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B-29 Sets New Records
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Dayton, Ohio; June 23,
A standard Army B-29 bomb. er has smashed three inter- national speed records and es. tublished twó more by flying
5,000 kilometres with a payloni of 10,000 kilogramme ut an average speed of 265 miles an hour.
The plano, piloted by Lieut- Colonel Robert Ruegg, flow 3,10 miles from Wright Field to Tucson, Arizona, and back in 11 hours 42 minutes. American weight, was 22,040 pounds..
In
the payload
The Army said that the ex- isting records broken tall for a 6,000 kilometre run) were;
41) held by Russia, no pay-
251 miles an hour; (2) held by France,
miles an hour;
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1946...
POT-GARDENING KINDA GROWS
ONE; DESIRE FOR MORE
ON Vitamins Not Necessary
London, June 23.
This may be a bit hard on the corner druggist, but Lord Horder strong- ly believes that the po- pular ideas about vita- mins are a lot of baloney.
Not that the noble lord, who 1,000 numbers the King of England kilogramme puylond, *249.061 | among his patients and is the head of more medical societies than you could shake a stick at, used those exact words,
is, apparently, hour. As that
what he mennt when he told conference of the Industrial Catering Association:
43) held by the United States, 2,000 kilogramme payload,
miles an
166,301 sociated Prosa.
TO INTERVIEW
LIN PI-AO
Changchan. June 22, An executive headquarters de legation emplaned for Harbin today in an atlement to persuade The Communists to allow a cesse fire team to be sent to that Red
stronghold.
Headquarters have been try ing to secure an interview with Lin Pi-Ae since the Manchurian
civil war
But
"I think the people who were conducting a recent experiment
how long
on
The brief directions that have been given in the
If
previous notes on the care of the ferent
varieties are Insufficient for complete success. Within the next fortnight the seedlings will have developed sufficiently to require more care and treatment, and it is our purpose here to give the home gardener additional explana- tlons and advice.
there is any hard work at all to be done in
gar- dening, it is done only at the beginning when Then preparing the pots, boxes and soil. watering, cultivating, fertilising and keen observation are about all that will be required. Such work is both easy and enjoyable.
a wrong human being
eculd be kept healthy without vitamins, saw that the human guinea pig was remaining in good health so long, that they stopped the experiment because they feared to vitiate all they knew about vitamins,"
Literary Collaboration
Shanghai, June 22, Tno Kong-teh, editor of noveral incul periodicala before the war, wna arraigned before Judge Tano Tsin in the Shang- hai High Court to auswer charges of literary collaboration with the enemy.
After the outbreak of hostili- ties, Tho went to Hong Kong where be published overal periodicals. He
returned
to
LEASE-LEND
Moscow, June_33.
Tana said that it was learn- rd from informed sources that Lend-Louse to China would be prolonged vnder an assumed name until November, 1947, under a new agreement signed bu China and the United States,
The official Russian, naiện agency's despatch, said That the Kuomintang Army woul be armed and sunplied with all NOCCHRATIS Enuipment under the agresment.Ansooiated Press,
Dhay Wont To
Maek It Eezier
Page G
King Koroki Of The Maoris
Hamilton, N.Z., 'June 23.
The survival of a Maori King in the New Zealand. although the Mnoris for more than a century have loyally supported British sovereignty, is one of the strang- est of the many countitutional con traditions in the British common- wealth. A section of the Mooris in now demanding official rècogni tion of the King, although most of the leaders of the Jace are opposed to the move.
his terary activities under the
The present holder of the title, King Koroki, is a retiring young man who traces his descent back puppet regime. maintained that he was forced Questioned by the judge. Tao
New York, June 23, to the legendary captains of the American advocates of war canoes which brought the to work for the
Maoris to New Zealand from enemy for a simpler spelling
have land called Hawaiki centuries ago. i livelihood.
