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HEAR?
German Scientist and an Old Argument,
FEEDING-TIME.
Ichthyology and piscatology are again in conflict.
Anglers have long cherished the belief that fish can hear people's movements and conversation, while
ADDRESSES WHICH CANNOT BE TRACED.
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A General Post Office notifier. tion gives the following unclaim- at the Post Office, and also un- ed correspondence, etc., waiting claimed radio telegrams at the Radio Telegraph Office, Govern ment Building --
Feste Restante Correspondcrice.
GROUNDS.
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Rapid Growth of Civil Aviation.
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PLATFORMS ON ROOFS?-
don County Council and repre- A Special Committee of the Lon. sentatives of the Air Ministry have begun consideration of the great problem of providing landing places for aircraft in London."
With the rapid development of
professed zoologists. have as firmly T. Adair, John Baker, W. W civil aircraft the need. for some
denied that the ears' of fish auditory.
are
A German scientist, Herr H. Stetter, of Munich University,
now come
to the rescue of the
Platforms over the Thames at Westminster
Brotherton, K. Bruno, S.A. Carlson, Miss Mae Chapin, Costa, landing place nearer to the centre- R. Dilley, Eastern Trading Co., of London than Croydon is becom- Ltd., Mias Fielde (c/o M.P.S.C.). ing more acute every day. Some of has W. G. Gong, E. Graetz, H. K. the suggestions already put for
Hutchinson, Misa Grace Hum- Ward include: anglers with a paper claiming that James (c/o Monthly Leader), Wm. phries, L. S. Hanna, Charles.
fish can hear such varied sounds as James, R. E. Johnson (s.s. Steel) those from the organ, guitar and Traveller), Lee Wing-sun, Over- plain
seas Trading
Misa 'Co.. tin-whistle and orthodox
M. O'Leitch, Pritchard & Co., E. S. naturalists are sceptical of his Powell, Philippine-Europe Confer conclusions.
enco, Miss O. Richards, M. Simon,
Herr Stetter's method was to as R. T. Sexton, Harry Shutte, Der sociate noise and feeding-time-J. F. Varthorne, Mrs. A. Way, S. Van Slais, Lord Stonehaven,
so that after a few days' training Miss Betty Waterman (Eastern & his fish would rush to its normal African Steamship Line), Miss feeding-place even if there were no Williamson, Rev. J. W. Wright.
Wu (as.. Fulda), Mrs. H.
food awaiting it. To test whether
it possessed a critical ear, one kind
Registered Articles. L. Adler. H. Cooper, E. Graetz,
of sound would be associated with Lee Sak-kew (c/o Wang Ching- good wholesome food and another wei), Mr. Max. Tonnelier or Mrs.
Rahel, Yeo Yew-beng.
with 'some
unpleasing flavour.
Thus if a base organ-note corres ponded with the provision of a good meal, the sound of a tin- whistle would produce, no equiva- lent excitement in the discriminat ing fisb.
Ji
Unpaid Correspondence.
R. E. Johnson (s.a. Steel Travel-
Roof of Waterloo Station; Roofs of large buildings; Landing on the river at West. minster; or
Landing on the river at Erith, Before any of these schemes
could be put into practice It is generally realised that great diff- culties would have to be overcome.
I understand (writes the Even- that the Air Ministry is looking ing Standard Air Correspondent) with some favour on a proposition to provide a landing place for sea- planes on the Thames near Erith. At this point the conditions are regarded a very sultable, but no de- finite decision has been made.
Adequate Facilities.
Mr. Montague, the Under Secre- ler), H. McDermid, D. P. Tahilig.tary of State for Air, told me:-
"There is doubt about the noces- Radio Telegrams.
aity of examining thoroughly the position in regard to adequate facilities from the centre of Lon don for people who desire to travel by air. Not everyone seems to be aware of the progress that is being made in civil aviation. -
Vles on board
Empress of Canada,
0565 Isenberg
Schiedam: .Swatow, .Hamburg ..Saigon.
