THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 19, 1937.
THE
America
And British
WORLD Naval Plans
GOES BY
Washington, To-day.
"The British naval plan will have no bad effect on us," yesterday de-
S the protector (self-appointed)clared Mr. Edison, Assistant Secre- of Hong Kong's morals, I have tary of the Navy, after a conference the privilege to-day of broadcasting with President Roosevelt. --- an inspiring warning which should | Mr. Edison pointed out that re- go straight to every heart of oak in percessions in America might be the Colony.
WATCH DARTS!
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double-edged since, whilst orders from England for raw materials would help business, they might handicap the American naval pro- gramme, which is already being held up from the lack of steel and
This insidious game is becoming popular, and fearful nightly orgies are going on in several homes in copper Hong Kong. Of should I say Kow- Mr. Edison indicated that the loon? Hong Kong is so highbrow. present laying-off of shipbuilding It may lead to the breaking up of workers may continue till late in happy homes. It is certain that March unless the controversy with strong, healthy men are being steel producers is settled-Reuter. driven into such tempestuous rages that they would willingly slit each other's throats for a bull" or а treble 20.
WALSH'S VIEWS
Washington, To-day. "If the expansion of the British
This mad craze, says my special Navy is to continue, it becomes ne- darts reporter, has in some cases (cessary for us to adopt a new naval even developed in a racket on programme," "declared Senator Da- American gangster lines. A com-vis L Walsh, Chairman of the Sex- petition held here the other day was ate Naval Affairs Committee, yes- won by a would-be Al Capone with terday.
a sawn-off shot-gun. He first used
Senator Walsh advocated close
it to fire the darts, then turned it observation of British naval move- on the scorer, who collapsed in a ments together with those of other pool of "bulls" shouting "You Powers. Reuter. treble-cross crooks."
It's a dirty business altogether,
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as you will learn when the sinister EMPIRE Master Mind behind this degreda-
tion of a time-honoured pastime EXHIBITION AT comes up for trial. Sensational re- GLASGOW velations are promised. Watch this
column. (You may have to watch
it for years but don't let that worry you. It will increase our sales-we hope).
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London, To-day. Glasgow corporation has granted use of a park near the city for an Empire Exhibition next year.
The King has given his patron- The pleasant characteristic of age to the Exhibition for which the Miss Grace Moore in being able to guarantee fund at present reaches sing so beautifully without distort- £620,000 and will remain open until ing her face is due, says a Holly-a total of one million is guaran- wood gossip column, to practising teed-British Wireless. for months in front of a mirror.
I am happy to give full publicity to this revelation if only because
I recall how the horrible opera faces I say in my childhood had a blighting effect on my musical life.
JOHN NOLEN PASSES
New York, To-day. The death has occurred of Mr.
I remember a famous Italian tenor at the Scale in Milan who, John Nolen, the town-planner and during the highspots of Pagliacci | landscape arc
was able to stretch his jaw nine
inches in a south-easterly direction and at the same time have his top- lip somewhere in the region of his eyebrows
"Indeed," he said laughingly, “it was ze awful gulf in ze middle of all dis that gave your engineers ze first idea for ze Mersey Tunnel
I know, what is wrong with this colum. It is a lack of poetry which, they say, has a similar effect to music in soothing the savage breast. Not that any of you
detestable savage, may
Mr. Nolen had a worldwide
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How do I know if you like this blasted bilge I turn out every day? How does it affect you, if you can be affected by anything, which I much doubt? Anyway, since only one of you has reacted to my prose, here is some verse. I sincerely hope it drives you to drink. It has
Alone on, the lawn
The cabman dances, In the dew of the da
He kicks and prances His bowler is set
On his bullet head, For his boots are, wet
And his aunt is dead.
There on the lawn
As the light advance On the tide of the dawn
The cahman dances. Swift and strong as a garde
He dances along
bowler the Lown
dawn
On his great red face
To fairy filates
As the hgh!
In square black The cal
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