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GENERAL NEWS.

THE HONGKONG FELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1514.

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Foreign Plt Sinkers. A under ut foreign workman Dr. W. 8. Bruce, Vice-President! have arrived at Harworth, near of the Zoological Society of Doncaster, to be employed in the Scotland, gives a very interesting sinking of the Harworth Colliery nocount in Knowledge of the pro- shaft, the contract for which, asgress of Scotland's Zoological already onnousood, has been Park, which, when completed, secured by a Westphaliap com-will probably be nasurpasset by pany. About 100 men are at any existing zoological park or present at the site, these icelud-garden. " ing, in addition to Germsus, An state on the well-wooded about a score of Italian mechanica | slopes of Corstorphino Hill was and labourers. A German has chosen and an appeal issued for opened a large store in the village funds for parcbass and equip for the supply of provisions.

Peking Criticism Of The Prospectus.

Peking, April 6, According to a prospectus just received the Peking Banque In- dustrielle de Chine will float in Paris to-morrow

loan of, 20,000,000 to finance enterprise in Chins, Some of the purposes to which the loan will be devoted hayo caused surprise here.

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TO-LET

ROGATE, Austin Road, Kow-

loon; unfurnished.

TO LET.

immediate FO LET. With Church Mission Scolaty Bunga Bank's Building. No. 7 Queen's No. 68 Peak, Mount Kellett Floor of the Deutsch-Asiatische possession. Office:-2nd

partly furnished, Cheap rent. Road Cuatral. No. 6 Cameron Villas, No. 59 Godown in Basement of same Also Large Pook to let furnished for ons building. Apply to DEUTSCH- year from 1st May, 1914.

ASIATISCHE BANK,

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Na, 19, Bhelley Street. TO LET. till 31st October The Peak,

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seven rooms and drying room, TO LET-FOUR-ROOMED furnished, including Electric fans and Telephone.

TO LET No. 5 Mountain View from 1st April 1914. Newly painted and colourwashed. No. 12 Beaconfield Arcade,

No. 7 Mountain View. No. 7 Stewart Terrace, Peak."

For instance, the construction of a port at Pukow, outside the ment: £12.500 was quickly | suspices of the British-controlled rained, and the Town Council of railway terminating there, is a 1914, No. 64, New Source of Rubber Supply. Edinburgh, at the request of the funtastic scheme doomed to fail-

The Board of Trade Journal con-

'i he railway talaga report from his Majesty's Society, bought the site, conure.

already Trade Commissioner for South Biaring of a mansion and seventy possesses practically all the land Africa which states that, accord-four cores of ground, and leued and has already established all ing to information received from the property to the Society for shipping facilities likely to be the Commissioner of Customs and The work of laying out tho for years to come. Independent Shop.

the purpose of azological park required by the trade of the port Excise at Pretoria, a company has Scottish Zological Park was development would be super- been formed with a capital of £8,000 for the purpose of exploit. begun in April, 1913. ing the Euphorbia drageann, which grows wild in the uplands of Namaqualand, and is slated to t

gardena, shrubberies, yield 17.6 per cent, of pure

park Hurrounding it, consists of the taxes of Peking and rubber and 70 per, cont. of resic.

and comprising twenty-dovononly one is which of worth The company holds à concession of some 220 square miles, con-acres; this is the portion at having, the Octroi being express- taining about 6,000,000 busbes Present being developed. "The ly excluded. Alcohol taxes in other portion, extending to forty-the Northern Provinces are also Haven acres, is reserved for future highly intangible and in the extension, and will provide event of default could not be magnificent ranged for buffaloes, handled by foreigners.

of this plant.

The Use of Cradles

Dr. Wynn Westcott, posking

a

The site is divided into two

fluous and works constructed therefore would be of smell value

portions. The southern portion as a security.

consists of mansion bouse!

