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NEW ROADS IN 'CHINA.

STEADY MATERIAL

PROGRESS.

[United Press. !

Perisa, July 4

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1929.

CAMPAIGN AGAINST

RHEUMATISM.

RED CROSS CLINICS.

MENACE OF WILD CATS IN AMERICA:

ESCAPED DOMESTIC PETS.

WORKING CLASSES HELPED. 'Í ALARMING HAVOC IN GAME-

BIRD AREAS.

The Duke of York, chairman of the expell of the British Red Cross cloty, presided at its half-yearly meeting held at St. James's Palace Shearly.

Despite political agitation and eivil wars.

the cities of South China are being entirely rebuilt on

The council-received the society's modern lines, and a network of

report for 192s, which showed sa, highways has been completed which steady hereuse in the work of the permits automobile transportation viety and its branches. - The prin- through districts bitherto accessible, cipal event of the year was the nly by carts and wheelbarrows, initiation of the campaign against Julean Arnold, American corpheumatism, which, was undertaken cial attache in China, reports after at the instance of members of the a tour of the provinces of Yuruan.medical profession and of the ap Kwangtung and Kyangsi.

proved societies. The The attention of the world, the acties of the approved societies naturally, is focusses on political" by this matter are to be found in disorders in China, but Mr. Arnold reports Bud by their representa points out that the steny material i tives who were sent abriad to study progress of South China's gitles in the face of exeglitant ensation and periodic is government has escaped with little notice.

Long Service.

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A new species of wild eat, prey." ing on birds and small game, and, therefore, we are told."a menare, is developing in Amerion, says the New York Literacy Digest. 3s" a

result, in at least one State, New that a tax be placed on household York, the suggestion has been made

cabbies to distinguish theal from killer cats and facilitate the exter. mination of the latter.

GERMAN

ACE."

"MAN WHO HAS BEEN NEAR GOD."

CAPTURING ALTITUDE

RECORD.

[United Press.]

Berlin. Wilhelm Neunhofen, the German Kirman who recently established a new altitude record when he brought his Junkers plane to a height of 12,739 metres narrow- yenried death when he fainted from lack of oxygen during a simi- lar attempt three days before, he later told some of his flying come panions.

As a result of his record-breaking fens Neunhofen has beeme known to Germany as the man who has been closest to God. The climb was inado over the city of Dessau

The killer cat, according to the Binghamton Press. may be found. like MF Kipling's tat, in the wild. wer wond's, walking by himself. With no visible means of support,

in reasons for it with sleek fur and rounded stomach, which is the graveyard of partridge and pheasant chicks, his number is legión, hut because he is Junobtrusive and, as far as possible, kps out of the way of men and dogs, his numbers incrense."

Out-Breeding the Fox. » The old time wild eat, formerly.. common in América, is not "AL ing a Comeback." This new killer somebody's pet gone simply native. He has been left behind at the summer camp, he has strayed from farm or vilinge, and is shit- ing for himself.

Mays the Press further in an

the question of the treatment of hennation in European countries. This investigation was under taken because of the very serious floss which the approved societies Mr. Arnold celebrates the close of were suffering in their Suanes, and . 27th year in American Govern. in the loss of time of their mem not service in China this summer, Hers, by reason of the prevalence and has made repeated visits to the of theumatism among the popula-editorial: interior of South China, but has tiste generally. The inquiry showed recent trip surprised him. He found that in some countries, especially it difficult to recognise many cities | nihusinakin and Germany, there I had visited before because they i were ample Egcilities for treatment kave been so thoroughly "rebuilt.hugation, and that this treat Wah- have been torn down, streets ment was taken full advantage of widened, and comparatively mideed; thom of the working close for

what it was introikei indings erected, "

Valuable Treatment.

Exact data on the number of trhy eats which infest game-bird areas and take heavy toll from the young birds is not available. Yet the is report shows that pro- tectors of the division destroyed as bird-hunting cats as against two foxes, two dogs hunting deer. end 113 hawks.

From Robert T. Morris. a trap- per, of Southern Connection, who ach winter shares predatory ani- mals, cotes the opinion that th. hunting cat is now out-breeding the fox along the Atlantic seaboard. He notes that a neighbour who has a small trap line caught thirty cats in his traps last winter, and that all of them, even those taken in

the dead of the snowy seasor when other furdwarang animals were likely to be gaant, seemed to be fat and in first-rate physical condition.

