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A CLEAR EXPLANATIONES

Professor Einstein's theory of rela-

tembar Sit.

Weressed, moderate) decreased slightly over.

tivity has attracted so much strenghtly the Form

Bod that many will be anxious to read. a clear popular account of what really means. His book, published

·latry, and 'baa:itisveszed mod over the Elippinës.

The antics chane has increated intensity and moved calvard.

recently ("Relativity the Special approximate position of the typhoon at and the General Theory; a Populer this morning was lat 99% N.

Long 12, moving N.NE. Account" by A. Einstein, translatedungkong bainfall, for son-36 "hours" by R. W. Lawson: Methuen, 55 wel), 4wling at 10 am,-to-day, 007-Inch, is of great veine, but it does not give Cotal sinos January. Jat, 91°53 incher, aich a popular exposition. It is often manat an average of 74:53 Inchor.

Forecast for the 34 hours ending at difficult to follow, and requires con

September 28th. *-... siderable mathematical knowledge. Here is a fair extract: "Owing to the alteration in direction of the velocity of rotation of the earth in the course of a year, the earth cannot be at rest relative to the hypothetical system K How- throughout the whole year. ever, the most careful observations -havá never revealed such anisotropic proparties in terrestrial physical spact, Lo., a physical non-equivalence of different directions."

This is as tough as Joey Bagstock; but that is, perhaps, because the ideas with which it deals are exceedingly abstruse, so that even Sir Oliver Lodge, one of our greatest physicists, said they will, il accepted, give phy- | sicists "a terrible time."

What, then, is the theory, reduced to the simplest terms: i. is this- that matter has length, breadth, height, and, also time; that size ind

Bock 1.- Hongkong to Gap E. winds, strong to fresh fine.

1-Forraces Channel, NE. winds, strong; fine.

-outh comes of China 'between fongkong and Lamooks. The same as No. 3. Hongkong And Hainan. The same as

-South coast of China between

No. 1-

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SEPTEMBER 77, 1980).

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mass depend on speed of movement | Frdivostock; 5 a. 30.32 - 49 (which is space covered and time taken. Yemamo „53.

In covering it), and that mass in- cresses at very high velocities. The carth and all on it are supposed, by the ordinary accepted theory, to more through an ether stream at a rate of 100 miles a second. The mass and size of any object should be greater when moving in the direction of the stream than when moving across it

SHRINKING YARD MEASURE.

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Testow ou standard, would alter, expanding faihoka.... “wink we measured with the stream | (nichu -

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• Professor Eddington, in a study of the theory, has supposed the people Ein a room to be carried vertically up- wards through the ether at 161,000 miles per second the speed of light: is 186,000 miles per second). that speed a yard measure, held verti cally in the direction of the move-i sent, would contract to lift. if held horizontally across the direction of the movement, but that contraction would be invisible to us. The less ihe speed of movement the smaller the contraction would be; but it would; always elude notice because we have! nothing by which we can gauge it- co Bred and stable object-and be cause everything expands or shrinks in the same degree.

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be tide-bbie free below has been mpiled at the National Almanac Office London from the resultof them sumigada f observation taken by moses of an

Water Paños

Though this theory gives some very atomatic and healing machisis in the |

stding results, it cannot be rejected hand. For centuries mankind was Korteat to believe that the sun weat

end the earth. When Copernicus concluded that this theory no longer explained the faces, and asserted that the earth really went round the sun, fe was greeted with a shout e

But his thy dignant incredulity. holds the field to-day.

BENT L.

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* fosher to the belcht jelyen in the table. September 29 to October 4, 1990.

2. Einstein's LG ... be said to have been, xe, but two important redictions based on it have been coa-

The first of these was that ↑ * Armed. Hight from distant stars would be best, oben passing near the sun, to a de *Halte extent which he calculated. The British eclipse observations last year proved that there was bending, a

and to the extent predicted,

The

nd prediction was that a certain. variation in the orbit of the planer Mercury world take place.

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That

Mat.

variation is now establisced and exact-

concides with the prediction. 3Further, the theory explains a Lumber" of "obscure phenomena in

Kélectro-dynamics and optics. It ex

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NEWSPAPER ROLLS.

A CURIOUS: CONVERSATION.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH.

INFLUENTIAL SUGGESTION,

Mr. Barry Pain writes in a Home TITLE PROPOSED FOR PRINCE HENRY, paper: Sitting and standing, there were about fourteen of us huddied together on the small sheltered seat

A writer in the Globe says be

of the promenade waiting for the rain bears that when the King was af Holyrood he was approached from ite

Begistered and Parcel Halla are closed 15 micuter surfer than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where rails are advertised to close before sto stop.

registered and parcel malls are closed at 6pm. on the previous day.

DEWARD MATS,

MONDAY, September 27. USA., and Manila-Per COLOMBIA. Calcutta-Per KIRIN MARU,

TUESDAY, Feptember £8. Straits Per KITANO MARU. Europe (via Regapatam)-Per HONG

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Per SZECHUEN, 5 p.m. TUESDAY, September 23. *Ewatowand "Bengkok Per LUCHOW,

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›.. TU, IL a 3E- Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Pee HAI

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Fort Bayard Per WASUN, & pæn.

WEDNESDAY, September 19.

As I happened by chance to be at fluential quarters to create one of his. the seaside and my umbrella happen-younger sons Duke of Edinburgh," and ed by chance to be in London, 1 his Majesty promised to give the mat agreed to give the rain a walk-overter his careful consideration when the and, wait. It was an attempt to un-proper time arrives. He will also fold and read my newspaper with some probably consult his cousin, the Queen comfort to myself and no inconvent of Romanis, as to her wishes in this. ence to those who surrounded me that matter, since her late father is still compelled my attention to the old man best remembered under that title. There is, however, a very strong pro- who sat next to me."

ability that within the next year of two Prince Henry will bear this title, This would give considerable satis faction throughout Scodand, where his Royal Highness is, like his bro thers, already extreruely popular.

