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WARTROPHIESGO BACK TO OWNERS

ONCE-CHERISHED SOUVENIRS FROM AFRICA

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The office of the High Commis stoner for South Africa has added the number of relies of the South African War it has received in the last six months for return, If possible, to the original owners or their familles. Six months have elapsed since Sir Abe Bailey made an appeal for the return of some of these souvenirs, and no fower than seventy have come in-Bibles, rifles, prayer-books, flags, Mauser ringte, etc.; and in about half the CRSCH

the people with a family in terest in these things have already received them back.

Family Bibles, taken from burn- ing or deserted homesteads, pre- dominate, and these are of rather more than sentimental Interest us being the only records of births and deaths in the familica concerned. Some are of astonishing propor- tions. One sont by n Bradford un- employed man was two feet long and correspondingly deep: he could not afford the postage himself, but the Bible, has now found its way back to the homestead on the Trans- vnal from which it disappeared thirty-five years ago.

HELP FROM ABROAD.

1500 souvenirs that he thought might find a better home, took them to Germany, and by adver tising and getting the help of tho German War Department, auc- ceeded in returning the majority.

THE GORDON'S DRUMS.

But apart from one or two public restorations like the return of the lost drums of the Gordons by Hindenburg, and the return of the bell of the Emden by the Austrà- Hans, there have been several in- dividual ones which suggest that in the coming years the process will be carried good deal further, especially as, necording to the secre lary of the Imperial War Museum, the dying out of the generation Ip- terested in the war, and the grow- ing addiction to life in flats, is making people turn out a lot of souvenirs that were once cherished.

Only the other day a former Bri- til Tommy returned an Iron Cross

and a pocket book to the family of a Iman he had found dying in No Man's Land. The name on these battlefield relics was the same as that of a German girl, who came into the news, and that enabled him to locate the family. A Hull

Considering the limited nature of man on his death-bed requested the

the appeal the response has been re- markable, but actually, I am told, there has been a constant flow of South African war rellca to South Africa House for many years→ at least 300 have been received.

The world's largest wins" askhan been turned into a tavern. Some 400 can be seated. How many

could it fit?

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Until eighteen months ago there existed a small society which made it its business, after all the bitter- ness of the Bouth African War had subsided, to stimulate the return of souvenirs when such return was possible. South Africa House has Inevitably one asks how far the restoration of Great War souvenirs has gone, or is likely to go. The Imperial War Museum, which still receives a lot of mementoes occn- sionally suggests the return to Germany-er to France-of things like prayer books, missale, wallets, etc., which contain a clue where the relatives of the dead owners may be found. The Ger man Embassy is always pleased to help. Some photographs belonging to General Liman von Sanders, and an Identity disc of one of the crow of a Zeppelin, are among things that have been returned in this way. But there has never been in this country any organised effort. There was such an effort in the United Statca. An American colonel collected from ex-soldiers

now taken up this work,

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German Consul to return à German watch he had picked up, if the family could be found; and some German Boy Scouts who came 4 here a few years ago were en- (trusted by an ex-soldier with the wallet of a German he had him- [self killed, and requested to re-

turn it to the dead man's people,

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LEFT AT LE CATEAU.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1934.

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Unable to raise $200,000 bail, Samuel Inaull now on trial at Chicago, is pictured above as he entered prison to face federal and state charges in connection with the collapse of his umpire. He once hold a personal fortune of $168,000,000 and ruled = $3,000,- 000,000 utility system.

MORO MARRIAGE CUSTOMS

UNCHANGED BY THE WEST

ART OF WOOING

Manila, Sept. 30. The touch of western influence throughout the past three centuries has not affected in the least the manner in which Mouhammedan Moro marriage' ceremonies. performed.

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The story of the return of the | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders' Įhistórie drum makes quite a little epic. This drum bears the battle honours of the regiment sinen 1806. It went with the 2nd Battalion to France twenty years ago and was left behind at Le Cateau.

It was plcked up by the advancing German troops, but was apparently dumped, More young men and women of for a German officer on mounted to-day are married with the same patrol found it, hidden in a lonelyrites, and after the same courtship bush between Ham out Bere. A and rituals, by which they were shown a film eniled "Mons," and the

A Moro youth, feeling the need

loss of this drum was depicted. Herr Eiffe, who saw the film in of a mate, starts off in search of London, was very much touched by her, and when he finds her, he takes up his residence at her abode, the incident and no wonder, for

he had the drum in his possession. explaining the feeling which he kasi He at once wrote offering to return for her until she is either enn- it, and the drum is now at Stir-vinced that he will make an ex-

cellent husband, or otherwise. ling Castle.

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It sometimes takes Heveral months before she is able to make up her mind. To determine the strength of her wooer's longing. she often allows him to make his advances through the medium of verse. At the same time she, also in verse, attempts to break down the pleas which he advances;

When she has made up her mind as to his eligibility na a mate,

Own

There are several other régi- mental drums of whose whereabouts nothing has been heard since they were lost in France in 1914-those. for instance, (of the 1st Middlesex Regiment, which

also left behind at Le Cateau, because the drummers could not find the billet where they had left them, and tho drums of nearly all the battalions of the 7th. Division. Doubtless some of these drums are in Ger- many Military tradition would romance is dropped and the weigh- not approve of the return of ty question of a dowry taken up. trophies actually captured in battle, The maiden conducts her but there are undoubtedly, both in negotiations as to the size of the dowry which naturally depends Britain and in Germany. hundreds upon the rank of the wooer. of souvenirs which were found in circumstances which would not dowry can either be in cash

trade, preferably the former. preclude their return.

