1931-05-30 — Page 9

SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1931.

THE

LOG

Of The TRADER HORŊ" Expedition.

by W. S. Van Dyke

lusive to the "China Mail"'

Murchison Falls, Uganda,

Very early this

July 4. rning the

Governor of Uganda left as to pro- cred about the business at supting

elephants downstream.

by

THE CHINA MAIL.

withstand them, or they could not burrow under or climb over it.

I sent back to camp at unce for fifty native porters and all the gaso- line lamps, flashlights and spot- lights available. These I had

NEW

SHADOWS BEFORE ADVERTISEMENTS.

mounted on the fence at ten yard COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED

IN CHINA MAIL.

To-day--Tea

PUBLIC AUCTION

THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public

Auction

ON

TUESDAY, June 2, 1931, commencing at 11 a.m., at their Sales Rooms, Duddell Street

intervals around the enclosure, sup- plemented at the four corners with large bonfires. Each European was farmed with a revolver and a long

Social Functions, gasoline flare with which he could

Dances at Hong reach over the fence In case of a Kong and Peninsula Hotels; Dinner to sta goncerted movement in any spot. Dances at Peninsula and Repulse

Two of the hunters with me had Bay Hotels. WIMK tin

Hartford,

brought 22 calibre rifles and I Monday Annual Dinner of Cann.. the headquarters of the! Radio Relay League: they, in turn, posted them at the points of great- Heriot Club, Hong Kong Hotel, A Fresh Consignment of: would send direct to Byrd's operator est danger-the gate and the inlet p.m. near the South Pole; the message would be delivered to

were

Eur

le get wireless

in

touch

direct

in

young De

of the strean).

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eery

Il weather prevented our "shoot

Guarding The Catch, ing anything but a Sw feet of

In this fashion we settled down, elreue for the chief executive's, Ganabl who would end the reply to at about 1.30, to guard our catch party. Shortly after on

us through Hartford again. By the ᏙᎸ 4

until morning. it was day before yesterday a streak of time the reply could reach our camp sunlight broke threagh the clouds De Ganahl would be on his way withight, indeed. The fence outlined and granted us enough lumination the Governor, so the message would in red flares and lantern light, the to go through the areas with Harry have to be taken to him by native gleam of red eyce within, the sound of tearing Besh and the terrific Carey. Mr. De Ganak, the Amer-ruuner: An ambitious programme, splash of tails as they hit the water, jean, with Sir William Gowers, in- to say the least.

the low undertone of the natives |

singing the song of the "mamba”.

terocodile or snake--the same word buth), the insufferable applies to odour of the decayed hippo carrion.

At a little after two in the morn-

Entertainments. To-day King's "The Eig Trail."

Boncle Cooked Ham, in thus and

Smoked Bacon, In tins. Theatro;

From the well known Packers: Theatre;

"Koler & Ankexumit,” Holland, To be sold in Ona Tln lots to Theatre; suit Purchasers.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

To-day Queen's "Trader Horn."

To-day Contrai

Today - Majozilo Theatre. "Framed."

"Ingagi."

Horn."

To-day-World Theatre; "Trader

Horn."

May 31 to

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TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

sight

stantly produced a em nutomatic The Hartford station picked up)

To-day-Star Theatre; "Trader movie camera with which he photo four call this morning at six o'clock graphed the proceedings. The and agreed to carry out our plan.

June 6-King's] uther members of the party formed Allowing for the ordinary delays, it semi-circle behind our camerus, will be to-morrow morning before

Theatre; "Just Imagine."

June 7 to 9-King's Theatre; commenting upon the, acting in the we receive a reply granting that

Home Maila. fashion of a cricket gallery-"Wel Byrd's set is in good order and that ng my flashlight revealed the head "Along Came Youth." played, Carey," and "Jelly good, oid the weather remains clear enough of a croc pointed for the gate in

To-day-Inward from Europe vial front of me, swimming for ahore. mim." At the peak of the dramatic to allow me to pick on the Hartford There is about fifteen feet of land Negapatam (Yuen Sang), Outward

On London

11 semence the sun went out like asignal.

Siberia (President Bank, wire

Bank, on demand As Fate wills it, to-day has been between the water and the fence at for Europe vin bant-nat mutok and the fiming was

... 11. that point which the animal would! Toft), 5 j.m. Immediately

Meetings.

Bank, 4 months' sight 11 1/16 over for the day: The Governor bright and clear.

