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Some Notable Personalities of the Fourth
Pacific Science Congress which
met in Java, May 1929.
-By A. H. C.
The President. Of all the Science Congresses he had ever ath Leaded (and he had attended a good many). so said, one of the speakers at the closing meeting, 'one had been accompanied by such harmony and goodwill or had accomplished so much amid such charming sur- roundings and goodfellowship'. And all this, as was again and again
Dr. . de Vrica, Professor of Chemistry at the Medical Faculty, Batavia; President Fourth Pacific Science Congress.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1929.
2 LADIES' SURPRISES IN TENNIS
A VETERAN'S FORM
WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS :
THE FIFTH DAY
TILDEN STILL WINNING
England's only "seeded" repre- sentative in the men's singles of the British lawn tennis championships at Wimbledon, in Dr. J. C. Gregory, has been eliminated; but "surprise" players like "Bunny" Austin and Nigel Sharpe remain.
reiterated by many, was due above all to The President whose genial presence and magnetic personality were over every gathering. and whose polyglot accomplishments solved so many difficulties. In one of his speeches the President amus.
There was abundant interest and ingly referred not to the polyglot surprise in the women's events nature of the Congress but to the of the fifth day. Britain's star increasing divergence of the differ shone when Mrs. Mellquham struck ent forms of English the official a vital blow at the foreign con- language and the extent tingent by defeating, inexpectedly, which the Dutchman's linguistic Senorita Lili de Alvarez of Spain, abilities were taxed in interpreting who lost last year in the final to: the American, Australoid, and Misa Helen Willa. But the Spanish other varieties of the mother girl's fate was avenged by another tongue. The lesser vagaries, Ox-invader in Mra. Bundy of America, ford drawls, Scotch birrs', and a veteran, who disposed of Miss Irish euphonics could scarcely Eileen Bennett, Britain's second be registered amid the more viclent ranking lady player.
shocks.
Reverting to the men's singles,
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
& THE “PACT" THE DISSOLUTION
CORNER-STONE OF WORLD
PEACE
BARON TANAKA SPEAKS
Tokyo, Yesterday. Stating his belief that "the (Kellogg)Pact will prove the corner-stone of world peaes" and offering his "incerest respects to M. Briand and Mr. F. B. Kellogg for their worthy efforts which had been crowned with success, and would mark an epoch in the an-
PROBABLY SOME RAIN
"S.W. winds, fresh cloudy, probably some rain" is the forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-morrow.
At 10.80 a.m. to-day the The Observatory reported: -- anticyclone remains to the E. of Japan and the N. depression is moving into S. Manchuria. The S. depression or typhoon is situated about 100 miles S. of Naha, moving N."
The U.S. Consulate-General is advised from Manila
3.55 p.m. 28 - Cyclone or Typhoon S.W. of Guam, direc- tion unknown.
HONOURS
"JIX" A VISCOUNT
PEERS, PRIVY COUNCILLORS,
BARONETS & KNIGHTS
SIR P. SASSOON HONOURED
London, Yesterday. The Dissolution Honours List includes an earldom for. Lord Peel, and a viscounty fox Sir Wm. Joyn- son Kicks.
New Peers
IS THAT SO?
Thoughts Terse, Perverse-and Worse
The water issue is very clouded.
The chief imports of the Col appear to be banishou breakers.
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Evidently the Harbour harbours some heroca in the life-saving line.
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The man who saves water by
Baronies have been conferred on Sir Hamar Greenwood, Sir George refusing to shave daren't look him. Lawson Johnston, Sir Gilbert Alan self in the face. Hamilton Wills, M.P., and Major Yerburgh, M.P.
Privy Councillors
The Privy Councillors include Sir Douglas Hacking, Earl Howe, Com- modore Henry Douglas King, Sir Francis William Lowe, the Earl of Plymouth, Sir Philip Sassoon, Vis count Wolmer.
Baronetcies Six baronetcies include Sir Alfred Butt
The Knights Eleven knighthoods include Mr. Frederick George Penny (former- ly of Singapore).
Grand Crosses of the British
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"Water
shrieks Opinions" "Morning Po placard. They always were just that not even milk and water.
1949:
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"And what did you do in the Great Water Famine, daddy"?
"I made my own water.”
