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BAN ON FRENCH NOVELS IN BRITAIN.
PROTEST TO THE FOREIGN
OFFICE.
M. de Fleuriau, the French Am- bassador in London, has register- ed a protest with the Foreign Office regarding the British con- sorship of French books,
MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1928.
JUDGE ON LOVE AND
ITS TRIUMPHS."
יך .
WHEN ILLNESS IS A BAR TO
MARRIAGE.
Simple words on the triumph of unselfish love were spoken to a King's Bench jury recently by Mr. Justica Acton.
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FLYING SCOTSMAN'S
FEAT.
The answer to the old conun- drum, "What goes from London to Edinburgh without stopping?" can now be amended in the light of what happened recently.
THE LIVER CURE.
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TREATMENT OF PERNICIOUS, ANAEMIA.
Two years ago pernicious anaemia was an Incurable discaso, and medtent students were warned not to use its namo before their patients, since it would leave them without hope. To-day the situa tion is entirely changed, for an
For, did not the Flying Scots man, in all the glory of inaugurat ing what is to be a daily run, speed He was summing up in the asher way from King's Cross to the tion brought by Miss M. Rosen- Waverley Station here, with a 500-effective remedy has boon dis- The protest originated with a berg for damages for breach of ton load, without so much as a covered. French syndicate of publishers promise by Mr. H. James. Both pause? which pointed out that the British live at Beckenham.
In vain for inquirers at Grant- The facts are made plain by a " Mr. James admitted censorship on books from abroad
tho proham, York, Newcastle, or Berwick report on 134 cases published by is exercised in a curiously irregu-mise, but pleaded that he was to ask: "Doesn't the train stop representative physicians in the far fashion,
justified in breaking it because here?"
current issue of the "Lancet." Miss Rosenberg contracted tuber The thousand of spectators who This forms by far the largest For some unknown reason all culosis. Miss Rosenberg denied saw the train leave London includ-group of cases described in this the works of such an eminent that she suffered from such a com-ed, as was fitting on so historic an country, and it fully justifies the novelist aa Pierre Louys for plaint, and alleged that Mr. occasion, Sir Charles Batho, the claims of Minot, and Murphy, the example, are banned from British James had become fond of another Lord Mayor. The thousand who Americans who introduced the
lined the station platforms en-treatment. The judge told the jury that if route, and the still greater num
Edinburgh, all The new remedy could hardly man rofused to marry within abers who waited reasonable time after he promised gained a marvellous momentary be simpler, and the medical pro the woman was entitled to dan thrill. But it was left to the Fly- fession is left wondering why no ing Scotsman's 204 passengers to one ever found out before that per- "ges,
plumb the deepest moments of the nicious anaemia could be cured- occasion.
temporarily at any rate-by feed- The eight and a quarter hoursing the sufferers on a diet rich in journey, strangely enough, left no animal liver. Yet, even now, it room for boredom,
scems doubtful whether the dis- covery was an accident, or was really based on sound experimen- tal evidence.
territory.
Pierre Louys, whose blography occupies Ave, columns in the French equivalent of the Ency clopaedia Britannica, is the famous author of "Aphrodite," "La Femme et le Pantin," and other romances. His works have been translated into nearly all European lan.
guages.
Confiscated Works,
The syndicate of publishers pointed out that the British au- thorities do not merely ban the from Great Britain, but confiscate and retain copies which are forwarded to British addresses.
bookca
It is held here that if these world famous works aro objection- able to the authorities on the other side of the Channel they should not be confiscated but returned to the senders..
woman.
Woman's Part.
But before she was entitled to those damages she had to show that she was ready, willing and fit to carry out that promise..
"There is no reason," said Mr. Justice Acton, "why a man should net be bound to marry a deaf mute, an incurable cripple, or a confirm ed invalid, if he knew it at the time he gave her the. promise to
marry,
"Some of the most 'unselfish agreements to marry are made under such conditions, where the love one human being has for another is such as to Induce him to enter into such a contract in spite of the rhysical infirmities or disabilities of the other."
