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A FAMOUS DOCTOR'S ROUND THE WORLD THE TROUBLE WITH AUSTRALIAN M.P. S
STORIES.
OFFICER WHO DID NOT
MISS HIS BRAIN.
In bis 90th year, Sir James Crich- ton-Browne has produced, in "What the Doctor Thought" another of his delightful books of random reminis -cences, in which wisdom and the oldest jokes are to be found side by side, and brilliant pen pictures of his colleagues throughout his career mingle with the thoughts of -ordinary life.
A Panitent Fatlani. Ha has an entertaining story kow Mr. Shnugnessy, when Recorder of Dublin, was showing the Countess
IN THIRTY DAYS:
CAPT. BARNARD'S SENSA-
TIONAL PROJECT.
BRITISH GOLF.
AND WAR RECORDS.
LACK OF PRACTICE LOST ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE IN
THE CUP...
PARLIAMENT.
JULY 1, 1930.
POLAND NEARING A CRISIS,
NATIONAL CONGRESS
CALLED.
Warsaw, June 21-Events in Just what is wrong with British an acrimonious discussion arising Poland seem to be nearing a crisis. out of the debate on the question Joint manifesto has just beer. amateur golf?
of preference to returned soldiers issued by the parties of the Centre
and the Left demanding the im took place in the House of Repre-mediate withdrawal from political sentatives" at "Canberra recently life of Marshal Pilsudski who, is ruling the country like a dicta- when Mr,, McGrath (Vic.) sttacked under the cloak of parliamentarism Mr. White.
tor. This régime, the manifesto Mr. McGrath said that the Melpoints out, is bound to lead to bourne firm of White and Son in national disaster.
The parties in question have, Post Office Place, when seeking therefore, called a national con
Round the world in thirty days by airplane is the sensational ex- ploit which Captain Barnard pro-
Every year we seem to become poses to attempt in the near future.
This will be the greatest airplane worse and worse. The loss of the flight on record. Years ago Jules Walker Cup ia ignominious fashion Around the has drawn attention once more to Verne's version of
រ re the blight that has fallen on our World in Eighty Days" garded as almost a joke.
fortunes in a game that we taught the world to play.
Was
It means that Captain Barnard will have to fly a thousand miles a day for twenty-five days, with five days left over for rest and re- pairs.
It was Captain Barnard who re-
of Aberdeen round one of the hos-cently few from London to Cape pitals is that city of which he was town and back with the Duchess phairman. The Countess stopped of Bedford in the record time of at each bed and said a few cheer twenty-one" days. He previously ing words to the patient. But; in made a record flight to India and one bed, the patient firmly grasped | back.
"Tremendous" Job." the sheet over his bead and refused- to remove it. Afterwards the nurse
Captain Barnard, in an interview explained this strange behaviour..at Beaminster, Dorset, said:-
"It is true I am contemplating The patient had appeared before!
a flight round the world, I appre Mr.Shaugnessy who, in sentencing ciate it is a tremendous job, but I him to three months' imprisonnent. aur confident that it can be done in said, "Now never let me se your thirty days. The flight involves travelling about 23,000 miles in that face again."
time,"
Brains and Intelligente. Sir James quotes an excellent story of Sir Frederick Traves. Sir Frederick had operated on a young Army officer who had been kicked on the head by a horse. The injury waa serious, and the surgeon had Found it necessary to remove a con- siderable quantity of the brain.
Captain Barnard explained that all the details of the fight, such as the make of the airplane he will use and the names of his passenger were a strict secret which he could not how divulge.
which Captain Barnard has already
Here are a few opinions given to the leading British golfers:-
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bookkeeper, had given the position
to a non-returned soldier after mar. rowing the applicants' down to two, The Other Street
of whom one was a returned sob Sandy Herd: Our men are died with qualifications equal to
the those of the man who got the job. not in the same stres: Americans-and that is all there is Mr. White. I do not doubt that to it. America could have put four Mr. McGrath was angry when L teams into the field at Sandwich said that he masqueraded as a sol- dier. I would withdraw the remark that would have beäten our team.
