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FEATURES FOR

THE FAMILY

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, 5th. JULY, 1924.

CANADA'S MOUNTAIN '・ CAMPS.

Some

Facts About Their Attractions.

GETTING REAN FOR

A TRAIL TRIP AT LAVE CHARA CAME

PLENTY OF GUIDES AND-RKÖK LİORSES ON HARD AT YOHO VALLEY CAMP

SPORTS PARS.

Interesting World Items.

Bostwick of Dorbyshiro, who ie bowling so woll, is in his 49th year.

The length of the pond erected at Parie for the Olymple swim- ming cacos is 50 motros,

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Rhodos is a marvel for his years. He took six Cambridge University wickets recently for 22 runs,"

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The Scottish Rugby Union's now ground at Murrayfield, It is expected, will be ready for the Scotland-England match next season. The probable cost will bo about £80,000.

Viscount Lascelles is a member of the M.C.C. It took him 30 years to obtain election.

In a football match at Barco- lona, the Barcelona club beat Everton by 2 goals to 1.

Tom Kylo, the Pooblas County voteran, waars well. He was the "star" porformer in a game against Ponicuik recently, with four wickets for 14 runs and 38 not out.

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T. Muirhead has sailed for America. Ilis intention is, if all turns out well, to become managor of the Brooklyn Football ClubTMat Boston.

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G. L. Jossop was 50 years of ago last month,

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From Lake O'Hara Camp, an in- To tourists, no mountala dis- capacity all through the warm

teresting trail loads up to Mt. rict is more popular than the months.

The new bun tulow camp at Biddle and Lake McArthur which Sanadian Rockies with their in-

form a wondrous picturo. Lako

The Essex Cricket Supporters' umerable paaks of varying' Lako O'Hara, Wapta laku, ani

the Club are endeavouring to enrol heights, their fascinating water Moraine Lake are in the Lake Wapta Camp is within riding dis. falls, their vast glaciers and ioo. Louise region. By making one of tanco of Yoho Camp in

wonder valley of the same name 100,000 members at fo, a head, Raids, their abundant variety of these camps headquarters, it is

and also of that groen gom, Those who onrolled by first post trails for tramping or riding passible to panatrate on fast or by inda perfect maze of colourful, pony into some of the sublimast Emerald Lake with its picture on June 5th participated in a Que Swiss Chalet und cluator of Derby swoop for which £2500 in lakes and sparkling streams, inost_of_mountain econory within easy of them wall stocked with gama distance. Moraine Lako Camp cosy bungalows--Trails.boribbon prizes.wore. offered. fish. Palatial, hotels and cozy givos Dasy access to a fascinating all the giant mountains in this camps Hoattered region behind the Ten Poaks section and wooks can be well bungalow

those poaks, aro so whore excellent fishing may he spout here exploring its hidden among

Consolation. Lake. charms. popular that they are taxod to onjoyed in

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Geary, of Leicestershire; bowled 24 maidans the other day out of

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A Rugbg votoran, Mr. W. Oxil,

in about to give up the treasurer- ship of the English Rugby Union. He was the president of the Union some 30 years ago, and has boon treasurer over since,

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Hobbs scored his first century in first-class cricket-155- against Essex in 1905. The bat ho used was loaned to him for luck by the late Mr.. Hamish Stuurt, the well-known writor on cricket and Rugby football. After Mr. Stuart's death his -widow presented the bat to Hobl,

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Frank Watson who hit à not out 100 for Lancashire against tho South Africans · ន Nottingham man by birth. His father was professional at Hoy. wood, Lancashire, and ho has ro- sided in the county of his adop tion since he was ton years of ago. He made his debut for Lanca- shire in Juno 1910.

J. W. Zuloh, the South African

and Transvaal cricketer, was found dead at Umkomaas, Natal

COAL MINES IN POLAR

REGIONS.

Interesting Data About Little-Known Industry.

ABOVE ARE SEEN SOME PICTURES OF THE COAL MINES AT SPITZBERGEN, TOGETHER WITH HAAKON H. HAMMER, WHO HAD INTENDED MAKING A TRANS-POLAR FLIGHT OVER THE REGION AND ON TO THE NORTH POLE WITH AMUNDSEN. THE VENTURE HAS SINCE BEEN ABANDONED BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES.

Spitzbergen, June 5.-Five galleries are high above water coast where navigation is open hundred miles farther north than level, the average temperature is three or four months every year, the northern-most Alaska, and 25 degrees F., and gas fumes an tivo coal mines are now in opotas tion. Two of them ara Norwegian only 650 miles from the North unknown quantity.

Oporation costs and transport one is Swedish, another Dutoh Pole, soal mines flourish.

But they are far different ation difficulties makes the Spitz and the last British.'

The coal found is an oxcollent from the atinos in other parts of bergen coal treasure a liability In- the world. As a rule pits must stead of an asset. For Spitz. hard coal but climatic conditione be dug far down into the ground borgen lios three days by steamer naturaliy makes it very hard to and-the-work-must-be-done-in_from_oven the most northernly mine during the long dark and torrific heat, moisture and gas town in Norway, and its east sovere winter. Some of the mines oporating fumes. Up hore the mines are coast is generally ice-bound all therefore are only mountains. The the year round. But on the wets during the summer. right in the

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He had boon, suffering from a The Machine you will eventually carry.

norvous breakdown, and had

come down from Johannesburg for health reasons. J. W. Zuloh was in the front rank of South African batsmen. He had never, visited England with a repre sentativo side, but was a member of Foroy Sherwell's' team that visited Australia in 1910-11, play. ing in all five tests and scoring two gonturies-150 against Aust- ralia at Sydney and 105 against Australia at Adelaide. Playing for the Transvaal against tho second M.C.C. team at Pretoria; ho mado 176, not out. His last appearance for South Africa WAI against Warwick Armstrong's tomm in 1921. Playing in the second test match at Johannes burg,ho was the victim of i curious incident which coat bim his wicket. A ball from E. Àz Meadonald knocked a “plintar öff his bat an to his stumpay dialodge

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