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...nose for news" has always been considered a major part of a good reporter's equipment. To that, TIME'S correspondents seem inclined to add: an eye on the mule and a feel for the coral reef...
Across the Reef. Dr. Halstead has learned to take nothing for granted. Once he was testing two puffers, identical except that one came from Hawaii and the other from the Phoenix Islands. The Hawaiian fish was harmless. It seemed pointless to test the other, but he did so anyway: the mouse died in convulsions in 4½ minutes. In this case the fish came from waters 2,000 miles apart, but Halstead has found that fish taken on one side of a reef may be safe, while those on the other side, a mile away, are deadly...
National League--Blacks (4-0-0); Intellects (4-0-0); Ball Breakers (4-2-0); New E-2 (3-1-0); Reef Trust (2-2-1); K.A. Generals (2-2-1); New F-1 (2-3-0) Dead Beats...
Last week, all Dutch Reformed Churches held special prayers for South Africa's 18,000 policemen, whose main job is to keep kaffirs good kaffirs. No policemen needed the prayers more than the 4,000 who patrol the Gold Reef. Said the Rand Daily Mail: "As he padlocks his front door tonight, every Reef householder will echo the prayers-and then make sure his revolver is handy at his bedside...
...past two years). Part of the increase is due to the Malan government having reclassified as "serious" crime such offenses as assaulting the police and "promoting race hostility." Every month 14,000 Negroes are arrested under the pass laws and 15,500 under the liquor laws. On the Gold Reef, there are three murders every two days. Johannesburg, with a total population of 850,000, has twice the number of crimes committed in Greater London with a total population of more than...