HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1937.
Sporting Fixtures
WOOED WIFE IN
CHINESE
SHORTHAND
PHONETICS
US. BASEBALL RESULTS
And System Became Attempt To Simplify Top Teams Humbled ball, China V. India, at Caroline
Standard
4.
· Love letters-led Colonel Olat W.
Melin to invent the system of
It reported from Nanking that. In an attempt to simplify for Chinese illiterates the mastery of Chinese characters, a phonetic shorthand which la now used. al-
gystem calling for the use of most throughout his country. | thirty-seven symbols is being Sweden.
gradually introduced throughout Colonel Melin. seventy-six the country. By the use of more years old, is Sweden's delegate to than three of these symopols. It the congress of International is possible to represent any one shorthand experts and inventors of the four thousand characters in
gathered in London last" week to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Sir Isaac Pitman, the Wiltshire ractory clergy who became the greatest name in shorthand.
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The Colonel formal in manner, formal in dress, invented his sys- tem in 1892.
shorthand.
common use.
A number of standard works, including the Bible, are now being printed with the ordinary Chinese characters and their equivalents in parallel columns, thus making It possible for the volume" to be read with facility by the thou-
He screwed an eyeglass in his sands of the Chinese who other- left eye and said, on being inter-wise would remain illiterate. viewed: "When I was in the Army | Even some of the Chinese news- the I used to write love letters to my papers will shortly adopt wife in code, and gradually, be-system, which has been employed tween us, we evolved our own for some years past in connection sign- with the railway station. "It became my hobby. I am a boards and other public notices. military man,, and I saw its use Demonstrations have proved, it for trenches and warfare. My is said, that, with the aid of the wife and I would not dream of phonetic symbols, a totally corresponding in any other way,terate person can learn to read though I must admit I am not very after few hours of instruction. good myself. Some of my pupils The symbols are not intended as →outstrip me easily. my hand
a substitute for Chinese charac- shakes, you see.”
ters but merely as an aid to their mastery. It is possible to trans- literate Chinese by the use of only thirty-seven symbols it will be a very great help to many millions
LONG-ILAND PRESIDENT Lord Hewart, the Lord Chief Justice, who does not know one shorthand
outline, presides over
the congress.
of people.
-
It is a serious gathering, deal-
The most crying need of China. ng with such subjects as "Elec- however, is the early adoption of a :frokynographical, chronographical, standard spoken language. ... Al- and graphological investigations." though "koa yu" is supposed to Germany's delegate. Dr. Karl he taught everywhere, the persis- Lang, stands out, as a man of tence of a large number of very power. Any one found teaching distinct dialecta is a most, un- any other system of shorthand in fortunate feature of the linguistic Germany, but Dr. Lang's can be situation of the country.
It is to
thrown into prison. And Dr. be hoped that this latest effort
Lang's system is a composite of the will be crowned with success. best points in about six systems
invented by others.
'It is
New York, Aug. 12. Chicago. Natonil League leaders, and New York, in second berth, both lost their games to-day.
Boston beat New York, ax to four, la spite of home runs by Danning and Ott
Pittsburgh crushed Chicago, 18 to alx, though the Pirates had ly 15 hits." Brubaker hit them a
by the team's six errors, the worst homer by Cavarretta, were offset helding of the season.
homer. Cubs' 12 hits, and A
Philadelphia defeated Brooklyn, twice, three to two and eight to two.
TO-DAY Baseball.-International
HILL 3 p.m.
Bowls-First Division:
Room No. 205: Gloucester Build- Base- Ing 2nd Floor, 6 ‹puan.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17" Bowls-Open: Singles (Third Yong
rk | Round), L. F. Xavier v. B. Basto; Kong Fo.. Craigengower Co., W. C. Simpson v. H. Overy (Kow- Kowloon C.C. v. Police R.C. Club loon 1.0. green); J. V. Ramsay de Recreio v. Kowlcon B.C., Civil. D. Skinner: D. W. Waterton Service C... Kowloon Dock RO: G. H. Sherriff; H. G. Couper v. S. Randle (Kowloon C.C.); J. 'G, Becond Division: Kowloon 3.0.0. v.
Gil v. H. A. Alves; R. F. da Luz Club de Recreto. Police RC. V.
v. J. S. Landolt (Indian R.C.), Kowloon C.C., Craigengower 0.0.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18- Y. Indian R.C., Taikoo RC T
Bowls,—Open Rinks Final, J. Wat-. Hong Kong F.C. Third Division:
A. Hyde-Lay. v. J. R. Soares, J, W. Kowloon F.C. . H. K. Electric R.C., C. B. Hosking, R. G. Chilg and Club de Recreio r. Civil Service
Tong R.C.. Hong Kong FC. V. CC Craigengower C.C. v. Kowloon Leonard, L. C. R. Souza and C. &. Rosslet (Club de Recreio), 4.15 p.m.
