THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, – 1936. |
CHINA Giant Toads Become Beer
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BIRTH
Tu Jack and Evelyn al
11th Maka
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LUGAL a daughter Joyce YvoFIFA
NOTICE
THE HONGKONG AND
SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION
NOTRE
IN hereby given that an laterim Dividend of
12. 0. 0. per share has been declared in respect of the year ending Mist December 1966 t the rule al 2.13/10d. per Dollar.
Addicts In North Queensland
!
Brisbane, July 10.
The giant toad which was imported more than twenty years ago to check the ravages of the sugar cane beetle, is now in disfavour with some Queenslanders but, by weight of his own numbers, and backed by sugar industry interests, he looks like surviving any move for extermination.
Opposition to his presence is Experiment Stations, has done based on the generalisation that the major job exported of him ho has become a domestle pet, and his countless descendants particularly ka North Queens-keeping ir check the cane grub land, which is part of his 1,000 that becomes a beatle mile stretch of terral occlight-
Hon
On top of this generatisation it is specifically alleged that he frightens housewives; poisons dogs. ents chickens; npcl has become a beer addiel.
May Be True
T
Stable Lovel
The said that R was diffleuit to estimate the value of the
toul to the £ A55,000,000 suger The rule of growing industry. Increase was high but if there had been a possibility of plasque proportions it would have been Teached many years ago,
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Mr Mungomery said that the insect population diminished as a result of the tead's work, the load populations died off mad persisted at a stable lovel
The indictment makes mention of his individual un- loveliness; that he ignores birth control and that he does nut differentiate in his diet between insects whtts
to ire injuriouN
Sther the tond was imparted agriculture and rose which are
to 21 years ago it has been used to be beneficial considered
the national extensively utru by hospitals for pregnancy tests To make them At for this work they are fed with liver.
beast
ECONOMY.
there
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One!
Buys who collect tends medicinal
purposes đo
Illegal Transmitters
Seized
Leeuwarden, July 10.
Police made a lightning raid are 147 catch people using illegal radio transmitters which had been preventing distres for signal from ships and aircraft
being properly recelyed,
1
as they
ald In Queensland that udturers of the toxic can be counted on the flagers of hand While that may be true.readily and us easily metaphorically and aesthetically would gather mushrooms.
AL the moment, the toad is hibernating but soon, anywhere near fresh water on a stili night, wah be heard the putt pult mating
calls-like i distent mlar boat,
ast army of economie reaksts ever ready to put in e good word to him
To the first charge "that he frightens hotsewives,” pleated "a de mice
is
To the second charge *T! he prisons dogs," the answer is that a tad would not pusson a
did not bite toad".
if a dog
21
Birds Too
Farewell Parade
French Comma,
A farewell parade was held recently to mark the departure of General Burgund, former Commander tn . Chlef of French troops in Morocco. Hits place
taken by is beting
General Dogtty. Picture shown General Burgund, ao- companied by M. Andro Dubois, France's Ambassador to Morvooo, ала General Cogny, Inspecting the troops before taking off for France. -Express Photo.
WOMAN
The police action came shory ANGLER'S
after a lifeboat bad nearly tali- ed to reach a stranded ship and resque its crew because of in- terference
trans from illegal
miturs.
Nine
Sugar industry
hity 4****** that the toad is a "blessing
in To the third charge that he disguise" and a eats chicker," there u plea
much greater any small nuisance
transmitters
Wele
clandes-
they were
RECORD
Wellington, July 10. Mrs Carol Walling, of Eliza - seized in the raid. But police beth Street, Tauranga, has been advised by the International said that they suspected nearly
Game Fish Association that her 100 more were being
530 lb.
lb. thresher uncly operatexi in Northern catch of Holland, although
shark has been recognised as a women's all-tackle and women's hard to track down,
130 lb. line test world record. "We get no co-operation from
The shark was hooked at 1 the population who consider pun. from
and was launch Sugar men are not alone in
It was seeing the blessing beyond the radio oporating a sport which played for nine hours.
disguise.
Nocturnal the police should keep out of." 11 p.m. before the launch got repelling
sald.-Chien buck officer filled police
port, China Mall tods
well ሀኒ pounce
Mall Special,
Special loads.-China Mail Special.
Rasel than
of "guts ma exentang ch-factors that might be attributed cumstances Who doesnake to him.
This Dividend will be pay able on or after Monday, 38th August, at the Offices of the Corporation, where Share-chicken?
The same atutede holders are requested to apply cited in respect
may be to the fourth for Warrnuta.
charge relating to beer.
THE REGISTER OF SHARES of the Corporation will be closed from Friday, 27th July to Saturday, 11th August, 1956 troll dayn inclusiver
which during perind un transfer of shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors. MICHAEL W. TURNER,
Chief Manager.
Hongkong. 19th July, 1966,
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Proposal to change
a Ship's name
on
There is some evidence. though not documented, chicken being added to a normal from hotel slop trays, yet, insect diet and of beer sipping rebuttal, men who should know sil utxout toads describe the published reports as "utter and complete balderdash."
