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NAVY LEAGUE,

HONGKONG BRANCH

REPORT.

A CURRENT MISCELLANY.

Gleanings From Our Exchanges, The British Government Favil The annual report of the Hang-lion at Wombley will this year kong branch of the Navy League offer illustration of the progress stated

of flight, both the Royal Air The total momborship is now Force and civil aviation being 129, and, during the last year, well ropresontod, One of the oighty-one now mombors joined moat attractive of the air exhibits. the Branch. We have to record will be a model of Croydön aero- with regret the deaths during the drame as it is to be when fully past year of Mosers. W Arm-oquipped as the torminus of air strong, F. Smyth, 8in Tak-fun routes over which aircraft operate and Hon. Mr. A R. Lowe who day and night. A commoroial was for many years our Hon. airship base, with mooring-tower Boo, and Treasurer. During the and model airships, will also bo year your Committoo sent shown, with a model of the top tologram home strongly urging section of the mooring-tower, the retention of the Singapore indicating how passengers ontor Base. This was despatched whilst and leave an airship. the late Government wero in power and we are glad to say the One of the moro promising scheme under the present Govern- signs of advancing times in ment is being pushed forward. Paking is the work, now proceed- Nelson Day was celebrated by ing, of demolishing the Imperial your Committoe by laying a City Wall (enye the Fur Eastern

the Cenotaph and Times.) wreath on

This wall, which is Wanchai Memorial. A wreath slightly more than a mile in was also laid on the Nelson length on the east sida has with Monument in Trafalgar Squaro, its widely spaced gatos, boen ́s London on behalf of the Hong- steady hindranco, to weat city kong Bradoh. We also hold a traffic until quite recently. flag day and concert on the 21st Already half of the portion October (Nelson Day) in aid of from the Overseas Relief Fund which realized the magnificent sum of £500.

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WOLVES.

The Last in Britain,

were given to have the Memorial Among the beneficiaries under repaired and its removal to the will of Mr. Henry Samson more suitable place ja under con- Clark, chairman of a firm of sidoration and we hope will take London advertising agents, who place.

died in February at Mombasa, Your Committes are glad to are "my friend and colleague of report that the local piracy many years," Miss J. A. Reynolds, question has received the atten- and "my colleague," Mrs. Ethol tion of the home authorities and M. Wood. To the former is left that during the past few months £10,000, to the latter £1,000, Mr strong recommendations have Clark directed that, after other been sent home. for more protec-bequests, including many gifts to tion in the shape of patrols by employees, the residue of his pro-- armed launches.

perty should go as to 35 parts to In Scotland many localitios have Miss Reynolds and 20 parts each their traditions of the "Inst wolf" to Mre. Wood and Mr. J. G. P. besides Lothbog, where the Duke Hunt (a third colleague, who of Portland has erected a The Committeo comprises benefits also in other respects), memorial to make the spot "year Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak, Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Wood which the last wolf in Sutherland (President), Hon. Sir Henry E. are two of the many women, who was killed in or about the year Pollock, Mr. E. F. Aucott, Mr. W. nave proved their business ability 1700." A. Dowley, Lieut. Comdr. C. Sr. C. Ingham, Mr. F. A. Perry, Mr. B. Wyile and Mr. L. M. Whyte, (Hon. Sec. & Treus.)

Our thanks are due to Messrs. A. Brearley and E. F. Aucott for auditing the accounts,

A NATURE; MARVEL.

How the Chameleon Changes

Colour.

Mrs. Wood, a daughter of the late The very last of the Scottish Quintin Hogg, founder of the last wolves seems to be the beast Polytechnic, and sister of the slain in 1743 in the Findhoru Auorney-General, did good ser-district by Macqueen of Fall-e- vice during the war years in Chrocain. We are told that organizing the London Pensions Macqueen "dirked the very pre- Committee.