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The inmates of the Blind Home
over are radiating
the gift of a radio set from the Kowloon F.C.
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I'll play till the last drop" said a teetotal lawn bowls player.
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Dr. de Vries, the President is however, it is interesting to note the Director of the Rubber Experi- that one Frenchman was beaten by mental Station at Buitenzorg, and Tilden, but two of Tilden's col-nals- of the world's peace move" the Professer of Chemistry at the
"H. G." has cabled his non- Medical Faculty, Batavia. He is the son of the world-famous botanist leagues were beaten by Frenchmen. menis." Baron Tanaka, the Pre-Empire-Bir Harold Bowden, Sir
mier, in his capacity as: Fareiza Philip Cunliffelister and Comman- approval of the re-opening of Wells. and mutationist Prof. Hugo de Vries, whose experiments on Oenothera
Minister, has announced the fact der Eyres Monsell-Reuter." lamarckiana and other plants have been such a stimulus to biological science, and whose books on 'Plant Breeding' and 'Species and Varieties', written in English, have been a household word with British botanists.
Pithecanthropus erectus, the Ape-man of Java Java has centred in it so many phases of scientific research and endeavour that it is difficult to select any one of them
as predominant. But perhaps the fact that on the banks of the Solo River at. Trinil, there was found between 1891 and 1893 by Monsieur du Bois the remains of the earliest specimen of the primates which may be counted distinctly human has impressed itself on the ima gination more than any other scien- tific fact mentioned in connection with Java. The more Or leas meagre remains of Pithecan- thropus erectus have been of sur passing interest to anthropolog ists. And it was partly due to this very interest that Prof. G. Elliot Smith, Litt.D., D.Sc., M.D., F.R.S., came out to the Congress as Great Britain's Representative from the Royal Society.
Restoration of Pithecanthropus erectus of Trinil, Java, the left- handed Grat cousin of Humo sapiens.
The Last Eight
The weather
programNŲ
of the
fifth
London, Yesterday.
was glorious and the attendance large for the strong day at Wimbledon. Four of the last eight in both the men's and women's singles were down for decision, but, as it was, a fifth ladies' match was decided.
Big Bill Tilden again led the way into the fifth round (the last eight) by defeating Boussus on the contre court in straight sets.
that H.I.M. the Emperor of Japan has ratified the Kellogg. Pact.
Baron Tanaka also reviewed the circumstances under which Japan supported the Pact and how she interpreted the much-discussed phrase "in the names of the res- pective peoples," so as to ensure that there would be no conflict
(vis-a-vis the Emperor's position) with the terms of the nationa constitution of Japan
Accompanying the statement is The first surprise came when Mrs. a copy of memoranda exchanged Mellquham accounted for Senorita between Japan and America' on Alvarez in three sets.
July 16 last year regeling the in- Thora Bundy beat. Misgterpretation of the phrase Rev-
This was a fascinating Struggle between the old and new generations. As Miss May Sutton, Mrs. Bundy had won the singles title at Wimbledon in 1905, 1906 and 1907.
TERRIBLE DEATH
British Wireless
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อาก “Real rain arrives at last"— "Daily Press" three-column heading. Real news indeed!
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There seems to be a drougat of local news in Singapore judging by the copious flow of excerpts from Hong Kong papers on the water famine.
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Seems to have been overlooked that when Ramsay MacDonald em barked on his first flight to London Town he "rose from his clover'· field."Now he's Prime Minister he's certainly in clover!
Gambling appears to be a fine, pastime. No fewer than 1,527 were fined at the Magistracies last year."
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And so these rain making experi- ments are alleged to have ended in airy nothingsi
********** Having seen the Filipino on his Hon. Mr. W. T. native heath the
bowls on the local greens.
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а **Telegraph" According to placard the most sensational local among the new Privy Councillors news appears to be the plans for Southern is giving a Fillip to lawn
the are.
of. Viscount Big Straits Hotel."When in Wolmer, late Asst. Postmaster General and that the new baroneta strafts go to the Straits for "news."
There are life savers and life include Mr. Jeoffrey Fry, private
"Just our half inch fell up to savers."--Some get medals and secretary to Mr. Baldwin.
yesterday evening exclaims the some you daren't meddle with. "Daily Press" in .a sort of confidential mood. When the "China Mail's" half inch falls we'll be glad to inform our contemporary
"Official Receiver To Carry On" (heading in local paper)Surely not!
