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"She says the Tatsuta Karu' will follow the 'Chichibu Bara' in three weeks, yet I always supposed Pacific licers ran on s'two- wook schedule. Eext year are you running

to America via Honolulu only every thres Wooks?"

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It is true that the maiden voyages ned spring are three weds apart

but there is a regular liner in the interval

In fact we have many weekly sailinge to America via Honokulu new year, and never more than a fortnightly interval. The "Chichibu Maru" voyage number one-will leave Yokohama on April 4the followed in one week by the "Tenyo Maru", and two weeks later by the "Tamu Mary" on her maiden voyage.

Frequens sailings are possible, because those three new giant companion motorhips, the "Chichibu Maru", the "Tata Mana and the "Axama Maru", will be in service with the popular "Taizo Maru"Tenyo Maru" and the "Shinyo Maru"-six specialise for an exacing trade. Ships and men cxclusively Oriera-California“

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CAPTAIN'S SWIM" AMONG

SHARKS.

Terrible experiences on an unin- habited island in the South Seas were described by Captain Dan Hamer of Barry, the master of the steamer Norwich City, which foundered on a submerged coral reef

in a fierce storm.

In 1931 census is to be taken of the population of Great Britain. Government officials are now work ing out plans for holding it, for counting the inhabitants of this The vessel was bound from Syd- theney to Honolulu, and had experi- tight little island"

enced great storms when she struck strangers within its gates is

a reef at Gardner Island, one of the formidable task. The Inst time Phoenix group, on November 29,

The sea was like a cauldron and British heads were counted, in 1921,

alive with man-eating abarks. The they Were found to aumber ship burst into flames after strik- 42,767,738. The schedules concerning, and was completely wrecked. ing them, when collected, occupied She carried a crew of thirty-four, 11,000 cubic feet of space and weigh and eleven men were drowned, five, ed 1.290 tons, an official of the Re-Europeans and six Arab firemen gistar General's department told the writer. It cost more than £500,000, he stated, to take the 1921

cenuus.

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Swept From Bridge. Captain Hamer said that while the men were preparing to launch the life-boats by the glare of vivid lightning a great wave struck the ship, sweeping him from the ship into the sea.

Giant Maps. Giant maps are now being made for the use of the takers of the forthcoming census. They will show

"I hit the water forty feet below, every street, alley and court in the and swam fifty yards clear of the land. The whole country has been ship," he said. The current ear split up into fifty enumeration ried me through the surf and land- areas A census chief has been aped me on the reef. I could see the pointed in each section, and on him island two hundred yards away will rest the responsibility of seeing when dawn broke, and I made for that no one escapes the court. it. Even the gypsies and the "hobos." on the roads will be trapped on census night by policemen specially detailed for this task. No one will be allowed to slip through the net which the Registrar General and his staff are weaving in the solitude of an upper chamber of Somerset House the government record office in the Strand.

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It probably will surprise many to learn that, long as is British bis tory, the census of 1831 will be only the fourteenth complete one that has been taken of the people of | England, Sectland and Wales. The first complete count was not made until 1801. Previously the popular objection to a national census was so strong that, in 1733, Parliament refused to sanction one.

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"I gave no thought to the sharks, and I landed safely, but exhausted. "The crew thought me drowned. They left the ship at dawn. The lifeboats were thrown into the tremendous aurf and capsized. It was there that the eleven men lost their lives.

"The survivors reached safety, cut and bruised about the body, having discarded their clothes in their struggle for their lives.

The steward, Mr. J. Jones, of Penarth, collapsed just before he reached the shore.

THE WEST.

Should the West deny to the East the right to have opium 1

„POLICE UNHORSED.

A violent rict broke out suddenly A Commission of the League of during the first race at the Vin- Nations has been making a tour of cennes track, Paris, last month, India to investigate the opium owing to nine of the horses having question, and the Rangoon Timer to run a race a second time after (Burma) puts forward a point of a false start which carried them view which is critical of those who almost to the finish.» seek to interfere with the habits of the Orient.

The West has no moral right (says the newspaper) to make it impossible for people in the East to obtain the solace of op so long as Westerners insist upon having the "solace" of alcohol The paper goes on to say -

cyo a

angry

In the twinkling of a

almost crowd of

5,000 backers set fire to the betting booths, and then swarmed on to the track and into the paddock and smashed up everything they could lay their hands on.

The Alty-odd foot and mounted policemen, on duty along the track were buried under a storm of flying chairs, sticks, and bottles, and the mounted men were unborsed.