London Experiments. Commenting on these results, Hing Kee Mr. E. G. Boulanger, the Director 3494 0098 0679 1344 5894 of the Zoo Aquarium, said to London reporter that he had ex3111 7802 0966 0086 3189
4151 2837 6068.....Kongmoon. perimented with all the fish in the
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aquarium and that none of them seemed able to bear. To demon- strate his belief he went to the Fuentes Hotel, Kallon. aquarium and loudly clapped his
out of the fishos Chin Thay Sin hands, while sight. They were completely un- responsive, but when he repeated the performance,in view of the fish they immediately came to the sur
"The best method of enabling Londoners to further this develop- ment presents certain difficulties. It seems to me it is going to be Swatow. Very difficult, if not impossible, to utilise any ground in London's centre because the Londoner, very .Pontianak. rightly, is extremely jealous of his open spaces and will not consent to their being taken away from him for aircraft purposes.
Milano.
"The alternative is the utilisa-
Savings face and asked for food. Their at. / ILLICIT DRUGS SEIZED IN BURMA) tion of the roof of some big rail-
N and after 25th August.
Accounts will be allowed at the rate of 2% per annum on mini- mum monthly balances not exceedi ing. H.$10,000.
For The National City Bank of New York, F. McD. COURTNEY,
Manager.
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
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August 12, 1930,
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A Trial Order is Bolicited.
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IT IS, HEREBY ANNOUNCED that MONDAY, the 20th Sep tember, 1930, has been fixed by the Committee as the Bettlement Day for that month.
For the Hong Kong Stock Ex-
JOSEPH GOULD,
HONG KONG SHAREBROKERS'
IT
tention was also attracted by tap ping on the surface of the tank.
way station. It does not seem too much to expect that we may see machines that will be able to take off and to land on a roof of this
Expense.
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WATER RETURN
The level, and storage of water in our reservoirs on.. August 1 is as under:-
Tytam
City and Bill District.
1929 1980
In
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***** 57′ 9'B
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London, July 18. The widespread nature of the These resulta, he said, were en tirely in agreement with those ob- inquiries which the seizure of tained many years ago at Plymouth drugs in an Indian city may occaind.
QUEEN'S present Charles by Dr. William Bateson. He obsion in other parts of the world is
Farrell and Mary Duncan in Tytam Byowaak served the effect of blasting opera-llustrated by two instances men- tions on neighbouring fish and tioned in the British Government's one trouble is the question of "City Girl." The story is as big Tytam Intermediate 7'10"B
expense. Another is the question as those vast ranches of rolling Tytam Tok came to the conclusion that fish annual report to the League of of the weight of the roof, and still wheat that serve as a setting for Wong Nei Chung could only "hear" if there were Nations on the dangerous drugs another the question of. Ughting much of the action. It tells of
Pokfulum
0'10"B Note: B. denotes "Balow. Over. accompanying vibration, the sensa-traffic. In one case, tan bottles of for the station below.
the yearning of a slaving waitress £ow"; A. denoles “Above Overlow"; tion being achieved through the cocaine bearing the labels of a Ger-
"It seems to me that what is like in Chicago for life in the country. L. denotes "Level with Overflow."} man manufacturer were seized in general nerves.on the surfaco of
ly to prove the most profitable Along comes Charles Farrell, the Storage in millions and decimals their bodies.
September, 1928, in the possession effort of development is to speed son of a "wheat king," and the
of gallons. Anglers' tales of fish hearing of two coolles at a railway station up the communications between waitress sees her dream ap-
•1923・・ 1990 Burms. It was ascertained that Croydon Aerodrome and London.proaching materialisation. It is a could be attributed, Mr. Boulanger the battles had been despatched That journey can now be done in grippingly human story. with deft Tytam Intermediate
Tytam
384.80 284.80 Tytam Byewash added, to lack of appreciation of who stood behind a bush might Shanghai to a Chinese doctor in possibility of this, time being talkie film.
