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EAST HAM MYSTERY

SYMBOL OF

AUTHORITY

DISAPPEARS

What Has Become Of Borough Mace?

CHEQUERED CAREER OF MAYORAL BAUBE"

The Mayor of East Ham says that he does not know of the present whereabouts of the;

of mayoral mace symbol authority.

Many people are asking why it was not carried in the civic pro cession to church on the day of King George's funeral.

The mace has had a chequered history.

Eight or nine years ago 260 bur- gesses offered the mace to the Cor- poration. but at a meeting camera the gift was rejected, und! successive mayors declined to ac- -cept it.

The Mayor of two years ago re- ceived the piece of regalia and placed it on brackets in the may- oral parlour.

West Ham had been the only

boroughs in the county of Essex

George Brent, the new movie hit, in in "The Goose and the Gander," a Warner Bros, pro- duction, which is to be shown at the Queen's Theatre noon.

AUSTRALIAN

CAR TARIFF

BOMBSHELL

Surprise Decision Of Customs

BRITISH FIRMS BADLY HIT IF INCREASE UPHELD

It means that, instead of pay-

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1936

"SOAKING" U.S. RICH

TAXATION THAT WILL WIPE OUT

To-day's Short Story

The Old Lady By Josephine

Returns

fifty years

Johnson

the iron wanted to know that we were

HUGE FORTUNES Fmckers of her chair had stars apart, and he with a poor

Last-Minute Efforts To Escape

IMMENSE SUMS DEEDED AWAY

Was

tapped Up and down, mono-little shrunk-ng soul that tonous as rain. And for fiftyneither good nor bad enough for years the damned old men and one place or the other. Lost like WOMEN gathered round her a bean in all the mists that mark with their pipes and knitting off Hell and Heaven. So that was needles, and listened to her talk the end, and I thought to myself They would not work. They he was a nice chap, but too New York-The extent of would not suffer. They would much shrunk of life, and there last-minute efforts by wealthy not do any of those things for was perhaps greater" pleasure in Americans to escape the new which they'd come to Hell the sight of fat and fleshy tadpoles] death-duties and taxes on gifts It was a beautiful place," she'd digging into mud than in listening was revealed recently.

The say.

"beyond all dreaming. Ito a man say aimless things, only new taxes range up to 70 pc. went out in the mist one morning because he was a man.

estates and 51% p.c. on Dear Lord! Soch a cobweb- gifts

on

covered world! More spiders | They became effective on Jan. there seemed than anything else 1, and it has been predicted that alive in all the fields. Their webs they will have the effect of wip-¡blew back and forth on every jing out all great fortunes in the wire, trembled like parachutes in

United States within three gen-the grass.

So heavy the dew it ferations. Outstanding gifts in looked like frost, and I heard it

December are listed in a

report fall down from the apple twigs —

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fellow.

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TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be

"My Little Car" by Roy Lee.

brown

flowers.

of the Securities and Exchange the lovely apple twigs. A wide Commission to-day, but the names orchard we had-two acres more with various things small-sized "I filled up the hole of his going of the recipients of the gifts are or less like a great wedding at large of meaning, not disclosed. The gifts include: in the spring, like a great ocean fungus and the pulpit

Mr. Walter Chrysler, chairman in the summer. And the fruit!

sight of the sycamore leaves' new- of the famous. firm of motorcar All day the bushels casse up and

custed green. manufacturers, 40,000 shares of went by. Some hundred jars I Thousands of pounds worth Chrysler Corporation stock, valu-made one year: green apple-sauce things and

"But he had none of these Last year it came down and was put in a glass case. it remained of business will be lost to Bri-¦ed at £750,000.

of early apples and whole pears Then she rocks and sighs; and the took it hard...." Mr. James Gray, an there until the present Mayor, two tain's motor-car industry if a sur-

executive put up with cloves.

Devil goes by fast on his morning days after his election, had it car-príse decision made known recent-officer of the R. J. Reynolds To "And one year I was lost on round, for fear she will start all ried in the Armistice Day proces-ly by the Australian Customs au-bacco Co. 30,000 shares of Bey-David. He was a kindly

nolds stock valued at $348,000.

her old importuning requests. But sion. It was used on a number of thorities is upheld.

good as a tree to look at, but a Mr. Cyrus McCormack, of Chi-poor little pea-pod soul. Dare great occipital eyes, and after she sees him always with her subsequent occasions.