Riot Calls. When fire brigades and lorry loads of policemen arrived a few to riot minutes later in answer calls, the great racing establishment was ablate in a score of places.

The East, of course, provides many instances of the degraded use of the malignant drug-salts, but the another general use of opium is

If the West matter altogether. desires to compare habit with habit, it should compare opium not with heroin or coonine, but with beer and whisky-particularly beer; as both opium and beer have long bean the solace of large bodies of

The terrified racing commission- people wracked by hard physical labour or exposure to hard condi- ers were barricading themselves in tions," and unable to afford much their boxes; the frightened horses in in the way of restoratives and con- the stables were neighing shrilly; We understand that the women in the tribunes were scream- fort. question of total prohibition maying, and the rioters were piling up arise as far as Burma is concerned. chairs and other equipment to make

more bonfires. Tetal prohibition must stand on the Bace grounds as the prohibition of alcohol.

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CHURCH NOTICES.

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, Hora Kowa. MARCH 16, 1930, 2nd Sunday in Lent

Holy Communion at ata

Holy Commanida (Ponk Church) at

8. Children's Service at 10 am. Sunday School at Peak School

10 am

Choral Holy Communion Service a

11.

Prober-Rev. B. V., „Koop. ' Erenson at 8.00 p.m.

LECTU URE at 6.30 Px, followed by

Discussion.

灿

Subject:- What are

Hell"?

Hearen and

Speaker: Rar G. E. Carpenter, MA,

3.80, of St. Stephen's College.

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A long row of fifteen betting and selling booths in the field had all "We refrain from going over their contents of tickets and money again the grounds of this contro-son souldering mass of ruin; ycray upon which so many hun hundreds of windows were smashed, dreds of reams have been written and even the starting-gates were since American Prohibition. Liberty blaring, of the individual conscience, indris-

At 3 p.m. M. Chiappe, Paris Pre- trial expediency, alternatives more fect of Police, arrived on the scene. disastrous than the original evil, administrative practicability-all to direct the police force and try to restore order. At his demand these and other questions apply the commissioners suspended the FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, both to opiam and to alcohol. As regards the British position, too, there is the additional question of solace of certain people of one racc of Empire citizens, while permit

other races and tried to soothe the mob by anucing that the money be reimbursed.

SOIENTIST..

"The crew were amazed to ste "heavens, what is that 1 pointing to me. Another replied, I can not be the old man, he is lost." "We were five days on the island,ting the solace of certain people of another race of Empire citizenst exposed to the wind and weather.

The problem is to forward the aim of the League of Nations to the Our rations consisted of one biscuit. covered with corn beef, and half a utmost while being "not unbeedful tin of milk and water a day. of the voice of the people.'

ne, and I heard one say: Good the moral right to prohibit the paid for admission tickets would "Branch of The Mother Church,

"Huge land crabs and rats en- tered our 'camp, and we had no sleep.

A Quatat Belief. There was a quaint belief that were the authorities to obtain ac- curate information as to the num ber of the people, severe taxation or other unhappy results migh; follow, and this prejudice existed | for many years. Eventually John

Desperate Fight," Rickman, a celebrated statistician, There were hundreds of sharks showed the absurdity of such- an in the lagoon, and whenever we argument, and by his "efforts the went near the shore the sharks con- first satisfactory and complete een-gregated around the spot as if they sus came into being in 1801. were hungrily waiting to devour

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Previously, on the basis of bap-us tisms, burials and marriages, the "We had a desperate fight to authorities had estimated the Eng-ward off land crabs and rats. The lish population in 1570 at 4,160,221, in 1670 at 5,773,043 and in 1750 at 6,317,033. The census of 1501 reveal ed the total population of the United Kingdom to be 10,500,950 Since then the people of Great Britain have been counted every ten years.

In the case of Ireland, not until 1913 had statesmen anything more than airmise to guide them, and the census then taken of the country was far from correct. The first ac- curate census of the population of the Emerald Isle was taken in 1931 and revealed its number to be 1,767,401. When last the entire population of Ireland was counted together, namely in 1911; the total was 4,300,219, This represented a drop in eighty years of 3,477,182, explained, of course, by emigration. The Irish Figures.

SENSATIONAL MEDICAL

DISCOVERY.

ASTOUNDING VITALITY

CLAIMS.

The trouble started at the begin- ning of the first race, the Prix du

Douvres.

"Return Our Money."