of amounts
He attended the
and
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In doing home gardening an Apart from water and sun-Shanghal and in 1942 resumed adult can easily manage a bun- light, cther essentials for plant red pots or half that number growth are nitrogen, phosphor
milk boxes. When children ous, potassium and calcium in join in the game there will be the form of lime. Different very little work left for the plants require varying amounts grown-ups to do. One ean of each of the above and no fix- tart with any number of pats ed rule can be given as to the
રા system of lie is, however, only the fifth but the curious thing about pot exact proportion to supply. Soils I puppet Grenter East Asia Litor presented gardening is the fact that once that have been limed and conary conference "under duress," supposedly phonetic the line of Minori kings which was
about
tt 90 years ago. created he sld. you have started there will al- taln appreciable
writing which has no Befors the While settlement The session was adjourned new letters ways be a desire for more and phosphorous and potassium are
The 49 there was no Maori king. and the defendant remanded in_a_right | more or less balanced and need
tribes lived in state of constant more pots. There
warfare investigation.Sounds.
with each other and no doing only nitrogen. and
way of
When it is depending further
Associated Press.
Ал an illustration of its chief ever exerted kingship ver aired to obtain large, leafy, and
powers of simplification, 'Doc- the whole race. It was only after juicy vegetables much nitrogen
for Godfrey Dewey, secretary the arrival of Europeans tint the of the Simplified Spelling Board more thoughtful Maori Icadera and Spelling Roform Associa-realized the advantages of unity tion, used Lincoln's Gettysburg to present a united front to the to prevent inter-tribal warfare and address, which he said, would
encroachments of the Europeans. London, June 23. be written thus:-
This led to election of the
to the Asserting that their salaries "Forsker and seen yourz ague firat King, Potatau, who was ac- are too low to allow thers to our fandherz braut forth of knowledged leader by the tribes It should be the habit of
marry
a reasonable age, dis kontinent R
nue naeshum in the most closely settled and every Kardener to observe the bachelor office workers in the konscevd in Bberti and dedikue richest area, the centre of the growing plants carefully for Civil Service are making new ted tu dhe propoczishun dint north island. The movement has few minutes every morning and
claims. Instead of tho nul- men ar krecneted cekwal." never been hostile to European evening, to find if anything in
maximum of £428
Dr. Dewey, who was present Maoris should be ruled by Mauris
Hovereignty
bul claims that the amiss. It so. he looked for and the defect re- 1or 435 ni 32.
at Columbia University, assert-
the British. medied at once,
increments, ed that English had the gram-tribes. however, who have never
things and the tips given below will, we hope, make things much casier. I plants are to thrive they must be given reasontale care, and since planta derive most of their nourishment from the soll, this too must be well looked after.
|
must be supplied, but if the Civil Servants
quid form is used do not give
more than two applications ench | Too Poor To Wed
week.
Observe Carefully
pay present
**
the cause must i reached at 38, they are asking at a meeting of spelling experts his view is not held by other
Į
The delegation was headed by
Raymond Tour-Tillot, Lord Horser, who is, among The leaf of a plant is a fand- sening representative . the other things, honorary consult factory for the plant itself. If h quarters advanced sectioning physician to the Ministry of a lenf in injured or destroyed who is reported Reeking an in-Pensions, President of the Felthe rate of growth of the whole Terview with Gen. Lin PixAo,lowship of Medicine. President plant is slowed in proportion to
and young commander of the Com-uf the Eugentes Society
the extent of damage. Care munist Democratic joint army Chairman of the Empire' Rhete should therefore be taken
to in Manchurin,
matism Council. argnes thu keep the leaves clean, healthy people were quite happy and and exposed to the sunlight. Old
Bigger annual healthy when vitamins were leaves must be allowed to dry thing unknown instead of the in-off gradually of their own ac Watering is best done before which are also claimed, would matical simplicity and coamepo acknowledged the King's leader- noon and after sunset. Beane give a clerk $805 a year at 25litan vocabulary which made it ship, The natives elect four started and he hastegral part of much food adver- cord and must not be cut away
of 4274. For women the logical world language ex: Maori members to Parliament, now given his consent.
tising.
when apparently dying. Trim- need only be watered if the soit instead
intricate and dis- which gives them a larger prepor vege- clerks, a maximum of 360 at cept for its ming dried edges or enting is not moist, but leafy
watered 30 is sought instead of 4343 at ordered spelling. leaf to give tables require to be
He did notional
representation than Euro- away that urgly
36 without prejudice to the de-jexplain how long it would take peans enjoy,
the mand of
Civil
The Maori King has never seen Service English-speaking peoples 1.0 gette garden an extra smart up twice if the weather is dry. pearance is a fatal practics.
