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military policeman stops a car on a strategic stretch of rose to check the driver's papers.
Note the improvised " guard-house,” made out of an old carriage.
COMING EVENTS WAR STOPPED MALAYAN
מאות
and
27-Ndes: High" 1.24 Bat. 12.38.p.m. Low 180 am, and 3.45 pan. Surlae: 3.49 a.m.; Sunset: 7.11 p.m. YM.C.A. Charity Games, 10 a.m.; Chinese Boys' Club. Yaumati, p.m.; Services Concert-Road House Show, & p.m.; Daily Swimming,
Legislative Council Meeting, 230
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Cheero Club; Bridge and Mahjong, St. Andrew's Hall: Lecture by Mr. E. F. Fincher on "Moyle Shots of England and America. 9 p.m.
HK. T'I Ma's Club, Tima Mtg.
PLAN FOR SCIENTIFIC
SURVEYIFIC
WIDE
SCHEME IS SHELVED
" At an estimated cost of $50,000 Malaya would, during last year and this, have taken part in work which would have given the coup- try a proud position in the honours list of nations who have con- tributed something of high value to scientific research. But the war stopped that
St. Francis Hotel. 7.30 pm, Speaker: Behind a paragraph in the annual report of the Survey Depart- Mr. Chan Tal-nin on "Ancient Chi-ment, which announces the "abandonment, owing to the waz,” of nest Jade."
the gravity and deflection survey of Mälaya," lies the story of the unavoidable breaking of a good resolution, says the Malaya Tribune.
Craigengewer C.C. Weekly Whist Drive 9 p.m.
Ladies Bible Study, 216; Nathan Read 10.30 am.
Chess Championship Continued. FLX Philatelic Society, 6.CM.P.. 5.30 p.m.
Malaya bas been considered! "pretty good" in the practical application of science. Her en- gineering works, though not super, were nevertheless outstanding, and the maps produced by the Survey Cathedral, Women's Fellowship Department, for example, of the Working Party, Cathedral Hall, 3.30
position of Paintings. Fung Ping Shan Library. ค
p.m...
St. John's Cathedral: United Ser vice of Intercession. 5.30 pm.“
St. Andrew's Women's Fellowship Mahjong Drive in aid of B.W.OF. 3 p.c.
peninsular and the surrounding
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Detailed plans were worked out with the help of authorities In India and elsewhere.
·speciał oficer'" was 'to Foto England to take up a. post graduate course. A special staff was trained.
The majority of the Malayan islands and seas, both in their Governments had accepted the survey and technical finish, are anancial obligations that the work considered far above the average would entall. The total cost for
other countries.
the initial part of the programme But Malays was considered back-work out at $60,000. ward in scientific research;
Some of the work did actually
28-Tider: High 404 am, and 1.55 paz, Low 1,36 im.. and 8.26 p.m.
Surprize: 3.43 230; Sunset: 731°p.m.
Then came a chance to alter that B.A.0.C.
Monthly Dinner with a request from the Inter- begin Then the war came and Speaker: Mr. K. MA Bamett national Union of Geodesy and everything was stopped, "for the
Economic Causes of Crime in Kong Geophysics, who
time being," says Mr. W. F. N.) were out to tong
discover exactly what shape this Bridges, D. 8. O., Surveyor-General H.K. Mines, Ltd Annual Meeting earth is and whist exactly its cruat 5. S. and F. M. B.
Gloucester Building, 10 BJII.
Claims against estate of Bartolome and "inside" are like. This was Pacz, late of "Mantis, due.
Cheero Club Concert, 9 pm
St. Andrew's Church Hall Concert. 1.p.m.
YMCA: Mixed Badminton, to
Job requiring co-operation among all nations,
For a good deal of this work, did Byrd, Wilkdns. and the others ex-
i pan; Mixed Swimming: 6.30 to splore the North Pole and the Bouth p.m.: Daily Swimming,
Pole. American scientists had -Volunteer Nursing Detachment Lec-made-extensive-surveys-in-the-two- ture at St. John's Cathedral Hall, 5.30 continents; European countries,
P.ZIL.
