1937-08-26 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1937.

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66 CHINA DETERMINED TO BE RID OF OPIUM SCOURGE”

Mission To Study

Colony Monopoly

CONCESSIONS. HINDER

PLAN

THE Nanking Government is determined to rid China of the scourge of opium, but it is proving an anxious and difficult task," declared Mr. F. S. Chien to the Straits Times last week, when he arrived from China by the P. and O. liner Kaiser-I-Hind with another China Government representative, Mr. F. S. Yu, to study the opium monopoly in Singapore,

"China's six-year plan to wipe out opium smoking still has 3 years to run," added Mr. Chien. "Frankly we are not making much headway and that is why we are getting anxious: time is getting short and we want to find the quickest way to accomplish our work.

Death For 1,300 Drug Pedlars

"We are particularly anxious

to see in operation the Singapore opiam factory which is a Gov- ernment monopoly.

"in China £9 Government does not manufacture opim although

It distributes it to registered smok- ers. The aim 1 to reduce the number of smokers and the amount of opium per smoker unt. In a few years none remain."

IN EARNEST

Mr. Chien said the Central Govern- ment was in deadly earnest in its desire to suppress the oplum evil. However, international co-operation!

ARIADES

SKY TRIP-Dr. Jean Piccard in the gondola of the Pleiades, just before he look off on his experimen- tal Right from Ruchester, Minn., with a small balloons as a lifting device. The flight ended six hours later in a treetop near Lansing lawa, 118 mites away. The gondola burst into themes, destroying Dr. Plecard's recording instruments, but he said he learned much about a prospective voyage into the stratosphere later.

ENGLAND'S £12 For Nothing-Brides

BATHLESS

TOWNS

80 HAVE NO SWIMMING-BATH

(By Robert Walthunan)

was essential. Some of the foreign EIGHTY British

concessions were a diflculty, as they) harboured smugglers,

towns, with populations of more

"There are actually factories for than 25,000, have no muni- the manufacture of morphine in

Too Shy To To

ONLY TWO WIVES

CLAIMED ·

some of the foreign concessions," cipal swimming-bath, Mr. honest britte, born in the

"Wanted: A young.

said Mr. Chten:

"China oppreciate the assistance Great Britain has given in checking the traffic in oplum und narcotles. By stopping entirely the export of opium

from India to China Great Britain has made amends for elremstances which

caused the "Oplum War" in the! middle of the last century,

DEATH PENALTY

of £12."

ולוסין

ond

City of

two replies to this advertisement.

Philip Noel-Baker, M.P., tells London, in eulleet a marriage dowry the Health Congress,

Reason: Most of the town! The City of London received unty councils and district coun- though there were marriage dowries cils concerned have not yet of 12 each for three young girls, been convinced that a swim-Favale. bequest..

left under the Signer Pasquinle ming- bath is sufficiently

"Death is the lot of those who are, convicted of dealing in or using necessary or valuable Arvoties, including heroin and mor

One had to go back in the per- tofmanent brides' fund.

phine. Last year 1.300 were executed justify a charge on the local These dowries are awarded an-

on these charges.

"For trafficking Megally in opiumi

rates.

unily by the Law and City Courls Committee. Usually they have to Most of the all-the-year-round, select three deserving brines from a and for smoking it without a permit covered-in. swimming-baths run pile of applicants and define in the various penalltles are provided."

Alter investigating opium control in by municipal authorities are restrictest sense. Signor Favale's Singapore I hope to make a similar turning a loss. visit to Java, where there also is an oplum factory."

1...

Accompanying them are two ex perts, Mr. P. Y. Loo and Mr. C. Ma, und three other inen.

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of PYORRHEA

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meaning-"three poor, young, honest | IN LENINGRAD-This London-born Some (but by no means all) of the women born in the City of London, variety artist, Mrs. Eva Lowenburg, open-air pools show proflis, though married within twelve calendar has been imprisoned for several they are working to capacity during months," only about four months of the year.

months charged with espionage and terrorism. COSTS VARY

Held One Over Perplexed at this sudden decline honest" brides, the

dowries Kave

to the

to the £100

The cost to ratepayers of swim in "poor and ming-bath service municipalities are committees providing varies considerably.

In the London area 28 Metropolitan two applicants, placed boroughs are paying from 3d. in the us

balance

(ut Kensington and Westminster) rial charity.

to 1s. 143. in the

(at Bethnal

Green) of their annual rate for baths

and wash-houses.

Greater London, with a population of 8,500,000, has 60 swimming stations! (19 open-air) controlled by L.C.C., Metropolitan boroughs of Office of Works.

the

Manchester has 16 "bathing eslab- lishments" (some containing more) than one bath) and right open-air pouls for a population of 776,020 people.

NECESSARY SERVICE

Most of the large towns and eltles -and many of the small places. some of which have bullt swimming poola

costing as litle as £1,000— have accepted the principle that a swimming bath is as necessary a service as are parks and recreation ground services.

A growing number of them offer) free swimming.

To persuade reluctant authorities that swimming facilities are a neces- sity, for national fitness will be one of the tasks of the local uren committees) to be appointed under the new Act. SURVEYING FACILITIES

This allows Government grants to municipalities and voluntary bodies rendy to build centres that will help forward the national "Filter Britain" drive.

An official of the National Advisory! Council for Physical Fitness said yes- terday thot, now that the Act Isi passed, the urea committees will be set up at the earliest possible moment, It will be their job to survey the local faciles that exist and to en- courage' fresh schemes,

The 80 towns with no swimming- baths will be tackled among the rest. They will not be able to hold out much longer.

The London County Council has been discussing a plea for a better word than "Lido"-the modern term for the modern swimming pool- which, with its sunbathing centre, Its MULLER, MACLEAN & CO., INC. cafe and its loud-speaker music, is a little bit more than a swimming pool.

to

Two reasons are put forward for the the poor response. Once Is that brides are becoming too proud third

The apply_for_charity.

other that memo- there are fewer marriages within the City of London's boundaries.

RELEASE OF BRITISH SHIPS

DEMANDED

Sir Henry Chilton, Briliste Am- bassador at Hendaye, has received Instructions from London to make a formal demand for the immediate re- lease of the three British ships-the 'Molton (3,091 tons), the Candleston Castle (2,494 tous) and the Mirupanu 2,539 tons)—which are held by Gen- cral Franco.

The Molton was captured on July 14, and the Candleston Custle three duys later, when they were altempt- ing to enter Santander.

The Mirupa was captured July 27 uit Gijon (northern Spain).

On

The British Government have al- ready addressed a note to General Franco about the Mollon, but the keply was considered quite unsatis- factory, as it merely stated the cir- cumstances of the ship's "arrest" by the Almirante Cervera.

The new request from the British Government has been sent to Sala- manca. No time it has been set, but it is asked that the release shall take place at an early date.

There is no indication of the steps which the British Government will take if the demand is not complied with. Unofficially, it is thought that the crews of the ships have been released.

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