Doubtful Security. Another security for the loan

FOR SALE. Road, 5 rooms, close to "Tram 'GLENSHIEL” 124 Barker

Station.

Apply to LINSTEAD & DAVIS,. 3rd Floor, Alandra Building, Hongkong, 2nd Oct., 1913

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LET.- "LA HACIENDA

&

HOUSES in Granville Kowloon, Cheap rentals. Avonus and Salisbury Avenue,

SHOP with GODOWN attach ed, Nathan Road, KOWLOON.

Kowloon Marine Lot No. 48 with Wharf.

Windsor Lodge, Kimberley Rond; Kowloon, 6 rooms and Tennis Court..

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No. 3, Minden Villas, Flats in Nathan, Rd.

Apply to Humphreys Buildings.

and

HUMPHREYS ESTATE &

FINANCE CO., LTD.

Alexandra Buildings,

To

*O LET.— OFFICES in King's

Building. Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT" & (AGENCY Co., Ltd.

WANTED

WANTED-To buy some old

Philippine, African, Borneo or other nativo mado

Spears, Swords. Shields and etc. Must be Cheap. Answer Quick. Box B.B. cjo. "Hongkong Telegraph: par-

TO LET unfurnished No. 4 rooms with usual servants accom

Morrison Hill, containing 8

ticulars apply Property Office, JARDINE MATHESON & Co., Ltd.

WA

JANTED, PUPILS.-A Pro

fessor of Music requires pupils for VIOLIN, 'OELLO,

at an inquest on the body of deer, antelope, sheep, and goats. The prospectus implies that TL 4, Mount Kollott baby five weeks old, who was The site is on the southern slope there is an opportunity to under Road. Apply CHATER

has take the electric lighting of MODY, No. 5, Queen's Road overlaid,sid that in Germany of Corstorphine. Bill; it parents were bound to have a abundance of growing timber and Peking, but a Chinese company Central. cradle. In France, too, when a rook, and has been characterised now operating possessos a valid young couple got married they by experts who have inspected it charter conferring a monopoly of TO LET from 1st May, 1914 were given a cradle. He wrote to ne one of the finest and most electrical supply to the city for No. 1040, The Peak, fura.." several towns in Germany some beautiful sites in the world for 50 years and publicly repudiates ed. Apply to S. J. DAVID & Co..

Prince's Buildings. years ago making how many the purpose of a zoological park, the right of the Banque Indus deaths of children they had by Heavy outlays up to date have trielle to interfere with their overlaying of the parents in a been made on roads, fencing, business. Chinese companies year, and the answer was that laying of watercourses and drains, also possess waterwork and tram. they had none, becauso the construction of water-fowl ponds, way concessions and as far as oan parents were bound to have dons for polar bears, lions, be ascertained have not relin-modation, For further cradles.

leopards, and other carnivors; quished their rights. It was an old English custom aviaries, monkey-house, band. Large casli advances nat sab. for the child to sleep with the stand, refreshment rooms and jet to supervision, are believed "parente. People went to bed lavatories. There is an excellent to have been made by the Banque very tired after a hard day'a polar-bear den and pool, in which to the Chinese Government as the work and slept very heavily, and where are two olar bears and price of the loan agreement, and TO LET From April 1st. The MANDOLIN, FLUTE, OBOE they did not feel a baby strug two brown bears, I is blasted apparently, the french investor gling. parenta provided out of the whipstone rock, and is now being invited to recoup cradles for babies, there would thus the rock scenery is not the Banque for this highly be a saving of lile..