Five of the fourteen horses failed to get away as the starter hesitated before dropping his flag, thereby annulling the race, and by this time nine of the horses including some of the favourites, were fat down the track going at high speed, the jockeys not knowing that the race

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was off.

As the nine horses turned into the home · stretch furious cry of Return our money" arose from the horde of backers. In spite of these protests the race was re-run amid a tremendous hubbub.

A sensational discovery which claims to prolong the active life of mate went to sleep one night, and | both mer, and women was announced

When the result was announced was awakened by a bite from recently by the Faculty of Medicine there was an immediate explosion great crab. Others had tried to { of McGill University at Montreal. of wrath, and as the horses were led sleep, but after this" adventure, we The discovery has been made by towards the scales another cry of were content to keep awake, until Dr. J. B. Collin, the chairman of "Return our money." burst out the dawn"

the Biochemical Laboratory of the from the crowd; who made a dash university.

for the grand stand. The reign of | terror lasted for almost half an

"At last," said Captain Hamer, we saw two ships approaching the island, and from the north and the other from the south. They were the Trongate, of London, and the Lincoln Ellsworth, of Oslo.

We saw them lowering boats, and in one of them there were six Ellice Island natives which Ad- ministrator Allen, of. Apia, had re- cruited.

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Dr. Collip was associated with Dr. Banting in the diabetes rebour. searches which produced insulin.

This new discovery will, it is be lieved, revolutionise humanity, and will have "the effect of:-

Eliminating many existing ail ments of women;

Remedying conditions in adoles cence caused by lack of maturity, "They wore men of wonderful physique, and handled a small, eurf

Dr. Collip, after long experiment- boat in masterly fashion. We wereing, has, it is claimed, succeeded in rescued, three men at a time, in standardising a hormone of internal, the surf boat, and taken safely to secretion having effects somewhat the Trongate waiting outside the similar to these of the pituitary gland. A hormone is a substance reef."

manufactured in the body.

ARRESTED MAN SWALLOWS

fa

Voronoff Outdone. The new substanes discovered by Dr. Collip is administered as a drug, and has been derived from the placental gland.

The drug out-Voronoffs Voron- inoff," an official of McGill Univer-

No census of the Irish people was taken in 1923, owing to the dis- turbed condition of the country. | £10 DEBT 'DEATH DRAMA. When, in 1928 the populations of the Irish Free State and of North- ern Ireland were counted for the first time the figures were, for the former 2,979,802; for the latter, 1,238,322; total, 4,929,124. This re presented a further drop in the population of the whole country

of 181,095.

PRUSSIC ACID.

sity stated.

Experiments have been made on rodents, and a thorough clinical study of the drug will be continued in laboratories and hospitals.

PARKING WITHOUT.

LIGHTS.

EXPERIMENTAL MEASURE BY LONDON POLICE.

Scotland-yard recently issued the statement regarding following parking regulations in the Metro- politan area:

"The Commissioner of Police of the metropolis gives notice that un- der the provision of regulation yix of the Hond Vehicles, 1920, he has decided that as an experimental measure vehicles at the authorised parking places referred to below may stand without lights during the hours of darkness.

"Drivers should not, however, ex- tinguish their lighta during foggy weather.

Dr. Collip was aided in making

Cavendish-square, his amazing discovery by investiga

First in the Esce."

A death drama took place York railway station recently in full view of inany passengers.

Joseph Harrison, aged forty, of Belle Vue-terrace, York, who had It will be interesting to see what been arrested on a commitment the census of 1031 reveals as regards warrant for debt, was being taken the numbers of males and females to Hull to serve fourteen days' im- in Great Britain... For as long no

cords exist the number of women prisonment when he suddenly jump-tors in other countries-particular-

ed away from his escort and pully by Dr. Wiesnor, of Edinburgh. ling out of his pocket a bottle of prussic acid swallowed the con-

Dr. B. P. Wiesner, a young" tents. He immediately collapsed and died, although every effort Austrian, is a member of Professor F. A. E. Crew's team of physiolo wag made to save his life.

Harrison was employed as agista at Edinburgh University, and counter hand by Kaimes and Co., is regarded as one of the most wholesale druggists, of Misklegate, brilliant young physiologists in York, and at the inquest held later Europe. in the day employees of Messra, Raimes anid that the poison room was kept locked. It was a mystery how Harrison secured the prussic acid.

has been growing much more rapid- ly than that of the men. In 1801, when the first complete census was taken, there were 5,307,130 females in England, Scotland and Wals, and 4,339,836 malea-in other words, more females than males by 504,204.-

BEAUTIFYING HIGHWAYS.

