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horsiness that pull one back reality and thereby remind one that no actual horse would stand for a split second in that position, and least of all with its nose be ing wrenched back to its neck.

It is, of course, equally true that the old pictures and models of galloping horses placed their

Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 20, 1937. legs in positions which instantan-

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eous photography has now shown to be utterly false. But that for long was the cognised and ac- cepted convennen, this - One Views are mixed regarding the seems to be designed either as degree to which Hong Kong tentative return to the heraldic

the principle in animal portraiture might become affected in event of a decision by Japan to or else as a horrible warming of extend hostilities to South China. how not to treat a horse's head La host of factors have to be and mouth. Perhaps the com- taken into consideration and ment of posterity as it contem- while there will be a large mea-plates the equine part of the sure of agreement with the con- Haig statue will be "Well, if viction of the "Daily Herald" their horses were like that in that Hong Kong will not be at-1937 no wonder they went in for tacked, Japan well knowing that mechanisation!

it would be resisted by the whole weight of the British Empire, there is also ground for the as- sumption that the Colony could

not escape wholly the effects of Too Coy for Comfort? Japanese operations. Precautions

against the swamping of the The cramping hand of autho- Colony by thousands upon thou-rity is coming down on the once sands of refugees furnishes but free and independent choice of one example of difficulties to be lace-names in U.S.A., a body guarded against. Another pro-called the American Board of blem is the maintenance of ade-Geographical Names is doing its quate food supplies for our pop-rest to discourage what it regarās lation of over a million, with the

as undesirably "fancy" titles for chief source of supply cut off.

hamlets and townships. But, some of its objections seem a little In time of war a destermined severe. One can understand people can endure great hard-rised eyebrows over the Hobo ships, but no community can long Hot Springs of California, but survive pressure, accidental or why object to Caress of West incidental, which brings starv Virginia, or the short and sweet tion in its train. Undoubtedly Coy, which is found as a village while the sea remained open to name both in Arkansas and în British shipping, fresh channels

:

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could be worked, but it seems to Alabama? be an important matter scarcely to be left to an occasion when emergency has developed Norcally wrong with Coy; it is not mally, the Colony carries little any more self-consciously roman- more than two months' supplies tic than the Sweet Auburn, love- of rice and grain for instance, lest village of the plain," which and still less of fats and meats Goldsmith seems to have foisted In sudden emergency, therefore, cn what was previously Lissoy... ́ which might include temporary with the not altogether surpris- dislocation of shipping, the quesing result that there are now at tion of food supply maintenance least thirty Auburns of various would become one of paramount shapes and sizes, from cities to importance. It is impossible to hamlets, in the United States believe that this question has There used to be a village called not received earnest consideration Auburn near Bridlington, but under the general problem of the encroaching sea took an even defence, but there is no sign of sterner line than the American precautions, such as measures for Board of Geographical Name increasing food stocks in storage, and removed it bodily from It is a task that can only be un-map. dertaken when conditions are not- mal

Horse Into Heraldry

Perhaps some of the surprise which has been expressed over the strange animal on which Lord

is seated in i ew White- hall statue would be abated it

One of the world's man burns (there are

tralia) has an

which temper