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The Birthday Murder

By Longs Lewis

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR PIN TWO

In his instructions to the jury. the coroner minted out that the burden of proof against any one person rested entirely with the state, that unless such proof had been offered the Jury could not find any person responsible, acci- dentally or otherwise, for the

bras GUARDIAN.

Wage Increase for II. II. Miners

IONDON. Doc. 10-(Reuters) - Miners' delegates accepted a new wage increase which will cost the coal industry another i25.000,000 a year and raise the price of coal another five shil- lings a fan.

The new agreement. which has still to be endorsed in pit ballots. will give Britain's 650.000 miners an extra 13 shillings. nine pence weekly for underground work and 11 shillings five pence for sur- face jobs. hey asked for almost

CHARLOTTETOWN

Strange But True

By F. I. MIGAIIIIIII I

In the summer of 1828 an epi- demic of cholera broke out among the swine in a country district south of Hanover, Germany. when all ordinary measures to stamp out the disease failed, the farmers put their heads together. decided what they needed to rid their pigs of cholera was a "Need-fire".

Promptly orders were issued to 3'! that no fires should be kindled before sunrise the following day

death of Albert I-lime. He pointed out that murder because of negli- gence was still murder. although to a lesser degree. He pointed out that the poison which had been in the kitchen had actually been available to anyone who saw it and who might have conceived. for an unknown reason, the notion of putting some of it into the sug- ar bowl. He explained that the conclusions of a coroner's jury do not end a. case of criminal investi- gation. and that if an the strength of present evidence. they were un- able to fix the matter of guilt. if they should find that Mr. Hime had met death at hands other than his own. the police would continue to investigate the prob- lcm until enough evidence against some person might be revealed.

twice that.

The state-run Coal .Board, fac- ing a critical shortage this win- ter, is hoping the wage boost will bring fresh 'efforts from the mini ETI-

GEAND TRACADIE SCHOOL

Report for the months of Octo- ber and November:

Grade Ix-1. Marie Watts; 2. Josephine Roberts.

Grade VII-i. Neville Watts; 2. Arthur Keizer; 3. Earl Watts.

Grade V-1. Geraldine Watts; 2. Elisabeth Fanning: 3. Charles Gibbs.

Grade IV-1. Roger Keizer; 2. Bernice Keizer; 3. Patsy Watts.

Grade III (A)-1. Gertrude Mc- Donald; 2. Ronald Watts: 3. Ruth

This person could be then arrested Cl”'iV-

for his crime and brought to trial. Gmde In (3) -1- JOSEPH Mc- In short, all the Jury had to de- D0mld'

terrnine. to the best of their abil- Grid! 1 (A) -1- Rose Marie

Watts; 2. Francis Watts; 3. Cath- erine McDonald. ' Grade I (B)-1. Doreen Watts; 2. Allan Gibbs. Grade I (C)-1. Lynda Fanning. Grade I (D)-l. Mary Catherine Watts. , Teacher: M. Evelyn McLure.

Iiy, was whether Mr. Hime had been murdered. If they found that he had. then they could. if they wished, recommendlthat any cer- tain person or persons be held as having been responsible for his death. They did not have to do so. but could do so if ihey felt the evidence against any one person merited it.

The coroner's jury was

India as a producer of moving out for pictures is second largest in the I world. exceeded only by the United

and that everybody should stand by ready to drive out the swine.

Carpenters set to work in the narrow street making runwavs. at the end of which were set two poles. two feet apart. Then they fitted a roller of oak wood to the posts. so that it formed cross- pleces between them.

Brush and straw were next laid across the street or runways in a prescribed order. Ilempen rope was then passed through the rollers fastened to the posts; the posts received a generous dash of tar; a bundle of straw lay near. and all was ready. '

A couple of husky fellows now seized the two ends of the rope and went to work with such a will that suddenlv a fire was started When the flames had somewhat abated, the pigs were forcibly driven through the need-fire. so they were cleansed from their malady. Source of information: Leaves From the" Golden Bough.

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For another quaint custom let me take you to Java and tell you the strange story of the baihy in the Winnowing-basket. "In olden. times, it was customary to place every child at birth in a bamboo basket. The nurse who performed this act knocked with the palms of her hands on the basket. Why?

To keep the youngster from grow-

The Neighbors

spake to the child thus:

"Cry not. for two great spirits are watching over you? Then ad- dressing herself to the two spirits. she says: "Bring not your grand- child to the road, lest it be tramp- led by a horse: bring him not to the bank of a river, lest he fall into the water."

