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London, Feb. 12. Lieutenan.. G. Percival-Kaye writes in the course of a letter from
Chapel Road. Sale-In spite of
Sir John Harrs's letter in your issue of Thursday. I am still of the opinion that no active mem- ber of the Anti-Mul Tsal Society wus on the committee of inquiry at Hong Kong. In the 1st of niembers officially circulated on February 6 nst year Mr. J. M. Wong
"formerly is described as honorary secretary of the Anti- Mu Tsal Soa ety" The "South China Morning Post" of December 8. 1934. devotes a leading' article to This committee, Its alms, members. and their qualifications, and says: "Among them we dis- cover no identifiable representation of the Anti-Mu Tsal Association. an emission not easy to under stand, as, "If criticism is to be avoided, no side-stepping of the 1s- sue should be allowed."
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LOCAL Y.W.C.A.PROBLEMS OF MT. NEW TABLE SLOT
FUNCTION
Drama And Song Contest
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A dramatic and singing contesti by the Wa Kwong Clubs of the local Y.W.C.A. will be held on March 7 at 7.30 p.m. at St. Stephen's Girls' College by kind permission of. the acting principal. The contestants are the Wa Kwong
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DIFFICULTIES TO BE
OVERCOME
What Expedition Will Face
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London, Feb 12: Now that a fifth expedition is Clubs of Ying Wa Girls' College, leaving England to try its fortune St Paul's Girls' College, St.
on Mount Everest, the moment Stephen's Girls' College Fairle
seems opportune for a description. Girls' College, St. Agne's Girls' in some detail, of the difficulties College and Sam Kwong and which have hitherto proved an im Kang Kwok Clubs consisting of pussuble barrier to the summit.
These difficulties may convenien- girls from several schools.
be summarised under the beads Geographical situation Mountaineering
The programme consists of five plays, three songs and some other items. The purpose of this con- test is to promote the skill and interest of arts in the girls and to celebrate the 6th Anniversary of the Wa Kwong Club Movement of China.
Mrs. M. K. Lo has kindly con- sented to present the prizes to the | WIRE.CIS,
Mrs. Lam Chai Yan, Miss Marie
abstacles pure
and simple Meteorological phenomeus. and Altitude,
The last is perhaps the most im ortant of all, but let us take them in the order named ; --
I-GEOGRAPHICAL
SITUATION
Mount Everest stands on the hair. Gomes, and Mr L. A. Lafford will der between Tibet and Nepal, For ne as honourary Judges for the political reasons we are not allow. choir singing and Miss Ma Yee to enter Nepal, and are there Ying, Mr. Wong Kwok Fong, and fore unable to explore the south Mr. Kwan Men Ching judges for face of the mountain the plays.
Tickets of $1, 70 cents, and cents can be obtained at the Y.W.C.A. and At door of St. Stephen's Girls' College Hall.
In any case this side has so un- 40ompromising a appearance that it is extremely doubtful whether it could be ascended. It is far steeper than the north face, but bas two points in its favour; first, the strata dip froin south to north, so that more accommodating ledges might be expected than exist on the north face; secondly, it is pro- lected from the terrific north-west wind which relentlessly sweeps the north face.
The money raised from this con- cert will go to the general fund of the Y.W.C.A. to carry on their four free schools, for Industrial girls.
FIRST TRIP OF THE QUEEN MARY
HAZARDS OF CLYDE VOYAGE
10ft. Clearance. For Keel
historic
DAYLIGHT SHORT
VENDORS
At The Leipzig Spring Fair
PASSENGERS
Arrivals By P. & 0. Ranchi
Dr. and Mrs, Truett, Mr. and Mrs. E. Proctor, D. P. O'Brien, Sqr. Ldr. W. A. K. Dalziel. T. E. Pegs. After the growing introduction Wong Siew Yuen (Mr. S. Y. Wong). of the large cabinet slot vendors Mrs. S. Y. Wang, Mrs. B. K, Wong.' in nearly all branches of trade A H. Cole-Watson, A. R. Andrew,' modern slot machine practices Mr. La Kwai Lein, J. E. de Guin- devoting increasing attention to gard, Major G. McO, Bruce, Flt. Lt. the construction of table slot R A. A: Cole, Sqr. Ldr. L. H. Huller, vendors for various -purposes. Es- | Dr. J. M. Lowson, Mr. and Mrs. K.
