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FLYING OVER THE
PACIFIC
WHERE DOES
LIFE BEGIN?
Virus As Chemical
The old question "Where does life begin, where does chemistry end?" is carried a stage further in a report by Dr. J. D. Berria, of the Crystallograpble Laboratory, Cambridge, on the nature of four disease-producing viruses he has been studying.
Dr. Bernal has lately been elect
ed a Fellow of the Royal Society for his work on the borderline be- tween life and crystal structure. With him, in his latest work, ia associated Dr. L. Fankuchen, of
the same laboratory.
portance."
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“PACIFISTS ARE MISTAKEN"
Dr. Henson
On Peril Of "A"
Feeble Britain”
a
The Bishop of Durham (Dr. Hensley Henson), preaching at Masonic service recently acked:
"Can & Christian rightly be a soldier and serve in, wars at the call of his country's Government?" "We know," he continued, "that there are some excellent persons who, with the New Testament in both these questions with an eager their hands, are prepared to meet and even passionate negative. They hold that every Christian is bound to be a pacifist.
"For myself I think they are
in the
When John Buchan Is
Happy
A Scots operator, in Montreal, telling how Lord Tweedsmuir, Gov. ernor-General of Canada-John Buchan, the novelist-was out Ashing that day but "not catching
amusing passages when Edinburgh many fish" was one of several was linked by radio telephone with Montreal recently. The Past Once exhibit at the closing session" of
the Overseas League Empire Trade and Development Exhibition in the Waverley Market was crowded for the occasion.
The operator hearing greetings from this country was John Hay, an Inverneslan reared in Glasgow, and he was privileged to receive a message to the Governor-General from the Queen's brother-in-law, Lord Elphinstone.
Lord Elphinstone sald-"If an
opportunity arises I would be glad
Asauring. Lord Elphinstone that the message would be delivered. Mr. Hay said the Governor-Gener
The latest agreement of the Imperial Conference on the need
Sir William Bragg recently told seek reciprocal rights in how Dr. Bernal and his collabora- granting foreign air lines per- tors had been able to prove that a on British disease-producing virus affecting
mistaken. I think that, mission to operate
the tobacco plant-according to territory-may be taken as an
conventional ideas a living thing-actual state of the world, to be expression of the particular in- could be extracted from the leaves a pacifist is to take too limited, too
if you could give a message from erest, of British commercial fly-of the plant as a mere chemical pedantic a view of Christian duty. "Why has Great Britain bad to
me to the Governor-General. He a This work, Sir William stated, was ing in the area of the Pacific.
a very old friend of mine, and 1 It may ultimately be us im-likely to prove "of very great im-acquiesce in the hideous, crime by which Abyssinia has been brutally
would very much like to have spo- portant to have a British air
In a recent issue of "Nature," oppressed and its liberty destroyken to him myself to-night." route between Canada and Now Dr. Bernal reports that he has ed? Is it not notorious that it was Zealand as it is for the United been able, not merely to study the Decause, "thanks to pacifist senti- States to have a service across
virus as a chetnical, but to estab-ment, the armaments of Great the Atlantie. On the latter Ish the arrangement of the atords Britain had been so reduced as to route - Nature has dictated the of which it is built up. and to mea- make it actually unsafe and un- "Why has the League of Nations, course that must be taken in such sure shape and dimensions of the wise to restrain the aggressor? units into which they are built.
which..seemned on the verge of a way as to leave no alternatives for different nations
triumphant success, been 30 en to adopt,
feebled and humiliated as almost whereas in the South Pacific at
to have lost importance? Is it not all events the two nations may
because the only great European go their own ways to a common
Power, Great Britain, which cared junction and a common terminus.
sincerely for its success was too The way of the British Empire'
feeble to assert its authority? may be inferred from the recent access of interest in Christmas Island, which stands on a direct route from Auckland to the Hawaiian Islands. Like Midway Island and Wake Island, which the United States turned into air | Knowledge of their shape has been obtained, like that of solid stations for its service from San crystals, by means of X-ray analy- Francisco to the Philippines,sis, a method of examination NEWS AND SOUND
X-RAY ANALYSIS The general form, he states, is that of a needle of hexagonal cross-section, which is thickest in the middle and tapers to a point at either end. The needles are about 1.6 thousandths of an inch long. They are not to be thought of as possessing the full degree of rigidity of an ordinary needle. They are what are called "quid crystals"-that is to say they com- bine the regularity of form asso- clated with normal solid crystals with some degree of nudity.
