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No. 21,253

Hongkong Daily Press.

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TIME-TABLE.

WEEK DAYS

Art. 7.12 10,1811,99 12.20 12.38

Excery SunDAYS

POBLIO

HOLIDAYS

2,07

PUBLIC

Sundars & Ponu

2.48

9:56 5.09 3.00 8,13

3.11 5.34

1.1.

J.M. Noo

Kowloon...

¿Dop, $.60 Dep. 6.50

9,15 10.30 11.40 19.00

9.34 10,88

13.09

Tipo

Shatin.... Taipo Market

.Dap 7,09

P.94 10.57

12,91

...Dap. 7.18

9.49 11.04

1954

. Dep, 7.91

95311,08

12.88

Fanling... Shoungshai

...Dap, 7.83

10,0 11,18

13.48

...Dep. 7.36 1007 17.3

1352

3.13 5.29 3.215.34 8.29 18.08

Bhumdhun Dop. 7,21 Bheangahal. Dap. 7.93

8.05 10.38 11,40 8,19 10,43 11,47 8.16 10.49 1151 10.59 19.03

A3C P.M.

158

8.00 417

3.07

5.13 4,24 5.20

9.11 4.99 6.24

8,08 8.15 8.19

B

Art 8.20

9,03 11,37 12,41

2.97

3.25 4.49 5.39

6.33... 8.55 4,58 5.51 8,46 8.50 5.08 ·6,08 6.58

518 9.58

6.11 7.06

Taipo Shatin

مالية

Markat Dep 7,43 8.26

Dap.7.44 8,30 11.04 12.07 7.59 8.43 11.17| 12.1 Yatmati... Dep 8.12 8.55 11.29 12.83

824

Kowloon

SHA TAU EOK BRANCH.

434

7.30.

2 STATIONS,

WESK DAYS, Fanling Dep. 7,45 11.80-9.20 6.25 Bhatankok...Arr. 8.40 12.25 2.157.20

STATIONS

BUNDAYS AND PUBLIO HOLIDAYS, A.X, 1.X. 7.1. P.K. Fanling

...Dep. 7.45 11.30 8.20.6.23 Shatankok...Arr. 8.40 12.25 4.38 7.90

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Shatankok...Dep. 6.30 10.18 1.05 5.00 ...A 7.25 11.10 2.00 5.33 Fanling SUNDAYS LED PUBLIC HOLIDAYS,

Shatankok...Dep. 6.50 10.15 2.05 6,00 Fanling Art. 7.95. 11.10 8.00 8.55 Further information may be obtained at the Banzway Orfionę, Kowloos, or from Mesa Thos. Cook & Box, Lad, Horexone, or from Tax Aminican Ermua Co PANT, HONGKONG,

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MAKING A SEA DRY LAND.

QUEER THINGS IN HONGKONG.

TIGERS, SNAKES AND MONKEYS.

SUDDEN DEATH OF AN ARMADILLO ON THE SHEK O ROAD..

(Contributed.)

or

BIG AS WARWICKSHIRE.

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CANADA'S FUTURE.

IS UNION WITH "UNITED STATES IN SIGHT?

FIGHTING GEOGRAPHY,

The National Review contains article signed A. B. Tucker on the sub- ject of Canida's Future. It says:-

THE HAGUE, July 4th. Alte two and a half centuries of scheining, of doubts and delays, the A few weeks ago a party of motorista draining of the Zuyder Zee is becoming

Ten years ago anyone who talked in was driving along the Shek O'Road when a fact of which the most casual observer Canada of annexation" would have run some, risk of a broken head. To-day they felt the car lurch. It had run over-en be the evidence.

Wieringet, where the ex-Crown Prince the question is openly discussed, and something other.' The obstacle

there are many Canadians with strong couldn't have been a pig, unless it was of Prussia was received with a mixture Imperialist views who feel that, however, ating one, as the lurch was not big of welcome and tolerance when he and bitterly they resent it, Canada's union enough. It was not a stone the impact his father, the ex-Kaiser, fled their coun-I with the baited States within a fox Why is this? There are many reasons was too soft and, moreover, somebody try, is no longer an island, for ́n broad, years' time is inevitable.

which have made many thinking men in thought that they had heard a squeak.dyke, with spacious roads, row unites it

Canada arrive at this conclusion. To One of the party decided to investigate.with tae mainland of North Holland. - He walked back but could see nothing

begin with, it must be remembered that as the light was too bad. So they turn

tinent are practically one in language, ed the car round and thus obtained the

currency, weights and measures, school systems, and business, and that Canada full benefit of the headlights.

and the United States are divided by a more or less imaginary line. Canada's Problems.

