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SNAKES HONG KONG

INSTRUCTIVE

LECTURE BY

DR. HERKLOTS.

SOME INTERESTING FACTS

• REGARDING LOCAL SPECIES.

NURSES WANTED

·FOR SHANGHAI

JJ

ARRANGEMENTS BY ST. JOHN AMBULANCE.

from

Acting on cubled instruations { ·

the Headquarters of the Order, London, the local Assistant

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Commissioner of Rt. Jaka Am- bulance Brigade is making arrange- *menats to despatch nursing

xistance to Shanghai - whore such help is urgently needed in the hospitals.

The following is the ficat portion of a paper on "Sanken of Hong

Nurses who wish to volunteer are Kong." read by Prof. G. A. C. kindly invited to commanicala Herklots beford the University with the Assistant Commissioner Medicial Society last evening, The Mr. Morris, no King's College, second and third portions will Cables from Shanghai state that appear in our Friday's and Satür-Burgeone and nurses are urgently day's issues respectively.

Dr. Ferklota said-

required.

Ta molical students and to doctors the study of the poisonous

The Feeding Process.

•or venonious species, their recogni The tongue is long, slander bifid, tion "ir the Beld and laboratory; moist and furnished with sensory and the treatment of snake-bite, corpuscles; it acts as a sense organ, form its most interesting aspect When a snaks puts out its tongue, No doubt some present would like it is not being rude, it is merely me to coffine my remarks to this tasting your presence! Moreover, part of the problem anly. Unfor- the tongue of a snake is horraless Bunately there is no casy mothed and should not be, as it often is, of tolling, apart a venomous from a confused with the fangs. Swallow non-vongmonts species and it is onlying may take hours; it is a process by knowing the species themselves, of gutting outside the food and is and thus avoiding confounding 4m with harmless varieties, that the problem of recognition can be solved. It is therefore necumary to know by sight the half dozen or dozen commonest harmless species, and the half dozen verhmous pne. The venomous snakes of Hong "Kong are common to South-East China though there may be a great

came out by the two halves of the mandible working altornately, (Remooher a sunke has no hands or paws with which to forse food into its mouth.) The spasmodic working of thứ ribs assist the ray has passed through the mouth.. proces as soon na a portion of the There is much salivation. Owing to this method of feeding, the brake is very long and opens far, forward range of variety of harmless species, slightly between the two halves of in the mouth; it can be protruded in different districts. In other the lower jaw so as not to be block- parts of the eastern tropics athered during swallowing. The right venomous species may also occur is much smaller than the loft: and it would be well worth the time the posterior half of the left wing apont if, for example, a doctor, from is a thin walled ane and morely acta Hong Kong goes to Singapore,. for as reservoir. The majority of him to learn to recognize the venom-snakes, except most vipers and most ous specios of Malaya in addition, se snakes, lay eggs; the shell is

Specimens on View,

parchment-like

containing FETY little calcium and is therefore, soft Snakes are intelligent but "mngt I propose to deal with this sub-are of mgross disposition and do jeet in the following: manner, not cars for company, even of other

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1932.

FIRE AT LOCAL

STABLE." ›

RACE PONIES STAMPEDE IN THE DARK.

GOOD WORK BY STABLE

HANDS:

A fire at the temporary stables in the Reclamation last night might have resulted in the loss of many pee ponies, but "for the timely. Arrival of the fire brigade and the quick action of the stable hands on the serne.

The exact cause of the outbreak

is not certain but it is believed

that the fire figinalede through eleotrio wires, turing, The datute of the stables made the spread of the fire inevitable, but thanks to the fact that chemical fire extin quishers were near at hand the flames were confined to one mat- ahod and even in this, the outbreak was anore or less localised.

the scene and helped to put out .The Fire Brigado was quickly on

be flames.

There was a general stampede of ponies from the oatshed,

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which was involved and the work of retreiving these animals when the fire was subdued, was carried hour it was not certain whether all on until midnight. Even as that the ponies had been recaptured al- though, thanks do the work of the stable, hands, the majority of them before midnight. wore caught and stabled" alsewhere.

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Among the ponies that broke loose of which had been racing during were a few Australian ponies, some the afternoon at Happy Vailey

OVER-ZEALOUS "PATRIOTS."

SEQUEL TO " VICTORY CELEBRATIONS."

CHINESE IN COURT.

Firstly a little about snakes and snakes, and therefore do nce the Chinese on Tuesday was not

their relationships with other Verte-

Bood pets.

