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THURSDAY AUGUST 30, 1934.
NOTES OF THE DAY
PRINCE GEORGE'S BETROTHAL
"THERE'S A FALLING STAR!"
By an Amateur Astronomer.
DROBABLY, no natural pheno-reason for this supposition, for it
The Very Idea!
SHALL WE GO GAY?
By George
George,
I see that the
Hongkong has its own special affection for Prince George as ho mixed freely in the life of the community during his term of service as a naval. Houtenant on the China Station.
Knowledge of P
DEAR others of ills Majesty's illustrious ints at ngewanderers of the the Mesozoic period and extit- sing with some incredulity him la more personal than it is of mena have struck more terror could only have been some such Shanghai press are discus-
the hearts of mortals than appalling catastrophe which endod sono, a circumstance that enabler local folicitations in his betrothal "shooting stars." Man is so ne- of all the vast variety of Am "going gay."
henvona known as comela and guished its fauna and florn. Out the prospect of Hongkong to Princess Marina of Greece to customed to seeing fixed points of monites which flourished in that gala in
warmth and sincerity. De
.
very little da known,
the Princess, who sceris to have light above him that the appear-ags not a single genus has sur- I do hope that we shall not be been carried by storm in the ance of a brilliant Hight moving vived to this day.
stung to retallation and re-open romantic venian osphere of the Sin. Jawiftly across the sky arouses hia
It is fears for the earth's security, and have played a prominent part in and those wild nights at West no wonder that metoors these after midnight cabareta beyond
the fast that the fame of makes him wonder if something early history. Universally regard Point which put so much on a the charm and beauty of all three has gone wrong with the universo, ed ar divine portente, they decided woman's age and so much off a of Prince Nicholas's daughtera
the fate of kings at one period in man's purse. has spread far beyond the boun- daries of the Balkans. Tho Prince's establishment of a Royal precedent in flying to his wooing is thus easy of explanation! TRUSTIFIED USURY
'
Each year in August the earth ancient Sparta, and meteorie crosses the path of a disrupted stance emissaries of the gods If people won't come to admire. comet whose fragmentary remains have been worshipped the world the scenery, the Penk tramway, are still travelling through space over.
and the Kowloon bus service, then In the same path, and are scatter- od more or less ovenly along its being aware of their true naturo age, the type of visiter who wants To-day we no longer fear then, they might just as well stay away
because we don't want to encour longth, so that the earth rushes but who still does not feel a creep to enjoy himself all the time and
ing of the flesh and a
YOUR
etrango
shops.
Fancy suggesting that visitors cannot find anything to do after Do they expect to come hero and take all the cream off the milk? But you bet your Aunt Emma doesn't do so badly on the quiet.
CHANGING midnight! EYESIGHT
I see that M.C.A." wishes that und pips of beautiful foreign fruit people "would scatter the kernels
country rides, etc."
Independent busi-
endent opemtore from buat appear during the middle of G fucter in every activity, and in suitable spots when it,
ness
I
Lots
[sphore, the friction due to the visually speaking, with very rapid to the Volunteer for admission
mmmikuti Asame went bac
projection: makes them stand out.
With single-eye vision you do not so clearly perceive hollows world is a flatter one. and prominences! your external
DUMB BELLES LETTRES. By Jullet Lowell
8-8
Into a swarm of them. The pawnshop monopoly scheme would trustify usury. It must
They are known as the Perseid tingling of the spine when he be-buy up everything from our own stand condemned if for no other come from the same point in the
meteors, as they always appear to holds a "falling star?!" reason. No attempt has
been that a group of financiers have munde to minimise the impression constellation of Perseus (in the
north-east at 11 o'clock). been looking about them for a pro- midnight, I counted na many as On August 12 last year, at about table means of investment of sur-ten mateors in the space of twenty plus funds and publicly nothing minutes, has been advanced, bayond the Other swarms are to be observed consideration of increased Govern-at various periods of the year, but
By AN EYE SPECIALIST. ment revenue, to justify ousting the Perseids, the Leonids (whichOOD sight has always been a
November), and the Aquarids (in its absence a very real handicap. finance. Accusations have been May) are the most notable. The mado
But in these days of rapid trans- against pawn-broking last named are believed to be the port everywhere, good sight is a long Pedder Street giving the pip Imagine ambling to the office methods under
the present system, remains of Halley's famous comet vital necessity, and its absence a all round to that our successors with
suggestions that dubious which enused widespread side-lines
con- danger to everyone concerned. have been developed sternation in 1456, when the Turks
can crawl to work through a Doubtless the establishments are were devastating Europe,
That is not all. The kind of labrynth of banana trees, pumelos, open to criticism Pawnshops are great was the panic it caused that ent.
