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"WORLD-WEARINESS." music and was a very clever pupil
GIRL'S FATAL RETURN VISIT TO PARIS.
A pretty American, girl, Miss Marion Roberts (25), who reached Paris from the United States, was'
a two-seater car.
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of the famous pianist Cortat.]
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1927.
TELEPHONISTS'S
"LOAD."
TOO MUCH WORK AND SUPERVISION.
MAROONED.
NEW INLAND SEAS IN "AMERICA,
Thousanda of people aro marooned on Islands in newly- formod inland seas in the Middle Complaint of the way in which Southern States of America owing the standard "load", for telephon- to Mississippi floods, which are ists was applied by the Post Office still coming down in greater vol- Vns.. made by. Miss Edithume than ever, reports a Home Howse when the Postal Work-contemporary, in mail week.
tra Wages Inquiry WAS re- Areas of land under water nro sumed before the Civil Ser-equal to the whole extent of Lan- viec Industrial Court in London cashire and Yorkshire. the other day.
The standard load is reckoned on the basis of 200 unit calls and was fixed by the Post Office after investigation abroad,
Miss Howse wanted to know what methods were employed to ascertain the information -on which the standard load was based, the conditions of service that prevailed at the time, and whether the physiestreapacity was judged by medicul men, or traile supervisors. She suspected that the investigation was made in America.
Aeroplanos are spying out the expanse to report to the Rescue and Relief Department where peo- ple are marooned on mounds or in trees or to drop food to them where the currents prevent access by boat.
State officials are organising a feet of 4000 vessels to sail the in- and seas and assist the isolated groups and individual Robinson Crusoes.
Living with Wild Animals, The tributaries of the father of waters are rolling over fertile agricultural lands in rivers which now vary in width from one to The Union's contention had al- ten miles. Despite ample warning ways been that if the tests and of what was impending more than observations made by the Depart-150 persons are known to have ment had been taken in a propor bean drowned (saysa Daily manner with due regard to the Chronicic correspondent.) circumstances and conditions.ob- taining there could have been no reason why the Post Office should not have placed all its cards on the table and accepted the propos- al for independent inquiry by the Industrial Fatigue Research Board.
Pumping Up and Down. According to Miss Howse, inves- tigations made nt, Manchester showed that telephonista were fre- quently carrying loads in excess
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Since President Coolidge on Friday issued his appeal to the 14 nation for relief funds for 75,000 10 destitute refugees the number of 17 these has risen to more than 100,18 000.
Coldness in the human systom. In place of. Before
Religion of Mohammed. 19 Forthwith. A majority of the "new island- 20 Rend. ers" are negroes. Many groups 21 In want. are huddled together in terror and 22 Loaned. despair, seeing no hope of succour. 28 Gaelle, Others are marooned in tress or 27 Made gentle. on the tops of hillocks or ridges. 81 Kind of coat,
34 Bring up. *Swarming round some of the 35 Duchy in Germany. groups are cattle and swamp-beare se Exclamation of pity.. of their standard,
and other wild animals-now 27 Man who tends furnace. Miss Howse referred to the tamed-which had sought safety 38 Sixpence (slang). strenuous work imposed on opera-with the human beings on the 39 Filled with roe. tors by the necessity to reach the little Ararats when the crumbling 40 One who sots a value on. top points on the multiple boards, dykes let loose the deluge. Such 42 Enger excitment.
groups of people are, of course, in 44 On the lee side. and quoted from a report of a Médical Inter-Departmental Comno immediate danger for lack of 45 Gl's name.
46 Abnormal noise in the lungs, 47 Caves. mittee, which declared that the food.
In not a few instances men and 48 Less attractive aspect of life. perpetual jumping up and down
women had the presence of mind to Squirrel's neat. produced a nervous strain 01 those engaged at the switchboard.and time and luck enough to be 50 Ansert.
Miss Howse said the amount of able to provision their mounds of 64 Bundle of corn stalks,
refuge, and have even spared some supervision was strongly resent- ed, and the observations kept by of the suplies for their four-foot-
ed fellows in misfortune. supervisors sometimes for half an On the great leaves, or river 62 Hurry. hour at a time aided with a stop-banks, dams which are still holding 63 Cause to low. watch, seriously affected the capa-good--marking in black streaks 64 Wedge for building-block under
ship's keel. cily of conscientious workers for miles and miles where the or Miss Howso emphasised that a contented staff could not be se- cured while the present tow wag was permitted to be paid by the department.
EMISSARY FROM CHINA.
FORMER SINGAPORE STUDENT..
The Sirm Observer of May 11
8 Gents of plants similar to the
Lily. 61 Egyptian river.
dinary course of the river lies 65, Superintendents of newspapers. there are crowded many thousands
Down of refugees.
