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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

The Rossevelt

up in the Himalayas,

The group

in front p the tente

Ferguson and Dr. Reove Heber,

a missionary, who is accompanying the expedition.

OHEAT

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1925,

The Roosevelt Expedition to

Central Asia.

Loaders of the Roosevelt-Field Museum expedition aro seen passing through a deep valley at Sonamarg, in the remotest fastnesses of the Himalayan ranges. At the left is Kermit Roosevelt" in the middle is Suydam Cutting, an assistant; the two figures at the right are George K. Cherrie (rear), veteran explorer, and Col. Theodore Roosevelt.

New Lunar Theory.

A view of the desolate Zugi pass, in the Himalayas,

trois d by the Roosevel: Fild Musa in party. This picture," from the Nachai rest house, whero the party stopped

ta

for vo days, shows (arrow) the ant-like line of march pro- ceg across the eternal snows,

Paying Homage to Napoleon.

The Roosevelt party wending its way through the Zogi pass in the Himalayay, where the ground is always covered with show, Tho-two sons of the late ex-Presklant Roosevelt are at the far end of the line, in the background.

Davis Cup Stays in America.

This is a recent photograph of the moon's surface: new theory has been advanced by Dr. Intes, director of the "Union Observatory of South Africa. Dr. Innes says "his" observations show that the earth does not rotute ovenly upon its axis but that the length of time require for rotation increases for a period and then decreases for a spell. This, he says, cause the moon to be ahead of its rising and setting at some times, and bobled it at others:

Britain's

Newest Battleship.

The island of St. Helena, where Napoleon died in exile,. was one stop that the Prince of Wales insisted on making in his recent tour. This picture shows him standing at the tomb whore Napoleon's body was buried, chatting with the French Consul.

Here are the principals in the Davis sup matches the winner, the losor, the donor and the cup itself. At the loft is R. Norris Williams, captain of the triumphant Amorican feam; in the middle is Dwight W. Davis, donor of the cup, and at the right is Max Docugis, captain of the French team.

This shows the launching of the new British battleship "Nelson." most powerful fighting ship in the world. It is of 35,000 tons displacement, cost £7,000,000, and carries crow of 1,500 men,

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