1939-03-07 — Page 13

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 7, 1939

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The youngest "police force" în Great Britain is to be, found at Norwich. They are the members of the now famous Norwich Lads" Club, started by the Norwich City Police, under chairmanship of the Chief Constable who wanted to.. solve the problem" what to do with the lads." The club has now grown to be one of finest in country and a feature is the "Junior. Polico Force." These boys, who wear uni- forms, render assistance at public functions and other occasions when polico need augmenting.

REICHSTAG TO BE REBUILT

The old Reichstag building (Ger- many's Parliament when she had one), scene of the historic fire on February 28, 1983, is to be recon- structed

and used again for its original purpose. This has be come necessary as the Krell Opera House, where the Reichstag HOW meets on rare occasions, is to be pulled down to make way for im provements in the German capital The new Reichstag will seat 800 deputies

HOW THE CRISIS MOVED MONEY

The U.S. Treasury was disclos ed that European and other for- eign investors sent £43,846,000 tơ the United States in the weeks following the Munich agreement. Britain sent $19,400,000 and Canada £7,600,000 During the four weeks following September 29. last year, foreign fundo amounting to 231,000,000 were deposited in America Buttlos, £11,400,000 was invested in sc curitics, and £2,600,000 used to buy foreign securities nikable: on the U.S. market,

HOW NOT TO PAY INCOME TAX

An "easy way" of squaring-up income tax was revealed at the Mansion House Police Court re- cently. The Lord Mayor had issued commitment warrants against 20 income tax defaulters, the terms imposed varying from the legal minimum of 5 to the maximum of 42 days..

"When a person goes to prison for defaulting," asked the Lord Mayor of the collector, Mr. V. M. Bailie, "does that wash the thing out altogether?" Just the question everyone else in court wanted to ask.

BOUGHT PICTURES FOR 8S.

MAY BE WORTH

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"I believe," said Mr. Bailie, "that legally we can summon him for the same amount again, but in practice, when once a man has served a term at of imprisonment that finishes it.

"In my experience about one in a hundred defaulters go to gaol. The usual trick of the habitualTM defaulter is to wait right up to the moment of arrest and then pay.

In a little village sale-room Pickering, North Yorkshire, two musty old oil paintings were sold for 8s. Yesterday their purchaser, Mr. Patrick Sharmain, thirty-five, told how he had the picture insur-

"I have noticed, however, that if - ed for $1,000.

Then Lloyd's, who had them doesn't mind going back another goes. to prison he

a man once