Yacht Club.
Riding. Beginners' Cavalcade (Equine Sports Club), 5 pm. Interport Trials (Ym-11 inx
Swimminga. — Interport
(V. R. C bath), ◊ p.m.
In the American League New York and Boston split a double- header, Boston taking the opener 16 to 10 when McNair and Foxx hit homers for the Bees and Laz- zert circled the bags for the Yanks Hong and Di Maggio homered for the Yankees in the night-cap, and though Foxx and Cronin did the same for Boston, the League lead-span. ers von Ave to three.
TO-MORROW
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31," Bowls-First Division: Craigen- gower "C.C.. v. Civil Service C...
Club de Recreio v. Kowloon Dock Trials | R.C., Folice R.C. 7. Kowloon QC.:
Baseball International Base- ball, United States v. Portugal, at Caroline Hi1; 10 m.
Riding-Cavalcade for Advan- ced Riders (Equine Sports Clubs),
MONDAY, AUGUST 16 Chicago and Detroit split their
Bowls. Open Singles (Second engagement. Tigers taking the first game 11 to 8. with a homer by Round), S. M. Walte v. J. 8. Ho- Gehringer and Radcliff smacking well (Craigengower C.C. ten); one for the White Sox. Chicago A S. Gomes v. C. G. Silva (Hong won six to four in ten innings in Kong FC.. green); Third Round. the night-cap. where Goslin A. W. Grimmitt v. H. Gittins: J. homered for Tigers. Washington Cook'. W. L. Walker: J. C. Brown won from Philadelphia. Ave tov. J. A. R. Selby: A. S. Russell v. four- Reuter
NEW.BORN BABIES
Bables born
Vancouver will In future have their names "bornt"
on their backs at birth. This will De done with the rays of a water- cooled quartz lamp.
This new policy has been an- nounced at a meeting of the board of directors of the Vancouver Gen- eral Hospital. Its purpose is to
being taught in, 5.000 A SCOTLAND IN eliminate any possibility of babies
schools. Half a million children-
the youngest of them" aged twelve
start lessons each year
The world's greatest shorthand writers 3re all men-both for speed and accuracy, and
under world championship tests Over three hundred words a minute has been touched.
BIOLOGICAL ACTION OF X-RAYS.
Cancer Campaign Research
LONDON
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New Bureau Is
Opened -
The new Scottish Information Bureau at 457 Strand, intended as a permanent "ofice and display centre for Scotland in London, was opened recently by Lord Elgin. president of the Scottish Dévelop-
A report on "Some quantitativement Council. states the "Bulletin." aspects of the biological action of
going to the wrong parents.
The branded names will remain distinct for about six months.
land. That series had now ended, and they had started more "on their own" in these new premises, British Industries House, dropped out of the partnership, and they had taken in the Scottish Travel- Association and the Empire Exhib- ition.
They were opening these prem-
Ises with the object of being able
As a "spearhead" for Scottish to give information not only about the special areas though they would continue to give them par- ticular attention-but about the whole of Scotland.
X and Gamma Rays," by Dr. C. M. publicity. in London, the Bureau Scott, of the Department of Ma- occupies an ideal situation, and teria Medica," Edinburgh Univer
exhibitions of Scottish products will be held from time to time.
sity, has been issued by the Medi- while displays of posters, maps,
cal Research Council (Stationery and photographs will call atten- point of contact for Scottish goods
Office, 1s. 6d.).
In a preface dealing with the progress made during the last de-
cade in the treatment of cancer
voltage X-rays,
the
tion to Scotland's scenic attrac- tions.
Fi
. These premises would form a
and products to make their way to other parts of the world and the Empire, and for people in London and the rest of the Empire to make contact with Scotland.
In conclusion, Lord Elgin asked all present to keep the Idea in their minds of what they could do as individuals to help Scotland in all its efforts, and particularly in the promotion and carrying through to a splendid fame the great Empire Exhibition to which they had set their hands.
