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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 12,

28 BABIES RUSHED TO SAFETY FROM MYSTERY EPIDEMIC

2 WOMEN ON HEROIN CHARGE

Two well-dressed Women were remanded on ball at Dow Street recently charged with being con- cerned in possessing three packets of powder believed to be heroin,

They were Doris Michael (30). described as of no occupation; and Violet Nash (20), dreramaker, of Castletown Road, West Kensington,

Detective-Sergeant Higgins, of the Flying Sqund, nahl the pollee wished to have the powder analyzed, and was possible that there wont be a further charge uarter the Dangerous Drum Act.

There is undoubtedly a lot more of the property about," he added, "and if these women are allowed bud we feel they will prevent our making Inquiries in a proper mammer,”

"FURTIVE"

Women

All Night Watch

Doctors and nurses were recently anxiously watching 27 out of 28. babies who had been rushed from a children's institution Hexham, Newcastle, Walkergate Infectious Dis- euses Hospital-after an outbreak of a mystery dis-

ease.

at to

Six babies died at the institu- tion, which is now temporarily closed,

Originally 28 babies were reinoved, but one has since died.

Parents near the home, which Is known as the Hexham Nursery and run Jointly by Hexham Urban Connell and Northumber- land County Council, have been alarmed as the possibility of the epidemir, rumoured at first to bo InfantBe paralysis, spreading through the distrlei, Reassurance has been given by the local Medical Onleer of Health, Dr. Graham Patton, who belleven that it will not spread.

Give evidence of arrest, Sergeant Higgins sald that with Sergeant Woolway he saw the two meet in the Green Park Under- ground Station and was attracted by the furtive manner which they looked around.

Nush took a packet from a hand- bag and handed it to Micinel, who | quickly concealed It in her clảthing | I understood that the babies and left the station.

died from septle pneumonia,

jrt

STILL A MYSTERY

He followed, but she disappeared. The Medical Superintendent of Balf an hour later Michael rejoined | Walkergate Hospital sald: "The Nash. She was about to hand Nash bubles we have here range in age something when she looked in his from, nine weeks. A post-mortem direction. She spoke to Nash and the was made on the baby that died, but women parted.

it was not possible to establish the origin of the disease.

IN THE TAXI

They were taken to Vine Street in axicab, On the way Michael pul her hand down by her sicle. He told her to keep her hands in front.

Later, there was found Inside the enb a packet which Nash had been seen to hand to Michael in the station.

When

told that The packet was believed to contain heroin, Nash said: "If you any it is, it is"

Michael safet don't know what

heroin is."

WATER IN MEDICINE

London.

ment's claim that the use of water in

Septle pneumonia was the cause, but that was only a phate of it."

SUICIDE AT 72

more than

London.

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Lawes of Copse Coltage, Ridge, near Eastleigh, pshire, have been a devoted emple for

Afty years. Mr. Lawes, who was 72, had been an invalid for a long period and had been contined to bed. Her husband, a 73-year-old rippled farm labourer, had been her constant companion and rendered her every possible little service. The old man was summoned to his wife's bedside and she said, Hull Corporation Water Depart-bye, dear, I am going to leave you, "Slake my hand and king me good

I have drunk his surgery by a doctor for dilution Soon afterwards die wille-haired old

all my medicine. of medicines rendered him liable to lady was dead. A verdict of Suicide be charged cade rate has been re while the balance of her mind was jected by Sir Reginald Mitel disturbed was revneded at the inquest, Banks, Hull County Courk judga dismissed with costs the netton brought against Dr. Duncan Fergu- son Yuille of Beverly Road, Hull, for i recovery of the trade charge. It had been laid down, he stated, that the Court she inquire only into the character of the purpose for which the water was used. He held that the water used by Dr. Yuille was in fact for domestic purposes.

He

Police Job Coveted

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More than 100 applicants, many of them former army and navy men, tenk civil examinations here for the one vacancy on the police force.

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1938.

UFS

President Roosevelt confers at the White House with the committee from the Infantile Paralysis Faunslation for the annual birthday balls. Left to right, the President, Keith Morgan, George E. Allen, Joseph M. Schenek. Basil O'Connor, president of the foundation, and George W. Baker, Jr. The birthday is on January 30.

ART KEEPS

UP WITH THE JONESES

Nine hundred of London's vast family ut Joneses were invited to an art exhibition planned specially to interest them recently.

JUDGE PRAISES CANDID DOCTOR

IN TYPHOID CASE

The "ésiraordinary candour" of the Croydon medical officer was com-

Only nine of them turned up and rented upon by Mir, Justice Stable at Bank Manager Revealed

the first caller, the visitors boolt showed, was an uninvited Smith!

the resumed heuring of the "typhold test case" in the King's Bench Divi-

The

Wife's Secret

London.