Should the leaves of vege-unions for equal pay for men master spelling versions similar emeially recognized as such, but
has been acknowledged by tables turn yellow it in due and women.
to "Linkon's Getizberg adress."
cavernment_as_one_of_the_loaders. either
The demand, which affces Dr. Dewey hopes that Amerof, the race in preserving tribal to lack of nitrogen Or 1 water or both. But if leaves ¦ 150,000 office work 18, also asks can spelling groups, in 20onization and native, culture. should wither during the hottest for the same maximum pay for operation with a British groupIt is believed unlikely that part of the day there need be no shorthand-typisty as for women can work out n unified world government will recognize cause for alarm, since the plants clerks, Submitting the demands, wide programme,
cialm.-Associated Press. are trying to aydid excessive the Civil Service Alliance drawal evaporation of water by reduc- attention to Mr. Bevin's state- earth should being the area of leaf surface ex- ment that the Government | porous to allow good drainage
to posed to the direct raya of the "hoped to persuade the Treasury.
All preparations were maile at Changchun to move the field
tent into Harbin as soon
Associated Press.
One hundred years ago nothing was known about vitamins or ealo.
Lin -Ae grants permission.es, but the country people were healthy because they had a bajan- ced diet-bread and milk, a chunk of
baen and more brand. Int cheese and butter," he said.
POST OFFICE
NOTICES
MAIL NOTICE
Outward Mails
MONDAY 2411 JUNE.
Citrus Juices
English nethers who have been their ontenting the fact childern will grow no toothless or bow-gged, because the war and exchange problems have cut off
Kongmoon (Nam Fung 11 9.00 the supply of citrus fruits, must
24.122.
Macno and Tsinshan Fook Choung) '10.00 a.m.
Sing) 1000 nm.
have got some comfort frons Lord Border's remarks on the questi (Kwong of juices.
Wing
(Tai
"Fear has grown in women's minds about lack of vitamina, as, Cebu and loo (Aberdeen Vic-owing to the absence of citrus tory) 10.00 am.
Fruits, they cannot pour orange Straits, Egypt and Europe via juice into the baby's stomach London (Glepugle (Parcels) 9.50 never a very hygienic thing to m. (Reg.) 9.45 a.m. (Ord.) do," he said. "Their mothers did 10.00
when not get orange juice
they Bangkok (Empire Tavoy) 10.00 were babies."
Poor Soil
Hong Kong soils are as a role poor, und apart from supplying it, with proper plant food ver taiu precautions are necessary to keep it in good physical con- dition. The
of
and at least once a week the soil surface should be loosened by digging it gently with a weed- ing rake and taking care not 10 dig deeper than an inch, lest the As previous- roots he injured. ly stated the leaf is a food--- fuctory for the plant itself. The raw materials for the manu- facture of this food were sup. plied by you in the form fertilisers and manures these were taken into the plants Lord Horder, evidently was re- through the roots, The won- ferring to the fact that until conderful mechanism of the leaf set Shanghai (Tsinan) noon.
paratively recent years, citrus into motion by the energy sup- Airmail for London, Calcutta, fruits were not generally avail plied by the sun transforms the Durban, Cairo, Rangoon, Singa uble in large quantities to every raw materials into food for the growing plant and for a who pore, Sydney and Auckland Byone in the British Isles, Air) (Reg.) 1.46 p.m., (Ord.)
eat them. This process of food- making goes
on within giving leaf,
.111,
1.7.
Amoy and Swatow (Anhui) Noon.
2.00 p.m.
Saison (Malacca) 3.00 pm. Shanghai (Silver Elm 3:00 Kwongchow-wan (Toishan) 4.00
B.M.
Canton (S On) 4.00 p.m.
TUESDAY, 25th JUNE. Haiphong (Iris) 10.00 a.mi. Amoy (Barbara C) 10.00 a.m. Java via Macassar (Laomedon)
10.00 4.1
(Ord.)
|
Herbert Hoover, while in Lon- don during his food survey, was asked if any steps had been taken to use vitaniins to supplementTM the dangerously thin European diet in scientific fashion.
