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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 1, 1938.

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REDSKINS HOLD A POW WOW, One of the most colourful celebrations of the year at Banff in the Canadian Rockies is the In- dian Festival. This is when the Redskins meet for a four day pow-wow and tourists turn up în their thousands to see the Indians in their brightly coloured costumes parading through the town and tak- ing part in various games and ce- remonies. Photo shows a party of gaily-garbed Redskins on the trail into Banff for the celebrations.

SCOTS PLAN NATIONAL DRIVE

TO GIVE TRADE A TONIC

LEAD IN BEER,

SWEETS DOPED

Food-Fakers had a thinner time than ever last year. But there are still many of these mean swind- lers around as the record of those who fell to the food-sleuths shows.

They are the local authorities' inspectors, who, with- out warning, collect samples and all kinds of foods from all sorts of places and send them to public analysts.

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BORSTAL CASES

'DUE TO FAMILY'

"In almost every case that comes up for Borstal treatment there

is something abnormal about the home life," said Mr. Richard O'Sullivan, K.C., deputy chairman at London Sessions.

"Either the father or. the mother is dead or there is a step- mother or another relative."

His remark was made while sentencing a lad of twenty to Borstal treatment,

According to a newly-published report to the. Ministry of Health. their discoveries, included beer con- taminated with lead, araenic' in sweets, apples, grape juice and gelatine, lead in curry powder, fish Infested with maggots-and stout containing disinfectant,

Public analysts all over the country reported on 151,370 sam- ples in 1937, an increase of 4,932 on the 1936 record figure.

"Butter" that is wholly or partly. margarine and "real cream" cakes which do not contain genuine cream. are old complaints..

There was more "food-faking” in

FOR BRITAIN'S BUTTER DISHES cheese last year, too. In one case a .

sample of "cooking" cheese was

Not the Lambeth Walk but the Chicken Dance as performed by the Fred Astaire of the Rockies.

BISHOP OF DURHAM RESIGNS

Dr. Hensley Henson, whose re-

The first large consignments of found to contain only 0.7 per cent. signation (as from February 1, the new season's New Zealand but- of fat. Two samples were found to

A scheme to mobilise Scotland's ter and cheese will arrive in Great contain boric acid, one to contain 1989) from the Bishopric of Dur- wealth to revitalise Scottish indus- Britain in the ships Rangitane. formaldehyde,

Cornwall and Waimana. The ves-

try is announced in Edinburgh.

sels will unload a total of 5,300,000-

A company, to be called the Scot- lb. of butter.

tish Development Financial Trust,

is to endeavour to reduce the

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247,698 unemployed in the country. NEW PASTE DE-ICES 'PLANES

It is described as a "Help After months of experimenting, Yourself" company. The Earl of an improved paste has been devised Elgin, Scotland's business man and approved by the Air Ministry's peer, is head of the movement. Civil Airworthliness Committee for "We recommend Scotland," he perial Airways 'planes on Empire

de-icing aircraft in flight. "All" Im-- said, “to join together its financial routes are to be treated. interests, which we know are latent at the moment.

"We are going to challenge the parochial system which so far has insisted upon helping only certain parts of the country.”

Every Scot is to be asked to give So the world may get another lead from the North of the Tweed.

TO WED MAN SHE HAS NEVER SEEN

Engaged to a man she has never seen that's the romance of Nancy Boyle, a nurse of twenty- five, living at Cumberland-avenue, Grimsby. Her fiance is Hugh Rus- Bell, twenty-five, of the Royal Ulster Rifles, now in Palestine.

Her wedding will be the realisa- tion of marriage dreams which ́once were shattered, for six years ngo she had planned everything for her marriage to a young fish- ermah..

But there was no wedding. Her flance, was drowned at sea. Mr. Russell was a friend of her form- er fiance. Heartbroken, she wrote, and told him of the tragedy. Ho wrote letters of consolation.

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DANCES BEAT PARALYSISTM

The Lambeth Walk has been pre- scribed by Harwich education “au- wave of infantile paralysis sweep- thorities as a precaution against a ing the town. Schoolchildren are being taken down to the sea-front every day, where they do exercises, concluding with a Lambeth Walk along the promenade,

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FACTORY TOWN TO BE RESORT

Derelict factories which have for long spoiled the approach to Swan- sea are to be removed by the Town Council under a scheme which pro- poses to convert the borough into a seaside resort. Over £250,000 is to be spent.

EARLIER ENGLISHMEN

Relics of Ancient (pre-Roman) Britain will become national pro- perty by the generosity of Colonel C. R. R. Malone, Cornwall: land- owner, Some time ago he presented land on which stood the Druid vil- lage at Chysauter, near Penzance. Now he has enlarged that gift by handing over the entire area on which the hut circles and temple stood..

NOVEL LIGHTHOUSE' HOME. Sir James and Lady Purves-Ste- wart have a secluded home at Belle Toute Lighthouse, on the highest point of Beachy Head. The lamp room

ham was announced from Downing- street, will be seventy-five next month. One of the most active con- troversialists of modern times, dur- ing the Abyssinian war he openly, denounced Mussolini's “cynical and perfidious" attitude.

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INVADED BY-SAND

Villages on the Glamorgan coast between Porthcawl and Barry are being menaced by mammoth sand- dunes which are being blown inland by every south-westerly wind, Gar- dens of many houses in Newton, Merthyrmawr, and other villages. are already covered.

TYPIST. AS DRESS EXPERT

Auburn-haired Florence Sait, Bow County Court typist, was called upon by Judge Owen Thompson, K.C., to act as dress expert. A gown manufacturer was sued for £4 38., the value of material alleged to have been spoilt in the making of a dress and coat. In the Judge's.pri- vate room, Miss Sait sat while the garments were paraded before her

PRESENTED FROM COURT

To-day's court story comes from Paris.

Counsel: What is your age, ma- dame?

Witness: I appeal to the gallantry of the Bench.

commands # magnificent view far out to sea, on one side and many miles of Sussex' downs on the other and there is no road -near enough to disturb the peace. Sir James is the famous nerve spe....... cialist.

Judge: The Bench has no gallan- Photo shows Sir James and Lady Purves-Stowart walking

try, madame; but it has no curlo- the cliffs in front of their light,alty either. So you need not answer.

house home.

the question..