Maman natire is—human nature, and it ie feasible and. certainly excusable for. a bondholder Mrs, Canning, who was in her! {bedroom "at the time, opened her. door and saw what was taking place. With great presence of mind, she quickly withdrew and closed' the door, locking it. Going out on to harbour a suspicion that out of 8\the verandah, she blew her total of 64,000 little bal!s—that was, whistle. Hearing this, the" last Saturday's aggrega\ his ar- made off, without setting' any booty. ticular sphere may have been over-
The gardener, who said that fou looked, By examining his group tray beforehand, however, he Jor five other men were outside at sures himself beyond question that trying to get in by climbing over! he Is represented amongst the "pos-wall, bolted the gates on hearing the police whistle and saw the two! men, whom he had admitted a few Having received the bondholder minutes before, tearing towards him. Aittle spheres the big brass ball Hurriedly, he escaped into cover. firmly clamped together and is ready The men unbolted the gate and! to be rotated before disgorging, one made good their escape, and have by one, the golden numbers, Met been seen since. eeseribed above.
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We now come to the functions of the small brass ball. tains the reimbursement number And here a brief explanation is ne-assary. At every monthly draw 25 per cent. of the month's collected premia is distributed amongst bond-On Saturday last this We understand that the members Students' Union have again' threatened to search for "enemy"
(ie. British and Japanese) goods and to confiscate them—and- Gen.
Chang Tz-ying, the Police Com. missioner, is equally strong in his threat to arrest and punish them if they do s0.
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