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SECRET AGENT OF . J A P A N " ;


LEFT BOOK CLUB DISOTSSION ON PLAN FOR WORLD DOMINANCE. :


— thie: methods adopted by them to subr jugate that'imhailpy country was the .subject under discuMlon a t Sunday’s meeting of the


CHINA ONLY FIRST STAGE. rpHE,^ Japanese att^ki upon Manchuria and


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local group‘of'the Left Book Club. The book "Secret Ageiit/of Japan ”, by :Amleto v ^ a> an agent orjajpanese Imperialism In Mailj cburia,. and


Italian faklsm is an exposure of the mettods adopted by Japan to further her. Imperialist aims'ln-tiie Par East.;;- Mr. T. Ally opened the dlscMoh’and,Mr. B. M. Wilson presided,


a selfHJonfessed supporter of


hoiTors. detailed vln .tlie book were, .hardly: beUevatilfe; but inaiiy;effiiheht people, authori­ ties on the F a r .East, had vouched for Its


held oh. the eve of the twenty-first annlyers- ai-y of ihe Socialist revolution,in .Russia, when thfe progress and people in that land had become an accom­ plished fact, the speaker said- tte .book parried them to-the other extreme-^to 'wkr and the impoverishment of,the people. ’The


Pointing out that the meeting was being


accuracy; It wap possible, also, tp check the Incident^ described! by the author’.in\other books bn' Manchuria; and the persons taking part in sUbh Incidents Were," Ih many cases, of International'importance, and statements regeirmng them were easily verified. Befpre entering tlm Japanese: service, Vespa had been employed by the supreme ruler oOlan- churia, .Ghang ’Tsb tin, father. of Chahg Hseh'tlang,' fembus for his port In the unit­ ing otthe.'Chlnese people;-. -


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, ,, Asserting tljat the attack upon Man­ churia had been the first, step 1® the plan oftb,c[ Japanese: JiOperiellsts for; ittrid domination, the speaker gave it as his opinion that R was; the desire of .the Jap­ anese to become the neatest empire thet


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Asia, and. Manchuria-the firet step, to .the conquest-of China.- 'In a memorandum sub­ mitted to: the Emperor-, on July'25th,! 1927, Baron;Tanaka,.Premier,of; Japan, outlined the; whole policy of Japanese imperialism. The aggressive-'War'policy of the Japanese millWiy, caste was laid hare, and the strate­ gic details given,in.that memorandum had been carried out to the letter. In regard to I^anchurla, Tanaka .wdote:—


, the Yamato race withes 'to surpass'itself ! in Continental Asla.’l


■rest of: .China; under .jthe,, pretext bf .developing. oUr, trade. Armed with! already, safeguarded-rights we shall selim the re­ sources of China and-with . these at our disposal we shall pass forward-to the con­ quest of ;india; the Archipelego, Asia Minor, Central Asia -and even Europe, But tiie firet step, must be the seizure of control over Manchuria-and Mongolia, ill


churia an^ Mongolia, we must use this district as a base, and penetrate into the


"In order to win real rights in Man. i'.'


.7 Another not less important reasop for .the Japanese - annexation of Manchiiria was the value of it as a, market for Japanese-gbpjis for which no' home market could ;be found. Just a s ,Britain had found it necessary to Ijave a tsrarket for the suiplus products of her industrial system, so Japan was experi-j ericing the same heed with her Consequent demand- f o r a - place in the sun.” Prevlbiis to Japanese occupation the Chinese-had made great progress In M:anchuria and every conceivable industry was carried on there. The fear of ah industriallMd 'China arising as her rival ln the East ,wa’s anoriier,fqctor in the Japanese httack upon Manchuria,. '


WORLD DOMWATION. ; i !


Japan makes use of every . conceivable weapon. A belief in racial superiority:is drilled into her people to give a philosophical sanction to her war aims. Just as Hitler uses his 'Nordic and ’ Aryan . honsense to further-his imperialist aims, so Japan' tells her people of their divine origin; that they are the ^descendants of the .Sun Goddess and that eveiythlng Japanese, is sacred. ..'Ihey are even- recognised by Hitler’s ’race of " scientists’’ as an Aryan people.


