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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1934.

£5,500,000 FOR

NEW PROJECT IN

SOUTH AFRICA

'Steel And Iron Works Near Completion.

WILL EMPLOY 1,250 EUROPEANS

Pretoria (Transvaal). Barring accidents, the Union will be producing iron and steel] in next month. Costing £5,500,- 000 to establish, the works of the South African Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation are now in the final phase of their long; period of construction.

When production starts, 1,250 Euro- peans will be employed in the un- der-taking.

Arrangements have to be made for the gradual starting up of the various departments of the works in proper sequence, having in view the fact that the starting up of one department provides j the necessary supplica for the! next succeeling department and

So on.

Thus the first department that will be started will be the coal crushing plants at the collieries! In Natal and Witbank. This will

be followed by the starting of the coke oven plant.

It will require at least eight weeks for the gradual heating up of the large coke-oven retorts be

fore the actual manufacture of coke can be started.

THE CHINA MAIL.

As Flames Ravaged Home of Boston Red Sox

Handicapped by clouds of thick smoke, Sre Aghters in some tarred canvas used in reconstruction work. are shown working to subdue the blaze that did $250,- The bleachers and centerfeld pavilion were destroyed 000 worth of damage to Fenway Park, home of the and, fremen had to work like Trojans to prevent Borton Red Sox. The fire is believed to have started I spread of blaze into nearby buildings.

VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS "HEAVEN-SENT

Orders For The

The healing of the large blast H.K. furnace, ns well as the steel-i making furnaces, which require several weeks for the purpose, must also be timed to coincide with the working of the coke- oven and blast furnace depart ments.

This is turn will be followed by the putting into operation of the rolling mills, which will turn out the final steel products of the works.

Coming Week.

Volunteer Air Arm The undermentioned have been selected to undergo flying instruc-

Orders issued by Colonel L. G. tion at the Far East Flying Train- Bird, D.S.O... O.B.E. Comman-ing School beginning March 3rd. dant, H.K.V.D.C.:-

Hong Kong. Feb. 9, 1934.

PARADE

Corps 1st Battery

Signal Section parade at

5.30

The Corporation's power sta- p.m. on Tuesday February 13th. at tion, with its equipment of Headquarters.

on Thuraday February 15th. at 5.30 pm.

Camp will be held at

Belchers

1934. *

"A" Flight:-

Captain J. C. Macgown. 1309 L/Sgt. N. A. E. Mackay 1760 Bdr. D. Marshall.

1423 Pie, L. M. Roza Pereira. 1607 Sgr. K. S. Mehal.

Lt. J. F. Wright 1316 L/Sgt. H. Burson 1319 L Sgt. E. H. P. White 1507 Sgr. F. K. Nabi 2104 Pte. E. L. Curtis Walting Members:—

soilers, by turbo-generators, There will be a lecture at H. Q.]"F"' Flight:— turbo-slowers and the large main switchboard, Is the chief ser vant of all departments, and its completion must be timed to suit the finishing of all the other con- tracts. This principle applies to other general utility departments such as the water department

Fart from Friday March 2nd. Lo Sunday March 4th. Every member must attend. Details later.

Corps Signals Owing to the Chinese New Year

and the railway tracks through-Holidays there will be no parade

out the works.

next week. Parade at Volunteer

Train Time Tables. Approximate time tables of all, Q. on Tuesday 20th. February

for Signal Instruction.

Corps Engineers

railway traffic from the coal and iron mines and quarries must be worked out for the information Monday February 12th- Minia-

Camp. Belchers Fort.

of the S.A.R.

ture Range. Friday March

2nd.

1596 L/Cpl. L. G. da Silva 1957 Pte. J. F. C. Mackay 1776 Pte. L. A. da Roza 2052 Pte. A. S. Xavier

HEALER" CAUSES

STIR IN NATAL

Europeans Reported Among Patients.

NATIVE ORDERED TO "MOVE ON"

NATIVES OF

PAPUA FORSAKE

HEAD-HUNTING

Pig-Sticking A More

Worthy Sport.

CHINESE KEPT AS "FOOD SUPPLY" IN 1858

Sydney, N. S. W. Head-hunting as a pastime may no longer be enjoyed with impunity by the native warriors of Papua. The white man has set his face against it. Recognis- ing. however, the need of a little healthy excitement to relieve the tedium of village life.. the Government points to the hunt- ing of the wild pig as a sport more worthy of the prowess and cunning of a warrior than the killing of men and women in their sleep. So pig hunting has taken the place of head-hunting. According to Miss Bramell, who lectured on the subject at the Australian Museum recently, the natives have taken kindly to the change.

