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Vol. X.No. 1
THE
January, 1940
HONG KONG NATURALIST
A quarterly illustrated journal principally for Hong Kong and S. China.
Birds and Butterflies
"The Private Lives
OF
ELIZABETH
AND
ESSEX
From The Warner Bros. Film Of The Same Name, Which Will Be Screened In Hongkong Shortly.
THE STORY THUS FAR: London, 1596. The Earl of Essex and his subordinates, Sir Walter Raleigh and Lord Howard are summoned before Queen Elizabeth on their return from the successful storming of Cadiz in Spain. Essex-with whom the Queen is notoriously infatuated-is enraged when Elizabeth; Instead of praising him for heroism, denounces him as having been actuated by selfishness, and elevates Raleigh and Howard to places of honour. Essex angrily pro- tests and the Queen strikes him across the face. He turns his back on her and leaves London. Her armies are defeated in Ireland and Francis Bacon suggests that she order Essex back to lead a new army. Telling Bacon she wants Essex back, alive and with her, but not in Ireland to be killed, she sends him to bring Essex back.
you
Of course I'll go back, at once! It la my duty as a soldler!"
* ★ *
IN the wide torch-lit hall out- side the Queen's private apart- ments were gentlemen pension- ers, ladies-in-waiting, servant in livery-and Sir Walter Raleigh, resplendent in his silver armour, gift of Her Majesty.
you miss
When Lady Penelope Grey en- tered from an inner room he caught her arm and with elaborate courtesy sald, "I'll lay you a wager, my dear, that you're rushing to the window to see Essex arrive! Tell me, what sort of a reception will ho get?"
"One that will little please you!" forgotten you're talking trick to handling women!" He
"And one," he retorted, alung about the Queen ?"
slipped the hood from the bird's by her manner "that will please hend. It opened its cruel beak; you "Queen" retorted Essex con- the wild, golden eyes glittering Run quickly, leat
even less! So run, my Indy! "I can guess what she
temptuously, "she's nothing but navagely as it turned in search of romantic fellow, who gives his this says," exclaimed Essex ea- the great-granddaughter of a pres. They're like this little lady favours so easily and go widely!" gerly, "She sends me her Welsh pantryman! My fathers here Bacon It takes a man to Even as he spoke, his own men dear love, and begs me to stood with King John at Run- tame them! Just starve
them a came
in, each wearing shining return! Ah, if she could but nymede! As I told you before, little to make them keen and
The bird snapped viciously at the
arinour, precisely like his own! Bacon, I'll stay here!" know how greatly I've
They explained that it had been gauntleted hand.
presented to them an they came off longed for this moment
"And if you starve them too [long they turn and rend you!" Kard, and that they had been in
"But Her Majesty did send for tructed to put it on at once!
In the midat of his fury and me..7" Essex asked seriously,
amazement, Essex strode hooding the falcon again. "And"Greetings, Sir Walter!" he cried in. Bagenal is killed
gleefully, looking him up and down. "By the Mass you're even more "Commands, does she!" he pointed Attorney-General-and formed and Her Majesty bids me
"Obliterated! A new army's to be splendid than I'd imagined!" broke in sharply.
steadily Raleigh
"I've borne enough from you, worming
say that she needs you!" himself into favour! Yes,
"Ab "Bagenal's defeated in Ire-every day the wily Sir Walter said that, did she?"
sho needs me! She my lord!" shouted Raleigh, whip-
ping out his blade. land! Her Majesty needs you grows nearer to her in counsel
The keen blades were crossing "Yes ...as Master of Ordnances Bacon sprang forward and threw in London, and commands you
closer in her affections!"
a great honour. to your duty!"
them up with his poniard. "Where's your head, man!" cried "You say that Raleigh-the Essex jubilantly. "Why didn't you Bacon sald with a faintly knowing "Have you forgotten, Sir Walter," "Does she take me for a ser-nincompoop-is. . . is..."
She insults me before
tell me that straight away? That smile, "That Her Majesty awaits the entire court, then, when an
means I stay in London near her! my lord Essex!" "She's just given him new emergency comes, and she finds silver armour, the magnificence she needs a man to help her, she of which fairly blinds the sun!" commands me to return! Thei devil with her and
"Your desires out-race fuct, my lord! The Queen com- mands.
vant?
