CIVIC PLANNING
THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 27,
1934.
STUDYING BRITISH GRID SYSTEM
5,000 YEARS AGO FOREIGN EXPERTS
AMAZING DISCOVERIES
COME TO LEARN
London, Sept. 25, Experis from abroad recently r
DISCOVERIES rived in England to study the hig
IN INDUS VALLEY
BY DR. J. M. MACFIE
PAVED BATHROOM.
British "electricity grid" which is to harness and drive, as a tram of nine, all the generating stations in England, Scotland and Wales.
This £27,000,000 "grid" was begun in 1926 and has just bean completed, though the nine districts will not be physleally harnessed together until 1936 when, it 18
Royal tomba, palaces and temples belonging to the 4th millenium ... have been unearthed in Egypt and Ur of the Chaldees. We have Krown accustomed to all that. At Biorey has disappeared. It had anticipated, all the generating ata-
elaborate drain-
One medium-sized house has been described. The upper carefully
of
best such
been constructed at least partly gorgeous remains aro remote from common life. But wood, the charred remains of which deodar from the Himalayas-ure nobody expected to read of a popul
still visible. But the ground floor oua town, carefully built and care-
had a central courtyard with kit fully planned, with straight streets
chen annexe, a row of small rooms running true to the points of the
presumably for servants, a well, and Compass, with
a bathroom carefully paved to avold system, substantial houseS age
leaking, and possessed of a service made of bricks that are practically
window through which soiled gur Indestructible, provided with bathe,
ments could be passed. Drainage und in some cases with central heat- ing; with a great public bath also,pipes lead from this bathroom and also from the upper storey to the to which final luxury no parallel
bigger and covered drains which can be found till the period of the
line both sides of every street, Itomans is reached.
And yot all these wonders have been brought to light during the last twelve years in Northern India, showing that 5,000 years ago the people of the Indus valley enjoyed
cirillantion that in certain res pects was superior to anything that Mesopotamin and Exypt possessed. In those other countries, as Sir. John Marshall, head of the Indian Archeological Department has said, money and thought were lavished on temples, palaces,
and tombs,
while the rest of the people had to he content with houses built of mud, On the banks of the Indus It was all the other way; there is no Ko far at least, of either traco. temples or palaces, The solid build.
Japanese school girls must learn how to bandage wounded saldiara
just in casO.
of the
iugs that have defied the ravages of time are the dwellings citizens.
DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT.
The ancient remains to which we refer were discovered only by uc- cident at a place called Mohen- jodare, or Mound of the Dead, on the banks of the River Indus about 200 miles north of Karachi. The late Mr. Banerji, one of Sir John Marshall's colleagues in the year 1922, had started to dig around the the ruins of a Buddhist monastery and stupa. As the work progressed he discovered several seals with in- scriptions in a script not yet de- ciphered, similar to others that had been found only the year before at Harappa in the Punjab. These seals it was conclusively proved belonged to the Chuleolithic Age. when implements of stone were still in
use. This discovery led to systematic exenvations, which are still going on under the auspices of Government, and they reveal in the arens that have been dealt with so far, two long streets 30 feet broad, enrefully planned at right angles to one another, with narrower streets and lanes between, also constricted In straight lines.
The houses that line these streets are built in terrace fashion, but they are selfcontained, so selfcon- tained that they are not content with
party walls. Indeed, the solidity of these dwellings would of one of our amaze the owner
present-day bungalows, for the outer walls are frequently four or five feet thick. Tho smallest houses that have been unearthed two rooms, and not un-
nly have been built of more
other
Aimay
material. On the hand, there are houses, with more than 60 rooms, which, it has been suggested, were intended as re- sidences for their gods and atten- dants. But nothing has been found in any of them that would suggest a sacred character. They contain three central courtyards open to the elty, and are more likely to have been family houses with Accom- modation for several generations of eloso kindred, such as sometimen occurs with Hindu hotineholds at the present day.