Su vision now needed is itself differ- dandelions, and pineapplest
former bad in themselves, although prob- Pope Calixtus issued
times,
before I daren't mention the forbidden a Bull motoring and ably a necessary evil. But if the anathematising both the comet and modes of transport, one only need-
aviation became fruit with Eva Bo close at hand. allegations are true it is
of young things I see are matter the Turks, for supervision and control, not
ed good vision to read ordinary taking up theas macintosh cloaks for summary expropriation
The Leonids used to appear in print or to see distant objects with which look very nice but I don't
abundance of exceptional goodwill. Pawnshops are of the thirty-three years, when the earth
every or without the aid of glasses.
like the display of haunches in resources of the poor when driven passed through the centre of the than this-visual judgment and
Today we need something more these too, too dresses. to extremity. That is worth con-
Lady Southorn I hear is shining sideration. Occasional humanity literally streamed down the hea-moving objects.
cluster. In 1799 and 1833 they correct and rapid focussing of as the patronces of the Press Ball U.S. ELECTIONS
in their dealings with the near-
which it is to be held in January. destituto may fairly be expected of unusual brilliance seems now vision.
vens, but this periodic exhibition We also need correct colour Wo wore nearly pressed into the. The American election cam-
of Independent pawishop proprieto have consed.
headlines ourselves over this mat- getting into its full stride, al- tema
To use the highway with reason-tor but we found a good excuse paign already shows signs of tors. The rigidity if a trust sys-
able safety we need the engine for getting out when they wanted to record votes until November, AIR SPEEDS
no room it all in this though voters will not be asked
driver's or the signalman's kind us to buy a ticket. Whoever heard sphere.
Meteors only become luminous of vision, because in a car or on when they enter the earth's atmo the road our eyes are dealing.
of patronces buying a ticket? The explanation is to be found in
My nephew is worrying terribly great speed-anything up to forty ly moving objects.
over his the fact that for the first time thansa plane to fly from Dessau to become hot and to flare. They are surdity indeed, of testing sight by perance Society will stand against
The attempt of a German Lúf-miles a second-causing them to
Ho is afraid for many years, the campaign is Hongkong in less thin six days by no means falllug stars, for
The Inadequacy, the vory ab- that his membership of the Tem- No. 211-Quartet No. 2 in D Major (Borodin) (Records DE-2160-3)
being fought on a clear-cut-issue, has an interest outside the likeli-average size is no bigger than a certain distance is that it testa note
thoir
reading a row of figures at a
him. However I wrote a personal (Played by Pro Arts Quartet). New Deal or surrender to reac-hood of success of the effort. walnut and most of them buon Anly for stationary jeste
to the Adjutant and he tion, with the curingments Ability, with a larger.DX 102 clean across party lines. The the main think. It means that dust descend daily upon the earth, a very long time before any really
assures me that this will be no a large commercial before they reach the ground.
stigma on Henry's military careor. plane of the type being used, is,
In fact, sixty tons of metacric I am well aware that It may bo
Your loving, verdict of the election has nimost Hongkong must begin to do sang-which gives some indication of the fuseful tests are
Aunt Emma. ceased to be a question of Re-thing about the establishment of number of meteors continually general sense, so far as road users
applied in publican affiliations or Domo-ita position marially, instead of entering the air day and night, applied for cratic affiliations; the test is drawing imaginativo pictures of the present, not more than one or Royal Air Force, as in the Air are concerned. But they were whether the candidate approve future. The Junkers plane which two miny be observed on
although, except at times such as great Kowloon airport of the the
many years in our or condemns the Roosevelt policies. There could scarcely be range that would enable her to
IN
Forces of other nations. clear coming here obviously han a
night.