To fulfil her aims for’world domination


first act of the Japanese-on entering Man­ churia had been to censor the Press and turn out the management o f : English ’ printed papers. '. Only Japanese prOpagahda was to be allowed, not a word of criticism Of Japan or the Japanese, being permitted;


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Japanese, the newspapers ijad to suppress the nationality of ^the criminals . and merely describe them as foreigners, , ! ,


world opinion, Mr.’Alty described the events occuring during the visit of the-Lytt'on Com­ mission to Manchuria, and the care taken by the Japanese authorities to deceive it. Chinese officials in the-employ of Uie-Man­ churian'Government were forced to remain at their-posts , to make it appear.- that the government was still in the’hands of the Chinese authorities and that the Japanese were there simply as " advisers.’’ A week before, the arrival of the Commission all; sus­ pected persons were arrested and interned,in concentration camps. A reception committee was. fqtmed, and; prominent; Chinese and White -;RusSians were .ordered .to 'present petitions to the Commission expressing praise for the, Government of Manchuria and--for the Japanese ‘'advisers.’’ No Japanese ;uni-' form was , to be Seen on the streets diiring the Commission’s stay, all Japanese soldiers being fitted with Manchurian uniforms. iThe Welcome of the Commission was elaborately stage:managed, with the fear of death hang­ ing oyer those, who-made the slightest mistake. , Flags and favours were forcibly sold to the people under, threat of arrest, and spies were planted In hOstels, theatres, etc., used by members of. the Commission to pre­ vent unauthorised persons obtaining access to them.


Dealing .with the efforts made to deceive , ■ ;■ i.;" ! Lord Lyiton pointed out'in' Ms .report


(he difficulty of getting people (o give evidence because of fear of mprisals. ^


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Advertisements in the ADVERtlSER&TIMES


Chinese support for the Goverinnent oliMan- churia and stated that, in spite of the strict Japanese watch„be-had received q tremend­ ous’number of letters giving the true stafe of affairs in Manchuria. . Vespa tells, of the Japanese fury when the Lytton report was published proving the importance of world oflBlon to Japan and stn^lng the value of o f l^ ln g publicity for the happenings W the


He found, ho'wevef,'- that ^ there waS no . ^ THE TERRORISTS. '


Intelligence Service brought him Into, close touch with the terrorists employed by the


Vespa’s work as an agent of the Japanese


Japanese authorities. Just as at present in Cliia, -so-;.in Manchuria, terror was used


China was the fitst step to thie conquest Of,


against all se itlofis -qf the pepulatlbn; bli^^ nes ___ - 1 . ii. . T««tH lUra'firma Qtiri


'ing.’Weft ;ext!nslvely carried out With me 'object of d'istroylng Chinese and foreM ;buslness' in ti e Interests of Japanese .capit­ alism; qhd, dir xitly, to enrich Japan. A tre- mendous'inedne was obtained from fines tod ransoms extoited from the relative'of the rich people hild by the Japanese,., and the police authorities were the actual kidnappers. Vesba gives the names of-many of fheM people and the huge'sunis demanded for their


s men, stjopk'eeppis,!Jews, Masons, and even the. YJd CA.; Blackmail and ’ kltoapp-


TEIgGSG *'


that, the Japa iese placed themselves, outside the pafe .of civilised nations. Conducted by st the military authorities as , a deliberate


It was by the, use ma<3e of the drug traffic ' ''''


drugs were soM describes places Wkere lt-Was .even uhnecessi-ry i.tb enter; A peep-hole'Ih'the door opens to* i knock, the addict te rts 'I ils • t htod .holdliig a few coppers dfid receives a.:


•writer referred to the “ medicine, and pawn­ shops” combmed, -where the, poor addict rauld pawn, his goods; for drugs.; . .■Another, .writer who'haT visited: sevCral houses where


break down the morale of the Chiriese people, tod at the same time to provide profits for the further coMuct of'the war on China; this hldeousl ]tf^ (c '.qiilckly - became' a direct threat to the whole of the Par East. One


rategy to undermine Chinese resistance,; to


Japanese qoneesslbn thjHankbw’had disclosed; the existence of : drug-fritofacturing pitots’,


oot In 'th l a f e '. -The^ evacliatlon of: the '


there-were the; mtouiacture was on sijch .a large 'seaje .that the Manchurian ,tod .Cktae??,.


