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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 12, 1938.

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-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- koy house-raider; etcotora, etcetera.

JACKIE'S JAUNT IN THE PEW

✩ DETECTIVE

HUNTS CAT KILLER

Cats, alas, bring a tragic note

Yes, Sir, That's My Baby!

Then there is Luxy, the African bush-baby, which, found in Kensington Garden was sent to the Zoo,

"Petting" Parties In Cinema

Petting parties go on every Saturday night in a disused cinema hall in the Broadway, Wimbledon, S.W., tay local people, and they demand that the building

ould be pulled down,

The cinema has been etused for more than two

doors years. The broken open on many

Later Luxy, killen-like but with large eyes and cars, was claimed by huve been its owner, Mr. Frederick Sibbald of occasions by youths from neighbour-

Mr.ing dance halls,

There has arrived at Holbrook, village of vanishing cats near Ipe

Coombs, plain- wich, Mr. William clothes detective from Our Dumb Friends League, London.

He is seeking the killer more

100 cnts. Mr. Coombs tas | Vicarage Gate, Kensington, thors made a tour of the village, taking Stubald told a News Chronicle statements In his notebook from porter: families whose pets have fallen vie- tins to the unknown slayer.

First Jackle, the tortoise. He enused consternation in St. into Pet's Corner. Paul's, Beckenham (Kent).

On their way to the church two sisters saw Jackle ambling out from beneath pile of leaves in the street, They took him with them and set him on

a hassock on the seat of their pew.

For a time he was as inanimate as Astone image, but while the Arch- bishop of York was preaching the sermon Jackie decided suddenly to #u astrolling.

The detective said: "I shall carry on my investigations until I have found the culprit.

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"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- "I am confident of success. Anself in the radio set. When I turned anonymous letter in my possessionit on he came out. contains no important clue.'

MOVING HANDKERCHIEF Hustly, the sisters covered him with a handkerchief, but that did not stop his perambulating and people in the pew behind were astonished to Scores of letters offering cals in see handkerchief moving along the place of those kiled have been re- scal

eelved by Mr. Charles Lamb, cat- The verger was called and the tor-lovers' champion of Holbrook. toise was bundled into a cupboard In

the porch among the unused hymn- books. There he remained unill the sisters claimed blin after the ser

"Jackie" is the

name the sisters have given him.

The verger sold that it

vice.

Nine-year-old Susan Green, of

BEHIND THE BATH

"At other times he hides hinselt

wear leather

behind the bath.

"Although he looks it gentle crea- akhill Bath, wrote: "My cat Smutture he's got a powerful nip in his

I usually had Ave kittens yesterday and teeth, and would like you to have one as Daddy loves when I handle him." read in the paper that you have lost

THE MONKEY ON your cat."

The Zoo authorities were puzzled was they report that a "large grey-brown first time he had been called upon bird, 3ft, high, apparently a 'flyaway

from the Zoo," had to look after an animal in church. Primrose Hill. No

been seen at bird is missing 1 Ginger, a chestnut gelding who served throughout the war and was

I don't fancy myself in charge of a from the Gardens. menagerie." he added.

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Of course, there would be a mon- key. He spent a night in a Cheims- ford police station cell after being caught in a West Hanningfield bun galow.

The Rev. E. P. Laycock, of St.everely wonderi In the second Entering by a window. the red- Paul's, said: "1 heard that someone battle of Ypres, has been painlessly faced invader was helping himself to had found a tortoise and brought destroyed on account of age (34) by

fuori from the kitchen table when with them, and that it decided to order of his owner, Colonel E. J. Mrs. Cottingham, the occupier, ar- take a stroll. The verger took care Skinner, of Toddington Manor, Dun-rived homic. of it in a cupboard til the end of stable. the service,

"The Archbishop of York was "It seems that the occasion was so until he is claimed or until offered preaching and the Mayor and Coun- important that the tortoise ell of Beckenham were present.

along too!"

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Later he was "bailed out" to a veter- inary surgeon, who will keep him

a home which the police consider satisfactory.

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"It's disgraceful," said 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 sten them coming out at all hours at the morning.

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

"The doors have been nailed up more than once by neighbours, but they have been torn open again."

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," sall Mr. H. Robbins. "The place is a menace and something must be done about it."

EMPIRE NEWS

STRIKE RIOTING IN

BOMBAY

Bombay.

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

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

The Government was prepared to allów 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 factories were unaffected.

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

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

MOLASSES 'ROADS

Calcutta..

Molasses roads in India are pre- dicted by Dr. 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 a cheap comparative cost. A mixture of coal tar and asphalt would provide 6,870 miles of roads per unum, he says. 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.

Postmuster General Mr A. G. Cameron, replacing Senator McLach- lan, resigned.

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

Mr. R. G. Menzies remains Attorney-General and Minister for Industry,

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

JAMAICA

EMIGRANTS TO CUBA IN POVERTY

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