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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 10, 1939.

EMPIRE Crippled Sports Girl Lost 'Joy of Living,'

NEWS

KAMPALA

Tho formation of an Imperial Orce for Africa was advocated by ir. R. W. Fraser, speaking at the nnual dinner of the Caledonia So- lety of Ugunda, nt Kampala,

Mr. Fraser urged the creation of force officered by men who were prepared to spend their active lives in Africa.

At present, he suld, the King's Africa Rules, the West African Frontier Force and other regular prees in the African dependencies

Gets £2,500

MANCHESTER.

The Queerest PRETTY 24-years old

Theft-

ere oflteered by secondment from POLICE were recently searching for he British Army. Officers spent thieves who took gloves valued nly a few short years in the coun-at £1.000 from a factory at West- bury Leigh, Wiltshire, during the They returned to their

This own re-week-end,

I the second Iments Just as they were beginning robbery in six weeks from a factory y learn the language, to know the owned by the same Arm.

Mabel Pennington, of Ogden-road, Bramhall, Che- shire, formerly a nurse at Manchester Royal Infirmary, now crippled, is facing life anew with £2,500.

Her right foot was injured in untry and to understand tha The poller believe that both in bus accident. To-day at Man- Irican. What was needed was an robberies are the work of one gang chester Assizes she was award- Imperial force, on the lines of the In each case windows were forced. kalan Army, which would offer a One theory is that the thieves ran-cd £2,500 damages and costs whole-time career

sacked boxes in the warehouse on the against the North-Western Road Chairs for Cathedral-Two hond-ground floor, put the gloves in sacks Car Co. one chalra have been presented to and took then to waiting; cars hidden Namirembe Cathedral, Uganda, by in a nearby cul-de-sac.

Lady Jackson, in memory of her

used as thrones by the Sultan.

"She lived for her work," her

said to the jury, "but it is the joy of life, the pleasure of re creation, that one enjoys most.

usband, Sir Frederick Jackson, one wheat through one channel under counsel, Mr. G. J. Lynskey, K.C.,

the pioneers and former Governors the control of the Boards, which wil

the Protectorate, These chairs also fix buying and selling prices. were originally sent by the Pur-

Several thousand small traders tuguese to Kilwa, Tanganyika, innre likely to be affected by these 1050, for the church built in that decisions. Appeals are being made "Looking at her; a girl fond of former centre of the sinve trade, to the Government to modify the part, keen on swimming, good alt They were nelzed by Arobs when the | scheines,

tennis. Now she is restricted to town was sacked and taken to the Photographer's Death-The death those pleasures which a girl with a Island of Patta, where they were has decurred of Mr. Arthur Elliatt crippled leg con do."

the South African photographer of historical subjects. During 30 years Limping out of he accumulated some 6,000 photo-Pennington said: graphs, comprising a pictorial his- "I shall have to start all over tory of South Africa,

again, and train as a secretary, or Voortrekker ScholarshipSir Abe for a post which will not mean much Bailey announced recently that he is walking. NAIROBI. to found a scholarship of £300 Lord Baden-Powell, the Chief year for the commemoration of the "This money will help, but there Scout, has returned to his Alrican Voortrekker Centenary. The disposal are things for which money 1163 boue, Paxtu, on the slopes of Mount of the money is left in the hands of compensation.” Kenya.

His many friends in the Dr. Malan, Nationalist Leader; Dr. colony were delighted to see him Van der Merwe, Leader of the Free

Kenya

CHIEF SCOUT AT AFRICAN HOME

the court, Miss

once more full of life at the age of State Nationalist party: Gen. Hertzog. Nazis Annex Map

1 and glad to be back in Africa. Prime Minister; Gen. Snxuts, Minister He is already making plans for the of Justice, und Mr. E. G. Jansen, the) development of his small estate at chairman of the Central Voortrekker Nyeri.

Is return was entirely inforinal, None of the Kenya Scouts or Guides was present when he arrived. South Africa

POOLING SCHEMES

Monument Committee. New Zealand

CLOUDBURSTS FLOOD

DUNEDIN

AUCKLAND.

This youngster was obviously enjoying himself in the Back Race at the K.C.C. Children's Sports-Kahu.