The Americans are more finished unhesitatingly if he could prove he golfers. If an American"plays two was not court-martialed and that bad shots in a round, out he goes he did not spend most of his time with his caddie and two dozen ball, ia the post-office corps "It is com and he concentrates on those badmonly known that he ought to shots until he has remedied them. How often do you see a British golfer do that?
Our men go about matters the wrong way. The Americans play as often as they possibly can with pro- fessionals. Our amateurs consider it sufficient to play among them selves, and their game suffers oc-
The flight will require a tremen-cordingly. dous amount of preparatory work. The "Americans are younger men. begun. It will evolve the danger- We need some fresh blood. I have ous crossing "from Agin to Americaseen lots of splendid young Years later thig officer came to Sirby way of the Bebring Ses unless erg in Scotland miners, shop
Frederick and suggested that he did not recognise him."Oh, yes, I do" said Sir Frederick; "you are the gentleman on whom I operated long ago, but, to tell you the truth, such was the quantity of your brain I had to remove that I was almost afraid to meet you." "Oh, don't bother about that," replied his for- mer patient, "I am the head of the Intelligence Department.".
Sir James Crichton-Browne tells ni bow when Humphry Davy effect- ed the eleerolyte preparation of potassium and sodium, "the, grave and scylate senior that he was, ne- tually danced round the laboratory in an ecstasy of delight."
Terse Retorta,
His descriptions of Huxley are particularly vivid, and perhaps the best tale he relates of the great scientist was when some speculator on the future of synthetic chemistry said that the time would come when men would be made in the Iaboratory. It may be so," said Huxley, although I don't exactly see how it is to be, but at any rate, it would be a very unpopular pro- cess"
The best recorded remark in the book is one which Sir James re- lates of Lord Morris. Somebody had said that Mr. Gladstone was a Heaven-born genius." "Then let us hope," said Lord Morris, a staunch old Tory, "that it will be a long time before Heaven again is in an interesting condition."
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a still more sensational route across keepers and others of that the Pacific is attempted.
The first round-the-world airplane They all hit the ball well. fight was made by two American Army machines in 175 days, in 1924. went The Graf Zennelin airship round the world in twenty-one days last year.
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stay in London. Ile tiraded against the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Latham), Mr. Gullett, and myself. He said that I had influence and got into the Air Forge. I enlisted the first day of the war machine-gun officer, and I was sub- sequently taken from Broadmea-
dows into the Air Force.
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The Attorney-General (3r. Bren- nan): Brave man.
Mr. White: I went with the first
play-lying corps to Mesopotamia before any Australists in may be tempted to believe the silly there were France or on Gallipoli. People
type.
Incetiousness of Mr. McGrath." T. H. Cotton: The American take no honour for going to the war. I did surrender to the Turks, amateur standard is much above but that is one of the chances of Oor men seem to have no war. It ill becomes a big hulk. ours. method. They give me the impresing, able-bodied man like the Minis- sion that they are not trying to hitter for Defence (Mr. Greea)
Mr. Green protested. the ball in any particular way. They do not appear to have any object in view.
The Americans. on the other ORDERS. FOR THE CURRENT band, always try to hit the ball in
WEEK.
[ORDERS BY THE HON. MR. & ¤, C.. WOLFE, C.JO.. INSPECTOR- GENERAL OF POLICE.]
Góneral.
one specified way. They have a standard swing.
The Americans make a business of the game, and practise harder than our men. Their putting, in particular, is a good deal better. Revolver Practice. The regular Our amateurs are definitely weak weekly revolver practice (volun-around the green. tary) will take place at the Bowen. Road Revolver Range on Wednes day, July 2, frem 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 np.m. It will be open to all ranks
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Play With Pros."
George Gadd: Our amateurs.