,as!being unwoi thy of the descendants of the ' g o d s . ! ' v 7.,.■


;;jTo fight ag tost the corruption ;lfi . the Japanese'forcei in Mtochurla was'thelbhiel, 'work ' .assignee to Yespa—not fron? ,.aiby„ 'motives': of laii'dealing, but to. see that'the;' high officials ,tf .the'poliqb|. forces got only A' H,'iBke-off’’":‘bf the money squeezed , but of 'Manchuria.- ■ .'." 7 ;--'7 ■-


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; to help pay lor the carryfngwn bf th,e';waf; For this retopn-the' authorities, In Japan,


■ The greafer part of the imoney was (0 be 'diverted [to the' Japanese Government


Japanese. alrmCn respopslble for the attack bn the.British Ambassador and the American-; ship were fiesci ■ihed as .".tmcontrollables/’ ’pb'


actually condoped. the! crimes committed by' their -pebple-in Manchuria. Just- ;ab thb


were the' Japa lese crlnllnals. In Manchuria described. '


roburia under Japanese domination, has greatly stimulated Chinese.-; resistance and


; ;';Discusslhg the increasing opposition .the Japanese were receiving In ..Manchuria, the Speaker Stressed the great strain the pccupa- tito of; the;coimtry was upon the Japanese resources.; Bands- of irregulars hUd’ ■ been forthed by Obin^ patriots tod, though badly arined,; these ;bmds were the, real masters ;of the country away from the hhes of .communl-: cation.-; Alth9,u|h so badly equipped, fCd and' clad, their erorts against’; tto,: Japanese, aggressor were never relaxed. ; Trains were,: blown up; rallwsy beds and bridges destroyed and": the Jaiianese', troops continually harrassed; All the nffiltary equipment with which the irregulars were provided was cap: tured from the defeated Japanese; troops, China, Uke .Nahchuria, was, astonishing Japan by her prolonged resistance, a resist­ ance achieved 01 ly alter ^ a t striving by-the progressive elements in the Kuoralptang and thp Chinese Cor ununists.... The fate of, Man-,


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.Vespa’s book si ows .quite clearly, what the domination of China by, Japan would.meto..


' their power t > aid the fight of the Chinese, : people agaiist Japan and one way hi wMch help ciinldAe-jiVeA.was by refusing,


All progTes five people' should do all /in


-I Japan to - spiild on arms to destroy the Chinese people. ■


•to bib? Japtoei(e’’to b d s r ^ article’ Miight i d ^ t ;'dibre -mAney • for


German of Italian Fascism. The' same methods were employed by all three countries in, their attack upon the democratic-coun­ tries of the world.’ .The .systematic murder df'clvillahs: fiiS; deliberate bombing of-work- tag-class districts;' the destructioii .of any-, thing that savoured of culture; tod the sup- resslon - bf. Wbrking-class' ofganlSatloiis were ' features of the Fascist system. ■•'■Friendship- or trust of any of the Fascist powers was jm-, possible:' it .wasl only necessary to remember tbe brutal bbmtog of the.Spanlsh people and the fate of thb’!™ite Russians In Manchuria; as putlined'by 'Ves'Ra, to make it obvious that not ; until Ihe present government of the. Fascist countrlM were superseded by-a more democratic form of government would it be possible to accept their friendship. A stimulatingf discussion followed.


, Japanese Farolsm ,waS- justVthe same as ;


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In reporting crimes committed by the ■ PASS THE TEST.


examinations under-A.R.P. were Dr. ;P0! Walmsley.