It takes us beyond the purpose of this article, but it was not only in town planning and house building that the Indus valley civilisation excelled. One cannot forbear quot- ing Sir John Marshall's tribute to two small statues of the human form that they are work of which
Greck of the 4th century might well have been proud.
I.C.
people, glares.
It is manifest from these dis- coveries that the early history of Indus will have to be re-written. We were taught to believe That when the Aryans Invaded India from the North-West- they found the country in the possession of A black-skinned barbarinn whom they spoke of as Such aborigines there no doubt were. They are in Indin still. But It is very remarkable that a people su intelligent and cultured as the | face
ace which could produce the įlymns of the Htig Veda should have remained ignorant of, or perhaps chosen to ignore, this much earlier civilisation, a civilisation which can- not have been confined to the (banle of the Indus.
SLOBBERY KISSES
Those "Bright Young Things"
The conduct of "bright young things" at a fashionable dance is criticised by Lady Beatrix Dunal- ley in a letter to the London Morn ling Post.
She writes
I go to few dances nowadays, but when I do i have been shocked at the many drunken people one secs. Not so long ago 1 went to a fashionable ball in England. where a great many "bright young things" had all "done themselves too well, as the saying goes.
verlod to the samo "standord of frequency," and every corner of the United Kingdom will be able to tap abundant and cheap electric
tions and consumers will be con-
current,
The investigators arrive at an opportune moment, for the "grid" as transmission system is now complete,, has solved all its numer-
ous legal problems, and to the
general surprise, has had its first big breakdown.-United Press,
the
New "delectors" used by French army in the defence of the
frontier from air attacks.
STRUCK FIRST MATCH.
PLAN FOR STATUE OF INVENTOR.
The tradesmen of Budapest are ruise starting R movement to fancia for a-statue of the man who struck the first match.
say that the
That was in 1836 when he was carrying out experiments at the Vienna Technical High School.
Senator Huey Long of Louislann, baliovas in asking for what and shouting if he doesn't get it. He's the man who
started private "war" in New Orleans.
cha 'wants,''
PAINLESS BIRTHS
Reported Success Of New
Gas Method
NO DANGER
DEAD' SOLDIER RETURNS
UNRECOGNISED BY WIFE.
Twenty years ago, Fedor Tofei went to the war ns a soldier in the Rumanian Army. Ollefally listed It has been guld that until re as dead, he returned home this cently the progress, attained in month, according to a message the relief of pain during child-from Sukharost, says Reuter from birth came to a standstill with the Paris. word of Simpson. The use of
Trembling with excitement he chloroform enpsules and the sup port provided by the National approached his front door. It Birthday Trust Fund have cer- was opened by his wife, who had Instead of being wel- tainly altered this state of affairs, remarried. writes a London Morning Post cor-comed with open arms, the dusty. tearful Fedor found himaelf respondent,
:
old
re-
The ideal anesthetic which roundly accused of being an im- could be used by midwives or bynslor. doctors engaged in a busy general
Broken-hearted he turned away not been practice has, however,
and in despair visited some nitogether provided by the chloro-friends, hoping they would form capsules, and some experts cognise traces of the boy of 20 have definitely criticised
in the baggard, weather-beaten use on the grounds of danger and man he had become through in-
extent a lester
of expense.credible hardships. They traevd During the past few months ex-faint resemblances,
to
their
fensive trials of a simple gas The authorities and the Police apparatus have demonstrated another possible sulution of the were able to produce several men who had been his fellow-prisoners problemy.
These were Gas is delivered from a cylinder in Russian camps.
able to corroborate parts of his in the ordinary way through a
the reduced pressure valve which story. Taken prisoner by
Ruspinns, Fedor had been sent far into the Caucasus. He escaped in Ted 1917, and ever since he hat a wandering existener, enduring stantly harried, as he had no civil great hardships and being con- identity papers and no money,
enables a small rubber bag en- losed in a metal drum to be slow ly Alled. When this bag is fuli the flow of gas la automatically shut off. The gas is administered in a mixture with air (about one part of was to two of air) through
closely fitting rubber mask.
home.
