SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1925.
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Strenuous Calcutta Contest.
VANISHING LIFE.
natalian's Beauty Birds.
The twenty-two-miles awin-
According to Mr. Charles ining competition" organised by
Barratt, C. Z. M. S., the well- the Indian Life Saving Society known Australian naturalist, who took place at Calcutta on August has done storling work for the 29th. There were altogether 17 preservation of the "Common entrios, of which 11 took to the wealth's flora and fauna, Aus water, eight of whom, including tralia's noble company of cooka- two privates, W. Dadoon of the tops and parrots, famed the 2nd Battalion, Warwickshire Ro-world over, is menaced by aport gimont, and Strath of the Oamer- and progress, Already, he says, on Highlanders, completed the some species have become extinct, full course, and the remaining or so rare that their fate is three competitors got out of the cetrain, while others are steadily decroasing in numbers, in the water.
Eastern States ospecially. The Race commenced at 11.15 Nature lovers, he added, re from Chandernagore Ghat, taking the offensive to save the
failing parrot tribo and other na
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It was started by the Administ
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whole distance was covered in of any kind should be used as four hours, twenty six minutes. living targets, and the fact Manaranjan Bose of the Indian that galahs are thus exploited Life Saving Society, stood first is one cause for urging Govern- arriving at Aheoritola Ghat, the ment action in favour of Aus terminus, at 3.41 p.m. Hrisikoshtralian beauty birds. A spocios Chatterjee of Saraswati Institute, is lost for ever, and who and Maniklal Dutt of College ho pertinently adds, gains by the Square Club stood second and passing of a race of croatures. third, covering tho distance in whose presence in the country four hours, thirty three minutes has given pleasure to countless and four hours, thirty five minutes thousands. respectively.
The two privates, securing sixth and seventh places, covered the distance in five hours, six minutos and five hours, twenty- five minutes, respectively. The last man covered the distance in
five hours and thirty two minutes.
PICNIC DISASTER.
Priests Attempt Rescue.
There was no accident on the way. Those swimming experien- ced rough waves, due to the high aix was a most shocking affair, The bathing distaster at Roub winds, which retarded their pro-says a Paris message. Thirty- gress for two miles. The general five small children, whose parents. weather was pleasant all through. work in Roubaix factories, were Steam launches and petrol boats enjoying a treat in charge of with members of the Life Saving Father Delaporte, and the Father Society, followed the swimmers warned the children that the tido throughout the route. Medical was rising. Some tried to take a officers were also in attendance. short cut to a sand dune, buti . At Abeeritola Ghat, under the were caught by the incoming tide prosidency of Sir R. N. Mookerjos, and fell into a deep hollow in the medals and cups were presented shifting sands. Father Dolaporto to the successful competitors by and two abbas plunged into the Lady Mookerjoo.
éo, and saved several uncon-
The first three competitors re-scious children. coived silver shield cups and gold Other onlookers made fruitless | medals respectively, while the re-fattempts at rescue. Later oight| maining five received a silver children recovered conscious- medal each.
ness, but at least 18 were drowned. It may be stated that in 1922. The sand near Roubaix is most 1923 and 1924.the same, distance deceptive. It often appears flat was covered in four hours twenty- when the total rise and fall four minutos, four hours fifty-measures several feet, and alters eight minutes, and five hours ro-with every tide when the sea Bpoctivelydssociated Press.
is rough. When Father De- aporte saw the danger ho called to the children to make a chain by holding "oach other's hands, | and to follow him. Unfortunate ty, the chain broke, and the child- ren seized by pánie, dashed frantically into the water which lay between them and dry land, though it was several feet doop. Some of the boys were carried out to sea by the tide,, and tho, bodies were thrown up on the shoro later in the day,
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