1937-11-20 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20,

1937.

Now the wintry days have arrived, the birds and animals at the London Zoo are being given cod liver oil to prevent colds, Even the Pellenn gets his ration as the picture illustrates,

Sharks Invade

Of

Shores

Britain

SCIENTISTS ARE PUZZLED

WHAT is happening round the

sharks will be found in increasing

numbers here."

Whitehall, represented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, is not perturbed.

shores of Britain. to make 1937 a record year for sharks? Will the 3011. basking sharks which

"Sharks appear fairly regularly in altack Clyde fishermen, smashing boats, ruining nets, despolling her the north, and the people in Scotland ring and salmon ßthing grounds—|scem very concerned about it," snid even causing the loss of three lives by an official. "But their appearance in capsizing 0 sailing skiff-become other places is spasmodic, and lias not permanent menace?

renched serious proportions."

Will they infest British waters in greater numbers in future?

Fishermen of the South-East Coast then uppehensive recently when shoal of

sharks appeared_urnong | the white-bait bonts in the Thames Estuary off Southend.

"At the moment we cannot tell why sharks have appeared in such incredibly large numbers off Britain this year," said Mr. P: Hartley, of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Ply- mouth, to the News Chronicle.

THE HERRINGS' DIET

"From reports which have reached |

Buckets Of Blood

2 Tons Used In Spain This Year

Two-and-a-half

tons DI

blood

us we can only say that it has been lave been used for transfusions on

a 'good year for sharks, in the same the various battle fronts in Spain way that 1937 hans been a good year since January. formackerel.

The blood transfusion service was We attribute the mackerel to started in January by a Canadian Norman Bethune. spring, with favourable sea physician, Dr. sunny conditions in March and April; but Since then, it has grown into 11 because of their migratory habits we tremendous organization, practically cannot altribute the glut of sharks the work being now done by to the same cause.

Spaniards.

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WORLD MADE SAFE

FOR AGGRESSORS

PRINCESS

TALKS OF

REVIVED

ROMANCE

MISS LLOYD GEORGE INDICTS PREMIER

Margate, Oct. 16.

Miss Megan Lloyd George, in her presidential address to the conference of the Women's Liberal Federation here Princess Lichnowsky, widow of the to-day, gave the Government, and Mr. Neville Chamber- Ambas-lain in particular, one of the severest lambastings they man who was Germany's sador London when war broke out have suffered for some time. In 1014, will shortly Englishman, according to the Dally Express. She is now at her villa in Cup d'All, Bear Monte Carlo.

marry un

Major Ralph Peto, her sweetheart

When she sat down the cheering lasted for more than a minute, and a proposal that a full report of her speech should be circulated among Liberals in the country is to

of thirty-seven years ago, proposed be considered by the Women's Executive. to her again recently on the French Riviera. She accepted him.

Interviewed in the liner Greisna at Southampton, on her way to the Riviera, this charming, cultured wo- mon of the work spuke shyly of her

romance:

"It is so kind of everybody to take an interest in two elderly people," she said.

The princess is in the attles, tall, Inir, dark-eyed, and looks ten years

younger.

She went on: "Naturally, I am very happy.

"It is true that w were very much in love many years ago. Now we are In love again.

C-

"We met in Monte Carlo by cident.

mestioned Major Poto marriage, and we discussed it once or twice afterwards.

"The actual proposal came fishing letter when he was Czechoslovakia.

With masterly irony, before been withdrawn within that time, the demanding an economic boycott arms and munitions would be given to the legal Spanish Government, and of Japan, Miss Megan assailed no "friendly advice" would be given the Government's foreign record to during the last two years.

France against opening the Pyrennean frontier for this purpose.

TREATIES DEFIED

Eighteen months ago, she declared, one war of aggression was drawing to a successful issue. Mussolini had Government to just brought civilisation to Abyssinin method of by the very successful wiping out of the backward natives,

*SO SENSIBLE" We applied sanctions to Italy, but was imperative very carefully. It they should not be carried too far.

Sanctions on oil? No! No! These sxgressors are so sensitive, so apt to: resent criticismi

"And so sanctions falled, because they were taken off at the very mo by ment they were beginning to be suc-,

cessful.