Then they saw what it was that had come to a sudden end. It was an arma- dillo, a little scaly beast with a longish tail like a lizard..

KIPLING'S POEM.

Omnibases now ply their regular ser- vices across what a year or two ago was a narrow strait of sea-water, the crossing of which in small boats was not always unattended by danger.

very

This dyke is, however, only a small, though somewhat important, part of the whole scheme, as a result of which an area about the size of Warwickshire will be reclaimed.

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For generation Canada has been fight ing geography. The natural channel of trade in the North American Continent is north and south. The Canadian rail- ways and the Canadian people have It was in 1891 that the present scheme striven for years to turn the flow of trade No doubt many a reader has heard of the armadillo through Kipling's "Roll-took definite shape, but the Dutch Gov-east and west, and it is greatly to their MACAO ing down to Rio."

ernment was chary of giving its consent credit that they have succeeded as well

as they have. The poem is set to music and the song and still more so of its support. Dim.

Canada's great problem to-day is the HonoxONS HOTEL; Batukar Bay Horni; used to be a favourite one with boys-culties were gradually overcome, how increase of her present producing popu

PLAX HOTAL Because of that song the armadillo was ever, and the work was started in 1920. lation through immigration and the in The first thing to be done was the erec: vestment of capital in the development

Telegraphio „„Address : associated by some of us with South America. No doubt other people have tion of a new harbour at the eastern end of her natural resources. We have the

"KREMLIN, HONGKONG of Wieringen for the purpose of unload-situation-that would be ludicrous if it come across specimens of the animal in ing material and also to take the place were not so disastrous-of Britain with South Chins, but until recently at least of smaller harbours used by fishermen its milion odd unemployed receiving a cne person in Hongkong, had a simple which would be rendered useless or diffidole and being thereby demoralized even against their will, while in another part of the Empire-Canada-labour is so faith that the armadillo was to be found in South Amerias only.

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After this came the erection of the dyke recently completed and now, very shortly, IN THE YANG-TEE-KLANG,"

wilbe begun the laying down of the great. One hears queer stories about Chiastyke 31 miles long between Wieringen and A friend, who ought to know, assured me the mainland of Friesland. The latter. dykes is the one which will turn the Zuy- that there are alligators in the Yang der Zee into a fresh water lake in place Tse-Kiang. He also stated that nowhere of a shallow but bring arm of the North else in Asia will you find them. He had Sea. all sorts of theories as to how they got there; but, according to him, they showed no signs of dying out. ---

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SNAKES OF HONGKONG. There are many stories about snakes in Hongkong and there is no doubt that One enterpris. pythons have been seer. ing gentleman saw a python lying across the Conduit path at the west end of the island. He could see neither the head nor the tail of the snake. Having rubber-soled shoes and a thick stick he

crept along the path. Bending his knees he dealt the snake a resounding blow, thinking to kill it at once by breaking its back.

One of the most important secondary features of the work is this provision of fresh water in place of the present salt and brackish supplies, for the mere value of the new land will be less than the cost of the work

the situation.

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The feeling in-Canada is that the great mass of the people in this country are 30 absorbed in such questions as unemp ployment, labour troubles, etc., that not only do they not think of the needs of! Canada, but also that they do not care.

At present there is a tariff wall against Canadian produce, erected by the United States. The Western farmer naturally turns to Britain for his market. What Including certain financial provisions kind of reception does he get For years that have been made to accelerate the we placed an embargo on his cattle (in work (which originally was to take about common with all cattle from abroad). thirty years, but will not now take so Hardly had this been taken off when an long the coat will be about 640 million embargo was placed on Canadian peta KING EDWARD

Then the Labour Government guilders, while the value of the new land toes.

Canada. There is about

even at the end of 25 years, the time turned down the Preference recommend which it is estimated it will take to make ed by the last Imperial Conference

At the present time. over a thousand it fit for cultivation, will be only about

American "industries have branch fac 510 million.

tories in 3850,000,000 of American capital invested in Canada industries. Statistics indicate that the total investment of American capital in Canada amounts to a sum practically equal to the investment of British capital.

