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Sir Frank Swertenham writes to Fac Tired that the new grouping of Crown Colonies contemplated by Mr. Churchill is rather surprisine so far as it affects the Straits Settlements. To place at Port Louis in Mauritius, a High Commissioner whose • charge would includ "Ceylon, the Seychelles, the Straits Settlements, sud Mauritius" ning sound fantastic, and it is almost in conceivable that anyone in authority could have made it. The Seychelles are not of great importance, but i for some abstruse reason it was de

termined group the Straits with Ceylon and Mauritius, under

High Commissioner, the natura residence for that ofcial would be Ceglas. If any grouping is to b made of Eastern and Far Easter Colonics will be well to look at the map and to consult the peoples oncerned before any decisiva is come to. In Mauritus, by far th majority of the inhabitsats By Indian origin. The regulation of Ceylin is composed mainly or Singalese and catives of India, a- might be expected. In the Straits Settlements it is quite different. Th stamense bulk of the people are Chinese, azi, considering how la Sritich inuente extends up the Malay Peninsula, the Straits Dojenj is more nearly allied to Hongkong than to Ceylon. Your correspond eat does ant mention Hongkong perhaps it is designed to give that important islands High Comnis- stoner of its own. As the Governor

BOXING.

SATURDAY. OCTOBER 29. 1921.

Titania Men At Shanghai.

boxen

beat Shanghai's two hrew the towel into, the ring at he boxing tournament betweed ho Shanghaāmateur Bacing Club and the British Cruiser Tita na on Monday night at the Shang a Public School esmaasium, wy he China Press. Eddie Siemssen, the clever welterweight who, on hi ast appearance here in public won by the K. O. route over > Carlisle sailor, gave up as the end

his third round with Sailor Mean, and F. B. Martin, ranked

many local fans as the best wwer in town, quil in distress alter ur rounds in the main evezi with Darbyshire, a sailor 14 lbs. ighter than LE.

Buth Sirmosen and Martin wer vidently out of condition. Th former appeared to have too muel weight, and not much liking to be milling that Mean was bringin

bim. Martin stayed with hifty, fighting opposent until th and of the fourth round, when b began to suffer ersmps. Ho s practically carried to the dressing Bom, though be recovered alter › .bork rest.

The surprising and disappoint 3 performances of Siemisen 30. Martin, however, did not lesser [the public's high opinion of th * sailors, for both men wer oxers ar i öghters, and wou' mya made a worthy showing ever

hough the two local stats were al b-ir best.

CRICKET.

Civil Service v Navy. The uterentoned team wi represent the C.S.C.C. in a friendly match spast. Navy on the C.S C C. ground today at 2.15 p.m.-G R. Sayer ., R.EO. Biru. of the Straits Settlements is already F. J. LW Edmond-.

High Commissioner-for the R. C. Witcher, H. E. Strang Federated Malay State:-it might|| E. C. Pircher F. J. de Rom.. be difest to place him under an. W. Garvin, C. Hake, W. Duckley. other High Comandasioner; but it it is proposed to add Ceylon, Maeri. University 2nd XVI.R.C. 2nd XI.

The following will represent th tins, and the SeycheEes to his charge. I feel sare the people of the Straits University 2cd against th

1. B. C. 2nd XI in afriendly matel Settlements would object to his taking up his residence in Maurito-day at 2 p.m. Sookuapo. Valley T. P Ho A Lun, S. H. Oog (Capt... M. B. Sir Alexander "Swettenham Usmso, M. K Tue, F E. Yeob, writes:- To place Ceylon, th. L. Young Saye, H. 3, P. E. Seychelles, the Straits Settlements, Choo, A.T. Burms and TO. Tech. and "Mauritics under a High Com-Score: F. S. Cheah. missioner stationed at Port Lonia

would practically undo what has CRC. 2nd XI v RA.M.C. d XL The following team will represent made for the prosperity of Ceylon. R. C. 2nd XI. in a League and the Straits-tamely, the in. | dependence they gained by their severance from India in 1758 and 1367 respectively. Ceylon and the Straits would find it intolerable to be gavemed from Port Louis, with the delays and uncertainties is would involve.

Nearly all important matters necessitate reference to former pa pera on the

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match against the B A. M. C. 2nd XI, on C. 3. C. ground at 1.15 p.o:-Yea Man Hon Captanıı. Woog Po Keung, M. K. Lo. Le Man Pao, Sio Man Ping, C. F Lee, Wong Sik Chung. Wong Sik To, Cheung Wang Kia, Woo Fab Fook. Chao Man Woon.

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New Time Estimate. The age of the earth was given

multiple of a

years at the

same subject. These THE AGE OF THE EARTH. be found only in the local archise Any High Commissioner most consult these before forming ibe our years experience we a decision A Council chosen from take yours in EXCELENT | the elect of Ceylon. the Straits. CONDITION and NATURAL Seychelles, and Mauritius, meeting COMP EXION instead of mere

at Port Louis, would waste the time of all kinds, especially for ship-gy clear and sharp.

f a majority of its members in sea building and engineering works.

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Tractically be a despot. If you must estimate"

This was the final conclusion have Hizh Commissioners A pro- posed, it would be far cheaper and of Lori Rayleigh at a joint section

!meeting. more prodactive of eficienty to

In the last generation. he said, station them all in the Colonial Lord Kelvin attempted to set a Ofice in London, where they could time limit to the duration of the

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A SOLAR PUZZLE. As to the sun's hear. Lord

tbousand covery of radio-active substances that that bad occurred, and if not physical evidence allowed the there must be some source of age of the earth to be counted by British in the earth.

supply other than contraction. the thousand million years, the If that was admitted, Lord problem was of less concern to Kelvin's argument was that we Kelvin's argument from the sun's the geologists, except from hope knew of no source a: all adequate heat failed. Modern knowledge that the cranium-lead ratio might to supply the existing output of of radio-activity seemed to give a fix geological dates in years, and firm basis for the estimate of from the interest of reconciling solar energy, except secular con- traction, although we did not keological time, and calcniating the conflicting results of the dif

from the rate of change inferent methods. know definitely of such a source. uranium, of which radium is one)

Lord Rayleigh said we were

The geological estimates now compelled to admit that it of the stages. Lord Rayleigh which most weight had been at must exist. Some of the stars-concluded by giving the estimate tached were based on the saltuess

of the sea. giant red sters were

The best known the

GEOLOG STS UNDISTURBED. radiating energy at something

geological estimates of the age of In a paper contributed by Pro- the earth, he said, required to be like 1.000 times the rate that the sun does. They ought, according fessor J. W. Gregory it was re- multiplied ten or twenty-fold in to the contraction theory, to bare marked that a score of million order to agree with the physical conelt the Secretary of Stats, the

Kelvin's expended an appreciable" fraction years was of little more use to estimates, but that increase was archives, and one another without calculations as regards the earth's of their total energy in historical reology than the seven days of consistent with the geological

Pentateuch. Now that evidence. Inss of time or additional staff. heat had been upset by the dis- times, but no one would maintain the

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