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suggestion in the Note that an Is Life Worth

end should be put to the debti obligations; all that is sought is

While?

Bulls and Inners

the

Press

ita spending.

a postponement of the December Instalment so that the whole;

From the Office Butts ☐ ☐ problem of these unproductive commitments, which are clogg-

There is no truth in the rumour Life is always worth living if that the A.D.C. has offered to most countries did a little bit too The auspicion is growing that ing up the world's economic ma- only to see what is going to hap-admit abroffs at half-price to much for posterity when they did chinery, may be restudied in the pen next," gald a Magistrato re- "Payment Deferred." light of present-day facts. Un-cently to a girl who was being happily, American opinion up-charged with attempted suicide.

0.0 pears disinclined to make the That is one reason which It has been suggested that the Couldn't the League of Nations slightest concession. The re-prompted the writer to find out Army and

should save a lot of time by putting on a sult will be to perpetuate that from a few celebrities what, in cultivate a cloaor understanding, phonograph record Instead of distrust and misunderstanding their opinion, makes life worth After all, they both know some keeping on reprimanding offen- which a noted group of leaders while. Here is the result:

thing about columns, lines and ders? of American

rules. non-political

Miss Rebocan West.

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The

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1932.

THE SHADOW AND

the bone.

to

arc

Public Baby Creches

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day."

things

Mr. Gilbert Frankau. "There are only two that make lie worth living-loye and solvency."

now

Mize Gracia Fields.

Whatever

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the other day that wrist watches not peculiar to any country. All We heard the opinion expressed It is claimed that the sausage is

should be lighter in weight. Some the samo, it's peculiar. of them do make time hong heavily on one's hands.

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St. Paul's Cathedral, lạ undergoing Wrenovation.

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According to

a doctor, a little honey will keep The Rev. J. E. Welldon, Down of

A man young. „ Durham.

But he shouldn't

hia "Your questions are not always let

wife easy to answer. Life would seem find out about to me only doubtfully worth living her. if it were not for the vestibule of a higher life. But it is redeemed,

think, by the two-fold object of trying to make the world a little better, and to make one's friends and neighbours a little happier."

The time will come, according to

a motoring writer, when all car

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There is n scheme afoot to in- crease oil prices. Of course, they

benzine now have

higher than At present,

He: I'm a lonely man. It's time I had someone to lonk after me; Bomeone to take care of me, cook for me, warm my slippers at night.

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She (anziously): Yea. He-Perhaps your mother- could recommend a good house- keeper!

Some of those free-cutters we

ly

to

seo are evident- determined do their Christmas chop. ping early.

Chile has had- Ave Govern- ments in four months. Seems moro Jike £ merry-go-round than a rovolu- tion.

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Richos have wings, we are told. Australia doesn't seem to be Yes, but they appear to luck the able to get what the English XI homing instinct.

is driving at.

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☐ ☐ Miss Ellen Wilkinson.

Some business mergers turn out "Good health, work that is real-to be submergers. ly interesting and worth doing, life well worth living." and at least one good friend makes

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Even in the backwoods in dis- tant lands exiles are aiready busy

Women Architects:-Designing females,

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A hiker who arrived in Shang-

with their Christmas puddinge. hat last week is going round the atirs. Down in the forest, something world with a knapsack on his back. This is carrying things too for.

The latest type of lawn-mower parks will be underground. Hide is equally effective pulled back Parks1. "I think that what makes life ward" or forward. It cuts both most worth living is the glory of ways. attainment. I net out to achieve

ᄆᄆ something; whether it Is to get a Canton, already to be compll-dancing step, or help to make a Bong over, mastor A new mented on the remarkable progress new show a success, achieved in every direction in the the object, the achievement is last twelve months, sets an exam worth it all, and that is one of

After a recent makes life dance in Singa- ple to the Hongkong Government the things which

worth living.

pore, two men by the establishment of a public

wore fined for nursery or baby creche, The

"The other is to love someone fighting. After receive children and to have someone to love me, the brawl was nursery will whose parents are engaged all day because I believe that, whatever over. in arduous labours and are unable the cynies may say, love does and always w make the world go devote proper attention to

round. So I may safely say that their families. In the evening, work and love make life worth when the day's work is over, | living." the parents will call for their chil dren and take them to their homes. Canton this adopts on small scale an idea which has been deve loped to its final results in Moscow and which might be followed with advantage in all parts of the world, In Hongkong, especially, does there appear the need for the organisa- tion of a social service along these lines: Several institutions are do- ing excellent work here and there to relieve hard-working coolle women of the strain of their exist: ence, but the effort is too small to have an appreciable effect. Far too many unfortunate women aro observed breaking stones or carry- ing heavy loads with children atrapped to their backs, pitiful sights many of them. It is a sad commentary that Hongkong lags behind Canton in care and con- Britain's second Note on the aideration for its citizens, what war debt issue covers far more ever their walks of life. The ground than the question of the Government can point to few social payment of the instalment im-services performed In the in- mediately due. It sets forth,terests of those really in need of logically and

assistance, the excuse being fear of forcefully, the situation arising from the con-gurs. The organisation of public

an influx of ne'er-do-wells and beg tinued existence of these obliga-baby creches in all thickly-populat- fectly expressed by one who be-

"I have found my view per-emblems. tlons and seeks to show thated centros is a social service which fore he died some time ago had a payment of the December dues needs to be adequately performed longer and will only serve to aggravate the and cannot be passed over

more varied

To-day's Political Thought position. The better way, it is such an excuse.

