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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1925.

A DESCRIPTIVE PAGE

PAGE OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Industrial Mishaps Reduced.

Moose Are Still Plentiful in Canada's Forests.

Woman Builder Creates Avenue.

SAFETY

1. FIRST

CHAMPIONS:

KEDGEMAKOOGE, OR FAIRY

| LAKE, NOVA SCOTIA

RECORD NEW BRUNSWICK

MOOSE, SPREAD

72 INCHES

WHERE SKYSCRAPERS GRON

While the motor car taking and public edifices. Five thousand a hideous toll of lives each vear, men are employed. But the total industry is gradually reducing its injuries among these workers have casualties.

been cat to the minimum by virtoa

Still there is vast room for im-of the "Season of Safety cam- provement, for of America's paign. The accidents in tho B- 41,000,000 workers como 15 per cual quarrying of more than cloven cent suffer injuries, making a total million cubic feet of building stone, annual loss of 227,000,000 working in the mill work and in loading days. This is equivalent to 750,000 and shipping of this store have unemployed men. Reduced to gradually shrank in number with wages it means a billion dollar loss the broadening of the educational annually,

campaign. Down in the quarry district of greater confidence between

Greater prosperity, couthern Indians new safety rec-ployer and employe and greater ords are being chalked up. This safety for the family of the worker Bedford Bloomington district, par- are only a few at the splendid re- haps the largest stone quarry cen- sulta ter in the world, turns out an enor

am-

Safety campaign leaders declare

mmons proportion of the nation's the rest of the country can flod a building stone and is represented lesson in the work being done in in the most imposing structures the district from which comes the churches, homes, oleo buildings bulk of the nation's building stone.

BIG MOOSE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

Nova Scotia's Interior is one makooge Rod and Gun Club, on Nova Scotia, and declares that al- yast moose pasture, with a won- Fairy lake, a beautiful sheet of though many moose are killed each derful lako system, whose watersparkling water covering 64 square year, they still increase. Loafe descend to the Atlantic. With an an. broken by bags and head-expert cancaists and good cooka

miles, dotted with 800 lalands and a dozen other guides are also Indian, or half breed guide, who lands. Many streams wind in and knows how to twist a piece of birch out through the forests, which pro- States wishes to go farther afield If the hanter from the United bark into a megaphone and send vide ideal hunting grounds far for his summo shooting, ho will through it the waird call which, it

moose, deer and bear.

and equal opportunities for moose" Twelve miles from Annapolls and deer and other varieties of big the wind in right, will bring the Royal is another bunk head game to British Columbia. If wild bull moose fute the range of the quarters, that of A. D. Thomas, at game birds are his object, he will hunter's gun, even a novice in the South Milford, situated at the head be able to obtain splendid sport in sport of ble game bunting may bag of the Liverpool Lakes. This is almost every province of the Do- hia moose within the open season, the home of one of the most fa- minion of Canada. October 1 to November 15,

The prairie Some of the best moose territory guides, Lente Harlow, who has shooting as well as the renowned mon half-breed Memus Indian provinces sve excolient drick lo caslly ranched from Annapolis probably tured to the rifle more prairie chickens. New Brunswick Royal,

by way of South Milford, moore than any galda in the Bloeis a great moose country, too, and A motor ride of two hours takes nose country. He is familiar with is well equipped with outfittern an the hunter to the famous Kedge-overy foot of ground in Interfor guides.

FRENCH EMBASSY

From dumping ground to one of the most beautiful streets in the world ia tho transformation wrought to Upper Sixteenth Street, Washington, D. C., by Mrs. John B. Henderson, widow of the former eenator from Missouri. For years Mrs.

"the Landlady lo has been active in movements to develop

art and

the

in this and other lands.

1:1

Mizs

JOHN 3

HENDERSON

irty years ago that ite material for these magnificent

Street,

tren

a barren structures on "Diplomutle Bll," could be made the ahow stone used in thousands of disting treat of the nation's capital, this tive homes and buildings. The anique builder of eftles beautiful

bas created a stately avecue ofendour of her first embassy, the

was so enthusiastically re cooties for foreign representatives ceived that Spain, Italy, Poland, to America.

Switzerland, the Netherlands, Mer.. Because of its beauty and durico and Cobs followed with official Ability, Mrs. Honderson has select homes of rare design, all altuated ed Kudlana Umestone as her favor on the hil

Florida's

Spectacular Growth Drawing World's Attention.

Victoria's Unique Crystal Playground.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. Florida has set the example, and ban placed the entire South before the nation and before the world. Vast wealth is pouring into the) lap of the South. Constructive leadership bas developed.

The South has awakened from its lang post-bellum sleep. The tide of capital and labor, of farmer, in- dustrialist, and of the vast army of pleasure seekers has set in for the Southern states according to

railroad executives.

leading

Florida, the goal of the greatest migration of recent years in not expressing its activity in flimsy structures, but in permanent build- inga of concrete and steel, massive. city blocks, mamaeth hotels, in factories, packing plants, in great port works, huge railway terminals and extensions. The whole state is being settled. There are only 20,00 acres of government and left in Florida for homestead. recording to a recent report from Washiar ton. Ninety-five thousand carlonds of fruits and vegetables went North during the last eleven months.) This is at the rate of a loaded car every five minutes. It brings! in over 100 million dollars

on. nually to Florida, and does not) include all shipments. Cement plants asing native materials promise to soon exceed Florida's demand.

