HONG KONG DAILY PRESS
Money For Kwangtung Defence
Canton, Sept. 4.
The Anti Japanese Aircraft Fund, which was started last " spring and which was originally Intended to be kept open for anly three months but has since been extended, is now in a very healthy siste.
Test-Tube Parenthood Now Possible
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London. Aug. 2.
from
GENERAL
GREAT CHANGE PROPOSED IN
EXAMINATIONS
Transfer From June To December
A Brave New World, where
HELPING HOLIDAY SPREADOVER life could be created iu test
Agreement by the Board tubes without the mating of
of The "principal examinations in- Education, the Universities, public volved in the change will be Higher parents. That Was author Aldous Huxley's vision in one
schools, secondary schools and local Certificate. School Certificate and of his novels: scientists saw
authorities to move all the prin- Matriculation. Hitherto these exam- A total of $6,000,000 has been re- the vision become an actuality
cipal national examinations frominations have coincided with the cetvéd from overseas Chinese, while at Cambridge at the week-end
June to December is likely to be end of the schools' year, in July. the Provincial Defence Bonds have
reached soon, says the Daily Tele- They have enabled successful After experiments on cattle graph special correspondent. Bold up-to-date total approximate-sheep, rabbits, and other animals
candidates to enter the Universities ly $10,000,000.
members of the animal research
Following consultations with local at the opening of their year, in The total amount has been hand-station near Cambridge have pro-authorities and representatives of October. ed over to the authorities in charge ved it possible, and even simple. the teaching profession, the Board Changing the dates of these of the defence of the Province, and to breed living creatures
of Education has decided that this examinations will necessitate mov- it is stated that considerable de- parents who have never met.
step must be taken without delaying the end of the school year to fence materials have already beeri Scientists attending the British principally with a view to facilitat- December. It is hoped that the purchased.--(Ta Kung Pao).
Association meeting have
ing "staggered" holidays.
Universities will agree to alter the their method demonstrated, and It remains only for the Board to beginning of their year from Octo- DRIVE FOR FUNDS standing features of this year's cooperation of
agree that it is one of the out-obtain the approval and essential ber to January.
the Universities. IN CANTON
meeting.
Discussions with the appropriate Although the discovery has not authorities, I understand, will take Canton, Sept. & quite reached the stage of practical place during the next week or so, A mass meeting of the lady farming, test-tube parenthood has workers in the "Oder Gold" cam- been brought to a tiny Shetland paign was held here yesterday to pony and a massive shire horse. reylew to work done in the drive for funds.
A discussion was held as to the welcome to be accorded Madame Chao, Mother of the Guerillas," who is shortly to viatt Canton. Mrs. Au was elected, to- gether with eleven other ladies, to be on the Reception Committer (Ta Kung P10).
R.E. ASSOCIATION
CARNIVAL DANCE
INTERNATIONAL COW
monstration told a reporter:- An agriculturist who saw the
seen
SERIOUS BARRIER
START NEXT YEAR
If agreement is reached the new system is likely to operate, I un- derstand,next year. Its probable that in 1939 and 1940, two sets of This action by the Board follows examinations will be held, one-in the report of Lord Amulree's com-July and the other in December to [mittee, published in April, which avoid wastage of a year by those de-recommended holidays with pay students who have already begun The report also called attention to preparation for the 1939 examina- the need for "staggering" holidays tions, and who have planned to from the beginning of summer time enter" a university in October, 1939. in early April until early October.
Changes in the schools' year will, It is recognised that the existing examination system, by which a big proportion of stu- dents at public and secondary schools are compelled to study,
sit for examinations throughout May, June and Julky, is a serious barrier to "stagger- ed holidays."
"Already there has been pro- duced an internațiana) coW...... an animal born in England to a father in Denmark."
ties to be overcome before artificial There were still certain dicul
breeding would be more than an interesting experiment, he added, but its development could only be a matter of time.
