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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 26, 1937.

THE

"For This

age 3

Relief Much EENS

WORLD Thanks"

GOES BY

[ASMINE is, puzzled again.

JA

She

HAILE SELASSIE LEAGUE DECISION

Geneva, To-day.

means she honestly is. She has read somewhere that the Free Church of Scotland Synod of Moray

Haile Selassie is not sending a has condemned among other things delegation to the League Assem- -Sunday newspapers. She means bly, and he has despatched that two must all agree with the

condemnation of immoral films and message to the League saying impure literature; but when it that no useful purpose could be comes to Sunday newspapers, well, served by attending the Assem- hasn't somebody made a mistake, bly. oughtn't it to be Monday news- papers ?

"While expressing good wishes to

Because, she means to say, Sun-Egypt and rejoicing in the fact that day newspapers are produced on she has gained complete interna- Saturday, and Monday newspapers tional independence, I reserve the are produced on Sunday. And it's Sunday that counts, isn't it?

hope that the League one day will

However, she supposes she must obtain complete liberation of the have made a mistake herself: real-Ethiopian

ly and truly she does make so many. Reuter.

She supposes, after profound

thought you know that it's

frightfully wrong to have news-

occupied

territory."-

papers for sale on Sunday (though LOCAL TRAFFIC

nebody is compelled to buy them), 1 and quite all right to have other people working on Sunday so that you can make a dash for a news- paper on Monday.

Or is there some divine common- sense in this matter which is denied to a synod?

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Wisdom In The Home

A friend vouches for the follow- ing conversation, at which he says he was present. I do not vouch for the friend.

Small Boy: Why does God make kings, Daddy? -;

Daddy: He doesn't. Nations make them.

Small Boy (slightly dashed): Who do nations make kings?

Daddy: Well, you see, somebody has got to rule the country.

ACCIDENTS

Weekly Return

In the Colony of Hong Kong during the week ending at 8 a.m. on Saturday, the 15th. instant, there were altogether 53 traffic accidents, as the result of which two persons were killed and 23 persons were injured.

Of the persons killed, a European gentleman, private car passenger, died as the result of injuries received when the vehicle collided with the nullah wall and overturned.

A Chinese male, aged 40 years, died as the result of injuries received while alighting from a moving tramcar.

Of the persons injured, 15 were pedestrians, who were either walking or running across the road and were struck by vehicles.

Three tramcar passengers and one bus passenger were injured while alighting from moving tramcars and a moving motor bus respectively.

rider were injured as the result of col- One motor cycle driver and a bicycle

lisions between vehicles.

Small Boy: I thought the damn- ed politicians ruled the country. Ia tricycle whilst attempting to climb

heard Uncle George say so.

A boy was injured when he fell from.

onto the vehicle.

Daddy: Uncle George says

A private car driver was injured too when his vehicle collided with the much. The King rules. The politi-nullah wall and overturned. cians help him.

Of the 58 accidents, 26 were collisions, Small Boy: Then if the politi-between vehicles; 23 were collisions be- cians make a mess of things,

tween vehicles and pedestrians; and 10 the accidents were due to other causes. King cuts off their heads, doesn't TYPE OF VEHICLES NUMBER he?

Private motor car

Quite

Daddy: Well, not exactly. the opposite, in fact. You see, the politicians are there to do what the people want.

Small Boy: And do they? Daddy (veracity struggling with political bias): Of course they do. If they don't the people jolly soon throw them out. The people are supreme.

Small Boy: Are you one of the people, Daddy?

Daddy: I certainly am.

Small Boy: Then why didn't

you cut off the head of that police- man who ticked you off in the car yesterday?

Motor lorry

Public motor car

Motor bus Motor cycle Tramcar

Bicycle Tricycle

Rickshaw

MARRIAGE BILL REVIEWED

26

8

7

11

1

12

2

4

Government Agrees To Give Time

London, To-day.

Daddy: Look here, can't you see I'm busy? Go and play with your The Government has agreed to set

train. (Exit Small Boy).

As a result of a serious of political

aside

in the Commons

for exttages of Mr. A.

manoeuvres the Nazi party in the Dan-P. Herbert's Marriage Bill, amend- zig Diet has now nearly attained the ing the law of divorce. two-thirds majority required to enable

it legally to change the Constitution.

Introduced as a private member's Bill, it received support from all M. Kaminsky, People's Commissar sections of the House, but owing to for Health for the Soviet Union, and various delays failed to reach a third for the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet reading before the end of the Com- Republic, has been relieved of the latter mons time allotted to private mem- post and will be succeeded by M. Serbers bills.-British Wireless. giett

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