4 Credita, took his party, to the

top of the after lunch we proceeded to the set have to cross before reaching the f

months' Falls over the trail we had built, back in the canyon and, in an hour, gate. called to the hunters and and addi-reached for some large rocks at my while

my cohorta shouldered the completed the re-takes

feet. In a flash every spotlight was One hour cameras, reflectors and mirrors and tional scenes necessary.

focused on him and we began of this

weather when the Governor was here would have been bombarding him with stones. We grey, rainy sufficient to win his lasting good might as well have thrown pillows; weather prevailed and no effort was favour but, as in all national crisis, he failed to pay the slightest atten- not in the scheme of tion. I was on the point of reach- made to da

filming. The such was any

ing for another rock when he gave Governor and his entire party were

things. invited into camp for dinner and disagreeable time on the hot deck of a sudden swish of his tai; and lurch

the working hours were Dust of

a river boat and we are deprived ofed out of the water, straight for One of the hunters fired of novelty becupied in stretching the mass tent

a distinguished the gate.

his 22 straight into the beast'e face to becommodate the additional num-; gallery.

with no apparent effezt-still he Just to maintain the national prepared by an assistant camera man customs and satisfy those among game on. Without stopping for a

staggered back to camp.

Governor At Dinner. Yesterday the same

bers. Place cards and menus were

Fonts answered with their lives.

When, by sight

semblage

the

The Governor is having a

ine usual one.

Photography Of Crocodiles.

Murchison Falls, Uganda,

Documentary, 4

months' sight

9

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Wire

On August 2, 1929, the M. V. Credita, 60 days' Moveria. owned by the Donaldson sight Line, Glasgow, and under the On Bombay- command of Captain J. LWire he is an artist as well and white whose fingers twitch for the roman/moment, he rushed directly into the McQueen, when bound for the On demand

wheels of the fence, hitting it a resounding crash Panama Canal from Portland, On Calcutta- it was not possible to kill a fatted candles and pin call it may be said with impunity American Independence Day, I am with his nose. I held my breath Oregon, picked up a radio mess

and moved back a few paces, draw age from the American Tug On demand firing a salute at sundown and that a couple of rather healthy hoisting an American flag over theing my revolver. The fence shook Neponset in distress and re- On Singapore-

and beat, but quickly sprang back

quested immediate Assistance. On demand o'clock, the mess tent. In the absence of suit-

On Manila- Governer had arrived and the acable artillery I shall utilise the next into place. The croc backed off and The Moveria proceeded with all

was carefully seated at best thing, my elephant gun, which stood still opening his mouth at speed to the position indicated. On demand

On Shanghai- the long table, many were the looks differs from a cannon only in the least a yard. By this time most of the weather being strong caster-

fast that it is not on wheels and the natives had reached the scene ly gale with high sea. At 3.30 On demand that it has two barrek Instead of with their fares and were leaning pm, the tug was sighted in a Dollar

over the fence, sticking them in the sinking condition and after skil On Yokohama animal's face. After what seemed ful manoeuvring of his ship as on demand to be an hour, he turned slowly and close

possible as

Captain Sovereigna slipped back into the water. The McQueen sent away a lifeboat in buying rate) du 111⁄2 July 8.

heat was too much for him appar charge of the Chief Officer Mr. Silver (per oz.) 12% to-day ently. I heaved a great sigh of re- W. Patersom The lifeboat was Bar Silver in Hong We are breaking camp

to leaving for Rhino lief and aubelded onto a rock to badly damaged whilst alongside Kong Camp to-morrow, our filming here continue to vigil. I had just com- the tug taking off the crew, Copper Cash is completed, and we have sent to pleted what proved later to be owing to the heavy sea, but ali Copper Cents the laboratory what I am satisfied is almost an hourly occurrence.

were successfully rescued and Rate of Native In Before morning we were charged taken on board the Moveria, the terest the finest photography of crocodiles

It Chinese Sub. Coin. 24%% dis. in the history of the game. It has eight times in various parts of the lifeboat being abandoned.

over a month. There have enclosure, and the

appeared that the propeller shaft Hong Kong Sub. Coin Par. been times when I felt sure the aun fence became after a time highly of the tug had snapped when warfare. The animal they were 30 miles north of would never shine again (literally organised

was sighted before he reached land Acuapulco, but, as the weather and figuratively), when the pca-

and the cry of "mamba" was raised was fine at the time, no great an- ibility uť

dunking

live by the nearest native. Immediate-xiety was felt, as they had wire- cros loomed as impossible as Ladly (as parrot lets himself finding a dead clephant,

when ly everyone grabbed a flare, it it less. The position, however, be go): "I thought you told me you

In the bonfire nearest, and proceed came very different when bad cursed myself for What- bought this parrot from a mission-ing valuable time in a vain cause.ed to the spot. If rocks and the weather set in and the rescued men were loud in their praise of the prompt manner in which the Moveria had come to their rescue in spite of the heavy weather which prevailed.

ary,"

Dealer: "That's right-a sailor had just sold it to 'im.”—

preparatory

taken

22'6 failed to turn

method of de-

| But to-day the sun shines (literally

the croc, the Bares usually proved effective after figuratively), Bod

Our Zam-

he bad hit the fence once or twice. pened spirits are warped back to Everbody's Weekly, London. normalcy and the entire company is

[To Be Continued.] of surprise that opread over the rejoicing in the knowledge that, in

SCOUTING'S AMBASSADOR. faces of the members of the M-G-M spite of weeks of discouragement have been party Neckties had been produced and delay, the macans

Lord Hampton, the Chief Com- from the receasca of kit bags, justified in the result.

