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SWEDEN GOING "DRY?

Big Drop In 1932 Wine Consumption.

Stockholm.

The Swedish consumption of alcoholic liquor decreased by 6.1| per cent. and of wine by no less than 26.1 per cent during 1932 in comparison with 1931: The total consumption amounted to 31.6 million liters of alcoholic

Expeditions Search For Bible

History

to know whether the Flood took

Determining Date Of place in the year 2,400 B. C. as indicated in the Hebrew Bible, or in 3,200 B. C, as recorded in the earliest Greek translation of the Old Testament.

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Five British expeditions are now flourished about 4,700 years ago. at work.

Professor Garstang, who has The most recent expedition to been engaged in archaeological go out is that under Mr. M. E. research for 36 years, is now ex- Mallowan, who assisted Dr. cavating the site of the royal pa-| Campbell Thompson in last year's lace of Jericho.

CHINESE AIM TO RECAPTURE CHENGTIEHFUL

(Continued from Page 1) "Unfortunately there WES

unity of command at the front,"

Mr.

ruins of the ancient city of Gaza, accompanied by Lady Petrie, They are searching for a lost who is as ardent an archaelogist

At Tell Duweir (the ancient]

Sir Flinders Petrie, in the 80th year of his age, and the he said. "While in the rear there excavations at Nineveh. were insufficient supplies and am-Mallowan's wife, Agatha Chris- 58th of his work as explorer and munition to the defending troops tie, the well known novelist, is excavator, is again searching the to the great disappointment of the with the party. commandera. The actual fighting was done by the volunteers and other mixed units, whereas General civilisation believed to have ex-as himself. Tang Yu-lin and Chang Tso-halangisted for some hundreds of years still desired to keep their army in-in Northern Iraq over 6,00 years city of Lachish, fortified by So- lomon's son Rehoboam), Mr. J.L. The expedition is under Starkey, a young man who work- In view of the demoralising ago. effect from Tang Yu-lin's debacle, the auspices of the British Mu-cd in Palestine for several sea- Mr. Hsino doubted whether the

sons with Sir Flinders Petrie, is other forces could bold very long

The date of the Great Flood i:breaking fresh ground, and has against the Japanese who are now

already discovered relics of pot- advancing beyond Cheng Teh, a point which another expedition tery which date from 1350 B, C.,

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