•Examination of their stomach con- tents, he says.shows that ents re ally betong with the fox so far as live largely upon mire, and are as beneficial as the for in that parti. cular respect. On the other hand. they are more highly destructive to

The American official declares thus ge was piesantly " impressed ja Tharie mal" be no question, crates by the efforts to instal modern, the gut, as to the value of treat- Beanitary equipment in many ofment in the early stages or rheuma- oh China's cities, with unserism, and for this early treatment aparat beordt to the health of the Hurle as no provision exists in Eng. inhabitants. But be was most and. The independent inquiries "Struck by the development of the¦ nude by the medical nien confirmed highway system in Kwangtung and the findings of the approved site. Kwaugs..

4 representatives, with the result Although Mr. Arnold travelled that they jintly approached the

1,300 miles of roads in the British Red Cross Society and asked in general is concerned. They taroš provinces, he declares “hqjed for, thgir, help in the campaign, found none 'sa popras some of those They suggested that the British in immediately vicinity of Bad Cros Society was the appro- Peping. The highway between briat» body to appeal to the coun Peping and Tientsin, the of the ary as a whole, and they also peist- important in China. has beed out that the society had the com so bad that automobiles cover necessary machinery for raising the italy with grent difficulty.

¡lands required, whorens neither the Pro Bono Publico.

approved societies nor the medica!

· Officials in South China, necörd ing to Mr. Arnold, have learned that motor highways are worth cultivating--not only for the benest

had any spreial organization rerhis purpose. After careful consideration the of the public? but for their own exeive committee decided to us tax monoting to 49 per ceat of dertake the work; and the Ew0,000

ifish ends. The officials exact a

birds.'

Each year the errant cat draws fresh recruits from surplus tabbies and, toms of furmhouse, village, and

city. In the Adirondacks and Catskills. scores and perhaps hundreds of cats are left behind at the end of the camping season by families that have taken these animals into the mountains for the vacation period. When that hap ens the cat goes wild and finds an off his domestic habits and becomes easy living as a hunter. He sloughs a beast of prey, even more readily than the inore "domesticated dog. the gross receipts from the motor necessary to build and equip the The result is disastrous for the wild bus companies which operate 300 first clinic was speedily raised. The birds, especially the game birds automobiles over these highways, and the 2 companies still manage, Appeal commended to the which are ground runners and to show a profit.

nation by letter in The Times The Americas official struck the that appeared over the signatures. trail of the opium poppy in Yunnan province, discovering that ohm is gong others, of Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Yunnan's most important crop. in Lloyd George, and Mr. Ramsay which the officials have a large MacDonald. The response to the share. Kwangsi officials get their appeal was satisfactory, but it taken considerably share of opium profits too, Mr. would have Arnold found, as they tax it in longer to get the money had it not been for the great generosity of Sir transit.

Opium in Yunnan is responsiblë! Otto Beit. for another modern innovation. In order to prevent Kwangsi from col leeting heavy transit taxes DA pium, the Yunnan officials are buying airplanes to transport the opium to the coast.

Blood Transfusion.

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The first central clinic will be established in a suitable building in the neighbourhood of Regent's Park, which is being adapted and Mr. Arnold found that even the equipped for the purpose. It is aborigines in Yunnan are being hoped that this clinic will be open- westernized." They do not find in October next, and that it it necessary to wear clothes, but ! serve as a centre to subsidiary each aborigine now-a-days insists clinics throughout the country, upon having an electric flashlight, especially in thickly-populated in his proudest possession. No nhori dustrial areas. Several Red Cross gine's equipment is complete with-clinics throughout the country are out a flashlight, aud sometimes it is already engaged in work similar to all he has.

PASSENGERS.

Arrivala.

that which will be undertaken by the central clinie, and it is intend- ed to combine these in one general scheme.

nesters.

Suggested Tar on Cats, "Perhaps the answer is found in a tax on eats. That is a suggestion which may arouse a storm of disap proyal from those who own and love the animais. ut since the than six or seven eats at a time. average person rarely wants more it seems likely that a nominal tax on toms, and perhaps a heavier one on tabbies, would not be burden

some.

It might provide a

popular

method of revenue-raising for, vil Inge and city officials. In any event it is worth thinking about. Some thing should be done to prevent the emergence of a new species of American wild cat. That such a species is being developed in this country is now past question."

