1939-07-20 — Page 13

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 20, 1939,

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£125.000 TRIBUTE TO KING GEORGE FIFTH

King George the Fifth, best loved of British monarchs, is to have a memorial costing £125,000.

So the Prime Minister announced to Parliament. Only one house is to be pulled down in Old Palace Yard No. 5.

MURDER MOBS LED BY MONKS

Buddhist monks in Burma not only lead credulous villagers to the polling booths and make them vote the ways the monks want, but, with weapons in their hands, they lead rioters and take an ac- tive part in murder and looting.

Mr. F. Burton Bench, former Chief Secretary to the Govern- ment of Burma, told this to the East India Association in London.

"I am convinced," he said, "that. the vast majority of good. Burma Buddhists in their hearts deplore this. But the monastic order has so strong an influence that hard- ly a single Burman dares to cri- ticise it in public. It is impossi- ble to regard the future of the new Constitution (which separ- ated Burma from India) without considerable anxiety.”

The dreadful riots of last year, the civil disobedience movement, had a serious effect on trade and revenue.

FEWER MEN GET LIVING FROM SEA

The total quantity of wet fish of British taking landed last year was 16,532,692 cwts, valued at £12,238,- 209, as compared with fish valued at £11,932,690 in 1987 - a decrease in quantity, but an increase value.

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These figures were issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, whichTM adds that the value of shellfish landed was £409,000, against £442,000 in 1937.

The number of first-class fishing

The scheme originally contem- plated was estimated to cost about £205,000, and required surrender by the Government of certain proper- ty, including old houses at Nos. 5. 6 and 7. Old Palace Yard. But Nos. 6 and 7 are to remain,

"The total cost of the scheme as now proposed is £125,000, and the value of the Government property comprised in it is £60,000, leaving £65,000 to be found by the fund itself," said the Premier. He add- ed: "I cannot shut my eyes to the fact that there has been a good deal of controversy about the site of this memorial."

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£500 REWARD OFFER

A reward of £500 has been offered for the recovery of a large diamond lost between Park-lane and the West End. The diamond is "somewhat the size and shape of & postage stamp," and is in a platinum setting as used for a pendant.

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ARMS AND THE (DAIRY) MAN

"It looks like two cows rampant with a milk maid demure on a field argent, the whole surmounted by a churn." Mr. Registrar Friend said this of a dairyman's business card "coat of arms" when the dairyman's ability to pay a £7-debt was being discussed at Clerkenwell (London) County Court. "That is not quite the language of the College of Armg" has a coat of arms he should know added the Registrar, "but since he what noblesse oblige means and won't mind paying $2 a month."

PRINCESS AS

vessels in the register of England COLONEL-IN-CHIEF

and Wales on December 31 last

was 1,838, or 125 fewer than on

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Princess Arthur of Connaught is December 31, 1987, and 1,334 fewer to be Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal than in 1920. But the total net Army Pay Corps. tonnage-162,718 in 1937—had re-

mained almost the same for the

last twelve years, due to the build-

ing of larger ships.

Qur imports of fish

(including

were

preserved) was valued at £10,285,- 000-a small increase over the pre- vious year. Our exports £8,875,000. The number of fisher- men now is 26,062 against 34,844 in. 1920.

RABBITS PIN MONEY

NUISANCE

During a discussion on the Rab

bit Bill at the Central Chakrab

Agriculture yesterday

said: "Rabbits are often

money of the sons and farmers. Fa ers offenders at rabb their ne

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to the Band-but the Life Guardi

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THIS CALLS FOR NERVE-Iron nerves and a charmed life are needed for the crazy stunts with which Tony Dering and his cy- clists have thrilled thousands. They are stunt motorcyclists who risk their lives willingly to give a thrill. Photo shows, Clad only in hel- met, boots and a bathing slip, Tony Dering crashing through a mound of barrels.

TO SET UP POULTRY

COMMISSION

HERRINGS GET CIVIC HONOURS.

Government's

The text has been issued of the The herring that nutritive, Poultry Industry cheap, but too often despised fish- Bill, introduced in the Lords. Its came into its own in Glasgow. It main object is to set up a poultry was received with civic honours. commission to review matters re- In a drive to boost the sale of the lating to the improvement of poul- fish a herring week" began in the try stock and eggs and for market-city. ing.

BIRD LOVER'S £3,600 GIFTS

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It was opened by the arrival of a herring boat, which sailed up the Clyde right into the centre of Glas- gow.

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A Cornish bird-lover, Mr. Robert Walmsley of Lidden Penzance, who the Lord Provost and others, and

There the o

crew were received by died in March, leaving £34,672, the ship's catch auctioned for fish- gave £2,500 to the Norfolk Natur- ermen's charity. alist Trust and £1,000 to the Corn- wall Bird Watching Society to pro- vide sanctuaries for migrating

waders.

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PRESENTED FROM COURT From London police courts. Man at Tottenham: The police have got a clear case, so you can see through it.

monstrations are being

Herring cookery and other de- numerous centres throughout

given in the week.

Snobbery is blamed for the kill- ing of the herring fishing indus- try.

Average herring makes.. a meal for an average person. men are lucky if they get d, a Fisher- fish; housewives have to pay 3d a fish or more.

came out to watch him go by. He Woman at Bow-strect: We all

was wearing white shirt and · kilt, white football boots and carrying £43,000 GET HIGHER PAY a bat.

Witness at South London:: We

Forty-three thousand workers couldn't have wished for a finer in Government engineering shops day. My husband was walking are to have their wages increased ahead with the other man talking by 2s, a week. about what a thirst they would have by the time they got into the coun-

try.

prentices and other youth will re-

The 28. rise is for adults.. Ap ceive a proportionate increase.

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WOULD BUILDS FEWER CARS

World production of motor-cars is falling. According to a. League of Nations Bulletin, last year's pro- duction was 4,000,000 cars

com pared with more than 6,000,000~In 1987 The U. S. remained world's biggest producer with 2,4 the 490,000 cars. Next came Britain with 446,000, which was 48,000 un der the 1937 production,

£25,000,000 JOBS

Placing of the contract for a new 23,000-ton aircraft carrier has brought the value of work in hard, in John Brown's Clydebank ship, yard to what is claimed, to be world record total of £25,000,000. *The Clyde is expecting still grea-

benefits un

the 1989 naval me. Contracts for at

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