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GERMAN LOANS OF £200,000,000.

U.S. BANKER OFFERS MORE.

Berlin: Mr. Ferdinand Ebers- tadt, a partner in Messrs. Dillon, Read, and Co., the New York bankers, has arrived in Berlin, his mission in Germany being to con- sider applications for louns.

STORM HAVOC IN SWITZERLAND.

TORVENTIAL DOWNPOUR AND MUCH DAMAGE.

TRAVELLERS AFFECTED.

Districts in Switzerland fami- liar to thousands of British visitors were the scene last night of a great storm

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

RIDDLE OF A BOY'S. NATIONALITY.

BORN IN BRITISH SHIP IN BRAZIL WATERS,

If a child is born of a Brazilian mother in a British ship and the father is Spanish and the birth takes place in Brazilian territorial waters, what is the nationality of the child?

SATURDAY,

SEPTEMBER 3, 1927.

NURSE DRUGGED

IN STREET.

OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

OUR DAILY TALK ON HEALTH.

HOT WEATHER HINIS-ARE

IN SEASON.

PRICKED IN ARM WITH STRINGE.

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HEAT STROKE PREVENTION, woman being drugged in the street in the heart of London by means When mon work too hard infef a hypodermic syringe, anys heavy clothing in conditions where Home paper of mail week. the temperature is high and the, A nurse walking along White- If as Mr. Eberstadt states,

This question had to be settled humidity also, they are likely to hall felt something prick her arm on board the Royal Mail Stoom suffer unduly wth the heat.

ns a man brushed past. Thinking "American confidence in Ger.

Buildings and bridges were swept Packet Company's liner Arlanza, Snce the external temperature is nothing of it, she continued her many is practically unlimited,

away by floods following a cloud- which reached Southampton from high, the loss of heat from the walk. When she reached the Em the banks which float German burst and a hurricane. Vineyards Buenos Aires last month for Sen-body by means of conduction and bankment the pain in her arm be- leans will be able to hand shares were destroyed; a train became horn Jose E. Cruz, a

came severe. Faintness 'over- passenger. radiation stops; since the air is over to the publle together with embedded in mud; sections of rail-became a mother while the vesselmolat, evaporation from the sur came her and she sat on a seat. the scrip and make handsome way tracks were rendered un- was in Brazilian waters. After face of the body is hindered.

Passers-by saw that something' profits.

usable, and main roads were strewn certain investigations it was When the

was wrong and she was taken to heat regulating Up to the end of last year Ger- with rocks and fallen trees.

claimed that the child, a boy, could mechanism.breaks down, the tem-

Westminster Hospital.

Detectives have been instruelet many had borrowed nearly £200,- The cloudburst occurred on the he either Brazilian or British, and perature of the body rises. This to keep a sharp watch at Tube 000,000 abroad, a large propor- Rochers de Naye, the mountain the mather elected that her son stimulates the chemical changes stations, omnibus stopping places, tion of which has been used to above Territet. In a few seconds should be registered as British. going on in the body and still and other much frequented parts develop German trade and ina trickling stream was turned into Jose Arlanza, the second name of heat. Thus, the temperature has been vaguely described to Ite was therefore christened further increases the production of the West End for a man who dustry. Up to the present the re- a roaring torrent. sult has been less encouraging

being after the ship, un interest continues to rise and the chemical them. than might have been expected.

ing fact inasmuch as the child's changes continue to be hastened. A large deficit in the foreign trade

uncle is named Jose Aliantara, his second name being also after balance is disquieting, but as the

a ship owned by the R.M.S.P. Com pointed out in June, in the six

pany. In his case birth took place Agent-General for Reparations

In the old liner Alcantara before the war.

months ending April 30 the deficit amounted to almost the entire proceeds of the long-term loans made in 1920.

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Figures for the first six months of the year show that it is not yet clear whether, German indus- fry has re-established itself on a competitive basis.

Huge Sum for Opera House. The ease with which foreign money has been obtained scems

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Bridge Washed Away. So great was the rush of water when it reached the outlet to the Lake of Geneva at Montreux that The heavy, concrete bridge which forma the road was washed away as though made of cardboard. Before arriving there the torrent overthowed its banks and covered the Simplen Railway line with debris several feet deep..

A train leaving Montreux Station at the time for the Rhone Valley was held fast in the mud for several hours, the passengers be ing obliged to alight and carry their Inggage to a relief train. which was brought to the other side

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The previous case of the kind; others so that their skin is hot ford-street.