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Mr. White:"I the words are offensive I will make only the quali fication able-bodied" and with draw the other terms. It ill be comes Mr. Green to paint at me and say that I surrendered to the Turks. It lowers the dignity of the House to have epithets hurled across the Chamber. Whenever. returned soldiers members of this side of the House rise they are in-
sulted. The firm of which I am managing director employs 10 or 18 returned soldiers. The man who a rejected got the position was volunteer, and was a Bachelor of Commerce. I tried to find the re turned "soldier applicant another job.
Later Mr. McGrath said that he had never been court-martialled cr
of the Hong Kong Police, Special should play more with profession-threatened with a court-martial. Constables, Sharpshooters" Comals. We are all willing to give any Neither had he been in the post- cany. Hong Kong Police Reserve assistance we can prior to these office in London. He had been in and to all persons holding permits. to carry arms.
Walker Cup competitions-but the London and had made repeated applications while there to go to amateurs do not take advantage of France. He referred members to Generals Griffiths and McAnder. the offer.
son, who would, he was sure, sub- stantiate his statements,
All
I think our team was too old, Some of our younger players should have been given a chance. I can.
Police Training School, The weekly classes for Police Reservists at the Police Training School, Kowloon, will be held on Tuesday, July 1, nt 5.30 pm. members of Chinese and Indian Companies and of the Flying Squad not imagine why such accomplished U.S. UNEMPLOYED RELIEF who have not yet passed Part 2 of Training Course are requested to players as W. L. Holmes, W Sutton, and Ț. A. Bourne were not picked.
attend.
Chinese Company,
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Ted Ray: The reason for the Revolver Practice.-Members of Americans' superiority is that they the Chinese Company who have
Whereas passed Parts 1 and of Training specialise on the game. Course, will attend at the Bowen the Americans practise constantly! Road Revolver Range on Wednes our men are content just to go day evening, July 2, at 6 p.m. sharp for revolver practice under Mus-around the "course. ketry Instructor E. Carpenter.
June 23, 1930.
Abe Mitchell: The fault lies not with the actual golf, but with the Indian Company. Strength.-Constable 1960 Juma preliminary, training of our men. All has been taken on the strength our players should endeavour to of the Indian Company as from play at least one game a week with 1. professional. The Americans Training Company-Part II-have proved that playing in first Constable R252 Shah Mohamed has class company all the season is the been passed out as efficient in Part way to success. The Americans set II of Training Course (Knowledge themselves a definite standard, and When they walk up to the ball one of Police Duties and Regulations).
Parade.--All ranks of the Indian instinctively knows they will play Company will parade at Police the shot the right way. Headquarters on Tuesday, July 8. for drill. Dress: White uniform and belt and cap with white cover. No member may be abaent from this parade without leave from the Com- pany Commander.
Flying Squad.
The weekly instructional patrol of the Kowloon Section will take place on Tuesday, July 1. Fall in at the Taimteatsui Fire Brigade Station at 5.30 p.m. sharp, Dress: Khaki uniform and cap with khaki
Cover.
The weekly instructional untrol of the Hong Kong Section will take place on Friday, July 4 Fall in
at the Central Police Station at 5.16 p.m. sharp... Dress: Khaki uni- form and cap with khaki cover.
Sharpshooters Company.
Rifle Practice-Eife Practice will be carried out on the Taj Hang Rauge on Wednesday, July 2, from 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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BILL.
SUGGESTION TO REDUCE QUOTA.
Washington, June 23-Repre sentative Albert Johnson of Wach- ington, chairman of the House Im migration Committee, to-day offer ed Bill designed to relieve American unemployed, migration visas for the present year
This measure, would limit im-
to 50 per cent of the standard quota in the case of all persons coming into the United States from Europe, Canada, Newfoundland," Mexico and Cuba,
The remainder of the Western Hemisphere would-hare a minimum allotment of 500 persons per coun-
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