Lewellyn F. Legge, chief of the New York State Conservation De- partment, fish and game division, proved to be heartily in favour of this plan, saying, in an interview in the Prent.

machine of the type of the Bremen in which Kochi. Huene: feld and Fitzmaurice crossed the Atlantic. Neurihofen made a name. for himself as a World War airman and from 1924 to 1927 piloted a com- mercial airplane in South America forthe Junkers company.

BY MAIL. WIRE, AND

WIRELESS. PRESIDENT

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New York.-The Bank of America and the Chatham-Phoenix National Bank and Trust Company are con sidering a merger which would coin- bine assets of $1,000,000,000,

Bestin.-Elli Tussmar, well-kaowa woman parachutist, 'was killed at Chur when daring an aeronautical display she was driven by a sudden storm far from the landing pince and into the Rhine, where she was drowned.

Warsaw. The former members of the Polish Socialist party, who some time ago went over to the Pilsudski group, have issued a mani- festo protesting against the pro- posed visit to Poland of a number of

Frominant British, German, French nad Belgian Socialists and trade union Waders because, it is argued, such a visit is liable to com- plicate inner political affairs in Poland.

Berne. The local section of the Swiss Alpine. Club at Lucerne has declined to admit to membership the Italian Cousul-General in order to protest against the rigorous con- rol by the Italian, police of moun

the frontier peaks Laineering a whereby numerous people get into trouble when they unwittingly pass the frontier into Italian territory.

Souchern California Edison, Pacifie

Practice Flights. During my South American fly †ing, He said, I crossed the Cor

New York. It is reported in dilleres many times and this necesfinancial circles that consolidation sitated very high flying. Despite is expected at an early date of this experience I hesitated for sever. al weeks before I would bring self to thinking in carnest about trying for a new world's altitude record. When at last I decided, I engaged an assistant, and the two of us climbed several times to observe the effect of the higher atmosphere on ourselves and on the plane.

These practice lights lasted ap- proximately 14 days and during that time we went above the 10 kilometre mark inore than oneri

It was in my first serious at tempt to capture the record that I missed disaster by a hair's-breadth. When I had reached an altitude of about 11,500 meters the feeder line of my oxygen apparatus suddenly froze: I was left without air and fell into faint. At about 4,000 metrs I recovered consciousness and found that the plane retained its stability and had made a gliding, spiral descent of 7,000 metres. turned on the gas and made a smooth landing.

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Neunhofen explained that in his steressful attempt he had with him A safety device, operated from the instrument board, which is designed to prevent mishaps of this nature.

zero,

Perl of Thin Air.

reports

Lighting and Pacific Gas and Elec- persist in re These spite of a statement by C. O. G. Miller, president of the Pacific Lighting that a merger of his con- cern with Pacise Gas and Electric however, that such a merger might is remote. Mr. Miller admitted.

take, place,

Washington.-Replying to pro- tests of citizens of international Falls, Minnesota, against the recent killing of a private citizen there by prohibition enforcement agents who subsequently admitted they found no liquor, President Hoover said that the Government had no inten- tion of tracgressing the law in pur-

suance of enforcement activities.

He said that the entire matter has been referred to the Treasury De partment for thorough investiga-

Vladivostock:-Trade between the Soviet Union and Japan during the first half of the present economic year, October, 1998, to March, 1929. amounted to 15,000,000 Yen, or 7. pag. cent. more than in the correspond. ing period of the preceding year. Lumber alorie accounted for 42 per cent. of the Russian exports to Japan.

Athens. A movement is gaining

The greatest hindrance in flights of this sort," he continued, is the extreme cold; the greatest peril is the very thin air. The ground here which aims at baving change in temperature during my the Olympus, the mythological seat record climb was NO degrees. When of the gods, and the surrounding I left earth the thermometer stood district transformed into a national at 25 degrees (Centigrade); up park reservation. In order to at ahovy it was 55 degrees (C) below tract foreign visitors, a rahle nil. way is to be built to carry the I was forced to fly without pro-tourists to the top of the "sacred them was completely frusted over an tective goggles because the glass in mountain.