After the dowry question is Franec, of course, has received hack many little things taken ne suitably settled the prospective husband, still at his future wife's souvenirs. The hands of the new

residence, must furnish her with [Town clock at Armentieres, for in:

atunce, are the hands of the old feminine necessities of which an clock which was destroyed in 1914,

Important item is beetle-nut, a and the "Tommy" who returned great delicacy to her. Then, he them when the new clock was being must also provide face-powder, in made explained that he had taken brunette shades, clothes and trin- them because he thought they were kets. being used by spies to signal to the German artillery,

BRINGING SILVER BACK

Argument Favours Restoration

A pamphlet presenting the case for the restoration of silver money has been sponsored by Lord Des- borough, Sir Henr! Dotording, and other authorities, and has been printed by Headley Brothers,

Their foreword submits that "the East with to many hundreds of millions of alert industrious and willing workers armed with cheap bat effective silver money tools, are formidable competitors whom it will be extremely difficult to meet successfully unless Great Britain and the West also employ. in addition to their present monetary the same cheap monetary tools, and restore silver to position that it baa

occupied throughout the ages."

Among the Aummarised clusions it is represented that the legalising of silver aml gold tp- gether as world-monoy would; ralse, world prices, and. eventually make more stable standard of value,

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greater stability of prices, than gold alone would, or could.

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This goes on anywhere from 7 to 31 days. Then, the prospective bride-groom is given a bath to

LIONS YAWN AT "DANIELS"

No Interest In Wrestling

All-in wrestling does not amuse tions, even though some enthu- rinats go, wild about it.

CHICAGO FIGHTS WOVEN SPORTS SHIRTS

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VICIOUS PRODUCT HUNTED OUT

Chicago, Sept. 18.

Chiengo, where prohibition fin anced the most bitter gang hvarfare

in the nation's history, is the scene of a new government drive on bootlegging.

The nation's second largest city has been selected by Secretary of the Treasury Mr. Henry Morgen- thau, Jr, as a "laboratory" for his drive on Illicit liquer traffickora.

The normal force of federal re- venue men was being augmented rapidly, and their firat target will be the fake stamp and label racket, which has flooded the city with thousands of gallons of allegedly | "straight whiskies."

Counterfeiting of stamps and labels has put the bootlegger inte the open market, according to authorities. Survoya have Ja- dicated that his product is even move vicious than that which was sold during prohibition as admitt- ed "moonshine."

Two hundred stills have been confsented here since repeal. Hundreds are still operating, officials sny. Counterfeiting plants work hand in hand with the still operators and together they supply perhaps a quarter of the illegal liquor.

The personnel of the new boot- legging combine is said to be enm- At a circus at Brisbane an all-inposed of remnants of the Al Capone wrestling bout was staged in the und rival gangs. Tious cage. Far from taking any notics of the

the antics of

"Daniels," the lions merely lay down in the cage, yawiing, and totally uninterested.

This 19-year-old Danish girl in the youngest ballat mistress in the world, She is Mie. Nini Theilada.

wipe away his love for other wo- men and the wedding coremonies start.

The former gunmen. however, are said to have been consolidated into an organization which has abandoned violence us a sales argument, Their new flokt offers profit enough to focus their utten- tion on the evasion of paying federal revenue.

Activities of the bootleggers, schooled. in the business, have drig mices of "blended" whisky "straight" whisky for as litiera 69 centa a pint,

new

District Supervisor E. C. Yellow- ley, who will be in charge of the first big drive against the new type of bottleggers, hopes that his work will be amplified by the Treasury Department ruling re- bottles. quiring blown labels on Bootleggers, Treasury officials be- lieve, will find it considerably more difficult and more expensive to counterfeit bottles than to print Inbela.-United Press.

DISTINCTIONS FOR SCOUTS

FIRST CORNWELL CERTIFICATE

YOUTH'S FORTITUDE

A circle is formed about the couple, the lad performing the

Lord Baden-Powell, the Chief warrior dance before his bride. She is veiled. When the dance in Scout, has awarded the first, new Cornwall Scout Certificate to over a long, loud cry is given by Rover Scout W. A. Tozer, of the the bride, regretfully bewalling her 2nd Hillingdon Group. fate that of marriage. — and the ceremonies are at an end. They are man and wile.-United Press,

This little balloon carried instruments 17 miles high and sent auto. matic signals back to Prof. A. H. Compton of Chicago;

It was stated at Scout Hend- quarters recently that the carti ficate had been introduced for award in cases in which, although the full standard for the Cornwell Scout Decoration for "courage, capability, and character" had not been attained, it was thought that some form of recognition should be mado. Since September 1932, Tozer, who is 21 years of age, had been lying in plastor of paris bed at the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate, suffering from. injury to his spine and an open wound. He would probably have to stay in the bed until well into the winter of this year. Through- out his stay in hospital his un- falling cheerfulness had been, an inspiration to his fellow patients. while his keenness and ablity in scouting were clearly shown by the fact that, Just before, he was taken to hospital, he would dashi from work to help the Wolf Cub Pack on Friday evenings, cycle three miles to ovening einsses at Southall, and cycle. back at 9.30 p.m. to help his Rover Crow re- hearse for a concert.

Tozer's employers, in Uxbridge! Arm of contractors and decora tors, had been as impressed by the cheerful way in which he had borne his sufferings, and by his thoroughneas at work, that they said they would have no hesitation In taking him back into their em- ployment when he regained his health.-

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