Among others present at the ceremony were Lord
The opening window display. of and malignant disease by radium tartans, Ashing tackle, and spor- and high
ting guns is most attractive, and council points out that the remark the revolving illuminated "trans- .able successes of radiation ther-paerncies" of Scottish scenery, set
apy have led to such pressure on
on a central pedestal, focus the both apparatus and personnel that attention of passers-by. In the there has been little leisure to main hall is a model of the Empire undertake research. The subject Exhibition, 1938, and glass cabinets presents special difficulties, one of with displays of Scottish products. which is that measurement of the In his speech Inaugurating the dosage of radiations is much more Bureau Lord Elgin said it would difficult than measurement of the be remembered that in May, 1935. dosage of drugs.
they opened at British Industries opening "Nevertheless," continues the House a series of displays arranged Abess, Lord Minto, Sir John preface." the quantitative aspect by tripartite agency-British Gilmour, Mr. Kirkwood (manager the Scottish of the Scottish Development of the action of radiations is all- Industries House.
Counci and the Council), Mr. Hay" (manager of important, from a practical point Development
the Scottish Industrial Estate), Mr. Bellagis (or the Federation of Bri- tish Industries), and Mr Meredith Travel and Industrial (of the Development Association.
$
of view, because their therapeutic Commissioner for the special areas
use depends very largely upon the in Scotland. difference between the dosage needed to injure or kill malignant
ON THEIR OWN" Month by month they had staged
tissue and that needed to produce displays of the products of Beot-
Malaya Tennis Finals
the same effect on normal tissues." EXPERIMENT ON FLIES Expérimenta with an isolated frog's heart and the eggs of the bluebottle, were carried out by Dr. Scott which revealed the ex-
The Ceylon cousins, H. C. San- Chin Kee Onn, of Perak -has traordinary variation which living
more become the men's son and Miss Doreen Sansoni, be cells display as regards suscepti- once
new Inixed doubles bility to radiation. It is shown, for singles tennis champion of Malaya; came the example, that the Irradiation Having conquered the holder, H. C. champions, beating E. N. W. Oliver needed to kill the adult fruit-ny is Sansoni, of Ceylon, he overcame a and Mrs. M. Hartley with ease, 6-1, several thousands of times that more formidable obstacle this 0-1,NAT needed to kill the eggs of the Dy. year in the Perak Dane, R. L. winning 6-2, 8-6 after a The evidence of Dr. Scott, the Grut. preface states, tends to favour the hard battle, which was watched by view, that fundamental action of a capacity crowd. Kee Onn was radiations is on the nucleus of the 1 the 1934 champion. cell, and thereby on the cell pro-
The veterans' singles champion- ship was won by 8. Nakata, who beat Mohd. Noor bin Bache, 6-2, 5-6. The veterans doubles title went to Dr. KT. Khong and Chung Ah Ming, who defeated M. Kohtoh and N. Ishikawa, 6-0, 6-3, A DRAMATIC TOUCH
His Excellency the High Com cesses that control growth. Hence missioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, the susceptiblilty of cells to radia Lady Thomas, HH the Raja
A dramatic tonch to her first at- tion depends very largely upon Muda of Perak, who is himself a whether their survival is dependent very keen tennis player, and H. Htempt at a Malayan championship on the power to carry out cell the Raja Muda of Belangor were meeting came the way of Mrs. M. Hartley, the formidable Perak left- division. Further investigation fr among the spectators, urged by Dr, Bcott on the lines of Goog Kok Ying and Goon Kok hander, who figured in the mired careful measurement of irradiation, Lem, the Penang brothers, annex-dogbles final having E N. W. the recovery of cells stromtheed the men's doubles champion- Olven as her partner. Immediately techazot, radiation, and the phy-ship with a creditable victory over after leaving the court Mrs. Hart- sloupy of the process of cell diel, H. Sinclair and N. 8. Wise, the ley was taken to hospital for an
appendix operation.
E. G. Past (Club de Recreio: G. Perkins v. T. Armstrong: U. M. Omar v. J. Pau; & E. Coats v. A. R. Dallah (Hong Kong FC green). Bridge. Cheero Club Contract Bridge. 3 p.m.
Football-Hong Kong Football Association, Council Meeting, at
Second Division: Kowloon BG.C. v. Kowloon C.C., Club de Recreio V, Hong Kong FC: Third Division Civil Service C.C. v, K.K. Electric R.C. Kowloon F.C. 7, Craigen- gower C.C,
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 28
Police Bowls-First Division: R.C. v. Civli Service C.C., Kowloon G.C. v. Kowloon Dock R.C.; Second Division: Club de Recreio v. Craf- geligower C.C., Kowloon C.C. V. Police R.C.; Third Division: Kow loon FC. v. Club de Regreto.
SPANISH GOVERNMENT STEAMER TORPEDOED
Tunia, Aug. 12. The 8,000-ton Spanish". Govern- ment steamer Compeador was tor- pedoed and sunk off Kilbia, near Cape Bon, to-day.
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