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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 24, 1939

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HILL-TOP PLANTING FOR BETTER FRUIT

MEN are planting strawberry roots on a Somer- set hilltop a thousand feet above sea level, al- though they know the plants will never bear fruit at the bleak altitude.

Recent years have brought a falling off in the quality and quantity of strawberries, and experts discovered that virus diseases had affected the plants.

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KEEPING THE R.A.E. FIT.— Physical fitness. is an important part of the training in the Royal Air Force and great attention is paid to this side at the R.A.F. School of Physical Training at Ux- bridge. It is here that men are trained to be physical training in- structors and on passing out are drafted to various aerodromes, Photo shows pupils vaulting the horse over the heads of other pu- pils at Uxbridge. They will be the future instructors.

GRANDSON FOR EARL

A son has been born in London to Lady Anson, the Queen's niece. She is the wife of Viscount Anson, heir of the Earl of Lichfield, of Milford, near Stafford.

Their wedding took place at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, in April, 1938, and was attended by the King and Queen. Before her marriage Lady Anson was Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon.

PRESENTED FROM COURT

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From London police courts:

Woman at Highgate: my-husband deserted me he ask- ed me to forgive him for doing so in case his conscience should trou- ble him.

Witness (same case): I have often seen this man-saying good- bye to his wife. That's all their married life seems to consist of.

Man at Ealing: I think the constable arrested me because he had reached the end of his beat and did not know what to do nex

P.C. at Wapping: I told the de fendant he would be reperta he said: “I know you dutrito đó b

New hope came to the industry when Mr. J. Jarrett, a Ministry of Health inspector, who lives at Wes- ton-super-Mare, undertook to spon- sor a scheme if the growers would finance it. Mr. Jarrett, explaining his scheme, cleared up the mystery of the hilltop toilers.

"We are using a special stock of plants, which have been reared by the Kent research station," he said. "They are being planted on the Medip Plateau at an altitude of 1,000ft., and the flowers will be re- moved as they form.

"We shall not attempt to produce fruit on Mendip, But the keen air of the hill will develop plants of exceptional vigour, and when they are removed and planted in warm valleys we expect to get larger, fruit than has ever been seen

the market, and in greater quantity.”

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When a sacred bull ran into a china shop at Calcutta and smash- ed all the valuable china, the pro- prietor stood by helpless, fearful of offending the animal. He allowed the damage to proceed until the bull got bored and wandered from the shop.

There are some hundreds of “sa- cred" bulls in Calcutta which wan- der about unmolested. They even used to lie on the tramlines until

them English police confined back streets.

TERRITORIAL ARMY ||BANICH MIGRANTICAL BUREAU

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was the Territorial Army, and as you see, he left his dog outside while he joined up at a Birmingham recruiting depot.

* * ** DICTATORS' CREDITS

ARE DOWN

Boys and girls in the South African schools are now being giv- en lectures in traffic control and safety, first, which the coloured youngsters follow with great interest. The Cape Town Police visit various schools with one of the latest vans complete with loud-speak- er and a model of the latest control lights. Photo shows the little coloured audience listening to Sergt. James, of the Cape Town Po- lice, during a lecture at the Livingstone High School, Claremont, near Cape Town.

GIFT TO THE NATION

The Chancellor of the Exche- quer has received from a donor who remains anonymous £2,000 as a "gift to the nation." Sir John Simon desires to express thanks and warm appreciation of the spirit which prompted it.

WEDDING RITES LAST 41 DAYS

ROAD-TOLL FIGURES

IMPROVE-SLIGHTLY

Excluding May last year, the number of "oad deaths in March was lowest recorded since the monthly returns were, instituted by the Ministry of Transport in Jan- uary, 1937. The total of 457 was twelve higher than the previous low record.

Compared with March last year, the deaths show a reduction of sixty- one and the injured (15,393) a re- duction of 1,534.

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So far this year the roads of Britain have proved safer than in the first three months of 1938, the total of killed or injured being A blaze of fireworks in the bril- 45,853, a reduction of 1,313. Deaths liantly decorated "Garden of Flow- of pedestrians fell by thirty-six and ers," of the Imperial Palace, sign- of pedal cyclists by fifty-three. alled the culmination of the forty- one-day marriage rites Iranian (Persian) Crown Prince, Mohamed Riza, and Princess Faw. ROAD OFFENCE zieh, seventeen, of Egypt.

FORMER TUG WILL BE AIR PASSENGERS' HOTEL

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of the DUKE FINED FOR

A former tug from Durban, is being converted into a floating hotel for Imperial Airways passen- gers who have to spend the night at Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. The engines have been re- moved, and the upper part of the old engine room will be a cocktail- bar. The former boiler room will accommodate bathrooms.

The new upper deck will have a lounge at the fore end and a saloon aft. Between them will be thirty cabins, with hot and cold water.

* ** ** COULDN'T TELL SEA-LION

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Although the Zoo is one of Lon- don's most popular resorts, animal sounds are less familiar to city folk than bird cries, judging by guess- ing competitions held at the Lud- the Poly- wig Koch Lectures at

Not technic Theatre recently. single competitor guessed the call of the common fox or the "conver- sation" of the chimpanzee, while the growl of the tiger was often taken for that of the sea-lion-and no vice versa.

New Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Captain Crookshank, told the Commons that there is. foundation for any suggestion that Even with birds, no high scores

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‹ the credit granted by British banks were obtained. Only one competi-

ten fami- rectly, and The

to Germany and Italy has increased tor guessed seven out either during the past five years or llar English birds: juring the past six months. "In- another had five right. deed," he added, “it is common competition aroused such interest knowledge that the trend of these that it has been decided to repeat credits has been o

downwards)

The Duke of Leinster was at Hersham Police Court, fined £2 for £1 exceeding the speed limit and for not having a licence. He did not attend and was not represented.

TEKSTY A NUENTA V

An innovation in: Scouting at Scarborough is the formation of a Sea Scout Troop at Scarborough College. The boys will gain a knowledge of the sea and coast and will be called upon in an emer- gency to act as coast watchers and The to assist the Coast Guards. troop is run in conjunction with the National Bervice scheme, Photo shows boys of, Scarborough Col- lege Sea Scouts trying out their homemade tänne on the Mere