MR. DWIGHT DAVIS
PAL'S NEW GOVERNOR IN
JAPAN
ON HIS WAY TO MANILA
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Mr. Dwight Day, Kesterday. Mr. Dwight Davis, who is en
many part passes route to the Philippines to take away" says a "Telegraph" headline. up the appointment of Governor- -Seems to have got many of the A 19-year-old Chinese girl named General, arrived in Yokohama 'this Singer sewing machine parts mixed Lam Yuet-ming, of No. 110, Temple-morning.
He immediately pro- up. street, met with a terrible death ceeded to Tokyo where he was re- ! "I knew mommer would win," yesterday afternoon whilst riding in colved in audience by HLM. the We note that one of the Straits
Emperor. said one of Mrs. Bundy's four tramear No. 78.
officials is going Home soon and children to Tilden, who sat through- In spite of a warning posted in After attending luncheon at the that "while in England he is to out the match with an arm round the car against leaning over the America-Japan Society, Mr. Davia qualify for the final Bar examina
railing on the top deck, she foolishly was present at a tennis match in tion." We wonder if the gentleman! by another tram which was travel had previously played in the it is the Shanghai Club that is re- did so. Her head was struck violently which Kumagae ante Fukuda, who in question is aware of the fact that
ling in the opposite direction and Davis Cup, took part.
Pithecanthropus erectus, loft-
the child's neck. Mrs. Bundy is 42 handed. He electrifled the -an- thropological section by telling them that the Ape-man of Java was half her age. The victor's strokes years old and Miss Bennett is only left-handed. And we might add that pithecanthropus had thus a more and footwork were reminiscent of unequivocal claim to the human (for, are there any apes which are her formi when ahe frat won the smas d in. Death was instantane- left handed?) Prof. Elliot Smith's sense of humour never deserted championship in
Prof. G.. Elliot Smith, D.Sc. M.D, -F.R.S, the illustrious British anthropologist, anatomist and Egyptologist, on Krakatau beach. He is the author of “The Evolution of the Dragon", "The Ancient Egyptians”, "Human Nature," "Elephants and Ethnologista" and other works In his latest book he asks:--"De we eat bacon because Cheops was pickled in brine, or was the erection of the Great Pyramid one of the incidental results of a partiality for corned beef”?
him and opened to way to some of his greatest triumphs. At a dis- cussion on the preservation of rare species Great Britain was greatly blamed for an expedition of some few years back when many rarer
· Dr. W. M. Docters Van
Botanical Gardens
species were collected in such quantities as to threaten their extinction. A resolution was pro- posed to urge Governments to prohibit this. Immediately Prof. Elliot Smith was on his feet. “As the representative of the country which has been blamed as being the greatest minner in this respect it affords me the greatest pleasure to second this motion. In due fairness to Great Britain it must be said that the expedition com- plained of was not a acientific ex- pedition at all but a company promoted joy-ride to which most of her scientists were wholeheartedly opposed.
The remains of palaeolithic man discovered in - North Chína near Pekin and named Sinanthropus pekinensis „were discussed at the
Congress. Prof. Elliot Smith's name for this, the Man of Sin, was another neat touch. (Continued on page. 14)
1905. She is ous. thought to have an excellent chance now of reaching the final. Yester day's chief results:-
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The accident occurred in Quarry Bay near the Taikoo Sugar Refinery
This result was also in the nature of. a surprise.
Miss Helen Wills (America, the holder) beat Mlle. Sigait (Belgium)
Women's Singles (3rd round) Miss Tapscott (South Afrcia) beat Madame Mathieu (who, before her marriage, was France's best woman player) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3. This match eon-6-2, 6-3. Bluded the 3rd round and Misa Tapscott made up- the last 10 in the tournament..
Women's Singles (4th round) Mrs, Mellquham (Britain) bent Senorita Lili de Alvarez (of Spain, runner-up last year) 6-4, 4-6, 0-2.
Mrs. Bandy (America) beat Bliss Eileen, Bennett (Britain) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 Miss Helen Jacobs (America) heat Miss Joan Fry (Britain) 6-3, 6-4.
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Men's Singles (4th round) W. T. Tilden (America) Boussus (the young left-handed Frenchman) 6-3, 9-7, 6-4.