GENERAL


Mrs. Clair Ellis; - Miss 'Hilda Fouldsi Mrs., Kalasrade Goidredgel Mrs. Maiy Goring; Miss Glenlg m Jones; Mrs.-TUy B. Llvesey; 'Miss Winifred jM.- Ltunb|^- Miss Ivy M--New^ sam; Miss Phyllis M. .Newsam; Mrs. Evelyn Parker; Mrs.'jan0';E.’Procter;.:Mrs, Jane E., Schofield'; Mrs. ' Jennie Smithies; Mrs; Leonera ’TbomPSPhi' Miss, Hilda M. Whipp; Mrs. Margaret. Wallbank.


Miss Elsa W.


PUBLIC CERTIFICATE. Bates; Miss Helen Conchl;-


; AJBP, CERTIFICATE


I Mrs. Ada Allen; Miss Sarah Ormerod; Miss Elsie Brown; Mrs. Lydia Brown; Mlss.Ethel M. Calveriey; kiss Elsie Clough; Mrs. Martha Ecoles; Miss Bessle'Houlds; Mrs. Irene D. M. Hargreaves; Miss Ada Hltchen; Miss Mar- jerie Jones; [Miss Edith M. Knight; Miss Stasia M. Les;er,- Mlss Jane Newbould; Miss Phyllis M. Sn lth; Mrs.-HAnnah S. Townley; Mrs .Cecilia E. Wilson; Miss Gertrude ’Wooff; Mrs. Alice Snape. - -


■ a jk j ’. [c e r t i f ic a t e ; •(m e n j . ,


Thomas E. Kelly; Joseph-Lester;, George W-! Ogden;, Wlllltoi'A. Orr; Edward B. Parker; Fred Bandeison: James 'Stewart, senior; James Stewart, junioi'.-Robert P.Thomteh; Edward Wilkinson; William Tudgay: John O, Braytoaw; Albert B. Crompton; William Jas, Morton: Albin S. Sparling; George Tomlin­ son; Edwin Hargreaves,;


i Herbert Dh^on; Charles Sutcliffe; Robert R. Dawson; Ambrose Clough; John. Hoyle; William Alston; William Taylor; Gilbert JIcK Barnes; Johp Birch; Frank Bolton; Walter Brayshaw; Geofrey Carter; John A. Chew; Arthur Dixonl; Henry Hanson; John Hlncks;' Harold Hltchen; John >K. Horn; Herbert


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guns, It ,1s ofilclaliy stated, are,;lipw coming along a t three times the rate a t which they were- being delivered six months ago, and the rate of delivery Is still increasing.


Following ari '


auspices. The examiners tlethwalte .and Mr;! J. N;


e the results of the recent held at The Old School,


BEGGAR’S UNLUCKY VISIT TO SHOWROOM.


.. “Men of your type are a nuisance about


’ casual ward early In the reiorhlng, he said, and, being hungry and destitute, thought he wofuld try and get a little something before enterhig the ward a t Clitheroe. “ I was unfortunate In going to the young lady whilst the officer, wds with her,” he added, ruefully. , ■ ;


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; Telling Simpson th a t he would be dis­ charged on promising to leave the town, ME Clayton'S£dd, riq-drie .need ;to be des­ titute these days—th a t to r e was no ejicuse fop begging. Therq was always


the relieving;,officer to whom one could turn for help.-


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the town, often terrifyffi^ people,’’[said Mr.W. Clayton Xpre8ldlrig;mdg,r8total’at the Borough Police Court, o n . Tuesday, when addressing Robert Simpson (59)[ of no fixed abode, said to be a seafaring man,- arid'charged with begging. ! i At 3-35 'on Monday afternoon, P.C. Sel­ lars was to the Electricity Shojivr^oms, In Klrigrstreet, when prisoner'- aiiproachec one of t o lady assistants and solicited alms. He told prisoner he was a police o to e r, whereupon Slmptan 'replied, “Well, you’ve caught me red-handed.” ; P/ls6nef confirmed this' to d pleaded ■for inpthe r ch ^ ce i - He. left[Blackburn


