1939-05-15 — Page 15

ROACH HAS NERVES, Bench Divided In Cruelty Case

THE roach has a brain and nervous system more primi- tive than, but comparable with, those of the human system, an expert told the Woodstock (Oxon) magistrates recently, during the first case of its kind concerning the use of live bait by an angler.

The R.S.P.C.A. had summoned Frederick Margetts, of Oxford Street, Woodstock, alleging that he caused.un- necessary suffering to a roach when fishing for pike.

The magistrates were equally divided, and the chairman, Alderman F. T. Whitlock, said as he had no casting vote it was impossible to come to a decision. The clerk told Margetts that the case might be reheard later.

Mr. Gordon Jones, prosecut- ing, said the case was not in any

Public Opinion And sense an attack on the estab

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lished rights, and privileges of anglers. It was an attempt to put a stop to "a debased practica

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 15, 1939.

The Prince Imperial of Iran, Shahpur Mohed Iteza Pahlevi, pictured with his bride, Princess Fewziya of Egypt, King Farouk, Queen Farida, and the Egilan Queen Mother. An official group taken in the Queen's celebrated with immense enthusiasm by the grefcrowds gathered in the capital.

SURVEY of public of a certain section of anglers" apartments at the Abdin Palace, Calro, recently jer the signing of the marriage contract, an event that was opinion on conscrip- which was not supported but tion was taken between rather condemned by the better

class of anglers.

"THREADED"

April 21 (when news of impending conscription He described how two Inspectors of first leaked out) and the Society saw Margetts Eshing for pike in the lake at Blenheim Park, April 26 (the day on the seat of the Duke of Marlborough, which Mr. Chamberlain using live roach as a buit. announced the Govern- along the back of the fish and then mont's decision to adopt compulsory service for mon of 20).

It shows that

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substantial

Special needles had been inserted

By Girl Bow Bells May

how

Drawings

Of 31⁄2 On

SHIRLEY ANN BAKER, of Hatfield Builds, Bath, now ap line to which books were attached proaching the mature age of four years, & had some of her was put through this channel. The pencil drawings accepted by the Royal Drawg Society for the They were seen at the Childres Royal Academy, ach thus threaded was put into the second time. water to swing about and attract its

which opened in the Guildhall Art Gallery. natural enemý.

Dr. John Baker, Lecturer in Zoo- logy at Oxford. University, Bald in majority of the voting popula- his opinion the roach, as Margetts tion was in favour of the volun-threaded it, would experience pulp because it had a brain and nervous tary system.

system, more primitive than, but comparable with, that of the human nervous system.

The question put to a repre-

sentative cross-section of people

"WOULD SUFFER"

Pictures by artists aged from two to 1vere shown. Last year the Society accepted Shirley's etches of a rabbit and Mickey Mouse; then she was the young exhibitor, being only 2%.

Pictures by artists aged from two to 19 be shown. which opened in the Guildhall Art Gallery.

Mrs. Baker said that Shirley

He described an experiment in began to draw when she was 18. in all parts of the United King- which he lilled another roach by months old, and her first sub- dom by the British Institute of chloroform, threaded it in a similar jects were a cup and saucer.

way, and then examined it under a Public Opinion was:

"It has been decided to en-microscope to see what damage was

caused.

veterinary surgeon, said would undoubtedly suffer

an

large the British Army to 33 Mr. E. J. Heather, an Field Divisions. Are you in favour of obtaining the neces- sary recruits on a planned and compulsory basis, or of leaving it to individuals to enral volun- tarily ?"!

OF THOSE QUESTIONED:

53 por cent, said Voluntarily

39 por cent, said

By compulsion

8 per cent. said No opinion

the

FATHER PAINTS IN OILS

"I sent up several of her pictures Oxford this year, but I do not know which Ash have been accepted," she added. SCVero Shirley's father, who is a plumber, paints in olls in his spare time, and Murgelis stated he was unaware a number of his works are hanging he was causing suffering to the fish on the walls of their home. and had no intention of being cruel. "I have been painting for several The method he adopted was the only years; but I never had any lessons," way of fishing lakes for bike. Mr. Baker said.

Hitler's Signature

An analysis of Covernment and Not-Autograph Prize

Opposition supporters who voted shows:

GOVERNMENT

DO YOU POSSESS A SIGNED LETTER FROM HITLER? IF SO, YOU CAN ADD £25 TO THE ESTIMATE OF YOUR ASSETS, BECAUSE THAT IS THE PRICE YOU WOULD GET 45 % FROM A DEALER IN AUTOGRAPHS. For voluntary system 44 % No opinion

For compulsion

11 %

This business of trading In autographs is increasing by

Majority FOR compulsion 1% A Don Looks leaps and bounds nowadays, and

OPPOSITION

For compulsion

For voluntary system No opinion

Majority AGAINST

31 % 64 %

Back

it is estimated that there are at least 500,000 autograph col- lectors In Britain.