GIRL AGED

German geographers have already 15 CLINGS

incorporated Germany's former colonies in the Reich,

Atlas recently published in Leipzig TO LOVER

and sent to a cartographers' firm in Chicago shows South-West Africa, the Cameroons, Tanganyika, and Togoland as German territory. The after the War, are Caroline Islands, vested in Japan German.

also coloured

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Cloudbursts have caused consider able damage in the South Island. JOHANNESBURG. Parts of Dunedin are flooded, and Pooling schemes which

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New Commercial Atlas: edited by middlemen in the malze and wheat; Dunedin is particularly liable to Dr. Alfred Thoran," the atlan in Industries of the Union have been funding near the harbour in the cludes Austria in the Reich, but, adopted by the Wheat and Malze event of a sudden deluge, owing to simificantly for the diplomats who Control Boards. The schemes pro- the steep hillsides which surrounded swallowed the Fuehrer's recent bluff, vide for the sale of all maize and the town.

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P. C. Tells Of Colleague's Car Death

A

Pollee-Constable described at Hampstead recently how a collea- gue who had jumped on the run- take ning board of car was killed,

When

(15)

SHRIEKING "Oh, don't

him away from me.

A charge ugainst three boys of murdering Police-Constable. George I see

him again?" Thomas Shepherd was reduced to fifteen-year-old girl flung her manslaughter, and they were

com. arms round the neck of her mitted for trial, bail

refused, The boys were sweetheart as they slood in the

Hooper dock at Ipswich Police Court Town,

of Ashdown

Street, Kentish James Spendlow (17), recently. Policemen tore them butcher's assistant, Evangelist Road. apart, and in the struggle the Kentish Town, and Walter Shave dock was nearly overturned.

Sharp (15), errand boy, Adelaide Road, Hampstead. The youth, nineteen-year-old Herbert Allbrook, of Burrell- road, Ipswich, was marched off by police officers to a cell, while the girl, a pretty brunette, was led away crying on the arm of a policewoman.

IT IS MY FAULT'

They were accused of stealing a portable typewriter and drawing instruments worth £4 105.

A delective said that when he charged the man and then spoke to the girl, she said: "I am responsible. He would not have stolen if it wasn't for ine. It is my fault."

The young people will not meet again until they stand in court later, Allbrook was remanded to Norwich Prison and the gri is being taken care of at Ipswich girls' shelter.

Mr. E. Claylon, proseculing, sald the boys went for joy-ride round Hampstead in a stolen car on the evening of November 9.

FELL IN THE ROAD

PC, Savin, who said he saw the car His statement was amplified by

being driven up and down Fond Street at a fast speed.

He tried to jump on to the running board, but fell into the roadway. Then the ear swerved towards Shep-

herd.

"It stopped there and I ran towards it, but it started off towards me at about 40 malles an hour.

ph Shepherd on the offside running- board"

Kaw

"I saw the car mount the pave- ment, swerve across the road, and collide with a bus. I saw Shepherd fall to the ground and lie motion- less."

Roads Were Dozen Police Safer In 1938 Rushed to

BRITAIN'S ronds during the His Rescue

first ten months of this year] have proved sufer than in the corresponding period last year.

Deaths from road accidents so far this year have totalled 5,209, a de- crease of 110. The number of in- | jured hos declined by 2,235 to 188,- 032.

Paris.

Night-duty policemen at the Mont- parnasse police station sprang to 11 about 4 aan. when a signal cane from a post on the Boulevard Ras- pait.

Nobody answered the police "Hello," so 12 of them jumped into a police lorry, and two minutes later Altogether 2,333 pedestrians (GD they were on the scene. fewer) have been killed; 1,841 of

*

these cases occurred on rands sub- The boulevard was deserted. Jeet to a speed limit, against 1,865 Everything quiet. But in 1937.

Cyclists account for 1,128 of the deaths---a reduction of 43. There has been a striking reduction of 2,464 in the number of cyclists in- jured.

OCTOBER FIGURES Compared with the same month year ago, road deaths in October rose by 23 to 041, and the number of in-

| júred by 128 to 19,000,

against the alarm post stood д well-dressed young man, swaying slightly but still articulate.

"Sorry to disturb you," he said to Armand the police inspector. I'm Disson and I live a hundred yards from here.

"Will you see me home and save nme from the wife's anger?

"I know she's waiting for me with

a stick. I daren't go home alone."

October'a total of deaths is atill The police took him to the station more unfavourable when compared with September, there being a jump of 87. The number of Injured, how- ever, fell slightly by 100.

There were 930 deaths in the Cily of London and Metropolitan police areas in October, agaffst 80 in the nuine month a year ago. The num- ber injured in these areas fell by 30 to 5,002,

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