It seems that women were not without blame for the head-hunt- ing business. No man was con- sidered to have any social status worth mentioning unless he had taken human life. Every girl! preferred to have as her lover a man who possessed as proof of his valour one or more human skulls-even the skull of an old woman was deemed better' than

none at all. When things were dull in the village women would

tease and deride the men until they started off on a head-hunt- ing raid, usually upon some smal- ler and weaker tribe, which would} be attacked in the night.

The most infamous of the head-hunters were the Tugeri of Western Papua. Heads were, sliced off by means of a bamboo Ladysmith (Natal).

knife, and various methods were Posing as a prophet and a employed by preserving and de- heaven-sent healer, a Zanzibar corating them. Hundreds of native has caused a great stir skulls are to be seen artistically among local natives. Within a arranged in racks down the cen few days he had hundreds of na-tre of the men's club houses in tives flocking round him. His me the villages. These clubs, by thod of effecting a "cure" is to the way, were strictly for men's | place the sick person, on the use only; death was the penalty ground and cover him with blan- for a woman who entered one. kels. He then calls on the con Victims Always Bolled. gregation to form a circle and to Strictly speaking, the head- join with him in singing pealms hunters were not cannibals. They Members who wish to register and hymns, After a lusty ren-required the head as an orna- the their names in the waiting list ordering the "healer" then sends ment, but had no use for

Coastal cannibals, such the_Volunteer Air Arm should a maiden to a spring from which body. notify the Adjutant by 16th. she brings back two bottles of as the Goard Bari, boiled their February 1934.

water. The patient, is then given victims before eating, and look- Particulars of instruction can be obtained from "cure" is effected.

the water to drink and the led with contempt upon bush and inland cannibals who preferred the Adjutant by personal applica.

Unfortunately for the Zanzi-their victims baked or raosted. bar native the Native Commis- Non-cannibalistic tribes took no General Holidays

sioner told him. to move on, and pleasure in the society of man- The general works

Launch leaves Queen's Pier sted for Chinese New Year Holidays tion of natives waiting on

Corps Headquarters will be clos-this order led to a large deputa-eaters. and his staff have fixed a provi-.30 am, and Kowloon Police Pier on 14th, and 15th. February, 1934 Native Commissioner.

Miss Bramell concluded her talk by recounting the fate of sional date for starting up the at 8.40 a.m.

except for business of an urgent whole works, depending on the Parade on Tuesday 13th at 5.30;

The spokeman of the deputa-320 Chinese who were wrecked nature, dates of completion of the nu- p.m. at Volunteer Headquarters for

tion told the Commissioner that off Rossel Island in 1858. They Appointment Machine Gun Instruction. merous contracts.

It would be cruel to send the man were maintained as a food supply. Weekly reports arrive regular-

No. 3 Company (Anzac)

Captain D. W. Mortlock, lat. Bn. away at this stage when there by the cannibela, who killed off ly at noon every Saturday from Parade at Headquarters on Mon.

Strait Settlement Volunteer Force were so many "cures" still to be one or more as required from each of the contracts indienting dar 12th. February at 6.30

has been appointed Local Tem effected.

time to time. The only one of Services Without Pay.

the prisoners to rise the cooking. progress and, whether this fits in for machine gun instruction. Those porary Captain with effect from

The spokesman said that in-pot was a lean individual, who with the predicted starting date. men chosen to represent the Com-1st November 1933 and attached

If all goes well, the steel works pany in the forthcoming Competito Corpe Machine Gup

cluded in the "healer's" patients was allowed to escape. He even were Europeans. It was said tually reached Melbourne, went should be in full swing towards tion will parade each Monday and Headquarters. the end of March, but it cannot Friday night at 5.30 p.m.

that the "healer" did not take a to the goldfields, and was arrest- be expected that the setting to further notice.

No. 1734 Pte. N. Mathieson, Re- farthing for his services. The ed there on a charge of sly-grog The magistrate, when work of over 50 contracts will be Corps Infantry (Portuguese)

zerve Company, B Section, grant-spokesman said that since the selling. realised without the usual start- Parade-There will be no parade jed 12 months leave from 1-3-34 to advent of the healer" the witch he heard the accused man's strange story, let him off with s doctors had suffered a very ing-up difficulties.-Reuter,

had been ruined. vere setback. Their practices caution.-Reuter.

