1938-03-28 — Page 5

THE SHIN

Confidence Tr At Work In

WITH THE GENERAL INELUX PARTS OF CHINA, BEGGARS, THU CARRIERS, AND OTHER UNDESI ABLY SWELLED THE NUMBERS CHARACTERS:

The "confidence

them, and busine" is among

concerns, parti- cularly, are warmed by the authori- ties to be on their guard whenever strange customers come in and pur- chase goods to be paid on delivery at well-known departmental stores or at one of the large business houses.

Making use of departmental stores and premises with several en- trances, the confidence men purchase goods and instruct that the wares be taken to one or other of the departmental stores, where his "uncle" or "cousin" or "brother" will pay the bill

-On arrival, an accomplice of the purchaser, pretending to be one of the employees in the store, greets the purchaser respectfully and voluntarily relieves the foki of the purchased goods.

The empty handed foki is told "Follow me to get your money” by the purchaser who pretends that he

sters Colony

EFUGEES FROM ALT

SMUGGLERS, DRUGI ES HAVE CONSIDER OF HONG KONG'S BAD

BRITAIN'S

30,000,000 GAS MASKS

London, To-day. Interesting details about type and use of the British "people's gas mask" are published in the Daily Express

According to the paper, 30,000, 000 gas masks are in depots for üse while another 10,000,000 will? be available in summer The pro- duction costs are "2s. 6d. each. Three different sizes are manufac- tured, the smallest size for chil- dren under four.

- The gas masks will be distribut-- ed only in case of immediate dan- ger. In the meantime, they will remain in local depots.

EGYPT TO GUARD

is about to approach his relative in AGAINST

the store for the money. Meanwhile the man who has relieved the foki

of the goods, had disappeared AIR ATTACK

through one of the several exits.

In the crowd which usualy throngs department stores, the pur-

Cairo. Yesterday. chaser loses the foli and makes off. A commission was yesterday ap Another racket, revealed by the pointed by the Egyptian War Minis authorities, is one for obtaining ter to study the fortifications of the money from abroad by palse preten-naval port in Malta and make re These racketeers manage to commendations to Parliament obtain the addresses of people's re-adoption in Egypt. latives abroad.· Urgent cables are

ces.

for

sent stating that the addressee's re- Egypt is at present making the lative is lying critically ill in hos-greatest efforts to safeguard pital in Hong Kong, suffering from

ports against air attacks.

her

After the combined Anglo-Egyp-

injuries sustained during a Japane ese air-raid. In need of expert me- dical aid the wounded man has come tiam land manoeuvres just terminat- to Hong Kong and is now in need fed the General Staff of the Egyptian of financial help. A local address Army has announced joint naval is included in the cable Money is coast manoeuvres in sent to this address and the racke-with the British Fleet. teers, after operations for some

time, move their headquarters to

conjunction

These manoeuvres will chiefly

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NEW AMSTERDAM JAVA AIR TIMES

Amsterdam, Yesterday,

The Summer timetable of the Royal Netherlands Airways will come into force on March 29.

Aeroplanes proceeding both to and from the Netherlands Bist Indies will, from that date, call at the airport of Halle-Leipzig.

will be made at landing.

the

The Egyptian state budget issued yesterday shows clearly that country intends to spend much more in future for national defence. Trans-Ocean.

LONDON TO PARIS IN 75 MINUTES

London, To-day.

A fleet of new 200 mph. air liners has started to operate a 75- minute service from London

There will be three weekly: flights in both directions, and the journey from Amsterdam to Bata-Paris when Air France's sum via will take five and a half days, and the return trip six days, Trans-Ocean:

time-table comes into operation to day: The previous schedule was 90 minutes.

The new creft, claimed to be the fastest on the London-Paris route, are all-metal, low-wing two-

AIR MAIL DELAY engined monoplanes, with retrac-

The Imperial Airways liner-due to-day has been delayed and will not now arzive until

morning. It is the outward ai not be changed probable make the kok

[table under-carriages, automatic pilots, and complete de-icing plant. Sixteen passengers and three are carried.

A new type of adjustable leather- upholstered armchair has bee troduced to the cabins, and a sm

fitted in front of for light refreshments. journey to Bangis also individual - air

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Bucharest, Yesterday

VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE

Budapest, To-day.

A violent earthquake, lasting three seconds, was recorded at noon impending Rumanian govern-yesterday by the Budapest

risis is predicted here. The Liberal party, it is declared, had decided, following a lengthy de- beration, to withdraw its miris- which action will deprive the of five of its most im-

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rded as certain that they

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