Visual judgment depends on our ja higher tribute to the man or pass us by without a look if her large that it actually strikes the early so, with either well, or
Very occasionally a meteor is so being able to acc his methods, and it can safely be pilot was so compelled. National earth before it can burn out, invision, and it alone gives objects eyo. Can predicted that the final result rights and principles have been which case there is usually an ac
you do so? This is binocular will emphasise it. The Digest allowed to interfere with every companiment of explosions and poll analysis was recently re- past opportunity-for-the develops leased and as this particular between Hongkong and Important
thunderous-rumblings. ment of rapid communication links organ has accurately forecast centres in China. It is high time on national sentiment in a variety that
Ono such fell in the Shetlands March 5 of last year, and of ways by postcard poils, its part of China geographically as flash was
we considered ourselves a caused such Intense light that its eye is much inferior to the other, Unhappily, in many people one straw vote on the acts of the well as in matters affecting our Roosevelt Administration carries rency policy.
lighted which means that the botter eye great weight and interest. On the 15,000,000 postcards sent cut, two questions were asked:
of Siberian forest in 1908, so great inequality people become more or "Silence is golden" is another
was the wind generated by its fall, less one-ayed, or monocular, as we Do you approve, on the whole, modified as a result of physical tons, while in Arizona an enor and particularly for a
old saying that may have to be large meteoric stone weighing Afty
At Bacubirito in Mexico is a call it, the acts and policies of Roo-science's discoveries. The experi- moun hole like a volcanic crater driver. sevelt's first year? This is to be ence of engineers employed by seems to indicate a collision in pre-
is a handicap for anyone, answered "Yes" or "No," whom did you vote in 19327 this dicate that silence is a good deal big as a mountain. There is good
For large electricn! company would In-historic times with a meteorite as inability to focus correctly. In A still greater handicap is the question being followed by three rarer than gold, but on of squares marked "Roosevelt."o desirable.. Anather
(Continued on Page 4). "Hoover," and "Any other."
dwellers as to what they must. The final returns indicated 61.16 desire runs into fact with a va per cent. backing the Roosevelt could hoar oven an illusion crash
sounding crash. It policies, 1,083,752 ballots out of an absolutely silent room, for 1,772,163 being cast in the the engineers say that to affirmative. This was more than one's fingers in the new almost- snap three out of five in favour of the sensations similar to those one silent chamber is to experience President's policies, or a ratio of would feel on firing a cannon. A better than three to two. Ver dropped collar button would prob- mont alone, of all the States.ably blast all the pictures askew voted against the new order. while the impact of one's head The shifts since 1982 also favour
with the corner of the chiffonier the President. Special polls con- doubt would produce an explosion looking for the button no ducted among bankers, business that men, lawyers, physicians, clergy bumper's remarks on the incident.
would quito cover and educators elicited approval It is not renily silence that men of the New Deal except in the want in any case, Those who banking group, where 62.41 per
object to the singing lessons of cent opposed. About half a make their dog "speak" for his
the
daughter next door ilke to million voters had changed their dinner. Those who can't stand minds about the President since shouting always honk their motor his election. He had net gains horns when they go visiting. u twenty-eight States and not When the postman is knocking the leases in twenty. The larger isn't silence you want, but Just
door with an armful of billi loases were recorded in the South some other kind of noise. and in the agricultural sections, while the larger gains occurred in New England, the eastern in significant or conclusive verdict. dustrial States and those on the Most persons, honest with Pacific Coast, including former themselves, would probably say President Hoover's own Stato of that they approved some acts Californin. How significant are and policies and disapproved the results? The Digest has others? A categorical· "yes" gained a reputation for accuracy in its previous polls. It is fair so easy. Nevertheless, the poll or "no" on the New Deal in not to ask whether the questione in has served this useful purpose: the current poll, ns worded, It has made hundreds of thou- offered opportunity for a really į sands of people stop and think.
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Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, Albany, New York
Dear Governor Roosevelt:
I was born in this city and have nover been away from it. I never diú. much actual work for the Democratic Party but at the same time I notice that there will be a new postmaster hero in my city. I always liked and dld want to be a postmaster and I have. all the qualifications.
I naver miss a day at the post-office. and I watch them working up there Rometimes late at night. Nobody knows me but that does not mean I could not do the job as well as the best postmaster in the country, In
my city I watch the postmaster and I would spend more hours in my offleg than he every day. I havo Ront duplicates of this letter to my Senator and Hopresentative and all the other members of the Democratic Party for they probably have a lot to say bo Aides you. I oven telephoned some of them and I know some one that has a friend who knows some one who is acquainted with your managar, My, Farley, and if you want to I will send you my friend's name.
I was in the mall order business and packed lot of packages so I know all about parcel post and as I told you before I bought lots and lots of stampe all the time and besides I do not think it takes much brains to be a posi master, anyway, that is what 1.notico about the pastmarter in my elty.
Let me hour from you soon for I might take another Job.
ours truly. -M: F (Bigned)