This loss of thirty million guilders will be made good partly by the new areas ol-fresh-water, partly by the improved conditions of traffic between the northern provinces of Holland and partly by the abolition of some present dykes and the Improvement of the land behind them. The present dyke, which looks like It was like hitting the hard tyre of

"The stick great reservoir dam, though the water on motor car," he said.

each side has both the character and the jumped back and before I knew what had movement-of-sea water, is at the lowest happened the head of the stake was point of its crown about 22ft. above high- near mine the movement was as quick water mark. In the building of it as will as Lightning. I fell over backwards, also happen in the building of the longer Almost at once I heard a crashing through dyke, old and new, natural and artificial the brushwood down the hillside. It are all combined. was like a big pig rushing down. No doubt Mr. Python was as frightened of me as I was of him."

island.

"..

Method 800 Years Old.

Funds from New York...

Before the war tho large sums of money. provided for the development of Canada's natural resources were obtained from Great Britain. To-day Canada's financial cuntre has shifted from London to New York. ་

Another fact that is increasing United States influence in Canada is that the Dominion is flooded with American news- papers, magazines, and moving pictures. Canadian newspapers carry great quan- tities of American news, while at the anime time they carry only a small pro- portion of British news.

With regard to trade, the United States in Canada's best customer, and Canada purchases from the United States more goods then from any other country.

One of the oldest methods employed is It is related that a python 24 feet long that of setting the foundation blocks on woven willow branches. was killed near Belcher's Fort some eight mattresses of

These, which vary considerably in size or nine years ago.

There is also the Story of Headquar-according to the blocks under which they ter's House. A lady bad placed a glass are set, hold such blocks in position on of milk on the verandah near her chair. the slippery bed of the sea or the equally

slippery under-blocks. As she was about to pick up the glass this method is probably the oldest she saw a cobra sipping the milk. She

Within the Dominion itself it is note fortunately did not scream but called known and can be traced back definitely quietly to a gardener who brought help for nearly 800 years, and may possibly be worthy that the Martime Provinces, owing to the high tariff imposed. by the United The late Willia" Armstrong had a older still.

Some of the cement, on the other hand, States, are sympathetic to closer trade reputation As an authority on local

The snakes. One of his friends alleged that is a recently discovered natural product relations with the United States. be had discovered sixty varieties on the known as "keileem" or flint loam. It Western Provinces, for similar reasons comes from the district north of where of high tariff-imposed by the United Centipedes are not uncommon. Some the work is being done and is a kind of States against grain and cattle imports, times they are big ones, with shell, backs natural concrete which hardens during are also in favour of closer trade rela like the back of a crab. Civet cats may contact with the air, so that it is used tions with the United States Closer as a solid mass to fill in the inner part trade relations between two adjacent be seen on the south side of the island.

countries of similar language, currency, Some of the new-comers may find, it of the erection under the dressings.

As the willow mattresses harden with and business methods must-it one is to difficult to believe that on one occasion the action of the water and remain un judge by history-be inevitably followed we had great excitement over a tiger impaired for centuries we find Nature by closer political relations. He was subsequently killed at Fanling providing in these two materials for There is not much doubt that he visited. Human protection against its own forces.

While the development will cause some ... the island. Indeed many people alloge that tigers come each year. There cerobanges and even some loss to the fisher- tainly are wolves and wild pigs at Fan folk by moving the centres of their work ling.

further north, the amount of employment which is being provided at the moment'is considerable. *-

THE UNBOBBED FRAULEIN...

A country where bobbed hair appears Probably the local dear was the magnet for Mr. Stripes. These little animals are

to be unknown, and where silk stockings queer things. We were in a car coming

People from all over the world, and practically do not exist, is the impression back from Deep Water Bay, not long particularly from all over Holland, are of Saxony brought back by Mr. T ago, when we just missed running over making suggestions for improvement in Baxter, vice-president of the British- one of them:

the methods or for avoidance of evils. Farmers Union, and chairman of the One suggestion made by certain experts Best Bagar Committee of that body,

proof-polders

During the whole of my visit.I did is thas one or two small areas of land on which tests as to not see a girl with a bobbed head," be. the agricultural possibilities can be made said. "Even the school girls wear their should be created before the whole aren hair in two long plaits down their backs, is formed.

I also saw very few silk stockings.

It seems as if the birds on the island are more numerous than they were ten or fifteen years ago. Near the Kowloon reservoir there is a school of monkeys. They will come out of the woods" for bananas and nuts..

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