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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. ··FRIDAY, ^^ OCTOBER 12, 1934.

STRANGE MAIL FOR BISHOP

CATERPILLAR DIES IN TRANSIT

POST OFFICE CRITICISED.

Italy's Great Experiment

ONE-MAN CONTROL OF NATIONAL ACTIVITY

CORPORATIVE STATE

Rome, Oct: 4.

anniversary

The attention of the Post Office recently was drawn to the letter in The Times from the Bishop of St.

Premier Mussolini's pet dream, Edmundsbury and Ipswich, relating the corporative state, picturesque. to a caterpillar sent through the ly defined by several observers as DoRt.

"an experiment in the one-man The Post Office was not without literature on matters of entomo-control of national activity, i logy: there was the Post Offeo expected to be in working order:

by October 28-the Guide for the purpose of reference of the institution of the Fascist The idea that caterpillara or any regime. other insects could not be trans- mitted successfully through the post was dismissed. Even men and boys, it was pointed out, can be carried at ordinary letter rates, and the department is prepared to carry the Loch Ness monster, if he is found, welghed and stamped- 11⁄2d, for the first two ounces and

additionul d. for every

two ounces. But the fact was officially emphasized more than once that "regulations are regulations," and that the rules governing Post Office procedure are su comprehen- sive that they embrace even enter pillare, bees, and Ineches,

BEES AND LEECHES.

The Bishop told in his letter how

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The Guild's Ministry, from I which the complex plan will be rus, in to cost about 79,000,000 re a year, it is believed, and the various staffs concerned wil) nuni! ber at least 6,000.

The twenty-two corporations which form the backbone of this are officially defined as State "bridges alung across the vertical! lines of workers' syndicates and federations" that employers already exist all over the country. Their task will be to work out the principle underlying the Corpora- tive State, namely State organi zation and control of economic forces,

a correspondent sent him a cater- These corporations will be com- pillar believed to be the larva of posed of delegates from employers a rare species, and how he received and employed as well as from through the post a flattened card-Intermediary "brend winners"

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approved,

board box and a letter from the All the delegates must be mem- Postal Service atating that thebers of the Fascist party and of packet was observed during transit "unblemished political character". to be in a damaged condition. It whose names the Duce himself he

the was therefore forwarded to Returned Letter Section und found- to contain a small dead insect and A few dried leaves. "I have to point out," the letter continued, "that the transmission of any living creature (except beer and leeches)

STUPNÁS, LANGE FAJ

TAILORING TO TRADITION

Tradition through · many years of Tailoring ex perience, combined with the practical application of pro- gressive ideas in the most criticised of all arts, has given Mackintosh's the right to claim for their made-to- measure garments, all

that their patrons have a right to demand and expect.

Fine British cloths ex- pertly cut and made up on the premises under

European supervision.

MACKINTOSH'S. LTD

„TO MAKE

group

The importance of the arrests made by the Shanghai Settlement police when a of ten alleged members of an acıasalvation group were taken from the District Court to Polios-Hand- quarters under escort, is shown by the heavy armed guard which was attached to the prison van. Upper photo shows a section of the police escort in the Municipal compound after the prisoners had besa lock- ad in the van. Lower photo shows the 27 plafols and ammunition seized during the raids which led to the arrest of the ten prisonera. At upper faft is the Mills bomb seized with the pistols and lower left photo shows another highly dangerous gas bomb, alio found in the Rue Retard raid.

WHAT FLAG

TO FLY?

PRINCESS MARINA The twenty-two Corporations PRESENTS POSER - cover every conceivable form of

London, Oct. 7. work, production and output, In-

British officialdom is in a quand cloding: Landowners and tenant farmers; Employers and employed ary as to what fig to 11 when

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Where the Congress of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicins, met in Nanking, the new National Health Administration Building. The Congress ended on October 9,

Groek republic.

Neither would the Russian eagle, for oven the ilammer and Sickle of the Soviets do, although they might be taken to represent Marina's Russian ancestry,

She has connections with the

EMERGENCY -TRAINING

PREPAREDNESS

IN GERMANY

The Magdeburg-Anhalt district recently inaugurated the first training school for protection against natural catastrophes. In addition, the officials of the local labour organlantion have boun en- trusted with the task of instruct- ing the leaders and sub-leaders of the Labour Service in matters per- taining to such protection.

Danish royal house, and this is the flag that may be flown. It might. however, he decided to anticipate her nationality and fly the Union Jack.

Meanwhile. social London is busy preparing for the wedding, Hotel proprietors, caterers, dress makers, tallers, florists and jewel lers all anticipate big business in October and November, the month in which the marriage is scheduled. Some hotels have already received enquiries for accommodation dur In order to render the work ing the wedding week.-United | done as efficient as possible, the Prens.

MORE DRUNKEN

DRIVERS

former hunting lodge of Spitzberg year. Dessau has been converted into a training school. The first !course of instruction was attend- ed by 25 lenders from 11 different jlstricts. The subjects taught include: the fighting of forest fires and Bends, and first aid in such catastrophes as landslides, explo

PROHIBITIONIST conflagrations, railway ac-

BROADSIDE

Washington, Sept. 28.

cidents, the bursting of dams and dykes, damage resulting from hurricanes and cloud-bursts, etc.

