1939-10-20 — Page 9

NANCY

OH, SLUGGO --- THE VOTING IS ALL

FINISHED --- THEY'RE COUNTIN THEM

NOW!

Friday,

HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH

October 20, 1939.

By Ernie Bushmiller

S

WELL, BABY;--- IN A FEW MINUTES

I'LL BE D' MAYOR

OF DIS NEIGHBORHOOD!

OH, DEAR-- Į

HOPE HERMAN

TM

BE CALM---

TERRIBLE

IT'S IN

NERVOUS,

D' BAG

DOESN'T

SLUGGO!

WIN!

HAW... HE AIN'T GOT A CHANCE!

FER ME--

JUST WAIT!

NANCY WINS!

ME?

ZEPT-IG

-ERNIA -

Firm Cleared in First He Wants A Balloon

Militia Act Case

MAGISTRATE PRAISES

SACKED YOUTH

HENRY RICHARD. DICKSON, 20-year-old clerk, of Worgate Street, Hoxton, lost his case, the first un- der the Militia Act, when a summons against his former employers, J. Darnell and Son Ltd., of Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, E., was recently dismissed by the Old Street magistrate, Mr. F. O. Langley.

It had been stated that 12 days before he attained the age of 20 Dickson was given a week's wages in lieu of notice, and the summons alleged that the firm had terminated his employment with them "by reason of the duties or liabilities to which he was, or might become, liable by virtue of the Military Training Act, 1939, contrary to the Military

Lieut. General Hugh A. Drum, Training (Prevention

commander of 52,000 troops of

the First Army, recently engaged

In the army's biggest war games

at Plattsburg, NY. He praised

the mobilisation of the troops,

Penang Statue Unveiling

Penang.

of

Evasion-) Regulations, 1939,"

Denying this, the company contended that Dickson's work had not been satisfactory.

Mr. Langley said he was of the opinion that there was no reasonable cause to believe that Dickson's pro- spective duties or Habilities under the Military Training Act affected i kny manner the company's deci sign.

MAGISTRATE'S PLEA

THE occasion of the unveiling of the

Francis Light statue by the Hie nade no order for costs be Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, in cause, much as he sympathised with Penang was associated with Imposing an apparently reputable firm. the pngcuntry when picked volunteers, fault lay not with Dickson of his cadets, scouts, girl guides, and thou-{advisers,

sands of school children, besides I would be

Source of very leading citizens of Penning, were pre great satisfaction to other it this sent. Benting Retreat formed clearing up of matters between then finale of the proccedings.

would persuade the frm and em- Conjointly with this ceremony head resume contact.

ployer to compose their differences Governor presented the M.B.E. medal

Both had earned the respect of (milltary division) to Captain Mo-thase who had heard the hamed Noor and the Malayan Cert-argued, and if the bearing of Dlek- flenis of Honour to Dr. Ong Huck son in the court was any indication. Chye, besides-presenting-St-John Dickson should proven valuable" Ambulance certißentes.

nan, whether in his temporary mili-

End PAIN STOMACH

case

thry or his permanently civilión em-

ley.

"TALKATIVE”

Mr. William Francis Colwall,

P.C. STOPPED "PARKER, P.C.":

£3 TO PAY

CHARLIE AUSTIN-"Par- ker, P.C.," the variety artist, who "once had a police station of his own"--was fined £3 and had his licence endorsed at Reigate recently for speed- ing Redhill.

In his letter to the magis- trate he said: "I might men- tion that just lately, I have been, on Sunday afternoons, to entertain convicts at Maid- stone and Wormwood Scrubs. Cool is very nice to ontertain in, but I should not like to bo in one of them for any time. So now, tir, I will leave my- self in your hands, knowing"} shall be justly treated,"

warehouse manager, of Messrs. Dar: A

nell, said that apart from Dick-of

Sanatorium For Co-Operators?

Port Swettenham.

RESOLUTION is to be moveri at

the next half-yearly meeting

Barrage

Mr. Sanghi, of Jodhpur

Mo

OHANLAL SANGHI, multi-millionaire visitor to London, admired the balloon barrage system so much that he wants to take the idea back to his native Jodhpur.

He also plans to give Bombay, Calcutta and other big Indian cities the same protection.

That is why, on the night of the big black-out," squat Mohanlal Sanghi flung open the windows of his Piccadilly Hotel suite and spent almosl. the whole night looking out over

darkened London.

"India needs A.B.P," he said.

"In Jodhpur, for instance, we have

am

un excellent aerodrome. So I going back to yuggest lo the | Maharajah that your ideas should be

Used In our country,"

RICHEST MAN

Mohanlal Songhi, reputed at 32 to be one of India's richest men, is the sixth son of a family of eight boys and one girl,

He hopes to start an airways sys- tem connecting up Jodhpur with other big Indian centres soon.

"How can I tell you how much I have?" was his reply to a question!

CHOPIN FILM

WHO would be your choica for the part of Chopin. In a film about the composer?

Mr. Harry Cohn, President of Columbia Pictures, said at a London lunch recently that he had plans for such a film and would like Tyrono Power to play the name part.

"Or," he asked, "would you profer Robert Taylor?"

The film will not be called "Chopin," Americans would bo sure to call it "Showpan", or "Shopping" said Mr. Cohn. Ho hasn't yet decided on a tific.

on money. "But here is a cable say Birds Blamed For

Jing 1 have become a cinema owner.j

It cost six lacs of rupees."

