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LONDON, January 1st." The British Trade Ship, Ltd., in a letter to the Press, pointed out that they have no connection whatever with the British World Trade Expeditions, Ltd., against which a compulsory winding up order bas been made
The British Trade Ship, Ltd.. still exists entirely solvent, but paing to general conditions last year it decided to defer the scheme until a time more accept- able to British manufacturers.
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A new theory with regard to the dis semination of foot and mouth disease which is now ravaging the country is advanced by Mr. Alfred Moore, honorary director, Incorporated Vermin Repression Society. Mr. Mooro scoffs at the sugges tion that dogs, foxes," seagulls, etc., are
LONDON, January 2nd. responsible for spreading the disease. He Captain Anthony Poole, the winner of says for some reason nobody seems to a fortune in the Calcutta Sweep, who is blame sparrows, rats mice or grey returning to his plantation in Zanzibar squirrela, but it is an undoubted fact that after visiting his home in Windsory says fleas an insect which seemed specially good fortune has made no difference to designed to inoculate infection can be his normal mode of life. He will continue and are carried and dropped by birds in his present enterprise. and of all animals the rat. is the most compatent to pick up and carry parasites DISTILLERS to cattle and to infect and make them in
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FOXHOUNDS RUN RIOT
LONDON, January 1st.” Mr. Clarence. Spooner" of Yelverton, Devonshire, who recently took over the Mastership of the Lamerton Foxhounds. bas announced that he has been compelled to destroy the whole pack owing to the bounds having run riot chasing and kill- ing sheep. Consequently Mr Spooner will fuit the remaining fixtures with barriers,
WAR PENSIONS. EXPENDITURE OF £91,500,000
In 192943 the number of war pensions. and allowances payable declined by sp proximately 100,000, and the expenditure. of the Ministry decreased from £95,550,000 At March 31st last the to £81,300,000. number of beneficiaries stood at 2,300,000, or roughly 1,000,000 less than the highest total recorded. A large proportion of this decline, however, is due to children baving passed the pensionable age of 16. From the date of the Armistice to March 31st rather more than 1,000,000 men were, granted pension, allowance, or gratuity. Approximately, 42 per cent of the total pensions awarded were, for wounds or injuries,
The sixth annual report of the Minis- try, from which these figures are taken. states that of the total of 2.500,000 under benefit at the end of the financial year, 320,000 were widows and 895,000 children. New awards of pension during 1992-93
NEW YEAR REVELS AT HOME. numbered 18,876, compared with 39,937 in
the preceding year, and 128.395 in the year ending March 31st, 1921. The ad- mission of 18,876 fresh cases was a notice- able addition to an already large total, the aggregate number of first awards of pension to March 31st being nearly 2,000,000 Adding allowances and gratui ties paid in respect of minor disablement, the aggregate was 9,320,000, represent ing, if the whole of the awards were in payment at one time, beneficiaries to the number of 4,500,000.
LONDON, January 1st. Rain somewhat damped the outdoor ardour of New Year revellers, but large crowds gathered in the main thorough fares. A thousand people round 3t. Paul's sang Auld Lang Syne and cheered the New Year in. The merriest revels took place indoors Hotel and dancing halls have been seldom so crowded. The transformed hotels were palaces of delight |
At the end of the twelve months nader for 20.000 diners who danced and sang merrily. Nine bands were employed in review about 34 per cent of the total one hotel to provide non-stop music for awards made to widows had ceased on 1,700 guests. A giant stork upset 1325 account of remarriage. For this and toy babies over the guests in another case other reasons the total number of awards London's Latin quarter welcomed the in payment was reduced during the year New Year with the maddest, merriest by 180,000, making the number in force revel at the Albert Hall, where 4.000 art.nt March 31st, 1,300,000. This total com- students and others daweed practically pared with a maximum number in pay- continuously until.five. Another company inent at one time of 1,785,000 at the end of 4,000 fancy dress dancers were at the of 1920. Olympia dance hall.
SHORTAGE OF INSULIN.
Lobos, January 1st.
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The sister in charge of Harrison Ward, interviewed, said when Jackie left the hospital he was perfectly well, strong and fat instead of the little skeleton he had been. The newg of his death" was most distresing: if due to a lack of insulin, was terribly pathetic. Something ought in he dose on an international scale to ensure supplies to patiënts.
A member of the hospital's staff re- called that one supply of insulin which should have been recently shipped to South Africa was cancelled owing to scarcity in London." A cable from South Africa for a further supply was immed iately responded to, but it was feared that the consignment bad not arrived until the existing supply was exhausted.
Lord Knutsford, Chairman of the Hospital, said the trouble with this treat m-me was it must be continuous: immed- lately injections cease, the trouble returns..
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