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AN AMERICAN CRITIC.
LONDON UNIVERSITY DENOUNCED.
"NOT WELL DESIGNED."
Oxford, May 22,
KWANGTUNG. RIVERS.
LITTLE DAMAGE CAUSED BY
THE FLOODS.
The Engineer-in-Chief of the Board of Conservancy Works of Kwangtung has given out the fol lowing statement 'regarding, the present condition of the rivers:
The Inst rain period caused a rise in the rivers, but, fortunate- ly not to auch a height as to make
Dr. Abraham Floxner delivered the last of the series of Rhodes havoc amongst the dykes. No in- Memorial Lectures at Oxford Uni-undation has taken place within veraity yesterday on "The Univer-the dyke-protected districts, but, sity in Europe."
naturally, in places, where no
"I do not understand," he re- dyke protection exists, some in- marked," in what sense the Uni-convenience has been felt by the
rising water. versity of London is a University
The West River began to rles at all. It has a central-and very on May 7, at Wuchow, the riso clumsy-governing body, but, educationally considered, it is not being felt two days later at Shiu- an institution, but a line so drawn hing. On June 6, Wuchow re- corded its highest water level of as to include institutions of very 1.2 ft., which is still 8.7 ft. below different educational value.
the average summer floods.. At "If it be the purpose of a mo- Shiuhing, the highest water was dern University to promote the recorded one day later, on June search for truth and the training 7. being 2.7 ft. below the ordin- of men competent to advance ary summer floods. The newly knowledge, the University of Lon-completed control sluice and dykes don is not well designed for the in front of the Sunglung Valley, purpose. Its resistance to inue-constructed by the Board of Con- vation does not warrant a sanservancy Works, prevented inun- guine opinion as to the near fu-dation of some 90,000 mou of land, which up till now have been sub- University College, he added, if ject to yearly inundations. The eut adrift might become a Uni-Sunglung valley, being now safe- versity in แก understandable guarded against floods, will in the senge, and so might King's. The future produce two rice crops in- London School of Economics stead of one in every second year, become which was the case before the might conceivably special University faculty. The sluice was built. Imperial College might be regard- ed as a technical school of Uni- versity, rank.
ture."
NEW CONSTITUTION,
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The North River.
The North River reached its maximum at Shlukwan on June
4. and at Tsingyun on the same Dr. Graham Little, M.P. for day. The highest flood level was, London University, in an inter-at Shiukwan 9.2 ft., and at Tsing- view, remarked:
yun 4.5 ft., below respective high
.
"London University has already waters usual for the season, The suffered from the half-baked doc- Lupon control sluice kept the flood trines which Dr. Abraham Flex-level in the inland channel 3.5 ft. ner is wont to inflict upon a below the water level in the main tolerant world. We first met him river. In consequence, the plains to our sorrow at the Hallane Com- situated between the North River mission in November, 1910, when and Canton City were kept free he had the effrontery to come and from inundation. Also Canton Jecture the London Schools of City was saved from high waters,. Medicine upon how they should the occurring swamping of the conduct
their business. The lower part of the city being due Haldane recommendations for the to the tides. Not before this pari reconstitution of London Univer- of the city is raised above the tide sity which were so largely inspire level and properly drained, will ed by Dr. Abrahams flexner, have these yearly occurring inundations been finally consigned to the be eliminated. No dyke hrenches scrapheap. Doubtless he has felt with accompanying inundation nt the has been reported from the North some personal, soreness neglect which has overcome that River. In the mountainous re- supremely absurd pontifical effort glons, heavy showers seem to have. caused some slight accidents; but· on his part to dictate to London.
