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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1931.

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

IT'S A GREAT WORLD.

HARD TIMES IN U.S.

ITS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE "GLORIOUS." This modern world and all the young people in it are glorious!

These were the words, refreshing and surprising in a world of frowna and criticism, of Mr. Ernest Young, presiding at the City of London Vacation course at the Holborn Re- staurant.

PREPARATION OF SCHEMES FOR SELF HELP,

Washington, Aug. 7.

to initiate a

BATHING TRAGEDY

INQUEST.

GİNL'S "EXTRAORDINARY PLUCK."

nour

In recognition of the fact that

London, Aug. 5. unless business has mensurably Wittering, near Chichester, yos- An inquest was opened at West improved before Congress meetsterday, on John Villasid, aged 21, and hia in December there will be a do-of Haslemere, Surrey, tugo of haro-brained schemes for two of the three victims of the alster, Ursula Villorid, aged 20, relief, President Hoover has begun bathing z tragedy at West Wittering

Monday programme which on "And as for jazz," Mr. Young

Ruth Villesid, aged 23; another added, "I think it is much more will emphasise self holp as cenalster, was also drowned, but hor suitable for people of my age than trasted with Government subsidy, body has not yet been recovered.

Miss Linda Villesid sal that folk dancing, for in inzz you can

The Chamber of Commerce has the party of Ave wont to bathe take your time over it, but in folk bogun a survey of prospective on- dancing you have to be much more employment with a view to pre-

the entrance to Chichester Harbour. active and alert." her liberal use of the lipstick, Mprehensive plan to meet the situa~found ourselves in deep water and "Quite suddenly," she said, "wo Referring to the modern girl and enting the President with a com-

tion. Mr. Silas Strawn. Pre being dragged by Young said to his audience: "Even aident of the Chamber, and Mr. One of my sisters was quite near the current, if you are not all teachora, don't Julius Barnes, chairman of its me and I tried to reach her, but you think nccepting the modern board, conferred with the Pre-could not.

I managed somehow to do, that you might sident yesterday, and indicated world as you teach some of your girl pupils how that one of the Chamber's plana keep afloat until the boat came."

Bliss Joy Buchanan, of Queens- to apply their charms instead of would be to broadenst to the coun-berry-place, South Kensington, detracing,

from them na so often try the disadvantages of a dole. said that she left the others play- the case.

Remarks which fell from other wait until Congress

Mr. Strawn predicted, "If we ing with a ball and swam out by back herself. Feeling herself pulled speakers were:

"Some of the most stupid men here we shall have demands for by the current she turned back have ever known have been million-more kinds of doles than England and saw someone clinging to John. Linda told me to keep, nd Jolin nires."--Mr. Frank Roscoe, Secre- and Germany have ever heard of,"

Ursula," tary of the Royal Society of Ten- and added. "It would be deplor- said Miss Buchanan,

able if this country ever reached assisted Ruth. We struggled to chers.

a place where it voted a dole.” got ashore but were being pulled It is understood that the Pre- by the current, the whole time. pro. We shouted and Mr. Ingram aident is considering two posals, one for a conference of Jonides swam out and tried to help as me. I sent him back for a boat. labour and economic leadeva, suggested by Mr. William Green, When it arrived, Ursain, whom Chairman of the Federation of was Labour, and the other for a costing up, was quite uncon- ordination of loent relief work It was stated that artifelai rei- through the Red Cross and Cham-piration was attempted unsucess- bers of Commerce. It is the Pre-fully for two hours on Miss Ursula sident's Arm bellef that relief Vlesid.

The modern "tencker must be interested in Lile modern world.”—-- Sir Percy Nuun, Principal of the London Day Training College.

"The theatre is a delightful way of educating people. It is the jam in which the powder can be given a so that people can enjoy taking it." Mias Given Byronucna Davies

the retres.

Band:

THE CONSTANT ONION.

RARE ELECTRICAL

QUALITIES.

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must be handled through local Me. Cyrti C. L. Ionides, of Boa agencies rather than the Federal ham, father of Mr. Infram Ionides, Government and as soon as the described how he

and others Chamber makes its reports it is launched a boat and added "} believed a campaign to stimulate should like to pay a tribute to the focal interest will be undertaken. extraodinary pluky of Miss Joy

Buchanan.

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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are now showing at the Queen's Theatre,

The coroner recorded a verdict of Accidental drowning.

WAR ON KISSING.

U.S. HEALTH OFFICER'S THEORIES.

The onion has become a seient-in their arst full-length picture, but fe instrument of J constancy is cannot be regarded as a complete rivalling its smell. Almost all success, prison life being a difficult Hiving bodies show an electric medium for the development of a gomil pressure between their extrem-farce. The clash between the "funny ties, and that of an onion, has stuff" of the popular comedy team and been shown by a research worker the "brutality of the prison staff is Health Omcer of Newark New of the General Electric Company too jarring, though the director has Jersey, has arrived at Southamp tried to overcome his difficulties by ton to lead a campaign in England to approach the

introducing some musical mumbers, against kissing.