INGENIOUS SYSTEM.
irs
Always he worked his way the direction of Rumania. Finally be escaped over the U.S.S.R. frontier, under the fire of the
This mask is fitted with a spring | Soviet, guards. finger-release which is pressed Ills home is in Prienile, Tran- down during inspiration. Should sylvania, and there is to be what the pressure be released then the is regarded as a happy ending to gas supply is cut off and the his odyssey. The authorities have overcome the difficulty of his being "A portable"nichingweighing officially dead.-and-have-restored. atent breathes air only.
As for his wife, about 15 . without the gas to him his name.
will cylinders,
allow of the he has renounced all claim to her, The Hungarians match was invented by Janos machine being carried into the and handed her over to her present Once the mask has been "husband." He is now secking for Irinyi.
adjusted the patient can control another, the gas supply herself by the
doctors have finger-spring device already des cribed. The object is to secure while not a fow relief of pain without loss of con- already learned the value of the sciousness, and should the degree apparatus in their own practice.
depression become too Krest Dr. R. J. Minnitt is largely res- the pressure of the patient's ponsible for the details of the fingers automatically releases and method, which is fully described in the current issue of the "Pro reduces the depth of anesthesin.
Scientific work has shown that, ceedings of the Royal Society of of gas this self-administered in
way. Medicine." The amount there is no danger to mother or used is about 35 gallons per hour, The method has been tried and obviously both the initial cost child. at the Liverpool Maternity Hospi- of the apparatus and the cost of tal, at Queen Charlotte's Mater the gas will materially affect the nity Hospital, and at University popularity of the method.
The success so far reported, College Hospital..
however, well justifies further ER in the use of the method trials, and the economic aspects is to be begun at the Liverpool can shortly be reviewed by the Maternity Hospital, and mean- experts.
Irinyi sold his invention for £5. Stamps showing Irinyi striking a match will be issued and stuck on all matchboxes and it is hoped that the, small extra charge will
One party in particular attract- fed my notice-two very pretty, very young girls with several young men cai-calling and lurching at supper, where they sat togther. A champagne bottle was flung over one giri, who was dripping wet. The rest of the party showed no concern, surprise, or even merri- ment. They gazed at her with provide more than enough money half-closed eyes and dull expresto erect a statue and memorial tablet on the site of Irinyi'a First sions.
All relies bearing on his life and work are to be collected and Hungarian presented Museum.
to
the
Later on I saw a very pretty Match Factory in Budapest. girl, with inlf the paint rubbed off her face and untidy hair, being pushed about between two young a doorway. men propped up in Finalis she flung herself on to one and started alobbery kissing all over his face. There were ser- vants standing about looking on. These were all children of well- known people-some who historic names. DEGENERACY AND ROTTENNESS,
bear
A young married woman 1 knew slightly staggered up to us and, talked nonsenso. My party told me they were accustomed to Buch scenes, but I can only say it horrified and distressed me, The odd thing is that no one else seemed to mind or pay any atten tion. The example set is deplor- able-und the poorer classes are only too ready to ape their so- called "superiors"! -
What sort of parents will theso be in the future, and what will Sodden their progeny be liko? with drink, smoke, and no self-
The
set" "smart. restraint! fathers and mothora of the pre- sont day acem too busy to pay hoed to their offspring-many of them engaged in the pursuit of other husbands and wives.
Was it not so in the days of the decline of Roma; is "the writing on the wall"7 Will our Empire not also totter and fall?.
Are there no sople left with vision and courage to protest and fight against all the degeneracy
It is stated that the education of
and rottenness of our age before The time of the grape gathering, though it means arduous tall, is one of the Jollity and excitement, particularly it la too late?
when the harvest is good, Here, on the Rhins, in a picturesque scene of the vineyards.
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