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Established 1887

THE

MANUFACTURERS LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY

HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO, CANADA' (Occupied exclusively by the Company)

It Must Be Good When So Many Buy It

N every city, town and village there. IN

is abundant evidence of the value of life insurance in sustaining the home following the death of the husband or father and in providing funds for the evening of life.

MR. EJ. R. MITCHELL,

BDistrict Manager.

18, CHATER ROAD.

Tel: 20601.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1931.

MYSTERY ISLAND

ABOLISHED

WHERE IS IT?

BIRTH CONTROL MENACE

[“FATHERS' UNION". TO BE

FORMED.

BRITISH. INFLUENCE IN DOMINIONS.

OR DID IT EVER EXIST?

An island which Iras long been shown on the Admiralty charts is officially abolished by a Notice to

The Res. Burtace Hill propose, Mariners issued from the Hydro wish the aid of the Clergy and lay graphic Department.

men, to form a Fathers' Union, with This is Dougherty Island, some-brunches in every gurish in Eng times called Kenter Island, in the land, in order to combat the taach- far south of the Pacific, on the con- ing of birth control, by means other

nes of the, Antarotie-well describ than alf-control.

S

ed as one of the most desolato and isolated spots in the ocean."

First sighted in the year 1900 by Captain Swain, of the, American ship Chartes, & detailed description of the island was received in 1841 from Captain Dougherty, whose nang it bears. Wren in command of the whaler James Stewart he

Pissed within three cables of the island, which he estimated to be 5 or è miles in length, with a high bluff at the northeastern end, and how land at the south-weet point.

HELP FOR AMERICAN

UNEMPLOYED,

DRIVE REALIZES SUM OF

€ 8300,000,000.

Washington, Nov, 25.-With no federal fund to deal with the suf- fering which will occur during the coming winter, which is expected to be the hardest in Amerien t history, the National Community Cheat drive ended to-day. Through out the land subscfiptions totalling G$300,000,000 have been made to: holp local charitable organisatioNO- cope with the problemi created by the plight of 7,000,000 unemployed ¦ persons.

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"I feel that the Church to which I belong," said Mr. Hint the an- mal meeting of the League of Na-

The unmpaign was conducted by tional Life, ni Caxton Hall, West- Persident Hoover's Orgnúisation on mainster, "has not mobilised its Unemployment Relief. Owen D.) forges to fight the birth control prq-Young is the Chairman of the Or paganda that is doing so much ganisation and Mr. Walter S. Gif- harm."

ford, the President of the American

He appealed to every clergyman

Telephone and Tolegraph Compang, is its Director.

who was in whole-hearted sympathy with th

Langue of National Life in its condemantion of the use of enn-

There was no national fund busk traceptives to send him the names people throughout the land, dur- of laymon in their parishes who

Ilis ship was doing 10 knots at the were in agreement with the princi.ing the Community Chast drive,

thne.

Soen for Tarce Days.

In 1811 Captain E. Krates, of the

ples of the Lengue"

were urged to contribute through He would then, he said, visit Iocal welfare and relief organisa those parishes with a view to form

tions in a Fathers' Union in each of them. He did not see, ho said, why there should be, only Mothers" Unions, as, after all, when trouble frat began it was not the woman who had to answer for it but the

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Bristol vessel Louise, sighted the island at a greater distance, and ag parency from a different quarter. [siner it appeared to him to be round (in shape. Mi. Stannard, of the bar, qo Cingalese was close to the island for three days in 1888. He

Mr. Hill for 30 years has been in considered it to be 300 feet high at the north-easter-end, and other South Africa. He was padre with wise identical in appearance with the South African Infantry through Captain Dougherty's nechunt. He the War, where he lost his right iswa dia second time in 1809. Cap. In view of a hirth-rate that tain R. Mary, of Nantucket, also has fallen in recent years from 30 claims to have seen the island at a date ammed

Position given varied na to lati tude from 30 deg. 10 50 dez. 21 min. S. wol rớt to longitude from 90 deg. to 120 deg. 20 min. W.

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Capt. Scott's Search.

Agalare this evidence the Ad. mialty have set seven more recent reports from abfervors who have sought for the island in vain. In 1504, 1900, 1907 and 1010 Captain Grochstreet, in the 3. Rimutaka, searched for the island along the papallet of 50 deg. 4 in. S. with out any sign of land appearing,

Captain, Scott, on his return from bis firs Antarctic Expedition in the Discovery in 1904, found a depth of 12,319 fathoms in the charted position of the island as reported by Don icherty.

per 1000 to 16 per 1000, he is can"! cprzed net only with the ineral but with the patriotic point of view. He pointed out that, at that rate, we were losing 2,000,000 of popula lion in four years, or double what we lost in the War. And we were losing the best-the children.

Position in South Africa,

We might think, he declared, that England was over-populated, but anybody who had beer in the Do. miniont would think the opposite. Our influence in South Africa was waning, because of the decreasing population at home and the conse- Puent ingeleient pressure capsing us to send cut a vigorous popula- tion which would enable us to hold our position there,

The Empire owned the biggest slice of the earth, and it was not In 1915 and 1930 other ships pass-carrying out its mission to "sub-

due the earth" so long as the po tential power that lay in the great spaces was not being developed for our race.

ing the spot w na sign of land; While last year Sir Douging Marson, the Discovery, obtained a depth (of 179 fnthems beatly there mis) by ceho sounding in the

The League, he went on, was the eintrted position. Although the fighting force of England, the most weather was crear, with visibility up

ta ten piiles, no land" could be dispatriotic in the country at the pre

direction.

ecumed in

Skippers Blunders.

Samming up, the Hydrographer of

sent time and the most caszential for

the life of the nation and of the Empire.

Dr. F. McCann, who presided,

the Navy, Vice-Adminal i. P. Dou- said that he did not believe that glas, stalen:

After careful examination of these who advocated birth-control, the various reports, it is consider- realised the enormous harm they

ed that the existence of Dougher-wern doing to the country by their ty leland, in the vicinity of its

charted position, has been dis- Propaganda. He referred to it as proved, and all references to this one of the most deleterious" and island in the virious Admiralty poisonous influences” which had ever publications are to be expunged

existed in this nation.

In the face of the earlier evidence on the, subject, the only conclusion: to be drawn is that the various re ports of the island's position must contain large errors both of latitude and longitude.

SON AND HEIR FOR MAHARAJA.

CREAT CELEBRATIONS

STATE OF JAIPUR.

.

GERMAN GIRL FLIER EN ROUTE HOME.

TAKES OFF FROM OSAKA.

Osaka, November 25.-The cele brated German aviatrix. Fraulicn INáfarga von Etzdorf, started on ber return fight to Berlin this morn- ing.

New Delhi, November 24.—There

is bilation to-day in the historic. The aviatrix, who flew to Japan Indian State of Jaipur at the by way of Siberia, is taking the birth of ason to the Makaraisouthern route on her return jours This is the first direct hair born for

a whole century to a maharaja who ney to the German capital.

Her

in turn had auecceded his own first hop will be to Urusan, in inther.

Southern Koren, and from there

The event has been celebrated with great festivities which ended she will fly to China. She will then to-day with a magnificent Durbar proceed to Berlin wid India.. at which the Maharaja announced that, in honour of his son's birth.

Franlion von Etzdorf started on

ho would remit arroars in rents her return journey at 8.30. this and judicial fines imposed during morning.. She has stayed almost the past five years. His generosity three months in Japan, having or involves the State treasury in

Bum amounting. to nearly £250,000. Tived in Tokyo on August 29,

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