The object of this unique cere- mony is said to be that these two spirits should ever guard the child.

In the Chinese place of Foo- chow a somewhat similar custom is observed. except that many art- icles are placed in the basket with the baby. If the child first grasps a coin. he will be rich; if his hand rests on a book, he will be learned and so on.

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In some districts of India it is customary for wealthy persons to place a new-bom infant in a has- ket filled with rice. and afterward to make a present of the grain to the nurse in attendance.

In Upper Egypt the moment a liaby comes into the world it is laid on a corn-sieve and corn is scat- tered around it. At the age of seven days the baby is carried on the same sieve through the house. while the nurse scatters wheat. barley. peas and salt. That's how they keep evil spirits away from children in Upper Egypt.

In the Punjab, when a number of the baby's family have died in succesion. the new child will be put in the Winnowlng-basket alonu with the sweepings of the floor. and taken out into the yard for several hours. The object of treat- ing the infant in this way is to

"We must get something for the know--the one who always lets the air out of our tires.”

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By George Clorki

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Beck's little boy. You

save its life by deceiving the spir- its, who are supposed to have car- ried off its brothers and sisters. These uncanny creatures-so these people fancy--are always on the icrik-out for the new baby but they will never think of looking for it in the yard.

ALMA school.

The following is the report for November.

Grade IX.-1. Blanche Mountain; 2. Wanda Barbour.

Grade VII.-1. Joyce Kinch; 2. Shirley Barbour; 3. Ernest Currie.

Grade V. A.--1. Bill Donald; 2. Barbara Mountain; 3. Myron Bar-

Buckingham Palace in London was purchased by King George III

Grade V. B.-1. Garth Dunb.-in 2. Robert Barbour; 3. Marilyn Rem nie.

Grade 111.-1. Arlene Rennie: 3 Sybil Duncan. ,

Grade Ii.-1. Sherill Rennie.

Grade I. A.-1. Betty MacNeilli 2. Wayne Barbour.

Grade I. B.-1. Blois Rennie

Grade I. S.-l. Velda Dunn. .

the courtroom was cleared. Tuck watched ihe jurymen depart, Six pairs of eyes strayed -to the face of Hazel Bennett. six to that of

Victoria Jason Himc. '

Victoria llime left the couri- . room between George Leighmah's hovering bulk and Bernice Saxe'.s pink hat. Tuck found himself Just behind them as they all waited for the elevator. He heard Victoria say: "It was really anticllmatic. Just the facts pulled out one by one, and looked at by that faintly interested jury."

Tuck said: "That's all it could be, you see. Just the facts we have to date."

Her sharp face looked up at him for a moment over her shoulder.

Tuck saw Moira Hastings wait- ing a little apart from the others. He watched her attentively. she met his gaze coolly. she apparent- ly in ” that a member of the ., Los Angeies police force would not ;' be shocked at what might seem? like perjury - which was true. Tuck was not at all shocked. He 4 was very, very interested. ll

George Leighman nodded and smiled perfunctorily at Moira Hastings. Tuck became a little less interested in her. The reason why y. she had changed her testimony .- was now apparent to him.

The small hard icnot of fear which had been inside her chest for three hours was still there when Victoria stepped into the elevator. She wondered that it had Sgt vanished with the jury's ver-

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"Well," said Bernice in her "that's over!"

To be continued

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"I'm too sleepy." whined Nim- blehecls.

Peter suddenly sat up very straight, his long ears pointed right up to jolly. round Mr. Sun. Peter drew a long breath. "As I live and breathe, here come's Reddy Fox down the Crooked Little Path," said Peter in a wills. per.

The result of that whisper was surprising. The sleepy one forgot all about wanting to go to sleep. what he suddenly wanted, and wanted with all his heart, was in get out of sight and do it be- fore he as seen. l-fc began to dart this way and that. He moved '0 quickly and dodged out of sight so quickly. that Peter lost sight of him almost at once.

FREDERIGION. Dec. 0-(CP)- Unseasonably mild weather has

caused ice to break up on the st. ' John river here. The river from over on Nov. 2'7, and the break-up is believed the earliest on record. steady snowfall today gave 1ndi- , cation of a return to a normal . weather situation. ' ' '

MAIN osm- The dominion of Pakistan has about 21.000300 acres devoted to rice-srowins. double the acreage

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