SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1931.
WHAT A SNAKE CAN
SWALLOW
PYTHONS
AND THEIR MENUS.
By Donald Thomson
thu The Sun-Sydney).
THE
VOLUNTEER CORPS.
Orders for the Coming Week,
LECTURE ON MONDAY.
Orders by Lieut.-Colonel L. G. Bird, D.S.O., 0.B.E.. commanding Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, are issued sa under:—
PARADES.
Corps Band.
CHINA MAIL.
AWARD OF MEDALS.
St. John Ambulance. Brigade.
BY LADY PEEL.
FUNERAL.
Revenue Officer Young.
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
to crush and kill large prey, the, tralia. Away in the north, in the and also on Friday at 3.30 pm. G. W. A. Tufton, the Gov-Dunlap,
The funeral took place at the Protestant Cemetery, Happy Valley, last evening. of Revenue Officer At a parade of the St. John N.. Young.. Ambulanze Brigade
There was a large ut King's attendance, which included Mr. R. College yesterday afteraçon, Lady R. Todd (Acting Superintendent of Peel presented to members Long Imports and Exports), Mr. H. A. Service, Medals, Medallions, Labels, Taylor (Assistant Superintendent), Although it is well known that diamondesnake. is the sole, or even;
The Band will attend Band Prac-and Pendunts, recevied from Head- Chief Revenar Oficer Buller, and the giant pythons are easily able the largest, python found in Austice on Monday at 6.30 p.m., sharp, guarters in London,
Revenue Ofecra Ward Powell, Lady Peel was accompanied by Pearse, Marks, Trengróvè, Warden, Merriman, Humphreys, ernor's private secretary, and on Davidson and O'Neil. Chinese Re Queensland and Cape York, there
arrival was received by Mr. Avenue Officers were also present: a python-Python ame- is found
Morris, is from thystinus--whone range
Commissioner; The coin was borne to the grave Timur and the neighbouring islands
Mr. J. Ralston, Officer in Command by six et deceased's colleagues, the to Australia-which often reaches
of the parade; Mrs. Langley, burial rites were performed by the
Mr. Corps Secretary; really formidable proportions. This!
Engineer Company.
A. el Rev. N. V. Halward M.C., M.A. To-morrow, Company Shoot, Peak and other Officers.
Arcull, Dr. D. J. Valentine sike attains a length of more than!
Wreaths were sent by the 20 feet, and I have actually seen Range, 9 a.m., sharp,
She inspected widow, his
Sorrowing Mother, the parade prior to distributing the Brother and Sister, Messrs.. R. R. skins of great specimens which,
Thursday, D. J. Training Instruc-awards, after which she was thank Tedd, H. A. Taylor, J. A. Fraser, without head and tail, still measur-tion Shed Wellington. Barracks. ed 18 feet, and must.have been as
ed by Mr. Morris and presented W. J. Buller, Wm. Humphreys, W. Members intending to attend with a beautiful basket of flowers. Ward, M. J. Flattery; P. Grant, E. thick as a man's leg.
Camp on November 27 and who' have not sent in their names, are requested to do so without delay.
question as to what a really hig; humid tropicul jungles of eastern sharp. specimen can swallow has often been debated, and it has generally been agreed that even a very big specimen would not be kely to swallow an adult human befag.
molures.
The Indo-Malay region is the home of great constrictors---and | India is the habitat of a very large species, Python
This sperics is believed never to reach to the immense dimensions either of length or girth of the reticulated python, of the Malay Archipelago, which attains a length of at least 30 feet-perhaps a good deal more, A make of that size would be far more than a match for any man indeet, it would take probably 10 or 12 men to hold the reptile-even if they were permitted to secure
their hold first,
The same habitat is shared by the common carpet snake (which
The Battery. -Gunners will parade at Gun Club
at 5.30, p.m. on Thursday. Signullers will parade at Head- quarters at 5.30 p.m. on same date.
Corps Signals.