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Dr. Bernal has now studied three different forms of tobacco virus,
as well as a fourth virus which
1.
"And to-day is not the only hope of peace in the world bound up with the effective rearmament of Great Britain?"
In the end, he added. every citizen must determine for him- self the issue to duty.
ON A DISC
affects the cucumber plant. In NEWSPAPER'S FUTURE each case he has found small but
IN
As a result. he suggests that it
may prove possible to build up a new system of classifying viruses, according to their shapes and phy- sical dimensions.
By "Wire"
Christmas Island promises to which was first perfected by Str emerge from the comparative William Bragg. obscurity of its absorption in coconuts and copra to grace the time-tables of fast transport with the hint of good-fellowship which its name conveys. British aero significant differences in the phy- Colour Pictures Sent planes may come by the stepping.sical pattern of the virus. stones of British islands from New Zealand to this point, 1,200 miles distant from Honolulu, or nearly half-way to Canada. For the rest of the journey they will be dependent on the good will of the United States, just ae that great nation has had to count on British co-operation in its plans to fly the North Atlantic by some route south of the Arctic Circle.
In the Pacific-the United
¿ States Government has not yet been asked to admit a foreign air Up to the
line to Honolulu.
Binocular Magnifiers inauguration of a British service
FUTURE RESEARCH The present tendency, in Inter- preting Dr. Bernal's experiments, is to refuse to make any hard-and- fast distinction between what is living and not. living. "Some, viru- ses, at least, it has been shown. can be treated as purely chemical In their nature. There is a con- tinuous gradation up from them, through the visible bacteria, to the higher forms of life.
It is being left to future research
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What the newspaper and the periodical will be like in the future was discussed at the Conference of the Empire Press Union in Lon- don recently.
of
Mr. David Greenhill, of the Sun Engraving Company, Limited, said: "The increase in the mass pictures, almost entirely in mono- tone at present, and the insistent demand for colour, make one won- der what the daily newspaper and weekly periodical will be like, say, 20 years herce.
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"Will it be a newspaper in which
Impressed?"
suppose you follow the for- tunes of our Scottish football teams with great : Interest?" Mr. Hay-Very much indeed.”
"When are you coming over to Lis?" asked the Edin- see
speaker. Mr. Har burgh "1938 is the year of the Glas- gow Exhibition, isn't it? Well, we are hoping to make the trip_then.“
"What sort of team have the
Grange this year?" Mr. Hay then asked, but it was Mr. M'Kickan's "over-up," and the question was unanswered
Two Canadians sent via Mr. Hay personal greetings to relatives in different parts of Canada. They were Miss Grace Potts, Saskatoon, a 'Canadian Guides representative at the Coronation, and Miss Annie Finlayson, Vancouver.
While news of the prospective visit this summer of 200 Overseas League representatives to Canada. was given to the Montreal operator by Mr. John Bridges, development. secretary of the League, - Mr. George, White, honorary secretary of the Scottish Secondary Schools
al was in St. John's Brunswick | Travel Trust, told him of the ar- enjoying some fishing that day rangements for a visit of Scottish "He is not catching many fish, I school-boys, "Yes, I know," understand, but he is having a Hay said to Mr. White. "I am go- very good time." The Edinburgh ing to meet the boys.". audience, hearing the conversation by loud-speaker, laughed heartily.
"HEARTS~~PRETTY HOT”. After he had mentioned the Clachnacuddin football team in his native Inverness, Mr. Hay sald "Of course, you have a pretty hot football team in Edinburgh-the
Hearts."
The visit to Montreal in recent years of a Scottish trade ship with a delegation headed by the Duke" of Montrose was recalled by Mr. Hay, who said that as a result
were products
better Scottish known in Canada than they ever were. There were, for example, he
said, Scottish tobacco firms whose names were to-day household
Mr. M'Kickan, chi Scottish re- gional engineer of the O.P.O., sald words in Canada.