Between 25 and 30 milan dul lar are being expended in new hotel and apartment houses st Palm Beach and West Palm Beach. A 35 million dollar building pro- Prom being put on in a town near Shami, including four hotels. banese blocks and many resi dence and still nacther subdivi alon has let contracts fur six mil dion dollars worth of homes, first step in 75 million dollars worth of building.

H. N. Rodenbaugh, Vice-Presi dent of the Florida East Coast Railway Company and former Re gnal Director of the Southern Railway System of the U. S. Rail. way administration pointed cut

ERE ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARG

OF PRO

SOLD IN 30 DAYS

$609,000 SPAN

ROSS

AT ST. AUGUSTING

"WHITEHALL, FIVE MILLION DOLLAR NEW APARINGNT

CLUB HOTEL AT PALM BEACH

MR. H. N. RODENBAUSH VICE-PRINDERI FLORIDA EAST DOWNEY BRILWAY COMPANY

THE MAGIC CITY, MIAMI, WHICH HAD 7000 POPULATION IN 19314, UID TODAY THERE ARG

HEART OF THE CITY PACO WITHIN 6 MILES OF THE

PUTTING GIANT SPAN IN PLACE ON FLORIDA GAST COAST RAILWAY BRIDGE ACROSS THE ST. JOHNS RIVER AT JACKSONVILLE

city in the United States in spend- ing several millions in development Okeechobee, on the lake of that. name, in South central Florida, was name on the map a few years ngo. Today It is nearing 10,000 population and growing fast. Hus- dreds of carloads of early winter vegetables dally leave Okeechobee for the North each season. The produce raleed on reclaimed

that the summer trame to the East Const of Morida bad execeded in some respects the height of ac tivity

winter. inst "The greatest number of South bound cassengers handled in one day over our tine test winter was 2.208 Varing one day in summer. the oumber of Southbound passen- kere totalled 2,650, and very re- contig a new high mark was es-hard recruited all available antior to orovement program is inaugurated land as rich as the Nile Valley. The tablished at 3,039 The greatest bol found in Georgia, Lousrank, and at Monit. A 16 million dollar har- Florida East Coast Railroad is bumber of trains operated over a Texas for construction work or the bor improvement is being worked double-tracking its main line from elrate division last winter was 58, Florida East Coast Railway's ex-out ut Hollywood under General Jacksonville to Miami, and bulld but in the summer we operated tension projects. Agents at work Geo W. Goethals. Hallroad shops ing a three million dollar terminat £2 traine in one division. Our throughout the North and Middle are being built at St. Augustine near Minini, with tracks for more Freight business has more than West have accumulated doubled during the last two years." 4,000 additional laborers.

about and a 60.000 bridge in Spanish than 8,200

Tremendous atyle is being built across the bis- crowds of people are Blocking

Mr. Rodenbaugh stated that hel A 10 million doller barbor im-toric Matanzas Bay. The oldest from all parts of the comicý,

AVICTORIA'G

CRYSTAL GARDENS

MULERS VISITORS CINE AND CONCE

Americana who have plaftod jouts them. Imagine an area of 2 Victoria since the opening of the jacos, facing the gardens of the the Crystal Gardens, in one hour As evidence of the popularity of new Crystal Gardens are returning Empress Hotel, on which is this daring the week this fair visitor homa Alled with enthusiasm and glass domed structure of brick and from the United States was there, praise for the engineers who are concreto, coutalaing a mammoth 1000 persons visited the gardens been able to construct this modern pool 150 foot in length and for either bathing or dancing, or plans roofed structure where swim-40 in width, with COD-

foot

mming pools with their concreto czete steps leading down to it,merely to enjoy a cool glass of stops far spectators rival the anke the old Roman, baths, and lemonado while watching the clant Remsa baths, and where dowers, palms, and vines to make divers diaport themselves worl dancing Boors at onch end of the i still more beautifu. Imagine nately, the Canadian

Fortu gardens provide amusement bo- stunning girl, in a neat bathing pated the popularity the Gardens: twoon swims in the salt water. costuma, poised on the diving would have, especially with Amer

It is difficult to give an idea of bound and then, with a few graco ican visitors, and augmented Its the Crystal Gardens without actorul cueros alleging into the water service between Victoria, Seattle ally coing it. Ona America with hardly a ripple. To make the and Vancouver with two Dow woman was so impressed that she illusions atůl more reminiscent of steamships, the Princess Kathleen Insisted on having pictures taken, ancient times, the sath strains of and the Princess Marguerite. These of it in order to show her felesés monde ficats down from the orchestwo, the largest over placed in When she returned it soften at one and where a smooth coastwins survien on the Pacific. malque,

se making their regular trianglo

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