Letter Of Congratulation

sago, 24,000 shares of interna-saw my hundred jars and his ears him she itional Harvester. The Mace Bearers' Associationing 15 import duty on a chassis

goes. Up and down Co. common pricked up. He thought to pluck "hrough ali was pleased, for East. Ham and and body parts, exporters will be stock, valued at £317.000, reducing me soon and easy, because that was

the corridors of Hell.... his holding to fewer than 245,000 his way. And I was ready to

"If you had ever seer it" she) shares.

plunk in his arms as if no man but Mr. Joseph Schenck, chairman blind old Crane, with his hogays, trudging up and down behind him. "if you had ever seen it, you of the board of Twentieth Cen-shaped mouth, had come my way would understand. There were tury-Fox Filras, 46,000 shares before. And I

and 15,000

shares every night I'd rush to the win-fields of the alfalfa flowers, high Preferred stock of that company,

thin purple flowers, and wild hard- dow, thinking his feet were what valued at $286,000.

I heard and it would be only wind plums up in the north feld by the fence that we had to mend every Mr. Charles Nash, founder of in the poplar leaves or rain on

scar..because the moonseeds drag- Nash Motors, 50,000 shares of gravel. I'd see his lantern Nash stock, valued at £180,000.

thousand times a night in light-sed it down-moonseed vines And Conspicuous in earlier lists washing-bags, and his shape in every with great dark leaves.

too, and mind was all roundnut grew there. D. Rockefeller, Jnr shadow, till my who gave Standard Oil Company astrew and I half barmy-brained. "In the name of Heaven!**! securities worth £20,000,000 t

“And then one day Dave points educational and charitable insti- out a lovely feld of yarrow: says, shouts the poor tormented Devil.

Was ever a man on Tà plough that field if I were you. itutions.

No. good in yarrow. And the afficted as I? You can't go back scum of love went off my eyes and You've sinned and died and came I saw what I knew, but never had to Hell Now do be quiet! And off he runs, with the poor old lady left behind in tears.

which had been without races, AUSTRALIA WANTS PLANNED and the Association sent the Mayor, Alderman Mayor, Alder

IMMIGRATION ONLY

man Pope, a letter of congratula-Would Welcome Establishment of common tion

Owing to opposition to the use of the mace, the Mayor resolved | not to use it any more during his year of office. It has been banish- ed from the mayoral parlour.

"I do not know where it is," said the Mayor when asked what had become of the mace.

The mace-Bearer, Mr. 3. J. O. Hutchings,

this smarting under loss of dignity, declared, "It is in cold storage!"

FAVOURITE DOG OF

KING GEORGE

Died Few Days After Her Master

ACCOMPANIED-KING ON- COUNTRY WALKS

Within a few days of her mas- ter's death, Sandringham Susan,

one of the most faithful of King George's dogs, developed a fatal illness.

Secondary Industries

Canberra: The Commonwealth Government would welcome any plan, it is officially stated, for the establishment of new second- ary industries and the introduc- tion of migrants whose produc- tion would be steadily absorbable and whose entry would not in- crease unemployment.

It is realised that new indus- tries would create a market and possibly enable the migration of land settlers

The admission of large num

Mr. Joha

bers of settlers it is stated would BLASTING ACCIDENT

be impossible uniess Great Eri- tain provided an outlet for the resultert increased production."

The Cabinet have tentatively considered the general resamp tion of migration reached no decision.

have

charged from £50 to £70, duty on

AT SHING MUN

Gelignite Explodes Prematurely

FIVE MEN INJURED

remember

01

HONG KONG POLICE APPOINTMENTS

Latest Transfers

2

earth so

on for

And so it went

fifty years till the Devil and all of Hell]" knew

every inch and blade of grass on that lost farm. They knew where the road came up past the sagging barn, and the beam where the phoebe nested.

"And the peace of it" 'she a small car. This would bring the A serious accident occurred at:

would say, "the blessed fields at Among recent appointments in evening with red light, and hay- retail price in Australia of a 7-Shing Men Valley yesterday morn-the Hong Kong Police Force is cocks making shadows to the east hp British car to the prohibi-¡ing, resulting in five workmen that of Acting Sub-Inspector S. G. The silence, and the round fields tive figure of about £225.

being sent to hospital sufering Smith to the rank of Sub-Inspec with their new green hair and from injuries sustained through a tor. protective duty of £85 on cars with turely while preparing for blast-Station an

Until last March there was agelignite charge exploding prema from Central to Wanchai Police could only see the maleins flower- He will be transferring the malleins flowering! If you

saloon bodies. but after negotiaing operations at Pineapple Fass Sub-Inspector H. E. Langley, who

March 21, relieving ing!"

