1939-05-31 — Page 15

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH'

May

1939.

YOUNG BRITONS FIND BUDDHA RELICS

This 18 three-year-old King

Faisal II. He succeeded to the throne of Iraq on the death of his father King Ghazi, klied in a recent automobile accident.

Cleanup Sale Just That

Cleveland, O.

Bell The Monks Rang In 500 A.D.

AN IRON BELL which was rung 15 centuries ago by Buddhist monks in the Valley of the Thousand Monas- teries in Swat, beyond the Khyber Pass, is on view for the first time at the India Museum, South Kensington.

It is one of 150 discoveries made last summer by Mr. Philip Wright, of the museum, who, with three other Englishmen, all in their twenties, made the first official excavations in the Swat Valley.

"The valley is now a barren, waste," Mr. Wright said "but in ancient times there were about 1,500 monasteries, and Chinese pilgrims carried home tales of their beauty and richness.

Roman Coins In Skeleton's Mouth

Excavations at Rams I (North Berkshire) as brought to light pollery of the Neolithic or fate Stone Age (about 2,000 B.C.) and of the Iron Ace type (300 B.C.), together with two 400 Roman skeletons of late A.D.

In the mouth of ane skeleton, enclosed in a sliver case, were two coins of the reign of Emperor Arcadius. Seven other coins lay beside the remains.

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The excavations, directed by Mr. Stuart Piggott, Fellow or the Society of Antiquaries, were carried out on a site which was revealed by an aerial photo- graph.

Tree Trimmers Trimmed

"The monastery bells, they unid, filled the valley with music."

ON MOUNTAIN TOP Among the other discoveries is a set of miniature friezes, about six inches high, carved in bluish stone and showing strongly the influence of Greek art.

The friezes deplet, scenes from the life of Buddha, Including his birth, his first bath and his young manhood as a prince taking part in wrestling and shooting matches,

Besides sculpture, there are coins, painted pottery and metal implements. Same were found in a cave on top of a 6,000t, mountain, and were carried down the rough track on shepherds backs. 4

The importance of the finds is that their sites are exactly known and re- corded.

Toad Skips Cornerstone

WILLIAMS, Ariz. When contractors laid the соглег- Cleveland. O. stone of Williams grammar school in Mrs. Charles A. Otis, chairman of Two tree trimmers learned in 1912 they imprisoned a horned toad a "white elephant" sale conducted police court that they should limit in it. The other day when

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by the Cleveland Garden Center, their customers alone. They were building was being demolished, the took off her galoshes while working Jailed for 30 days when a property cornerstone was removed, but the at the sale. When she looked for owner testified that they had assault-horned toad had disappeared. Papers them later she found they had been ed him when he refused to let them in the cornerstone crypt were found

unharmed. sold for 50 cents,

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Clerk Dismissed For Marrying In Secret

A BANK CLERK who married secretly five years ago in defiance of his bank's marriage ban has caused a crisis between the employers and his society, the Scottish Bankers' Association.

His case was discussed at a meeting of the associa- tion recently, when it was decided to conduct a campaign to obtain, if possible, abolition of the marriage ban.

The clerk, employed by the North Bank of Scotland, married in 1934 | when he was 22.

In 1937 he asked the bank for permission to marry and this was granted.

Mr. Alexander Kelly, secretary of the the Bankers' Association, said trouble began shortly after permission was granted,

AN INFORMER

Information was given to the head office by a common informer, and the man was told, that he could have the option of resigning.

If he did not resign; he would be dismissed.

He had now been given notice of dismissal, his services to terminate on June 22,

Mr. Kelly said: "The man has had 11 years service in the bank and is perfectly proficient.

"Time and again, bank clerks have applied to their management for per- mission to marry, but they have not been allowed to do so until they reach a certain salary.

"UNFAIR"

TOP · BOOT TANTRUMS

Constant wearing of top boots tends to cause “rushta of blood to the head.”

That, at least, was the theory advanced by Professor John Hilton at the Aldwych Club recently, when endeavouring to explain the manner of life of dictators. He said:

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"I may be due to their having to wear those top bools alt-the-time. They are so hot,

constricted, and 50 unventilated. No wonder they get rushes of blood to the brain and pull such faces and shout

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"Couldn't there be an inter- national pronouncement. re- cognising carpet slippers correct dictatorial wear?"

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"The Scottish Bankers Associa- Dismissal Demanded

tion will not stand for n clause in an which enslaves the agreement worker.

"It is unfair for any organisation to put a stipulation ruling a man's private life.

"We shall go all out to have the clause abolished in every bank,"

Old Fire Whistle Silenced

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LAWTON, Okla... Lawton's fire whistle was abolished by the city council after speakers had condemned it as "merely good bait for fire fans." Merle Warren serted that fire whistles went out with bucket brigades. They attract so many spectatore, he said, that sometimes the fighting of blazes is seriously hampered.

Toronto. A motion demanding the Immediate dismissal of Prof. C. 11. Underhill and Prof. G. M. Grube from the University of Toronto has been in- troduced into the Ontario Legis lature. It is alleged that the two men Indulged in "subversive and unpatriotic public statements."

Mr. Hepburn, Prime Minister of Ontario, and other members of the Legislature bitterly- uttacked the professora. Mr. Hepburn said that the Government, if necessary, would take steps to force the University to dismiss the two men,

HOW. TO SHORTEN CONVALESCENCE

Hen Adopts Kittens tedious

HUNTINGTON, Ind.

A hen is renring kittens here. The cat placed her kittens in the hen's nest, and when she returned the hen refused to give them up. With the help of Blaine Maples, a the kittens farmhand who brings milk-every-day, the hen is rearing

them.

A long convalescence is and tiring to both doctor and patient. After many operations and Inesses, diges- tion is affected; and Impaired, yet it is necessary to eat well to regain your strength quickly,

The trouble is that the very thought of food is often repial- Bivo. Doctors have found that Horlicks is generally liked by

Lighthouse Isolation the patient and that it is very

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it Toledo, O... Citizens here know it's spring, oe- Cause: Harley Johnson, keeper, of the Toledo harbour light, and his two assistants have gone but 10 miles into Lake Frie. to remain until late in September.

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quickly digested, and absorbed.

pours Horlicks quickly. strength and vigour into your exhausted body. Your con valescence is shortened.: Soon: you feel full of life, again. Keep Horlicks always ready at home."

Benny Sagrera Court

Away With That! GIVE ME CASTORIA

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