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Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August. 17, 1939,

MN Begging Letters Signed "M.A., D.D."

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Strange Case Of The Bishop Who Was Ordained

In A Tin Hut

NATIONAL REGISTER AS CENSUS (Continued from Page 1.)

SOMEWHERE in London there is a "university" of! which Oxford and Cambridge have certainly never heard. A

A man can go to this seat of learning, which changes necessary for the initial compilation its address frequently, and obtain a string of imposing stored or distributed,

for the Register are printed and either degrees all in a day.

The National Register Includes nil

Of course, he has to pay for these distinctions. The fact that London has a bogus university was first re-members of the population. The vealed by Mr. S. R. Bosanquet, K.C., speaking recently at the scheme provides a comprehensive annual meeting of the London Mendicity Society. YOU PAY YOUR MONEY AND.

He said: "I know a man who has the letters Litt. D. after his name. I belleve he got them from a so-called "university" which occupies a small house in North London,"

"You go to this university, you] "pay your fee, you take your studies and you get your degree all in the same day. You pay your money and you take your choice."

The Sunday Express heard more. about the existence of this remark- nble university.

BORDER ALL QUIET THIS MORNING STATE POLICE

(Continued from Page 1)

An official of the London Mendicity | tung." Society told the Sunday Express.

| system of identity and registration |framed to meet; as for 'as possible, full needs in the contingency of war

conditions.

Babies To Be Included

When making his return, the Jenumerator" will - tsatie" on "Identity card to each member of the house- hold, including bubles, beåring the name and serial number. This sys- Item should enable any individual to [be traced and has been specially adopted by supplementary arrange- supplies to Hongkong from Kwang-ments to facilitate, the re-union of familles separated by evacuation and However, sald Mr.Todd, if the other forms of the dispersion sys- "We have never been able to trace Japanese invade the Chungshan dis-tem. It will also be co-ordinated the address of the 'university." But trict, then

the Colony's -vegetable with ony system of food rationing there are it surprising number of supplies will be affected for s

few introduced in time of war. unusual people, including those who days.

The diffenly of enumeration that Motives Of Operations earn their living by writing begging |

would be created under bombardment letters, who have recently put some

The motive of the Japanese re-

on the outbreak of hostilities has nol impressive letters after their names occupation of Shumehun is believed been under-rated but it is felt that; --LitLD. and D.D. are the most by competent Chinese observers in the balance of advantage is in over-

¡Hongkong to be threefold.

The Japanese new operation, ac-whelming favour of its success if the "People like to impress others with cording to them, is closely connected task fa tackled in time when an emer- the degrees, so they go to the univer- with the deadlock of the Anglo- geney arises.

In Tokyo. Its poll- The Registrar General, Sir Sylvanus tical significance Important than its military meaning the scheme into operation during is a Japanese threatening gesture," peace. In war there is no doubt but state observers, "to force Britain to comply with their Tientsin gister will be to facilitate national Great that one of the functions of the Re-

demands,"

service of whatever kind the Gov- The seco

second reason, it is stated, is ernment decides upon. to cut the line of communlention be- Walchow and Swabue, the

favoured.

sity and obtain them. It is appur-Japanese parles is seen to be more Vivian, has no intention of bringing

ently quite legal to do this.

"NO OFFENCE"

"I know one man who sends out begging letters from an address in Middlesex. He signs them Litt.D., or sometimes M.A., D.D.

"We recently had an even sta slutkwan-Walchow-Shumchun high-

ger case of a man who claimed to

be a bishop. He was ordained in way hind become, the only route in Cotton Subsidy In

a tin hut in the Mile End-road, "This was no offence against the law in itself, because you can call yourself, 'bishop

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of my Church."

cast Kwangtung from its wartime capital to the outside world.

The third reason of the operation, said to be to tighten the Japanese own

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Operation

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, (Reuter), undeclared blockade of Hongkong.Mr. Henry Wallace, Secretary for Chinese peacoats in Shumchun and its Agriculture, kas announced that "When I first heard of the univer-vicinity had constantly supplied the Government agreed to subsidise the sity' it had an American name, but Colony with a notable portion of export of over 600,000 bales of cotton associated with the president wereingricultural products dally. With the other men with imposing foreign Japanese occupation of the border in the first two weeks of August. The which, I understand, they town, Hongkong is deprived of an Minister said he was satisfied with

names change quite often."

LATE

Important soured of food supply.

NEWS

•

the start of the subsidy programme.

Arabs Ambushed: One Killed

HAIFA. Aug. 18 (Reuter).-The first major outrage in the Jenin area since October last year occurred to- day when 3 car containing Live members of an Arab "peace gang" was ambushed and one of the men was killed and the other was serl- ously injured.

New Air Speed Record Claimed

PARIS, Aug. 16 (Reuter}.-Com- mander Maurice Rossi, long-distance fier, claims to have beaten the in- ternational air speed record over a close circult by flying 10,000 kilo- metres at an average speed of 311.021 k.p.h.

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M.P.s See Anti- Aircraft Display

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