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FLOWERS IN TIBET

RESULTS OF

COLLECTING

EXPEDITION

Rhododendrons. And Climate

DISTRIBUTION OF TIBET'S 100′

SPECIES EXPLAINED. "

the

The distribution of Tibet's one hundred species of rhododendron provides a rough guide to average climate in different dis- tricts of the vast river gorge re- gion of that still largely myster Jous country, according to Captain botanist F. Kingdon Ward, the and explorer.

Ward last Captain Kingdon month received the honour of de- livering the Hooker Lecture of the Linnean Society at Burlington! House. London. For his many Western expeditions

Tibet. China, and Assam, he has received

of the the gold medal

Royal Geographical Society.

in

He has brought back many rare! and hitherto unknown plants and Aowers from his collecting expedi tions, greatly enriched the collec-, tions of the Natural History Museum and has received other honours from the Royal Horticul tural Society.

The climate index afforded by bododendrons. Captain Kingdon the Ward explained. arises from

fact that whereas all of them are favoured by dry conditions, some are much more particular in their tastes than others.

Valley And Gorge

"On the plateau ranges." he stated.. "only about half a dozen species occur. They are mostly Pygmy ("dwarf") rhododendrons. but being gregarious they cover considerable areas. A fear are larger shrubs. In the plateau į valleys on species of rhododendron are found

"On the other hand, the snow- bound river gorges are covered with a continuous "carpet, comm prising many alpine species. From the forest in the deep gorges! to as high as flowering plants ascend there is a great concentra- tion of species, three-quarters of those known from Tibet being found there."

Captain Kingdon Ward spoke which also of "alpine" plants passed their entire life either un- der snow or in a "mist bath," and emphasised that the whole fiora of Tibet must have come there, and in some cases evolved there, since the last great ice age.

"In the course of his lecture he

amazingly gave an

detailed ac-i count of the varied plant life under the most diverse climatic conditions, of an area which he -estimated at 100,000 square miles.

WILD LIFE SANCTUARY FOR

SHANGHAI PLANNED ·

Petition Addressed To Mayor

Shanghai. Petition that sec tions of country land immediately to the west and north of Shang- hai's foreign areas be set aside as a wild life, szmetumry, particu. larly for the preservation of birds, is being submitted to Gen. Wo Techen, Mayor of Greater Shanghai.

de-

Both Chinese market, hunters and foreign sportsmen are clared to jeopardise human safe, ty, as well as slaughtering many hirds and animals which should

be protected, in areas bordering on dense population

“BOSTOCK HILL MEMORIAL”

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1936.

Investigation into the blackmail racket, exposed in the case of Alfred E. Smith, Jr., entered the "Blue Book" for witnesses when subpeonas were issued by the New York district attorney's office for Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt (left), and John W. Davis, former -Presidential candidate, to appear for questioning-

CRISIS IN CLOVES

PHILADELPHIA DESIRES TO HAVE ZEPPELIN HANGAR

Application To Washington

Philadelphia.

Construction

of a hanger for transatlantic zeppelins at the municipel air- part will be included in a list of projects to be submitted to Washington, Mayor S. Devis Wilson has announced, as part of the city's applications for Works Progress Administra- tim and Public Worka Ad- ministration funds.

The proposed hangar would accommodate the Hindenburg or the sister ship now under construction in Germany, the Mayor said.

RIFLE SHOTS AT AIRSHIP

Attempts To Wreck U.S. Army Blimp

APPLE PIES

IN AMERICA

RESPONSIBLE

Stems Preferred On Account Of Price

ri

ZANZIBAR PROHIBITS EXPORT OF LOWER GRADE

London-Apple pies in the United States seem to have”. started a strike against cloves. judging by the statistics of ex- ports of this tasty spice from Zanzibar and Pemba during the past three years.

GUARDING ART

TREASURES IN

TIME OF WAR

New Safety Schemes For Britain

REMOVAL TO SCATTERED COUNTRY DEPOTS

for

Plans

now under review the safeguarding of famous pie tures and other art treasures in London museums and galleries. in the event of air attacks in a future war include:

The immediate transference of the more important works of art to places of safety, includ- ing large country houses, in the West Country and Midlands.

The construction of bomb- and proofs. specially beated

dried

underground

spaces near London.