The exhibition was Storran Gallery, Piccadilly, where 15

one at the sion reim, which Is by Mr. Alfred young artists hatt been showing pic Read, of Croham Park Avenue, South The question as to whether a bank tures of everyday London-the Croydon, and kis 14-year-old manager has a right to tell a husband streets, the public-houses, the shops daughter, Patricia Rosemary, to one how his wife has been spending her and the demonstrations in Trafalgar of a large number of actions against allowance was discussed in the King's Square.

Corporation, raising ques- Beneli Division in a case which ended Craving Bell, shock-headed South

Running the exhibition is Graham tions of the Corporation's liability (as in a doctor's wife losing her claim for whose idea it was

African, the water supply authority) in enses damages against Barclays Bank Ltd. to invite Joneses, "because

the of infection in the typhoid epidemic The wife, Mrs. Mary Sunderland of they exclusive than the Robinsons, not so

are less last year.

Hyde Park Manstons, complained that hard-done-by as the Smiths," he said damages for negligence, breach of her husband that she had rawn Mr. Read and his daughter claims the bank manager had disclosed 10 before the exhibition closed.

statutory duty, or breach of contract cheques in favour of bookmakers and

under any of these hends of claim. and warranty. The defence is a result there was considerable denial by the Corporation of liability wahappiness in the family for some

time after. The bank

that pleaded any Information given by their manager was given at Mrs. Sunder- land's request, and with the object of protecting the Bank's interests and that the disclosure was secord- ingly justifiable.

COMMENT WAS BORING

to pay £40 to £100 for a picture," he said. "but as the pictures were

"Not many of the Joneses can afford

them appeal to the man and woman painted with the idea of making

in the street, we were

anxious 10

losow just what the Joneses thought about them.

"The comment has been boring and unintelligent generally, but the exhi- Ultion has been a success and we are going to repeat it. Next time we hope to fetch the Smiths, the Robin- sons, the Browns and the Johnsons as well as the Joneses."

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"PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH"

Mr. H. J. Wallington, K.C., for the plaintiffs, read the report for 1037 of the medical offeur for Croydon, and the judțe remarked: "Whatever may have happened before, it does seem that after the strenuous and energetle steps were autbreak the most taken by the Corporation."

The medical oficer's report was a very frank account, said Mr. Walling- ion.

SABBATHS ANCIENT AND

MODERN

Dorset is a County where they wish to observe the Sabbath and the County Counell hus passed by thirty "it sexits to conceal polhing, and it votes to twenty resolution stating does reveal the greulest possible that in view of the renewed emphasis failure to have regard to a vital on the need for 'moral and spiritual matter which should always have rearmanent' the Council should ask attention when the public health is Parliament to consider the Inercas- kely to be affected by the water in Indifference to the day of worship supply."

and rest and to have more regard Mr. Justice Stable: One is struck to the real significance of this day.

The resolution is to be communiented by the extraordinary candour which to the Prime Minister by Captain the medical officer seems to have dis-V. Hambro, M.P., member of the A. played his disinterested pursuit of Council. Captain Hambro will do the truth, no matter where it led. this but he said: 'I was brought up "If I I may say so, that jumps out of in the Presbyterian way in Scotland every line of the report," counsel re-and quite frankly I would not bring plied. "It is considerations of that up my children In the same way. We kind which make one regret so much used to dread the coning of Sunday.' to have to make a charge of this kind He added that he could not vote for against persons of that type

the resolution. Mr. Read, giving evidence, s

suld Lis younter

wes Links Yield First Ace dingnosed 19 having typhoid in November, 1937. When the infec- tlon occurred he moved with his elder daughter to a London hotel, leaving golfer out of 10,000 who have played Harry B. Easterbrook is the first his wife and two nurses in the house on the Santa Anita Recreation Park

am the secretary of a big in- dustrial organisation and should have golf course to have made a hole-in-

Onc. daily with people.

daughter,

been in contact

Patricia,

Quite naturally they would have been afraid of infection."

The directors of his company would

allow him

to go to the offer, he added, and his elder daughter was.

nct

not allowed to go to school,

After further evidence the hearing

was again adjourned.

Arcadia, Cul.

Glands Made Young -Vigour Renewed

Castle Victim's Note Without Operation

"Mother calling. I must go where Time knows no end."

This note, torn from a diary, was found in the hat of Herbert Stanley Stephen (42), after he had fallen from a tower of Caernarvon Castle and read at the

at the Inquest recently.

In a Caernarvon Castle guide book he wrote, "Dearest Mother and all. Notify my brother, Mr. and Mrs. Parry,

Ffordd Celrlog, Bangor. Thank you for all you have done to help me,"

A verdict of "Suicide while the balance of his mind was disturbed" was returned.

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