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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1929.

COCKROACHES

SPREAD

DISEASE

FOR ONE COCKROACH. YOU BEE THERE ARE HUNDREDS YOU DON'T SEE. COCKROACHES ARE NIGHT WORKERS, THEY SHUN THE LIGHT, LIVE UNDER FLOORS AND BEHIND BASEBOARDS AND THERE LAY THEIR EGGS AND RAISE THEIR YOUNG.

AS LONG AS THOSE NESTS ARE UNTOUCHED COOK- ROACHES WILL KEEP ON COMING INTO YOUR HOUSE.

18 IT NECESSARY FOR YOU TO TEAR UP YOUR FLOORS? INDEED.

USE A POWDER, NOT A SPRAY. SCATTER PETERMAN'S ROACHFOOD IN THE CRACKS, AROUND THE DRAIN PIPES

*ETC.

:

NO

THE COACKROACHES ARE DRAWN, TOWARDS IT, THEY EAT IT, AND ON THEIR LEGS AND BODIES CARRY IT BACK TO THEIR NESTS.

AND EVERY ROACH AND EGG TOUCHED 18 DOOMED. THEY DIE AND THEN DISINTEGRATE. NOTHING IS LEFT BUT A LITTLE DRY DUST.

AT ALL

THE

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INDUCING RAINFALL.

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CHINA COAST OFFICERS.

LATEST TRANSFERS AND

PROMOTIONS.

Electrical methods de not usual- ly bear close Investigation, as most of them are based on the

Captain R. Allinson, of the Kin- coincidence of lightning and rain in thunderstorms, and ignore the tang, has gone moster, Sunning.

Mr. J. Turnbull, chief officer, fact that lightning is the product, Tutung, has gone extra chief offleer, and not the cause of the Chunder-Hsin Feling. Mr. B. C. Finch, extra storm.

chief officer, lisin Peking, has gono To consider the remaining in-chief once. Cameron, chief officer,

officer, Tatung stances in detail:-

Fires..

Hain Peking, has gone chief, ofleer, Changchow. Mr. H, J. Powrie, from reserve, has gono chief officer, Hsin Peking

Great fires often produce a cloud over themselves; in fact, the air circulation over a fire torres-serve,, has ponda in many respects to that re quired for the precipitation of

is

Captain F. W. Patter, from re

gone master, Sufyang, Captain. L. Jenklas, of the Suiyang,

on reserve. Captain A. II. Bathurst, of the has gone astor Liang- Mr. rain has actually fallen from clouds of such origin, and the Sunning, line gone master, Hanyang.

Captain J.D. Milne, of the Antung, possibility must be admitted.

It is most probable, however,inin 3. A. McCulloch, of the Kwang

has gone master, Kwangtung Cap- that such rain would be evaporatung, has gone neling master, An- ed before reaching the earth, and in any case the magnitude of thu fire concerned would be no great that it is difficult to conceive the ultimate benefit that would accrue to the fire-devastated area.

rain. It has been reported that Hangyang, Gibbs, chief officer,

Some savero volcanic explosions are actually accompanied by thun derstorms. Such phenomena ure not available at human will, and would certainly not be considered an acceptable method of rain pro- | dúctioni,

tung.

"MT.

Mr. J. A. Johnson, third officer, Liangchow, has gone third officer, Antung. Mr. E. J. Hankin, third officer, officer, same, ship.

Antung, has gone second B. C. Lee, second officer, Antung, has gone second officer, Liangchow.

Mr. officer,

A.

B. Blair, second engineer H. S, Tungchow, has resigned. Mr. second engineer officer, Lungeho officer, Chusan, is on reserve,

from reserve, has gone

G. J. Intch, third engineer

Mr. II. R. Stavart, third engineer officer, Chinkiang, has gone third engineer officer, Ninghal Mr. J. S. McDonald, third

Ninghai, has gone engineer ofcer, Chinking.

