1937-06-12 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 12, 1937.

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STATUS OF BRITISH SUBJECT

DISCUSSION IN COMMITTEE OF IMPERIAL CONFERENCE

NO CHANGE IN

DESCRIPTION IS

London, To-day.

RECOMMENDED

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GERMAN WHO GREW RICH

IN ENGLAND

A story come from Denmark full

of a happy and warm humanity.

It is the story of a citizen of one

high dreams,

Gems Thrown In Incinerator

Mrs. Dennis King, wife of the

Several important proposals regarding the country who grew rich in another question of British nationality were proposed at and gave his fortune to another. famous opera singer, is lamenting yesterday's meeting of the Imperial Conference The tale begins with poverty and a "bright idea" she had for hiding Committee and will be approved by the plenary these stories with happy endings. her by her husband.

as do so many of jewellery worth £3,000 given to conference.

Nearly sixty years ago a penniless WITH A VIEW TO AVOIDING THE INCONVENIENCES to try and make a living in Eng-came into the house.

The Kings live at Great Neck, young German left his native land Long Island. WHICH MIGHT ARISE IF A PARTICULAR PERSON BELONG-land, and he made a fortune.

Recently painters ED AT THE SAME TIME TO TWO OR MORE MEMBERS OF THE

Mrs. King's idea was to hide the BRITISH COMMONWEALTH, THE COMMONWEALTH WOULD

He became the head of a tea-jewels in her husband's old batter- NORMALLY INCLUDE AS MEMBERS OF ITS COMMUNITY importing house which bore his ed hatbox. BRITISH SUBJECTS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMON-name (F. W. Frank), and at fifty WEALTH WHO HAD IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES WITH THE wind up his affairs and retire from box and threw it out.

Then Mrs. King ordered spring was already wealthy enough to cleaning. Her maid seized the hat- COMMUNITY TO WHICH THEY HAD COME.

Each Commonwealth member would prescribe conditions under which such British subjects would be considered to have so identified themselves.

It is recommended that any Com- monwealth member passing laws on membership in its community should submit such proposals to other members for comment.

no

COMMON STATUS

way has

FEATHERS IN YOUR HAT

A Craze Breaking `Out Again ·

Mr. David Seth-Smith of the Zoo Object of the consultation would Hour) is recalling that, though the (the Bird Man of the Children's. be to secure agreement.

Plumage Act was passed 16 years The Committee points out that ago, trade attempts are being made been suggested by to restore to fashion the wearing which any change can be made in of the plumes of birds of paradise the existing position regarding the and other tropical species.

We are told, he says, that we need common status of a British subject.

It is pointed out that this term have no fear of the result, as

large does not mean "subject of Great stocks of plumes have been lying Britain" but is of long standing in warehouses for 20 years, so that denoting generally all his Majesty's there would be no need to collect them. But how long would these It is suggested that in the ab-last, and how soon would it be be- sence of rules for determining the

fore a new stock was demanded by part of

the

Commonwealth with

those bitten by the craze? which any person has connection, difficulties arise on such matters as immigration, deportation, and 80 forth.

subjects.

It

business. The war had broken out)

It rested on by then

then, and, as he had no wish to among rubbish awaiting the dust- the street curb take sides against either his native land or the land of his adoption, he and took it to the incinerator. men, who eventually collected decided to go to live in a third 2 country, of which he had heard much that was pleasant and good.

A Veritable Museum

That country was Denmark, and

IS BRITAIN English wife to live out their life there we went together with his SPEEDING in peace and harmony. Soon they AIR OUTPUT?

