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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 11, 1938.

EVICTION--RENT SCANDAL

T

Shield But Do Not Coddle

Your Child.

A Commonsense. Talk To Mothers

Many a mother makes the mistake little of coddling her child. Let him stand be-on his own feet, take his knocks and tumbles, it will do no harm, and helps to build up his character.

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few

But, by all means, keep a careful watch over his health. Most children are subject to minor health upsets and the wise mother will keep handy in the home Baby's Own Tablets, with which thereby avert the possibility of serious quickly to correct such troubles and consequences."

Sir, Please allow me a space to air to Government on half of illiterate tenants, sequently dumb, re eviction and in- crease of rental. The rentals of a good number of houses belonging to a certain company were increas- ed by from 25% to 36% months ago and the tenants thought the owners were satisfied there and thanked God they were not evicted. The action of Baby's Own Tablets to cleanse the little one's Now (encouraged by the findings is gently of the Rent Commission I presume) the causes of most of the ailments of stomach and bowels wherein germinate - a further increase of between 25% the young. Those tablets are the pre- and 30% is again demand from scription of a British medical child- these tenants. Yet this company specialist and are guaranteed absolute- still claims they are good landlordsly, pure and free from opiates and because they do not evict tenanta! in their effect, they are pleasant in other harmful drugs. Mild yet sure What does eviction mean? It taste and therefore easily adminis- means, washing the Tomb white, altered. free hand to ask for or secure an

For

childhood's ailments such as exorhitant rental from will-be indigestion, vomiting, 'wind', colic, street sleepers, if they are not pre-bles, you can find no more satisfac

colds, croup, worms and teething trou- pared to pay. I wonder what the

tory corrective than Baby's Own police will do if hundreds of fami- Tablets. Obtainable at all chemists. lies (British subjects, not refugees) live under verandahs.

It is useless to appoint an aristo- cratic commission to investigate cases like the present crisis. Only those used to going among all classes of people and have the wel- fare of the public at heart will serve any useful purpose.

In conclusion may I say a word of thanks on behalf of the sufferers to Mr. J. P. Braga who has done so much for the poor now and ever but has received very little sup- port from his colleagues.

`J. S. S.

NO CHANGE IN NEWFOUNDLAND GOVERNMENT

London, To-day.

In a Commons answer yesterday the Dominions Secretary said there was certainly no doubt as to the substantial economic

progress made in Newfoundland under the Commission of Government,

Mr. Malcolm Macdonald added that the process of recovery must necessarily be gradual, and in the circumstances there

was no pre-

sent prospect of restoration of the previous form of Constitution. British Wireless.

EXCHEQUER RECEIPTS STILL DOWN

London, To-day. Exchequer returns show total ordinary revenue amounts to £63,- 175,808 compared with £71,332,106 at the corresponding date last year. Total ordinary expenditure is £101,265,509 compared with £97,- 484,169 at the corresponding date in 1937.

The Floating Debt has increased by £43,665,000 since March 31, and stood at £885,420,000 at May 7,— British Wireless.

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