In

"I expect we shall be married at a

"Never mind, the Government says, we kept the country out of war, but the question is this: Is our security

register office in London on Nov. 30 against war less or more than it was?

or Dec. 1. Afterwards there will be

church ceremony somewhere Paddington.

"I am a Roman Catholic. Pelo is High Church.

"Can there be any security in a in world where aggression is not only not punished, but is in danger of be- Majoring rewarded and receiving the bless-

of the League?

"I am afraid my chlidren will not be present. My eldest son-he is married-s in New York, my second boy is in Brazil, and my daughter well I don't know where she is.

"She went to Peking to lecture at the university there for two years. We have had no news of her since lie Chinese trouble started. I am very worried about her."

SLANDER OVER GARDEN FENCE

"Cat-Burglar" Cry To Neighbours.............. FARTHING DAMAGES AGAINST WOMAN

for

D

Ing

SAFE FOR AGGRESSORS "The policy that has been pursued by the present Government has made the world safe for aggression."

|

On China, the resolution urged the recognise Japanese aggression as open war in defiance of treaty engagements; to lose no time in following up President Roosevelt's speech, and to take a vigorous initia- tive in pressing in conjunction with the U.S.A. and other Powers for the restoration of the principle of the sanctity of International treaty ohl gations by taking concerted and effec

ve steps for the immediate stopping of all Japanese imports.

Conference was then cloquently persuaded by Miss Aline Mackinnon to pass a

15s a resolution calling on the Government to co-operate with the U.S.A., the Oslo Powers and all will- ing Governments for the abolition of tariffs, quotas and subsidies,

KING BORIS

DRIVES EXPRESS

Then, Miss Lloyd George con- tinued, "came unother act of Italian aggression-lo pain-but the tech nique was different

this time. "Mussolini sent a

representative to sit on the Non-Intervention Commit- tee in London, while he himself poured troops and ammunition Into Spain, and German troops wiped out,{ He had his wish recently, and with fire and slaughter, one of the when he jumped off the engine, most ancient and beautiful Basque his white overalls covered with

EVER since he read of the re-

cord put up by the LM.S. Coronation Scot locomotive, King Boris of Bulgaria has wanted to stand on her footplate with his hand on the throttle.

cities.

grease, smoke-stains and soot,

"When I read of that I remen he said: "It was beautiful!"

bered Lord Londonderry's com

plaint in the House of Lords that

He had driven the world-famous

Je the utmost dimeulty in pre-train from Euston to Bletchley at n serving the use of the bombing, top speed of 88 m.p.h, and on on- acroplane.

other express made the return trip From Spain to China-3,000 Inno- of 06 miles at an average speed of cents at Canton, said Miss Lloyd: 02.3 m.p.li. George, were killed in 15 minutes.

BRINGING PEACE TO CHINA

That was the Japanese method of bringing peace to the Orlent, of seelt ing China's co-operation, to bring

about a new era.

Minister's attitude.

Minister is the man for that.

"1

have been driving engines and riding on them for 27 years," he said to a little, group at Euston, "but I have never had such a wonderful trip as this."

BACK ON FOOTPLATE

"Temperatures do ne keem to Blood is taken in bottles from the

King's ambition they brought out the When the L.M.S. heard of the affect them. Their natural food, transfusion bases to the front-line

Stories of remarks shouted by plankton drifting wes-ilce, which, hospitals. When not immediately

Across women neighbours

Miss Megan attacked the Prime Coronation Scot for a special run. they filter through their gills-thrive, required, the blood is preserved In

The complete Coronation Scot was which

garden fence were told during however in cold waters.

refrigerators

keep i at a

used, with nine conches, but there Unfortunately, plankton Is

the hearing of a slander action the correct temperature,

"These aggressors,” she repealed, were only ten passengers, including staple diet for herrings. That enormously recently, and there are The list of donora sus increased

in the King's Bench Division.

"Are so sensitive. They must be the King's A.D.C.: Mr. E. J. H why the Northern herring fisher-

farthing were

delicately handled, and the Prime Lemon, vice-president; and Mr. W. roughly

Damages of one 5,000 people on the men have been having

1. Stanier. chief mechanical en- much now trouble with sharks.

koolts of the organization, who have awarded by a jury to Mrs. Emily

"He's got the touch. He doesn't gineer, who designed the engine. called Annie Wilson, widow, of Carnarvon

He'll go con In Mr. Frank Bishop, of Camden, one "Thresher sharks, a species having given their blood and can

Itoad, Barnet, who sued Mrs. Sarah mind a snub or two. a longer tail than the basking kind, upon to do so again.