Mr. Hoover replied that vita- mins did not replace food, that no amount of vitamins in the world could take the place of a slab of bread, a chunk of chetare and a good piece of fat meat.
Bull.
to become model employers."
DISAPPEARANCE OF ART TREASURES ·
London, June 23.
and The disappearance of art treasures valued at £40,000 from their war-time refuge in London has led to a widespread investigation by the police. An appeal has been made to dealers and collectors throughout the world to help trace the stolen articles.
every
Digging aerates the soli and prevents it from drying off too rapidly, for you create a mulch though on the surface. Even this mulch is perfectly dry, the earth beneath it is always moist so that the plant has a constant supply of water.
Essential
Foochow (Make) 10.00 a.m. Straits, Ceylon, East and South
HE LIKES PRISON Africa, Egypt and Europe via
Except in very rare instances London (Otranto) (Parcels) 9.30
London, June 23. a.m. (Reg.) 9.45 am,
Thomas McCourt, labourer, told Hong Kong soil should always 10.00 0.0
be supplied with lime to correct Shanghal (Mindoro) 3 p.in. the police court that he made u
South Practice of breaking windows be- ucidity. The addition and via San Francisco (Pan cause he liked prison." American Victory) (Parcels) 0.30 McCourt said he was disappoint-
(Reg.) 9.45 a.m..
(Ord.)rd that he was given only a three 10.00. o.m.
months' sentence for his latest
America Sentral
3.10.
He pleaded guilty to breaking two shop windows in Edinburgh
Shanghai (Resolute) 10.00 am. offence. Macao and Tainshan (Kwong Sal) 11.00a.m.
Saigon (Helikon) Noon. Straits (Nghai) 1.00 p.m.
"It's hardly worth coming up Canton
(Kwong Tung) 4.00 for a sentence like that," he said.
"I'm sorry, that is all we oblige with at the moment," said
WEDNESDAY, 28th JUNE
Macao and Tsinshan (Kwong the magistrate.
Fook Cheung) 10.00 am.
Formosa (Hot Shew) 10.00 a.m. Canada, U.S.A., Central and South America via Vangouver, (Samdart).(Farcola) 11.30. a.m., (Reg.) 11.45 a.m., (Ord.) Neon.
B.C."
Straits, Egypt and Europo vla Liverpool (Adrastus) (Parcels)' 12.30 p.m., (Reg.) 12.45. p. (Ord.) 1.00 p.m.
Airmall for London, Calcutta, Bangkok and Salgon (By Air) (Reg.) 1.45 p.m., (Ord.) 200 p.m.
Canton (Fatahan) 4.00 p.m.
THURSDAY, 27th JUNE Straits and Calcutta (Empire Perlis) 10.00 a.m.
Bangkok (Kwelyang) Noon.
FRIDAY, 28th JUNE. Canada, USA., Central and Vancouver,
(Parcels)
South America via
BC. (King Alfred)
9.30 am.. (Reg.) 0.46 mm. (Oráj
10.00
a.m.
Shanghal (E-Sang)» Noon.
Airmail for London, · ̈Oslcutta,
of any
The collection, in packing-cases, was deposited in storage in London at the beginning of the war, It comprised ancient Persian carpets, silver- ware, and rare china, and belonged, it is stat- ed, to “a well-known personage" who died re- cently. His name is being kept secret for the present.
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Rump Steak Fillet
The theft did not come to | cypher of George III. A fow of light until, after the death of the pieces may have been made! Soup Meat
!Suet
the
the
the
VEAL
per lb.
per lb.
$1.70
Legs
$1.90
1.80
Loins
1:40
Sirloin
1.60
Shoulder
1.25
Ribs
1.60
Breast
80
Top Side
Neck
.10
1.35
Calf Hearts
.83
Silverside
1.25
Calf Tongues.
1.30
Flank Thin
.60
Calf Livers
1.30
.75
MUTTON
.80.