The present methods would be The Payal Engineers Old Com-each serving hundreds of farms. replaced by central stud farms, rades Association is holding its and the farmer first carnival'dance of the season fathers for his future herds from would choose in the Peninsula Hotel on Satur- a catalogue. day, October, 1.
Dancing will be from 8.30 pm. tubes containing the germ of new "One may even visualise test to 2.00 am, and music will be pro-life being rushed across the Atlan- vided by the Band of the 2nd Battic in specially equipped aeroplanes talion, The Royal Scots, by kind so that an Aberdeen cow can pro-
and
ECHO OF JEWEL ROBBERY
permission of Lt. Col. G.E. Hall, duce a calf from a champion bull JC.M. Lonsdale Sued
M.C. and Officers.
Admission is: for ladles $1.20. tor gentlemen $1.50, which includes refreshments and spot prizes.
in Arizone.
"Animals can be cross-bred to an
extent never thought possible, and By Moneylenders
John Christopher Mainwaring
new strains of cattle, horses, sheep, Tables may be reserved or ap-in fact almost any animal-hither- Lonsdale, now serving a term of plication to the Hop. Secretary, to undreamed of-created artificial imprisonment for his part in the Telephone 59191, Extension 23. ly."
Hyde Park Hotel jewel robbery, was the defendant in a moneylending
C.-IN.C. TO TRANSFER DUKE OF CONNAUGHT action before Mr. Justice Asquith
TO NEW FLAGSHIP
The Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Noble, and his staff will transfer from H.M.S. Cumberland to H.MS. Kent on September 28.
The transfer will probably be made at Wethalwel.
HMS. Kent arrived in Hong! Kong on Sunday morning.
PRESENTS PRIZES
The Duke of Connaught, who la 88, presented the prizes at the Royal Albert Or- phanage, Camberley, recently. Though he remained seated during the whole of the pro- ceedings, he insisted on giving a short address to the boys. The first prize he presented was
in the King's Bench Division re- icently.
Lonsdale was sued by Kent Trust, Ltd., of Duke-street, St. James's, for £230, due under a promÍSBOTY cote for £100, to which he was Joint signatory with a man named Victor Hervej. - ..
His defence was that the fate of Interest was excessive and the transaction "harsh and uncons
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it is recognised, require adjustments in preparatory schools' curricula to earure that the majority of boys go to their public schools in Janu- ary.
Though not directly under the Board's control, all the public schools will, I gather, welcome the change. There has long been criticism of examinations in June and July, the hottest months of the year.
Telescope To Solve Mars Mysteries
150-Ton Frame Now
Completed
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1938 PAGE 7
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The polishing of the rim of STOPS WEDDING
the giant steel horseshoe con- structed to swing the 200-inch "eye" of the world's largest telescope has been completed after months of arduous work. The telescope, which is to be as- sembled on Mount Palomat, Call tomis, is expected to bring a thousand ton stars within reach of the human, eye.
It will be powerful enough to enable the watcher to see the light of a candle several thousand miles away, and the moon, 240,000 miles
HMS. Odin has arrived here his own-the Connaught Medal- cionable." from Tangtao. while H.M.S. Ad. which is awarded to the boy who Mr. C. Balmon, for the Trust, said venture will arrive in Hong Kong has excelled in educational attain that the £100 was lent on Jan. today (en route to England. HMS.ments and has displayed "the 13, 1937, and interest was at the away, will be brought to within 50 Otus has left Weihaiwel and is now qualities of diligence. discipline, rate of 90 per cent. per annum.
miles.
in Shanghai, while HMS. Cum- truthfulness, courteousness, respect Hervey was not joined as a defend. berland at Chinwangtao,
for the rights of his fellows, and ant because he
非
BOOTBLACKS TO
COLLECT FUNDS
FOR RELIEF
of general excellence of character.bankrupt. which are the foundation of true'
British citizenship."