OBE., presided over the monthly meeting of the Downham Women’s Institute, held in the School last 'week when a most mtererting lecture was given on "Lakes in Lancatoe. -and elsewhere” by Mr. A. E, Binyon, M.A. The lecturer illustrated’ his subject with a number of excellent lantern slides, kindly lent by Alderman Thbrnber, of ClitheroeJMr. Binyon is a cousin of the poet, Lawrence Bin- yon, and t o . said that it was 49 years ago since he first' came to Downhami when he walked from Rochdale over Pendle Hill. [Mr. Binyon related that his father arid a lady


. WOMEN’S L\STITUTE.-Mrs. ; Assheten,


' frend climbed .Helvellyn'-the lady Iwearing a .crinoline,' At tho conclusion of the ledture, the membks sang "John. Peel.’; Mr. Blbyon was given; a hearty vote, of thanks or the proposition of Mrs;.T. Robinson, seconded by t Mrs. Raynor. .Refreshments were servM by


IharketblWefe t o small to. absorb the prptoct and drugs "we e, being /muggled toto ; bmef, bqtotries,', hart cul'afty: Egypt, "japan' nbrseU; forbade the use’ of drugs by her .own -pebple


A WHALLEY WORTHY


THE LATC MR. HARRY TOPPING.


■njTERESTED in practically every phase of'village life, and one of th d best


7. 'Hntll’iecentlyi In spite of his advanced years, Mf. Topping was.-: particularly active. A keen gardener and student of nature, he possessed a- host of friehds, not only in Whalley but in Barrow, where he Jived for many years, and In -a njuch’ wider area he will be greatly missed.". ■ ’ -to-a boy, Mr. Topping worked with his Ifawer* who was manager-df- a colliery at


kndvm .fesidents in the helghbourhbod;: Mf. Harry Topping, of “Holmfleld,” lim e: field avenue, Whalley; died bh Sunday evening. ;He was 79 years dl-age. ' V ' ! :


;;ji BucMey.iThe CMlco Printers’. AssoeJar atibn. took over’.the works land. In ;l!p5,


West Leigh; While' still In -hls tcenijihe left to.; dnter the Brookslde prlntwbiiks, iwhlch were -then owned by Messrs; B. j to d


;70 /^ a is old) being a t tlie tlirie assistant foreman printer. For: tfie p to t ten yeirs he and his wlfb have feBlded'ln lNhalley.; interested In all loc'al activities, he aulte readily gave his services In any c a u s e d which he could be of assistance. While living a t Barrow, he. was actively allied with St. Luke’s Mission. For many .years he was a Sunday School teacher and a Tnembef of - the choir. . During the War, he-transferred to 'Whalley Parish Chdrch choir. For some years too, he served the ratepayers- as' a member' of Wlswcll P^i8hy0.ouncil, 'and':.fbr-the last three years was' a "member.-of the Whaljey Psrjsh Council.';'The CO-operatIve ntpve- ment, too, engaged his attention. Dtirlhg a- long connection ;as a member of the commltteebf'mariagemenbofthe;Hlte- to'n and Whalley Society, he was for a time president; ■ .:


■; A keen amateur gardener, Mr. Topping, when living .at Barrow, was a prominent member Of the village Allotments Asspe- latloh. At one ’time he Was especially Interested in the trade unlort movement, and was president of the Burnley District of the Trades Society of Calico Machine Printers. Further, Mr. Topping was a member of the brlcket Club and Reading oRom, ■


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.' b n his removal to . Whalley he jlUed himself - with' th e ' Conservative Club' and the Cricket Club. One.of the distinctions of which he was most proud was the tact that, he captained the veteran bowlers’ team which achieved more than loqal fame, when It Issued a challenge to any team of. bowlers of seventy years of age In.the dlctrlct.. He had spent hours upon hours on th i boWUng green In the last


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golden weddipg Qh'Mafch 2hd,'1936i - ; ; Sympathy will he giveh' to ISilrs; ;Top- plng,-her daughter and two sons. In the ir loss.’ The Interment took place yesterday In the Whalley Parish Ghprehyard.