Mr.

third engineer

W. T. Rochester, from reserve, has gone second officer, Kutsan. Mr. C. C. Warren, second officer, Kutsang, Mr. V. Petherick, chief officer,

is on reserve.

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GERMAN, TRAMPS IN CONGRESS.

THE ENTERPRISE OF "GREGOR GOG."

Berlin, May 16. This Whitsuntido is remarkable in Germany for two reasons, both of which may wall make good Re- publicans shake their leads.

eln such as has never been nt- tempted before.

Germany, relieved at this sub- stitute for the now forbidilen nnnua] "Red Whitsun Mooting" of the Communista, is entirely sympathetic to the movement. It in foarod, however, that the publicity Horr Gog lad given to proceedings will for mrious reasons, not be popular with all his friends.

At the other end of the "social senio the first official Borlin

At the one end of the social season" since the war opens with ja gala performance at the State ladder the Gorman tramps are hold-Opera, to be continued as a musical

ing their first congross at Stuttgart, One of their number, Gregor Gog by his present name, rained himself

Mr. L G. Merry, reserve, has out of their ranks by various

bygone third officer, Walshing.

talents, a certain gift for journalist and publicity being among them, He is literary, for he remembers the

fentival up to the end of June. Germany's finest performers and not famous orehoatral lenders have on marshalled for the event, which is crowned by the presence of Toscanini and some of his fincat singers from the Scala at Milan.

It is understood that Herr Bruno

Nolses and Explosions. Noises in general and explosions in particular, are credited with the power of producing presipl- tation by forcing a coalescence of cloud particles into appreciable raindrops. Physicists toll ИБ, however, that a sound front is built up gradually and even an in- Hangsang, is on reserve, Mr. L. II. ichse noise cannot vary the dis-uchingo, from rezerve, has gone

chief officer, Hangsang. tance between cloud parties to an appreciable extent, not more than one part in 2,000 of Mr. J. Moodie, from renerve, has their original distance from centre Fone chief officer, Namaang. Mr. G. K. Hudson, chief officer, Namsang, to centre.

W., Walter, chief officer, Chak- and Walt Whitman when ho writes! and the explosion of shells in the song, has gone chief officer, Waishing. midst of low-lying rain clouds, Mr. F. Webster, chief officer, W.in the odd little broadsheet, The conducts Mahler's "Song of the would in addition imply considerailing, is on reserve,

Vagabond," he now runs for his cx able danger to those situated be-

follow-travellers.

neath such explosions.

It is on record, however, that auch experiments were conducted in the United States in 1891, 1911 and 1912, and that rain upsc- quently fell. In cach case, how ever, it was ascertained that the rain which fell was justified by the weather map and was merely a part of rain which occurred over a large area,

This is not a hopeful prospect has pono chief officer, Chaksong. Mr. names of Verlaine, Hannum, Gorki. Walter will only appear once, when

Captain A. Watson, of the Kaiping, in un rearrve. Mr. W. Costain, chief officer. Kalping, has gone master, me ship, Mr. A. J. Wilson, second officer, Kaiping, has gone chief officer, se ship. Mr. W. Gee, third oflleer. Kaiping, has gone second officer, same shin.

"THE WALTZ DREAM." GERMAN FILM WELL WORTH SEEING.

Earth," with the Borlin Phil- harmonic Orchestra....

Alfons Paquet has been invited

Quito probably' tourista from to address the Congress, and it is abroad will find the performances certain the German Labour poet in the little rococo theatre of the Heinrich Lorsch, will be present. A Potsilam Palace or that in the res Swiss pastor interested in the move, mantle Charlottenburg Castle more mont has also been invited. It is attractive than those in any of the

Mr. R. P. McGregor, second en-understood, in spite of the fact that regulation theatres It is sure to ginger officer, Kaising, is on reserve, Bavaria forbade any such meeting surprise a great many people that when it was proposed last year, | of all Reinhardt's successes revival Shipping and Engineering.

