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FEATURES FOR

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CANADIAN LITERATURE.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, 14th. MARCH, 1925.

Some Leading Present-Day Writers.

JOHN

MURRAY GIBBON,

AS A TRAIL RIDER OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC

ROCKIES

Miss MARTHA

OSTENSO

BLISS CARMAN, POET-LAUREATE

OF CANADA

ON SNOWSHOES

"Hearts and Facos," "Drums Afar." "The Conquering Hero" and "Pagan Love," and B. K. Sandwell, woli known journalist and editor of various Canadian publica. tione, conceived the idea of forming a Canadian Authors, Association, to protect their right and help each other. Mr. Gibboa served as its Pro- sident the first two years.

Among its members whono writing stand high in litor- ature are: Sir Gilbert Parker, Author of "The Right of Way" Robot Sorvico' whose

Rhymes of a Red Cross California

and along

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Up to 1921, there was a ques- tion whether Canada had a litara ture, but today she can take rank with nations whose litera "Tahiti," is a revelation of novelist and was second President turo Was mature long before his versatility; and Bliss of the Association. Lawrence J. Canada had a begining: A set Carman, a particularly sweet Burpes, author of "The Search back to inspiration and progress singur, who was chosen un- for the Wastorn Soa," in the pro- was the fact that the country had official post Internato of out proxident of the Canadian

He Јуда no copyright law to protect its Canada.

many Authors' Association. He is a authors. In that year two fir volumes of choico verso to nativo of the Maritimes and is

John Boeing writers,

Murray his credit, and is at prosont descanded form Empiro Loyalist Io is a prolific writer and Gibbon, author of four novels, giving a Horion of readings in stack.

Man" made him famous. Pacific Coast. Robert J. C. Stoad,

hin latost novel, "Pont of the Prairios," is also while

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Womon woll as men have added valuable contributions to Canada's literature. Recently Martha Oatonso won the $13,500 prize offered by Dodd, Mead & Co., and the Famous Players- Lasky of Now York, for the bost novel of the yoar. Tho author is of Norwegian origin, and came to America when two years-old, and living in Western States Manitoba. Sho is a school teacher and 24 years of age. The winning book is The Passionate Flight." a romance of life on the western praicion.

Arthur Stringer and Stoplion Leacook must not be overlooked. The former gainod fame by his series including "The Prairio Wife" and "The Prairie Mother." while Leacock fills a unique dual role in being Professor of political oconomy at Melill University and is a famous humorist whose "Nonsense Novels" are read and laughed at all over the world.

SPORTS PARS.

Interesting World Items.

BRITAIN'S NEW FIGHTING SHIPS. Some Features of the "Nelson” and “Rodney”.

Above is soon an artist's conception of Britain's now Dreadnoughts, the Nolson and Rodney. The turrets are at the front, whilst immediately behind them is the control tower. Aft is the aeroplane landing dock. Below is shown a deck plan of one of the big ships. The turrets are shown to contain three guns each. The absence of all funnols will be noticed.

Battleships which, it is bolioved The peculiar fosturo of the quartors, the side armor of the will be very largely immune from vossols, as U.S. "naval intellig- after portion of the two now ships sorious damage by aircraft are onco" circles get the news, is that presumably is lighter than elso- being built by Great Britain, saya thoir hoavy armament is all well whoro, permitting it to bo pilod an American writer. These are forward, in three turrets. Just aft on in atill groater weight on dook the capital ships Nelson and of them, it in taken for granted, is and toward the bow. Some of the Northern nations Rodney. To say the new leats the fire control tower, and aft of . Smoke furnos from the ships* of Europe are already getting will make all earlier capital fight the fire control tower the deck la

boilers are discharged through roady for the 1928 Olympio ing ships obsolete, ne some ac- said to be entirely clear of funnels, tubes alongside and smoke screens Games. Holland have boen counts

avo it, may be going a superstructure, everything, to on- Amsterdam preparing at

for little too far, the US. axporis able aeroplanes to take off and are laid down in the same way,

Elimination of funnels atop not some time now, and Finland also agree, but all admit they promise land. havo bogun the task of roviewing completely to modify futuro naval

The guns are distributed three only leaves the dock clear for her resources. According to a construction.

Deck armor is trem- planes but eliminates the danger that an aerial bomb will hit one, messago from Stockholin, an

In the Nelson's and the Rod- to a turret. Olympic Fund has boon started, ney's design, British builders give endously strong, to resist damag orash through and explode incide. and alrendy 152 eporting due weight to the value of planes by aorial bombs. Magazines and The mouth of a funnel is a small organisationA have pledged as a "naval arm" for uso against engines also are in the fore part themselves to pay 100 kronas a others, but in the same design of the two ships, protected by target, but the disaster which fol inside always is in ovory naval your for the next four years,

they prove that they feel ample turrets and the thick, rough steel would result if an airman's missilo which will provide a sum of 60,800 confidence of their ability to deck, and at the sides by the extra kronas, or just under £3500.

defend thoir surfaco

Vossels heavy side armor from bow about commander's mind.

The now ships' hulle of course to 'midships. against enemy plane attacks. H. D. Gillios, a

Turrets, firo control, magazines are provided with blisters, AS well-known

The Nolson and the Rodney aro London Hurgeon, who has of 35,000 tons each and each is and engines always aro ospecially safeguards against submarino at- achieved a notable sucosas at the armed with nino 16-inch guns. subject to attack in a fight and by

Both vessels, in short, aro as Oxford and Cambridgo Society The treaty limits capital ships to concentrating them, the size of golf moeting, by defeating the 35,000 tons and guns to 16 inches, the enemy's targot is reduced. nearly invulnorable

Bo the British havo takon their Furthermore, as lons damage is science can make them and, whon amatour champion, Sir E. Hol- derness, was tho principsi in the full allowance in both respects done by a shot striking that part completed, certainly will be the

of a vessel occupied only by living most formidabio oraft afloat.

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big tes controversy during the and in the case of both craft, Amateur Championship at St Androwa last YOAT. Gillies, whose time for the game is very iimited on account of his pro- fessional duties, advanced the theory that a high teo up to nine inches in height and a largor faced club wero aids to concon- tration. The R. and A. frowned on the innovatina, however, and intimated that thoy bopod playore would uso implemonta in accord- ance with the spirit of the game, Gillies is a notable long hittor, either with a low or high toe, and his latest success does not comes as a surpriso.

Many visitors to the war zone in 1918 who were escorted to the Physical Training School of the British Army at Hardelot Plage, Inot far from Boulogne, will ro- member meeting amongst the E. R. instructors Captain A Gilligan, the captain of the M.CC. tomm. He has always boon an conthusiast on phy-ical exercise, and the loFHONS he losrat in Franco during the black days. must be tanding him now in good stead in the Test Matches in Australia.

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Rowland Hill, one of England's big Rugby mon, celebrated his 70th birthday recently.

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The golf charges for 1925 over the St. Andrews courags have beon fixed дл follows:-Old Edon Couran, 2. por round; Course, is por round; Jubileo Courso, 3d. por round; Now Coureo 1s por round.

A. J. Wobbo, the old Middlorox captain, was 70 last month. Ilis. bost Hearon was 887, when he acored 1,244 runa, averaging 47.22. Ho still holds, with W. G. Graco, the first wicket record stand for Gentlemen v. Players-203, in 1875.

Jack Dempsey, heavy weight| ring champion, and Estalla Taylor, motion ploture actress, who announced their engagement recently, have now stated that their wedding, hún been out for 1.May 20, the bride-to-be'a birthday,

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