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WORLD OF NATURE.

Goggling 'ghost'

WER

VERE it not for the undeniable evidence of the camera, any sensible person would dis- miss the possibility of this strange creature out of hand.

As is indicated by its enor-

Living in the islands of Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Borneo, and mous eyes, the Tarsier is com-

the Philippines,

;

the Tarsier, be-

cause.

weird

of its

appear- ance, is viewed with horror by the natives. In- deed, so ghost- like does it seem even to sophistic - ated eyes that it has earned the Latin name ΟΙ

Tarsius Spectrum.

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pletely nocturnal, spending its life in the tree-tops, leaping in a curiously jerky way in pursuit of insects.

Unfortunately for us we are never likely to see one of these. unique animals in captivity, for even in their own climate they never live more than two or three days so delicate is constitution.

their

BARRY DRISCOLL

Willie Lai's

CARTOON CORNER

TREN

Mum, I

am so thrilled

"WILLE

that I've quite forgotten who he is. "

*................

A TALL MAN HAS A DIFFERENT VIEW FROM THAT OF A SHORT MAN

Credit Card to Geoffrey Fong.

Dawn

By Althea Young

The birds begin their early

morning songs,

The sunbeams filter through

open windows,

The

sky dons a calm cool soothing powder blue Independent, as it were, to the

east

Where a reddish glow brightens

the horizon.

The streets gradually fill With the accustomed hum of the

motorcars,

The good-natured

the lorries

groaning of

Or the screech of buses grinding

to a stop.

The air is as yet cool and clean

and refreshing. Landmarks, hidden by the

familiar summer haze Soon to disperse with the on-

coming day.

The world awakes with yet

another dawn.

NEW MEMBERS

'ALICE LOH, 17, student, 60C Leighton-road, Cause- way Bay, Hongkong.

STEPHEN V. MA, 17, 68B To Kwa Wan-road, 5th floor, Kowloon.

* STAMP NEWS

23. THE 1891 ISSUE [1]

The PMG had been in correspondence with Londen since March, 1887 about the introduction of a unified series of postage and revenue stamps printed in doebly fugitive inks.

He was still reluctant to. pay for new printing plates, and it was not until July, 1890 that agreement was reached on the colour scheme (which involved the use of red paper for three values); and as in the previous, sur- charged stamps the Chinese values had not been altered it was agreed again, on grounds of economy, that on receipt in the Colony the surcharged stamps would be further overprinted in Chinese to denote the altered values.

The first batch of the new printings was despatch- ed from London in August, 1890. The additional Chinese overprints were applied by hand by means of locally made wooden chops which were issued to the staff; the staff were instructed to make the surcharges before safe- to the Chinese public.

This tedious and primitive method of surcharging resulted in many variations in the way of double and inverted overprints, and both, some being with large Chinese characters than others.

A $5 surcharged stump was included in the unified series but for some reason this was not surcharged in Chinese characters; presumably because this value was not generally sold to the Chinese public.

THE THIRD EYE

IN THE SAME WAY THE VIEWFINDER OR VIEWING LENS OF A CAMERA HAS A

DIFFERENT

VIEW FRO11

THAT OF THE

TAKING LENS.

CORRECT PICTURE

ON VIEW- FINDER

VZZW. ANDER LENS,

THIS PROBLEM, KNOWN AS PARALLAX IS NOT OFTEN TROUBLESOME WHEN TAKING DISTANT SUBJECTS SINCE

NORMAL COMPOSITION

ALLOWS FOR THE ERROR

IN CLOSE-UPS THIS IS

A TYPICAL ERROR TO

BE GUARDED AGAINST

BY MAKING

ALLOWANCES

FOR PARALLAX

HEAD CUT OFF

QV NEGATIVE

TAKING LENS