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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1936.
Rat-Catcher Blows Up
ALHAMBRA A Villa AIR RAID SAFETY
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BUT HE KILLED
THE RATS
Paris, Dec. 15.
A REMOVAL contractor
who rented a smart villa
in a suburb of ́Paris found to his dismay that the slumbers of himself and his family were disturbed by mice which scampered about the altics.
Further, the Persian carpets which had been laid on the ground floor showed signs of having been gnawed | by rats,
To get rid of the pests the man engaged the services of R profes- alonal rat-catcher, and while this omdial was at work the tenant of the vilin and 115
his family lodged at an hotel adjoining.
About six o'clock one evening there was a terrible explosion, and although it is safe to say that after it there was not à mouse or a rat living, It must also be confessed that the vin was ruined.
FLOORS CRASH
The attles were blown into the air: while the second and third storeys of the building crashed on to the ground floor, smothering rodents and furni lure alike.
From all this arise three cases.
court
The owner of the villa is summoning
the tenant for damages.
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All Under Cover
Seven Minutes
After
Warning
SEVEN minutes after enemy bombers cross the coast, Britain will be taking cover in gas-proof rooms at home and putting on State-provided gas-masks.
These seven minutes are the limit be Elven dormant set by the Air Raid Preenutions De-1 partment for warning the country of
raid.
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Wing-Commander A. H. S. Steele- Perkins explained recently in London to the Public Health Congress how the Government's safety-in-air-raid plans are being completed.
Thousands of people will be eva- cuated from dinger zones to the country by tube and rallway. Plans are being worked out in detail for a voluntary system.
Slum Danger
Wing-Commander Steele-Perkins declared that he had visitedl 8,000 slunt houses in London.
"Thousands," he said "cannot under any conditions be made gas-proof,”
Plans for combating peril from the air were frankly discussed in this
way.
Approach of War-Loen! author ties will be kept informed of diploma- the tension, and safety plans would be put into operallon.
contracts for supply of material within 48 hours.
Gas masks and bleaching powders will be stored, and facilities given for civilian training in anti-gas measures.
Local authorities, said this Govern- ment spokesman, could not be ex- pected to build gas-proof shelters all over the country. That," he said, "is the responsibility of the factory owners and of the householders."
Keep Indoors.-That was the part. ing word of advice.
Gunman Felled
Paris, Dec. 15. A man named Jean Stefany was visiting his wife's grave near here to-day when shots were fired and his companion, wounded.
called Paoletti, feli
The assailant, maned Fouta, took O to his heels, but was felled by a grave-digger with a wooden cross..
Puoletti was taken to hospital in a Lighting Power, and Water-serious condition and the police took London, south-east and cast coasts charge of Foata.
and industrial midlands will be Stefany was acquitted on a charge:
lacked mit. Co-operation be-of having shot and wounded Foata. tween adjoining authorities to main- tuin supplier.
Incendiary Bombs. These ure The tenant replies that the damage is greatest danger. Fire brigades will the direct result of rats and mice deal with people in burning build- which the owner has no right toings; rescue parties will tackle people tolerate.
fre.
The tenant is suminoning the profes-all other buildings not affected by
sional rat-entcher as the party re- sponsible for the damages.
The rat-catcher replies that if the tenant or his agent had not struck with a match, the poisonous gas which the villa had been filled to icil the rots would not have ex- ploded.
Finally, the rat-catelier is suing the Lenant for the price of his services,
First Aid Posts.-Plan prepared on basis of worst possible conditions. Contractors, it was suggested, should
Python Drama
New York, Dec. 20. Dancing with a python wound round her neck, a variety artist hamed Hazel Ariel has narrowly escaped a ghastly death.
The 7ft reptile suddenly tightened its coils during her act.
Stage hands and other performers
alleging that there is no longer a' rat | behind the scene rushed on to the or mouse in the villa-or what re-stage, and, after a struggle, they mains of it-and therefore he has managed to tear the snake off the
girl-Reuter. fulfilled.bis contract.
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