artificial, but is actually the speculatives preliminary outlay. natural rock in situ. Spacious It is regarded here as unfor aa is the pool already, it tanate that the prospects of future Mr. George Caswell, of Church-will ultimately be double its Chinese loan for bona-fide indus road, Newport, a signalman, has present size. Here both polar trial enterprise, and satisfactorily invented a lock for railway and brown bears disport them secured, should be prejudiced by carriages which has so impressed salves, and are seen to great the flotations of insufficiently a British railway company that advantage in their actual aur- considered schemes.-Times. the inventor has been offered roundings with no barrier between £10,000 for the patent rights, them and their visitors except a It is claimed that the contrivance handrail on the crest of a vertical will effectively prevent doors. of cliff of rock, up which the animals moving trains being opened. are not able to climb, rising out The looking and unlocking of the of the water. doors will be under the control Two similar dens, bewn out of of the engine-driver and the the natural rock, are at present

£19,000 for Invention of a Slynalman.

animals cannot pose. The den is so arranged that it presents a succession of excellent views to visitors as they ascend the walks. The Council desire to have animals exhibited in comfortable

guard of a train. When a train being constructed for the liune and quarters as nearly as possible re- is leaving a station the driver will for the leopards; these are nearingsembling their native habitat. turu a wheel attached to a rod completion. These dens are being connecting all the carriage doors, constructed on the lines of Hagen This simple action will cimul-

beck's dena. The lions' den "will

taneously lock all the doors. On be fifty-five feet long, bounded IF you have lost your appetite one of the big variety of arriving at a station the guard at the back and ends by an overainty dishes at the ALEXAN- will turn a wheel to unlock the hanging cliff, and in front by a DRA CAFE sure to temp doors. Mr. Caswell's invention, cedp trench across which the you.

bcon

is understood, bas

thoroughly tested, and has proved

absolutely "fool-proof."

Reading in Rallway Trains. The question of the lighting of railway carriages was under con- sideration at a meeting of the Illd. minating Engineering Society.

Mr. E. Kilburn Scott remarked that instead of using a eingle source of light in a compartment it is better to space several lamps over the roof, when if the roof itself is white so as to diffuse the rays, a moderately good illumina- tion is obtained. "Bat direct, Ga distinguished from indirect, light is not convenient, since the rays strike a newspaper held in the customary position at an oblique angle, and therefore it would be | preferable to have a system of semi-indirect lighting, in which the rays would be reflected in many different directions.

As regards reading, there is mash to be said for brackets on the walls, the light from the lampe then coming_over, the reader's shoulders, But if the lamps are adequately shaded to prevent glare to persons on, opposite seats the top of the car- riage inay be somewhat dark, and a combination of side and central lighting has, therefore, been suggested. Another method that might be adopted, possibly in conjunction with a certain amount of bracket lighting, is the indirect, cornice system with tubular - lampe ruaning down "back" side of the varringo,

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Quick-Change Germs. finding some protoplasmic form Pasteur Institute, has just com-from conversation with specialists Dr. Roux, Director of the of the origin of life, but I learn manicated to the Academy of that practical interest in the com-

Notices.

N. LAZARUS.

Science a nota from Mmo. Victor munication as one such as would Benri, a scientific worker in bisbe likely to lead to the cure of laboratory, relating the curious anthrax is vory elight. ultra-violet rays, The bacillus transformation of a microbe under under observation was that of anthran, which was subjected to the prolonged action of the rays. Under this influence the inves- tigator obtained a now race of microbes. This new microbe, with which guinea pigs were innoculated, communicates a new disease having a toxic character and not that of blood poisoning.

Opkibute to Opticias

The new microbes are as different. Nothing is more wo tay of your cou from the normal anthrax miero be sideration than the welfare of your oyas The trouble that to-day ls smáll and basi- as the latter is from the micro be ly remedied, if neglected may get beyond

Mme. of diphtheria.

Viotor single mearures. Be on the safe side and' Heuri aske, in light of this fact, and have them examined. No cbargo for if your eyes are giving trouble call on us whether in the course of time sight texting. microbes have not submitted to the laws of evolution, and if the | maltitude of forms they affect do, not come from primitive forma which under the action of light have been transformed and eugendered now kinds of ill-||

This discovery is regarded by biologista ds important and possibly marking a step towards

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