The medal was handed to Alfred John Buil, a 15-year- old London boy, who has been at the Orphanage since 1932. The deputy chairman (9ir that the
A number of bootblacks in the central district are organising 9 party to go to the interior to col- Eustace Fiennes) said
EXPRESS UNABLE
a year.
had become
Counsel said that the rate of interest was fixed because both Lonsdale and Hervey were heavily involved with other lenders and the borrowers were regarded as a “bad risk." ADDRESS IN PARIS
han"
ex-
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It is expected that the tele- scope, which is being fitted with a lens made by a London Arm, will solve the question whether the "canals" on Mars are anything other than disfigure- ments caused by natural giro- cesses.
The are of the horseshoe rim, which is now ready, has been made to conform to within Ave thou-
Sudden Collapse Of
Mother
fortnight death has postponed the For the second time within a
wedding of Mus Olive Few, 24, of Hythe, who was to have been mar- ried at St. Martin's Church to M. William Reeves, of New Romney.
an
The bride was adjusting her Lilian Few, a former Mayoress vell when her mother, Mrs.
of Hythe, collapsed in adjoining room za she was dressing to go to the church, Many of the guests were by this time resembled at the church
The bridegroom himself was not aware of Mrs. Few's death, and was waiting for the bride.
When the news was broken that the wedding must be postponed the assembled guests returned to their homes,
Miss Few's wedding was post- poned the first time when the Rev. W. F. Scott, vicar of New Romney, died,
Mr. Scott, an old friend of the bridegroom's family, had arranged Installed in the polishing mill, tony,
GROUND FÜR SIX MONTHS to visit Hythe to perform the cere
lect funds for the relief of was re- council was considering an offer
Giving evidence, Lonsdale and sandths of an inch to a perfect fugees by shining shoes, says Cen from the Surrey County Council that the Kent Trust refused to circle. The horseshoe, which weigh tral News
for all boys over 11 to attend Bag- make a further loan to Hervey 150 tons, is so high that it had to During their recent campaign shot School dally and to provide unless
he-Lonsdale-guaranteed be shipped here in three sections, -here, they collected more than $500, two teachers for the younger chil-re-payment.
each filling a railway truck. dren at the orphanage. It would Hhe believed that Hervey was mean a saving of £400 to £500 now in Paris; adding "The George
V. Hotel there will always and rotated past the grinding tools The bride's mother was the wife TO LEAVE
The Duke of Connaught pressed the hope that any changes declared it was now accepted that ground away.
for six months, during which more of Capt. George Few, town coun- Mr. Ashe Lincoln, for Lonsdale, than two tops of steel surface was The Kowloon-Hankow through decided upon would lead to
culór and chairman of Kent express which has been held up improved position for the school there was no evidence that Lons-
Borough and Urban District Coun- since August 11, and which was and more opportunities for thedale was "heavily involved" with the sun striking through the roof
During this process, the heat of cils Association. scheduled to leave the K.-C.-R. boys..."
other moneylenders. Station yesterday morning, was
warped the steel rim by as much. Giving Judgment for the amount as thirteen-thousandths of
Lieutenant-General Ma Yen unable to -proceed to Hankow
claimed, with costs and interest to inch. owing to absence of instructions
an shou, Deputy Commander of the the date of trial, Mr. Justice As-
Sutyuan provincial army, arrived trom Hankow confirming the The Imperial Airways Daedalus quith said that Lonsdale agreed to tect the error, and pally engineers up the officers and men of the Various devices were tried to cor-in Wuyuan on August 28 to cheer safety of the line.
is expected to arrive at 3.30 this the rate of interest charged, which had to build an umbrella of heat-army on behalf of ita commander, ofternoon from Bangkok with mail prima facie, was reasonable. A. stay resisting composition to ominteract General from England and Australia.
of execution yas refused.
Fu Teo-31, states a Shanghai dispatch
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JAPANESE TROOP TRAIN STRIKES LAND MINE
Loyang, September: 5. Japanese troop train, running southward along
the Tatung-Pachow Railway with a load of ama munition, struck a land mine läld by Cathese troppe in the vicinity of Yangst and uttered heavy dam age on Saturday afternoon The locomotive was cor pletely destroyed 2
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