Removal Of Treasures

storage

A plan is in existence for the removal

other of pictures and treasures to the south-western counties. At the declaration of war they would be loaded into lorries and despatched under arm- Jed guard. An inspection of com- try houses having suitable accom- mmodation was made some time ago by London gallery officials.

A serious objection to the plan, however, is the possibility of the

pictures being damaged by damp.

Moreover where a long motor jour-

ney has to be undertaken. in what may well be hurried circumstances, there is the danger of damage by jarring in transit.

On the other hand. plans for special underground shelters and similar elaborate schemes would entail enormous expense.

Armed Guard

During the Great War art trea-! sures from the London galleries

Mrs. Henry Symes Lehr, widow of Harry (King) Lehr, New York's gay social leader of the pre-war period, will wed John Graham Hopé de la Poer Beresford, frst Baron Decies (be- low). The marriage is to take place in the aristocratic St. Ger- main quarter of Paris.

and from King George's private ARMADA OF 6,000

collection at Buckingham Palace" were placed in the GP.Q.'s parcel] pest underground railway between Whitechapel and Paddington.

The only alternative appears to

They were guarded by gallery be that the American apple pie has attendants armed with revolvers. been contenting itself with clore-Special passwords were necessary stems, the price of which is about to gain access. A shooting one-quarter of that of the genuine range was established in time cel- article. Whereas exports of cloves lars of the Wallace Collection! to the Caited States in 1935, at where the men could get revolver |15,700 cut, were about, half what practice.

How-

JUNKS

In Quest Of "Yellow Flower > Fish

CARRYING GUNS TO GUARD AGAINST PIRATES

A virtual Chinese "Armada of 6,000 native junks, sampaus and vessels of

they were in 1933 and 1934, ex- At that time the G. P. O. under-various descriptions, set sail frum Shantung, recently in ports of clovestems rose from one ground railway was not completed Nantung. ewt in 1933 to 132 cwt. in 1934, Since then it has been opened for quest of the famous Yellow Flower and no less than 5,584 cwt. in traffic, and art authorities are fish, which are very numerous in the

China Sea during this seaSATILI 1335.

be doubtful if there would now If this is the real explanation, sufficient accommodation. however, the American apple pie ever, there is some space in the is faced with a serious problem in underground depot which might 1936, the further export of clove be used. stems, from Zanzibar and Pemba having been prohibited as the

December 31, 1935.

Sunnyvale, California. *—— Deliberate attempts to wreck the army blimp TC-13 with rifle shots were disclosed by Major Clarence E. Lobar, commander of Moffett Field, where the airship is stationed

Major Lobard said "marksman, who is being sought, fired upon the blimp on two occasions, causing the loss of helium gas valued at several hundred dollars. Bed the bullets struck the gasoline tanks, the officer declared, the ship might have been des troyed.

CAIRO RESIDENTS" GYMKANAS

Riding Backwards On Giza Donkeys

from

-

These boats are organised

into groups and are all armed · against | pirates.

In" former days the piraİER, who collected "protection fees” from each vessel, 'made about £200,000 each sea- доп. However, says the Takumpoo,

successful to some extent, and there are now fewer outlaws along the Const.

NEW CEYLON COINS the anti-pirate campaign has proved

AND STAMPS

Will Not Be Issued

Till Coronation

Export Figures Total exports of cloves from these two British islands, which share a clove

with monopoly French Madagascar, amounted to 215,300 cwt in 1933, 217,500 ext.. in 1934 and 189,800 cwt. in 1935,

Postage stamps and silver cur official statistics show. The Netherlands Indies and India were rency with the head of the by far the largest buyers, taking King are likely to be issued between them aboot three-quarters!

Ceylon only after the Coronation

J

HERO OF FRONTIER FIGHT

дек

fa

V.C. Leaves $4,596

Wills proved last month includ

in lon will be issued earlier than the ed that of Capt. Godfrey Meynell,

silver currency.

of Meynell Langley, Derbyshire, The Commissioner of Stamps, it who was killed at Wochajawar in is understood, has before him a Mohmand, India, last September,

of the total output. Great Bri-jof King Edward VIIL next year.

The new postage stamp for Cey- tain's share of the clove trade proper fell from 25,700 cwi 1933 to 7,000 cwt. în 1935.