"Want you," he said," to give this matter your serious consideration, It's a new idea might be called re- volutionary. At the same time it's as old as ancient Rome. Know any- thing about ancient Rome? Thought you didn't. No more do 1. Vel, this idea's older than ancient Rome." Get on with it, I said, verity: For I knew the old man and his ter rific output of words.

Ought to interest you, because understand you write for the papers. None of my family does that. A third consin of mine was put in Broadmoor

Shanghai North China, and Japan though black sheep everywhere

vis Kobe-Fer.KITANO MARU, what?" N

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THURSDAY, September 30.

Philippine Islands, Formosa via Kes

THE CONSUMER.

"You were saying?" I suggested.

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In connection with the transfer of the German Club in Yokohama to the Japanese Communications De partment, the Rencho authorities have received instructions from the Department to ask the members of the Club to hand over the buildings to the authorities.

Quite right. Straying from the to see leng, Shanghai, *North China "lapak via Nagnari, "Canada" point. Well, this idet falls under printed? *United States, "Central and two heads--consumer and producer. Bouth Americs and EUROPE we'll take the consumer first Got I was afraid vå VICTORIA 8.0.- Par KATORI MARU, 10's.m.

that?

#Shanghai sud "North China-Per :-*'Yes. I'll stop you when you're

SINKLANG, 10 am. Shanghai, North China, and Japan vis

going too deep."

How are newspapers

By machinery," I said,

he wanted

and it was not the answer

*Newspapers are printed from roils

of paper. Not from sheets of paper, Nezamki, Hondale, Canada, !" "Now, I'm a consumer of news but from fols: Akerwards chan Tited States, Central and papers. And when I say that offery, and power, and labour, and con South America and "EUROFE course I don't mean what I sry. Isequent expense are employed to cut SAN FRANCISCO- Per bby and read newspapers, but don't the rolls in sheets and fold them KOREA M EU. Registration actually consume them. 8.45 am. Letters 10.30 a.nu.2-

Philippine Islands, Sandara, Australia,

and New Zealand via TAURS -

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KUEICBOW, LIK Swatow, Amoy and Foodbow-Fer

HAICHING, 1 paz

BATCHDAY, October 2

you."

thus bringing the newspaper into the Though I've known that doce, mark form which is so highly inconvenient when there are seven each side and And I've been much struck with three standing. All that cutting and the difficulty of unfolding a newspaper folding is not only wasteful, but is and getting at the bit you want in a positively disadvantageous" What is Crowded railway carriage. Some men wanted is to issue the paper in the seem to have more gift for it than form in which it is printed in a roll. others, but nobody is perfect Your It's not often that you can increase newspaper runs into the other man's an attraction by an economy, but this Shanghai and North China- Per or the other man's runs into yours, is a clear case of it - Can you suggest

CHENAN.SE

and in both cases you glare savagely any reason why the newspaper people at each other. Cases have been have not thought of it? Wh

oown in the suburbs where a man "Well." I said, some of them. Indis via Draumhindi Eript has instructed his wife not to call on may not have had the advantage of

EUROTE via HARSEILLES the wife of a new resident simply and discussing the subject with you": Por TAMBA KARU. Regis solely because the new resident teson $.46 am Letters 1030 handled his newspaper in a way which seemed to show a selfish and callous disregard for the comfort of others Now how could that be prevented!"

*Education? I suggested:

MONDAY October

Straits, Bangkok, Ceylon Mauritius, L.Marques, South Africa

TUESDAY, October 5. *Swatow and • Bangkok-Per CHUBAN,

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Amoy, Shanghai and North China.

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PASSENGERS.

BEIN, ROLES ARE

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he looked at me suspiciously. And then his mind wandered and he looked very happy. 1 could see that be wa already purchasing in imagination the more expensive of the two motor, cars, It is a beautified expression- Ind" not uncommon---even with those who

sostaknent on the push-bike,

"I"own,'' he said, " that the idea is revolutionary.”~-~-

Edustallaronsense: he replied to be worrying about the next *Correspondence bearing vooral's name severely The trouble is entirely. with the form in which newspapers tra-issued. They are issued in large

I reminded him that the printing of folded sheets, whereas they ought to all newspapers is done by revolutions. be issued in neat, compact rolls. Arry But if there is anything at all in man could manipulate the two rollers it, I should say that there was a great. in any carriage, however crowded, and fortune in it. Great fortunes have. get at any part of the paper that he been made from simple ideas. wanted without causing the slightest. Cestamly- Not of coarse, by the inconversence to others. It od people who had the ideas but by the Hit Young, Mir I. W. Bolimon, Hitmontirely do sway with the unpletaret people who financed them". Justen, If?). Gafarma, Mi Es Mocadeen, feeling we so often have that

SIRRITILS.

Fer 6.3. Peal Leaton Baturday Mr H.. D. Waker, kön Miner Alleen, and

Doris Wood, Col. Young. Mrs You

H. M. Bax, and Mr and Mrs C. Lewis we are reading one side of our org

These are days of many new-

| religions", and "colta in Japan." The rise of the Omotokyo and its firs successes have encouraged the launch- Fing of other new creeds?: One of the

newest to appear: In-Tokyo is

Religion of the Heart The other day, young worde

Lon some of the bes vers in Tokyo distributi

private paper, the man opposite liberafely and dishonestly

the ancient: yptians sued their books in the form of rolls

wo do the sam

I said, is in the

too blind

Well, he said, be perfectly did. Don't be afraid of

e. Can you see any

jections to my

then some, And