And

would be worth about £45,000.

Marijuana

11 inc-100,000 rupees-is worth about £7,500. Six of them BURLINGTON. Vt.-Horticultur- ist offered this explanation for an Geographical Note Jodhpur (or unprecedented crop of marijuana Jeodpoor), a native State of India, plants in Vermont: The seeds were largest of the Rajpoot principalities brought into the state us food fo: Length 320 miles, breadth 160 miles, show birds who scattered it outside bren 35,072 square miles. Much of their cages as they fensted.. the land is fertile, but there are seed was picked up by unfettered many Jurgtes. Capital Joodpoor. birds and spread over a wide area Population 1,783,000.

as they carried it to their nests,

2 Men With Guns

Sought To Solve

Death In Canoe

The

NEW and important information received recently suddenly

son, no one of the age of 20 had of the Selanger Government Ser-altered the whole line of inquiry into the Tragedy in the Canoe.

Vants' Co-operative Thrift and Loan

been missed since the introdue-Society Limited, that the Director of {tion of the Act.

Co-operation be asked

for the use of members.

in March, on the second occasion members were admitted, while 130

Superintendent Holloway, who is in charge of investigations Dickson was unsatisfactory as a cent, toward the special reserve fund who was found shot in the head in an upturned canoe in the allot 5 per into the death of 27-year-old Robert Stevens, of Tunbridge Wells employee, being Jalkalive and in-(0) that another 5 per cent. be put. clined to waste time unless underside for the erection of a saunterium River Ouse at Rodmell, between Lewes and Newhaven,--stated: supervision.

He had spoken Dickson in De-

"We are anxious to trace two¡ward if they know whether cember about his conduct and again During the first half-year 11 new men who were seen, walking on Stevens was shot accidentally or telling him that it was his last worn-used membership. The total capital the river bank near the spot whether either of them lent him

on. June 30, 1930, was $490,014. Out where Stevens's body was found.ja gun. of the eight scholarships awarded by They were carring guns. the Midlands Urban Co-operative Union, the society was fortunate in "We do not suspect the men, impossible to say whether Stevens securing two,

but we wish them to come for-met-his death by accident or design. We do hope, however, that the two men will come forward. Even if they might have been poachers, they have nothing to fear."

Relief

ing.

#A

In July was found that an order 10seconds! an error made by Dickson.

had been lost to the arm because of Dickson was told his dismissal Was because of reorganisation stall, so as to assist him in finding other work.

No matter how severe

your stomach trouble, *Bisurated Magnesia will always give you

of

NOT VOLUBLE IN 'COURT John Walter Tovey, inartager of the department in which Dickson was employed, sald: "Dielson could work well when he felt like it, but [often he did not feel like it', Often dupartment and talking generally." he was reprimanded for leaving his

Mr. Langley: There are constant references to his being talkative. A less voluble witness I have, never heard in the court in the whole of

Mr. Tovey: Yes.

quick relief by removing experience. Is he talkative? the cause. Try it now! Don't suffer another day,

BISMAG

Bizurated" Magnesia coilt very little, from any good chemist or drug stora, buch always san the oval B1SMAG sign on the packagométke your guarantee of quickest stomach volief;

BISURATED MAGNESIA

quickest stomach relief

"He limited his replies to every

question to the least possible. num- ber of words. He must have been Ivery different in the office," said Mr.

Langley,

Mr. Orr (for Dickson); Were you a bit talkative and didn't you bring a frog into the office and talk about -No. The frog has been there for

28 years.

Asking the magistrate to say that the company had "triumphantly re- futed" the allegation against. Ühem, Mr. F. Milton, for Messrs. Darnell, said the Orm had encouraged na tional service.

Blackbird Attacks

Cats

SAN JOSE, Cal-Mrs. William Penhall reports that a blackbird has found the "Achilles' heel", of her two | cats," Thé - blackbird drops out of a trad; and" bezina'a merry, rai-tat-tat on the backs and the caudal appen- dages of the two cats who prefer to | take refuge under the house" Instead of attacking what ordinarily, would

ba,their natural prey.

GRIN AND BEAR IT

30

By Lichty

+13

"NOTHING TO FEAR" The superintendent added: "It is

Edwin Johnson, a railwayman, of North Street, Lowes, who saw the men, has told the police that they were aged between 25 and 30.

Enriler the day the police published an annent for information from anyone who may have lent o gun to Stevens. They have been puzzled by the fact that Stevena's parents say they did not know he' had a gun; no one saw him with one during the eight days he had been' staying.nt Newhaven.

Tests made during the week-end show that the gun was fired at close quarters.

Made £18,000 From

Coffee Stall

FORTY-FIVE years ago Mr. Richard Hooker came to London from the village of Rudgwick, Sussex, to make his fortune. He opened a coffee-stali in Tower Bridge itoad and. worked day and night selling sand- wiches and coffee.

He died in Moy, aged 65, and his will, just published, reveals that he left £18,000.

Mr. Booker left the coffee stall, now in Queen Elizabeth Street, Tower |Bridge, to Herbert Dolling, who has

managed it for some years,

Mr. Booker himself had served behind the counter for years, then he |cmployed a monager and staff of two. From the money he made out of selling penny cups of coffee he bought house property.

When be retired, a rich man, he

the coffee stall which had founded his fortune..

**Your old man slaves away to keep you in collage, and for what? often drove in a limousine to visit

For you to play this kind of dumb football?”

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