FEATURES
FOR
THE FAMILY
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, 17th. JANUARY, 1925.
DRIFTING IN ARCTIC ICE.
Facts About Amundsen's Expedition.
THE SCHOONER
MAUD
INSET SHOWS
#1
unable to turn hack, was not specified. The norvo strain of boing caged together, bolpless, in the stark, frozen wastes of the far north-perhaps of listening to tho Pattie talking machine recorda
again. over and over of knowing mouths in advance what each dinner menu would le-is bolloved to have played its part.
Amundsen, who did not accom- pany the expedition in person, is proparing moanwhile to fly over tho pole by aircraft. I is reported from Christiania that ho has boon provided with a fond of $100,000 for the venturo.
It will be his third attempi. 1 first solar air project-a flight from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Spitzborgen--failed when his machine want bad. His second offort was halted, by lack of fui.da.
But the benefits to the scienco of weather forecasting derived from even ISTONL Huccessful arctic oxpedition Bre pro- blomatical, according to Mr. Charlos F. Marvin, Weather Bu- reau chief.
If we could receive regular polar weather reports, day by day and year after year, thoro in no telling what we might learn," he наук
"I cannot predict that We would bo ablo to forecast wes her for an entiro soason in advance, but there is at least that hope,
SPORTS PARS.
ROALD AMUNDSEN
"But reports sont down by Scattle, Dec. 20th.--Aftor two lot her drift with the locs. His in 1922 the Maud sailed through and a half years of drifting in idea was to collect almost every Buring Straits with a dozen men individual aretle oxpeditions are too dosultory to be used as an arctic ice. the handful of hardy conceivable type of geological on board.
The ship was provisioned for accurato hasia for calculations. adventurors that put to sea in oceanological and meteorological
It also had on seven years.
So far they have done us littlo Roald Amundson's schooner information.
containing good." Maud in beginning to weaken. Most important of all, by board novon bozo
All hands are ready to come plumising the depths of the soa Christmas presents for the crow back. But, caught in the ice, and gathering data o wind, one box for eneh Christmas they
marooned. And thoy can't. All they can do is tidal and other corditions, he might be drift on and waiting on, for tide or hoped to onable science to predict phonagraph donated by the girls'
weathor
in conditions
the of Norway. Fate to pull them out.
For a time the Maud kept in temperato regione six months
Interesting World Hems. touch with the U. S. Weather ahead.
With this in mind, Amundsen Baran by radio. Thon
Ex-Guardsman Goorge West, of Fulham, and Albert Ropers, of Not out with the Mand in 1919, drifted out of range.
Tho message that just came Mitcham, fought a draw over 15 The expedition was launched but the venture was short Eved.
was relayed. It stated that the rounds of terrific close-quartor on the quite well established The next year the schooner was
and Mand was north of Wrangel out thoory that the movement of pulled
of the ico arctic ico, caused by ocean rescued off northern Siberia by leland, caught in the floes, and work at the Ring. Blackfriars, currents is over the north pole, the U. S. coast guard cutter drifting rapidly to the north and Amundson's plan was to forcu Buor.
Just why the explorers wore
That is the gist of the latest re- port on the expedition received by 1. S. Weather Bureau ofici
น
west.
she
recently.
CRACK CANADIAN TRAIN. Covers Thrice Distance to the Moon.
THROUGH THE CANADIAN ROCKIES
The Trans-Canada Limited, tho crack trans-continental express of j the Canadian Pacific Railway, operated during the tourist aus-
2000 MILES-MONTREAL,
TO VANCOUVER,
TRANS CANADA
the ton trains consists of one baggage car, one dining car and. four standard sleepers, ono 10- compartment car, Vancouver to Mon real, and anothor from Toronto to Winnipeg, with a drawing room-3-compartment car Vancouvor. from Montreal to
son, completed its 1924 schodule 2.707 miles from Toronto to Van- The year's corvico called for 22 changes of engine on each Trans- on Sopt. 17th, when those trains couver in 86 hours. steamed into the terminals at. Mr. C. 8. Foster, Passenger Canada run from Montreal to Vancouver and Montreal, having Trailio Manager, summing up the Vancouver and two engines for made 238 rips of a total mileage season's performance, gave out the Toronto-Sudbury connection remarkably interesting made by onch train. This sorvios times the distance from the earth figures which afford a partial in required 48 angine runs daily, and of 748.748 miles, which is throe sono to the moon. The run from sight into the magnitude of the including thero, the trains mads The French sporting paper Auto Montreal to Vancouver was 2,886 task of maintaining such a sor. only 26 stops on their whole
The equipment of each of run. the Maud under her own power Undiscouraged by this Am-
decide who is the most popular - as far north as possible, then undeen resolved to try again, and discouraged and ready through recently asked their readers to milos, covered in 90 hours, and vice.
among sportswomen in France. Mdle. Longlou proved an easy winner of the contest, obtaining 2417 voton or 800 more than the lady immodiately following her. Sho has buon proclaimed tho French Queen of sport."
E
AN APPLE A DAY
KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY!!
A volume of truth is centred in these words, as is proved by persons who indulge,
FRESH FRUITS (especially APPLES) are really and truly essential to the general fitness of one's body.
You cannot pick from your own garden; then come and pick from
Lane Crawford's Selection
CONSISTING OF
Newtown Pippins
Johnathan Red'
Florida Grape Fruit
Navel Oranges
IMPORTED FROM CALIFORNIA THE ORCHARD OF THE WORLD-
WHERE FRUITS GROW LUXURIANTLY.
A. E. Cooko, the New Zealand fivo-eighth, was presented with a memento at Lianelly in recog- nition of the fact that his father was born in that town-a mo- monto, which, an English papor romarks, in tha mattor of intrisic value, will no doubt have due rogard to Caledonian scruples."
+ •
Kid Lewis has issuod P ohallonge to Tommy Milligan, Hamilton, who deprived him of the European wolter-weight title at Edinburgh last wook, for a return contost in London for £250 a sido, under Championship conditions. Johnny Dundee, the world's feathor-weight champion, is also anxious to meet Milligan.
Oxford University proved the better toam against Cambridge youterday. There was not much between the sides, but the "dark blues" had it, and that die- tinctly. It WOB the superior spord and cleverness of tho Oxford backs that pulled them through. Among the backя H. J. Kittormaster, the stand oft was the only one who was not a SUCCORR A C. Wallace was particularly good, and G. P, 8. Macpherson and O. G. Aitken also did well.
* • ·
Archie Hull, the tall contro half-back of Ilford, who has boon playing in great form all the season, medo auch an impression in the roplayed Cup-tle with Leyton, at the Boleyn Castle Ground, that the West Ham management induced him to sign amateur League forms for them. Hin' talent; ls" not confined to: football for be is an excellens
THE
UNDERWOOD
PORTABLE.
"The Machine you will eventually carry.'
1]IEDERVE
Sole Agents :-
DODWELL & Co., Ltd.
Kis (Diddell Stre