Local Species,

OUT

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loent

brates, secondly a little about sanke characteristics, thirdly the classif ention of snakes dealing only with The most primitive living family those groups which are found in of sunkes, the Typhlopidae, is for this district, then, in brief, some tunately represented in Hong Kong, mention of snake venoms and trent-Typhlops braminus, ment of snake-bite. A few living sprice, is a small burrowing anak anakes and a number of preserved which lives on worms and insects, specimens are available for insperit possesses vestiges of the pelvis, tion at the end of this talk. I must a single bone on each side, and its insist that, no one makes any teeth ara restricted to small trank tempt to handle any living enako versoly placed maxillaries

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The #victory celebration" by

without its disturbing incidenta and a few people were brought befora Mr. E. 1. Wynne-Jones at Central Magistracy yesterday ug the result of having celebrated too enthusiastically. At Wanchai some the Japanese shops in dit district rowdies started throwing stones at but this was.stopped by the Police before, it assured grave · propor- tions.

"

One over-patriodic Chinese, a I do not wish a death to occur eyes are hidden by shields of the Wynne-Jones with sticking a poster The Shoumaker, was charged before Mr. in this laboratory.

skin. Although only a few inches or notice bearing the The Reptilia is the highest deve. long and incapable of burting any." Long Live China," near the slogan, loped class of the cold-blooded thing much tougher than a worm, Queen's Theatre without having vertebrates; it includes the ere yet this snake is feared locally. It, first submitted the poster to the codiles, turtles and allies, lizards is called the tit sin sehr, irou Secretariat for Chinese Affaire for and snakes. These last two groups wire snake--and it is said that it approval and consorship, After a are placed in the same order bu once it coils round a man's finger discussion between the Magistrate cause they are very closely related.. it will not leave gp until the finger and the officer for the prosecution Mort lizards possess legs but some drops off! like the slow-worm, are without

(Chief. Detective-Inspector The next three families are not nolds), the man was fined $2.

Rey-1 Jega anakes are all apparently commonly represented locally but without legs but in some of the the fifth, the Baidur, is represented" "Let Us Celebrate. primitive families the remains of liv the sub-family, the Pythoninne, the hind labs and even of the (The Bon-constrictor and Anaconda polvis also may be" present. Іл

When another Chinese was snakes the right and left halves of is the largest snake of Africa and Chief Detective Inspector explain- are American snakes). The Python brought before the Magistrate, the the lower jaw are not firmly fused Asia and may grow to a length ofed that this man went round town together they are only connectal, by means of En elastic hand; be feet. I have heard that one 21 with a bugetin rattle. On both cause of this the two halves can be Zoot long was once killed in Hong sides of this was a red placard Kong ho don't know whether this bearing the words Lat Le Cele moved separately and moved wide story is strictly necurate, Bir brate Our Army's Victory The ly apart and as a result most sinks Cacil Clementi told me that once rattle was borne aloft and the man are capable of ewollowing objects at Shek O he saw a python that had was followed by a huge crowd, much larger in diameter than them-wallowed a decr Belves.

Amazing, fabulous, and idcredí ship that when arrested the actua Mr. Reynolds informed his wor ble stories of enormous snakes drifted stated that he was an unemploy down from China each year and are ad seaman, In' moet staken the quadrates, reported in our local prese I have

Questioned further: ns. to his occupation, accused said squamosals and elongated ptery, cutting from a Hong Kong paper. goids are very loosely attached and in my possession of which the head that he was a hawker on a Wuchow capable of much movement; the lines rend as follows. A huge river boat. He added: "I had right and loft pterygoids and shake that had horns; a villager assumed that liberty of speech was milatines are also widely separated. story from the Now Territorica, permitted in this Colony, and I The premaxilla is small and rarely nearly 100 fent long etc." Also intherefore though there would be possesses tooth but on the muxil my possession is the cutting from a no harm in expressing our senti larice, palatinos, pterygoids and Chinese paper of the previous mente,” dentaries there is a perpetual sur day's date from which the English cossion of teeth developed. These paper took the story. In the Chin tooth, in most anakes, point back- en account the stake. was only 70 wards and in certain species some Chineso feet long, a. 82 English have been modified to serve as pai fect, so it evidently grow some 20

feet by the next morning! son fangs.

A Snaku's - Teath,

Iven a non-venomous specios of anaka can give a very nasty hila And when it is remembered that a

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The Python.

snake, such as a python, possess In the Python the teeth are very four rows of teeth above and two long especially in front and are below and that it is not in the habit present also on the premiazilla. It

It was also abited by Mr. Reynolds that at the time of his arrose the accused was attired in European clothing, whereas after his release on bail" he now appear- ed in his own native attiro. In asking for a remand in order to make further enquiries regarding the nocuidd, the offer suggested' an increase of bail to $100

A remand for forty-eight hours. was granted on increased bail as

of using tooth brush, the chances possesses vestiges of the pelvis and suggested by the police," of bacterial infection taking place hind limbs which appear externally

in a wound caused by its alte are a dlaw-like spurs on each side of

by no means, small.....

the vent: After death, duo to

Thrown at Inspector.