Ann Gray, 78, of Spylton Road, hand again and again, but I don't of the company's royal drivers, was have also played havoc with nets in

darnoges caned her a cat-burglar. Barnet, ur

having think that is the way to deter or strike on the footplate with the King. seme places.

Mrs. Gray Lerror into the hearts of aggressors." the words (Cheers,) dented that she spoke

U.S.A'S OFFER

A special train walled at Bletchley complained ol

to bring the royal party back. King Giving evidence Mrs. Wilson sald

Referring to President Roosevelt's! Boris preferred to travel on the foot- that she had her fence made higher recent speech. Miss Megan sald It was: plate of the Royal Scot engine Duke because of unpleasantness caused through neighbours talking over then noble declaration which presented of Wellington's Regiment, which he guruens about her daughter, who had an opportunity to retrieve the blund-drove at over 80 m.p.h. His special was running in front of the Heysham ers of the past five years, been ul and was ordered by the doctor to get all the sunshine she almost any other country on her im-

Japan was more dependent than bont express.

At Euston Sir Josiah Stamp pre- ports from abroad, and it was up to sented him with a copy of the graphs

of the run and with an 18m-ùng t On September 17, 1936, she heard this country to propose meelic mea model of the Coronation Scot. Before Mrs. Gray shout to another neigh-|sures for an economic boycott of bour, had a cat-burglar last Japan at the Nine-Power Conference wiped his hands with a greasy rag.

he accepted the gifts the King might. Mrs. Wilson broke mto my

us take care," Miss Lloyd house." She had no doubt that 11 George concluded, "that we do not, a was Mrs. Gray's voice, shouting to o second time, throw away an offer of neighbour two gardens away.

American co-operation. (A reference to Mr. Stimson's 1932 offer.]

The donors are mainly women, some of whom have given us many as a dozen times within ten months. Never more than half-a-litre NOT "MAN-EATER"

(seven-eighths of u pint) are taken "But neither is a 'man-eater.' from a donor at one time. British waters would have to become The cost of running the organiza- tropical before the recognised man- tion In the four mnin centres of eating shorts appeared.

Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona

and "Because of their nomadle hablis, Jaen equals the expense of running no one can say

whether basking a fairly large metropolitan hospital.

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could in the garden.

Mr. Justice Charles: Two gardens nway! Want a jolly place to live! (Laughter).

"Mrs. Gray." Mrs. Wilson contin- ued, "nela up a pair of trousers on a pole as high as she could so that everyone could see, and said to my daughter, *This is what

the matter with you. This is what you want." (Laughter.).

Let

"But I havo an uncomfortable the Prime: feeling, after reading Minister's Scarborough speech, that; he is more cordial in his wish for an agreement with aggressor llaly than in his desire, to take action with America for the restraint of the Japanese aggressor."" Mrs. Corbett Ashby then moved an "international" resolution, which was unanimously carried.

Mrs. Gray, in evidence, denied

After alfacking the dilatory foreign | that she held trousers up on a pole: and made a remark 10 Miss Wilson. policy of the British Government and The trousers were washed and hung a lack of vision and constructive up in the garden 18 months before certed stand to save the peace of the initiative at Geneva, it urged a con- "When Mrs. Wilson called round world, and welcomed the Nyon ar at my house," Mrs. Gray added, "ahe rangement as evidence that the law- was in a temper and I asked her to abiding States have still the power to. She put her foot in the door to and determination, on occasion, to prevent mo shutting it. Finally Mrs. Wilson said, 'I will fetch a police- man, and I said, Felch one for me, too," (Laughter.),

reslat successfully the ever-increasing Inwless outbreaks of violence.

It demanded that the Government should steadily refuso to recognise the Asked whether she had quarrelled the Government, in face of Musso- fruits of aggression in Abyssinia; that with another neighbour, Mrs. Gray lini's insolent commendation of the replied: "No, I have not been

Italian armies in Spain should (1) friendly enough with her."

recognize the fallure of so-called non- Mr. Justice Charles refused to intervention; (2) set a time limit to grant costs, and said that the jury's the Italian tactles of delay:. (81) pn-

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