Administration. and this traffic must be well or ganised beforehand so as to be Corps Machine Gun Battalion put into operation immediately Troop-All ranks will fire Rifle tion. the starting date of the steel Part III at Stonecutters on works is decided.

day 11th. inst.

manager

LUTHER'S LETTER FOR AMERICA

Contains Outline Of Religious Beliefs.

411-YEAR-OLD MISSIVE

Sun-

p.m.

until

on Tuesday, 13th. February.

Interport Competitions & Co's

1-9-85

Leave & Return

Bettalion

No. 1121 Spr. G. E. L. Johnson, Annual Rifle Meeting These com- Corps Engineers, returned from petition will be fired in conjunc-leave as from 9-2-34. tion with Classification Tests on

issued at a later date.

.

I

vice:

Struck-Off Strength

February 25th. Detalls will be · Having Completed 3 year's per-

Ride & Bayonets

No. 1666 Cpl. R. E. Stott, Signal All members of the Corps are Section, as from 9.2.84. again reminded that Rifles

No. 1026 Pte. S. Jex, Reserve Co, Bayonets are not allowed to be B. Section, as from 6.2.34. kept at their houses.

No. 1649 Sgr. A. S. Sumad, At present, this order is not be-nal Section, as from 9.2.34, New York. Ing carried out.

&

A letter written by Martin All Rifles must be returned to Luther in which the leader of the the Corps Armoury al once. reformation set forth his religious

bellefs has been brought here by

Training

1st. Battery and Corps Engineers

Over 3 year's service:====

the

8e.

Asked what "cures" had been

effected the spokesman said "The R. F. C. LOAN FOR

blind see, and the dumb talk

WINE FIRM

Secured By Mortgages. On Property.

There was the case of a girl who had been dumb, but since she had been to the prophet they could not stop her talking. With it all the "prophet" observed the "strictest medical etiquette", and Sig-never told the public what his OTHER US. CONCERNS APPLY

patients were suffering from Reuter,

No. 672 Pte. B. Wylie, Reserve Co., B Section, as from 9.2.34.

No. 1890 Pte. J. Revie, No. 6 Platoon, as from 9.2.34.

Washington.

The Reconstruction, Finance Cor- TOWN DEPRIVED OFporation has granted one loan to a

Mr. Gabriel Wells, the well-known will undergo training at Belcher's

No. 1459 Pte. G. N. Mitchell, Re- [WA collector of rare doculisanté.

Fort from 2nd. March to 4th. serve Co, B Bection, 9.2.84. Mr. Wells, who found the four-March, 1984"

No. 1627 Pte. D. S. Robb, No. Page letter in England, described

Platoon, as from 1.2.84. -

Officers Sword Drili

iti ns, one of; the most important All available Officers will at autograph letters by Luther ever tend for Sword Drill under the Ad^ discovered outside Germany. A

Jutant at Headquarters at 8.30

The latter, which was apparently p., on the following dates;- written about 1525, was addressed to Count Albracht Van Mansfeld, staunch upholder of Lather's re- Ugions teneta.

* Grace," "Luther wrote. good friend who is well in- but

went on to

Friday, 16th February, Thursday,' 22nd, February, Monday, 26th. February, Drans-Muft, Bam Browns Belt Sword","

red of the individu

He wrote, that

83D. P. & M. WILKINSON,

CAPTAIN,

Adjutant, HKV.D. Corya.

NOTICE

TOBACCO.

Calais Smokers In Queer Predicament.

frm malding wine and has requests from a number of others to finance the turning of the current grape

crop Into wine,

The amount and name of the company receiving the, loan have Calais, || been. withheld, but requesta" kaye Unexpected hard frosts. come, from firms in California' and France have deprived Calais of New Jersey. The Corporation ex its tobacco supplies for a whole pects to get applications from other iday:92

sections of the country,

Ice had made the main Bonlo- With the legallation of 5.2 wine, The undermentioned amounts gne-Calais road so slippery that loans to grape processors have bem-collected for Dr. Bar the van bringing the weekly to legal and the Corporation

bacco supplies to the latter ported its policy which previd were only able to not as far as restricted loans to Wimer

nardo's Home.

Cantorn

Bergt Mess

[such products as tom

Laughter Epic!

LESLIE HENSON& ALBERT BURDON

'it's a boy!

With EDWARD EVERETT HORTON, WENDY BARRIE

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