"Kissing must be ruled out ne

consistency ex- pected of an electric standard.

Such standards, are normally prepared only from costly and.

Dr. Charles Craster, the Public

a very dangerous practice." he Anid. "Children contract such: measles, diphtheria,!

carefully purifled materials, and would kill a human being-and at with an accuracy of prescription the end continue to generate its disease as which only a trained scientist can own electricity exactly as if no-scarlet fever and whooping cough achieve.

of

The electrical pressure for a stated to be about one-fiftieth of that of a single accumulator cell. Experiment has shown that the onion, though less accurate. is considerably more robust than the usual standard "calls." In pro- portion to its size, It can survive n process of electrocution which

thing unusual har

happened. This constancy is regarded as

most remarkable the discovery, for although the electrical pressure of apples and a number of other fruits has been determined, it has been found in every instance that it either varies between individual specimens or is permanently upset by abnormal treatment.

very easily by klasing each other or by being kissed by adults.

"Why women who go out to tea want to kiss each other when they arrive and when they leave passes my comprehension," he said.

Dr. Craster added that he was willing to meet in public debate Dr. Josiah Oldfield, who recently declared that kiasing was not in- Jurious.

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PRIEST SUING "A

PRIEST.

ONINTEL

Telephne No. 26720,

(the trix} of the action at Leicester

Assizes a perfect farce,

Intimidation Alleged.

He had attempted, snid

counsel,

to get Miss Tugby, a woman of 72,

to modify the words he WBS

QUESTION OF A FAIR alleged to have used. He had at-

TRIAL.

tempted to intimidate her by tull. 1

to clear out of his church.

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Arising out of a slander action Father Tonge, in an affidavit, which is being brought by Father complained that he had been -Wilfred Jamca Tonge against Fa ostracised and subjected to cun- ther Joseph Degen, of Coniville,siderable molestation as the result an application was made to the of Father Degon's pulpit refer- Vacation Court judge for a writ

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ences.

of attachment against Father Mr. Horbert Malone, for Father Degen.

Degen, denied the allegations, "This motion," he declared, "is ur The allegation was that he had attempt by Father Tonge to get tried to make a fair trial in ana blow in first by fair means or uoprejudiced atmosphere Impon otherwise." Bible.

Mr. Malone maintained

that

Mr. Glanfleld said that in the Father Degen was merely fulfill- elander action Father Degen was ing a spiritual duty in

telling alleged to have said that Father those of his congregation who Tonge was suffering from a cer might be giving money to keep tain linces. A vital witness Father Tonge out of a monnatery; would be Miss Agnes Tugby, of to which he had been ordered to that they were not doing the

Highfields-street, Coalville, to go

whom Father Degen was alleged, right thing. to have uttered the words.

Mr. Justice Farwell sald the

It was now alleged that by con- statements made by Miss Tugus munications to the Prean by serwere denied by Father Degon, mona and by conversation with Thara wna a direct conflict of ovi- Mian Tugby, Father Degen had dence. He accordingly dismissed acted in a way which would make the application with costs.

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Clara Bow

"Kick In"

A Paramount Picture

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Regis Toomey Wyane Gibson Juliette Compton

NEXT ATTRACTION. Commencing THURSDAY, 10th Septembor.

Rube Goldberg's

WHIRLWIND OF WOWS

SOUP NUTS

PICTURE

DOUBLE

CROSS ROADS

Presented by WELTAM FOX

A

sonsational

and vibrant

all talking movie- long drama of the underworld, its women, gangsters, con men,

-master minds and its

grapevine system.

Added Attraction:

6

WALTZING

AROUND"

Commencing

September 10th.

WILLIAM FOX

presents

"Romance of

Rio Grande"

(To-day's Programme Seo Page 8.)

£300,000 DAMAGE BY AN INSECT.

conc.

Now, states the report, "the search for parasites can be pursued with every hope of success.”

REMEDY FOUND BY BRITISH

The finding of suitable parasites |to prey upon the various psats, SCIENTIST'S WIFE.

which dostroy thousands of pounda The achievement of a scientiat's worth of crops annually, was the wife, who penetrated dense forests object of Dr. Myar's two years' trip

to the North-West corner of Bri- to the West. Indier tlah Guiana in search of Insects to

fight sugar-cane pests, is recorded | is

A single pest, the "froghopper,"

in a report issued by the Empire £300.ted to have destroyed

Marketing Board on "An Investi-year,

worth of sugar cane in s

gation into the Biological Control "Not less than one-tenth of the- of Insect Pests" (H.M.S. Stationery human effort in the Empire Ofice, is

basic Industries such as agriculture, Mrs. ver, the wife of the is dissipated by our insect canmies, author, Dr. J. G. Myers, entomolo-atates Dr. W. R. Thompson, Direc gist to the Farnham House Laborator

tho tor of

Parasite Breeding. tory of the Imperial Institute Laboratory, at Farnham, Royal of Entomology, discovered, as the "The damaged producte, would be result of her journey, the original subiclent, it is ridded to support food of the insect pest which, under an #aditional "population of some civilised conditions, attacks sugar. 45,000,000,0