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You NEVER CAN CITE EXAMPLE OF A THOROUGHLY HAPPY MAN, FOR NO ONE BUT THE MAN HIMSELF KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT--Ronasrak.

Mrs. Scambler, of 634, Nathan Road, has reported to the police the theft of a travelling rug valued at $30, from a chair in her bedroom.

The silk forwarded from Hongkong by the Empress of Nusain on the 3rd July arrived in New York (St. John's) Park) and Hoboken on the 24th July, having been 21 days in transit.

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"BANG WENT SAXPENCE.".

The Serious Side of a National Joke. By GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON.

HE GREAT Scottish joké at- of the war that ended at Bannock-

THE GREAT Seater Jetsen in burn a certain unpaid bill of

the year 1868. Here it is in the £2,000 for Gascon wine bought by exact form in which it appeared a king of Scots and tactlessly

an English court? der Charles Keene's drawing: sued for

Mac (n Peebles body returned; from London): Ech it's just a ruinuus place, that Mun,

The nearuosa does not seem to aket any nearor! It is true that in

had na been the-erre above twa the "Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens" hoours when-Bang-went-there is a stanza revealing à cer- Saxpencel

tain shrewdness in dealing with

They hadas been a week, a week. In Noroway but twao,

When that the lords of Noroway Began aloud to яny- "Ye Scottishmen spend a' our .

king's gowd

Some three or four years ago, a Indy dnetor of the Carnegio In- stitute, Washington, carried out ex periments which convinced her and that certain many other doctors

from an forma of cancer result nunormal development of the white cells of the blood, which multiply and in due at an abnormal rate

af course form

the mass malignant tumour. This theory is of some interest in view of the the lisense latest suggestion that

blood-test.

Charged before the Hon. Comdr. But to regard that as the origin| money: can be diagnosed by Then, in 1925, Dr. Gye and Mr. J. E. Hole, at the Marine Court this mor of the joke would be gronely to Barnard announced the results oflag, with having boarded the .. underestimate the antiqulty of the Coblenz without permission, a Chinese Scottish reputation for what they

Aned $50, or, in default,

themselves, in

in an Inspired filotes, their research, and much was hoped was

weeks' imprisonment.

call "nearness." It is quite true from their theories as to the pro

that they have earned, other and Few cancer germ. pagation of the

A wärkning had a serious fall from quite different distinctions,

གས་་་ heard of Little has latterly been

a height of 40 feet while at work on people's, Indeed, have attracted to a clinker silo in couras of construction themselves so much of the epithet WHITE 2-TON TRUCK

of their attentions these conclusions, but from time to

in lunghom yesterday. He was ad- bestowing att CHASSIS completely rebuilt

Kowloon Hospital. neighbours, a fact which one can time many other theories have been mitted into the Running

Rolf- and in Perfect

for the with injuries to his arms and side. jonly set down to the native Order.

put forward to account

Asertiveness of the Scots, "Here's of disease and various methods

With multiple injuries resulting the us; wha's like us" runs like a treatment suggested.

from a fall when she attempted to refrain through all the centuries Scottish relations with

Was Whilst there will naturally be a night from a moving bus in Kowloon of

Cily a young Chinese woman was ad-foreigners. It disposition, in view of past disapraitted into the Kowloon Hospital yen lead to retaliation.

regard all new terday in a rather serious curulition. pointments, to

Out o'er they sen wi' me." The French, who knew them. claims with a measure of suspicion.

But it is significant that Qu'a charge of dumping the body best, and had most renson for ad- old daughter in milting them. Were not lung in dia.. uf her four-yeur it is reassuring to feed that the best brains in the medical work are con-Dundas Street, wour the Kwong Wah covering their arrogance, their meanness of the Seats was

they It was when Fraser at

They invented the Crowns. the nishe ༢༣ zཏྠ ༥॰ བྷསྨཱ॰པཎཾ, ཛཱ॰ཝཱརཱ pared before Mr.

to live up to the standards of VEHICLES MAY BE INSPECTEDcentrating on this, terrible seas. Hospital, a Chinese woman who ap tendency to breast of their distinch heeded until the Union of

has been Kowloon Magistracy this morning was the proverb, era comme AT OUR STUBBS ROAD GARAGE | Much invaluable work

one month's imprison Ecossais, and wer wont to say richer and letter-endowed coun- parsimon? when it

for-wandered Set passed try than their own that done in the way of researelt during fined $30, or

by. "There goes a cousin of the imposed itself upon them.

had been affluence in Edinburgh recent years, but it has been carried

King of Sols." Even the tented

as furned out to be beggary In Lon- feld was not free from the bras dun, for the pound Scots was and boasts of the Caledonians worth little more than the Enx

babit of insisting ish shilling, and the cost of l

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TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1981.

