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BUYING ELEPHANTS.

EXPERIENCES IN BURMA.

Both elephants and touk aro indigenous to Burma, and with the invainablo. assistance of the former, the latter is shipped in large quantities to all parts of the world.

SLEEP.

ONE EFFECT OF COLD WEATHER.

Many people are aware, în these days, of the soporific effect of cold weather, But why a fall)

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1926.

LONDON UNDER THE

X-RAYS.

INTERESTING FACTS AND

FIGURES OF THE

GREAT METROPOLIS.

in the thermometer should in Many queer litile facts about duce to drowsiness romains some-London that are of interest to! Thousands of elephants prothing of a mystory, unless, in-many but known to fow, are to he kopt hard at work during the deal, the view he accepted that found in the "Statistical Abstract rainy season pushing and haul- man shures with cortain animals for London 1924-25"-the all- ing huge baulks of timber into the tendency to hibernato, about-London book compiled by the rapidly swelling nullahs, Against such an explanation is the Clerk to the L.C.C, and issued whore they are first formed into the fact that, in very hot weather by the Council. rafts, and then started on their journey to the saw-mills in many

loop is also near at hund. Thus Here, for example," is shown. it would seem that Nature is able what a City of Widows London cases hundreds of milos distant. to shield herself against an un-is. There are 223,615 of them, From time to time it becomes congenial environment by the compared with 72,450 widowers. necessary to replönish or increase simple process of shutting hor

Riths, deaths, and marriages

the stock of elephants, and an ex-eyes to it. That idea was pro-population and rates--the food perienced "jungle-wallah" in de-pounded recently, in scientific we eat and the drinks we drink

form, by the Russian physiologist the way we travel and the way puted for this responsible task:

Paviny. He carried out on dogs we attend the museuns: all these Like the horse, an elephant has a number of experiments of things, are set out." good and bad points, and as the highly interesting and diverting) price of a partly trained worker character. The animals were ac ranges from £200 to 2600, it is custoured, in the first instance, evident that great care and ex-to associate certain sounds with perience are essential in making the a proach of ineal time. When the purchasos.

agong was struck of a bell was rung they know that food was on That, of course, is the resident this way, Then, one day, a population. The day population change was instituted. The gong in 1881 was 261,061, and by 1921 was struck as usual and the bell it had increased to 436,721, was rung: lot the coming of the

The condition of the skin. the girth, height, shape and length of legs, and tusks (if a hale! "must all be carefully weighed up, unit it is advisable always touxamine carefully for old brand marks, experied food was delayet. The for some of the elephants brought disappointed äning! immediately

In the very first line of the "Abstract" is the interesting fact that the population of the City in 1801 was 128,128, as against 13,709 at the last census,

Islington's population in 1801 was 10,212: in 1921 it was 330,737.

by the wily Siamese. For Sale fell askip, Further, it was found The population per acre is have sometimes strayed from that sleep could always be in-highest in Newington--182, and their camps been requisitioned duced by inflicting such disap-lowest in Eltham-8.

elephant buying expédition. “ "

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and passed off as newly-raptured pointments on appetite. It is, Wandsworth, with 328,307, has and trained from the wikl. perhaps, permissible to argue the largest horough population. Gangs of Dacoits still abound from this that the act of falling The highest birth-rato is that of in Burma, and many, Europeans asleep, expresses resignation in Shoreditch-25 per 1,000. The have lost their lives at the hands face of circumstances which are lowest is the City'-72. South- of these outlaws while on

fon difficult or to distressing to wark has, the highest death-rate,

Woolwich has the lowest he coped with. The tired man 14.1. flings himself on his couch be--11. In the first place, a Burmese canse no longer can be respond to broker arranges with the ven the calls made on him by his dors i many Cases Siamese surroundings. And thus, by the jungle-waflah a suitable spok very act of surrender, he gathers for the Thakin or Sahib to see new force to continue the strug the elephants at work in order gle. Sleep, from this point of was 72,393: last year 55,887. The that he may gain some idea as to view, is a kind of shamming deaths of children under a year how far they have been trained. dead"-the resort of the weak oid have decreased from 11,464 to This done, the Thakin starts off and the disappointed in the face, 5,904 in the same period. on his journey from headquarters of inexorable circumstance. How

POPLAR'S DISTINCTION: The figures apply to the Ad-| ministrave County only. The number of civilian deaths in 1915

with a considorable sum of money far that conception can be re-war 1918, with 13,085 deaths, as The worst recent influenza year in silver (rupees) packed tightly conciled with more ordinary compared with 764 in 1923 und into numerous wooden boxes. opinions it is difficult to say. A 1,630 last year. The reason for currying the few years ago Sir Frederick Mett bronchitis have declined from Deaths from money in this way is that the brought forward ovidence that 7,058 to 4,481 in the decade: average elephant merchant does the brain which has been de not understand paper nioney and will not accept it according Dacoits are continually on the look-out for opportunities of this kind, and although military police guards are furnished in some dis- tricts the mungy has repeatedly been stolen and the Thakins murdered..

prived, for long periods, of sleep. The expenditure of the borough, loses from its calls a substance councils has gone up from five necessary to vital activity. Sleep millions in 1911-12 to more than alone is capable of affecting a re-double, Including the City--with storation of that substance. It its 66,748,924-the rateable value might perhaps he argued from is over £50,000,000.