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pecially for bars, restaurants, can-Robertson. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. teens, etc.. including retail shops Armstrong, G. H. Marlow Mr. of every description these slot ma- Cullen Mather, Mr. W. Glas Mr. chines have yielded a welcome ad- If. Boggs Rolfe, and J. M. Sebag ditional turnover arid profit. After | Montefiore... the removal of certain legislative restrictions on the sale of mer- chandise with these mach'nes in this country the manufacturers o slot machines have been very busy and ате constructing amongst others, beverage which they market "Penny Canteen" for installation in. can- teens, workshops and offices free o: charge. In the summer. It sells fruit ju'ces and during the cold season certain special winte
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Catro. Feb. 12. Two important tombs have been found near Luxor by excavators.
These two tombs, unlike the re- maining 276 close to the site, bavo not been tampered with. Inscrip tions indicate that they were built by the same architect as the tem- ple of the Northern Convent or Queen Hatshepsut.-British United Fress."
amenities. If put up la tabl luxuries shops. It is sperially suited for the sale of almonds dragees, cream chocolates, choc nuts, sult- ans raisins, etc. and for this pur-department told pose is being rapidỳ lazta ed everywhere. O late numerous table models have been construct- ee" for, the sale of cigars, and cigarettes. The leading specialist: in the manufacture of these s'o vendors wil be exhibiting their machines at the Leipzig Spring
Fair
which opens on
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The Britan Museum Egyptian
the
"Evening Standard" to-day that these ex- cavations were being carried on at Deir, el Bahri, within a few miles of the place where the Tutank- häment discoveries were made by Mr. Howard Cartek.
These operations have, it was ex- plained, been carried on solely by
under the 1st Americans.
Mr. Herbert Winlock, of the New York Metro- pulitan Museum, for many years.
The discoveries are regarded at the British Museum as of consider- able importance.
GOVERNOR OF MALTA
of March. 1936. The Leipzig Fair Slot Machine Shows.. qu'ekly growing in importance and extent. and the latest constructional ad- The mountain, standing as ivances made will be truly reflect- does hear the eastern end of the ec at the next Fair. great chain of the Himalaya, is exposed to a wind which bas tra- velled practically the whole length of the chain, acquiring a very low temperature in the process; on ita north face the daylight"even in summer, is comparatively shurt the sun being on the wrong side of the mountain for us," and lastly, the monsoon air currents from both the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal especially the "latter-at- tack Mount Everest in full force and render the climbing season of very short duration.
II.-MOUNTAINEERING OBSTACLES
Glasgow, Feb, 17. More than 250,000 people will During the early stages of the watch the Queen Mary make her various attacks on Mount Everest voyage down the Clyde it was thought that, in a technical next month.
mountaineering sense, the moun One of the chief points of van-tain was oasy; unfortunately, it tage will be a small farm at has been found that the higher we isheen close to Renfrew, where go the more obstinate does the de- I stood yesterday to obtain the fence become. nearest possible view of the giant
liner through the mist as she les in the fitting-out dock.
It is not generally realised that she will go to Southampton as 3 "John Brown ship," not as 3 Cunarder. She will be formally taken over after she has returned to the Firth of Clyde, undergone her speed trials at the measured mille" off Skelmorlie, and returned to Southampton for her maiden voyage.
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at a height of about £1,000ft, there Up to the foot of the North Cal,
are no difficultius whatever.
Sir C. Bonham-Carter Appointed
The
London, Feb. 17. Colonial Office announces that the King has been pleased to approve the appointment of Lleu- tenant-General Sir Charles Bon ham-Carter, Director-General of the Territorial Army, as Governer and Commander-in-Chief of Malta, in succession to General Sir David Campbell, who has been granted permission to relinquish his post for reasons of health.
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Sir Churles Bonham-Carter, who Is 60 year of age this month, served
in the Great War, in which he during the South African War, and
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acting brigadier-general General Staff. Far his services he was made a C.M.G.. received the D.S.Q.. and was also made an officer of the Legion of Honour. Be was appointed major-general in 1926, Director of Staff Duties, War Office, 1927-31. commander of the Fourth Division, 1931-33, and leu
year he has been Director-General of the Territorial Army.
The ascent to the North Cal involves competent and generally very laborious" ice work, for w are dealing with a steeply falling glacier, This, of course, changes ita form from year to year, and each succeeding expedition has to find its own route of ascent. "WIND SLAB" FORMATIONS In 1933 about 40ft. of practically tenant-general in 1933. Since that rertical ice wall had to be sur mounted, and this threw a very heavy strain on the new whe made the first ascent. When all the ne cessary steps had been cut, and a repe ladder Axed, the ascent pre- wonted no serious difficulties to th party and their porters.
clearing each sloping foothold of snow before he ventures on to it,
Interest from now onwards will be focused on the hazards of the journey to deep water. Sunday. with the absence of normal river traffic, is the usual day for passing large vessels down the Clyde. But the special problems of the Queen
But these slopes have always to Mary make the tides all important. Le treated with the greatest res
CLEARANCE OF ONLY 10FT, pect; after a fall of snow they may,
on
I gather that a moderate south-be swept by avalanches, and this westerly wind, in conjunction with face is peculiarly liable to insidous the abnormally high tides
"wind slab" formations, which March 24 and succeeding days, will may break away with little or no provide the best possible
warning, sometimes probably cwing to sudden, jerky movement ditions.
con-
The navigable, channel in many
The great couloir or gally which separates the final pyramid from the rest of the north face always a certain sinoant of snow in and has to be treated with the greatest caution.