/ CAUGHT RED-HANDED.


CONSERVATIVE BALL


delightful effects at POPULAR GLITHEROE FUNCTION.


standing social events of the season, took place on Friday last in the Co-operative Hall. Although not quite so well attended as In previous years, no doubt the wintry weather ,in the early evening was In part responsible. Still this, the 58th of the series, was quite successful, being attended by neary 400 persons,


The Conseiyative ball, one of the out­ a t |


he following hostesses:: Misses Smithies, Rayner, Gill, Todd, Gudgeon and Bacon; A competltibn ifof ’the b e s t;; Tomato Savoury" was judged by Mrs. Lelst and was won by Mrs. Holgate, A second competition, Judged by Mrs. Assheton, for the best Christmas calendar, resulted in the prize being awirded to Mrs. W; L Todd!'; A'game, "Book T ties," was won by Mrs. W. I. Todd.


! ' thelr-;Mtovery |K>Vn jtldtiay viaakne'ai; but 1 ihe'e»Blanatlon la.alraBla. - .


1 ate the|actlon oftha Iddnaye lo that theta ; vftal orjans filter away the hantifulltripuri-


; ties wh ch oauta baokaoha, urinary dlt- rheumatlb1il|lnsandrena|.dro|iay. i


j »6hi Kidney PSIa open leaving hie tiok-bed.


i, ; “MV Moovi’WrWrtlumSajo'li a mbder^^ , 1 miraolo.r said a uaaa of Doans brand Back-


Othsra nave bs^n justat enthuslastlo after j '


-! I OoanaPliiaaotuponthakldneyiJustaia f laxatlva^ta upbit tha bowals. They atlmu-


badefi, disturbed, ilaap, lumbaso; ititt,' ! twollen I msolea and ’.J'oInU; lolatlov


I Don't Da olia of those whb.'dany dii until - ( they dnolo.-.'Makavounalftitforyourdaiiy


: kidntyt are kepplnitha bldod pure, lift will asain be worth llvinf. 7 ,


INSIST UPON DOANS, 1/8, 8/S 9/.


work byi taking Doani PUIs, Whan the urine lelfee from harmful baotarlaand your


!'l'here were ten,tables,, ocoupieff; for rwhlat and the M.C.’s were the Rev. F. T. Brad­ shaw and Mr! W; Todd. ' The prizes; Were presented to the following .players ly the Vicar: Ladles: I, Mrs. R. Smithies; i'Mlss' E. Frankland,- Chatburn; consolation Miss Bacon. Gentlemen; 1, ,Mr. K. Jones; [2, Mr. J . . Simpson, consolation, Mrs. Clalk, i Chat- bum. .Retoshments were, served during tjie intenal by -the. ladles, assisted by the-guides. 'The attendance increased considerably'lot dancing to music-tappUed by Mr. F! Tingle and his band of Clitheroe. Prizes! for a "spot’’ dance were won by Misses E. Smltoles. and M. Rayner. A nlghttoss case arid duchess set . were won by Mrs. F. Smithies and Mr. Dunhlngton,'respectively. The pro­ ceeds were for, the .-funds',of;!St. Lebn^d’s Church. ' '


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: Wanting to buy. a small house in a rural district In Kettit, a woman recently wrote to the local house agent arid told him th a t the house must he’ near the shops, the t o to r and the Insurance agent, representing a leading Industrial assurance office which she named!


'drive - arid dance promoted by the 1st Down­ ham Girl Guides,-was: held in the sthooi- room, on Friday last. A wet night and counter; events was responsible' for the attendance being below that of past years.’


WHIST AND DANCE.-The annual whist


; A tasteful and attaractlve scheme of decbrotlon had been made possible by the generosity of the President of the Club (Major J. R. Asplnall), who had kindly


loaned plants and flowers, which greatly enhanced the appearance and the tar- roundlngs. - In addition, limelight and mirror bowl-effects were employed to distinct advantage. , ,


.Taylor’s orchestra. Of course, the pro­ gramme included the latest hit, “ The Lambeth Walk,” together with pld- fashloned waltzes, the barn dance, and other old-timers beloved of our grand­ parents.