There were a number of boys on the train returning to schools in Scotland, but we were all as school- boys, excited by the fact that wo
Bo this as it may, it is beyond were starting the world's longest non-stop scheduled train journey, doubt that almost everyone who four after hour of the 39211⁄2 miles develops this disease will lose his there sounded the dreadful itera- symptoms and regala" something tion of the train's measured song. approaching his normal equip We wandered along to the comment of blood if he can be induced partment set aside for the spare to take enough liver in one form engine driver, who was enjoying or another. the strange position. for him of travelling half the journey as a pas- The attempt to overcome
large senger, and learnt such details as natural repugnance for The syndicate protested to the
that the engine was doing the run quantities of this food has had its on five and a half tons of coal and amusing side, and all sorts of Foreign Office here, and the pro-
culinary devices have been cm- test has been forwarded via the It would be different if the wosome 30,000 gallons of water.
some We watched with interest the two ployed. A popular form in which French Ambassador in London to man were suffering from the British Foreign Office. The mental or physical deformity not engine drivers change posts while it appears is a "cocktail," in which was passing through raw minced liver is disguised with Press here is asking who it is known to the man at the time the the train who sits in judgment on master-promise, was even, which would Tollerton, the half-way station, lemon juice and flavours. Now, prevent the woman being physl-about the same time as the up-however, the difficulty of appetite ploces of French literature.
cally or mentally in a condition express from Edinburgh, similarly has largely been overcome by the of certain Ilver to full her promise within a rea- timed and non-stopping, dashed by preparation
with scarcely lime for a wave. sonable period.
extracts which contain the virtues The jury awarded Miss Rogen-.
In brder to get to the engine of the remedy in small bulk, so bere £35.
Drivers Blades and Pibworth had that treatment becomes less repul- to creep'through a tunnel framed in Bive, though more expensive,
The mechanism of the cure is the tender. "But, it's a relief to, get out there," Driver Blades, who unknown. Presumably liver and has driven express trains for nearly other forms of meat are not essen- 30 years, told me. Driver Fib tial to everyone's health, or worth, however, lounging back on pernicious anaemia would be the his carriage seat, expressed the inevitable fate of vegetarians. It opinion that travelling in this way seems probable that this organ had its good points.
normally stores a large supply of Finally, there was always the re-some substance which most people laxation of visiting the hairdresser. can obtain in sufficient quantity Many of us indulged in shaves or from other foodstuffs, and con- ceivably this substance is one of food the so-called "accessory factors" or vitamins. So much, however, is surmise, and the treat- ment remains empirical rather
Frenchman's Criticism. "Pierre Louys is a master of style, but his work repols me.", M. Robert, L. Cru, director the Maleon de l'Institute de France a Londres, Isaid to a representative.
M. Gru, who is himself an author, paid a tribute to the great learning and knowledge of his countryman.
Jallst school.
DERBY BETTING. "
FAIRWAY STILL A STRONG FAVOURITE.
"In a sense I am not surprised that Louys's work should be
London, June 2. banned in England," M. Cru con-
Of the Derby probables, E. Gardner tinued. "He belongs to the naturwill ride Yeomanstown for Mr. H.
R. Armitage, in place of Marshall hair cuts. "On the other hand, it seems Reuter. rather absurd that one should be able to buy here the complete works of Rabelais and not be able! to get the works of a man like Louys.
"He belongs to a distinguished family, and is a man whose work has been recognised in his own country.
"It should not be regarded as work on the same level as that of many writers whose books are not permitted in England."
Cosmopolitan
Production
SALVATION
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LARS HANSON PAULINE STARKE MARCELINE DAY" ERNEST TORRENCE
COMING TO THE
Adapted from the moval by Fredstick William Wallase and produced by * John B. Rabert-
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QUEEN'S
OUT of a fearful storm and shipwreck, he rescued the sole "aurvivor-a girl of rare and intriguing beauty! Into his life she brought romance such as he had never dreamed possible —and with it a dozen thrilling adventures culminating in a terrific fight 75 feet above the deck of a convict "ship!
VET PICTURE)
THURSDAY TO SATURDAY Usual Times and Prices.
•
The Calcutta Sweep.
Calcutta, June 2, The Calcutta Sweep closed at' a total of £630,000.
The winner will receive about a quarter of a million sterling and £1,600 starters aplece.-Reuter.
