they are care fully watched by someone who understands them they will soon die... I have nursed them from the time I was 12.

Mr. Lusty showed a number of turtles of great size in tanks of water. Some of them weighed Sewt.

In a few days they will be soup. They will be hauled out of their tanka by pulleys, hung upside down, and killed by a skilled executioner,

The new Spanish cruiser “Miguel in the presence of the Infanta Cervantes" was launched at Ferrol,

Isabel and the Minister of Marine.

Rear Admiral-H. L.' Coné, UI 8. N„,. retired, who has beau appointed by President Coollógo, as chairman of the United States Shipping Board to succeed Admiral, W.-B.. Benson, whose term ́ut office expires Juma 1. Admiral Cone served as Vice-Presi dent of the Emergency Fleet Cor poration in 1921-25, and at present ia connected with the Goggenheim Foundation for the Promotion of. Aeronautics.

DAMAGES AGAINST FRENCH TRAM CO.

TLS. 2,000 AWARDED.

Judgment was rendered by the French Consular Court against the French Tramway Co. and assessed damages in the sum of Tis. 2,000, and costs, in the case in which action was brought against the defendant company in connection with the death of a young phar- macist, Lieu Tsouchih, who alleged to have been struck by tank lorry belonging to the de- fendant company.

was

Deceased, it will be recalled, was riding a bicycle in Rue Amiral Bayle when the accident occurred

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and his head was crushed as a result,

The French Police instituted criminal proceedings against the driver in the French Mixed Court and he was found guilty of criminal. negligence and sentenced to four months imprisonment.

The judgment of the Consular Court was the result of a civil claim filed by deceased's family (his parents and a three-weeks bride) and an order was made that the award should be divided equally between deceased's parents and

the bride.

Mr. F. Sarda appeared for plain- tiffs and Mr. J. Barraud defended,

MURDER CHARGE.

TAOIST PRIEST BEFORE, SHANGHAI COURT.

A Tanist priest was arraigned in the Provisional Court on July 9 on a charge of murdering a compatriot in an alleyway off Tsitsihar-road Shanghai.

Evidence was given by Det.-Sgt. Telfer that there was reason to be- lieve that a quarrel had arisen be- tween accused and deceased over a How Wel lottery ticket. Deceased was shot through the eye and the buttock and he had been stabbed. When his body was discovered, the police found an iron bar inside his clothing, this being of the Type generally carried by loafers.

Judge Chau ordered a remand.

EX-MINER SINGER.

A young

Scotsman, Mr. John Oliver, who was a miner before going to Italy for vocal training, sang at a concert recently at 9, Chesterfield-gardens, W.

He has a resonant bass-baritone voice of very useful and uncommon quality. He sang songs by Handel, Gounod, and Mussorgky..

The occasion was not an all-round: test of his art, the scene of the con- cort being, for one thing, deafen- ingly resonant. But the fine, vib rant timbre of the young man's-up- per register made one glad to re- member his name and interested to ace how he develops, observes the 'musical critic of the "Dolly Tole- graph."

SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1928.

PAMELA.

SUMMER SALE.

JULY 18th-AUGUST 31st.

Evening Dresses & Afternoon Frocks

from $49.00

Straw Hats Half Price.

Voile Dresses $10.50 and $15.00,

Gloves $2.00 per pair.

Pinet's Shoes $10.00 per pair.

Artificial Flowers $1.00 each.

Caron & Rosine Perfumes at Cost Price.

All these goods must be cleared to make room for our new autumn goods.

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SALE

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Sale commenced on 1st June, 1928.

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