AIR LINER
DESTROYED
AT KARACHI
Outbreak Of Fire In Hangar
The Hengist, one of Imperial Airways largest air liners, was totally destroyed by fire at Karachi recently. According to a message received in London, the Hengist was in a hangar at the airport when it caught fire. No one was injured, and the cause of the fire is unknown.
Imperial Airways state that despite the loss of the Rengist their services to the East will not be
affected.
The Hengist was one of Britain a leviathans of the air; belonging to the "Hannibal Class," it was de signed to operate on the Middie East and Egyptian sections-of the Empire route, and had accom- modation for 24 passengers in two saloons.
ON BOARD THE
EMPRESS OF CANADA
There are some very interesting names in the passenger list of the Empress of Canada, and among the people of note who are travelling. we find:-
Mr. V. Aldanese. former.Com- missioner of Customs.
Miss I. B. Allen, lecturer at the University Manitoba
of
on educational tour to the Orient.
an
Mrs. V. Baird, prominent resident of Honolulu on a world tour.
Mrs. A. and Miss B. Brygger, wife and daughter of the President of Peoples Bank & Trust Co. on an
orient tour.
Mr. G. H. Millett, Secretary": Treasurer of the Carter-Hall-Ald- inger, Co.
Mrs. M. Jones and daughter, pro- minent socially en route to Manila. to take up permanent residence.
Miss J. and Miss R. McKinley. daughter of Dr. McKinley, member of medical advisory board. Leonard Wood Memorial, on a holiday tour.
Miss F. Meeredy, prominent re- sident of Honolulu on an extended world tour.
Mr. F. H. Pounsett, regional manager, Export Department of the Rec Motor Car Co.
Mr. W. G. Robertson, Omcial or the Pure Cane Molasses Co.
Mr. C. Springstead. travelling- auditor of the Texas Oil Co.
Mr. F. Sykera, travelling auditor of the Texas Oil Co.
Mrs. H. E. Terzin, wife of the manager of the American Express- Co. at Manila.
Major 8. T. Walls and family; prominent resident of Honolulu on a world tour.
present it has not had to admit to decide at what point, and in the story is told in pictures? Will what way, life develops the pecu-the pictures be in colour? Bhail any foreign air traffic from across
Kar power of directed activity we all have television sets with the
A crew of five, including two the sea into its territory. The which seems characteristic of it news shown in colour pictures and
A virus, in its natural surround-the talkies' giving it out?
"Or, will the newspapers just stewards, was the liner's personnel. between Bermuda and New Yorkings, has the power, of self-repro- must open the new era.
duction. In all other respects its sell discs or cylinders on which the Similar machines are used on the
ever. carry 38. passengers. The use of comparatively simple
The entry of ocean mails into behaviour auggests that of any whole news. colour and sound: iContinental route. These, how-
other complex chemical.
The Hengist, one of the most scientific aids to police work, which
the United States from Montreal
A new phase in Press photo-luxurious and comfortable air liners resulted in the successful solution
in iritish airerati may have to
in the world, had a cruising speed of two cases by a county police
Anderson, of the Daily Record," of 100 m.p.h. force, is described in a Home Office
be considered within perhaps two A QUEEN'S NECKLACE 8raphy was described by Mr, D. R.
Glasgow, who, explained how his When the Hannibal, first of the pamphlet issued recently.
years. Soon afterwards a British
company, by means of telephoto-class, was built in 1931 she was Consisting of a report by the late air line way be expected to ask
One of the shortest, but by Dography, "wired" a colour picture the world's largest aeroplane, Mr. C. T. Symons, adviser to the for permission to fly regularly to
means one of the least important, from London to Glasgow and re- Others of this famous flying family, Home Secretary on the application Honolulu, and possibly to Sun jewel, sales at Sotheby for some produced it in the following mornin addition to the Hengist, are the of scientific aids to police work. the pamphlet is commended to the Francisco, un the way between time takes place shortly, when New Zealand and Canada. In three lots, including a magnificent attention of all police authorities.
