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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

PRESIDENT JACKSON.

WHO'S WHO. AMONG THE PASSENGERS.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1928.

SEX IN PLANTS,

LECTURE AT THE HELENA

MAY INSTITUTE.

PROPERTY SALE.

KOWLOON LOT SOLD FOR $2 PER FOOT.

A piece of Crown land situated at the junction of Mongkok Road and Saf Yee Street was offered for publle anle at the P.W.D. offices yesterday afternoon and disposed of for $17,160, representing $2 per aquare foot,

Mrs. J. F. Steiner and Miss Mary

There was a large attendance at: Stelnor, of the Board of Foreign the Helona May Institute last oven Missions, arrived in Hongkong ing, when Mr. A. II. Crook deliver yesterday on the President Jack-od an interesting talk on "Sex Life Bon. They are en route to Holhow, in Planta." Among those present Passengers going on to Manila by were H. E. the Officer Administer the ship Include Mrs. Ethel G. ing the Government, Hon, Mr. W. Babcock, of the Bureau of EducaT Southorn and the Chief Justice, The plot of ground conalets of tion at Blanila; Mr. Charles E. Sir Henry Gollan. Hongkong hangbai Kobe Yokohama VanGORYST

8,680 square feet and is known as: Lenya Leava LAZY

Casey, of the Standard Oil Co. of

In introducing the lecturer, Sir Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2,147. Oct. 47° Oct. 50 Nov. 1 Nov. 10 New York, returning to Manila Heary referred to the growing There was no bid further than an Nov. 10 Nov. 15 Nov. 15 Nov. 24nitor a vacation in the States; popularity of such subjects, pifer, from Mr. Ip Ka-king, who Dec 1 Dec 4 Deo. G Dec. 15 Mr. Melville E. Groy, of the Insular observing that the one discussed at became the new owner, purchasing

Ge, Negros, P.I., where he will be was in relation to the growth and of $17,160. Lumber Co., en route to Fabrica, a recent meeting of an association the property for the upset price

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stationed; Mr. F. A. Hollabaugh, nutrition of fungus. Personally According to the conditions of en route to Manila for the Plonder he was not interested in the food-sale the purchaser is required to Rubber Mills: Mra, W. E. Olsen,ing of the fungus, and it must build and finish, fit for occupation, joining her husband, who is with have been a drab subject to Mr. before the expiration of 24 months, the Touda Development Co. at Crook, who being an Irishman had in a good, substantial and work- Manila; Miss M. Southard, field chosen a much more romantic sub manlike manner, one or more good representative and lecturer of theject, that of tex in plants. He was and permanent buildings and shall W.C.T. U., en route to Colombo;sure that the subject would prove expend a sun of-pot less than Bir. Carson Taylor, publisher of of such interest to the audience. $20,000 in rateable improvements. the Manila Bulletin returning from He himself had wondered whether a visit in the States; Comdr. Ray-plants ever slept, and he could mond G. Thomas, Vice Comman dant of the 16th Naval district,ngine nothing more sweet than a Sapper lly of the valley. (Laugh- ter). There were other questions equally astonishing which ho would like to ask of Mr. Crook. He was sure Mr. Crook's Imagina- tion would help them to understand in what they would be interested to hear from him.

FOUR FIRE CALLS

SMALL: OUTBREAKS ON BOTII

SIDES OF HARBOUR.

Mr. Crook said that one of his The Fire Brigades on both sides excuses for choosing such a sub- of the harbour had two calls to feet to put befoo his nudience was answer last evening, little damage that he was in entire ignorance of being done in any of the four fires. it, and he was hoping that most of The first call in Kowloon came them were in the same condition. about six o'clock when the Brigade A just recognition of ignorance, he turned out to Samchun Street to said, was a sure stop to knowledge. premiacs used by a worker in They were aware of those dif feathers. The outbreak WAS Aferences which defined sex in the small one and little damage was higher order of animals, but which cnused.

became less noticeable as they down the scale, radually went until in the forms as presented by fahes, reptiles and insects they disappeared or became less appar

Soon after returning to the

station another call was received to Sha Po, Kowloon City, where a small cottage dwelling had caught

fire.

A grass fire menr the Penk signal station necessitated the at- tention of the City Brigade last evening, the area Involved being about sixty square feet. The, fire was abdued by Police and coniles. The new motor cycle fire appliance turned out from Police Head- quarters for the first time for this

outbreak.

Laler a call was received to n Heensed brothel in Queen's Road West where the damage was ngain of a very minor nature.

RETIRING PRELATE.

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As to sexual system in plants, he mid that the differences were the stamens in the male plant and the pistil in the femnic, and it was the pollen stored in the stamens on in the ovary of the female which produced the seed of genora- plant. Where both organa were present in one plant à hermaph- rodite species was produced.

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ponse with the functions of a heart and to walk along the celling where ly example was the bed-bug which, the latter could not. Another home- defying such safeguards na disin fectants placed around bed-posts, was shown to have sufficient intel- ligence to climb up the celling from where it finally dropped on to the bed.

Intelligence and Sensitiveness, Plants had life, intelligence and sensitiveness, and with considerable If they could conceive of higher humour, the lecturer visualised beings than man, probably, they time when just due would be given would find that in inverse propor- to planta and it would be accordedtion, this sexual system became that they were capable of aufering inore pronounced. He speculated on as much as we did. Then auch the sex of angels, whom poots like humanitarian. work as could be Milton, suffering from a puritanical effected by a Society for the Pre-complex, Insisted were all males, vention of Cruelty to Plants would | But in these modern times they had be called for. An effort would be different ideas, for when an angel London, Oct. 22.

discover syntheticated was referred to, it was understood Impressive ceremonial was wit- made to nessed at the Guildhall when the forms of vegetable food, and they 10 have the shape of a pretty female retiring Archbishop of Canterbury would turn away from a carrot in (Laughter), was presented with the freedom of horror could they but see its heart Use city in a gold box, in the pre-exposed bleeding from the cut of

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sence of a number of members of the Cabinet, Bishops, the chief Rabbi, and the City Fathers. The City Chamberlain, in an address, pald a tribute to the services of the great churchman who he declared and in the new ones. Io also show-heart of a Chinese parent, who if was a great public figure.-Reutered how pollination was arrived at he were asked for his views on the

for which te found a reason in the with what in his view, constituted of this they had a nearer example The lecturer proceeded to deal unequal distribution of the sexes, the hierarchy of the plant kingdom, in the case of the Polynesian and and the differences which counter Melanesian races. The sex of a for sex in the older forms of plants child appeared to fe, nearest the

Count, the

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birth of a girl baby, would probably Speaking as to the intelligence heave a heavy sigh, the while ho and physical structure of the lower gave vent to the expression:-AL- order of creatures, he selected as vah, Pai ka fo lo," Broadly transTM an instance that of the common Inted it would sound like this, house-fly which if it were able to "Damn, What Д misfortune speak would probably take a pride (Laughter). ful view of Ita superiority over the human being, In being able to dis-

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