1929-06-18 — Page 9

TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1929.

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CANTON SWIMMING

FOREIGNERS V. CHINESE Y.M.C.A.

FIRST OF NEW SERIES

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

TENNIS LEAGUE

"UNIVERSITY DEFEATED BY CHINESE RC.

"D" DIVISION MATCH

THE SAHARA

THE

WHAT A NEW YORK ENGINEER PROPOSES TO DO

RECLAIMING 100,000 SQ. MILES

CHINA MAIL,

BANK CASE-

SNAKES FOR ZOO

STOCKBROKERS IN JOHAN. | LIVELY SCENES WİTNESSED AT

·NESBURGH CONVICTED

TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT

Johannesburgh, May 23.

CALCUTTA

GOING TO LONDON

the

There were lively scenes at Alipore Zoo Calcutta, when wearly 180 snakes, about 20 of them being poison- us, were caged for shipment to the London Zoo by the s.s. "Behpr."

David Ritchie Mclachlan and Rebert, Bernstein stockbrokers have been found guilty of the theft of £41,500 from the reserve Bank.

These wriggly passengers were st Mclachlan has been sentenced to companied by 100 lizards of various fuur years' imprisonmest and Bera-species and of large bull frogs. stein to three years.

The formal incorporation of a company headed by an American engineer brings nearer the hopes of the realisation of a great scheme to reclaim 100,000 square miles of the great Sahara desert and to make them yield wheat, corn, cotton and sugar cane for the sustenance of 4,500,000 At Pokfulam yesterday, the Univer-families. Mr. Dwight Branan, a On Saturday evening, June 15, asity lost to Chinese Recreation Club, New York engineer and author of swimming gala was held in the bath of in "B" division of the Tennis League, the irrigation scheme, is to take

by one set to eight. Scores:-

the first step in realising his T. K. Lien and F. Y. Ehoo (Univer-dream

by incorporating the sity)

Sahara company at a nominal bank lost to Horace Lo and Iu Tak-

cheak..

capital of 400.000 francs which under the articles of incorpora- tion may be expanded without limit.

the Canton Young Men's Christian Association between the YM.C.A. and the Canton Swimming Bath Club.

po

1- 6

64 This is the first event of its kind to beat W. C. Hung and Chau Wah- have been held for a number of years

... 7-5 and was specially arranged so as to lost to Lai Kwong-tsun and Lau

Book-ki .... augment the opportunities for Chinese and foreign residents to mert socially. It is the first of a regular series of inter-club galas to be held twice each year.

There was a largo gathering of Chin ese, includig a number of lies, and a representative attendance of foreign residents of many nationalilks.

"D. 3. N. Anderson and Y. F. Chew (University)

Inst to Horace Lo and Tu. Tak-

cheuk

last to W. C. Hung and Chau

Wah-po

1-6

1- 0

1.

G. E.

Yeoh

lost to Lai Kwong-tsun and Lau

Took-ki

Mr. T. T. Poon, chairman of the B. H. Wong and Board of Directors of the Canton (Universly) Y.M.C.A.. delivered an address of wel come, stressing the international in- Berest of the event, after which the gala.commerced.

lost to Horace Lo and In Tak-

cheuk

Three points were given for a win, iwo points for second place, and one point for third place. The C.S.B.C.,

who had put out a strong team, though not quite their strongest, won a keon and well-contested series of races by 29

points to 19 points.

lost to W. C. Eung and Chau

Wah-po

5-7

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lost to Lai Kwong-tsun and Lau

Pook-ki

Team race-Won by C. S. B. C. (F. E. 8. Lammert. L. Werner, E. H.

Mr. Braman and his associates think they can transform, the climate and the conditions of the desert life by connecting dry lake beds and areas below sea level in Southern Tunis and Algeria and along the western borders of Tri- | poli with the Mediterranean Sea at Gabes, Tunis, through three great canals.

to

Sea Seventy Feet Deep Enough salt water

flood 60,000 square miles of desert, an area, greater than the State of New York, and keep then flood- ed all the year round would then be let in by the canals forming a kind of inland sea with an aver- Dvapora-

age depth of 70 feet.

į

Was

Their trial on the May 17, was on a charge of illegal manipulation of the share market, and sequel to the arrest and conviction of the Reserve Bank clerk on a charge of stealing £85,000 from the

After the Judge had quashed this charge they were charged with the theft of £56,000 belonging to the Reserve Bank, but the jury dis agreed.

A retrial was ordered, and it has now resulted in their conviction for the theft of £41,500.

Mclachlan and Bernstein were charged with stealing or receiving £11,000 out of £85,000 stolen by the Back clerk, and convicted Reserve were convicted on the charge.

HOME RULE

..

