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Passers-by in a street in Sakai, Japan, were astounded by a huge sign stretched across the street in front of a bath-house run by 31- year-old Tochi Miki.

It read:

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lands before preparing an ganised plan for commercial .ex- | ploitation, maintaining the yield.

The Forestry Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands is carrying out the survey, which will find out as accurately as possi- ble the extent of timber resources. the proportions of the more valu- "To Girls I am planning matri-able woods such as satinwood, mony and want to marry a girl of the following qualifications:

**I. Or good pedigree, tall of stature and strong of health.

". No preference as to occupa- tlon, educational qualifications or age, but a girl who is willing to start a business career.

"3. Let a brave maiden enter the portals of the Izumi Bath-house. Direct negotiations welcomed.

Tochi Miki, Proprietor."

Latest

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or Britain's self-impor- tans Press censors is arty London child-photographer Marcus Adams, Asked recently to supply photo- graphs of the Princess Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Marcus Adams' press agent said they could not do so unless a note was first, supplied by the editor promising there would be nothing controversial written about the Princesses in the paper.

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The editor asked whether this was official, from the Palace.

The reply: "It's just the feeling of the Arm, the secretary. Mr. Adoms, and myself."

Overpaid

Moslem Prime Minister of Bengal, Fazl-ul-Huq has bad a week ni speech-making following taking office. Anished it off with, a rare fighting speech against his Con- gress opponents.,,

Reminded was Congress leader Sarat Bose who had said that no Minister was worth more than one thousand rupees a month, that he, while a detenu, was paid. 1,800 rupees a month, sent petition after petition to the Government an increase.

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Declared Fazl-ul-Huq: "No of cial in he Congress-run Calcutta Corporation is worth a tenth of his salary and Congress knows it but has done nothing to reduce salaries."

Ceylon Wood

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Ceylon is surveying her timber resources in 128,003 acres of forest

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

Hot Weather"

ebony, the high utility woods like teak, soft woods suitable for matches and box-making.

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Manager Who Cannot Read Or Write

Ferdinand

Schuchner, depart- ment manager of a big textile firm in Budapest, cannot read or write. according to a report published in Vienna. He was summoned by the. police to give evidence on a busi- ness case. He proved to have ex- pert knowledge on all the affairs of his branch.

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Already the Forestry department has revealed that Ceylon woods are suitable for three-ply manu- facture, that Ceylon may find â new source of revenue by entering "And I can't read the growing market for three-ply.

But when he was asked to sign, a document he shook his head.

"I can't write," he said simply.

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The police officer looked at him in astonishment.

"What post do' you occupy?" he Rsked.

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"I am department manager." "How is it possible that you can't

Every year soally cause. great damage to the gardens of Austra-read or write?" Kan capital Canberra.

Now from England have gone 200 glow-worms. The larvae of glow-worms just eat up snails.

If the experiment succeeds it will

"I never learnt." "What Is your salary?"

"I am paid 1,000 pingoes (£45) a month"

The police officer looked ad-

be applied in other parts of Aus-miringly at Schuchner. tralia, the market for glow-worms will boom.

Sceptical are anall-pestered Can- berra residents." say they expect their snails almost to turn the tables. become glow-worm eaters.

Violence

"What would you have becom (with your qualities if you had ako been able to read and write?" he fald with feeling.

"Probably a bookkeeper at 200 pengoes (29) a month," Schuch- aer replled.

UNITED ATHLETIC

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Making worse the ugly strike situation in Calcutta where seven mills. 20.000 operatives in Barrack- It is reported that representa- pore district, 58,000 workers Intives of all the schools in the other districts are already idle, is Colony are planning a united ath- the distribution of Inflammatory letic meet this year.. pamphlets, mostly Red. which at- tack the British Government, in- cite the strikers to violence.

Without the pamphlets there is enough violence. The police have constantly to charge, disperse stone-throwing demonstrators, ar- rest some of them.

Watchman Parrot

A parrot in a Hindu temple at Muttra was responsible for saving the temple treasures during the

night.

Thieves entered the Chaurast Temple, made for the jewellery. But the parrot spotted them. screamed until the priests arrived, the thieves fled.

Ancestor-tracers with a sense of humour were trying this week to connect the watchful parrot with the legendary geese whose cackle saved Rome.

KHO WINS MORE LAURELS

London, May 20.

Kho Sin-kie, who decided not to compete in the French national

Meetings Opened championships this year, to-day

won another major tournament in England, when at Birmingham he

| carried off the singles title in the

Priory Tournament.

The first of the series of "hot weather" meetings took place at the local Theosophical Society last in the anal he met Dr. Daniel Thursday. For the benefit of the Prenn, former German Davis Cup public it was stated that these player. Kho won in straight sets meetings were to deal with the 1-8-6, 6-0, after a severely contested inore elementary principles of Arst set.Reuter. Theosophy. For that purpose а simple though large book "Theo- sophy Explained" in question and answer form was chosen as the Gasis for discussion.

each religion could be regarded as portions of the eternal theosophy of the universe, especially adapted to the people for whom it was in- After only the first three ques- tenced. The only way to guard ttons and answers, a lively discus- oneself from the bigutries and the slon began and lasted for forty-more incongruous additions of its Ave minutes. The "subjects' mainly adherents was to use the power of dealt with were the opposition of reason What appealed to one as the public to new ideas, the blind acceptance of authority. and Krishnamurt as Christ.

logical and true only should be ac- cepted, and nothing accepted simply because it was given on, re- cognized authority. This should be especially emphasised in the Theo- sophical Society because the examination of general ideas given

DISTRUST OF NEW IDEAS The book under study stated the reasons behind the reluctance of the public to accept new ideas were threefold-mental inertia, by the leaders of the Bociety Ted hating to be disturbed, undevelop- to a minimum of mistakes and a ed intellect and attachment to maximum of creative thinking. older conditions. A member of the KRISHNAMURTT AS CHRIST audience said that a great part of In stating that the blind accep- the reluctance was due to fear.tance of authority, in the Society Fear of the old order changing was fairly prevalent, it was point- and thus apparently jeopardisinged out to the speaker that such the chances of obtaining a living. was most undesirable and the so- The word "parasite" was used to called disaster caused by the lead- describe those who húng' fearfullyers of the Society in proclaiming on to the old order but this was that Krishnamurti WES

being hotly contested by others present., overshadowed by Christ Was AUTHORITY KILLING really a most beneficient event..

CREATIVENESS

For Krishnamurti's self-imposed In discussing whether Theosophy severance from the Society was was a religion it was explained the first of the "events that really that Pavri, the compiler of "Theo- led, the majority of members to sophy Explained," denied such a lose confidence in outward au- statement possibly because Theo- 'thority, and to depend more on sophy was regarded more as Re- their own judgement. Further- ligion than as a religion. This more. Krishnamurti refusing to would mean that a theosophist is. „make of himself an authority, had one who can embrace all religious | really led people to examine what as opposed to a Buddhist cr a he said and acting upon it instead. Christian who would, And it im- of blindly accepting all that came possible to accept also Hinduism from his lips and resting thus on

[jor Zoroastzlanısın. The truths of

a false security.

Different schools are registering.. and the greatest enthusiasm pre- valls amongst the twenty-eight schools, which have already regis- tered their names.

committee held a meeting in the The members of the working

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