Wireless Class, as detailed, will
extends as far south as the Murray River, Southern New South Wales) and the rock snakes. Many rockrade under C.S.M. Padgett, at snakes attain quite a considerable size. A snake I once came across! had swallowed a bandicoot befort 5.30 p.m. on Friday. it was captured, but when it was brought to me by two natives therej
Whitfield Barracks, Kowloon at
All other signallers will parade lat Corps Headquarters at 5.30 p.m.
Assistant
sent included Mrs. H. T. Creasy, Murphy and J. Fallon.
The large number of visitors pre-Mallet, J. Fallon, Watt Pak-u, M. Mr. Ng Wah and a number of Chin- esc supporters of the Corps.
AWARDS, 1930.
Paymaster Cmdr. and Mrs. Haroldi A. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. 'L, W. M. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. 'Powell, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Jones, Mr. and Supt.,Mrs. E. Bloor, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Chan Grimmitt, Mr. and Mrs. Tuck. Mr.
and Mrs. Colé and family.
Service Medal: Corps Chak Taikhong, Sergt. Wang-fat (Y.M.C.A.).
Staff. Musketry practices will be fired
Labels: Chak Tal-kwong (Corps and Exports Office, Chinese Revenue European Revenue Staff, Importa fat the Peak Range on Sunday, Superintendent), A. el Areulli
November 15. Firing will com- (Corps Officer).
Officers Staff, Clerical Staff, the Uniform is op•} Victoria Nursing. Division.
members of the Royal Naval Yard mence at 9.30 a.m. tional but equipment must be worn. Labels and/or Pendants:-Div.Prison Ofcers Mess. Victoria Gaol; Palice, Kowloon, Magistracy Staff, All members of the Corps Signals Superintendent Lilian Heang. A/O Prison Officers Mess, Laichikek are requested to inform the O.C. D. Lopes, N.S. Fok Kum-yung, N.S.
Armoured Car Company.
Car Section--There will be u rade on Monday at Headquarters
The pythons are mostly free. dwelling, and depend for their sup was no longer any sign of a bulge the same date.
tell-tale indication that u cess in taking their victims by sur-the
Instead, there prise. They strike with lightning snake is gorged. rapidity with their heads, seizing was a big gaping wound on the neck) their victims in their mouths, which of the snake. I wished to keep the are armed with a double row of reptile alive, and, after cleaning) long inwardly-curved teeth. Then the wound, placed it in a cage they coil their bodies rapidly where it eventually recovered. On around their victims, and tighten a close examination of the wound. Company as soon as possible as to Hung Lai-kwan, N.S. Cheang Wai Prison, Sta. Mesa, Central Police the dates when they propose to at-foon, N.S. Chau King-sum. N.S Station; The Worshipful Master, Station; Sergts. Mess, No. 7 Police the pressure by a grudual "creep. I saw at once what had really ocritend Camp.
Law Yuk-chun, N.S. Leung Tak Officers and Brethren of United Yuk-hing, N.S. Lee Yun-yung, N.S.Services Lodge, No. 1341 E.C., Tam Lat-yin
Y.W.C.A. Nursing Division.
Maison de Modes de Mme D'Obry, Medallions:-N.S. Chan Yul-kit,
and Messrs. H. Ruttonjce and Sons. Wong Kui-yim (338008),
Labels: Superintendent A. II. Labels and/or Pendants:-A/ORumjahn, A/O M. A. Khan, Sergt. at Headquarters for Revolver In-lin, N.S. Li Wai-kwan, N.S. Leung L/Cpl. M. Y. Adal, L/Cpl. All Recruits will parade on Friday! Kwok Yee-wan, N.S. Wong Yun-B. A. Hyder, Sergt. J. Hoosen, Kong Wai-man, N.S. Sham Yan Taufik, Pte. M. A. Kareem, Pte. Motor Cycle Section.-Parade at lim (resigned), NS. Lee Yuk-ping.S. M. Rumjahu, Pte. M. U. Razack, Headquarters on Monday at
Railway Division..