The angler under licence partly direct from three-quarters of an hour the eyesight of fish.
from directional touches and appealing Tytam Tuk....... Germany, partly via London and Charing Cross, but there is dialogue and photography.
A Wong Nei Chung.
Pokfulum imagine that he was given away
by the noise of his movements or Amoy. In the second case, a mix- lessenéd." voice, but actually he was in sighted haul of illicit drugs seized on s
of the fish.
.
Westminster. He said to me
22.37
22.37
154.42
195.00
383.00 1,846.08
29.81
28.31
1029
1980-
389.37
28.0
66.00 64.10
Total
1,040.40 2,040.65 Colonel the Master of Sempill steamer at Rangoon necessitated spoke with authority on the ques-
Consumption af water in the City CENTRAL again.features and Hin District in minions and de- Experiments had also been per inquiries both in Europe and Aslation of using the Thames as an air-Maurice Chevaller and Jeanette cimals of gallons during the month formed to show that fish could dia-Some of the cocaine seized proved port, for twice he has landed with Macdonald in "The Love Parade." of Jaly. Chairman.
tinguish colours. They had been to have been exported from Gez- Hong Kong, 15th August, 1980. taught to associate say red discs many to the same Chinese doctor his machine on the river near "The whole tone of the picture Consumption: 124.10
is one of majestic lavishness of Estimated population 494,280 444,600, with a meaningless disturbance. at Amoy, while the morphia. bore
"One has to remember, however, production blended with inspired Consumption per Red discs would then induce con labels, evidenfly in the Far East, that there are various difficulties simplicity and directness of action head per day.. 0.2 siderable excitement; while blue purporting to be those of an Eng which, at present makes the West- sequence. The songs fit neatly Includes 02.51 million gallons
from Mainland. dises would leave the fish unmoved. lish firm, which, however, did not minster part of the river rather into the scheme, the plot unravels xlat. Forged labels of a well difficult. All kinds of formalities without a pause or an over-hasty
Supply by Street Fountains Only..
During the Whole Month. known German manufacturer were have to be gone through before a leap, the characters are natural, July, 1920-On July 1, the hours also used for part of the cocaine, machine can land there, and even the comedy is free-flowing and of supply are 5-8 a.m. and 6-8.30 the remainder having come from then the problem of taking off or robustious, the satire is spicy, the P. (Peak District 4 hours daily). Tokyo and
From 2nd-22nd inclusive the hours. unascertained landing is added to appreciably by dialogue racy, yet not maudlin supply were 8 a. and 6-8 Bourec. From these two cases the the large amount of flotsam and the picture, in sum, is an amazingp.m. (Peak District 8 hours daily). conclusion was drawn that Amoy IN is probably the centre from which drugs are smuggled into India and elsewhere.
ASSOCIATION.
NOTICE.
18 HEREBY ANNOUNCED that MONDAY, the 29th Sep- tember, 1980, has been fixed by the Committee as the SETTLE MENT DAY for that month.
For the Hong Kong Share- brokers' Association.
A. H. CARROLL,
Chairman.
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
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STANDARD TIMES
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
COLONY.
Sunrise Sunset
&.m. p.m. *6.01' 0.53 6.02 6.52
an
No seizure of importance was made in Britain during 1929 and
jetsam.
piece of entertainment, one that From 2nd-31st inclusive the hours Roof Landing.
marks a high point of achieve-of supply in the City and High Levol "But It may caslly prove that ment in the New Show World." Districts were 6 am-6 pm, Tank Supplies were suspended on July 30.- as that at Erith, would solve the some wider part of the river, such A talkie film.
difficulty,
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MAJESTIC presents Gary
the report concludes that Illicit "In the centre of London the Copper and Fay Wray in "The
Kowloon,
1929 0'11"B
1930
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Storage in miftions and decimals
|ralions.