No Tooth
In general, The foad, grey to clark
mches NUM
ut Twelve grown at
199
Queensland hrown and
ughness, tully months, Is
13
harmless enough. In aclence Ika he Teled
Bulo marmas. to distinguish team from other members of a large family of bufonidae.
He has no teeth, Do sucker disc> on his toes (us troga have) cannol climb but t'
1, Peter tilutved, of Wallempiarists build their
& Co. Ltd., Hong Kong. hereby give notice that in
of consequence
company policy i have applied to the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation under Section 17 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, in respect of the
British ship "Lynghelm" of HONG KONG REGISTRY Ocial Number 169930, Gross tonnage 3188 tons, Register tonnage 1807 tons, heretofore owned by Wallem & Co. Ltd.. Hong Kong, for permission to change hor name to "SOUTH
make an effective though to artistic jump of two feel about the height of a kitchen table or Just short of the distance
hives
to keep them free from
load's B invasion in quest for bees,
If the
the toad survives natural
17 enemies
the egg and tadpole stage, covering three weeks, and renches fusty manhood, he will have enjoyed a balanced diet | estimated at 31 per cent of ta- agriculture, 42 sects injurious to per cent neutral and 7 per cent beneficial, the whole including beetles, weevils,
dy maggots. Larantulas. vaches, caterpillars. crickets, snails and slugs,
"Bufo," according to Mr R.W. Mungomery, assistant io the Director of the Bureau of Sugar
HOPE" and to have her regia HOW THICK
tered in the new name at the
Port of HONG KONG as owned by Wallom & Co. Ltd, Hong Kong.
Any objection to the pra-
posed change of name must bo sent to the REGISTRAR
IS THE EARTH?
Berkeley, July 10.
The University of California
OF SHIPPING at HONG arounced that it is to establish e station in Nevada this sum-
KONG within SEVEN days
from the appearance of this mer to measure the advertisement.
crust.
carth's
Tho success of the research Dated at HONG KONG the would depend on the occurrence
7th day of July, 1056.
WALLEM & CO., LTD.
PETER GLATVED,
Director.
of a large earthquake In the South Pacific, the announcement sald.
Mr. Jack Everaden, Assistant Professor of Goology, and Mr Don Tocher, a Seismologist, will establish temporary · Keismo». graphs at Fallon and Yeringten,
conjunction with the salamology station at the University Novada at Rono.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES Nevada, These will work In
"ASTYANAX”
of
".
Those stations' will, measure
Damaged carge ex this vospel will the dispersion of surface waves
be surveyed by Meway. Goddard år from the epleentro or point of
Douglas at Holt's Whart from 10 min.
on July and 14, '1936,, and com- agnose are requested to have the
; representatives" présent 'during the
murvey.
AUTTERFIELD. &, SWIRE,
, Agenta Flongong, July 11, 1968.
origin of earthquakes and permit | determination of the thickness of the earth's crust.
The required 'quakes this summer were expected to secur on the basis of historical tre- quency, ald MrEvernien..
Chima Mall Special.
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
HE JUST--DISAPPEARED-
IN A PUFF --OF SMOKE!
FERD'NAND
NANCY
WANT TO
SEE ME?
PRETTY
to
Australian Army Strength Is Down
World Churches Meeting In Hungary
Geneva, July 10.
The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches will hold its first meeting in a Communist country when delegates gather in Hungary from July 28 to August 5.
with
or
The Council,
hend Colombin. Normally it would quarters in Geneva, groups over | conoern rather the problem of 100 Protestant, Anglicam and whother
not IL 19 Orthodox
action" churches of the five "unbrotherly
for one continenta with an estimated member-church of the World membership of 170,000,000 Council to try to win adherents people. It leads the ecumenical from the ranks of another movement"? for closer Co-
member-church. operation between churches on The question of Cyprus, ira matters of common interest, particular the deportation of
unh
practical,
Archbishop Makarios, is likely all the members of the to be raised at one World Council come from non-another. The Church of Cyprus stage or Communist countries.
The de
a member of the World elsich to meet in Hungary Is Council, though it is not known as an ilustration of whether a representative will be regarded the churches aim to transcent seat to Hungary. The Greek world pollucal divisions on the Orthodox common plane of Christianity.
both
Noritual
of
Big Hotel
ها
Church almost cer- tainly will be represented.
In addition to the two main thenes, the Central Committee wili review activities and lay The Central Comunities which down directives for the various mpols ammally, the main divisions and departments of the orgun of the World Council bo- World Council. These sections tween full Assemblies, the last aru concerned with
subjects which
was held in Evanston, such as faith and order, Inter- 11linois. United States, in 1954. church old and work
Franklin behalf of refugees. Its chairman Clark Fry, President of the
The work of the Commission United Luthera Church of
of the Churches on International Americe, and in vice-chairman Affairs, a joint agency of the
Ernest Payne, Generad j
World Council ahil' the Inter- Secretary of the Baptist Union national Mlaskonury Counell, of England und Wales. of
will also be discussed.