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. Theldutles of M.C. were’ jointly carried out by Councillors H. Cook and J. Wilkin­ son, with Messrs. C. Gavaghan, T. Heaton, G. Hltchen, G. SUnger, J . C. Southworth and W. B. Wllinot.


.small measure of credit is due to him and to the committee for. the splendid way In which the arraflgements were made for everybody’8 convenience, comfort and pleasure.


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T h e secretarial duties were again undertaken by Mr. F. R. Catlow, and no


'afnong those present being the Mayor and Mayoress (Councillor and Mrs. P. Benthamli Mr. A. R.; Gradwtll, C.A., Alderman R. | Manley -and Councillors A. R. Bleazard,'G. Dewhmt and ; W. Pinder. An attractive and well-varied programme was presented by Mr.'; A.


Many well-known workers for the Conservative Association were assembled,


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■ whicll from I stair bedr was|l| usua On j founil andl upst sleep been! B l r tf the-d p u il^ polici


Lang] Monq bedr


Lot! Mr. and Mrs. Topping celebrated their , '


enough to be included-to to dlhB'.'tfeam; Much of his tlriie was' devoted td 'hls


garden; A keen walker, he loved nothliig better than to take Jong strolls with, his friends, all of Whom were about his n t o age. . Tlierehre few people ln t o district who .are so active and vigorous as .was Mr. Topping, even after, he passed the seventieth milestone. ’ ' i ' :


owing to water shortage ’and - cramped cehffitlons,’ i t was: decided .tp’removevsdl the machinery :to Bafrow. .yTheh It Iwas that'-Mr. ;and :Mr8.^Toppmg-vcame; ito leside'-ffi the'vllldge/'Mn JToppittg being the^first pM te f tOvtradsfbf ifroM Lelgh’.tb BafroW.- After a period of'two yedrS heseciifed a-house for hlmself-Ynd. lanffiy-toGreenmount-terrAce.;;' ' -:7 ■-- Mr. 'Topping retired tiara; work'Hhen


SLEl col till r r i f


TTlB MAJESTY’S Office of Works, Works Department, must be ficlng


some pretty big bills for sand this autumn! Apart fromJast month’s crisis, when a l l ’’Government ' and ’Nat onal Buildings had to be generously decorated with sandbags ’ for the good of their health, London town has had to be 'paved n l i sahd'i^od :orid often these pasi; few eeks!',,.:'.'. .7 -Vn':;; , ' I.;,.,'' ■ T- ■■’■i V


.’ tbndoh’s streets receive a coat of sand


every "time. Rbyidta drives through in State; and brie' way tard-'another jihere has been plenty of State driving’ to eiiter- tain Londoners just la tely,. ’i^he'i Wtat End had Its coating of sand three times last week for thq visit of King Carol and Prince .Michael.


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-toppteffi'jand’ to v to se .days, of non-skid to rfa c ta 'tjp ld e a t o 'j t a t e obsolete.. The


purpose of the s a n d . I n the old days It was ’.laid’ down 'to prevent: tile horses


Most people are a little vague about the


resd’reasoit t o the sand libwddaysds th a t ij; gives 'the streets: a' 'xlean'.' and tidy


lappearance. I t is a dead loss.' Once It has been swept up and has collected all the dust of the street Is cannot be used again. The Office; of Works arid t o borough councils find it Is cheaper, tc huy


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consider this record likely to stand for many years. . •


mum speed on the fastest portion of the Run of nearly 90 miles an hour. | Experts


making of 'a new record. Even a two mile an hour breeze up the Run can fuln an attempt, ■ ;The first of the foiir prin­ cipal races of the season takes place on January l l th and 12th for the Heaton Gold Cup. ;[ ' ’ '; , V


Every factor has to be perfect for the BUILDING THE CBESTA BUN,


>pHE cresta Run, which Is built and maintained largely by. togilsh money each year, Is now being birilt, and


sometlring like £15,000 has to be raised for the work. The Run is packed with snow,' and Iced by Italian labour. The


Swiss ihaye'never yet been able to build the Cresta Run.