Pte. Mohamed Dawood, Pte. M. Al 6.30 1.M. is shared also by the venomous Practice rehearsal of Armistice (3318001),
with Machines, for Medallions: Pte. Lal Chi-kai Salleh, Pte. M. O. Hoosen. peries. A tiger snake, placed in a Day Escort duty.
(338002),
Mongkok Division. Pte. Fun Kam-fook bag, not infrequently throws up a
Medallions:---L/Cpl. Chan Pak- Orders for Wednesday will be' (338003). mass of froga-Sometimes still
hang (337988), L/Cpl. Au-yeung issued separately.
Labels: Superintendent I. B. Kim-chee (337992), Pte. Li Che- alive!
All ranks are requested to overTrevor, S/S. F. Winyard, Sergt. keung (337985). Pto. Taui Ngok- A full meal for a 20-foot Python haul their machines for this oc-S. P. de Loberson, Drill Sgt. Chan ping (337986), Pte. Chu Pak-lam- would weigh several hundred- amethystinus ia a half-grown walension to ensure a smart and Yuk, Cpl. U Po-vin, L/Cpl. Pun (337987), weight, would be cupable of crush-laby, or a small dinge. A carpet efficient turn out...
·ing the life out of un ox-they rare- "snake, eight or nine. feet long, is
ing"
process, until the prey is urred! The natives had pinned it crushed. The pythons, like most down by the neck with a wire apear,! snakes, generally swallow their thus damaging the skin, slightly. prey head first, although there is ¦ As Trequently happens after cap- no hard and fast rule about it, and ture. the snake disgorged its last they may also start at the opposite | meal-a big landleoot-and in do-j
Ing this it stretched the skin about its neck to such an extent that the small spear wound became na enor- mous hole! The habit of disgorg- ing, their last meal is not confined! to the pythons and rock snakes, būt)
end.
So ready are most pythons to "strike" ut objects that annoy them that newly-captured specimens almost invariably have the nose, or "rostral" shield, as the large scale covering the nose of snakes is call ed, more or less battered through siriking at their cages.
However, despite their ability to deal with very large animals--and à 30-foot reticulated python, which
ly devour large animals, and the¡ able to swallow fully-grown rub-
at 5.30 p.m. Lecture on the Machine Gun.
struction.
Machine Gun Company.
Pte. 'Li Ying-sau
Pte. Poon Shui-loong
food of these big snakes consist bita, opposums, fowls, or even púp-¦ The Company will parade at 5.30 chietly of jungle fowl, small deer, pier, but certainly, not a fully-pp. in mufti on Tuesday, in close Smaller column of platoons for Company pigs, and other small birds and grown dog of any size. manimals. Although the bones of game, birits and flying foxes, are Lecture on Machine in Defence by the jaw are so formed that they are preferred. In each case, it in dealt Sergt. Tey in the Lecture Room.pte. Leung Fan, Pte, Kan U-wali, L/Cpl. Chan Ping-hang, L/Cpl.
}
Scottish Company.
Chi-fan, L/Cpl. Chan Pak-ling. (837989), Pte. Poon Ki-wah Pie. Lau Kau, Pte. Le Yan-sau, (337990). Pte. Kwok Yu-kam Pte. Tsang Chung, Pte. Leung Pat- (337991). Pte. Wong Cho pang chiu, Ptc. Li Ping-chan, Pte. (337998). Leung Chung-yin, Ptc. Chan
Labels: Superintendent Fan Cheong, Pte. Li Chung, Pie. Wang Shiu-nam, A/O Shi Man-taun. Sgt. Hau-kong. Pte. Chang Chi-kwan, Ng Sum-fook, Cpl. Chan Shiu-lun, Pte. Cheng Chung-hang, Pte. Lam Wong Pak-sum. The Company will parade on Hon-chung, Pte. Kung Ngok-sang, Thursday as under:-
No. 6 Platoon at Kowloon Duckyu, Pte. Thang Lum-san, Pte. Lam Man-kal, Sergt. Chan Ping-kwong, Pte. Lau Hing-hung, Pte. Lo Mor Labels: Superintendent Chan coil after coil of its body, and at 5.30 p.m. under 2nd Lieut. T. P.Heung-wing, tightens up until the creature is Saunderson.