1.40
Legs
$1:10
Loins
1.10
Boneless Beef
1.20
Shoulder
1.10
Brisket
.75
Breast
.50
Ox Liver
1.15
Neck
.20
Ox Tongue Roots Ox Cheeks Ox Tripe Ox Tails
.87
Sheep Hearts.
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Leg of Pork....
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Loin of Pork
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.83
Shoulder of Pork 1.00
.95
Belly or Flank
1.00
RABBITS ... ....... 1.16
Flair
1.20
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the owner, the executors visited in an associated workshop, the store to settle the catalo.. The chind figures, alt--well- To their amazement, the cases known models, are apparently Stewing Steak were empty,
Meissen porcelain of about
and of The treasures had been taken 1740-15,
very fine some time during the past six quality.
An art expert said that it vears. The difficulty of fixing! the date of the theft is one of would be difficult to dispose of kind or organic manure to a the most balling factors facing the articles in Britain without Ilmed soil produces humus the investigators. A substantial recognition by dealers or collec- "But there is always the re chance," he added, "that they rapidly. Whenever possible al-reward is being offered for in-tora. ways supply horse, cow, or goat formation leading to the munure to the Boll for these arecovery of the looted treasures will already have beon taken out
of the country, na and the arrest of the thieves, valuable humus-forming. terials which keep the soil in
It is feared that during the good physical condition. Such
may have soll is easier to work, has in- creased aeration, better drain-mitted the thieves may have smuggled the treasures abroad, age, and retains longer period.
where they would undoubtedly find a ready sale. American collectors, in particular, might have been induced to buy them quito 'innocently.
water for a
American Women Are A Mess
Chicago, June 23.
Dr. Wilton M. Krogman, Professor of Anatomy and Anthropology at Chicago University, yesterday said the most-outrageous things about Ameri- can women that have issued from any cloisters anywhere for some time.
long delay which
elapsed since the crime was com U.S. To Keep
Japan Base?
Washington, June 23. Representative Joo Hend- ricks, Democrat, Florida, salā .......... According to a two-page ap2 in the House yesterday that nouncement in the current issue. "regardless of what anybody of The Connolasour, the stolen ways" the United States should pieces include ano Ispahan ! maintain a permanent military Persian carpot of the 16th cen- base in Japan.
tury, a rara fragment of the Emphasizing that he spoke same period, and two Yoshaghan only for himself and not for War carpets, both believed to be of or Navy departments or the Ap- the 17th century.
propriation committee of which The silver in a notably fine he is a member, IIendricks said service of the highest quality the military base should be con- "They are," the professor said, "Not Marie MacDonald (Holly and workmanship bearing a structed on Tokyo plains.
United "moas,
They are fat, flat wood's The Body')," said Dr. crowned "A," the Paris Mint He added that the
keep army or and they Krogman. Her dimensions are mark of 1781-88, and K-J.A. be-States should chested. knock-kneed, waddle when they walk."
what put Miss Average to shame.' low a crowned flour-de-lys, the navy bases (or both) at Guam, Tinlan, Philippines, Figures given by the professor: mark of the maker, Rebert Saipan, Miss Average: 5ft in. tall, Joseph Auguste, goldsmith to Okinawa, Marshall, New Cald- Then Dr. Krogman blinked nervously and said to hla weight 136 (in wrong places); King Louis XVI.
onla, Manus, Hawal, Attu and Interviewer "Plone any I bug 08, want 20, hips 39, thigit
The silver plecos also include the Dutch harbour, 1915, cair 18%, ankle 0, wrist 0. kavo a very attractive wife. I wish to dine at home to. Marie MacDondid: 6ft avin, masalve wine coolers, salvers,
sauce boats, two has a right to control the Pactl wolght 119/b. (in right places),tureons,
candelabra candle and is the only nation" capable
of defending. It adequately. Associated Press.
Durban, Cairo, Rangeen, Singaight."
pore, Sydney and Auckland (By The professorial opinion was bust 87in, waist 234, hips 36, branched Air) (Ben)) 145 p.m. (Ord.) | confined to the "average American thigh 20, ca 19%, ankle, 7%, sticks, cruets, and cutlery, and 1.00p.m.
wrist 6%.
woman.”
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