Ladies' Working Party BW.OF.) Govt, House, 9 am-12.30 p.m.
29 Tides: High 439 am, and 2.18 pi. Xois 1715 am and 1811 p.m... Sunrise: 5.40 ..; Sunset: 7.11 p.m. All-Hongkong Cycling Meeting, Caroline Bin, ́8 p.m. ;-
St. Andrew's Club Launch Pienie a YMCA: Swimming Gala, TMCA 7. Combined Services, 8.15 p.m.; Daily Swimming.
Ferformance at Olymple Cirens, in aid of Netherlands Relief Fund, 9
30-Tides: High 5.10 am and 5.16 p.m. Lom, 12.24 p.m. and 10.58 p.m..
Sunrise: 540 4 Sunset: 7.11 pm Wah Zaa Part Students? sociation Swimming Picnic, 11 mm.
Russia, even Germany, had co- operated in this highly scientific work..
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VALUABLE WORK "Notwithstanding this post- ponement” he continues, “the work "already, dane will be of valse when it again becomes possible to devote staff and money to work which, though -of-high-scientific, valus-and-
absorbing interest pays no dividends in cash, and bza little readily recognisable ap- plication to the practical pro- MONEY-. SPENT
'blems of everyday life.” In-Asia, India, and · Java had Nevertheless, when this work is spent a good deal of money, sent completed by the scientists, they men specially to Europe, and had will be able to give facts to: the Completed valuable work on be-geologists to all up gape in their half of the International Umon of knowledge of the locality and ex- Geodesy and Cleophysics. Malaya tent of metal, in the earth's crust; was needed by the Union to close they will be able to confirm "or up the gap in the work, between depy the teacher's statement in India-and JavaA.
his geography lesson that the earth Malays accepted the I. U. G. G.'s is like an orange; they will be able request as soon as it was made and and this most important of "all gave the job to the Survey De--to predict earthquakes and their
partment who were enthusiastic,
CROSSWORD
NO. 643
ACROSS
3. Do without 8. Weasel's
cousin?
The United States should taxe," "We must build a Fleet capable over French, British, and Dutch of facing any power of any com- possessions in the Caribbean and bination of powers," he added. "It should warn the whole world that must be a feet that will com10 Fur Iceland and Greenland fall with- pletely dominate
in the scope of the Monroe Doc-hemisphere."
trine, Colonel Knux, publisher of
the Chicago Daily News, declared
9. Open
the western 11 Pardon
UNION URGED
13 Upright [14: Tirl
16 Drink deep
19 Rever
4
beration
in, a speech in New York. MOS Union of the British and Amer
The war in Europe, he pointed can navies after the war was urged rout, is going to spread as a result in London by Major Victor 21 Forbidden..
of Germany's failure in Norway Cazalet, Conservative M.P. "for 22 Lived and the attitude taken up by Italy, the preservation of freedom of the 24 Part of Colonel, Knox expressed full seas and common ideals of civilisa- speech agreement with the Secretary of tion."
28 Bing State, Mr. Cordel Hull, regarding He also urged that United States 28 Ingr Tespect for the integrity of the be granted free port privileges in N. Africa Netherlands East Indies and one of the West Indian harbours 29 Girl's serted the Reich's invasion of together with .44m l' sovereig!
Norway has considerably lessened right." 4solationist feeling in the mid-
western states.
Major Cazalet declarea:
name
30., Holy
mount
31 Bird
St-DOWN
There is now a strengthening Tem sot at all sure that 32 Famous tendency among the people, America would not like to have a Colonel Knox continued to de- free port available to her Navy mand reinforcement of national rather nearer to South America 1 Ball sup defencer
than she has today.
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DEGREE OF NULLITY "FOR AMBASSADOR'S
5 DAUGHTER
An Adactee of nullity was granted |to Men, Imbel Weaver, the daugh- ter of Bur Stafford Cripps, recently appointed British", Ambassador to the Soviet Union, against Mr. Lawrence, Weaver writes FL Hopkin in a special cable to the Malaya, Tribrne. The marriage. took place in Jamaica in 1938.
„The ground for nullity was wilful: summate the marria
was undefended
Solution. No 642
decree
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