.THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 15, 1988
News Snack Bar
A vio.inist came to London from Canada. Ho visited a musical instrument dealer's in Gerrard-street, W.1. -
and he'd forgot-
Back in Canada, he wanted a violin bow ten the name of the shop, forgotten oven the name of the street it was in,
But he remembered the district. So he wrote a letter and in- stead of putting a name and address on the envelope he drew the map you see in the picture above.
The letter was delivered. Now the violinist has his bow
BETTER AND FASTER BOMBERS
London, To-day.
new
The cruising radius of the Bristol Blenheim bombers now be- ing built for the Royal Air Force will, the "Daily Express" reports, greatly exceed the cruising radius of the type of Bristol Blenheim bombers now in service,
SEEN LATER
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5,851,000 JOIN TRADE UNIONS
Total membership of trade unions in Great Britain and North Ireland at the end of 1937 was 5,851,000, as compared with 5,305,000 at the end of 1936.
This increase of 546,000 was made public in the "Ministry of Labour Gazette."
This is the largest increase re- BARONET-RECTOR DIES corded in any year since 1919, and, following on the progressive in- The Rev. Sir Francis. Arthur creases which occurred in the three Stanley Ffolkes, rector of Hilling- previous years, restores the mem.. ton, Norfolk, who has died, aged bership total to a figure greater than seventy-four, had been honorary any previously recorded.
chaplain to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, and chaplain-in- ordinary to King George V and the present King,
an
Bob Moggridge, senior ticket
The number of men members at examiner of the G.W.R., retires this the end of 1937 was 4,956,000, week. For fifteen years he has been increase of 452,000, or 10 per cent. travelling in the Honeymoon Ex- as compared with the previous year; press (Paddington to the West of and the number of girl and women England), which is reputed to carry members was 895,000, an increase more newlyweds than any other of 94,000, or 11.7 per cent. British train.
"Nine times out of ten they give themselves away, usually due to The cruising radius of the new confetti," he says. planes will be 3,000 kilometres Mr. Moggridge has a remarkable while the planes now in service memory for faces. Many times he have a cruising radius of between has seen his honeymooners travel- 1,400 and 2,000 kilometres. The ling in later years new bombers will have a maximum family. speed of roughly 300 miles per hour. -Trans-Ocean.
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IL DUCE TO PAY VISIT TO
SARDINIA
Mussolini will visit the island of Sardinia, the neighbour of Corsica, at the weekend and it is assumed that he will utilize the opportunity to make a pronouncement on the
tension between Italy and France:
Immediate occasion for the visit is the dedication of new coalmines near Carbonia at which event the entire Italian Autarchy Commis- sion will be present,
It is believed that in discussing the economic situation the Duce will deviate to foreign affairs.
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SWEETNESS RECORD
of
Mr. Alfred James Harris, Birdham, near Chichester, a well- known bee-keeper, has taken 122lb. of extracted honey from a single hive. He claims it as a record.
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VISCOUNT AS DIRECTOR
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At the end of last year there were 1,033 unions, compared with 1,041 at the end of 1936, the reduction being mainly due to amalgamations.
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PIT PENSION PLAN
REJECTED
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He succeeded his brother to the baronetcy (which was created in 1774) in 1930. His only son, and heir, Mr. Edward John Patrick Bos- chetti Ffolkes, who is thirty-nine,. is a godson of King Edward VII.
** ** * "OLE BILL” AT FUNERAL' -
"Ole Bill," famous bus used by troops in France in the Great War, was used at the funeral at Amers- ham of Mr. James Simmonds, bus. driver, aged fifty-one, who has been with the local company since 1923. Nearly 100 uniformed busmen took part in the procession.
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But bod unions news from South JOHN BURNS IS 80
Wales. There the Miners' Federa- Mr. John Burns, of Clapham tion delegate conference decided by Common, London, the first working an overwhelming majority at Car- man to reach Cabinet rank, is eighty diff to reject the proposed pension SALVATION CHIEF years of age. He says his motto, "Early to bed, early to rise," is what has kept him well enough to enjoy his eightieth birthday.
He resigned, suddenly, from the Asquith Cabinet in August, 1914 and has never explained why.
EGYPT AND SUEZ CANAL AGITATION
Cairo, To-day.
It is understood that Egypt of- ficially reserves the right to be consulted concerning totalitarian demands regarding the future of the Suez Canal. Reuter.
BAR WHERE ALL DRINKS COST
SIXPENCE!
The "Tanner Bar" where the price of every drink is 6d., has caught on in Edinburgh.
Viscount Ridley, of Blagdon, ONE PRICE Seaton Burn, Northumberland, is among the directors of Texmill In- dustrial Corporation, Ltd., which, states Jordan's Register, has been registered with a nominal capital of £115,000. Company has been formed to carry on business of silk, cotton and textile manufac- turers, spinners and weavers.
THEY COME TO SEE
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everything-at-one-price principle was It began two years ago, when the
applied to drinks.
The "tanner bar” (as it is called) is in a little street in the heart of the city. Real Jamaica rum, golden sherry, cocktails, gin, whisky, or wine are all on the tariff, and there During September 23,632 foreign is no catch in it for drinks are of tourists and 8,696 business visi- standard quality. tors landed in the United Kingdom. The landlord has simply adopted · By far the largest number of tour the idea of proportionate selling, ists, 6,130, were from America. whatever drinks are ordered in six- But France led with business visi- penny-worths. tors, numbering 1,215.
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BACKFIRE STARTS FIRE
In an ordinary bar if a customer asked for a brandy he would be given a quarter of a gill. At the "tanner bar," however he gets a fifth of a gill. So it is with all drinks.
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The back-firing of a motor-cycle in a garage at Wootton Bassett, Swindon, started a fire which, des- The bar has overcome the difficulty troyed three cars, a lorry, three in the case of proprietary beers by motor-cycles, four lock-up garages doing their own bottling. Now and $500 worth of timber. Total other "tanner bara" are to be damage, £2,000.
opened.
schemes.
coal owners
The delegates disagreed with the 50 YEARS. WED system of annuities proposed by the claiming it would be far better if the scheme was direct- ly administered by the federation and the coal owners jointly.
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EMPIRE TOWER IS DOOMED
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Commissioner David Lamb and Mrs. Lamb, who celebrate their Golden Wedding were married under the Salvation Army flag at Hamilton, Scotland, in the days when there was some doubt about the validity of "Army" marriages.
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Glasgow Corporation Parks Com- Mr. Lamb invoked the aid of the mittee discussed the future of the Registrar General of Scotland. Empire Exhibition and agreed that none of the buildings should be re- CRIME ON THE DOLE tain, except the Corporation Pavi- lion and the Palace of Arts. If the Committee's decision is accepted by the Corporation, the Tower of Em- pire will be demolished, and Bella- houston will again become a public park.
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THE HUMAN TOUCH
"The Labour Exchange down here sort of thieves' seems to be a kitchen," declared Mr. John Harris, Thames magistrate, when told that · some youths who appeared on two charges of stealing at Stepney had met at the Labour Exchange before committing the offences.
There was laughter in the public Said a defendant at Highgate Po- gallery at the remark, and Mr.. lice Court, "I saw the constable dip Harris said: "It's nothing to laugh his hand into his pocket and fetch at. I don't know if you women who out a pencil, a notebook... and half are laughing are these boys' mo-
thers." a sandwich."
France's 24 hours general strike—-called in protest against the Government's decrée laws revising the, 40 hour week and imposing” new taxes, was a failure. Photo shows-mobile guarda · guarding" w bus stop in the Gare de Lyon, Paris. (By "Air Mall);
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