1929
Sunrise and Sunset in Hon Kong for August. (Standard time Hong Kong, 16th August, 1980, of the 120th Meridian, East of traffic exists in Britain only on a only possibility would seen to be First Kiss." From the role of Kowloon Reservoir
Greenwich) are as follow: very small scale, but opinion, in the utilisation of the roof of some oysterman to that of motion pic- Reservoir. 20 B
Bhek Lai: Pui pressed that there has been little, large building. To-day roof land ture player is a long leap, but Reception Reservoir if any, diminution in the traffic ing may perhaps seem difficult, but that is what happened recently to generally, as shown by the reports I do not think, having regard to 18 seamen of St. Michaels, Mary- of seizures in the British Domain the development taking place, that land. Overnight the little town ions, particularly India, the British the roof landing will remain much located on the Miles River, off Kowloon Reservoir,
1980 342.37 852.50 · Colonies, the United States, Egypt longer a dubious proposition" and other countries, and illicit Mr. Warner Reynolds, who has into a motion picture studio with
Chesapeake Bay, was transformed 8 hek. Lai Pui traffic in cocaine from the Far been a member of the LC.C. for the arrival of an entire company
Reservoirng
40.65 116.10 Reception Reservoir 18.15 83.18 East continues to give concern,
Dealing with the important sub before the Committee at its first "The First Kiss" It is the story
28 years, and who gave evidence from Hollywood, there to produce, -- Total
422.87 501.75 Consumption of water in Kowloon fect of International effort in cop sitting, explained that he propos of romance and the love of bro-to zaillions and decimals of gallows ing with the traffic, the report mened that over parts of the Thames thers. A silent film.
during the month of July... tions that the British authorities platforms should be built on which
1929 1930 Consumption 20. $3.29 189.00 Estimated population 171,100 170,200
17.5 25.4
Augnet
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0.04 0.48 6.05 0.43 6.05 0.48
of other countries, notably Canada, seroplanes could alight and take Egypt, Holland, India, Japan and
off. One platform might be built
S. LACK
Superintendent Hong Kong, August 14, 1980,
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STAR features Buster Keaton Consumption the United States, and information over the river by Westminster in "College." This picture pre-head per day.. was transmitted to the League Bridge for the convenience of sente Buster as a book scholar and give the daily supply is all districts
· July, 1929–From 1st-18th Inclus Oplum Advisory Committee regard- ing sixty-one cases of sillicit trafe people who worked, and lived in a muff at games. His girl, Mary, was 6 am-6 p.m. From. 17IN-STAR-
occurring in India, the British Colonies and Great Britain itself.
Fome known for suspected - drug traßekers" had been watched In passing through Britain; others were refused permission to land. ...
can
MR. THOS. SLICK
that quarter
DUKE'S MISSION.
OFF TO CORONATION : IN ETHIOPIA
London; Saturday
nicely played by Anne Cornwall, inclusive a constant supply was urges, him to athletic prowess. operated in all districts.⠀ ́i Constant He goes into training. Here Is a supply in al districts during July, rich interlude, with Buster trying The Government Analyst's reports
7930 overything you can think of on show that the quality of the water is |an Olympic Games ground. He satisfactory depe
cuta a sublimely ludricious figure
Total rainfalli July 91, 1029, 87.09; with every athletic Implement, July 81, 1080, 80.44
July 1930Constant Supply dur
It is officially announced that and his calm despair after every ing the whole month to districts the Duke of Gloucester, accom- falure is extraordinarily amusing. North of Queen's Road between fore ray: Road - and - Eastern Street. -10 Hours/ supply (6 a.m.): p.m.) to as ather districts
from 2igord July Inclusive at
Constant Supply throughout the
from 4th-31st July-Inclusive..
Baltimore, Saturday. panied by a suite of six, includ A silent film.
is announced of the ing the Earl of Airlie, leaves Lon.
́oll magnate, Mr. don in mid-October to attend the|- World presents the Chinese Reuter Amera coronation of the Emperor of drama, The Way of Gold A City Bill and High Level District
* Ethiopia Renters
fallent film,