World on Nature
THE EGGS IN MUM'S
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OUR TEENAGERS- They
aren't
COAT... AS a Hongkong teenager I completely disagree
HIS grotesque toad lives Tin the damp forests of
Brazil and the Guianas.
It is not only odd in ap- pearance but also in its method of hatching its young.
During the breeding season
back
the skin on the female's becomes very thick and ex- tremely soft. When she has laid her eggs the male, who is waiting, takes each egg, and presses it into the soft skin.
Eighty-two days later, minute but perfectly formed toads push their way to the surface, pro- truding their heads and one
arm.
Sixty to 70 appear in this extraordinary way.
ap-
Once the young have peared, the female proceeds to rub off the thick layer of skin containing the young against a stone or plant, leaving the young toads to fend for them- selves.
BARRY DRISCOLL
Words reputed to have been spoken by a member of an ill-fated nature excur- sion group.
Everything's
the rain-
greener
After
I fondly quote the poet. Hedges and hills, trees and
plain-
By now I think I should
know it.
After the rain everything's
greener-
Truly a sight for to see.
Fresher and brighter, sweeter
and cleaner-
Yes, everything but-me.
S. ROMER.
with the fulsome and destructive statements
says:
so bad
so
American) giving . ■ bad in- Auence.
The Government of SingrOCE
and songs, of peo such as Fivis Presley!
section, on the teenagers of Hongkong. made by Stephen Chan two weeks ago in this. Prem Khemaney thereto e bagno mo
What he has been referring to is only a minority of the teen- agers in Hongkong.
For Stephen Chan's informa- tion, students in the higher forms to what Stephen Chan writes are trained to build their charac "there is no difficulty, what- ters, besides being given educa- soever for you to discover an tion.
uncusual creature appearing be- fore your eyes."
He surely belongs to that group as he seems to know a lot about requests dedicated to - Usually the lazier' ones turn clubs which 'give excellent away from the hints they are means of wasting time and given and thus waste their parents' hard-earned money" chances of happier lives. he seems to know about the "worst types of teenagers" found ka-dance-halls and other similar places.
I have had a tough time try ing to find a teenager looking ke an “unusual creature. This has been quite the opposite
Cartoon time with Willie Lai
TEEN
TiME
"So good of you to offer to carry my books. I happen to be the libraman today."
WHATEVER THE CAMERA, WHOEVER THE PHOTOGRAPHER, AN INDIVIDUAL DECISION MUST ALWAYS BE TAKEN
BEFORE A PHOTOGRAPH IS MADE —” WHAT SPEED, WHAT APERTURE?"
Besides being helped much, teenagers, that should take up spec during the summer.`v to prevent themselves idling away. their time.
Stephen Chan has mentioned two ways of preventing some of In any case teenagers of Hong- the teenagers' lives from being kang are better than Stephen ruined-parents and teachers. Chan describes them to be. - All
Besides these two there is the the same prevention has to be. Government, which should ban carried out for the prosperity of the showing of movies (usually Hongkong.
* STAMP NEWS ›
THE 1891 ISSUE (2)
THERE were two distinct printings of the 30
value: the first batch being with brownish gum (S.G. 41), the later batches being in a greyer shade with transparent gum (S.G. 41a); both shades” (are found with the 20 cents surcharge.
The earlier prin- tings of the 50 c. ол 48 c. was with brownish gum, later printings being with transparent gum.
A $1 on 10 c. postal forgery is known. Postal- ly used copies ате scarce, and though not listed by Gibbons or other cataloguers, they command very high price. With the 10 c. and $1 on 96 c. both
#HONG KONGE
being in purple on red paper, an enterprising Chi- nese clerk applied the Chinese overprint to a quantity of 10 c. stamps with intent to defraud the Chinese public.
When the fraud was discovered, is September, 1897, all stocks of $1 on 96 c. were immediately withdrawn and replaced by the $2 postal fiscal stamp" which was given a $1 surcharge in English and Chinese (S.G. FI and F4).
Illustration ($1 on $2)
THE THIRD EYE
BRIGHT
DULL
THE SIMPLEST CAMERA MAY HAVE TWO TIME SETTINGS --
*INSTANTANEOUS"(125 SEC.) AND "TIME. IT MAY HAVE · THO APERTURES
SIMPLY
DESCRIBED.
-
| MEXPENSIVE CALORADENS
ARE EVEN BETTER AND COVER MOST CIRCUMSTANCÈS, A
LIGHT METER, BEST OF ALL, \\TS ONLY REALLY NECESSARY
FOR UNUSUAL IN
CIRCUMSTANCES AND
IS COMPLEATIVELY
EXPENSI
SOME MODERN CAMERAS, NOT NECESSARILY
THE MOST EXPENSIVE, INCORPORATE
A LIGHT METER
IN THE BODY
12 25 50 100 250 500 1000 1250
2 28 3.5 4.5 38 63 8 11 16 22
THE MOST (COMPLEX CAMERAS OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF COMBINATIONS OF APERTURE AND SPEED
TO SUIT ALL- CONDITIONS.
MÁNY FILMS ARE SOLD. WITH GENERAL
GUIDANCE
NOTES TELLING THE USER HOW LONG
AN EXPOSURE TO. MAKE AT WHAT LENS
OPENING. FOR DIFFERING LIGHT" "{
CONDITIONS.
THE COMBINATION APPROPRIATE FOR
MOVEMENT OF SUBJECT OR DEPT OF POCUS REQUIRED MAY BE SELEJED AT A GLANCE. ON SOME CANDIŠ
ONCE ANY CORRECT COMENATION,
S SET, SHUTTER SPEED ANG APEKURS ARE COUPLED AN ALTERATION ID ONE AUTOMATIPILY AD ESTAG THE OTHER.
BUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER IN CHOOSING LENS OPENING AND SPEED, E CONCERNED NOT ONLY WITH LIGHT. HE MUST CONSIDER MOVEMENT OF SUBJECT, AND THE AMOUNT OF BACKGROUND HE WANTS CLEARLY IN FOCUS.
A LIGHT
METER, SET ID BE USED AT THE SPEED RATING OF THE PARTICULAR FILM IN THE CAMERA,
OFFERS NOT ONE, BÚT A
WIDE CHOICE OF APERTURE- SPEED.COMBINATIONS CORRECT FOR LIGHT CONDITIONS.
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