Having reached its western wall, the climber, is faced with what are almost certainly the greatest difficulties of the ascent DANGEROUS CLIMBING if the glacier itself. Parties work-It is impossible to ascend directly ng here have to form an accurate upwards, for the rocks there over- judgment of the conditions on each hang; the climber's only hope ap successive day.
pears to be to make a diagonal up; THE "YELLOW BAND" ward traverse along the west wall Above the North Col no serious<f the couloir towards a small subj keel and the river-bed may be 10 nountaineering difficulties are me sidiary gully which leads up on feet, in some circumstances it may with until a height of about 27,000 to the face of the final pyramid be no more than four.
feet has been reached. What is This probably means some 400ft, of
parts of the river will be under Co-Holder Of A Cape Record 300 feet wide, and the actual width of the Queen Mary 13 118 feet. While, the clearance between the
London, Feb. 13.
The engagement of Captain A Gordon Store, the young airman with Miss Peggy Salaman. who made, a record flight from Britain. to Cape Town in five days six and
a half hours, was announced yes terday.
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I understand that recent struc-called the yellow band" begins a difficult, and certainly dangerous. tural precautions against vibration that height, and is considerably climbing
have added to her draught and steeper than anything below, but Acareful observation of all have necessitated Bomc extra Rt its eastern end it provides ́n available photographs, including Captain Store; who is the only dredging of the channel,
series of fairly well-defined ledges, those taken by the Houston Mount son of Mr and Mrs Albert Store, pl
The Queen Mary will enter then which ordinary mountaineering Everest Bight of-1833 and by Mr Kimberley, South Africa, is to main stream stern first, and be recautions will ensure safety. Shipton's reconnaissance party of marry Miss Betty Bonnar, elder manoeuvred into an oblique posi-wards the final peak, however, that, once the western wall of the As the climber travels westwards last year gives reasonable, asurance daughter of the late Mr. Peter Ttion, with her bows. downstream, these ledges become less and less great couloir has been climbed to Bonnar and Mrs Bonnar, of Dun- and part of her great length taken accommodating; the strata dip the top of the little gully at about fermline, Fife..
by the mouth of the River Cart, more and more steeply outwards, 28,40oft, the general slope of the In 1928 Captain Store learned on the Renfrew side. Then she until the effect is somewhat like mountain cases off But there are dy under the supervision of will be eased into the main chan-that of a steep slate roof. As on hands of steep rock, across the face Captain C. D. Barnard, who re-nel.
roof, there are no handholds,f the final pyramid shove this, garded him as one of the best Four difficult bends remain to and the climber has to proceed in and it would be unwise to assume pupfis he ever had.
be turned-the, double Beardmore careful balance.
that the last six or seven hundred Captain Store made his record bend, the Bowling.bend. and the
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Still, so long as these rocks refeet are free from, difficulty, fight to the Cape in 1931. He and bend off Prince's Pier, Greenock in free from snow they can be There appears to be a choice of Miss Peggy Salaman received At each of them the Queen May crossed without undur dieulty, teras routes, and a party at this message from King George con-must be eased, foot, by foot, by the at a fall of snow renders them stage of the climb may have to gratulating them upon their fine, tugs through the necessary turn. dangerous for at this altitude it take its decision on the spot. will not be of the kind that gives Particular care will have to be When she arrives at Tall of the support to the foot; in will be dry taken on the descent; it is hoped Bank, she will take on fuel for her and powdery, cascading off at itoat en assault party may be able journey to Southampton, and start touch.
to fix pitons and very light rope on her first sea voyage on the next In these conditions the climber on the most difficult sections, in day.
can only proceed by Taboriously order to steady their return,
achievement.
Their time was beaten by Mr. J. A. Mollison in April, 1932,
Captain Store is on the dying staff of Imperial Airways (Ltd.).
Nine years ago the expedition despatched by the Metropolitan Museum claimed to have establish- ed the fact that on the death of Queen Hatshepsut, about 1480 B. C., Thothmes I ordered all her statues in her temple at Deir el Bahrl to be destroyed...
They were thrown, it was found, into an abandoned quarry, near by, after being in many cases mutilat- ed.
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