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Mr. Ramsay MacDonald was should come to life again. The the chief guess of the Parliamen-last Irish wolf, appears to have Professor Joseph Barcroft, locturing at the Royal Institury Press Gallery at the annual been killed about 1770. In Eng

dinner last month. He told a land the last wolf cannot be tion, London, on the colour of the story of his experiences as Prime placed later than the regin of chameleon, said that it was open Minister to enforce his contention Henry VII, while in Wales to any person materially to add to the stock of knowledge if he that humour is the one safety wolves became extinct could succeed in making a valve of diplomacy." He declared earlier.

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YESTERDAY'S

that he was horrified the other No authetic evidence of their chameleon live under observation

day to hear a member of the existence in Wales oan be for three or four years and House of Commons say that he quoted later than 1166, when a would note carefully the colour

regrutted that humour Was wolf at Carmarthen bit 22 people, response to various 'cbanges of

He who died of rabies. Still, they appearing in diplomacy. environment, not merely to the would come very near to giving probably survived in Wales for colour of the environment, but to away a secret the continued another century or so, since temperature, light, and more

when he said he was once present Sir Peter Corbet hald A particularly to the mood of the

Allfree and G. Miskia, 0.0, 0-2, cameleon eo far as that could be when a certain negotiation had commission from 1281 to 1301 reached not only & critical stage, for the destruction of wolves

7.5. Lt. Col. M. Bates and Capt. influenced by them.

R; H. P. Weat beat Yaw Man-kit Two popular misconceptions but a stage at which most of the in the neighbouring counties of

and Lau Fook-ling, 6-2; 2-6, 6-2, were contradicted by the looturer, representatives of their countries Shropshire and Herefordshire,

took it for granted that the whole The wolf is still found in Spain TOURNAMENT MATCHES.

7-6.

4. I the first that the chameleon could become any colour what thing had broken down. The and in the French Prysness.

Playing in the Open Churpion- Handicap Singles B."-P. E. ever, and the second that his ship had stranded, and there France has its officially appointed ship Doubles. yesterday Lt. Col. Bonnerinan (ser.) beat A. K. article appeared to be no chance of wolf-hunters, known as "lienten- M. Bates and Capt. West defested Mackenzie (owe 1/6), 6-4, 2-6, 6 3. tint at any the back getting it off the rocke, when ants de la louveterie," who wear Yew Man kit and Lou Fook ling in was regulated by

The Finals. gound against which he was one of the members in a generala splendid uniform-sky blue four sets. The winners had matters

casual tanio with gold buttens bearing a practically their own way in the Members and subscribers of the seen. Two chamoleons which be way floated it by a had had the opportunity of humorous remark. After it was wolf's head, chamois leather first set, while the second went in Hongkong Cricket Club may now observing had behaved different-made they were happy and breeches, high boots, and a three-favour of the Chinese players. The book seats in the Cricket Club Theirs is an hon-military pair, took the next set pavilion for the semi-finals and ly. One of them was green and contented and they got out of cornered hat.

thoir, fix. Mr. Macdonld drew the orary office, but carries the fairly comfortably and after being finals of the annual tennis turn the other brown. The green moral that it was that good hu- privilege of hunting and shooting five down in the fourth draw lavolament. Further particulare are chameleon from being almost

ccntained in an advertisement colourless could assume nearly our, that friendly approach, in the State forests. any shade of green, passing from whether between the Front Bench

The Chinese players lacked appearing in this issue. the colour of the lenf and be- and the Press Gallery or between

experience, especially-Lau, who coming almost black; the brown diplomatists, which enabled them to solve all the problems that threatened to divide them and

and won by 7-514

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made many faulty strokes and

suffered by his mistakes. Yew ARE YOU A LUCKY MOTHER ? played well, but with the little sup-12

animal, similarly, could be cream-coloured, could darken 10 the colour of wood or bark, and keep them in a hopeless state of SHANGHAI QUOTATIONS.. port he received from his partner Are you one of those mothers finally, appear so dark a brown antagonism. that it might easily be mistaken for a shadow.

