Britain Faces Sharp Rise in Tooth Decay Among Children
Statistics from London County Council reveal widespread tooth decay in British schools with dire predictions for elementary pupils. Germany has begun compulsory dental checks and school dentists, noting high decay rates among children while German hens reportedly show better dental health than girls.
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London County Council
Michael Faraday
Walworth
Germany
England
Fires ravage shops and offices across several towns
Fires broke out in Marton and nearby towns destroying offices, saloons, factories, stables, and a sash mill. In Onepō, a two storey building near the Post Office burned with several tenants evacuated. insurers listed. Additional blazes damaged Harris and Ladley offices, the Salvation Army barracks, and a cordial factory amid strong winds.
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Royal Office
Norwich Union
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Stratford
New Plymouth
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Kipling Imagines A D 2000 Airships And Aerial Control
The article previews Rudyard Kipling’s new book extending his Night Mail concept to 2000 with airships cruising at 250 knots and an aerial board of control. It notes ominous daytime flight dangers and vigilant lightships as weather worsens with sleet cutting northern upper levels and pilots facing ice and frozen gear.
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Night Mail
America
New York
Beraldi
Board of Control
Kipling
Japan’s Shipping Subsidies Under Scrutiny
Japan spends more per ton of total tonnage on subsidies than any nation, with Nippon Yusen Kaisha receiving about one million pounds yearly in government support, and Toyo Kaiun Line getting £70,000 for South America trade. British lines warn of retaliation if Japan’s subsidy increases are not revised.
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Nippon Yuson F Kaisha
Yokohama
London
Toyo Irison Kaisha
South America
Bleached Bread Sparks Lancet Warning on Flour Whitening
The Lancet cautions that increasing use of chemical bleaching of flour leaves bread unnaturally white. White bread does not equal purity, and bleaching may alter bread constituents. A return to the natural brown color of ground wheat is urged as healthier and more digestible.
Real Dick Whittington Charity Bill for London
Parliament is urged to regulate a charity founded by Richard Whittington the mercer and Lord Mayor. The Bill seeks a charitable scheme approved by the Charity Commissioners to govern the trust with an annual gross income of £21,551 16s 3d from city property.
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London
Mercers’’ Company
House ‘of Commons
Charity Commissioners
John Burns and His Mother World War II Era Tale
In a Bryant biography a tale recalls young John Burns aiding his mother late at night in bitter weather carrying washing from Park Lane. They paused under Westminster Bridge by Parliament, pledging to never let a mother or child suffer as they did. He later dreamed of Big Ben and Parliament becoming Local Government Board head.
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John Burns
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Westminster Bridge
Parliament
Big Ben
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British Naval Race and German Dreadnought Threat
In a Commons debate Sir Edward Grey warned that Germany’s fleet of thirty three Dreadnoughts threatens Britain’s survival. He urged rapid expansion of shipbuilding capacity and warned that European arms spending risks national bankruptcy and civilisational decline.
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A. H.lee
Edward Grey
Foreign Affairs
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Admiralty
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Europe
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Hurope
Libel Action in Auckland Jury Awards Damages
In the Barges Virtue libel case arising from the Harbour Board election a jury awarded the plaintiff £25. Mr McGregor moved for £50, but Mr Bamford, for the plaintiff, sought to argue a privilege issue. The case was adjourned for argument on a future date.
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Bamford
District Court Abolition Sparks Local Protests in Hawera
On May 19 locals bid farewell to District Judge Haselden as bar members protest the abolition of Hawera District Court. The Havers Chamber of Commerce Borough Council and County Council join the motion.
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Haselden
Havers
Backache remedy advertised by Doan's pills
An advertisement urges readers to treat back pain as a warning of kidney trouble. It promotes Doan's Backache Kidney Pills from Foster-McClellan, with testimonials from Mr Pritchard and Mrs Pritchard asserting relief and lasting usefulness. Pills priced 8s a box, six for 16s 6d, available at chemists and stores or by mail order from Foster-McClellan.
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Suffolk Street
Trevorton
Ashburton
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Eyaney
Settlement in slander case between Dr Thomas Stuart and Dr Bewes
In Auckland May 18 the suit by Dr Thomas Stuart of Tauranga against Dr Howard Bewes and his wife for 601 damages was settled. The defendants paid costs and expressed regret that Stuart suffered from their remarks after the wife claimed he had pursued her servant. The servant later confessed to fabricating the letters and deception.
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Thomas Stuart
Taurangi
Howard Bewes
Tauranga
Abine Supremee Court
Reid
Plainti
Mra’ Bewes
Dr. Stuart
Mrs Bewes
Public Meeting Planned on District Defence Policy
Gisborne Borough Council resolves to call a public meeting to gauge local opinion on land defence in the dominion ahead of the Imperial Conference. The move follows the need for a more efficient defence system and to back Sir Joseph Ward as he travels to the conference.
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Gisborne
New Zealand
Joseph Ward
Employers' Association vows to oppose unionist preference
In Wanganui on May 19 the annual meeting of the Employers' Association resolved to oppose the Arbitration Court's new preference for unionists by every means. It argued many workers are nonmembers and that the employer alone should decide who is worthy of employment. It also agreed to hold an industries seek during the boat race.
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Wanganui
Employers’ Association
Arbitration Court
New Zealand
Waihi Grand Junction Mine showsFurther Jade lode promising ore
Developments at the bottom level No 5 of the Waihi Grand Junction Mine push the Empire Jade reef across 20 feet with no outer wall. drilling indicates richer ore ahead though current ore is moderate. Ore already broken is sent to the mill and the outlook remains highly hopeful for lode development.
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Waihi
Waihi Grand Junction
Railway extension to Rhodesia line opens vast Beira corridor
The Transvaal Leader reports a signed contract to extend the railway from the present terminus to the Rhodesia line at Broken Hill and on to Star of the Congo Mine in Tanganyika. The project, by George Pauling and Co, costs about £200,000. The Tanganyika Concessions Company will back the Rhodesian section with capital. The Beira route would shorten travel to 1600 miles from Beira, with a potential branch from Ayrshire Mine reducing distance by 500 miles, moving toward Lake Tanganyika.
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Rhodesia
Broken Hill
Star of the Congo
Tanganyike
Messrs
George Pauling and Co
South Africa
Tanganyika
British South Africa Company
Beira
Ayrshire
Lake Tanganyika
Champerlain's Tablets For Morning Appetite Aid
Advertisement notes Champerlain's Tablets will sharpen appetite and strengthen digestive organs. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.
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Ste and
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