GENERAL NEWS.
Two Kinds of Germans. There were two totally different Kinds of people in Germany-the Boandinavians, or long-headed people, and the Blav, or the peo- ple who belonged to Central and South Germany-asid Professor Keith at the Royal Institation recently. All the great men Gar many had produced belonged to the latter kind.
Converted Conscience Man.
A letter was read at Birming ham Tribunal from a teacher who, i as a conscientions objector, was granted exemptica in November 1915 on condition that be went to Holland sad workad for the War Victims' Relief Committee. From what he had seen, he wrote, be had changed his views, and was returning to England to enlist. The man ister appeared before the tribunal, and was warmly congratulated on his decision.
Lucky Crossing Sweeper. To enable him to takɛ a holiday every year, Miss Harriet A. Morti more, of Lexham gardens, W.. bequeathed £300 to Arthur
Lynch, a one-legged crossing- sweeper, of Harlesdan, the money to be invested in an sanaity. This is the second bequest to a crossing aweeper in a week. Miss Marti- more, who left #44,830, also bequeathed £1,000 to her butler, £2000 for anti-vivisection work, and £20 for the maintenanOS Of her pet dogs and oats.
£40,000 Bequest to Churches. Besides several specific be! quests for religious and sharitable purposes, ranging from £5,000 downwards, Mr. A. C. Bowdler, masafastaring chemist, of Black- barn, left £40,000 to the Lau- cashire Congregational Union. This is to form a fand for assist- ing the poorer churches and their ministers. The rest of his estate af £158,784, after providing for varians bequests, will eventually go to the Congregational Union of England and Wales for the *same purpose.
Coloured Water as Whisky," Complaints have been received by the police from all parts of London about the sale of coloured water as whisky. Baldiers about to return to the front are the principal victims, and it is said that as much as 15s, a bottle has been obtained in many casGA, „Two men, obarged at Old-street 18 "suspected persons," had 35 bottles of what purported to be a well-known brand of whisky in the bottom of a van. It was alleg. ed that they were chering it for ́anle at 7a. 6d. ■ bottle, and they
were remanded for inquiries, ainable to Live on £500 a Year. In supporting an application by Dr. Reid, assistant superin tendeat of Bermondsey Infirmary, for an inoreses of salary, which stood at £500 a year, Dr. Ball, the obief mediesl officer, said that Dr. Reid informed him that be was unsble to live on his salary and was drawing apoa saring". Dr. Reid had to pay house rent and heavy rates and taxes, and to provide a servant at an enhanced remuneration, being a married man with children. The Guar-i dians regretted that they could not "gree to the application."
The Nation More Religious.. Bir A. Griffi a Bo808wen, M.P., sts Mansion Hones meeting of the World's Evangelical Alliance, said that there had been a greater turning towards God in prayer during the last few weeks then there had been for a very long time. He believed that those prayers had contributed to the averting of the diasater that threatened us, just as the holding up of the Patriarph's arma in prayer bad caused the Israelites to prevail against their enemies. "We have all got to be Christisna if we are going to win the war." Fewer Hours, Better Output. Clé a investigation of the onuses of fatigue among musition work- ers hae led Dr. H. M. Vernon to the conclusion that long hours do not girs the best output." · At University Callege he said that, in order to obtain. the maximum output, the hours must not be so long as to produce over fatigue. "Workers when employed long hours get into the habit of going elow," he remarked, "in order. that they may last out.” An to overtime work, it is esentially wasteful and physiologically un- mound, sourding to Dr. Vernon, who claims "that Lord Laver- bulme's suggestion of two shifts of six hours has much to recomK-
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1918,
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