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puted to have the "longest bar in the world?" If not, he might change his plans. -Praps: p'raps notl
The spectators included H.IH. Prince Chichibu (brother of the Mikado) and Princess Chichibu, Sir John Tilley (British Ambassa-
"The "weather breaking up" says dor to Japan) and Mr. Noville (the American Charge d'Affaires). Breaking up into what?
a "Daily Press" head line.
In the evening, Mr. Davis was the guest of honour at a dinner given by the Premier, Baron Tanaka, who is also Foreign Minister.
3. Con
Very kind of the Telegraph" to publish daily the disposition of the warships now in port On en- On June 30, Mr. Davis leaves quiry this morning it was learned Kobe for Manila, via Shanghai that the disposition of the Tamar and Hong Kong, by the Dollar was quite cheerful, with plenty of Line 8.8. "President Taft." It is water round it in spite of the water
shortage. understood that his visit to Tokyo has no political significance.→ Reuter, Renter.
H. Cochet (France) beat Hennessey (America) 6-1, 6-4. 9-7.
3. Borotra (France) beat Allison (America) -3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-8.
Landry (France) beat Dr. J. C Gregory (Britain) 8-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3..
Unique Times-Unusual Views
Hong Kong resident to ditto: "Isn't this just perfectly fronder ful weather 7 "
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In the annual report of the Botanic Gardens and Forests it la veay appropriately mentioned that Mr. H. Green, the Superintendent, proceeded on leaves on March 81. -Green leaves, doubtless1"
Weather Forecast a la Tele graph": "Cloud; rain."Was the cloud
over the rain or the rain over the cloud?
The Kowloon Residents Associa tion will have to watch their Man
ners.
He might be appointed to the Sanitary Board, the Legislative Council, or the first Kowloon Muni- cipal Council.
"Daily Press" We have had exactly two inches in 48 hours."- Not enough to wash daily linen in
Says the Some oracle: “Tuesday's rain was of quite a different cate- gory-Praps it wasn't wet!
The "shark" between Shank's Bay and Castle Peak has 'phoned to the "Daily Press" that it's neither a shark nor a porpoise-it's a mere myth.
The wise prophet foretold that nullah water would be nullahvoid.
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These bullies at the street foun- tains are ardent believers in the Freedom of the Seize.
The racing joke of the week was the publication in the "Morning Post" of a letter from Frank Haptor enquiring the result of the Ascot Gold Cup which apppeared in the previous evening's "China Mall.”
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From 1919 to 1928, inclusive, only two persons were inished by the Police Magistrate's Courts for "preferring false charge or giving
Presumably? false testimony."-- the other 175,591 defendants (and) all direct their witnesses) were. descendants of George Washington!
Another feather in the cap of the Hong Kong telegraphic authorities! A disgruntled newspaper editor in Bangkok points out that whereas the Derby result was flashed from Epsom to the Straits in five seconds (ard to Hong Kong in 25 seconds) it took more than eleven hours to transmit the news from Singapore to Bangkok.
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Kowloon "women" are at long last envions of the "rats" on the Peak as the latter can wash them- selves without water.
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The son of the inventor of the Singer Sewing Machine has passed
way Just aew. - There's a great deal of voluntary liquid-ation about.
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Some of these motor touts in the vicinity of Chater Road and Pedder Street imagine that they are still circus clowns.
The washing of the statues in Statue Squard has been postponed until the trans-harbour pipe scheme is finished.
A foki of a certain cinema seems to have been talking to a "Daily Press foki on "talkies" till both talked themselves dry and forgot what they talked about.
It had to come in the exchisive "Telegraph"; "Drowning Fatali ties Why not accidental acci- dents?
"Twas time that some light was thrown on the subject of the lack of lights in some of Kowloon's. thoroughfares.s
The fact of the Police Training School being at the corner doesn't minimise the nervousness of pedes- trians walking between Prince Edward Road and Nan Chang Street, Shamshuipo, on a pitch dark night,
Teetotallers are horrifed at the
A candle would be better than very idea of bringing in water from Gin Drinkers Bay It is expected nothing when the moon falls to ap- that Pussyfoot, Johnston himself a pear—unless the authorities would will lead the conscientious objec-like to present pedestrians - with tora.
torch lights