Planes Dropping Food. Greenville, in Mississippi State, 300 miles from the sea, has had his normal population of 12,000 doubled by the influx of refugees. And now this town of refuge is itself being evacuated as fast as vessels can be found to take the people away.
Near Greenville 9000 cattle are grazing contentedly regardless of their doom.
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20 Corrodes,
27 There is (contraction),
28 Charge with Carbonic acid gão.
20 Prize.
30 Tonderly.
31 Falsd report.
32. Sour ale.
33. Word of honour.
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River in England,
43 Hot water fountains.
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58 Dress fabric.
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60 Card game,
60 Bolonging to us.
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As the relief is better organised GREEN ISLAND CEMENT Co., Ltd.
with his fiancee.
Among his friends, however states that a Cainese emissary acroplanes and seaplanes are be- Meredith was also interested in (says a Daily Chronicle correspon-from the Nationalist Government ginning to skim above the inland music, and had taken
mes-
singing.
in America he Bangkok Police and would be,de-sengers of hope and deliverane.
About ten months are Miss Ro had another love affair with a ported. He is a young man of For their mission is to discover MACHINE MADE WIRE-CUT:
berts had to return to the States serious to recuperate after a operation, her fance stayed on in Paris.
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Roberts' absence
young woman described friend of his childhood."
18" education, and, for his age, of con-
siderable experience.
One suggestion is that Meredith had told Miss Roberts of this quarrelled. "affair," with the result that they
It is also stated that of late difficulties. Meredith had been in financial
18 hours inter found shot dead in his fiancee on her return and the
Meredith went to Havro to meet Beside her was her flance, Mr. travelled together to Paris. Julian Meredith (31), an Ameri-senter car, which he told his fri- Later they set out in the two cnn, also dend.
It is believed that the tragedy ends he had bought for her a week. took place about 10 o'clock at
says that the young man was still night, but it was not until after at a little hotel restaurant at Cher when found. He died before any 6 o'clock the next morning that u quarryman happened to pass along a le Ville, where they had a effort could be made to help hint. the lonely road about 20 miles light supper.
According to the proprietor, times through the head. She was Miss Roberts had been shot three
before.
isolated sufferers and observé dis- tress signals. Dangerous work this is, for the planes must fly very low and far from possible landing places.
It is interesting to note; states our Bangkok contemporary, that he arrived here from Singapore, For instance, in the 150 miles where he personally studied the between Little Rock in Arkansas held and reported to Mr. Eugene and Memphis in Tennessee (which Chen. He had been in Slam over latter city is the principal relief
a fortnight before he was taken
Another account of the tragedy into custody on the 2nd inst. ginge centre) there are only two town's About ten o'clock they drew up living but on the point of death when he has been confined in thewhere airmen can alight.
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Planes are also bein used to International Grol.
Ung Chor Kuang, or Hanmin drop food and clothing to the Robinson Crusoes. One flying Huang, as he has been known in suffering groups, and to lonely Singapore and Europe, is only 24 observer spotted a shirt being education in Singapore. Ile was
south of Paris, and saw the car they were in'quite a happy mood. a pianist of some note in Chicago. years of age and had his early waved from a hole cut in the roof
standing with its light on.
On the floor of the vehicle lay It was only about a mile and a and meant to make her debut on a heavy revolver.
quarter from Chernay that the the concert stage in Paris this first at the St. Joseph's College of a cotton ginnery, where several. Mr. Meredith, who was born in tragedy took place. Paris, met Miss Roberts about two years ago on the voyage from America:
They fell in love, though he was married at the time. A divorce soon followed, and they became engaged...
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Pupil of Cortot,
and later took up a two years year. Motive Problem.
There is not a shadow of motive study at the Medical School. The police are not vet
Besides English he also took sure for the crime (says the London whether it is a case of double sui- Morning Post), unless it can be lessons in French while in Singa- cide or murder and suicide. It is traced to the associations of the pore. From Singapore he went to
a Paris University to study litera not yet quite clear what were the Latin Quarter-now thoroughly ture and sociology and while there
un-French-in motives for the tragedy.
The proprietress of the board- young people had lived, or to the was sub-editor of the Kuo Ming ing-house where the man lived de- wave of world weariness from a bi-weekly Chinese papier, in scribes him as a very quiet man, which the
which capacity he served for about seven months.
which the two
educated youth of
In Paris Miss Roberts studied a hard worker, and deeply in love Amerein is said to be suffering,
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people were marooned in a loft. Because no nower boat has been available and no row boats could battle with currents, this flier hne been drooping provisions through that 6 ft. hole ever since Thurs. day.
While a 40 m.p.h. wind was blowing he had to fly within 10 ft. of the roof so as to contrive to hit the opening with his edible missiles.
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