Yuen Fang-cheong, Chung Pui-tin, crushed and feless, and thus No. 7 Platoon at Corps Head-
Wat Sun-chuen. easily disposed of.
quarters at 5.30 p.m. under 2nd Lieut. A. W. Brown.
capable of allowing enormous dis-j,with in the same way as the prey tension of the mouth and throat in of a big Indian python; first, the swallowing, the head itself is re- snake recures a grip with its mouth, latively small, and, to swallow very, then it envelops the quarry with lurge animals would be a physical impossibility.
It is a common error to suppose that the carpet snake, or the
MONKEY LABOUR
-
Cape Town.. Rivaling the wildest of jungle "yarns" in strangeness comes the thorough- ly authentic news of three ba boons captured by a farmer in the Brits district and put to work weeding his land.
Indian Division. Medallions:-Bux Shek (338004).. A. M. Rumjahn (138005), M. I. Razack (338006).
No. 1275 L/Cpl. C. Dragon to
Corporal.
No. 1337 Bdm. L. Fernandes to
Lance Corporal.
Transfer.
Kowloon Division.
Y,M.C.A. División, Medallions:-Wong Shu-wah
(338009).
Shu-chton,
Ко
Labels: Lau Keng-10. King's College Old Boys' Division. Labels: Superintendeht ́" Chan Yuk-in, Sergt. Fung Hai-shus, Sergt. Teo Long-chlu, Cpl. Chan No. 1420 Pte. G. E. R. Divett, No. Sau-ping, Cpl. Yau Pak-tung. Cpl. Platoon, is transferred to Reserve Chun Sik-pui, Cpl. Chung Yuk Company with effect from Novemmui, L/Cpl. Li Kan-yuen, L/Cpl. ber 6, 1931,
Yuen Yiu-kwan, Pte. Chan Shlu- Strength.
cheung. The following liave been taken on the strength:-
Portuguese Company. to weed, they were taken to the The Company will parada at fields and a particular weed was Headquarters on Friday at 5.30 pulled up and showed to them. p.m., sharp. This is a very import- They would sit with solemnant parade. faces watching the actions of Camp. Attention is called to their teachers.
|Corps Orders 45/31 Friday, October Then the weed would be taken 30, para. (h) 3. This must be com-1 into their two small hands. It plied with immediately, was first carefully examined, The Officer Commanding the then smelled, and immediately Machine Gun Troop will issue his the willing weeder set to work to Orders separately to his command. clear the land of that particular Baboons abound in hundreds plant.
Issue of Orders. All members of the Corps are: in the mountain fastnesses all Their speed and thoroughness notified that, until further notice, along the Magaliesberg range,
are said to be marvellous, If Corps Orders will be issued on and farmers are sometimes oblig perchance they were set to work every Thursday instead of Friday ed to set traps to rid themselves patch of grass they would pitch mencing from 19th inst.
to uproot a particularly stubborn during the period of Camp, com- of the prowlers. Mr. Jan Engle-in with a will and refuse to stop!" brecht, of Bokfontein, caught until the last vestige of a root!
It has been noticed that certain] 7 Platoon. three of the wild creatures at was removed.
members of the Corps have fired Mr. Smith's lonely farm is their classification practices at various reasons.
Lieut. L. F. Nicholson on return often visited by natural scient-Stonecutters without equipment. from leave resumes command of| ists and other inquiring folk an- This must cease forthwith and the the Battery with effect from xious to see and speak for them correct order, ..., Drill Order, must November 4, 1981. selves to this strange phenome be worn, non-Christian Science Monitor.
