1941-06-21 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 21, 1941.

MUTT AND JEFF

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SAY, CABBIE, I WANNA THREE PRACTICE MY SAX-IN.

YOUR CAB!-- HOW

MUCH TO DRIVE ME AROUND FOR THE

AFTERNOON?

BUCKS!

OK. BUT YOU'LL HAVE

TO DRIVE FIFTY MILES AN HOUR!

15-6

FIFTY MILES AN HOUR? IF YA AINT GOIN' NO PLACE WHAT'S DA RUSH?

Library, Sappen e

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I PLAY SO TERRIBLE I GOTTA KEEP, MOVING FAST!/

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Bv BUD FISHER.

DO NOT

DISTURB

KILLED BY 'PLANE ON ROAD

At an inquest held in a rural district, the North Cumberland coroner, Col. F. W. Halton, found that Francis Jacob Bull, 61, London commercial

and

of

net,

a

WORK

REFUSAL APPEAL

FAILS

CORRESPONDENCE

COOKED FOOD AND HAWKERS

discus- Sir,-Arising from the Joseph Charles traveller, An appeal by

sion at the Urban Council Meet- Riviera- his wife.

carpenter, 60,Ladbrook, Clara,

that Govern- against sentence Ing. It is evident Somerset Road, New Bar-drive, Southend,

"big were accidentally killed by of one month's imprisonment for ment is adopting the usual

making his stick" principle for what car be an aeroplane while walking on neglecting to work, the highway

wife and child chargeable to pub- settled in a manner satisfactory to dismissed by the all parties and that without un- It was stated that they were lie funds, was

Mr. J. due hardship on the hawkers and caught by the wing of a 'plane Recorder of Southend,

their customers or danger to the forced Flowers. a making which Wis

community. landing.

that

The Recorder said that he The pilot, a Polish officer, said could not imagine anything more developed discreditable at the present time ཏྭ།ས machine

He tried to des- than a skilled man refusing to eng ne trouble. cend in a feld, but there was a work at a big wage only 18 miles cross wind and the machine drift-from his home and expecting his wife and family to be supported ed on to the road.

"I did not see the two pedes-by public money. trans until the last moment," he said. "I tried very hard to pass by them, but I could not avoid them."

HE NAMED HIS FASCIST KILLERS

He regretted that the justices to pass a were not empowered longer sentence than they did.

It was stated that Ladbrook was offered work at Purfleet at 2s 4d an hour, which was 9d above the standard rate for the area. He refused because the firm would not pay his fare.

Ladbrook declared that he was a "slave under the dictates of the Italian anti-Fascist newspaper Minister of Labour" and that it force a man 10 proprietor John Arena named his was illegal to assassins a few hours before being, work outside his district, executed by Fascist secret police

from New York.

York business

in Chicago. cables John Walters been ordered by a prominent New man who is the He told the Dies Committee ""Tsar" of the Fascist spy system investigator that his death had in U.S.A.

OUR 10-MINUTE CROSS-WORD

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HORIZONTAL

1 Worm

4 Sinks

8 Game played

on horse

back

12 Rodent

13 Italian coin

14 Arabian

seaport

15 Wing

16 To describa:

in detail

18 To scatter 20-Confined.. 21 Sun god

22 kindu

weight

23 Peruvian

Indians

27 Salary's

29 Ensore

30 Fillet 31 Article 32 Except

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37 Uncooked

aff Queen

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article.

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VERTICAL

:1 Epochs.

10 To allow

2. Seasoning

3 Astral

43 Part of leg. 144 Darter. ?

47 Soon

51 Flightless

bird

52 Roof edge 53 Equipment

54 Being

B5 Hurried

56 Border

57 Series-

4 Killed

5 To.. 6 Fruits.

trouble

7 Cavalry.

'man's "sword

8 Separation

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION,

RILEER

NOTE*

PREK NNN WELD HONIE RAH DIE 27, 130 RAR VE ITED DID GODBE BRNA RAF HODA

RATORI ZABAGN

KUUMVALA KO PO MË KA E KO,

9 Room in a

harem.

-17 Upon

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10 Babylonian

deity

22 To pose 24 Not any 25 Lethargy 20 Mine

entrance

27 South Ameri- 11. can rodent

20. Erolong

29 Conveyance 30 Female pig 33 Hallowed

33 Youth... 38. Preposition 37 Raved 38. Blazes ; 30 Joint 31 Teutonic Kdeity:

43 Pronoun 44 Ancient city:

in Phoenicia 43. Accomlar Papiläheda

47. Footlike BC part F48-To-knock

vöman

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It should be within the province of the Health Authorities to de vise stalls which can be fool-proof at one and the and fly-proof, same time, complying with all requirements, necessary hygienic

the same being "le" to the ven- dors of cooked foods at a nominal rental and open to helpful inspec- tion at any time. Such а plan would eliminate the "squeeze” in- cident upon hawking-

Health Officials of one class of another are legion and inspection of stalls would not prove an duous task nor add materially to

their duties,

ar-

The stalls so planned can be of two types, one fixed, that is con- fined to certain streets, the other of of lighter make and capable being easily carried round defin-

ite areas.

The essential in the cleansing of bowls and chopsticks is not so much સ question of "boiling" water as the use of Cholorinated Water with which each s'all must provide itself, together with small amount of chlorinated lime which can be added from time to time, if and when necessary, when the cleansing water renewal. In the interests of the health of the city this chemical is an absolute necessity and should be supplied in small free to

food,

or needs

quantities

the hawkers of cooked

The properties and potency of

chlorinated chlorine and

water as germicides are so well appre- ciated and utilised by the Army Health Authorities, especially when troops are on the move and water supplies are suspect. that there is no need to expatiale on this phase of the subject fur- ther, and infection from polluted water becomes a bogey brought to the forefront to scare a credul- ous public.

It is the writer's belief that a more generous use of chlorinated of Hong lime in the cleansing Kong would do more to eradicate cholera than innoculation which in any case is potent only for a comparatively short period.

The Water Authority is reputed to supply drinking water which has been chlorinated, following filteration at the source of distri

amount of bution, so that the chlorinated lime to be added at the stall would be of an infinitesi- mal amount when compared with the volume of water used.

on

If Government will not act as suggested and it is difficult to visualise officialdom acting suggestions from without, then It is up to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to assist a deserving section of the community to earn an honest livelihood, and their clients a cheap and wholesome meal, sta

A little helpful sympathy will be more productive of fruitful co- operation than any form of coer-

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