1939-02-23 — Page 13

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 23, 1939

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This little girl assumes the tough character of the clothes she wears when playing a little game of make-believe.

MOST MODERN GIRLS WED IN THE SUMMER-TIME

WORKER WILL BEAT FOG

A young

derland plasterer, driving home one night in thick fog, decided that anyone who could

maoduce a successful anti-fog device would

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a fortune.

That was nine years ago.

Within the next few weeks production is to be started at Sunderland on a luminous type of kerb- stone the result of nine years' experiments by the plasterer, Mr. Peter Harle, of Gillside-grove.

18 KILLED, 621 HURT EACH DAY

ON ROADS

One person was injured every 2.31 minutes last year on the roads of Britain-twenty-five dut ing your hour's journey to work. mar4,350 during your week's holl

day.

Thirty-four per cent. of the riages in 1937 in England and Wales took place in the third quar- ter of the year.

Last century, the fourth quarter used to be the most popular for wedding days, but the preference changed with the start of the new century.

In 1937, says the Registrar-Gen- eral's statistics, now on sale, there were 359,160 marriages, an increase of 4,516 on the year before.

Twenty-seven boys and 1,236 girls wed at sixteen, lowest legül age.

Population of England and Wâlės at the middle of 1937 was estimat-

Deaths totalled 0,595 five more tuan in 1937. There were 226,864 injured, compared with 226,355- um increase of 499,

was 18.06; of injured 621.5. Thus the daily average of kill

December's death rolf, dt 682, was the highest for the year, com- paring with a total of 613 in No. vember, and 594 In December,

1937.

Pedestrians killed and injured: in 1938 numbered 8,023 and 74,434 respectively, Zügüinät 2,978 ~ änd 72,859 in 1937-increases of forty- fire and 1,575,win

Totals for pedal. cyclists both showed decreases.

ed to be 41,031,000, compared with CUSTOMERS 39,952,377 in 1931.

IDEA

Coffee shortage in Germany has prompted the economic weekly, "Deutscher Volkswirt,” to suggest that instead of coffee the public should be induced to buy such goods as are still plentiful-china, for instance.

The journal does not explain what is to be done with the cups if there is no collée to put in theží.

He said:

I first started

on a lamp.

Pago

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This photo shows her on the trail. With six-shooters

trail

the youngster lives in

her own as she prepares to prise an imaginary foe.

*** LINKS WITH

worked, but it was too expensive to ANOTHER LONDON produce commercially for cars.

"NORMAL. IN DAYLIGHT"

The

Forging Empire links. Education Officer of the L.C.C. has arranged a correspondence scheme

"Then I turned to a luminous between pupils at central and ele-

kerb. In fog the kerb, with a veneer of my glows like a red hot fire. seen 800ft. away, nde

covered montary schools in London and invention, children in the schools of London,

It can be Ontario, Canade

"The thicker the fog, the deeper and brighter the glow. It doesn't need any direct lighting to make it show up and looks normal in daylight or at night.

ACTRESS DIVORCED

Among the 222 decrees nisi made "A company has been formed and absolute by the President, Sir Boyd we have completed our experi- Merriman, in the Divorce · Court ments."

was the decree granted on June 14 When this company is under last to Mr. Anthony Leyland Prin- way, Mr. Harle is to turn his atten- sep, theatrical manager, against his tion to a fog-penetrating search wife, Marguerite (Margaret -Ban- light.

nerman, the actress), on the ground of desertion.

PRESENTED FROM COURT

These are from Highgate Police INSIDE VIEW Court:

organs

Solicitor: When stopped, the mo

A life-size model of a hudb tor cyclist told the officer that he torso, with all the internal was quite qualified to drive except laid bare, was produced, in the for one or two minor items. It was abdominal operation,

Court of Appeal to illustrate an found he had no Excise licence, no Mr. Samuel Lock, a native of driving licence, and no insurance. South Molton (Devon), shares a Constable: I told the defendant golden jubilee with Earl Baldwin she would be reported, and s this month. For fifty years he's said: "I beli cut Earl Baldwin's hair at a Hay I have ever

believe topped by you, body, it was admitted, a swab was

it is the first time

market (London) hairdresser's, and Constable: When stopped he accidentally left.

he's received a signed photograph baid,

"To.

•

she

I pointed out the of-

in honour of the event. Mr. Locke's fence to him and he said, “Ta.”

A doctor appealed against an award of 616 damages against him on a man following an operation on a who afterwards died and in whose

customers include Mr. Bernard Told he would be reported, he said, MOTORISTS MUST KEEP ON Shaw, Lord Derby, Lord London- ““Ta-ta.”

derry and George Arliss. He has cut the hair of Rider Haggard and H. B. Irving, too.

NAZI YOUTH LESS

LITTLE CHEAPER TO LIVE INTELLIGENT

The cost of living on December

A "decline in the level of attain- 31 was down a point-that is, it ment in German schools" must stop, was 55 per cent. above July 1914, says the Saxon Minister for Educa- compared with 56 per cent. on tion. Youths, he says, havo foo December 1, and 59 por cent. 07 many demands made upon them in January 1, 1988, For food only their free time.

the percentages were 38 on Decem- At least one German seems ber 31, 39 on December 1, and 45 think there is too much gun-drill. on January 1, 1988,

to

DODGING THELOW OAK TREE

"Hands-off our oak," emphatical- ly declared the villagers of Fair Oak (Hants), when the antient tree which gives the hamlet its · name. was threatened with the axe.

The oak tree stands in the hears NAC

of the village. There was a pro- posal to chop it down so that mo- torists could get through the place quicker.

But the villagers have won. The tiny piece of ground round the tra has been scheduled as an "open space" for preservation..

So the old tree stays just as long as it can stand up.

A nica idea, despite screams for "pro- gress,"

RÉKUSED THIS "CHEQUERS”

TREX EAT TO HUNOUR HIM

In honour of Brillat-Savariu, Westoning Manor, Bädfordshire, French epicure who died 118 years the estate which the Australlin agd, 300 British epicures and gour- iment recently refused to nc- mots will est a dinner in London. cept owing to maintenance costs, The French, Ambassador, M. Char- han hegy nought by Mr. Hedley les Corbin, will prèalde. Jambes Clarke, of Bletchley (Bucks). ~ Brillat-Savarin had to fly from The former owner, hopell the Franch to escape death in the early, estatelwould eventually become the year of the Revolution, but tó kopt residence of the High Commission, öndugh stuse of humour to wr or of Australia in England.

wittily about the art of dining

FORMER LABOUR MP. DIES

Former Labour M.P. for Borwick and Haddington, Mr. George: Sin- kinson, died aged sixty-two at Pres-

In it when