“WE SHALL WIN IT" SAYS MRS. BESANT

AN INTERVIEW IN VIENNA

Vienna, May 19. Mrs. Besant. who is now at

The following are the events and the Shekury, B. Rassmussen). Time-434/5 tion of water from this artifels Budapest attending the European

winners:

2 lengths back stroke:-b. Werner, Lau Man-hok. Lau Chung-chean. Time 11.4/5 secs.

Springboard dive:-Wong Lai-fong M. Gavin, E. A. Brander.

2 lengths breast stroke:-L. Werner Lau Man-hak, 0. Friessner. Time

31.1/5 secs

Long plunge:--B. Rassmussen, H. Watling, Lau Chung-chaan. Distance 47 ft. 1 ins.

1 length under water-To Shing: kam, E. A. Brander, K. Klewitz.

Musical febuoys:-Lau Kwok-hing;

no points for this race.

2 lengths free style:-B. Rassmussen,

secs. Won easily.

To

Cark Schting:--Lau Kwok-hing and and B.

Shing-kam; M. Raysmussen.

Gavin

After the races, Mr. Foon presented the flag of his Association to Mr. W. Roland Farmer, chairman of the Can- ton Swimming Bath Club, who replied and invited the Y.M.CA. to a return gala to be held on a date to be arrang-

ed later.

The members of the 3.8.B.C. were then entertained the rooms of the Directorate of the to refreshmente in

Association.

The officials were:--

Judges: C. E. Walson, W. 0.

Kotler, A. Hoffmeister, William Fung,

E. H. Shekury, To Yin-fan. Time 217. F. Wei, and C. C. Lee.

XEES,

Fancy diving:-Lau Kwek-hing, P. Deitrich, M. Gavin.

(Continued on next Column.)

WATER SUPPLY

(Continued from page 1-) To-morrow, 1.300 tons are expect ed to arrive here.

The "China Mail" is informed, in connection with the transport of water across the harbour, that the Chin Wan supply is still being de livered to Hong Kong by the Water works Office.

QUEUE TROUBLE

Two Women's Language To a Watchman

Trouble is still being aperienced by the Police force over the "water problem" when they endeavour to rive all a fair chance to get water

at the street fountains.

Timekeepers: H. Lehman, W. Farmer, Lau Kuen-tat, Ng Chan-shar

Starter:W, B. Farmer. Recorders:-To Wai-in, T. Kin.

allegations made by both accused this morning, had never been so much as whispered in the charge room yesterday. Sub-Inspector Langley was on duty. One woman was said to have refused bail three times, because she wished to tell the Magistrate that she was never granted bail.

The case was remanded for 24 hours.

sea would affect the climate and by storing up water for irrigation would change an arid region into a district as fertile as Turis and Algiers themselves

Fifty million dollars is the es- timate for the which will

first expenditure,

100,000 square miles of territory. be used to reclaim But if, as is provided in collateral plans, the scheme is extended to

$400,000,000 will be absorbed. all Southern Algeria, a capital of

The company would get its re- turns in land concession..

reservoire by damming rivers and Fresh water would be stored in

streams flowing from the Atlas Mountains.

The canals are to follow a. series of "chotts," or lakes that dry up in Summer, running back far inland from the Galf of Gabes. Much of the desert here is underlaid with water currents at small depths, and by means of dykes and daras Mr. Braman thinks water supplies for great irrigation projects could be con- stantly maintained.

To Dam Streams for Power Canals with an average length of forty-five miles would keep fooded Shott El Jerid and Shott

Melriz, the largest of these exist- ing lakes. Another canal would submerge a large area of Tripoli. ANOTHER ADVANCE Streams in the Atlas Mountains dammed for

-would also

be

A UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENT hydraulic power, providing light

FOR A WOMAN

and power for the new colonisa- tion scheme, which is estimated p to be capable of providing for 4,500,000 families.

Dr. Winifred Cullis, head of the Physiology Department at the London School of Medicine for women, has been elected deputy chairman of the convocation of the University of Lon

don. Such a distinction has never This morning. at the Central before boos conferred on a woman in Magistracy, two Chinese women ap Britain and marks another ad peared on a charge of behaving in vance by women in University life. a disorderly manner in Western- street, Wanchai.

It was said that the accused had 14 buckets in the queue, and a district watchman on duty, in an endeavour to be fair to all, had taken all the buckets away with the Exception of four.

cal.

Both women then und abusive language, and were taken to the Police Station. They were tioned and set free.

However, they were again arrest- ed for using bad language to the time they were

watchman. This not let off.

ARCHBISHOP DEAD

Bombay, May 20. The death has occurred at his residence in Panjim, Goa, on Sun- day morning, at the ripe age of 7. of Dom Matheus D. Oliveira Xavier, Archbishop of Goa, Primate of the East and Patriarch of the East indies.

He came out to India as Bishop to Cochin in 1897. and from there he was transferred to the Arch- bishopric of Goa, 12 years later in 1909, since when he has held the office till the time of his death.