In addition to the work of readiness for that day the New diamond necklace once owned by
hammer. There should be no were distributed among the dele four-engined air liners. elaborately equipped crime labora Zealand Government has stipu Marie Antoinette, comes under the the photograph on the front page, about £30,000, and were the first been an unfortunate year, as this tories, the report describes "first lated, in its fifteen-years' agres doubt about the Authenticity of gates. The picture, in full colour. ad scientific posts," consisting of meat with Pan-American Ait the necklace, which is sold by showed a Beefeater at the Tower binocular magnifiers, for use by
that the permission must order of the present joint-owners. of London.
and Beatrix Princess Massimo, for aircraft are to continue to run accompanying it is a signed and Referring to the picture, Mr. Of the two cases solved by this into New Zealand. The chosen sealed certificate of origin tracing Daily Record has inaugurated a apparatus one concerned thefts of operating company for United its descent. The genealogical tree cabbages in which accurate photo-States oversea services has so far on vellum is in itself a highly graphs of the cut portions demon- been in the peculiar position of artistic contribution, being em blazoned with the arms of the Proprietor seized had come from roots left in having "to ask favours abroad various owners in heraldic colours. papers, Mr. Stanley Morrison, rhododendrons of Burrey gardens that this will prove the case here,
of the same address, the said MARCEL BUFFET & BAR having been sold by me to Mr.
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For Imperial Airways 1937. has
is the third liner to be lost.
writing on 3rd Day of December, paratus, and a handy form of port-not be withheld. If American the Archduchess Bianca of Austria REVOLUTION IN JOURNALISM Ravages Of New Plant Pest
1936 and was duly Gazetted.
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certain field. In the other case a without being able to promise motorist who was suspected of hav-reciprocal favoura ing moved his car from the off to the near side of the road after an
Cecil Harmsworth
said,
The
The Royal Horticultural Society have brought the reply th want information of an insect, new Its native country the insect is re- revolution in journalism."
After tracing the influence of to England, which is showing latively harmless, the Society's for the expert is by no means satisded a marked penchant American styles on British news-
In one Windlesham garden, the typographical adviser to Cam- and estates
16 Graphocephala leaves of rhododendron plants bridge University Press, said, "If it Its name is to be admitted that the Ameri- coccines, it comes from America, have been invaded by bacteria, A belief in the ultimate good Zealand; and in the location of can initiative has come to us from and its appearance suggests a believed to have gained entry- accident was proved to have done faith of the United States has a Government representative with the other side of the ocean in a dyer's pattern book on wings. Its through the holes made for feed- to be reported, on the other side. and a black band surrounding it. age as a result, became spotted. so by the finding of a small frag-secured to that operating com-wireless apparatus at Christmas degree not too Battering to us, it is head is yellow, with black eyes ing by Graphocephala. The foll LOCAL MAPS ment of car enamel on the offside pany most of the favours it Island.
that the London journals now Front wings are bluish-green, with Damage of this kind, it is sug- and a careful photographic com-
needed, and the valuable pioneer The significance of these deve maintain a standard of printing scarlet stripes. Elsewhere there gested, might prove to be more parison with a portion of the work of American commercial lopments in relation to the Pacific appreciably higher than the aver are red spots on green, and the serious than the effects of the in---
stream-fined chassis is scarlet on sect feeding.. radiator from which enamel "was missing,
fying has been enabled to pro- is not to be mistaken; nor can age New York journal,”. The report expresses the hope ceed. The approaching oppor-there any longer be doubt that Mr. William Will (Allled News top, and yellow beneath
Graphocephala belongs to the that the recent opening of the East tunity to return such hospitality the British Empire looks to the papers? complained of the mass of With a wing-span of nearly two group of insects known
newspapers. "Only a man with has a habit of lying openly on Midland Regional laboratory at is announced in the vast British United States for assistance in type faces used by individual thirds of an inch, Graphocephala hoppers, other members Nottingham ill be followed by
preparations in the North At the Pacific similar to that which out any type feeling or taste at rhododendron bushes during the others in areas not now covered by lantic in the air mail plans of is about to be afforded by the air could produce some of the daytime.
Although Inquiries from America Canada, Australia, and New British Empire in the Atlantic monstrosities we are, he said.
Peak District,
Kowloon,
Victoria
New Territories.
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.
such facilities for the scientific detection of crime.
have been responsible
When disturbed, it is said to sive injury to plants
"marked agility."