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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1934.

THE LIGHTER VEIN

Just a Chance

His knowledge of cards was vague, but he was persuaded to play..

Mistake number one. He threw trick already $1,895 king away, on a

taken by an opponent's ace. Scotti" "Great

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FAL

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333

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24 ats. Gold Oreok........................

United Paracales... 32 vie Salacot Mining .................

Kailang

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19

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"I kn-know," stammered the beginner. "but I thought I'd let it have a try."

SCOTS GUARDS

EXHIBITION

Relics From Great Campaigns

(Special Air Mæli Servico

"CINDERELLAS" OF NAVIGATION

are

As "boats, most dredges marine monstrosities. About the only thing they have in common with ships is that they float—and

they do that only part of the time.. Yet, without their constant help, liners and tramp steamers could channels and not navigate the London, Dec. 6. shoals that lend to harbours. The A loan exhibition allustrating the harbours. themselves would be long and honourable history of the virtually uselens, since docking Scots Quarts will open at 29, tacilities would be non-existent. Grosvenor Square, W., and wili It's one thing to carve away a continue for three weeks. The ex-mountain-side or excavate for hibition has as patrons the King, skyscraper. Un land you can s00 Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment, what you re doing. When the sane the Duke of Connaught, twenty curl of task confronts one at the Bully (to small boy)Why run second colonel of the regiment, and bottom of a lake or in the ocean, away? I thought you said you the Duke of York, the present it's quite another problem

colonel. The proceeds will be could lick me with one hand tied devoted to funds for unemployed behind your back?""

ex-Guardsmen and other regimental charities.

Postponed

Small Boy-"I'm just going home to get some string."

Ready to Oblige "Trim the lawn, ma'am?" asked the disreputable-looking gardener, who was carrying a large pair of shears "No, thank you: sald the lady of the house.

"Clip the bushes, ma'am?" "No"

"Well ma'am, I must earn an honest penny somehow. What ababt aving yer 'air bobbed?"

Where It Went

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All through the match he had cheered loudly every run scored by his favourite cricket team. And they had won.

Turning to his pal, he said- "Lumme, mate, I belleve I've lost Ey voice."

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Who's

Pat "It's Mike. He's won me wages."

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CHARTER SHIPS TO ORIENT

It is learned from North Pacifc advices in the early part of Nov- ember that no less than 20 vessels were chartered for the Orient and China, while several others went only as far as Japan. One si- thority writes as follows: The large amount of tommage released from the wheat trade from Pacific Coast to Europe as a result of the downward tendency in rates, has been responsible for the check in the general advance of rates to Japan and China Whereas rates. were firm at $7.50 on squares and $10.60 on. logs during the early part

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Fow companies specialise in this type of work owing to the limited number of jobs and the enormous investment necessary for the proper Lua preface to the illustrated equipment. However of the catalogue the Duke of York says most successful is the Great Lakoa truly that the display has an in-Dredge and Dock Company, whose terest far beyond the confines of a activities are, by no means limited to fresh water, in spite of the single regiment. The historian," he writes, "can find much illustrate the late soventeenth・・ This company owns the largest century in Scotland and eighteenth Diesel electric dipper dredge ever century life at home and abroad; built, the "Crest." Ungainly as the collector will find a unique a house-boat, this dredge is now display of decorations and war performing prodigious feats of medals, while the pictures include under

the some of the finest works of art by Atlantic seaboard. British and foreign artists. Many of the costume plates are well known, but others, such as those graciously lent by his Majesty, have never been exhibited before."

water

clearance

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The dippier, or rather, the shovel at the end of the dipper arm, has a capacity of 16 cubic yards at one Lite and can eatores a pull of 350,000 pounds.

Two Types"

It is said that no single regiment has ever held an exhibition like In general there are two types soft this before, and one can well believe of dredging work One on it. Nine-tenths of the exhibits, bottoms, and the other on hard numbering over 1,000, some from rock bottoms.

An instance of the latter work private sources, and some are of great value. They include, for in-was the laying of the power cables Manhattan and Long stance, portraits of former officers between- of the regiment by such artists as Island City-a crossing. of 2,300 Kneller, Allan, Gainsborough, feet. Hoppner, und Reynolds.

Here the East River bottom is swept clean to the rocks. A drill- First Four Victoria Crosses

boat assigned to the used 4 inch The exhibita cover the three cen steel bars, 50 feet long, drilling turies of the regiment's existence. series of holes 10 feet into the Among them is the regiment's rock. "These were later blasted to remarkably complete collection of produce a trench to receive the medals and decorations. Here mayeables,

be seen the first four Victoria Because the average depth of Crosses ever awarded. They were water was 65 feet, or about 104 won in the Crimean War, when fathoms, only the "Creat" had a the regiment was known as the dipper handle long enough to bring Ned.—“Dad what is the femi-Scots Fusilier Guards. There are up the broken rock. Straddling Colours which were carried in the the trench diagonally, the huge nine of buck?"

Peninsular Campaign and at capacity of the scoop Enished the put Waterloo. Some of these old work in short order, !