At eight o'clock on the evening of missioner of the Boy Scouts Asso-, sweaters long forgotten had been| unpacked and dusted off for the July 5 a native rushed into camp clation, sailed on the Europs on occasion--in the whole gathering with word that there were at least April 25, for America, where he there wasn't ten minutes work for fty large crocodiles in the pool, will attend the 21st Annual Meet- any barber. Quite the most gen-feasting on the dead Hippo which, ing of the. Boy Scouts of America

at Memphis, Tennessee.

teel gathering since we left Mom- by that time had attained the stage bear congratulatory messages from ton for Captain J. L. McQueen of

bas two months ago.

The Imperial Merchant Service Guild have been in communica- tion with the Embassy of the United States on the matter from time to time, and the Secretary of the Guild is now informed by the Erabassy that a watch and chain are being ordered by the He will Department of State, Washing-

Chief Baden-Powell, the

the Moveria, Binoculars for Mr. The dinner consisted of sardine Afty in there at eight o'clock there Scout, the founder of the world's W. Paterson, Chief officer and more by twelve, I Boy Scout Movement, and from the Mr. W. Lankester, Third Officer, hors d'oeuvres, vegetable soup, would be fifty

reasoned. Accordingly, I gathered Boy Scouts of the British Empire. and Medals for members of the lomb

chicken and (1).

It will be remembered that the about me a few trusty recruits to

crew who manned the rescuing potatoes, asparagus and drawn

on a reconnoitering party at Boy Scouts of America were start- lifeboat on this occasion. It is butter,

cof-80 huckelberry ple,

reault of an expected that these testimonials Ice

and salted

midnight and to aid me in shutting ed in 1910, as a almonds.

English newspaper boy's Good will reach the Embassy in the Considering that it was cooked en-the gate in case the pool was full.

Turn in Fleet Street.

near future. tirdy over an open fire under the

An Amazing Sight. star and that the bread was baked

stew

The Menu.

of decomposition most pleasing to the crocodile palate. If there were Lord

A little before twelve we set out in camp, it impressed me as easily five of us with gunbearers and the best-cooked meal I had ever natives. Arriving at the pool we eaten. There are five cocks with us were greeted by the most amazing - natives-no one of whom was sight I have ever witnessed. The paid more than 40 English shillinge water was actually teeming with a month,

crocodiles It was impossible to After coffee there was a great flach a light anywhere in the pool. des of autographing of menus and without striking a dozen paire of marvelling over the fact that such gleaming red eyes. The hippo car- a gathering, under.euch civilised cass was surrounded by a churning, conditions, was possible in such a thrashing masa of the monsters, remote spot. While this was going fighting over the choice morsels. on the movie projector had been set Every few moments a great, bead up outside preparatory to showing would rear out of the water, chew "WHITE SHADOWS" to the three times, swallow, and submerge guests.

ugain. And the presence of our

There allowed an, evening similar lights acemed to bother them pot at to the one previous when the all

"rushes" (flushes) were shown. The Without further delay, two of us Governor was enjoying a short extinguished our lights' and made course. In moyle making. He had our way around to the gate which seen a "shot” made, had seen the was in readiness to be dropped over: "rushed"-the result of our work the only entrance and exit. This of a few weeks · „before-and in ] we did, in a few moments without "WHITE SHADOWS". he was to see mishap, lashing. the gate in place the finished product.

with 'heavy rope and plano wire, „A" Wireless · Mestage. With this accomplished theres ap- During the film I learned from peared to be nothing left to do but Mr. Do Granahl that his son, Joe, stand guard until morning. No- was with the Byrd Polar Expedition body to my knowledge has ever and that he was anxious to get word

tested the strengta of the crocodile,

of his boy's whereabouts. Accord- and while the fence we had con inilys I got De Vinna Interested in structed was the strongest possible the subject with the result that we under the circumstance, we had no pevised the following plan: We precedent to assure us that it would

Honor Railway Hero

736

J. Hilton, assistant chief Burrard Inlet, near the Cabadian

Vancouver

W. office, Canadian Pacific Railway January. His feat involved a (left in photo), being presented 45-minute struzzle in the water with the bronze medal of the| Royal Canadian Humane Bocian during which is follow freight. by Hi Worship 124: D. Tabor, clerks and the railway's police Mayor of Vancouver, Mr. Hlifton aided him with rozes and laddere sreed, this reward; for herodam from the shore. The presentation “by 'rosorlag WIZBRIS ·· from | was ̈ made at the Mayor's ottic “drowning in the 'for waters of | Vancouver. City Hall.

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