"Dr. Flexner, perhaps, is not in the dyke protected regions, the aware that the University has ac-foods did no damage, cepted a now constitution, which has not yet been brought into ne
Compared with the other rivers, tion, but which, will probably be rpme effective at the beginning of the East River has shown slightly next year, if not earlier. Whether higher flood stages. In the moun- it will be an improvement upon the lainous districts some tributaries previous governing body remains rose above the normal high waters, to be seen, but. the University will but the main river never rose remain essentially a federation of above normal. For a few
the Sheklung market, autonomous institutions, held to parts of gether by much the same in which is unprotected against the se-yearly fonds, was covered with palpable links that bind the parate components of the British water; but this happens mostly Empire. That method of govern- every year, and can only be avoid- ment which has made the greatest led by enclosing the market with
At Sheklung, Empire in the world, has always nibankments. puzzled the doctrinaire, who obthe highest stage of the water was on May 23, when 18.2 stinately believes that, because it reached does not fit in with cut-and-dried, above lowest low water was re- gistered, This stage, is, however, notions of his own, it must be a vicious method of government, 2.4 ft. below the average height of and the British Empire goes on, as the summer flanda. the University of London will
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WIFE MAINTENANCE,
HUSBAND TO PAY OR GO TO GAOL
A husband who defaulted on an order to pay his wife maintenance, following a separation order, was Defendant explained brought before Major C. Willson yesterday. that, being out of employment, he was unable to carry out the Magis- trate's instructions,
It was stated that when the de- fendant recently appeared before Lindaell ordered that a sum of $30 the Senior Magistrate, Mr. R. E. In the East River district much per month be paid to the woman for to, obstinately controverting the land is still continually without her maintenance, this amount “lo
of $7 each. doctrinaire by indisputable suc-proper flone protection. The Tung be split up into weekly instalments Mr. C.A.S. Russ who appeared on Valley, for instance. is yearly flooded, exuning, immense losses for the wife, now said that the to the farmers. The Conservancy Bench was empowered under the Board has on several occasions tried Section 7, Ordinance No. 1 nzie-: Sir William Béverhige, Vice-,
to persuade the farmers to make aly, the Married Women's Desertion, Chancellor of the University of joint effort in raising the money Ordinance" of 1905, to enforce the London, pointed out to a Morning
for the repair, but order, without proof of means, Part representative that
without success. The farmers The local ordinance was identiczi Abraham Flexner is a great have preferred to spend their with the Act at Home, and gave thority on universities and an out-fortune on clan fights and other the Magistrate power to enforce spoken critic.
non-productive undertakings, for a criminal judgment, in the case, "His views," he
continued, carrying on of which they have as distinguished from a summons "must therefore he treated with invested their savings in expen-claim.
His Worship then ordered that respect. It is true that the Uni-sive foreign arms and ammani- versity of Landon is built up of a lions. The Conservancy Board is the amount in arrears, amely $37, great number of institutions of quite willing to subscribe funds be paid in weekly, instalments of The full amount, which the differing types and of differing for the repair, and undertake the $7. distinctions. It strikes mo per- work, but has, so far, met with defendant had now to pay to his sonally as being more than a ques-small response from the popula-wife per week was $14. is Wor
ship directed also that the first. lon of words to say that the Uni-tion. versity is inconiplete. It has to its The 50 li long dyke, constructed payment was to be made on Satur- credit that unquestionably it ad- by the Board on the right shore of day, failing which the defendant Vaneen leathing of a very high- the East River, from Kongba to was to go to prison for two weeks. dass character. By the free sys Sheungnam, is intact and has tem there in a greater gain in saved an extensive area between
DESERT DISASTER. virility than is loat in other direc- the river and the Lo Fau moun- tjons. It is true that the Univer-tains from inundation.
MOTOR LORNY COMES TO vity is a large, growing body, re-
As a conclusion, it may be said
GRIEF. presenting many interests, and as that the floods in the Kwangtung
Basra, June 20. far as I can see, there is no reason rivers have, so far, not caused any
A motor lorry which left here why all the institutions within a University should be alike, than damage, All three rivers are now for Nasirych on the 16th inst receding, but since the moon is with 21 passengers has been locat now at "full and change" the tidale by the Royal Air Force after a rise and fall will be prominent long search. during some days,
that all men should be alike."
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The lorry is stuck in the sand in a remote part of the desert. Police hastened to the spot on including two women, in a state ofj When it established its degrees collapse. They had trudged 50 An Arab died from eating for the first time, will give the it set up an high a standard that miles through the burning desert. the students of the provincial University a certain financial con- colleges could become its gradu poisonous wild melon. The body trol over its colleges. After a
[A similar disaster happened to long flight it has for all practical tes, so that these colleges could was abandoned. Reuter.
develop into Independent universi- purposes secured the silo lying beties. It did this almost entirely a motor lorry carrying twenty ICE HOUSE STREET, hind the British Museum, and
by being an examining body, and pilgrims over the same route last will shortly be making an appeal nove, it has become a university in month. In that case also the to the citizens of London to sup the older sense of the term.
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