Some men do not perspire as took place, in an omnibus in Ox- and "burning, and the failure of fluid to evaporate from the sur-medical advice should be secured face tends to stimulate still fur- immediately, as it may be neces-

1 Linbility.. 4 Sessions. ther their body chemistry.

aury to give drugs in order to 8, Urge on. If the blood vessels on the sur-stimulate the heart and the fall-11 Eagles. All births in British Ships at seaj used to be registered at Stepney, face of the body are dilated the ing cirqulation. but now it appears that they can blood pressure is lowered and In view of the fact that there 13 Satisfy, be registered at the first British there is some interference with usually an accumulation of acid 16 Foreigner. port of call. All births at sea the circulation of the blood in the in the system in connexion with 18 Deprivation. and upon the vessel reaching port All of these things produce a prescribe nre recorded in the ship's log. brain.

heat-stroke, many physicians 18 Step upon.

alkaline Auida and

20 Ships engaged in seal fishery. to the Board of Trade, who, in heat-stroke, the captain must report the matter combination of facters known ng remedies to the victim of heat-29 Discriminating

stroke in order to counteract the 20 Grief. turn, inform the Registrar-Ĝen-

When heat-stroke occurs, it is acids.

27 Glossy cloth. Persons who have once suffer-128 Headland. eral of Shipping.

necessary to get the person into

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to have created a spirit of extra-or the obstruction. Houses near the maiter to the Registrar-Gen.the shade as quickly as possible.ed with heat-stroke seem to be 29 Mimiced..

vaganco.

the banks of the torrent were in- indated up to the first storey.

dress

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The latter afterwards passes on

When there, the body, may be unusually susceptible to attacks 32 Horse. eral of Births, who enters "The problem of stemming the

the cooled by rubbing it with ice or later in life. Such people should 34 Long beam. At Territet, where the mountain details in a special book known as by exposing it to the movement avoid overheated rooms and ex- Leaves off.

36 Optical illusiona. tide of Government expenditure has

the Marine Register Book. become acute," says the rises abruptly from the shore,

of an electric fan. At the same posure to the direct rays of the Anyone born at sea is entitled Agent-General in his last repart. angther branch of the torrent, And the same may be said of the carrying huge pine trees, surged upon attaining the age of 21, to time. it is necessary to see that sun. They should take cool baths 41. The epidermis

the temperature of the body does frequently,

lightly various German States, and of downwards to the lake, demolish-appear before a consul and take not fall too rapidly. If it seems drink water freely. They should 45 Summoned.

and 44 Worshipped by pagans. the cities which have already re-ing buildings and bridges in its his or her father's nationality.

low, hot applications should be also avoid indulgence in alcoholic 46 Not early. track. ceived foreign lodns or which ex-

placed around the arms and feet drinks and keep their heads as 47 Withered. pect to receive them.

to restore the circulation and to cool as possible. Clothing should 48 Stop.

Fastened, WEST-END CAVERNS. keep the patient warm.

be selected according to

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Drain. 50 The temperature usually re-occupation, and light enough to mains more or less stationary and aid the radiation of heat from the

falls rapidly. Competent "body.

Over

The picturesquio bridge

OR his Here in Berlin the Prussian which Napoleon cesed Government has spent girmatic way to Italy in 1800 was partly suras on the rebuilding of the destroyed and the gardens" and opera house, as if money were of vineyards in the vicinity were. theevered, with many feet of rocky consequence, although capital of Prussia has had to hor-debris. row money abroad.

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In the circumstances, it is not those surprising that there who regard with disapproval, if not alarm, the contracting of new loans with the obligations which they represent.

TOO MANY DRUGS.

PRESCRIPTIONS AND THE

PEOPLE.

A warning against the excessive use of drugs is contained in the quarterly report of Mr. W. A. Appleton, secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions. He

Bays:

MYSTERIOUS FINDS UNDER PICCADILLY.

The stream then invaded the

Among the mountains and val-i Hotel Richelieu, where a banquet

The waileys that were once Piccadilly, was in preparation.

escape where the adventurers with pick! tresses had just time to

the cataract and shovel and warfare accoutre-l when with a entered, covering the grand pianoments of modern street warfare and much valuable furniture with are now doing their best to des- mud end rocks.

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Hailstones. Like Apples. On the Montreux-Oberland line, between Les Avants and Mont hovon, the track was cut in several places. In the Thun region hail stones as large as apples caused tremendous havoc among the crops and smashed thousands of roof tiles. Telegraph. and telephone lines were blown down and the roofs of many houses twisted into fantastic shajas by the force of the hurricane.

troy any illusions that may remain na to the sanctity of the famous thoroughfare, mysterious caverns being and secret tunnels are unearthed, says a London paper.

Between Piccadilly-circus and of Bond-atreet there are a score yawning caverns, disclosing brick and stone foundations, the pre- sence of which was unsuspected and the purpose of which can only be guessed at. They may be relics of a forgotten age in the life of the West End, or of a period when there was no West. End.

