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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 12,

1938.

-PETS' CORNER OFFERS MOSTLY SMILES-

TORTOISE CAME OUT OF HIS SHELL DURING SERMON

Animals at Home recently took the (news) limelight-the tortoise that went to church; the African bush-baby that plays hide-and-seek; the mon- key house-raider; otcetera, etcetera.

JACKIE'S JAUNT IN THE PEW

DETECTIVE HUNTS CAT KILLER

Cats, alas, bring a tragic note First Jackie, the tortoise, He caused consternation In St. into Pet's Corner. Paul's, Beckenham (Kent).

Yes, Sir,

That's My Baby!

the

"Petting"

Parties In Cinema

Petting parties go on every Saturday night in a disused cinema hall in the Broadway, Wimbledon, S.W.. sny local people, and they demand that the bullding should be pulled down.

The cinema has been closed for years. Tho' doors broken open. or many Later. Luxy, kitten-like but with more than two large eyes and cars, was claimed by have been his owner, Mr. Frederick Sibbald of censions by youths from neighbour-

Gate,

Mr. Ing dunce halls. Kensington. Vicarage Sibbald told a News Chronicle porter:

Then there is Luxy, African bush-baby, which, found There has arrived at Holbrook, in Kensington Garden was sent On their way to the church two village of vanishing cals near Ips to the Zoo. wisters saw Jackie ambling out from Wich, Mr. William Coombs, plain- detective from Our Dumb clothes beneath pile of leaves in the street.

Friends League, London, They took him with them and set

Ile is seeking the killer of more him on a hassock on the seat

Coombs has than 100 cals. Mr. their pow

made a tour of the village, taking For a time he was as inanimate as statements in his notebook from a stone image, but while the Arch-families whose pets have fallen vic-

was preaching the tins to the unknown slayer. bishop of York

The detective sold: "I shall carry sermon Jackle decided suddenly to go! astrolling.

01 my investigations until I have found the culprit.

of

An

13 am confident of muccess. anonymous letter in my possession contains an important clue."

MOVING HANDKERCHIEF

covered him Hantily, the sisters with a handkerchief, but that did not alop his perambulating and people in the pew behind were antonished to see a handkerchief moving along the place of those killed have been re- sent,

Scores of letters, offering cats in

ceived by Mr. Charles Lamb, cat- The verger was called and the tor-lovers champion of Holbrook. tolse was bundled into a cupboard in the porch among the unused hymn books. There he remained until the slaters claimed him after the ser- vice.

Jackle" is the

name the sisters have given him.

The verger said that it was the Arst time he had been called upon to look after an animal in church, "I don't fancy myself in charge of menagerie." he added.

CUPBOARD CARE

Nine-year-old Susan Green of Oakhill, Bath, wrote: "My cat Smut had Ave kittens yesterday and I would like you to have one as Daddy end in the paper that you have lost your cat.

The Zoo authorilles were puzzled by a report that a "large grey-brown bird, 3ft. high, apparently a yawny from the Zoo," had been seen at primcose Hill. No

bird is missing from the Gardens.

re-

"I missed him three weeks ago, but didn't worry, because I thought he was hibernating somewhere in the house.

"During the summer he hid him- self in the radio set. When I turned it on he came out.

BEHIND THE BATH

"It's disgraceful," sald Mr. W. Ellis, who lives opposite. "Every week-end couples from the dance halls go into the place after the dances and stop there for hours. I have

Hiem coming out at all hours of the morning.

seen

"We have called the police many times, but they can only turn the people out.

"At other thnes he hides himself behind the bath.

"The doors have been nailed up "Although he looks a gentle crea-more than once by neighbours, but ture he's got a powerful nip in his they have been torn open again."

wear leather feel, and 1 usually gloves when I handle him."

"Well into the small hours of the morning the noise of these dance hall couples and other rowdies who con- gregate there keeps us awake," said is t Mr. H. Robbins. "The place mennee and something must be done mon-about it."

THE MONKEY ON THE TABLE

Of course, there would be

Chelms- key. He spent a night in ford police station cell after being Ginger,

a chestnut gelding who caught in a West Hanningfield bun- served throughout the war and was low. The Rev. E. P. Laycock, of St. severely wounded in

Entering by a window, the red- the second Paul's, sald: "I heard that someone battle of Ypres, has been painlessly faced invader was helping himself to hind found a tortoise and brought it destroyed on account of age (34) by food from the kitchen table when with them, and that I decided to order of his owner, Colonel F. Mrs. Cottingham, the occupier, ar- take a stroll. The verger took care Skinner, of Toddington Manor, Dun-rived home. of it in a cupboard till the end of stable.

the service.

"The Archbishop of York was "It seems that the occasion was so

tortoise preaching and the Mayor and Coun- important that the

ell of Beckenham were present. ulong too!"

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Later he was "balled out" to a veter- inary surgeon, who will keep him until he is claimed or until offered police consider home which the satisfactory.

A LARGE RANGE OF

FROM NEW YORK LESS 30%

Lucille

TAI PING BLDG.

EMPIRE NEWS

STRIKE RIOTING IN BOMBAY

Bombay.

A one-day strike organised by the Bombay Trade Union Congress to protest at the passage of the Trades Disputes Bilt led to violence recently, In which 25 people were injured.

The bill, to which objection was tuken, was sponsored by the Congress Ministry and passed the Legislature during the week-end.

The Government was prepared to allow a peaceful strike, but banned coercion and violence. Extra police were drafted to meet emergencles, but the strike failed everywhere except in Bombay City. Even here most factorles were unaffected.

Incensed at the failure of their efforts the strikes grew militant and stoned the car of the Congress Home Minister, Mr. K. M. Munshi. They nssaulted loyal workers and attacked the police.

The police fired once, wounding two of the crowd. Stones thrown by the strikers injured 23 persons, in- cluding seven of the police.

MOLASSES ROADS

Calcutta.

Molasses roads in India are pre- dicted D

by H. D. Sen, who foresees the conversion of nearly 400,000 tons of molasses annually from India's 150 sugar factories into road surfacing at cheap comparative cost. A mixture of coal tar and asphalt would provide 6,870 miles of roads per annum, he глуб and solve India's pressing problem of what to do with molasses.

AUSTRALIA

FEDERAL CABINET

CHANGES

Canberra,

Mr. J. A. Lyons, Federal Prime Minister; announced the following changes in the Cabinet recently.

Defence Naval, Military and Air -Lt. Col. G. A. Street, replacing Mr. H. V C. Thorby.

Postmaster General — Mr A. G. Cameron, replacing Senator McLach- Ian, resigned.

Mr. Thorby is given charge of a new Cabinet post of Civil Air De- tence and General Works.

Mr. R. G: Menzies remalna Attorney-General and Minister for

Industry.

JOUST

Mr. Lyons maid the six senlor Ministers would deal with major matters of national significance and Government policy. The remainder of the Cabinet would be divided into two sub-committees, to be presided over by one of the three senior Ministers. JAMAICA

EMIGRANTS TO CUBA IN POVERTY

Kingston. According to a Jamaican who has returned from Cuba after 10 years' residence in that country, large num- bers of his countrymen are suffering hardships there. They would like to return to Jamaica "owing to the attitude of the Cubans in refusing

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