In America, where they do 5%R. TERROT REAVELEY things on the grand scale, there GLOVER, who retires from are some 2,000,000 autograph all his academic posts at Cam-fans," including 10,000 men bridge under the age-limit next and women who have set up in compulsion 33 % September, will also relinquish the autograph business. [House of Commons division in the post of Public Orator (the

The German Dictator might not be

April showed 370 for conscription of officer who presents distinguish-piensed to know that, as signatures inen of 20, and 145 against--percent-

ed visitors to the Faculty) to the go, the value placed on his is small, ages of 72 and 28.]

University.

A few years ago, for example, it was reported that an autographed

In the course of his official letter from George Bernard Shaw duties, he recalled he had so far changed hands at £100, while you would need £200 to buy a genuine siganture of Charles Dickens.

Men were slightly more in presented: favour of conscription than wo- men (four mon to three women)

and the appoal of compulsory

Four Prime Ministers;

One ex-President of the United

States:

service is more attractive as peo- Tivo Kings: pla got older.

One god; -"at least he ranks as a god in his Popularity of conscription own country and in his own faith, roaches its highest paak (54 por although not in mine," Fold cont. for compulsion) among the Glover. "It was the Emperor of

Japan.

wealthiest group of the popula- tion, and falls to 41 in the middle

MORE WIVES

Dr.

120,000 SIGNATURE

The most valuable signuture in existence is believed to be that of William Shakespeare, Experts £20,000 Us 箱 have mentioned moderate price.

Film stars, on the other hand, are small fry, and most of their signa- tures change hands at n shilling or "My experience of Cambridge ex-two. The reason, of course, is that income group, and to 35 per cent. tenda over 50 years," he went on they are always obliging their ad- zamong the poorest section of the (Dr. Glover was born in 1060) "and|

The hunting Instincts of the auto- population.

it I were asked to sum up my im- pressions of the differences I have graph collector are shown by the ex- periences of the Australian cricketers seen they would be:

who visited Britnin last year.

mirers with autographs,

It should be emphasised that the above findings are based on a carefully-balanced and represon- "More undergraduates, more lec- According to Mr. Jeanes, man- tative cross-section of opinion ures but possibly less reading. More

wives, but

selence,

more

name

may

ager of the team, each of the 10 fewer

6,000 from all political partios, ages clergy. As for religion I think there!

players signed his imes during the visit a collective and classes.

was more of it 25 than 50 years ago;

total of nearly 100,000 signatures! more, also-again perhaps than Individually, the signatures there is to-day.

not have been very valuable. But "As to the Union, there is a solid an ordinary erlekat bat, when auto- Left Wing clement. The bulic of the graphed by the entire touring, side, undergraduates do not frequent de renilsed £135 at a charity auction." bating socleties. And no one knows Just what the politics of most under- graduates really are.

"RADIO. WIDOW"

SUES

Oakland, Cal. To the "gold widow" has been add- ed the "radio widow." Mr. Melba «E, Dillings in 'her suit for divorce says she is one. Because her bus band allegedly "spent all his time is tening to the radio in spite of her protests," she has taked for a separa- Hion.

held professorships at Oxford,

"One last word: There is no deeny Queen's University, Canada, and the The University of California, is a clossical in the study of the classics. classics are not dying. And that is scholar, his subjects being compara a good thing."

tive religion, the classics, and Latin, Dr. Glover, who was President of Into which language he has trans the Baptist Union in 1924, and has lated R. L. Stevenson.

Be Silenced

BOW BELLS, within the sound

of which every truc Cockney

is supposed to have been born, may soon be heard no more.

They are the bells of St. Mary-le-

Bow, Cheapside, which may have lo close for lack of money.

put

More than a month ago the rector, Prebendary W. G. Pennymun, sent an appeal for people to become annual subscribers.

Only £7 153, 6d, hus been pro- mised,

Even American sightseers don't go. now to see the bells that made Dick Whittington turn again.

Lazery, Supreme Cour↑

Foreign Spies Traced In The North

LIVERPOOL.

TWO officers attached to the Special Political branch of Scotland Yard are investigating the activities of the German espionage system in the North.

They arrived here some time ago, and after consultation with the heads of the CD. of Liverpool and Manchester, set out to counter work that has been carried on by important Nazi agents in England,

It is understood that information; supplied to German agents in the

North by Secret Service operators, Sheep Halt Bush

purporting to be of vital importance)

to an chemy country, was transmit- ted to Germany within a few hours.

Fire

CAVAN, N. S. W.

J. W. Thalcher, nearby rancher.

The information was.wrong, but t served as proof that the men under auspicion were acting as agents for saved his homestead from a bush fire that was creeping steadily toward it Germany.

The Secret Service men have re- by a method probably never before ceived instructions from the Home employed. He mustered 1,100 sheep Office to inquire into charges that around his home and with sheep dogs ather Germans in the North, not be-eet the sheep milling about so that lieved to be connected with the Ger- when sparks foll near his hone they man espionage service, are playing trampled them out. He saved his some part in the spreading of Nazi sheep and his home but all of his

outlying properly was burned. propaganda.

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