Bones, unearthed yesterday in- At Blumenstein, where nothing cluded what appeared to be an similar has occurred for 50 years, fumer arm bone, and other frag- many bridges were carried awayments of skull and chest bones. and the crops destroyed.

Their appearance suggests that they have been buried for at least

century.

Care is necessary, while deve- loping the health conscience, to avoid encouraging inordinate de- sire for drugs. This warning is suggested by the extraordinary in-

Railway communication between crease in medical prescribing for Berne and Lucerne was interrupt insured persons during 1926.

ed for several hours by six feet of This increase in Barnsley is 23.5

Kravel carried down from the per cent, while in Lincoln it is mountains, and traffe had to be only 2.9 per cent. In the ares covered by the association there diverted via Berthoud.

are 847,557 persons for whom the The main road is also covered panel doctors prescribe, and, for several feet deep with rocks and these persons 3,410,469 prescriptrées. On the Wolhusen-Langen- tions have been made up during thal line & large section of the the year ending November 1926 track has entirely disappeared. This represents a disconcerting increase of 72.3 per cent., over the The storm, which was preceded figures for 1920.

by almost complete darkness, was

Of even greater interest, how- ever, is the vast cavern which has etreus. Extending from the pre buen discovered near Piccadilly-

ment right into the road, the art brickworks reaching to a depth of nearly 2011.

Leading across the road is a tunnel, the end of which is block- ed by a pile of broken briekts and fallen earth. How far this tunnel ant extends is not yet known, further exploration will be made when the centre of the road is excavated.

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A portion, perhaps a large por-similarly destructive in the can- tion, of this increase can be ex

Lon of Zurich, Bale, and Zug. plained and justified, but there will still remain many cases where During last night's storm an fresh air, water, and a cheerful aeroplane on the Bale-Chaux de

Representatives of Australian spirit would have been just as Fonds service made a forced land- and New Zealand importers, who efficacious as the doctors' drugs. ing on the Jura Mountains.. The

are at present in Poland, have The report states: "The one machine was compelled to descend concluded contracts with big union idea has been tried, and on a steep mountain stope amid a Lodz textile mills for deliveries It has failed, both in Great Britain herd of cows. Although the aero-of important consignments and America. Men fear it be-plane was damaged the pilot and textile goods, and have placed cause it may mean one big au- two passengers escaped with only trial orders for furniture and tocrat and involve one big strike," slight injury,

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FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

IT'S TOUGH NOT TO HAJE

A HOME OF YOUR OWN=IM GOING TO 60 AN' SEE IF I CAN GET A JOB DELNERIN'

BREAD OR SCALETAIN' FOR TA'

BAKERY AFTER SCHOOL!

ALLO FRECKLES!! WHERE YA GOIN'?

then

THEATRE ROYAL

COMMENCING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th

at 9.15 p.m.

FORBES RUSSELL Presents the

FORBES RUSSELL COMEDY CO.

with

MISS APRIL VIVIAN

In a Carefully Selected Repertoire of Successful Plays from the Principal London Theatres.

FRI, 16th Sept. at 9.15 p.m.

SAT., 17th Sept. at 9.15 p.m.

MON., 19th Sept. at 9.15 p.m.

TUES, 20th Sept."

at 9.15 p.m.

WED., 21st Sept.

at 9.15 pm.

THURS. 22nd Sep'. At 9.15 p m.

the

FRI., 23rd Sept at 9.15 p.m.

SAT, 24th Sopt. at 9 15 p.m.

ZA GOING TO

CO AN' LOOL FOR

A JOB!

Success

Gladys Couper and Sir Gerald Dn Maurier's Great

THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY From the St. James Theatre, London

The Successful Comody

BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE

From the French of Alfred Suvoir.“ By Arthur Wimperia

The Great Mystery Play THE HOUSE OF UNREST From the Strand Theatre, Londen

The Sucessful Farcical Comedy. HALF-A-LOAF

By Noel Scott

The Famous Farée

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NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

The Thrilling Mystery Play IN THE NEXT ROOM

By Eleanor Robson and Harriet Ford. From St. Martin's Theatre, London

The World's Love Story PEG O'MY HEART April Vivian na Peg

Noel Coward's Famous Play FALLEN ANGELS

Prices $4, $2& $1. Plans at Moutrie's.

A Heavy Burden

JORÉ JEG NHMADZIA WANYA WORK FOR WHEN YOU CAN PRE

SO ANUZI PUN PLAYING?

CARCA RAY-LE'S 60 AN PLAY ZIPPY--NO, LES PLAY DUN SHEEP RUN!!

NO, LEYS PLAY MARBLES

CA BETTER VET

LET'S PLAY. HOP SCOTCH!!

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20 Watery vapour.

21 Ire.

22 Salines

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24 Encampments.

25 Sly look

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Snakelike fish (Plar).".

Yesterday's Puzzle.

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