1939-02-02 — Page 3

EXPERTS SPY AS THEY PLAY

To Help Them Grow Up

IF you see a professorial-looking man up a tree over- looking school playing-fields, or peering through a periscope over the wall of a school yard, don't get curious -it may be only a psychologist watching the boys and girls at play.

Psychologists are testing that maxim about all work and no play making Jack a dull boy, according to the annual report of Sir Arthur MacNalty, Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education.

But it is being done unobtrusively for they have discovered that children become self-conscious "under the microscope" and will not play naturally.

Excellent

13 per cent. Normal

73.8 per cent. Slightly sub-normal 10.0 per cent. Bad

0.6 per cent.

The figures are about the same as thuse for the last two years.

Lastly, he gives a warning about tonslis (removal of).

A clinte at Bristol, where obser- vallons have been nude, has sand trays, running water, blockboard, dolls' house, and other toys, so that ber of operations for the removal of

Observing that since 1935 the num each child can find material most tonsils and adenolds has continued to helpful to solve his Or her own rise, he says there is evidence that emotional problems."

From examinations of 1,098,527 without adequate reasons and some- these operations are often performed eldldren Sir Arthur has formed this times without full precautions against nutrition table:

idangers and complications.

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Mme. Skobline, known as La Plevlizkaia, confers with her Jawyers after a Paris court sentenced her to 20 years at hard labour in prison, with banishment atferwards for 10 years. She was con- victed of alding her husband, General Skobline, in the kidnapping of General de Miller, White Russian leader. General de Miller was believed killed.

Thursday,

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February 2, 1939.

ON CHILDREN EMPIRE

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Walter H. Crogg. 58, left, a disbarred Brooklyn, . Y., lawyer, at a New York police slation after his arrest on a charge of black- mailing "F. Donald Coster," late president of McKesson & Robbins, Inc. Coster shot himself when identified as ex-convict Philip Musica, Acting U. S. Attorney Noonan said a number of persons who knew "Coster" as Mustes had been paid to keep quiet.

Servant Girl's Death by Fire

Strapless Gowns

Ruling that

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gowns were immodest, University c Washington 'Varsity Ball Committee told girl students wearing such dresses that they would be banned from idance floor. Bright secretary found way out; gave all strapless-gown girls pair of men's braces.

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SETTLING NORTHERN AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY.

The Federal Government Intenda to carry out a five-year programine to Increase pastoral production and population in the Northern Territory. The plan will embrace rend con struction and the establishment

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supplies on stock roules. Ad- vances to settlers will enable cattle country to be converted to sheen statlons. Some of the large leases will be subdivided. There will be co-ordination of road, sea and rail transport to reduce freight charges on goods sent from the Territory. A survey of all lenses in the Territory will be made.

An aerial survey is to be carried out of country adjoining the pro- posed railways, one of which will run from Dajarra in Queensland to Rankine In the Barclay Tablelands. and the other from Wyndham to Mistake Creek.

Refugee Immigrants Recently for the first time for many years, Italians took second place on the foreign im→ migrants list. First place went German and Austrian refugees, of whom 388 arrived, as compared with 135 Italians. There was a sharp rise in British immigrants, who num bered 072, but, as 502 people of Bri- Atack jett Australia, the not permanent galn in British-born population was 380,

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quota bill has been introduced in the New South Wales Parliament which will force every Australian exltibitor to include 15 per cent of British films in his programmes. SOUTH AFRICA

IMPROVED TRADE

OUTLOOK

CAPE TOWN. An optimistic note is struck by Mr. G. E. Willamson, President of the Cape Chamber of Industries, in letter to members. Mr. Williamson states that there seem to be definite signs that trade is improving. The alowing up of trade in the Union during 1838 had been due chiefly to international difficulties.

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"In face of so many adverse cir cumstances it

it seems remarkable that our trade has not suffered more," writes Mr. Williamson. The fact that secondary industries have had as much business they have, and that agriculturists have found in us as good a market as they have, is a tribute to

increasing importance of secondary industry in the econo- mic life of

China and the mutual dependence on each other of our industries and agriculture." servani wanted to burn herself city of young qualified land surveyor's

Scarcity of Surveyors.-The

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to gain more sympathy was made at in the Union was mentioned at the

a Nottingham inquest recently Edith Price (17), whose home at Coronation Avenue, Dinnington, Sheffield,

On annual meeting in Cape Town of the Cape Province, A lecturer on Survey was Institute of Land Surveyors of the

that next year there would probably at the University of Cape Town sald Le no men qualifying. The survey profession did not appear to attract the youth of South Africa. JAMAICA

She was employed by Mr. and Mrs. Wond, of Burleigh Road, West Bridg- ford, when her clothing caught fire on November 18,

Her father stated that she told him In hospital that she was either draw- ing or poking the fire when her cel- luloid cuffs caught fire.

The jury returned a verdict of "Areldental death," adding a rider that celluloid cuffs should not be worn in such circumstances.

PLEA FOR WEST INDIA REGIMENT

KINGSTON.

Plans for island-wide representa- Lions to the Imperial Government for the re-establishment of the West India Regiment in Jamaten are under consideration. The relief of unemployment. There are object Is the now 1,000 out of work,

HAD FAINTING FITS Mrs. Lucy Wood, the girl's em- ployer, suld that Price was suscep- tible to fainting nits. On one occasion her daughter thought that the girl had more colour on than usual, took her to the sink and washed it off.

It is proposed that Jamaica should contribute one-third of the annual The girl was dismissed later.

The Coroner:

amount needed for the maintenance What made you of the regiment. When the matter possess the idea that she had not ac- cidentally got on fire?--I thought she Office replied that nothing could be

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some time ago the War wanted to burn herself to try and done on account of the cost. get a little more sympathy. She had The British West India Regiment

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The girl's father (to Mr. Wood): Cameroons. Do you think that taking a girl for- elbly, holding her over a sink and washing lipstick of her face is u

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Professor II. S. Holden, of the Home Office forensic science labora tory, Nottingham, put a Ughted match to a corner of a piece of cuff und held it over the replace in the court.

The cellulold flared up nearly a foot high and in 20 seconds was burnt out.

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A skeleton, belleved to be that of a woman. was recently, found con- cealed in the ectling of a house in. Dublin. The remains, discovered by workinen repairing the celling, werC removed for examination by tha State pathologist.

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