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The new Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, contain several The oceanographic expedition of

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balow, tells the story of the produc-famed and Fully Paid-up Marvels of the universe, distion, just 400 years ago, of WiI- headed by Prof William Beebe, Is hack in New York after 5- closed by the later discoveries of liam Tindale's New Testament, months of exploration work in science, are discribed by twelve of secretly, and amid great perils

Amoy, Amperanti bandomny, Bombay, Calcutta, Cheriton, Gorontalo, Hongkong, the Sargasso Sea and in the the leading solontists of the day bravely faced. Another las des

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fong, Trustja Weltevraden Upon his arrival and before he Knowledge."

G. M. Young, Esq. Chairman-3. LONDON REPRESENTATIVE -F. 9. Wright, 21, Old Broad Street, gans of the sprood of Christianity, 2.H. P. White, Esq. Deputy Onslyman | London. E. 0.2.

#.... Janded from the Arcturus, histow the sun, the millions of over 1,000 years ago, right across D.G.M. Bernard, Esq Hon. Mr. A,0. Lang

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LONDON ----Midland Hauk, Ltd., Oversous Branch, who is one of the foremost natur-stars-which are all suns the Asia from Afghanistan to Man-W.HI. Ball, Rag. W. L. Pattenden, Esq elists of the country, said: garth, and the other planets came chuiria. Dr. Mingana gives the full

Hon.Mr.P.H.Holyoak T. G. Wesil, Esq... have come back simply knowing into boing is clearly explained ac-text of this Syriad document,

Chiel Manager: how little we all know, after all." cording to the latest theories. The which he ascribes to the eighth

A. H. Enrlow, Esq. proofs which many new facth, as-century of our era; it describes the Meribers of the party believe certained since Darwin offer of introduction of Christianity in the Manager: Shanghal-G. H. Stitt, Esq.

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CURRENT ACCOUNTB open- natural science.Dr. W. A. K might satisfy even Tennessee or most a synonyn for Moselem...⠀⠀ Gregory, associato in vertebrata Bottle.

Dr. Mingane quotes a docu-ed in LOCAL CURRENCY and for the society said, however, that Before this could be definitely The moon, according to a the-ment, ascribed to the very begin- FIXED DEPOSITS: received for stated, it would be necessary for ory explained by Dr. Harold Jof-ning of the third century, show-one year or shorter periods in them to do much investigating in ferys, Fellow of St. John's Cam-ing that there were then Chris Local Currency and Sterling on natural history writings.. bridge, was once part of the earth. tains in Bactria, which lay, ba terme "which will be quoted on

In those days the earth was more Ween the Hindu Kush range and application. A collection of beautiful water

nongkong, 21st. Feb., 1924.- colours was shown and explained or less fluid, and instead of boing the Oxus River, and another, of round was more like an elongated the same century, which states by Dr. Gregory. He spoke par- Rugby football. One of the ends that the country of the Gilanians ticularly of the phosphorescent was detached by a "pull" from and that of Gog and Magog first fishes and their faculty of turning outside, the Pacific Ocean being about A.D. 120-140. (Gog and received ecclesiastical ordinatioti their lights off under while under the scar left where the moon was Magog were the Syriac names of stimulus.

turn off." "We made some photographic The earth's origin was some studies by night of the 'Black what similar. Swallower," he said.

They have hundreds of lights from head, to stern and these are under the perfect control of the fish. Behind each of these little lenace is n pocket containing a chemical thut acts as those on a fire-fly,"

WORLD'S HISTORY.

the Turks and Tartare.)

In the sixth century the Huns and Turks were being taught by Christian missionaries: "Jo, write in their own language and to "So far back as we can trace it," plant vegetables and sow corn, writes Dr. James H. Jeans, F.R.S., Towards the end of the eighth secretary of the Royal Society, century ordinations were made, we may conjecture the past his says a chroniclur, by the holy tory of our earth to have been Catholicos Timothy the Patriarch, These Bash on and off, acting somewhat as follows.

to the countries of the savage recognition signals

Some millions of millions of peoples, who were devoid of every Jurors. In the deøper waters some. of the phosphorescent fishes are years ago the atoms of which the understanding and civilization"; entirely black with many lights Carth and all the contents of the they went beyond the Caspain that sparkle tiny jewels even in earth, including our bodies, are and into Central Asia, spreading the daytime. We fished at depths made formed an infinitesimal Christianity and material civiliza- varying from 100 fathoms to one fraction of a huge nobular masstion: "The bread of those coun- which assumed the form of tries was made of rice, because a spiral nebula.

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We caught thousands of byclothones, or tiny specimens with snako-like jawa, less than two inches long."

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"Some time during this span of o War is one of the novelties. millions of millions of years a Dr. Gregory called attention, to wandering star came so close that the 'protective coloration of ex-Jour sun, unable to stand the in- amples such as the golden tense tidal force generated, broke Sargasso weed and pink sea fane, into pieces, and out of the debris in which the fish specimens so our earth and moon, as well as perfectly match the plant of which all the other, planots and their they are a part that they are satellites, were formed." protected from molestation.

Dr. Gregory estimated that the Arcturus cargo would enrich the

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Here is Dr. Jeans' wonderful museum collection of fishes by"model" of the universe -- several thousand and the collec-] "The earth travels round the tion of vertebrates bý many. sun at the rate of about twenty many, thousand."

miles a second, so that its yearly Whether or not new specimens orbit is 600 million miles in

circumference, were obtained is of minor import- ance, in the opinion of Professor. Constructing our model on a Beebe, who said:

very small scale indeed, let us They simply meat a lot of reprosent this orbit by a diming tachnical work in cataloguing. tive pin-head, or by a full-stop, The really interesting discoverios one-fiftieth were made in studying the habits diameter.

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While Mr. Bryan, at Dayton, when they congregate at the about the Sargasso woed, combin-adhered to the eighteenth century time of their halis. Their country ing plant and animal life, of belief that the earth is 5,000 years is broad and reaches as far as which colourful samples were old-about Tutankhamen's time- obtained, Professor Boobe declared. Dr. Jeffreys states that the cis-Magog, the city of the pagans, en Des Voeux Boad Central, Hongkong. Trust Co.

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heathen. 12 ested in these as in what lay the element uranium enable us to -Those Christian Turks dwell underneath the weeds on the floor judge the real age of the rocks. under tents and pavilions, and

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It is simple. Uranium is pre-have from themselves priests, de- sent in many minerals. The acons, and monks. They have amount of load in a mineral can many places of worship with be ascertained. This tells how them in their pavilions, and they many uranium atoms have broken ring the bells and read the Books up since the mineral was formed. in our Syriac tongue.

No bread at all is found in their The amount of uranium, still loft

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Here ends the letter of Mar selves have been derived from and million breaks up every year. older igneous rocks. The age of and thus, as soon as it is found Philoxenus, Bishop of Mabbug, to the earth is then at least a what fraction of the original Abi Afr Military Governor of geological period greater than uranium in a mineral has broken Hirta of Nu'man. Manchester 1,400 million years,

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