1939-01-24 — Page 13

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 24, 1939.

News Snack Bar

In connection with the Empire Tea Centenary, three elephants paraded in London. They carried caskets of tea Katherine dock up Tower Hill to Plantation House, in the City of from St. London. Photo shows loading up one of the elephants at the docks.

GAS GRID TO COVER

FACTORY AREA

Britain is to have a gas grid-a mighty underground network of pipe lines for carrying coal gas, under high pressure, from key points to distribution stations.

First steps already have been taken. The object of the scheme is to make, if possible, British indus- try independent of imported fuel.

Sponsored by the £4,700,000 Unit- ed Kingdom Gas Corporation- which controls seventy-three gas undertakings in contiguous groups in various parts of the country- the first gas grid is to be establish- ed in West Yorkshire, where a wide variety of industries is located.

Huge producing and purifying plants will be erected actually on coal pit-heads.

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MARRIED AFTER 3

ENGAGEMENTS

Three times engaged

three

FRESENTED COURT

LIVES SPOILED

BY OLD BOOTS

Don't let baby step into big brother's shoes. It may ruin his feet for life.

That is the advice given by an official of the Westminster Foot Hospital.

All over Britain medical chiro- podists and orthopedic (foot) hos- spitals are warning mothers against the habit of passing on shoes from one child to another.

"The shoes may go on, but there are often grave differences in the actual fitting. That may cause dam- age to the structure of the foot.

The hospital has all classes. of Customer, from unemployed to those who own big cars.

Although founded only two years ago it has already "outgrown its clothes," and is to open new pre- mises at King's Cross in January. Equ.pment, costing £4,000, will in- clude one X-ray camera, which en- abies operators to have a bird's- eye view of the trouble without waiting for a plate to be developed.

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HIS DIG AT GARDENERS

WANTS TRADE

"BIG SIX"

What is sauce for the arms goose is sauce for the export- trade gander, thinks Mr. Percy Lister, chairman of R. A. Lister and Co., the Dursley, Glos, engin- eering firm. He has suggested an export advisory committee on the lines of the new "Big Sir” Committee on Rearmament.

He wants this committee to have similar direct access to the Prime Minister.

"I am satisfied that it would prove enormously helpful to the exporting industries and surely in these times nothing should be left undone to ensure better treatment for British trade."

FIGHT OVER BRITISH INLÄND AIR SERVICES

Applications for

licences

to

Sir Lionel Earle, Permanent Secretary to the Office of Works, operate a London-Scottish-Irish net- 1912-88, speaking at a lunch held work to discuss an

of air services have been amateur gardeners' made to the newly-created Air

FECM show, said: "Whenever I see a neg- Transport licensing authority.

From Highgate Police Court:

Witness (Irish): After the ac- cident I saw the woman driver sitting on the pavement, with her car bending over her,

Another Witness (also Irish): Did either car give audible warning? No. The only sound I heard was that of a hooter, and I didn't hear that until I was told about it afterwards.

Still another witness: I moved all my limbs to make sure noth- ing was broken. I traced the dam- age to the front wheel.

lected garden, I feel like going to

the estate agent and telling him to The applicants are Railway Air watch the person who occupies the Services (a company run by the house, as he will probably be a de- four main-line railway companies), faulter. In ninety-nine cases out of imperiai Airways, and Coast Lines, a hundred I am right."

Ltd. (3 Glasgow-Belfast company).

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GUIDES MAY BE REGISTERED

They asked for licences operate:

to

(1) From London to Glasgow, via Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Liverpool and Belfast.

(2) From London to Glasgow, via Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, lale of Man.

A scheme for the registration of London guides was outlined at a meeting at the Commons. Mr. A. Emil Davies, L.C.C. member, re- ferred to the menace of the "tout

(3) From Glasgow to Belfast. guide," and said that out-of-work The first two applications are op- waiters, simply because they spoke posed by North Eastern Airways, French, had cashed-in on the guide British Airways and the Luton and COST £1,100: NOW WORTH £500 had found the opportunities profit-

racket, while confidence tricketers Manchester Corporations.

Council houses at Potten End, Herts, built in 1919, costing £1,100 each, are now valued at only £500 each.

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times parted, Mr. Desmond H. Wil- "GREY OWL” LEAVES £2,912 son, London estate agent who comes

able.

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U.S. TO HAVE 45,000-TON

WARSHIP

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CUSTOMS MAKE 8,663

SEIZURES

During the year ended March 31 last, At least one-perhaps both-of

8,663 seizures of smuggled the battle ships which will head the missioners of Customs in their re goods were made, state the Com- U. S. naval construction Estate of £2,912 has been left by gramme of twenty-two ships to be

pro- port.

Of these 3,598 were Archie McNeil, widely known as presented to Congress will be a Number of convictions reached 2- seizures of tobacco and spirits. the author and lover of wild life, 45,000-ton ship, according to Navy 647. Grey Owl, who died last April. He gave an indefinite amount to Anabareo (a Mohawk Indian and mother of Shirley Dawn, his daugh- ter), whom he described as onetime companion.”

"my

PEACE PEER'S “WAR ADVICE"

Department plans,

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ASKS BIGGER PIT PENALTIES

The London Treaty laid down 35,000-ton and 16in. gun maximums for warships, but Japan two years

refused to ago

continue that agreement.

Britain has two. 40,000-ton battleships building and mission on Safety in Coal Mines,

The report of the Royal five of 35,000 tons.

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DRUG WARNING

Com-

› recommends that in matters of safety and health, a research or- ganisation ought to be an integral into a $30,000 fortune on

part of the Mines Department. his Nobel Peace prizewinner and twenty-fifth birthday, and

Where there is deliberate failure Miss foremost advocate of the LeagueTM Patricia Fielding, sister of Coun- of Nations. Viscount Cecil of Chel- (London)

Mr. Ingleby Oddie, Paddington to carry out the law of culpable tess Armande de Tour Sainte, were wood, said iu an interview that Bri- warning to people who take barbi- gement, the law should be enforced coroner, has issued a negligence on the part of the mana- married at Brompton Oratory, Lon- tain and France should have stood turic drugs for insomnia and in by prosecution without previous don, recently,

by Czechoslovaka even to the extent crease the doses, believing that as warning, and prosecution should The bridegroom inherits his for- of going to war. If Germany had they are accustomed to them, there follow if an inspector's warnings do tune from his father, Mr. Sydney invaded Czechoslovakia we should will be no danger. "There is a dan not receive proper attention. Wilson, West Hartlepool (Co Dur- have been prepared to oppose her ger of fatal results with increased alties also should be greatly in- ham) shipping magnate.

by force of arms,

creased,

doses," ho says.

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