FEWER MARRIAGES.

this that the most active brains! Poplar bas the highest rate, require the longest periods of 224 The City's is. 9s. Ild. The sleep, but history furnishes many, City's total of loans borrowed for On arrival at the pre-arranged examples to the contrary. The all services and secured on rates spot usually a clearing in the Emperor Napoleon, for example, is nearly 11,000,000. jungle outside a small village was notoriously "short sleeper."

1 the Thakin views the animals) He was capable of doing without, whose points he approves of at sleep altogether for nights in suc- Institutional poor relief was work; and after a certain amount cession and his normal habit was given to 69,743 people on the day) of bargaining a price is arranged to sleep only for two hours at a chosen for the couh last year, as and paid out forthwith, mucle to! timė. Thus his nights were against 91,484 in 1915. But the the relief of the Thakin as he always "broken." His case is domiciliary poor relief has gone sees his stuck of rupues dwind-noban isolated one. Very active up enormously from 32,880 in ling rapidly away

minds seem to resent the "natur- 1915 to 171,300 last year. Perhaps some ten or more new al penalty" of sleep and contrive, jump was from 51,909 in 1921 co

in some casos at any rate, to 170,748 in the following year. workers are acquired in this way, and the next move is to see then mitigate it to the extent of two branded, and started

hours below what on ther three march to the scene of their physicians are wont to describe as the minimum, consistent with future activities.

good health. Dull brains, on the These extraordinary animals contrary, are often sleepy brains. exhibit signs of considerable in this, as in so many other mat- metropolitan guardians is more

trepidation at the idea of being ters, what is one nian's meal branded but the process is not seems to be another man's poison. painful one, and they very soon regain their composure, on being permitted to roam a while before

The

There are 6,000 fewer pauper lunatics and imbeciles than there fallen by 19,000 in the same period. were. in 1915. Marriages have

The total expenditure of the

than £11,000,000.

There are 8,058 licences for the sala of intoxicating drinks, 514 of them in the City.

Suicides by men were 226 in

£900,000 FIRE,AU).

over

they are prepared for marching. kept well in the background, and 1915; 301 last year; by women 152

Elephants are not murched so on until all are safely across, in 1915 and 144 last year. during the heat of the day, but This rough and ready_method_There was not a single death the journey is accomplished in has beer in vogue for many years, from smallpox last year, early morning and evening

in Burma, and there is apart stages. On occasions a serious of the Salween River rather above! obstacle in the shape of a river the village of Shwaygon, which] The 191 evening educational comes in the way of the march, has been the scene of many such institutes of London ure attended and neither persuasion nor driv operations. On vory rare occa by 117,359 students. There are ing will induce our friends, sions the tow rope has been 4,462 scholarships in London usually so partial to water, to known to part, and the feltered schools of various sorts-and only! swim to the opposite bank. The elephant carried away down seven of them for cookery. services of a stoum launch have stream and eventually drowned. There were 7.111 fire calls last to bo requisitioned in order In cases where eight or ten year 2,292 of them false alarm,. to overcome this difficulty, and elephants have to be transported The damage by fire was the elephants uro forthwithin the manner described, the 900,000. marched to a part of the river whole day is usually given to the, whore the nuar bank is steep and task, and, once across, the still the opposite side shelving. They fettered animals are allowed to are thon ledone by one the edge rohin and feed at will while thoir of the steep bank, their forelegs respective drivers gather together, fettered near the foet, and a stout and discuss the day's work. lino' made fast round the 'fatter at The Thakin having issued final, one end, and to the stern of the instructions to the drivere, now launch at the other. The signal rotires to the nearest bungalow is then given for full speed ahead after a trying, but none the loss on, the launch, and after a fow satisfactory time, and having) moments' terrific resistance the disposed of his numerous boxes elephant has to give way and is of ripees, he " turns in for the hauled unceremoniously boad night and forgots his revolvor, over heels into the deep water, On the following morning be- below him. He is thon towed fore the dawn broaks there is! with only just the tip of his trunk great activity in the drivers! visible above water until he finds camp and a general round-up of his feet on the opposite abölving straying elephants commences. bank. A driver then swims from The drivers disappour, and one

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"What? You advise me to

the launch to the elephant's nock, by one they return with their take this hat! It makes me look, and perched thereon, drives him, respective charges, who are by forty!"

hobled, out of the wator. The this time, unfetiored and con- "Yes. It takes ten years off process is repeated with No. 2, centrated at a given spot ready your appearance!"- who, with the others, has been for the next stages of the march.

Aussie, Australia.

BANG

Go Prices!

AT

WHITEAWAY'S SALE

Extended Till Saturday, Feb., 6th

STOCKS MUST BE REDUCED REGARDLESS OF COST

In order to reduce our stock to the lowest possible figure by Stocktaking, we

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have decided to continue our sale for

ONE WEEK MORE

FURTHER BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.

During this week we are determined to clear all goods that

we do not want to carry over, Stocktaking ät-

GIVING AWAY PRICES

Do Not Miss This Opportunity

HALF PRICE BARGAINS

Ladies' Hats

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Ladies' Dresses

Ladies' Shoes

Dress Materials

Cretonnes

Bedsteads

Hosiery, etc., etc.

Hardware

Crockery

Toys and Games,

etc., etc.

Sale Ends Positively Saturday, February, 6th

Look out for Dollar Day Announcement

Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Company, Limited.

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