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THE CHINA MAIL,
RUBBER ROMANCE
PLANTS FOR THE CURE OF LEPROSY
ENTERPRISES AT KEW
The recent death. of Sir Henry Wickham has recalled the romance of the foundation of the vast plantation rubber Industry,· Tho jobituary, noticon have told how, (with the help of Șir Joseph Hooker, {then. Director of Kew Gardens, he was able to secure seeds of the Hoven Braziliensis, a tree peculiar to Brazil and of which the Govern- ment tried to conceal the existence. The seeds were gathered in the primeval forest, and were got on board ship on the pretext that they were delicate botanical specimens. for Queen Victoria's garden at Kew, From this little stock has sprung all the Hevea trees of the planta- tion rubber Industry.
Cinchonn For Indla
That is only one of many romances connected with Kew Gar-]. dens. It was through Kew, also, a representative of "The Observer" learned recently from Mr. A. W.
, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, that the cultivation of cinchona In India, Ceylon and. [Jamaïca came about, the first seeds having been despatched to Kew from South America in 1861, fifteen years before those, of the Heven tree. The young plants were, in both cases,, raised in the greenhouses and sent to the East.
Other projects that Kew has un- dertaken, have been the introduction, of the very useful Teff grass for fodder from Abyssinia to South Africa, the annual sending of mahogany seeds to India, and the building up there of mahogany for esta, and the despatch of cacao plants to the Gold Coast.
Advice and help have been given
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to the experiment in afforesting the sirable is found in the Colonies or barren treeless Falkland Islands, in any foreign country, Kew does and seeds and cases of plants havaits best to get hold of it. The aim been sent to the islands of Acension is towards improving cultivation, and St. Helena, with the result that securing better strains, and help- they are now furnished with useful.ing botanic gardens throughout the thickets of trees.
Empire to get the plants which they require in their work for research.
Best Willow For Bais The determination of the best) types of willow for making cricket bath has been worked out at Kew, and the finding of the best strains of cotton. New Zealand flax, and Faizal.
CHINA'S FIRST FLIGHT
The second stage of the first cross-country ight in China has been completed, the Canton avia- tors under General Cheung Wal- At the present time assistance is cheung setting out from Hankow being given to the banana Industry and reaching Nanking on Thurs In the West Indies and Central day afternoon, where, they were met
Sunday Services: Morning, 10.16 America there is disease, which by General Feng Yu-hsiang (Minis-
a.m.
Preacher: Mr. W. H. Smith. Subject: "The limitable. love of Gods"...
Evening: 6 p.m. Preacher: Rev. J. C. Knight Anstey..
Subject: "Not as other man.” Sunday School, 3 p.m.
Sailors' and. Soldiers' Home, Arsenal Street. Sunday: 3 p.m., Men's Bible Class.
may, if it cannot be checked, affect ter for War), Marshal Li Chal-sum the industry in Jamaica. Ant (Chief of General Staff) and others. assistant from Kew has been in
Siam and the Malay States getting M. Harry Pissler, who la appear- all the different strains of bananasing in Hong Kong shortly, recently in that part of the world. These went into trance in the middle plants are now being grown in the of a Paris, street in the presence gardens, and as soon as they are of a large crowd of people, includ- found to be quite free from disease ing two doctors and the chief of they will be sent to Trinidad and police. After putting himself to used for hybridising with the sleep, he allowed himself to be plants there, in the hope of pro- buried in the yard of a neighbour- ducing disease-resisting strains, In 'ing house, his body being placed in 8.15 p.m., Service Men's Hour. the same way that disease-resisting a coffin which was dropped to a Wednesday: 8.15 p.m., Gospel Meet-wheats have been produced In this distance of about three feet. The ing for Service Men.
country at Cambridge. V
grave was then covered with earth. Plants yielding Chaulmeogra ofl, After half-an-hour his assistant, which is reputed to be a cure for Prince Saydar, spoke to Pissler, leprosy, are also being cultivated at who replied, saying he was quite Kew and sent out to tropical coun- vell, A. further thirty minutes tries to be grown for medicinal Folapsed and then the coffin was purposes.
raised and Pissler released, none Whenever, in fact, something de- the worse for his trance.
The Ladies' Church Aid will meet on Monday at 3. p.m.
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, KOWLOON
- November 18, 1928.
24th Sunday, after Trinity. 8.15 am.. Holy Communion. 10.30 a.m., Sunday School Ser-
vice.
11 a.m., Morning Prayer & Ser- mon; Preacher: The Vicur,
2.45 p.m.. Sunday School.
6 pm Evening Prayer & Ser mon: Preacher: The Rev. E. K. Quick, M.A.
Wednesday, November 21 Evening Service, and Address.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.
[Branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Selent- ist, in Boston, Mass., U.S.A.1
Macdonnell Road, below Bowen
*Read Tram Station, «. Sunday Service, 11.15 am, Subject; "Mortals & Immortals." The Sunday School is held, on Sunday mornings at 10 o'clock.
Wednesday Evening Meeting at 15.80 o'clock.
Reading Room at above address | lopenzáshonn leyn,
Tuesday and Friday 10 am. to 12 Noon.
Monday and Thursday 8 to 7 p.m The Public is cordially invited t attend the service and visit the Reading Roors
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Profusely illustrated, this week's issue of the "Overland China Mail-the only weekly budget of "local" and "China" news which is illustrated contains articles, comment and reports on a variety of topics which will provide interest- ing reading in all parts of the world, Among those dealt with
arc :-
Full account of the 44 days spent in bandits" hands by Miss B. Tobin of the Church Missionary Society.
How Armistice Day was observed in Hong Kong. Wrecking of the s.3. "Hsin Chi, its being plundered
by pirates and then set afire; and the capture of some of
the looters by the British Navy.
a
Squel to the Shari" piracy.
The attack on the s.s. "Kian" on the Yangtze.
Execution of judgment warrant for a large sum against foreign stockbroker.
Appointment of a Shipping Commission and the terms of reference
The Trooping Season and Naval cruises,
The foregoing have been taken at random. There is much else of importance. In the spheres of social, public and sports activities in the Colony, the week has also been a busy one and such is reflected in the "Overland."--
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