Partienlar value is attached to One of the first major broad- sides of the Prohibitionists since rapid intelligence service, a the repeal of the Dry Lawa capacity for quick orientation charged that arrests for drunk sketch-drawing, and ability to enoss during the first three months training at the school itself is operate optical instruments. The of this year increased 31.68 per upplemented by visits to other cent. over the Corresponding parts, whilst a practical demons-

period of 1833.

tration of the work taught will be The report bristled with statis- held at the. conclusion of each ties comesures compiled from the police

and comparative analyses of course of training.

blotters of 192 cities. It was

by post except with the special per-connected with all forms of in-Princess Marina of Greece mission of the Postmaster-General dustry; Trade, agricultural pro-to stay in England: in prohibited." The departmental

in-1

The Princess is shortly paying issued by Mr. Dects Pickett. disorderly conduct decreased 4.21 ofleinls appeared to enjoy the duce, mining, banking and humorous vein in which the Bishopsurance, sea, air and land trans-an official visit to the King and secretary of the Research and por cont.

"There is an alarming increase replied to what was described as port, liberul professions, hawkers Queen, the parents of her husband- Education Department, Board of

Prohibition and in arrests for drunkeness in for in-

n "routine lotter." But the Bishop's | of newspapers, ice-cream, old to-be, Prince George. But Prin-Temperance, criticism of the postal regulations clothes, rags and bottles, street ceas Marina has no country, and Publie Morals of the Methodist industrial communities;

stance, Coatesville, Pa., shows an

caused nome resentment,

therefore no flag. It would not be Episcopal Church.

He said that arrests for driving increase of 700 per cent. for the und white Greek flag, because Brit-while drunk increased 14.96 per boer porlod and 1,100 per cent. for jain has friendly relations with the 'cent, but "strangely", arrosta foritno repeal perlod," he continued.

An official said: "We are an musicians, door-keepers, commer- tactful to fly the old Imperial blue xious that the Post Office should be rial travellers, and so on. used in every way possible to give definite service to the public. Bees and leeches are allowed to be ment by letter or parcel post be cause they are of commercial value. Leeches are used very largely by the medical profession, and it hus

Each man and woman who earns or draws, income from ving property will be tiarshalfed under,¦ and pay dues to. a State-controlled | organisation.

been a common practice to transfer This colossal task of putting bees from one part of the country to another for the purpose of in every worker in the proper cate creasing or improving the stock on 150 is so complicated that the bee farm. The Post Office also make-up of the various organisa- permits to be sent through the tious has been changed over and letter post articles for medical ex-over again and the end, even now, amination or analysle." The om- not yet in sight.

clnl quoted from the regulations,

which state that deleterious guide

or substances. though otherwise are arrangements in regard to live prohibited from transmission by animals, which can be sent by ex- post, may be sent for medical ex-press delivery if they are confined amination or analysis to a recogbeen a common thing for boys to in a suitable receptacle. It has. nized medical, laboratory or in- stitute, or to a medlent practitionere sent through the post. They go letter rate, the charge being se-

or veterinary surgeon, by letter cording to the weight of the boy. poston no account by parcel Recently a man posted himself in post-but the liquid or substance must be enclosed in a receptacle that way, and he was taken to the hermetically seated or otherwise

address by a telegraph messenger. securely cloned. Live bees and if a man desired to be sent to a leeches are allowed to pass by letter latant part of the country, he would be taken to the railway

or parcel post on condition that they station, handed over by the post- are sent in suitable cases and Oman to the charge of the guard, packed as to avold all risk of injury and at the man's destination he to officers of the Post Office or to would be placed in the care of a .other packets.

postman, who would deliver him at the desired address.

INSECTS BY PERMISSION.

"The caterpillar to which the

"In the case of the caterpillar Bishop refers," the official added, referred to in The Times, if it had was apparently sent in a thin card- been placed in a properly packed board box, which would obviously container, probably the Bishop Buffer damago under the load of would have received it. The Post ordinary packets placed in the Ofice is anxious to do everything samo mail-bag. There have been it can to serve the public, and cases where surious damage has where it is desired to send any been caused by packets which have particular insect, or any number of not complied with the regulations. live insects, other than bees and Permission may be obtained to send leeches, application should be made. Insects and other things. There to the Post Office."

All ranks of the Shanghai Settlement Police joined in paying their last respects to Van Nyohkus, vetaren Chinesa detective of Lousa Station, who was shot down in the Lester Chlaste Hospital in one of the mort audacious crimes aver perpetrated in Shanghal. Abova is shown a portion of the long funeral procession carrying banners which told of how a brave man died. Below-a group of high official await the passing of the cortege. From left to right ars shown Deputy Commisaloner R. C. Alura, Captain R. M. J. Martin, Extra Commissioner, Major F. W. Gerrard, Commissioner, Brig.-Gen.

E. B. Macnaghton, Vice-Chairman of the Council, and Assistant Commissioner T. M. Yae.

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