Waited All Day In Court the frat amused said that she had waited half the day for water and had not obtained a

Walter Schutze, a Berlin artist drop. She had only one pair of who had lost his power of speech for buckets, and these had been kicked two years through tuberculosis, re- from the queue with the result that covered it as the result of hearty she had lost her place.

laughter caused by a humorous Inspector Bloor said that certain | 6lm.

i

The "music" of the latter during the mon soon season is distressingly familiar to most, and it is to be hoped, says the "Statesman" that their performances

in London will be more popular than

they are in India.

There were fifteen cases to be filled.

and the unenviable task of handling the occupants fell to the special keeper who descends from a family that holds a long tradition for handling danger- ous reptiles. The non-poisonous snakes and the lizards and frogs, of course, caused no anxiety, but none but an ex- pert would have dared the removal of the unwilling cobras, Russel's vipers, banded kraite and anake-eating cobras, Thess have to have boxes of their own, because should one die the risk entailed in removing it is too great. In the case of such a fatality the box with its'occupant is thrown overboard. The non-poisonous travellers Include green snakes, mud anakes and water snakes,

When a consignment of GO monkeys laft Calcutta for the Melbourne Zoo recently, considerable préparation had to be made for the provision of meals en voyage, but the travellers by the as "Behar" are much lass troublesome. Before they were caged they were given a substantial feed and they will noż dine again until they reach their des 'tination.

· KINGDON-WARD

HELPLESSLY ILL IN FRENCH INDO-CHINA

Theosophical Congress, interview- ed by the "Neue Freie Presse" said the "British Government does not love me because I am an uncon- fortable person, but as regards Home Rule for India I know we WIFE'S DASH FROM LONDON shall win it. Whether a great catastrophe can be avoided de- pends on England's attitude."

- Mrs. Besant added that she was and going to lecture at Vienna Manchester, to meet Krishnamurti in Holland and then go to the World Theosophy Congress at Chi-

cago,

Flim McCoy and Dorothy Sebastian, Mr. Braman's co-founders of in "The Adventurer"--At the Queen's the company include Sir George Theatre, to-day and to-morrow. Armstrong and Colonel Henry Warre of London; John L. Stevens

Bickford of the New York firm of

London, May 24.

The explorer and botanist Cap- tain Kingdon-Ward is lying.help- lessly ill at Laos, French Indo- China.

No Europeans are within reach."

bis

His wife, who is in London, pro- poses to leave shortly by Indian Air Mail to join him.

Captain Kingdon-Ward is well known ns 3 cultured writer and correspondent. It will be re called that in 1926 he contributed a series of exclusive articles to these columns dealing with his expedi- tion to the head waters of the Irrawaddy, and since then he has been frequently represented in this journal.

Visits to Rangoon

He has paid several visits to Rangoon where he is well-known, while in the course of his explora- tion on botanical work. He has met many Europeans and others in up country stations who will read with concern of his desperate plight. Mrs. Kingdon-Ward also visited Rangoon in December 1928 to meet her husband on his return, from an expedition.

Capt. Kingdon - Ward's pressat expedition is of an independent nature but he had nevertheles a rendezvous with the arranged

and well equipped ambitious Roosevelt

Chira, expedition, to though when he was in Rangoon, he remarked that the difficulties of

effecting a juretion might be great..

STANDARD TIME.

SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN COLONY

of Ames, Iowa; Herbert J. 1928, and caused considerable

comment at that time. The Ita-Rangoon Times." Evarta, Choate, Sherman & Leon; lian Government was keenly ta- Prince Francis Ruspoli of Rome,terested in the project, knowing and Stewart Ellett, a pariner in that certain portions of its terri- Coudert Brothers of New York, The founders will invite the French Government, which has bean studying the irrigation plan for some, to name three of the fifteen directors, a majority of whom must be French.

It is understood that Jules Cambon, former Governor General of Algeria and former Ambassa dpr to Washington, has agreed to act as president of the Sahara company and that

Marshal Franchet d'Esperey will be one of the French directors.

tory in Tripoli, would derive some benefit from development. Signor Mussolini discussed the matter with Mr. Braman at length and requested, that he be kept la- formed as to its progress.

Sunrise and Sunset in Hong Kong for June (Standard time of the 120th Meridian, East of Green- wich), are as follow:--

Mr. Braman is about 68 years old. He was president of the | Law and Order Union in New

York, and president and founder June of the Allied Patriotic Societies. Inc., organised after the war to combat communistic influence,

Herman Soergel, a German él- gineer," announced recently a

The French and Italian Gov-plan, somewhat similar to Mr. eraments have closely followed Braman's, intended to fertilise developments of the company's both the Lybian and Sahara de- plans.

German Has Shullar Plan Mr. Dwight Braman's plan for reclamation of the Sahara Desert was first announced in August,

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