"JOY FOR CENTURIES TO COME."

Harrison was at work when the The planting of trees by the sides bailiffs arrested him for the debt, of the new arterial roads of Great which was said to be £10. The Britain furnishes

a glorious op warrant was issued last November, portunity of handing down to but was not executed until the day posterity a scheme of wayside of the tragedy, beauty and utility.

The coroner found that Harri- Many county councils are keenly son committed suicide, and that interested in the question, and, there was no evidence to show the therefore, a new volume, Road state of his mind. side Planting," giving detailed sug- gestions for beautifying "the roads,

so that they will be a joy for cen

turies to come is opportune.

The idea of planting, fruit trees Mrs. Wilfrid Ashley has made anlong the roadside.. as applied in. useful suggestion that poplars. France and Switzerland, is not should be planted in the neigh commended. People tempted to bourhood of cross-roads, as a cau- gather the fruit would injure the tion to approaching motorists. trees, and children are liable to be (Continued at foot of next column), I run over.

"I am not surprised that Dr. Collip has been able to carry the work to this point," he told a re- porter in his laboratory in Edin- burgh.

The First Church of Chris, "

Scientist, in Boston, Mast, U.S.A.) MACDONNELL ROAD, BELOW BOWEN

-ROAD TRAM STATION.

11.15 am.:-

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SUNDAY HEAVICE, March 16, 1930, at

Subject-SUBSTANCE. The Sunday School is beld on Sunday Mornings at 10 o'clock.

Wednesday Evening Meeting 5.30 p.m.

Reading Room at above address, open:- Tuesday and Friday, 10 s.m. to 12. Neon; Monday and Thursday, 30 to 7 p.m.

The Public is cordially invited to attend the services and visit the Reading Room.

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UNION CHURCH (KENNEDY ROAD). BONDAY, March 16, 1930-

Divine Worship will be conducted as

follows

Morning Service at 11 a..

Evening Berrica at 6 p.m.

Proseher, morning and evening The Rev. F. Short

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WESLEYAN METHODIST

CHURCH, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST. SUNDAY SERVICES, Maroh 16, 1930 ----

Morning at 10.15 am—

Precher-Rev. H. Johnston, B...

Evening at 8.00 p‚¤‚—.

Preacher Mr. Gardner. Bunday School mo 3.00 p.m.

SAILORS' AND SOLDIERS'· HOME. PRAYA PAUT. BUNDAY, March 18, 1820-

6.15 p.Service Men's Hour. Mopar, March 17, 1930

3.00 p.m.-Meeting of the Ladies

Church Aid. WEDKZADAY, March 19, 1933-

9.3) p.m.-United Fellowship Meeting.

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THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SOHOOL.

A Confirmation Service will be held in the Hall of the DIOCESAN BOTA' Sencor on SUNDAY Next, MARCH 181b, at 10 am, when Sixteen Boys will b presented to the Bishop of Victoria for Confirmation.

Farents and Friends are cordially

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Whitehall-court, Horse Guards Victoria embankment, avenue, Whitehall-place, Waterloo place, Hens-place, St. James'-square, Marylebone, King-street, Baker-street, Port invited to be present. land-place, Bedford-square, King: sway Lincoln's Inn-fields, Red Lion-square, and Bloomsbury.

square.

Vehicles must be lighted as usual. during the hours of darkness at all other parking places in the me tropolitan police district."

"I invited him to come here be cause I regard him as one of the most promising men in Europe," He is an able scientist. Pro-said Dr. Crew

"Ile has been engaged on this fessor Crew and I have been eng aged in this research for two years question for the past ten years, and and have explained the fruits of his discoveries are now proving of our study on n number of occasions. great value.

"Medical thought has been ad- "I took the opportunity when visiting America last year in con.vancing steadily towards this point.. nection with medical congress in Wiesner reached it first, and now Boston to explain our discoveries Dr. Collip is reported to have made the application of the discovery ́a and methods to Dr. Collip.

Many men have been working practical possibility.” on this question, but he has been. first in the race.

An emitent"London doctor saidi The full value of the discovery cannot be decided until the prepar- Ten Years' Work.

ed hormone has been tried on a Professor Crew, the director of human subject. According to the the animal breeding research de accounts received, however, it partment, is delighted by his young should prove of great values in the treatment of certain defects to colleague's success. (Continued at foot of next column), (which women are subject,".---

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