Susan, who

of the tions following the Ottawa Con-Dam

(Continued on Page 11) ference Australia agreed to

is proceeding Home on leave. Clumber spaniels for which the

One of the injured men, Wong charge only £15 duty if the bod-Lik, a foreman, had his jaw shat-been transferred from Central to Sub-Inspector L. Tyler has Sandringham kennels were fam-

les were sent in panel form for tered while another coolie's fingers the Police Training School vice was devoted to the King, with whom she was a great Zayassembly in the Dominion.

were "almost completely severed.

Sub-Inspector Moreton who is ourite. For seven years' she went Manufacturers thereupon plan- Wong Lik was removed to the going on Home leave shortly. ont regularly with him on shoots, need an export programme of some Wong Nuen, stone coolie, and Tang the officer-in-charge of the Upper

Kowloon Hospital together with

Sub-Inspector A. Kirby is to be and often accompanied him on 10,000 chassis and body parts this those quiet rambles through the year.

Kwai-fong, . truck,coolie, both of

Levels Police Station, while Sub- countryside which were among

whom are suffering from severe Inspector T. Sabey will do Bench Now the Australian Customs face and body injuries; and Yan authorities have decided that the Kiu, stone coalie, whose fingers duty in the Central Charge Room

Lance-Sergeant (46) Morris is] The King used to show her with 15 duty shall apply only to ac-were badly cut. pride to his friends, praising her tual panels and that if any body Ng Chung, also a truck coolie, appointed Acting Crown Sergeant. as the dog, which had never once parts such as doors and seats are suffered injuries of a less serious blundered at a shoot.

Was one

Sandringham's greatest delights for King George--

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shipped at the same time a pro-nature and was sent to the Shing She was one of the first Clum portion of the former £85 duty Mun Hospital for treatment. ber spaniels he possessed, Des-must be paid.

pite her age, Susan had been out! -working this season.

CULTURE “DRIVE"

IN TURKEY

Substantial Prizes For Authors

Ankara

As part of a Turkish culture | "drive" instigated by the Govern ment, large sums of money are to

be paid to each of twelve, authors

who can produce works "consider-

Mr. D. F. Mason, export sales jmanager of the Standard Motori Company, stated: “We had plan- ned to export about 800 chassis with panels, now we might cut] out the business altogether."

The accident occurred about half an hour prior to the midday blasting.

OIL BLAZE-

An' olman's premises, at South Woodford, Essex, were burned

NEW DANCE BAND

Good Music Promised At H. K. Hotel

Eddie Harkness and his band Morris Motors, it is understood, out, last month, but the firemen are booked to provide the dance has already arranged for building after a two-hour fight, prevented music at the Hong Kong Hotel bodies in Australia and is shipping the dames, reaching adjoining Grill Room Dinner Dances on only chassis.

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buildings.

Friday and Saturday, next, March 20 and 21, and as on a previous occasion there promises of an exceptional treat

Boy's Presence Of Mind for the dancing public.

are

Eddie Harkness and his Or- chestra, formerly of the St.

A 12-year-old Croydon schoolboy! Her six-year-old sister, Janet, Francis and Mark Hopkins

ed to be useful and profitable to rescued a girl when her clothes ran into the street and shouted for Hotels in San Francisco, also the

Turkish culture."

caught fire at her home.

help. Hearing her cries, Derek principal radio stations of the The Ministry for Public Educa The girl, Emily Bradley, aged Sadler, who lives in the same road, U.S., have appeared with great tion is prepared to pay such au- 17, of Alexandra-road, South Nor-ran into the house

success already. in Hong Kong, thors not less than 500 Turkish wood, was taken to Mayday Hos- He picked up a bucket half full likewise at Shanghai and pounds.

pital Croydon, in a serious condi-of water and threw the contents Manila They have an originalį The choice of books lies with a Hon.

over the girl's blazing clothes. He style of music which has cap special committee instituted by She was standing near the fre then ran up to a bed-room, snatch-tivated dance lovers throughout! the Ministry. The object is not in the kitchen with a celluloided a blanket from the bed and ran the Orient, and their radio pro-↑ only to increase the publication of knitting needle in her hand. The downstairs again to smother the grammes in Hong Kong and soch works but also to “simulate" needle suddenly ignited and the smoudering clothing. Neighbours Manila are always looked for- Turkish author..

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