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A large crowd, undemonstrative, however, as is the Scotsman's way, awaited the arrival of the train, which entered Waverley Station 13 minutes ahead of time. Here com- than rational. memorativé notebooks, together
Whether it is altogether original
with a gift of £10 from the pas-is also in doubt, and non-starters.
That tha
sengers, were presented to the Western enterprise of Minot and drivers and firemen by Mr. James Murphy was forestalled in the Calder, the General Manager, of the East is suggested by the story told The Favourite Drawn,
London and North-Eastern Rail-of Chinese
ก
herbalist who Calcutta, June 2. way in Scotland, after which the restored his patient to health by In the Calcutta Sweep, Fairway, engine was uncoupled and another prescribing the liver of a carni- the favourite, has been drawn by a put on, and the train proceeded. on
The long-standing client of Lloyd's Bank. and its way to Aberdeen oblivious of reputation of black-pudding in the Flamingo by a Calcutta syndicate.—the entry that had been made in treatment of anaemia may also be
railway history.
Router.
THE DAVIS CUP.
Chicago, June 2. In the final of the American zone of the Davis, Cup, America eliminated Japan by winning the first thres roatches played-Reuter's American Servico.
PYLE'S MARATHON,
SUBSTANTIAL PRIZE MONEY DISTRIBUTED.
Now York, June 1. The prize money for the trans- continental marathon race sponsored by Mr. C. Pyle, the American sports
!
vorous crow.
traceable to the liver it contains.
In conclusion may be quoted the opinion of two workers at the |NOVEL BETS TAX CASE. London Hospital, who have been able to check their results by com- parison with a series of 114 con- Becutive
of pernicious anaemia treated at the hospital between 1909 and 1919.- of the
BOOKMAKEI'S CLAIM FOR DUTY ON UNPAID LOSSES.
CASCB
patients in this series only one is alive to-day and over 52 per cent. died within nine months of admin- aloo.
SHARE PRICES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day;
di
Banks.
Hongkong Bank, $3287 n. Chartered Bank, 4211 b. Mercantile A. & B, £331 n. P. and O. 894 n.. East Asia. $75
Insurances.
Canton Ing., $620 8. Union Ins., $386) b. North China, Ins., Tls. 140 b. Yangtaze Ina, $59 n. China Underwriters, 821 China Fires, 4230, bi
H. E. Fire Ins., $740 e.
Shipping.
Douglases, 1961 b.
H. K. Steamboats, $281 n.
1.
· H. K. Tugs, $21 n. Indo-Chinas, (Def.) $65 Shell Trans., 94/~ Union Waterboats," #2018.
Mining.
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Benguets, $1 a. Kailans, 58/-
n.
n.
Langkats, Tle. $12.20 s. S'hai Exploration, Tis. 2.80 s. Raube, $4. Tronohs, 17/6 'n.
Docks, etc.
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Kowloon Wharvos, $130) n. Whampoa Dooks, $401" Chins Providents $5.10 b. Hongkows, Tis. 160 b. New Engineerings. Tls 5 n. Shanghai Dooks, Tls. 108 n.
Cottons.
Ewo Cottons, Tis. 81 n. Orientals, Tis: 2.20 1. B'bai Cottons, Tla.. 27 (old) .
Landa, Hotels, etc.
H. and 8. Hotels, $9.25 8.
b. H. K. Lands, $64) S'hai Lands Tis. 144 b. Humphreys, $143 Realties, $8.50 ..
D.
Public Utilities. ·
b. Tramways, $241
Peak Tramo, {ald; $139 b. : Star Ferries, $641 China Lights, (Old.) §114 h.
n
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H'kong Electries, $71 Madao Electrics, 826) b Tolophones 86.10. b. China Buses, Tls. 9 b. Singapore Tractions, 9 9 h. Industrials.
China Sugars, '33) a Malabons, $241 Canton Icos, $4 n.
n.
Coments (Comb $9.20
Ropes (Old) $7 Ba United Asbestos $10 n
Blores &c.
n
Dairy Farms, $'li s Watsons, $14.25 b. Dor A. Wing, .50 . Lane Crawfords, $3.75 11 Mackintosh, $20 n Sinceres, $9) Win. Powells, $3 n.
