The British Government, now claiming the dollar assets in New York of a 90-yearold Scottish recluse. Mrs Maitland-Tennant, of Crammond Bridge, has similar pending- against her in three Canadian provinces. It was reported in New York yesterday that the Treasury was trying to secu

Scottish Shorthorns were among the best livestock dollar earners the country had this vear. Yet fewer were exported, 356 animals being sent overseas compared with 414 last year. Largest decrease was to the Argentine, which only imported 44 against 87 last vear. This was due to t

Grandtully Parish Church Woman's Guild held a whist drive and dance. Prizes were presented by Mrs Andrew, president. Miss Marie Macfarlan e played for the dance. Winners:— Miss K. Kidd, Mrs A. Mi** B. Huff, Miss J. Thomeon. Miss N. Thomson, Mrs Andrew Messrs J. Stewart, J. Macfa

The story was told at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday of struggle in an Edinburgh house between three housebreakers and several police officers. The police had been lying in wait. The men. who were brought before Sheriff Principal Sir J. C. Fenton, K.C., were:—Adam Potter Alla

Armless Artist New Year's Day will be the 77th birthday of a Dundee artist who sketches and paints with his teeth and feet. Gray, of 480 Strathmartine Koad, has been armless since birth, yet in spite of this handicap he has produced hundreds of paintings, some of which have gone

Miss Edith Macintyre, whose death has occurred at 28 Cluny Drive. Edinburgh, was prominent throughout Scotland as a lady artist. She was the oldest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Angus Macintyre, of Vinebank. Brpughty Ferry. Miss Macintyre studied in Dundee, London, and Bournem

Dr Robert Piatt, professor of medicine, University of Manchester, Writing in the Practitioner," says— Would lik.e to see doctors take far more care in the advice which they give to patients. "We are no longer living in the days when we had to try something and hope for the best.

A car that seems to have everything attracted much attention in Dundee yester day. Owned by Mr George Duncan, 224 Hilltown, it is a veritable showcase of gadgets. A Studebaker, which he bought from an Indian tea-planter, it has such useful devices as a windscreen washer —the wat

Two men now in Staffordshire Infirmary had been knocked off the roof of a train as it passed under the Newport road bridge, Staffordshire. The then, James Grimley (24), of Whitworth Avenue, Corby, Northants, and John Grimley (35), of Studfall Avenue, Corby, were seen by railwaym

Elephant Gave Postie Idea Chalk, deers' antlers, horn, bone and even a toothbrush handle are some of the materials which Mr Desmond Jarvis fashions into ornaments his home, 30 Thomson Terrace, Montrose. Mr Jarvis, a local postman, has had no training since he left school, but his