The Archive · 1940

Big Capital Attracted

With the " ¢ $938, the market the most pare he tat that all writen showed signs ut recovers due to the gradual i the Chinese dollar and housing, godown and office shortage, Tu cone were wine an acute demand fords negotiations and "levers ug "the Inermaionl Settlement "into three ud French Congeion. The winely. Chinese. English change rates also attracted "Bi and sows progress of the nal dose, hn nts cntivted (Ena nom "averses belle and the tent it ie pointed 11 is hinted fore the "new join tunes os reminiscent the report that Ue of the 1890 831m da police bureau "ales Sandor comes into existence police chiefs of the three les are to meet regularly to assure ce-operation. They have met once and stitutes the only: com police forces of the figures show for known transactions for 1939 ind 1040 would dwindle into insignificance compared with the figures of the boom days should one authorities, it Is stated. promised ce-operate with the Society as much as possible and that when dogs were brought into the Kennels he would notify the Society's mee.

On. September 3° a Committee ember saw a pony being led or her dragged along Great Western Road, It was lame in three legs and bleeding from a wound in the other Jeg. From the mafoo it was learned that It was on its way to the El kadoo abattoir, there to be inhumane:

slaughtered The Sccetys tnspee was summoned and by the time operating in Being outside the Settlement it seemed that Tittle could be done but after lengthy conversations and when it was explained that the peay would never be able to walk to its destination, the mafoo permitted the pony to be destroyed by a qualliled veterinary who was summoned to the spot. The caroas was removed ina cart for which the Society had to pay order to prevent the mafoo attempt te walla the pony to its. ghastly festination. Whilst the owner" of the pony and the mahfou Jeading it were ily of cruelty it should be remem tered that the person who bought this griffin and then permitted get ile undesirable hands was guilty Of the greater cruelty.

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