Miscellaneous.
Amusements, $29 Constructions, $1 m B'que Ind. G. Bonda, 63: H. K. G. Loan. 5%
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TEACHER'S BOGUS DEGREE FRAUD.
TRICKS GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR 6 YEARS.
A novel case affecting the res. ponsibility for the payment of betting tax was heard by Judge Sir Alfred Tobin at Westminster County Court recently.
"We do not yet know," they Messrs. Ladbroke and Company, write, "if patients with pernicious Limited, turf commission agents, anaemia will respond indefinitely of Old Burlington-street, W 1; to liver taken by the mouth, or if eued Mr. John Ingram, described they will ever be able to leave off As a soft goods merchant, of Fri-the treatment, but the remarkable day-street, B.C., for £80 15s, 6d. experience in following up the first
A schoolmaster who obtained betting tax, paid in June, 1927, for series of cases of interviewing a money by falsely describing him- promoter, has been distributed. Andy Payne, the winner, received and on his behalf; and alterna- auccession of sick persona or sad self as a bachelor of science of £2,000; tively they claimed the same sum relatives, and in the second series London University appeared at £8,000; John Balo (second), and Philips Granville (third) £1,000, as being due under an agreement of seeing nothing but hopeful Wom, Shropshire, police-court re
Thereafter 40 trans-continental or by way of damages for breach patients, convinces us that the runners started on a 26-hour team of contract. Mr. Ingram pleaded Minot-Murphy discovery ranks as race for an additional prize of $1,000. the At the end of the fourth hour American team, Payne and Fager, with the Britishers, Gavuzzi and Arthur Newton, were leading Router's American Service.
THE BOYCOTT.
CHINESE FEELING IN
.. RANGOON.
London, June-2.
the Gaming Acts.
*Mr. Roland Oliver, EC. (for Ladbroke and Company) said Mr. Ingram ended his betting trans- actions by owing Messrs. Ladbroke $800, not a penny of which he had paid. Of course, Mesara. Lad- broke could not sue for that money, but they sued to recover the actual tax on his unpaid debts.
Mr. Derrick Cramp, a director of Ladbroke and Company, sald they paid the tax on all stakes, but deducted 8% per cent. from back- ers' winnings.
(defend-
The Timer Rangoon correspon- Mr. Thomas Dawson dent states that the Chinese coming) said that before a backer be- munity is quietly and effectively came liable there must be shown boycotting Japanese merchandise a very clear promise or agreement and shipping and raising large by the backer that he would either sums for the relief of their com-pay or share the tax. rades in Shantung.
Giving judgment Judge Tobin
The latest examples are threats sald that he declined to draw an uttered against persons assisting inference that there was an Im- in the shipment of cargo from the plied agreement by the backer to steamer Seangbee, Chinese-owned recoup the bookmaker for the but mortgaged to a Japanese firm. duties he had pald. He thought -Reuter,
the book maker paid the tax in respect of the bets, and that he could not recover it.
Athens, June 2,
He gave judgment for Mr. In- The Chamber has adopted a mo-gram, with costs, and granted - a tion of confidence in the Govern-stay of execution for fourteen ment by 188 votes to 67-Reuter days in view of an apneal,
a therapeutic advance of the first importance."
A home may not be com plete without a man, but a kitchen ist
cently.
Alvernon Challenger, of Bourne mouth, was charged on ano anonź, that of obtaining £38⋅ 195, 9d., but during his six years as assistant master at Wem Grammar School he had, said Mr. F. S. Butler, pro- secuting, received £763 in excess by virtue of his claim to the de gree,
Mr. G. L. Bretherton, the head- master, said he appointed Chai- longer in 1921. He had described himself as a bachelor of science and he had not questioned it.
Challenger gave highly satis factory, service as a teacher of mathematics..
'No question as to the degree was raised until October last year, when Mr. Bretherton had to fill in papers for the Board of Education in respect of the pensions scheme, Challenger said he had $100 due to him as ropayment of kin pension contributions, but he had signed it over to the governors as reparation.
He was bound over in £100 for 12 months, and was to pay £25 in compensation and £30 costs.
The magistrate said greater care should have been taken over "the appointment;
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