Her quota of clove stems, how- fever, went up from 17,000 cwt. in

1939 to 36,900 cwt. in 1934 Bot few designs and he is shortly ex-when the 5th Battalion Queen Vic toria's Own Guides (of which he it then fell away again to 21,800 pected to make his selection.

adjutant) In the case of stamps there is was cat.

a large stock in Ceylon, enough to against Mommand tribesmen, and Germany was the biggest buyer last till the Coronation.

who was subsequently awarded the Cairo-Riding donkeys back of clove stems in 1933. The next

V.C. wards beneath the pyramids of wear she conceded the champion- Giza is one of the sports of Caire ship to Great Britain but regained it with a wide margin--a total of

BEST FORM OF SPORT

residents.

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VICTIMS OF DEPRESSION

He left £4,596.

w38

operating

EXPLOSIONS AS FIREMEN WORK ON BLAZE

The riders zit backwards and 90,700-cwt.—in 1935. Except for One hundred and nine Overseas the donkeys go forwards some-the Netherlands, which bought Chinese, 55 from Canada and 54 Itimes.

A race in this fashion was 18,200 cwt of clove stems in 1935 from Japan, have returned to recently

staged at the Mena compared with 2,500 in 1934, other China during the past three Gymkana, big annual social event.countries seem to have gone al months, according to the Overseas They have camel races, too, at most exclusively to Madagascar Affairs Bureau. Most of these the Gymkana. But backwards don-for their cloves or have used other men were in desperate need of re- varnish hampered freuen when

key races seem to be best fum. In flavourings.

these events the sovereignty of

the wishes of the donkey in regard

ito direction and speed is recognis- jed.

It is much more fun to sit thei

Empire Health Shield wrong way on a donkey and now

Awarded Rangoon

you are allowing him to take you.] rather than sit on the right way

Bef

Iceland Is Misnamed

Exploding pots of paint and

fames destroyed the premises ef a firm of interior decorators in Wembley High-road recently. A line of hose had all trafic Thald up for over an hour. Įtrafic jam of buses, trams - and cars extended for nexly 300 yards] in each direction. The shop, was

Was The

New York-Arni Jonason, Icé-javík, April 17, with a cargo of unoccupied when the fire broke and realise much the same thing. land journalist, landed in New 900 tons of salt fish consigned to out The "Bostock Hill Memorial" Besides, when sitting backwards York on May 7 to give the follow-Gloucester, Mass., New York, and Shield has been awarded by the it is possible to see where you ing explanations of his country Cuba Royal Sanitary Institute for the have been and how your friends and countryman: Health Week and Exhibition held are getting on.

in Rangoon in 1935, and organis-i

ed by the Burma branch of the

Indian Red Cross Society.

QUEER NESTING-PLACE

..

"Now," said Mr. Jonnson, “among

“

SPEED LIMIT REMOVAL

1. There is practically no ice if other things we should like to |Iceland, ever in winter.

correct for once and for all the

An order has been made by the 2. Icelanders are the tallest of widespread belief that Iceland, be- races because they est mainly fish, canse of its name, is eternally Minister of Transport removing

Mr. Jonson came to America covered with ice. That is not so, the 30-mph speed

Kait from

The shield is offered annually for The bell at Bentley, Hants, Rail aboard the Iceland steamer Katla in fact, Reykjavik, the largest Long-lane, Hillingdon, between the best celebration of Healthway Station did not ring well which, according to the cargo city with 35,000 inhabitants, hard- Uxbridge-road and Tudor-way, Week in the Empire outside the Porters-investigated, and found a agents, was the first ship flyingly ever has a speck of ice. Dar and also from Harlow-Hatfield Harlow, between British Isles. The celebrations in sparrow's nest inside.

the Icelandic flag to dock in Newing the winter we have to drive Heath-road," Lagos, Nigeria, Pretoria, Trans- Every time a train arrives the York since 1923.

miles into the country to find points 50 yards and 440-yards] vaal, at rand in Port-of-Spain, clapper moves, but the mother- The vessel," of gross tonnage, mough ice and snow to ski and east of Churchgate-street. Both "Trinidad, were highly commended, bird takes no notice.

Ileft the expital of Iceland, Eeyk-iskate on."

these lengths of road are lighted.

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