Mossra. Ellis and Co. have could not cope with the military whose baby seldom cries, sleeps

diy,

The Minister of Health unbur-kindly supplied us with the pair, who themselves were playing peacefully, eats woll, gains weight All tho changes were regulat-dened his mind on the subject of following cable quotations of below for The Colonel, was not regularly day by day! If not their smashing in his usual way and lost most probably the trouble is in od by the condition of the flate at a recent dinner of the Shanghai stooke from

many points, West gave him good the little one's stomach or in chameleon, and were influenced Gardon Citios and Town Planning Shanghai office :-

support and was very steady. In testines, whore most of the ail- Langkats (comb.)-T14, 244, the last sat both played carelessly ments of infancy arise. Under particularly by the circumstances Association. He desired to soe of light and heat. If the garden cities multiply, but as, for buyers.

until they wore five to one down, such circumstances Baby's Own Bwos. - Tls. 11.50, ex when they recovered and won the Tablets have been in great num- chameleon wero cold, or if flats-Housing experts and re- were in a bright light, it would be formers woro boing implored to buyers.

sat without giving away another bors of cases all that was neededf Shanghai Dooks, Tls. 126,

to sot matters right. come pale, while oxposure to heat give consideration to the erection

game. or darkness would make it of barrack-like tenements in order ex div., buyers.

E. C. Fincher who has not yet It is wonderful how quickly a New Engineerings-111 8.70, shown any of his old form, met an baby starts to thrive whon Baby's darken. To some extent the that they might provide for at changes brought about by light least a larger number of people buyers."

easy opponent in Tsurumi and won Own Tablots are used. They Orientals Tls.3.75, buyers. were local, and were the direct to be housed near the factories

by three straight sets. F. A gently aid the child's digestion; Shanghai Cotton. --T1- 56.

Redmond won by the same margin relieve, colle, croup and colds, effect of light on the skin itself, in which they did their work.

might improve. those buyers. but when the colour of the whole They

against Lim Pong-chen, while Ho banish constipation, chock diar tonements as they

Ko-lan only coded four games to rhoea, expel worms, allay tooth- body changed at once something flats and

Dr. Valentine. In the Opou ing pains almost as if by magic, much more duop gented took liked. They might furnish them place-something fundamentally with lifts, roof gardons, and

All this is no doubt Razack and Cassumbhoy did well health giving sloop in a perfectly much more akin to blushing or laundries, and staff them with live in them." pallor in a human being. The supervisers and caretakers, but trus, comments a Home paper to beat Alfroe and Miskin in thres natural way. They are guar "anteed to be absolutely froe from sets.. change was due to the secretion they would always zumainan but the demand for flats Looms to

Detalled Results.

opiates or narcotics, and may be of a gland near the kidney known abomination. No one could com- increase in every section of as the adrenal body. This at the paro those unnatural conditions society. They are the favoured

Open Singles.-Ho Kalau best given freely without fear of harm biding of the brain shod its saore-into which the inhabitants were dwelling of the period, into which Dr. D. J. Valentine, 6-0, 6-1, 6-8; to the youngest and most delicato tion into the blood, and the morost forced with the two-storoy and many householders would move A Redmond bent Lun Pong. Infant Baby's Own Tablets are trace of adrenalin would suffice to one-storey cottages out in the if they could afford it. Only

post free, 60 centé. por vial, from make the pigment cells withdraw opan country, and with the sun wealthy folk, however, can find chen 9.7, 6.1, 6-4; E. C. Fincher, sold by chemists everywhere, or Open Doubles M. Raznok Dr. Williams Medicine Co., 60 their pigment, so that the animal space, sir, and health that could the means to take a really good beat R. Teurumi, 6-1 0-2, 0-8, be onjoyed by those fortunate to London flat in these times. became palo,

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