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HOW CHANGED FROM

WHAT HE

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1923

NEWS

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GECOPHONE RFCEIVING SETS ARE SOLD AND INSTALLED

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BUT

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Harvest Field to Breakfast Table.

SURVIVORS OF THE MYSTERY GIANT STAR.

TREVESSA.

"Their Simple Duty.'

Tribute has been paid at Lloyd's |

Titanic Convulsion in Heavens.

A f'pplantera in which breat

An English amateur astrono is not ached by human bands to the heroism of the Trevessa mer residing in Athens astonish- throughout the process of its survivors. Captain, Fuster wasted the world's astronomers lasc manufacture sh delivery handel Lloyd's ilver medal for February by announcing that the The might nearer by many at the saving life at sea and a cheque star Beta. in the constellation of exhibit at the Pakers and Con- for £300, while Chief Officer Smith Cetus, had suddenly brightened fecti pers Habibition, now open received me fal and £200. Their from less than second magnitude ith Agricultural Hall, Mag- a conduct was described as "parti- to above first magnitude, or an Home paper to hand by the Imail. fularly British" and of a kind actual increase in brilliance of at

A plant which was too big to which could only have been least fifteenfold. being in its entirety to the Ags. Shown by men who had been cultural Hall receives the flour building up this quality all their jat one end, sifts the tour, mixes

Bves." final and water, kneads the dough, passes it into troughs, and divides, malls, and "praves" it. The machine creases the tins automatically and sends along the filled tins into a travelling

jare-n-prond paper.

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Unfortunately, the star was then so near the sun that it was practically impossible to obtain "I know you regard it as a confirmation. It is now again- simple duty," said Mr. A. Lcoming into the night sky. Some Stunge, chairman of Lloyd's "but observers have already seen it. it was a duty carried out in such and estimate i: a magnificent manner the. I am brighter than normal. sure your country is proud of it."

struck

joven, which takes an automati Lloyd's had the privilege for leally fixed time to pass the tin-a great many years, he went on, 'through the heat.

of king note of acts of heroism An absolutely up-to-date baker the high seas, particularly in connexion with the saving of life. fixes to the end of this plant and for that purpose a medal was

schine which wraps each haf

Kreat many years as it is finished in, in envelope of 3201 On the present occasion people all ver the country ¦ The very best word in bakers (wished to send up their contri-

machinery

contrivance bations in order that they might Anown as the Embrey Sealing-of have a hand in recognizing such Machine, which only reupies a an act of bravery and outstanding space of 15 square inches, and seamanship, and a very consider jejerts automatically, time after able

sum was collected. from time, just the required weight of which the members of the crew who were saved. who had lost practically their all, were able to get some acknowledgment of the experiences through which they had passed.

ideach.

Lay visitors will leam, indeed, this there are more things to be considered in the preparation of their food than they have ever dreamst

in their dietetic. philosophy.

AN IMPROVED " Ba Who for instance, would be Have without ocular dem instrat on that scientists have improved on the wet laid by the hen, and, be a drying process, are able to produce an egg mixture which is said to be 33 per cent. stronger than the original ezu?

Captain Foster's reply WA- " {1tur action was evidently thought very much more of by people ashore than by ourselves. The reception we got when we arrived home none of us will ever forget. I regard this not only as a personal honour, but as a re cognition of the services rendered by every man of the crew,

SMOKERS OF 2,000 YEARS AGO.

& definitely

It is possible, that one out- burt, due probably to a titanic explosion in the star itself or a collision with a dead" star. may have taken place, and that the Athens observer was tortunate to see it at the time. If that is the explanation, it may in the inter- vening six months have subsided to its ordinary magnitude.

This star is what is known as a red "giant star, one in the early stages of its development. and destined to become smaller. hotter. and whiter, and finally to end its visible career as a red "dwa: a cycle of changes spread over million years-Ex.

ARCTIC MOSQUITOES.

The search for gold in Librar dor has turried out a complete failure. Apparently

the aly discovery of note wholly unexpected plague of the Was

mosquitoes. On the fact of it this looks absurd. for we are taught to associate these vicious pets with tropical countries, but di 2 matter of fact they are amongst the great mysteries of the Arctic regions, as testified by Lieutenant Hooper. R. N. At Point Separation in Arctic Mackenzie Land, he reported :-- * Mosquitoes and bulldogs (gad- flies 1 had long been troublesome, bot here they were particularly harassing; the latter were in such numbers that they literally blackened the main-sail of the Try Again, hoisted to shelter us the island from the blazing noon-day sun, generations of good housewives of Celebes, in the Dutch which raised the exposed

An expert provided an inter- esting commentary on the ald "just-like-mother-made" theory,

A good baker, working on a wholesale scale. can." he said to

Relics of Lost Race in

Dutch East Indies. Descriptions of an ancient race a better, more digestible ponze- who used tobacon about the cake, for instance, with synthetic | beginning of the Christian

a Press representative, "turn out

and artificial materials than a erp were given to the British fast-class household cook, using | Association by Dr. A. C. Krugt, eggs straight from the nest and all a Dutchman. who is home the other materials on which on "furlough, from

have pinned their faith"

Cakes and sweets are now tinted by synthetic colourings instead of by the old vegetable

colourings.

East Indies, for the first time in 16 years.

Dr. Kruyt said he was going back for another five years to complete his investigations of the The perfumes of Araby, whiffs stone-using people who once in- of pineapple, strawberry, raspbabited that land. berry, vanilla. and almonds, This strange race left stone which linger in the air of a high-relics, particularly enormous class confectioner's shop, all stone casks in which they kept

come from bottles, the contents corpses of their dead.

of which have probably no rela- Each pot had a heavy stone lid,

tion whatever to their labels.

and the only tools used for mak

"The juice of the realing these, stone pots, idols and fruits would not flavour sweats coffins were little bronze axas.

and cakes." said the expert. But

These people used tobacco. he added a good word for nature. rolling the leaves into cigars.

"With all we can do," he said. Tobacco, Dr. Kruyt added, went 'nature's scants always remains out of use, and was supplanted by more delicate, more piquant, than betel nut for chewing. our manufactured ones."

The people believed the fint Another thing which it sur-human beings were hown out of prised the prassman to learn was stone and their kings possessed that the Allings" for cream-

thrones which originated from.

the

..

horas, cream puffs, „-?

cakes, and so on.. #79).

|bulk to confectione

enterprising Ipswich

thermometer to nearly 100 deg.. the temperature being 84 deg. in the shade." What becomes of them during the long, intensely cold winter?

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and finished level at 76 strokes each. Another 18 holes weze played by the pair, and they botli scored 80. Two mure rounds were played and they were still level, and when ten more holes! had been played-82 holes in all the match was still undecided.

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