—ie presta! Ball, an annual London gatherlHgf p f the St. Moritzers which Is to take place' a t the Dorchester Hotel Park ILane, ,on December 8th this year! Some of the best known English tobog­


Part of this money will be raised by j


new sand than to have the old stuff cleaned.


' ■ ‘ be a guest a t the French Embassy In Albert'Gate House, which Is a [real museum of French art. One of Its- more


FRENCH COMPLIMENT TO BRITAIN. A DAY or two ago I was privileged to


priceless treasures, for liistance.’ lsj the ■Qobejln tapestry which covers’'the [whole


'of one wall In the Ambassador’s private ;'study. ' 7--


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i Monsieur Charles .Corbin, the AmDas- .sador himself, Is Oiie of those i kare phenomena, a French bachelor! He [is' a scholar and an authority on art.


ganers and International skiers will foregather for this ball, .WILD LIFE IN LONDON.


Interested In the almost continuous stream-' of what our American cousins call .‘i’commuters,” which appear on the horizon flying westward just before nightfall and eastward just before dawn They are seagulls which roost on the


ip iO S E who live In the Western suburbs . ' of London are at the moment quite


; I t Is' a great compliment to Great Britain th a t the French Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s Is always a man of-singularly artistic tastes! iMonseur Fleurlau, the previous Ambassador, was a great book collector, arid an acknowledged authority on the great painters of Iris own couritty!' ■' -


AT THE COURT OF ST, JAMES’S. thirty-six Ministers of foreign.


fpHERE are sixteen Ambassadors arid I i


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Powers accredited- to th e , Cqurt of j St, James’s. On the other - hand Great Britain- has sevente'en Ambassadors,tind iforty-two Mliristers-abcredlted to foreign nations.


Ir^q,'though Iraq has only a Minister here, and we have a number of Ministers in other countries which are represerited. here by Agents and Consuls-Qeneral.


The discrepancies are accpunted/for.by the fact th a t we have an Ambassador to


ENGLAND’S tVINTEB SPORTSMEN.


TIMnS looks like being a record ye;ar| for ’•*’ winter sports a t St. i Moritz. Captain D’Arcy Rutherford, one of'the best-known English figures on the Cresta Run was telling me at lunch one day jhls week th a t although the limit of speed seems to; be reached every time a lew record la; set up on the Run, many lew attempts are likely to be made this year. Billy piske, the English tobogganer, broke the record last year for . the t o t time In four years and reached a m to -


mllesi 'o f . reseryoirs belonging to the Metropolitan Water Board at Harapson, Staines m d Surbiton, and who come for their dally food to the metropolis. ! a large proportion go to the St. James’s Park lake and the Serpentine in Hyde Park,,, where there Is never a lack of


people, ready to throw them bread or other scraps.


, THEj BIRD-FISHERS Of HYDE PARK.


TT Is curious th a t the eight famous ’*’ ; cormorants of St. James’s Park only seem to travel as far as the Serpen- tlrief .or their food and always return to their Island rocks to roost. They are t o ugliest of all British birds, but not the least interesting. Fierce as they appear, they must be


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quite easily taftied. as Is seen from the Chinese fishing-cormorants. If you' are rehdy.to watch, you can sometimes see the cormorants fishing In the Serpentine.


STREET .MUSICIANS.


lot of publicity lately. First there was the -fllmi“ St. Martin’s Lane,” in which Charles Laughton played a street musician with much sympathy and feeling. Now it seems that twenty-four of them have formed a troupe and are rehearsing together In the hope of get­ ting theatre engagements.


T ONDON’S '"buskers,” or street per- , Jfprmers, have been getting quite a


or not these street performers are a good or bad thing.- -Personally, I have quite frequently found that the entertainment t o y provide Is of a surprisingly high I standard, and a definite addition to the


Of course, opinions differ as to whether ;


picturesque quality of “ London After Dark.”


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