CANCER AND ITS DIAGNOSIS.

nent.

TRICKSTERS SENT TO GAOL.

GANG

INCLUDING" WOMEN BROKEN UP.

who had

And a our queenis fee." Judging by the reply, this ac- cusation was aimed to hit a par- teularly tender spot:

"Ye he, e lie. ye liars loud!,

Fu lodhene ye He

For brought as much white

inonic

certain In

As gane my men and me, And I brought a half-fou

gude red gowd

of

had

tionately the

the

What

special privileges because of the

in the North was propor superior antiquity of their regi-

cheaper. Incidentally, ments,

One of those Scots units offendists. Sixpence is a reasonably problem of currency still led specially in this respect, and

was ironically styled "Pontius standard of exchange, is the three- Farge sum in a country whose Bodyguard" by

the

to this

It

Not even the pettishes.

out under financial difficulties, and not on a sente proportionate to the difliculties of the problem. The medical world has, however, decid- ed to unite to bring every force and every bit of knowledge they possess. bear on the problem. in which

The arrest by Chinese detectives Pilate's connexion the British Empire can- cer campaign has done fine work. of two men in Queen's Road Cen-French, I believe the Royal Scots penny bit!

If England was expensive, how- trat sterday has cleared

solemnly retain the title

ever, it was also the land of glls- Imlividual investigators have not

many vonfidence tricks reported

On the whole, the medieval tening opportunity. The Scuts and during the past few months. Det-day? themselves, either; spared amongst these we must now place Sgt. Fitches told Mr. Williams at conception of the perfervid Seat were on the make and, impressive

The Central Magistracy this does not assort well with the cold- spectacle though that may be; Dr. Bendien, who, if his researches morning that the men had said ess and caution which is implied consorts ill with pride, perfervid-

careless prove the success expected, will they were which some in the modern unecdotes, From Nan and the old days to come be regarded as one of tricksters, which included some perfervidum ingenium"

women, and admitted to at least Seet" seems a long journey, es-tions of the British Solomon him- bununity's greatest benefactors

pecially when we recall that the self could stem the tide that flow- four known offences.

When arrested yesterday they hospitality of the northern king-ed southward. "Idle rascala and The whole world will hope and pray

thunder- sus-dom was at all times proverbial, poor miserable bodies,"

in- that at long last the way has been were said to be acting in

pielous manner by accosting wo There would not have been much ed King James, noting with street, and. when hilarity bad after-dinner orators tense displeasure that many Described as the greatest

opened up for a successful attack men in the

searched, the well-known bogus of the Middle Ages made fun of them crossed the border under on this dread disease.

meanness of the Scottish the pretence of obtaining payment for half a century towards an

bundle of notes was found on one the of them.

guests. The latter might have for "auld debts due to them by derstanding of the disense, a Dutch

soon the King," which was, "of all Luk Hing, aged 17: was charged been puzzled at first, but

u rapid kinds of importunity, most dis- physician, Dr. Hendien, claims to be blond-

with having obtained jewellery there would have been able to diagnose enneer by

valued at $80 from Lo Mui on May transition frain

skulls. are medical test. So impressed

After all, Britain did not win 18, while Kwok Sui-nin was alles pences to banging

The opinion a people holds of Says Voltaire, "A poor state, be neighbour to a rich one, becomes men with the discovery that the new

the Davis Cup. The youthfuled to have stolen jewellery worth

$100 from Chan Yan on June 21.ts own character need not method is to be applied immediate-

enthusiasm, impetuosity and var-

In both cases the bank-note trick taken at its face value, but it is venai in the long run; and this is indi- the misfortune that Scotland ex- at Fal-

invariably significant. It ly at the Cancer Hospital

satility of F. J. Perry and "Bunny" was successfully worked, Bottes the national ideal, at least, periences. At any rate, Scotland. ham. It is not claimed that Dr.Austin was just not quite good men admitted the charges,

Luk was ordered imprisonment Now the early Scots thought of was forced to realise that she was of a poor relation, expected to live Bendien's research has resulted in enough to overcome the strategy

itsnd genius of Henri Cochet, and for three months, and Kwok for their the discovery of a now cure:

five months, with an additional CakeCountry as the "Land

If she noticed the banging of Bax went down. by three

23 unusually genial value, Inwever, is said to lie in the Britain

and pences with a morbidly sensitive ed from banishment. possibilities of an early and nurtis-matches to two. We can neverthe seven months for having return themselves as "gially referred to up to an income she did not enjoy.

