1939-03-04 — Page 6

Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March, 4, 1939,"

The Peakock·

(or White-Spatted Taipan)

This creature lives on very high ground, and occasionally descends upon the towns below and carries away ease after case of H. B. BEER.

When he spreads himself it is a truly wonderful sight and everybody goes to-see, whether they have been asked or not.

One of the many

interested

GERMANY IN FORCED LABOUR PLAN

BERLIN.

THE whole German nation is reduced to virtual slavery by the most sweeping decree yet issued by the Nazi Government.

By this decree, put into force recently by Field- Marshal Goering, every citizen of the Third Reich of how- ever high or low degree may be forced by the National Labour Office, or its branches throughout the country, to quit any position held and perform whatever task they may appoint.

Whereas, by the limited decree of June 23, 1938, Goering. In- sisted that the worker should get at least the same wages in the new as in the old job, now a worker will get only the ordinary pay for the job he is set to do.

Thus, a High Court judge could be put tỏ digging sowers fat 4d, an hour, or a research scientist to filling sandbags at 28. a day.

Germany and The B.B.C.

DEPORTS reaching the

Foreign

THREAT TO 4-YEAR PLAN Firms must immediately release any man asked for by the Labour once recently gave details of Omce. On the other hand, It Is Im- possible for a man to change his job proposed - efforts to interfere with without previous consent út the the reception of B.B.C. broadcast la

Labour

our Office.

The object of this is to prevent Germany. competition among employers for British airwave sieuthis state that workers. Such competition due to

the present labour shortage has led to there are grounds for stating that n tendency for wages to rise, which, the equipment of at least one Ger- Sperlators at the Ladles Day Race it continued, would wreck the whole man station to being adapted so that signals can be sent out that whil heterodyne the B.B,C. signals.

Meeting,

GUN CHARGE IN GUARDED COURT

of the Four-Year Plan and the Nazi economic systom,

The new decree may be connecter with the vast scheme for the widen- Ing of the Kiel Canni, also announced to-day.

This canol is to be made the widest canal in the world, with the possible exception of the Panama.

Most English stations can be heard with little dimeulty In Germany, even on the smallest German set the "people's receiver," which costs

ly 35 marks (about £3).

NEWS POPULAR

All entrances to Bow Street police court were guarded by police officers recently when Michael Cullen (30), And whereas it took seven years to

British programmes, especially labourer. of Dawes Road, Fulham, widen the canal to its present size

for S.W... was remanded

week. under Kaiser Wilhelm II., it is re news, ure popular with German vast listeners, who tube them in regular- charged with being in possession of expected by concentratiri a pistol and unmunition with intent numbers of forced labourers on the. It is reported that the B.B.C.'s ilateners in Germany Increased in to endanger life. Bail was refused. jab to have it ready in two years.

Work on the canal is given pre-number after Herr Hiller warned Detective Sergeant. Maskey, Scolland Yard, said that he searched cedence, as of urgent national im- Germans against foreign broadcasts

in his last speech. aroons at Dawes Road occupied by portance, umber the new decree.

"Aufklaerend". (enlightening) the word, which most of these lis- the 'B.B.C. use to describe news bulletins, "The broadcasts,"

Cullen.

uf

"In an unlocked sultrase I found a revolver," sold Sergeant Maskey. "Later I Saw Cullen in the room in company with Detective Inspector. Pearson. Inspector Pearson handed me 30 rounds of live arumunition."

The oneer added that the inspector told him that Cullen had just linnded over the ammunition, which he got from inside a wireless set.

Mr. Dummett (the magistrate): Does the ammunition at the pistol Detective Sergeant Maskey: Yes.

Playground Court

Tulsa, Okla.

teners

is

When students of Tulsa's Lowell, they say, "contain much news which elementary and Junior high schools our Press did not publish, and which

is very interesting to us." violate a playground rule they re-

Nazi Party members, on the other ceive a red ticket and have to tell it

not pleased with the the judge. Pretty little Peggy tand, are to

think that some-. Prewette is jurist of the elementary B.B.C. bulletins, division and has a jury of 12 other thing should be done very soon students. A student patrol group of either to interfere with them or to

counteract their effects.

64 alert members seek out violators.

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