The first of these he called Japie. By the exercise of the greatest care and kindness Japie was soon taught to lead the oxen on the land, and later even was to be seen at the head of his team walking down the village : atreet.
.......
Discipline.
Premations and Appointmenta. A Commission as Lieutenant in the Medical Section of the Corps, Some Lime after, Mr. Engic Determined efforts are being made has been granted to Professor Lind- brecht caught two young ba-
in Switzerland to increase the num-8ay Tuaman Ride, M.A., M.B., B.CH., boons, und these, by the time
ber of radio "fans." The erection M.I.C.S., L.R.C.P. by His Excel- they reached the age of 12 of two powerful transmitters (Radio lency the Governor with effect from months, were proficient weeders Suisse Romand and Beromuenster) October 20, 1931.
of his farm land,
No. 1765 Pte. H. M. Alemao, No. 11 Platoon.
No. 1756 Pie. A. E. Alemao, No. 11 Platoon.
No. 1757 Pte. G. C. Humphreys, No. 1 Platoon.
No. 1758 Pte. E. Greenwood, No.
Leave,
Chinese A.A. Division.
· Medallions:-Superintendent Mok Ying-kwai (337994), Sergt. Chan
Shing-chuen (337995).
St. Joseph's Division. Medallions: Superintendent E. Cheung (337998), Cpl. Philip Chan (887997), L/Cpl. Harry Lau (337989), L/Cpl. Pak Mow-fan (337096), Ple. Ip Min-fong (338000).
***King's College Present Boys'
Division. Medallion:-Pte. Li Shun-man
(338009),
No. 788 Pte. A. G. Gordon, No. | Label: Superintendent Leung
7 Platoon, granted 2 months' leave Sul-sang. from 6.11.81 to 5.1.32.
(Syd.) W. H. G. GOATER, Capt:
"Adjutant, H.K.V.D.C.
NOTICE.
Club de Recreio Annual Athletic Meeling. The Fourth Annual Athletic
has definitely placed Switzerland in Authority:-CS.O. în 198/1931. Mr. Englebrecht asserts posi- | the front ranks of European broad-į No. 1316 'Cpl. H. Buraon, No. 2 tively that Hennie and Kaffer, casting. The progress of Swiss Platoon, prompted Lance Sergeant as he has named the two baboons, broadcasting is amply illustrated by with effect from November 6, 1931: Meeting of the Club de Recreio will are each of them equal to three the following figures: From 155 The following promotions and ap- be held on Sunday, November 8. natives for weeding.
listeners in 1920 and 980 in 1923, pointments in the Corps Band have Particulars are posted up on the It is a comparatively easy the number increased to 17,000 fm been made to take effect from matter to instil knowledge into 1924, when the Zurich transmitter November 1, 1981;-- their emall heads, he affirms, pro- | openéd. By 1920, the figures hađ vided gentleness and patience focrossed to 52,000 and by 1980 to are employed. In teaching them 101,000.0
Notice Board.
... Corps Christmas Cards. These cards are now on sale in the Officers' Mess, Sergeante Mesa und 'Canteen at 50 cents each or 85-
No. 1822 Cpl. E. M. Sequeira
to Lance Sergeant, (Continued at foot of next Column) 'pdf'dozen."
!
Fook-on
Y.M.C.A., Division. Medallions:-Chan (828368). Chan; Yu-than-(328357)
(328860), Leung Wal-man
Ma Ying-chef (828850), Wong Shu wah `(328361), Cheung Yau-chee. (328356),
Labola-Szeto Chung (219855);. Chun Wang-fat (257328), Wong Kam-cheung, Chung Ho-ohbe (810532), Lam Bing-u (810583), Chan Yul-u (810584), Lf Wai-hon (310515), Cheung Yau-shing (E21902), Tạng. Tokad, Chip Keng (823360)..
Motor Drivers' Division, Lam Wing-in (328355). Y:M.C.A. «Division." Label:-Law Wanṣaang (300404).
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