"That'll be welcome news to those about the Queen!" "What do you mean?" "Haven't you heard? Cecil, laden with honours-Coke ap-army ....
and closer
"Hmmmm-m with Ire-in her affections, you say ·
"For lack, my lord, of some-) one dearer. She still loves you; but being a woman, she has her pride..
land, too! I'll stay here till England rings with an apology from her, as public as her affront!"
and he
"So has a man can hang on to it longer."
"Having the stiffer neck?" "Bah ejaculated Essex, rough- fondling hla falcon."There's no
"SOFTLY, my lord!" warned Bacon with a grim smile, "If you lose your head now, you'll! lose it in earnest later on! Havely
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Sailors Form Human Chain To Save Man Frozen To A Raft HORRORS OF THE DOMALA TRAGEDY
LONDON, Mar.. 5 (Reuter).—An interview with Chief Officer Brown of the British India ship Domala was broadcast from Daventry yesterday.
Just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, he said, the Domala was steaming along. It was fairly dark but there was a certain amount of light from the waning moon. He was the Officer-in-watch at the time with the Captain on the bridge.
They were sailing along in fairly rough water when they saw a big black plane coming towards them, flying very low.
Its navigation lights led them side twice so that they could leap to think it was friendly but that on board but the heavy swell made was just trickery.
this operation difficult. They had to resort to life lines Bred from the worship.
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Engineer's Incredible Pluck Hit Amidships
He had a special word of praise They were just thinking that they first explosion,
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By some means this man crawled high explosive through the shaft tunnel and up the incendiary boinh which hit amidships, perpendicular ladder. went through the deck and exploded
Twice the crew of the whaler tried smoke to get across to him, but folled owing
to the heavy seas.
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fumes all over the ship.
Flames soon started to spring up. The Captain gave the order to, abundon ship.
Part of the crew ran to man tho anti-aircraft gun but before they came
Finally they tied a life line to him and fixed a life belt around hilm and let him gently down into tie water. The poor fellow could not stand the additional strain of the bitterly cold water,
could do anything the piane back overhead and while some of tho
An R.A.F, plane helped the des crew were trying to get away Introyer to save another member of boats, two more bombs were dropped the crew, a young cadet who was on amidships.
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As the plane came babk for the the destroyer to the raft to which he fourth time, the anti-aircraft gun was literally frozen. The only way opened Are and the fourth bomb fell to get him off was by 11 method harmlessly into the water.
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A destroyer came to the rescue together with a Dutch ship.
Several men formed a human obain over the side the destroyer until one man was able to grab him and wrench his hands free from the raft and drag himn board,
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Badminton Singles Result
P. 5. BUN entered the second round
Plebiscite
Mar,
LONDON,
(Reuter) Continuing the plebiscite on why Arabs should support the Allies, the Beyrouth paper, "Annahar," publish- a statement by Muhyiddin Nusoul, a noted Muslim Journalist and politicion.
ed
Nusoull declares: "I want the of the Colony men's senior slugtes Allles to win Üte war because I badminton championship when he believe that authority should be, in beat II. B. Teoh by 15-3, 15-9 on the the hands of the community and not University courts recently,
the individual, that nations should not be divided into masters and .. slaves, and that the principles of right have lost all sense of reason and all and fustice should supersede those of Instincts of humanity."
Niniche and Michfovelli, which have The newspaper considers that the inspired Nazi activities during the brutality of the German airmen was Inst three years." accentuated by the fact that the
Indian victims were those whom the The statement concludes: "The Germans had held prisoners since democracies have struggled in the the outbreak of war but had consent-last few years agalit nagressive ed to repatriate,
[forces, but the bright and happy The Lahore Tribune" saya; "The future which awaits humanity when reports of butchery done by the the Allies win the war, is worth all The "Bombay, Chronicle," organ di Gormans have created a wave of these precious sacrifices, and the
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the Indian National Congress, says:
The destroyer tried to come alont-The Nazis havo-gong, inait, Th, Unger in India, India will not for Arabs will certainly share the fruits.
got this not of Nazi brutality." fof victory and the happy future."