A few further facts may be of mudele contraction, these rudimenta Four casos from the Shaukiwan interest A snake cannot ory or are sometimes forced out further district were heard by Mr. W. rathor it cannot shed tears.except, and have the appearanes of limbs. Schofield and in all of these the through'ith now for the tears aro The eth and ath families are not defendant concerned was fined $20. drained off into the nasal cavities represented in Hong Kong but the Cre man was charged with throw- along special duets, Snakes possess 7th and oth are. As the 7th the ing a cracker through the window no tympanic ously, nor Eustachina Colubridde, fideludes 9/10 of all of Inspector, Stimson's" onr, tho tube, nor typanum and no traces repent species non venomous and officer stating that the cracker went. of external ear are visible but venomous and the 9th, the off very near his ear! Another snake dan; however hear very well. Pineridge, the vipers, all of which Chinese was stated to have lighted The nose is well developed, the sons are venomous, are both well recrackers inside a shop and to have presented hore I shall take the two thrown them on to the street to the ERLE

families in detail.

danger of passers-by.

of amali is nonte....

(Continued

neas Calima.)

TRADE STATISTICS FOR

JANUARY

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS DOWN ON LAST YEAR.

EFFECT OF BOYCOTT ON JAPANESE TRADE.

According to the official returns compiled by the Statistical Branch of the Imports and Exports Department the trade of the Colony suffered a rolapse in the month of January, the total value of imports amounting to $54 millions (the lowest figuro since October, 1930), while exports totalled $38.3 millions (the lowest figure since the short month of February, 1931)..

As compared with January of last year imports declined by $4.8 millions, while exports fell #0.7 millions.

Morchandise Tronsure..................

Total

IMPORTS.

January 1932

·864,087,209.

...... 1,530,408

$56,817,077

EXPORTS.

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Merchandise Treasure

Total....

January, 1932. $38,288,063

4,121,004

$42,408,037

January, 1931

$69,508;025

5,283,164

884,532,188

January, 1881.

$47,976,829 10848,089

$88,821,017

Part of the deelines in the trade of the Colony during January was due to the Chinese boycott of Japanese goods which con tinued with increasing intehaity, the total imports from Japan amounting to only $1.3 millions as compared with $5.2 millions in January, 1831; piece goods declining by $18 millions and food- ataffa by $3.1 millions.

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For the four months October-Jaquary the figures for imports from Japan are as follow

October 1830

October, 1931

Novamber, 1930

November, 1937

December, 1930

December 1931

January, 1931

January, 1939

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DECLINE IN JAPANESE IMPORTS.

The following table shows the chief declines in imports from Japan:

January, January,

1031.

1032. Building Materials:-

Grains Sugno Onions

Coment

Chemicals and Drugs:-

Acid Hydrochloric Bienching Powder Sodium Sulphide Sulphur. Pharmaceutical Products

Picals

230,201

33,707

7,276

6,521

308

14,735

27,545

...5,562

9,804

212

Chinese Medicines:--

Ginseng

37,384

22,930

Chinese Medicine N.O.E.

0,540

430

Foodstuffs:

Fish and Fishery Products Whoat Flour

580,373

1,372

Piculs

478

284,150

·67,878

6.150

+20,205.

Potatoes.... Condiments

5,750

10,204

Meat and Fish (finned and potted) $ Mushrooms

19,304

130,472

Hardware:-

Brushon

89-4

Enamel Wure ....

2,274

Hardware N.O.E.

30,731

1,170

Liquors:-

Malt Liquors

20,331

9,330

Machinery and Engines:

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Industrial Machinery N.O.E.. @

Manuzes:-

12,005

000

Sulphate of Ammonia

Metals:-

Nails

Brass Screws (Wood) Galvanized Sheeta Bra Wire.

Paints:-

Vehicles:

Bicycles, and Tricycles

Wearing Apparel :-

Boots and Shoes

* 15,500

3,451

480

2,500

41,780

12,008

Paint N.O.E.......

Picco Goods:--

12,070

1,473

Unbleached Cottons

Pcs.

51,778

Bleached Cottons

Pes.

13.280

6,194 930

Fancios

Yards 2,074,007

203,400

Printa

Yardı

184,230

172,500

1,580

310,077 ›

Hats and Caps (Foreign) Singleteibes

10,871

.000

2,990

Wearing Apparel' N:0; E

21,470

2,000

Sundries:-..

China Waro

€2,904

2,90

Clocks and Watches

17,483

4,180

Electric Lamps and Bulbs

1,188

Flasks Vacuum

8,433

120

Glassware

14,570.

3,043

6,324

1,300

14,110

2,318

27,580

0,144

1,315

9,383

62,099

Mirrors and Looking GlassAS Paper Printing.....

2,086

190,010

33,132

Printing and Lithographie:

9.356

350

25,344

Graphite

Haberdashery p

Isinglaas

Lamps and Lampware.

Leather Manufactures Matches

S Materials Toys and Games

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