THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 30, 1939
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"Move if you dare” seems to be, the attitude of this bulldog dur- ing a game of draughts at the kennels at Datchet belonging to Mrs. Monkland. Even experts at the game would be chary of making á move in such circumstances.
"FOLLOWING IN HIS
FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS”.
Heredity has an important bear- ing on occupations, says Professor R. Ruggles Gate, of the Eugenics Society. He stressed the point at of Educa- the annual conference tional Associations at University College, London.
Speaking of an understanding of the inheritance element--undoubt- edly present in all cases-which will make it easier to find the right occupation for each individual, the professor said:
HUMAN SACRIFICE
A slave, aged about thirty, has been sacrificed to Mathai Thang (the Gods in Heaven) by Naga tribesmen in the Chindwin dis- trict, just beyond the North- East Frontier of India. The slave was bought for about £45.
The Chindwin district, a kind of no-man's land between British In- dia and Alghanistan, is not under administration. Last human sacrifice there was in 1930.
"To the public at large heredity still means little more than that curious face and figure resem- blances may crop up between de- READ 800 WORDS A MINUTE scendants and some of their an- cestors.
Mr. Rex Knight, head of the de- partment of psychology in the Uni- Aberdeen, last night “It seldom occurs to them that versity of behind those sporadic occurrences urged teachers to improve the there is a mechanism of biological technique of silent reading. Investi- laws at work, and that even a sin- gations, he claimed, showed that gle case of hare-lip, split foot or some people read five times faster No one should be blue eyes may be the expression of than others. an inheritance behind the scenes satisfied with reading at 300 words and 800 words per through several or many genera per minute....
minute was possible. tions."
MILLIONAIRES ARE FEWER AGAIN
We are black to pre-war days so far as million- aires are concerned.
The number of incomes assessed for super-tax in 1913-14 was 14,008, and the total of incomes as- sessed was £175,605,000. In 1936-37 these figures had increased to 95,750 persons and to £483,739,000 total incomes assessed (sur-tax having then taken the place of the old super-tax).
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These facts are contained in a British published yesterday.
Another section of the report dealing with death duties reveals two that in 1913-14 there were estates exceeding £2,000,000 in value, but none exceeding £3,000,- 000.
In 1930-31 there were six ex- ceeding £2,000,000 and five exceed- ing £3,000,000. But in 1937-38 there were only two estates of 'be-. tween £2,000,000, and £3,000,000 and none exceeding £3,000,000.
Capital value of estates dealt with, however, increased progres- sively from £296,432,000 in 1913-14 to £594,708,000 in 1937-38.
THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING
Herr Hitler has exchanged New Year greetings with a number of countries, including Great Bri- tain, as is customary each New Year.
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But he has received no greet- 'ing from the President of the
United States.
TRADES BANNED TO NAZI YOUTHS
The statistics also covered' agri-
Nazi youths are no longer to be culture, showing the great decline
But take allowed to learn such trades" as in employment there, horses: In the United Kingdom in butcher, baker, tailor, barber, wait- 1937 there were 1,096,000 against 1,718,000 in 1913.
The most striking increase is in poultry, which almost doubled, be
1937 against ing 69,053,000 in 38,315,000 in 1913.
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NEW KING'S EQUERRY
Michael Commander Edward Conolly Abel-Smith, R.N., is ap- pointed an equerry to the King in the-room of Captain Charles Ed- ward Lambe, who has resigned. Commander Abel-Smith married in 1932 Lady Mary Elisabeth Car- negie, younger daughter of the Earl of Southesk.
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er, cabinetmaker, upholster. or. bookbinder. Instead, decrees the Nazi Labour Front, they will be encouraged to become apprentices in the nationally important metal industries where there is a short- age of workers. By this ban the key industries, including agriculture, will gain 88,000 apprentices.
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GOING TO SHOW THE SWEDES
to
Britain is to send to Sweden next summer two teams of twenty-four men and twenty-four women
physical training. demonstrate Expenses will be borne, in part, by.. a grant from public funds.
BOOK SLUMP LAST YEAR
Book publishing encountered a 700,000 APPLY FOR PENSIONS
The number of
Total applications for member- slump last year.
decrease of '1,195 com- ship of the Gövernment's new Vo- works issued during the year was
luntary Pensions Scheme received 16.091, a
Still we average one "author" by January 2 (last date upon which pared with 1937.
is provisionally esti- per 10,000 of population-which is specially favourable terms ninety-nine: "authors" too many in available)
mated at 700,000. every million.
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