The May number of "The

Air

National

home in one of Copenhagen's resi- had made themselves a beautiful dential suburbs, with an immense Mail," journal of › the garden full of the loveliest things, League of Airmen, contains an ar- from great spreading chestnut trees ticle on the Policy of the Govern- grown to a flaming riot of roses duction. and glasshouses where grapes are ment in Relation to Aircraft Pro- The house is a veritable

le museum of

choice works of art and interesting the Comparison is drawn between objects, including a unique portrait formed in the Air Ministry for the Directorate of Production, of Queen Victoria as a girl, for present expansion programme, and which £70,000 has been offered and the Ministry of Munitions, formed refused,

in 1915 and composed of big men ac- In this beautiful home these two customed to handling industry on people, bound together by a As to how these plumes are ob- and deep affection, have spent hap-

rare a large scale. tained, we have the records of Al-

The Directorate of Production py days and years, and they have has a staff of only 20 añd, “unlike fred Russel Wallace, who, writing now made over their fortune and the Ministry of Munitions, big în- of the greater bird of paradise in their home to the town of Copen-dustrialists with The report was approved by the the Aru Islands, tells how all the hagen, to be used after their death of large-scale organisation are not experience principle delegates and its adoption full-plumaged males from a large as a Convalescent Home. by the plenary conference will fol-area gather together in one tree

included. What speed-up have The secret of it all lies in a little had in aircraft output?"MOV low. Reuter...

and display their feathers in rivalry. | threadbare silk cushion modestly The natives know this, and so are nestling in the corner of the draw-panies invited to co-operate in the The article enumerates the com- able, with blunt-tipped arrows, to ing-room sofa and bearing the em-shadow factory scheme, and asks shoot one bird after another until broidered words, "Have sun in your why the Society of British Aircraft few are left. Mr. E. G. Pile, presiding at

heart." It was given Walter Goodfellow visited meeting of the National Foremen's

these Frank by his mother when he first aircraft industry, was not included to Mr. Constructors, which represents the Association at Nottingham, said:

islands more recently and described went out into the world, and he has as an advisory body, co voc "If we are to resume our steady how, during the height of the last kept its motto all his life.

It was craze for these plumes for millinery the only thing he carried away has been~ in existence two years progress and maintain the liberty purposes, every fuil-plumaged bird with him from his parental home, Honger than the Air Ministry:

"The S.B.A.C. is no mushroom. It we enjoy, organised Labour must earn discipline and respect for its was killed and only the younger but it was better, he says, than a

"MUST LEARN DISCIPLINE”

leaders.

"Spasmodic outbursts of bad hum our with lightning strikes do much

to encourage the_vi false one that most trade organisation are controlled by extremis elements.

"They also estrange those em- ployers who are well dispose wards them and ready to meet le mate causes of complaint.

Do You Smoke ?

You will appreciate the soothing aid of

RESPIROIDS

males that had not grown their fortune, and it bore richer fruit. plumes were left to carry on the

to carry

race.

SMALLEST BABY EVERY SEEN DIES IN PRISON

The Act prohibiting the importa- tion of plumage has been the salva- tion of the finest of the paradise birds, and any new demand for the plumes and infringement of the

The "smallest baby ever seen Act would be disastrous.

was one of two born at Hollows We may add that the so-called Prison, North Loudon,-ôn “stocks" are very dubious.

ation Day. How comes it that such big stocks have

This was revealed at

survived for 16 years? We do not on the child, Margaret,

kalan Austrian named Fur

believe it.

M. Andre Vassart, a well-known parachutist, was killed at an air meet whenever excessive smoking? has made at Tours when his parachute fail your throat sore. A tablet, dissolved ed to open after he had jumped from a

slowly in the mouth, rges: the with curative essences which

ease any soreness.

relieve smoker's cous

curative for bronchini

ally. From all chemists.

plane.

A novel defence has been put for ward by a man accused of biga Vienna to the effact that his first riage in 1906, was such short dur

was awaiting deportation.

Her baby weighed 1lb. 8oz., stead of the normal 7lb.

It was rolled in cotton wool fed artificially, but died next.

we

German housewives have been quested fover the wireless to take basket with them when they

so that bread, rolls, cakes s" need not be wrapped up in pa

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clos

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Catholic churches in the State of Sonora, which were ê years ago, are to be re permission of the governor.

The deputy coroner asked Fal cipal Sister McKenna: "It is one of Distinct the smallest living infants you have

to Jalada

ever seen, "Isn't it?—Yès i dabnRUNNE

Coroner: It is miraculous that

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mar the child should have lived so long.A & PERRINS

ation that he forgot about it," "and" "mar Verdict

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