One foreign server to bang.

stop

1371-

the

that

The Davis Cup.

Jess be as proud of them as if they

kad won. They put up a wonder

people

and

hanging ax-pleasing to. his Majesty."

H

"kindly Scots,"

of

warm-hearted and in-ear, it was because she had fewer

spoke

of the women;

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was an effort which met with suf-the French shield very severely at blets Animoas in describing thorn

their extravagance in per- It was the English who, firat ut fight. It was not confidence or year, when Britain made the chul- sonal adornment, another

noticed the change in the national courage that was lacking. Their lenge, her representatives dented favourably of the good looks and character. They had begun by demissing their obstreparous nor- "rough-footed neighbours as ficient success to inspire them to the first time of asking, gave the were

first them as a careless, happy-go-lucky Sents," ravages who were brogues folk who spent a great deal too of undressed hide: they had then better things ou another day. The Frenchmen, in fact,

Does it not seen an much time in feasting and merri-discovered that the Scots were all day when British tennis will again real care.

Was not one of the causes hungry and afflicted with the itch.

never

the

their

takable diagnosis of the disease. For long. it has been held that ranter can be cured, provided it is treated in its early stages;

has been ally trouble sufferers have not sought medical aid until the disease has secured a

reign supreme seems only to have sugury for the future? discovery Brm grip. If the new

been delayed. The fatalistle feel. means that cancer can be quicklying that Britons could dingnosed. then the prospect of re-achieve signat success against lief for suffering humanity is im-foreign.competitors has gone for than good. It is, indeed, more mensely heightened.

Despite all the previous "dis-probable that the result of Bri- coveries," no-one has hitherto been tain's magnificent effort in

Davis Cup this year will be to able to put his finger on the cause strengthen the all-round capacity of cancer or do more than provide of British players. The history temporary relief of the sufferings of tennis has shown that countries which it brings; unless taken in its have increased their lawn tennis The drondful standard and prestige if they can vely early stages. toll of human life may be gathered provide not only one champion of when it is stated that one in every high calibre, but another of equal seven deaths in Britain from the or nearly equal strength who eas extract the best from his opponent. age of thirty onwards is caused by This mutter of vis-a-vis has been this terrible scourge. No-one, apparamount, and most definitely | parently, is Immune, for the disease appears in the case of Austin and often fastens upon those who ap- Perry. He would be venturesome pear to be in good general health, who dogmatically asserted his There appear to be no specific opinion as to which of the two is enuses which humanity might learn the better player. Both have proved themselves players of to avoid, for the disease attacks world class, and they are likely impartially the labourer and the to prove also an educational fac Imlilionaire, the smoker and the tor of ever-deepening forco

non-smoker, the teetotaller and the Britain, Inspiring youthful rivals drinker, the active and the inactive, to better things. The spirit of: the Jew und the Gentile. There emulation is a thing which must | have been, innumerable theories put tell over a period of years. Thus, forward as to the real cause of the wo can look to the future with disease, but none has so far found confidence. When the French first general acceptance. It is not even went to America in 1925, they falled to take a match. A year known for a certainty, whether the later, when Lacoste beat Tilden, disease has a microbial origin. Dr. the first impression was made on C. W. Saleeby recently ventured the the American defence. In 1927, view that hopes for its treatment the trophy crossed the ocean. This

In

ment.

"I'm terribly anxious to go abroad. 'I've heard so much about

the lobster salads they serve on the ships."

But their final and most damag- ing critlelsm was that the Scots were mean. There was no way of dealing with that except by frank- ly admitting it, claborate it, ex- aggerating it, and glorying in it on every pubile occasion. The re- Ruit that the English are now beginning to wonder if they were right after all, Perhaps the Scots,

cunning notoriously people, invented the story them- selves as part of their vast bluff. While the saxpences are bang- ing, who knows what platting goes forward!

E. Clephan Palmer on Arcadian

Waterways.

KNOW only one place in Great Britain where it is possible

for thosh who have a weakness for freedom to do pretty well as they like.

On the rivers of the Broads there are no restrictions. You ena travel for 200 miles in a world of your own, where there in no higher authority than the wind and no law that mattera except. the natural one of the tide.

On the highway of the Bure or the Thurne, or the Waveney you may, atop where you like, Thera are no.police to move you on:-The long arm of the Minister of Trans port cannot reach you. When come to a specially beautiful

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