Canberra, July 10. The
strength present Austraila's regular army is near- ly 3,000 below it "celling", ac- cardly to the Army Minister, Mr John Cramer,
The ceiling was 20,000—3,100 olcers, 2,364 warrant officers, and 20,536 other ranks,
Strength of the regular army, including the special reserve, at April 30 was 23,061, comprising - warrant 2,710 officers, 2,070 officers, and 18,200 other ranks.
Full
national employment,
the man-power shortages, and La decline of man-power
ада groups most suitable for army service were factors in the lag. Mr Cramer suid-China Mail Special.
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
WHAT MANDRAKE REALLY NO: MERELY GOT UP AND WALKED OUT
TANIUM
WELL,
AND JANIE
WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE
PRETTIEST GIRL AROUND
HERE ?
IRMA HAS NICE EYES.
HAS
HAIR
AND FLO HAS A CUTE NOSE
| BUSHMILL
JOHNNY HAZARD
JESS COMES ALL THE WAY TO: DAYTON TO SEE THIS PRIVATE MEDIC |ILM,BLANIK,WHEN HE GETS TOP
CARE BACK AT THE BASE? WHY?
- BEARS LOOKING INTO...
BUT I'M
SLATS OPEN JUST ENOUGH!....
WISH I COULD HEAR
AFRAID SEEING.
.บร
HOW IN BLAZES
DID YOU GET
HERE? YOU WERE
IN THAT CHAIR- AND THEN-
WHAT DO
YOU WAHT
THIS TIME?
By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller
BUT
JAM
NANCY
HAS THE. SWEETEST
MOUTH
By Frank Robbins
is Dr
Dr
will
The Central Committee meet in 要 big hole! at Galyutetoc near the health re sort of Metrohaza in the Motra hills. some 60 miles northeast of Budapest.
pro-
Main discussion themes will be "The Churches સત્તત
the Building of a Responsible inter- national Society" and "Provely- tlam and Religious Liberty.” The first thome should vide an ample framework an exchange of views, particu- larly on an East-West basts, on the attitude of the Churches towards all major world prob- lems.
for
Cyprus Question The second theme may evoke debate on highly controversial cases, such as the situation of Protestants in Spairs and
EVEN
MAGICIANS
Can't Carlsberg
TRY
If we were any fresher wad still be on the vine!
Libby's
FROZEN STRAWBERRIES
TODAY
ROWNTREES
YOU CAN
THE
TASTE FRUIT
this situation
calls for
San
Miguel
Common Policy
047
The chairman of the Com- mission. Sir Kenneth Grubb (Anglican, Britain), and its director, Dr O. Frederick Nolde (Lutheron, United States), both plan to go to Hungary.
The
Commission socks to formulate common church policy un all major problems including the use of atomle energy and disarmament.
The Dutch General Secretary of the World Couneli. Dr Willem Vissor 't Hooft, will make his armuni report sa the first item on the agendo in the evening of July 28.
Next day, Sunday, delegates will attend a ble ecumenical church service in Budapest
the
The following Sunday, August 5, will be a day to which special importance is attached Some to leading churchmea of Central Committee will preach in different parishes of the Budapest and Debrecen districts in big city churches and small country ones.
Hungarian churchmen visited
Geneva recently World Council officials great
who
tok
that
mon
Interest in the meeting was being shown by the than 2,000 Protestant parishes in the country, Study groups were formed and a special ecumenical dny was planned for local parishes of the Hungarian Reformed, Lutheran, Methodist and Baptist churches on July 1.
Bishop Lajos Vetoe, of the Hungarian Lutheran church, ig a member of the Central Com- mittoe. Bishop Janos Peter and Bishop Albert Bercesky, both of the Reformed church, havo
taken а Icading part in organising the conference.
Active
Other East European church- men who have been active in the World Council are Bishop Jam Chabady, of the Czecho- slovak Lutheran church, and
Professor J. L, Hromadica, of
the Czechoslovak Presbyterian church. Both are Central Com- mittee members
Ing for
It is expected that the Con- erence meeting will attract churchmen
other from
East European countries as observers, probably from Rumania and Poland
and possibly from Russia, The
1935 acasion of the Central Commitice in Davou, Switzerland, sent a letter to the Moscow Patriarchato of the Russian Orthodox Church call- for "tull and free relation- Coples ships with that body. of the letter wero sent to Baptist, Lutheran, and Ro- formed churches in the Soviet
Since then, there have been monerous personal contacts' bo tween churchmen from East und who have visited each Weat others' countries. Although no formal Invitation Tag beek Iskuo, it has been made clear churchmen that they Russlan would
welcomed at
expected that the churches of China will renow
to Breed
bu
contact with the World Council through the Anglican Bishop K. H. Ting, who is visiting Europe. The Chinese churches, though remaining amlifted to the World Counell, have had no formal contact with it since 1948-China Mall Special.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Bonn, July 10..
The West German Govern- ment has founded 228 : scholar; | shipa, worth '1,150,000 raatios for United States students, to show Germany's gratitude for "Ameri, can postwar aid, “.
The scholarships, already nounous during his jatest Anstri- Konrad
the Chancellor, Sakharvest 1956-1954.