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DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS.

(August 17.)

Lammort's Auction Sale of Mar ble Statuary, 10 Queen's Road Cent Iral, 2.30 p.m."

Band Concert at Botanical Gar 'dons (South Wales Borderers) -0.13 p.m...

coin."

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Queen's Theatre: "Abraham L

World Thestto: The Shadow" (Chinese film),.

Star Theatre: The Divorcee." Central Theatre The Storm. King's Theatres "Don't Bet On Women."

Prince's Theatre; “Alibi.” Dinner Dances at Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotels..

Tides-High at 11.30; Low at 4.52 and 6.10.

Tuesday.

(August 16.)

Rotary Club Tita, Lane, ford Restaurant, 1 p.m. Speaker: Mr. D. M. Maynard, on "A Trade Commissioner at Work."

MY LORD THE

ELEPHANT."

STORY OF THE FAMOUS KNYSNA AND "ADDO HERDS.

THE ONLY SURVIVORS IN SOUTH

"AFRICA

The Society for the Preservationi | Knysna people that their elephants of the Fauna of the Empire met are the largest, in the world. recently in "London to consider fur So much mystery still surrounds ther means for the preservation of the life story and habits of the {wild' creatures which otherwise'aré | elephant that, it is not remarkabla. "in" danger of Bextination. Among | thất, the Knysna berd provides these are the gorillas of Uganda, riddles for the people of the the elephants of South Africa, the forests. There is a government, | Indian rhinoceros, the elephant station in the forest of Doopwalls,

seal, the sea otter, etc. The Capo town Correspondent of the Ace Chronicle, writew as follows on the few surviving elephants in South Africa.

There are still wild elephants close to the southern tip of Africa, This is the story of the giants of; the Knysna forests, only three hun- dred miles from Capetown-the last herd of great tuskers south of the Zambesi.

Few people, oven: in South Craw-Africa, know this herd. You may spend all your life in the town of Kaysha with never a glimpse of them. Yet they are there, in the cool green shelter of the remote Hong Kong Football Association, forest; descendants of the legions Council Meeting, 5:00 p.m.

that made their homes among the Queen's Theatre: "Abraham Lia-tall stinkwood trees when the world coln,"

World Theatre: "The Shadow" (Chinese film).

Star Theatro: "The Divorcee." Central Theatre: The Storm." King's Theatre: "Don't Bet On

Women."

Year after year, sometimes 'on the same night, each year, the whole herd- crosses the rond at the 13th milestone near Deepwalls.

The remain in a lonely, burnt- out clearing for two days; then to their favourite they roturn abode at a place called Oubrand. No one can say what strango in stinct moves them to make this ro gular pilgrimage.

Even this small hard does tremen dous damage in the plantations. They pull up to youag trees in search of tasty roots, tear off bran- chas, ehow off leaves at the top, and sometimes make a combined attack on larger trees which one elephant cannot break down alone,

All the anime, it is 30 years since the Knysna herd killed a man. He was young. Out of all, those unhad foolishly pitched his camp on told thousands only eleven, perhaps the elephant trail; and while he thirteen elephants remain.

slept that night his dog attacked an Some of this last herd, no doubt, elephant. Furiously the elephant xaw the first white men arrive with charged the dog and crushed the their muzzle-loaders. Before that the sleeping man." they had escaped the poisoned arrows and pits of Bushman bun ters. How long will they resist the gradual destruction of their forcet stronghold!

Prince's Theatre; Alibi." "Dinner Dances at Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotels.***.

European Mail-Iaward: Europe a Siberis (Angers). Outward: Europe vin San Francisco (Pres Lincoln) 6.30 a.m.; Europe via Suer (Angers) 12.20 p.m.; Europe via Suez (Philoctetes) 2.30 p.m.; Europe Siberia, ordinary letters only for Europe superscribed Siberin; Air Mail Shanghai-Manchouli (Sphinx) 2 p.m.

Just-Elovan: SuİVİVOZA,

The woodcutters fear the ele phants. When they are felling timber near Oubrand they always Insh a rope ladder to a huge tree. Only a year ago a party of wood- cutters were. træed " for two days. Forty Pinics

In the forest, seven miles from It is said that the Knysna-ale- Knysna, I met a timber foremanphants, at intervals of many years, one of the handful of men who go pounding across country for know the elephants. They were rooting up the, ferns in a kloofaina in the Addo Bush. There are 100 miles to visit their small cou- when I last saw them," he said. between 30 and do in the Addo Talking to each other with voices herd. Scientists believe that they like turkey-cocks, rolling in the were once giants, like the Knysna mud-holes, toboganning down the elephants, and. that in the course muddy slopes, with their "fect to of thousands of years they have Tidea: High at 12.30 and 12.88; gether like great dogs. I was not become dwarfs to fit in with the Low at 5.49 and 6.45.

more than three hundred yards low scrub bush which hides there. away, but they could; not, get my Most of them have lost their tusks scent-the wind was in my direc during this process. tion. For ten minutes I watched them at play, then I shouted. They all went swaying elf blindly into the undergrowth, gaining speed like Lammert's Salo of Stock-in-Trade, battering-rams, the old ones urging Palace Store, Kowloon, 11 a.m. the calves along, until they dis Queen's Theatre: "Abraham Fin-appeared, still trumpeting and breaking down the young trees in coln."

their path."

Wednesday.

(Angust 18.)

World Theatre: "The Shadow" (Chinese film).

Star Theatre: "The Divorcee." Central Theatra: "The Storm." King's Theatre: "Don't Bet. On Women"

On rainy days, sometimes, the herd leaves, the forest to rove the open veld. Elephants, detest hent, and the blind flies that worry them in the open on hot days. Also, they seem to know that they are less likely to encounter human beings in wet weather.

Tea Dance at King's Restaurant; Dinner Dances at Peninsula Hotel

A fully-grown African elephant and Repulse Bay Hotel.

is twice the sizo of the Asiatic Tides:-High at 1.05 and 19; species; and there is some founda Low at 6.53 and 7.2.

tion for the statement of the

At the beginning of the century the Addo, hord was hundreds strong and devastated many a farm. It was found impossible to keep the elephants within their reserve, 40 miles dong and 20 miles wide, and so the thunder of guns was beard in the bush and the elephants were thinned out. These attacks made the survivors more alert and irrit· able, certainly more dangerous = than ever before. He is a bold man who goes hunting in the fastnesses of, this dying race.

Tho elephants of Knyann and Addo are the very last herds in South Africa.

Before very long we may have to write the drama of the last great tusker's death in the South African forests.

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