perience. The late Lord Rosbery Turkey is expected to join the indicated, is to leave over the

every possible opportunity League of Rations before Christ- (as he said) for enjoying honours, mas. pending payments until such

power, wealth, fame, and social time as the whole problem under.

distinction. But he said the wise; goes re-examination. That, în brief, is the British attitude. One of the London journals sug- gests that by failing

The sterling-dollar exchange is again in the general news. Pounds

Our sympathies to Henry Ford say we cannot pay,

the have declined abruptly in favour ship, family affection, and, if pos- Ordinance, one of the clauses makes nobody can afford to spare parts Under the Summary Offences in losing his appendix. After all, Government kas turned its of dollars. When one speaks of sible, religious faith; congenial it illegal to enter any dwelling these days. back on its own case. That the exchange rate, one means the work, a healthy existance, plea- house without permission. This, is true, in part. To argue that number of dollars required to buy asant relations of family and friend-of

Santo course, cannot be the payment now may cause further pound, or vice versa. Prior to disaster by making the situation | September 20, last year, a pound even more precarious, and yet was worth $4.868, and the at the same time to give the im- both currecies were tied to gold. kept around that figure, because pression that, if pressed, we are Nowadays, with the pound off gold, prepared to meet the obligation, the rate should oscillate up and is equivalent to acting against down in accordance with the de- our better judgment. But mand for the two currencies. But against this we must place two from April until recently Britain other considerations. One is engaged in supplying another ad- that we are accustomed to hen-juster in the place of gold. They our our promises. The other bought and sold foreign money

THE BONE

to

with

Permutations of the

Pound.

rate

is that default may conceivably change rate more or less

with view to keeping their ex-

WAE

stable. have even worse consequences A drop from $3.40 to less than than payment, On the economic $3.16 within the last two weeks is side, the British submissions are thus regarded as evidence that this all-convincing. The gist of "peg" has been removed. It may the contentions is well expressed be that, with the decline in receipts in the words:"It will not pro-ot, foreign money for British fit a creditor country to collect a freight, insurance and banking in Lon- few million pounds if it thereby services, the authorities perpetuates world

don, thought that sterling disorder."

quoted at too high n figure on the On that point, the essential fact old "pegged" basis, and are de to be borne in mind is that in-sirous of finding a new "natural sistence by the United States on level" under which to put a now renl payment will mean something peg. Whatever may be the very much more than the issue reason, there is still ground to between America and her suppose, remembering the pro- debtors. It will mean the re-vision in the last Government opening of the Lausanne agree-tain enn unless her resources are budget for the purpose, that Bri- ment, which represented a deused in the payment of the war cided step towards European debt instalment, regain control of reconstruction, with the result, the exchange whenever she wishes. as the Noto pertinently points out, that the whole system of European confidence, now 80 precariously balanced, will fall to the ground. The con Bequences of such a development are obviously, of far greater AS KNOWLEDGE ADVANCES, PLEA- gravity than any difficulty which SURE PASSES FROM THE EYE TO THE Britain may encounter in mak- FROM THE EAL TO THE EYE-John [EAR; BUT RETURNS, AS IT DECLINES, ing the payment. There is no

Frost

A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

Sir. Gerald Hurst, M.P.

long as one has either happiness "Life in always worth Hving so

or the hope of happiness; and the sources of happiness and hope are so many and so constantly recurr- ing that not a man in a million would willingly lose his life."

Miss Thelma Cazalat, M.P. "Sympathy and kindness yourself and others,""

had

Mr. J. R. Clynes.

in

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Silver thimbles, horseshoes, but- tons and odds and ends will soon become staple articles of diet,

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America is said to be consider. ing the return of beer. An opportunity for Britain to get rid of her surplus Forthblowers'

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Brunettes have just as good a time as blondes. Anyhow they have all the fun of the fair.

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The Lion and the Kanga-rue.

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Said Reggle as he viewed the cut Of Cella's backless gown,

"It isn't that they're longer, but They wear 'em lower down."*

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We notice that it has been decid- ed to liquidate the sugar stocks. man does not consider them as of coal eggs from his basement. movement to sweeten, the market: A Peak resident lost a quantity This is possibly syruptitious

Ponched eggs!

the best purpose of life. What he wishes to achieve is happiness in the large sense of the word, a well ordered life of work, friend-

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Clause.

"Have you any other miyatory stories?

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She is very

fond of 'Who Killed Cock Robin?", "

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During the week a pleture was screened at the King'e entitled "Vanishing Frontiers." Nothing to do with the slimming crazė.

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"Leg of Mutton" sleeves are sald to be coming in again.. Another opportunity to fleece the poor husband.

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Whatovor reason could a man to play the

have for learning

bagpipes?" asks a writer. Well,

his neighbour might be learning to play the Baxophone.

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In these war debt controversies it's the principal of the thing which counts.

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The whisky distiller who christon-

jed his baby daughter Peg was true

to type.

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A critic complains that some filmts send him to sleep. Hunce his nodi {ding acquaintance with their plots..

A fresh air enthusiast recently delivered a lecture on the foolish- ness of wrapping up too well dur- ing the winter. But It wasn't a bit of good. His wife still insisted. jon having a now, fui gònt,

Contrary to general expectes. tions, the cold wenthär has not so far created tlie customary opido- mic of mothballitis.