An Interesting Fact Colours are so brittle that they cannot safely he unrolled, but Interesting is the fact that when eventually they will be potted and working, a dipper dredge does not Conjurer. Are you quite satis-so preserved. Three were found float in the water at its own level. fied that you can hear your watch recently in a cardboard box by a If it did, the pull of the dipper descendant of Surgeon -Major and its great load would drag one ticking?" Tommy."More than

Goode, who served with the regi- end of the dredge under and out satisfied. It hasn't been going ment throughout these campaigns, of correct location. So, once op for months”

A whole section of the exhibition focation the dredge lowers legs is devoted to the dress of the regi- called spuds, two placed forward ment throughout its history. and one placed aft. Weighing 59 There is a rich display of relics tons and 85 feet long, these cast from the great campaigns and ac-steel columns rest on the bottom tions in which the regiment has and the dredge is raised on thent taken part. A glass case contains to prevent the dragging of the end the stuffed 6gure of Bob, the ragi under water. mental dog in the Crimea, Bob attached himself to the regiment

The flying

$10 60❘ ken

Lucky

feld was

crowded

at the Anish of the air race, and great was the astonishment when 1991

the winning plane descended and 10,40 out of it stepped an unknown

Not all dredging work presents $10.10 amateur, Representatives of the

the same set of problems. In fact, $731

at Windsor in 1853, and in 1660 marine excavators fand new dif Press surged forward.

"Wonderful achievement!" the was killed by a butcher's cart out-culties on every new location.

There is the present widening of spokesman shouted "You've broside Buckingham Palace. In the

all records for a non-stop interval he had been present at the Cape Cod canal, now so narrow the battles of Balaclava and that every time a large constwise fight How did you do it?”

"Well, to tell you the truth, the Sebastopol, and had been awarded liner goes through, all dredging rank outsider answered modestly. a medal (still hung round his operations must cease because of space. Then, #s 1s "I think luck had a lot to do with neck) for chasing cannon-balls at lack of

Inkerman. A personal relic of probably well-known, the Century. it. I didn't and out until five Florence Nightingale is the book of Progress in Chicago is built on minutes

ago how

to stop the mark which she made for Colour land reclaimed from Lake Michi darned thing,"

Sergeant Nicolson, who served as gan. This, too, was a dredging.

job. her orderly in the Crimean War.

The Great War The record is brought down to the Great War, though no attempt has been made to trench on the ground covered by the Imperial War Museum The 'relics of the War nere exhibited are rather of do after-an intimate and family kind. One

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"Is Jack Snitkins a good rifle shot?" asked Hayes.

"Yes," said Baxter. "We were out practising the other day, and he hit a bullseye first time.

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Just had to pay a farmer £20 for injuring the buil," said Baxter pressuted quietly.

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INVITATIONS

Not the least of the dredger's THE TREASURED troubles is the moving of equip ment from one location to another. While the "Crest" has some 57 motors and generators to drive, the machinery and is equipped with two 740 hp Fairbanks Morse Diesel engines, there is no engine

Cards of invitation to the Abbey for the Royal Wedding are at this moment among the most treasured possessions in London,

At the marriage of the then Prince of Wales to Princess Alexan-

dra of Denmark in 1883, at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, It was und that only four places re-

of them is a small Christmas tree room to provide propelling power. ade by a German soldier and Consequently this, and many other

to one of the Scots similar oraft, must be ignomin When all he official cards have Guarda whom he called out of the fously towed from job to job. Or. British trenches at Christmas, as second best, they can make slow been sent out to highly placed 1915. There are also small silver and tedious, progress on location personages, such as the Ministers, models of Bella and Bertha, the by raising the spuds, submerging great officers of State, and Am- two cows which the regiment found

dipper arm and pulling. The bassadors, there can be few places of an abandoned farm in Novem dredge moves forward a few feet left. Bag ber, 1914, and kept with them literally hauling itself along "by through.

War. Bella and its own bootstraps." the great! Bertha marched past the King The classic example of long-dis- with the regiment at Buckingham tante towing was the transfer of Palace when the War was over the hydraulic dredge "Indiana" and died in England at a ripe old from Oakland, Cal, to New York City, & distance of 8,485 statute Lord Hailsham, Secretary of miles covered in 61 days, passing, The fence in front of the farm was sadly needing repair, and the State for War, was the chief guest through the Fanama Canal. From farmer's wife spoke to her hus- a luncheon which preceded the New York the dredge was towed to private view yesterday. Colonel band about it

Lord Leicester presided, and those Detroit the total journey being

about, 9.000 miles. "When are you going to repair present included Brigadier-General

An odd angle of most dredging that fence?" she asked. "It's in Lord Albemarle, Colonel Lord work is that no one, not even the a bad way.”" @

Burnham, Colonel E. C. - T. "Wal" replied the farmer, "Jarge Warner Colonel Sir Iain dredges themselves, ever see what The life-boats, which will be constructed at Govan, will be made be a comin 'ome from college Colquhonn, Colonel E. W S. Bal-as been accomplished under the of steel and will be completely fire next week, said in is last letter four, and many other present and water That excavations and proof. Some of them will be equipe's been takin fencing lessons, past officers of the regiment, ped with wireless. They will be 80'e can try is 'and on that."

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clearings have been made is only evident on government charts and in the fact that shipping is able to proceed with greater speed and safety. In a way, dredges are the unsung heroio drudges of inland and harbour, navigation.

Mabel

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There is no language which can describe the rage, enry and Indignation of the great world.

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