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World on Nature

THE EGGS IN MUM'S

Page:

OUR TEENAGERS- They

aren't

COAT... AS a Hongkong teenager I completely disagree

HIS grotesque toad lives Tin the damp forests of

Brazil and the Guianas.

It is not only odd in ap- pearance but also in its method of hatching its young.

During the breeding season

back

the skin on the female's becomes very thick and ex- tremely soft. When she has laid her eggs the male, who is waiting, takes each egg, and presses it into the soft skin.

Eighty-two days later, minute but perfectly formed toads push their way to the surface, pro- truding their heads and one

arm.

Sixty to 70 appear in this extraordinary way.

ap-

Once the young have peared, the female proceeds to rub off the thick layer of skin containing the young against a stone or plant, leaving the young toads to fend for them- selves.

BARRY DRISCOLL

Words reputed to have been spoken by a member of an ill-fated nature excur- sion group.

Everything's

the rain-

greener

After

I fondly quote the poet. Hedges and hills, trees and

plain-

By now I think I should

know it.

After the rain everything's

greener-

Truly a sight for to see.

Fresher and brighter, sweeter

and cleaner-

Yes, everything but-me.

S. ROMER.

with the fulsome and destructive statements

says:

so bad

so

American) giving . ■ bad in- Auence.

The Government of SingrOCE

and songs, of peo such as Fivis Presley!

section, on the teenagers of Hongkong. made by Stephen Chan two weeks ago in this. Prem Khemaney thereto e bagno mo

What he has been referring to is only a minority of the teen- agers in Hongkong.

For Stephen Chan's informa- tion, students in the higher forms to what Stephen Chan writes are trained to build their charac "there is no difficulty, what- ters, besides being given educa- soever for you to discover an tion.

uncusual creature appearing be- fore your eyes."

He surely belongs to that group as he seems to know a lot about requests dedicated to - Usually the lazier' ones turn clubs which 'give excellent away from the hints they are means of wasting time and given and thus waste their parents' hard-earned money" chances of happier lives. he seems to know about the "worst types of teenagers" found ka-dance-halls and other similar places.

I have had a tough time try ing to find a teenager looking ke an “unusual creature. This has been quite the opposite

Cartoon time with Willie Lai

TEEN

TiME

"So good of you to offer to carry my books. I happen to be the libraman today."

WHATEVER THE CAMERA, WHOEVER THE PHOTOGRAPHER, AN INDIVIDUAL DECISION MUST ALWAYS BE TAKEN

BEFORE A PHOTOGRAPH IS MADE —” WHAT SPEED, WHAT APERTURE?"

Besides being helped much, teenagers, that should take up spec during the summer.`v to prevent themselves idling away. their time.

Stephen Chan has mentioned two ways of preventing some of In any case teenagers of Hong- the teenagers' lives from being kang are better than Stephen ruined-parents and teachers. Chan describes them to be. - All

Besides these two there is the the same prevention has to be. Government, which should ban carried out for the prosperity of the showing of movies (usually Hongkong.

* STAMP NEWS ›

THE 1891 ISSUE (2)

THERE were two distinct printings of the 30

value: the first batch being with brownish gum (S.G. 41), the later batches being in a greyer shade with transparent gum (S.G. 41a); both shades” (are found with the 20 cents surcharge.

The earlier prin- tings of the 50 c. ол 48 c. was with brownish gum, later printings being with transparent gum.

A $1 on 10 c. postal forgery is known. Postal- ly used copies ате scarce, and though not listed by Gibbons or other cataloguers, they command very high price. With the 10 c. and $1 on 96 c. both

#HONG KONGE

being in purple on red paper, an enterprising Chi- nese clerk applied the Chinese overprint to a quantity of 10 c. stamps with intent to defraud the Chinese public.

When the fraud was discovered, is September, 1897, all stocks of $1 on 96 c. were immediately withdrawn and replaced by the $2 postal fiscal stamp" which was given a $1 surcharge in English and Chinese (S.G. FI and F4).

Illustration ($1 on $2)

THE THIRD EYE

BRIGHT

DULL

THE SIMPLEST CAMERA MAY HAVE TWO TIME SETTINGS --

*INSTANTANEOUS"(125 SEC.) AND "TIME. IT MAY HAVE · THO APERTURES

SIMPLY

DESCRIBED.

-

| MEXPENSIVE CALORADENS

ARE EVEN BETTER AND COVER MOST CIRCUMSTANCÈS, A

LIGHT METER, BEST OF ALL, \\TS ONLY REALLY NECESSARY

FOR UNUSUAL IN

CIRCUMSTANCES AND

IS COMPLEATIVELY

EXPENSI

SOME MODERN CAMERAS, NOT NECESSARILY

THE MOST EXPENSIVE, INCORPORATE

A LIGHT METER

IN THE BODY

12 25 50 100 250 500 1000 1250

2 28 3.5 4.5 38 63 8 11 16 22

THE MOST (COMPLEX CAMERAS OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF COMBINATIONS OF APERTURE AND SPEED

TO SUIT ALL- CONDITIONS.

MÁNY FILMS ARE SOLD. WITH GENERAL

GUIDANCE

NOTES TELLING THE USER HOW LONG

AN EXPOSURE TO. MAKE AT WHAT LENS

OPENING. FOR DIFFERING LIGHT" "{

CONDITIONS.

THE COMBINATION APPROPRIATE FOR

MOVEMENT OF SUBJECT OR DEPT OF POCUS REQUIRED MAY BE SELEJED AT A GLANCE. ON SOME CANDIŠ

ONCE ANY CORRECT COMENATION,

S SET, SHUTTER SPEED ANG APEKURS ARE COUPLED AN ALTERATION ID ONE AUTOMATIPILY AD ESTAG THE OTHER.

BUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER IN CHOOSING LENS OPENING AND SPEED, E CONCERNED NOT ONLY WITH LIGHT. HE MUST CONSIDER MOVEMENT OF SUBJECT, AND THE AMOUNT OF BACKGROUND HE WANTS CLEARLY IN FOCUS.

A LIGHT

METER, SET ID BE USED AT THE SPEED RATING OF THE PARTICULAR FILM IN THE CAMERA,

OFFERS NOT ONE, BÚT A

WIDE CHOICE OF APERTURE- SPEED.COMBINATIONS CORRECT FOR LIGHT CONDITIONS.

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