Every time I wanted to look out that could not see through them. of the cockpit to orientate myself the biting cold struck me square in the eyes, and as result my left eye was frozen shut when I about 11,500 metres up on my record flight. The cold brought tears to my eyes and in a second the lids of, the left eye were frozen together. However, I did not consider this sufficient reason for abandoning the fight.

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London. To By or not to Ay is the agitating question which is burning the minds of the authorities of Cambridge University. Recently the college permitted a university ying corps to be organized, but now it is balking at the formation of a civil aviation division.

Moscow.-Six, thousand and six

hundred boys and girls from the "ges of co. 16 will gather in the Soviet expital soon from all corners of the vast Soviet Union to attend

nationwid congress of the Pioneers, an organization equivalent to the Boy and Girl Scouts, in other countries. With very few excep.

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"Of all the marauding animals that are killing birds and small game, I would rank the cat first- The Red Cross climics. at Ken- then the goshawk and then the horn sington and Hackney, as welled owl. But the cat is the real those in Hertfordshire and Surrey, killer. There are 187,000 farms in have already expressed their will New York State, and they average The following passengers arrived ingness to cooperate, and it is three cats apiece. Those eats have

I would like to correct one yesterday by the

kittens, and that means an over- Taiping hoped that on the occasion of the 4.5. rom Australia ports:-M. G.

arise as a result of the suggestion Allan. Miss A. W. Allan, Mr. J.pening of the central clinic it will supply of cats at the farm-cata misapprehension which I think may

te possible to publish a list of at

that never go to the house; they R. Mitchell, Mrs. Mitchell, Miss least 13 clinics where the desired day and forage for their food at

live under the barns during the made by the Press. Cat owners E. M. Russell, Miss E. E. Mitchell, treatment can be cutained.

generally may think that it will mean trouble for their pets. It will on August 5. The organisation, in Due to sall to SINGAPORE, Belawan.Deli and Mr. J. G. Mitchell, Mr. A. C.

night. I doubt if the average' The blood transfusion service has farmer appreciates the losses that

mean nothing of the sort. The which radical labour unions of all the Bohannon, Mr. C. Ballentyne, Mrs.

Ocean participate, he sustains among his own chickens family pet is not the animal that the countries, bordering on Ballentyne, Miss F. Ram, Miss Teen active during the past year, Stodar, Capt. A V. Harcourt, although the increase in numbers that he might well charge up to destroys the game. It is the half- Preife

wild or wholly wild cat to which formed two years ago.... Miss M. Stott, Mr. Marcus Marks, served is not so marked as in pre-Lawless cate.

the editorial" refers. A nominal Mr. E. P. Barrett, Mrs. Barrett, vious years, partly owing to the

licence would afford even greater Matron E. O'Connor, Mr. T. development of liver treatment for

Judge Cluer to 2 barrister at pernicione anemia, which has large-

protection to the family pet. The Hewitt, Mrs. A. Tolhurst, Mr. R.

chief purpose of it would be to dis- Shoreditch County Court: You W. Garraway, Mr. E. Dubrovay, taken the place of a successicu of

can take this to the High Court. Mr. Joe Farren, Mrs. G. E. Gibson, transfusions for this disease. Of

tinguish the homeless tramp cat from the pet cat, so it would, in Barrister: There is always trouble Mrs. C. A. Cooke, Mr. S. Mac- the donors of blood over 900 were Rover Scouts, the remainder being

fact, be a form of insurance that if you go upstairs. kenzie. Miss M. Mackenzie, Mr. F.

would protect the family cat at a Mr. R. A. Cox, Mr. E.inbers of Toe H, the Y.M.C.A., Be Be Winandotherm Prachtige tilapia the mountains be summer cam- very small cost-perhaps not more Berkman, Mr. W. Gray, Mrs. Zizations. Special Incito per inde GTREBY CITY The tags would be light, and wearing Richardson, Mrs. Hewitt and due to the Central Y.M.C.A. Guild

them would work no hardship, aa Child, Mr. H. S. Thorley, Mr. Mil of Service, which provided 55 ton Hopert, Mia Melly Farren, donors at hours batween-midnight

family cats, many of which wear collars in any event Mr. D. Belloti.

and ..

The Real Hunters. "Then, over and beyond that crop of wild cats we have the hundreds and perhaps thousands of cats that stray away from villages into the nearby fields and woods, And those that are taken to camps

try by city people who want to get rid of their cats. Those are the hunters. Left to themselves and (Continued on next Column),

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