that this band of German “Weary of Bourdet's "The Captive" will Willion--not antive enough to be open the senson at the Deutsches political revolutionarios--is a ro Theatro. This is, with the original Chemical Means.

mainder of the medieval guilds of cant magnificent psychological Davelling, apprentices, and peri rendering of a difficult subject, Chemiet means may be illustra-

patetic scholars,and that, with or which held Berlin spellbound for ted by an experiment at Broken

without a literary organ, it has months' on end two years ago. 1, Australia, during the disas-

The excellence of German films existed throughout the centurica. It Reinhardt has proved elusive of late drous drought of 1903, when the dis-is well exemplified in "The Waltz is the aim of "Gregor Gog" to in regard to the plane, and his now. aulving of zine in open vessels of Dream," which was shown for the organise the homeless brotherhood, plays are not yet completely dilute sulphuric acid was tried as first me in Hongkong at the who liste: bonds of all kinds, on a rehearsed. a means of inducing a vertical cir- Queen's Theatre yesterday. It is culation of the air by the libera; being continued to-day and to- tion of quantities of hydrogen morrow.

There are several reasons which

The film is a lengthy one, would account for the failure of occupying the whole programine, the scheme, apart from the small and it is a tribute to the skill of scale on which it was attempted. its producera, U.F.A. There are One only may be quoted here. Rome very fine peeps of the beauty Hydrogen arising from the vessels of Vienna, and throughout, the would rapidly diffuse in the nd-photography is all that could be Jacent atmosphere, and ao verti-wished. The theme of the play is cal circulation would result.

too well-known to need recapitula-

Scattering Condensation Nuclei.tion, and it only remains to be

It has been known since 1880 that an essential condition of precipa tion, is the presence of condensa- tion nuclei, such as ordinary dust particles. This is one condition only, and in the absence of the others, is inoperative. Brief con- aideration will remind us of the plentiful supply of dust particies during a prolonged drought.

It is sorrowful fact, that in the contest with the distressful and catastrophic phases of natural phenomena, man must always be on the dafensive. He must pro- teet himself and his property to the best of his ability from the dangers of fire, flood, drought, heat, cold storm and earthquake, and his clothes, habitations and increasing knowledge are all utilised to that end.

His progress towards solution of

said that the rules are all well taken, Especially is this so of Willy Fritsch as "Niek," whilst opposite him Mady Christians plays a difficult part extremely well. Jacob Tiedtke ns the Count and Julius Falkenstein as the Master of Ceremonies are also very good.,

In many respects, "The Waltz Dream" is a welcome change, from American pictures, and the correct atmosphere in supplied by the admirable special music by the orchestra and organ.

KNIGHT'S RIDE ON A FOOTPATH. REPORTED TO POLICE BY WOMAN PEPESETRIANS.

For riding a horse on a footpath the many problems of nature is at Woodingdean' on April 9, Sir slow, and, one of his most useful Henry Dennis Readett-Bayley, achlevements is the ability to KB.E., the Nottinghamshire coal forecast to a liroited extent the owner and iran-master, was fined coming changes of weather. This 21 and 65. costs at Brighton recent enables him at present to guardly. himself against damage by storm, Sir Henry's secretary wrote that and frost.

As the road was slippery and traffic

A much wider view may even was heavy Sir Henry thought it tually be his, but, whether fore-safer to take the horne on the path. seen or otherwise, droughts can be He met only one person on the fought with one weapon only, the path, and took the horse on to the intelligent conservation of his road to let her pass. water supplies.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

NANKING ABOLISHING THE COMMISSIONERSHIPS,

Nanking, June 21. Instructions have been given by the Nanking Government, to the

A police officer said that a young woman who was walking turned round and saw the horse behind her. Sir Henry smiled and was about to urge the horno forward when she said, "You know you Jiavo no right on the foolpath." Sir Henry replied, "Don't you be so rudo."

The young woman reported the incident.

FANLING GOLF.

When Interviewed by a con- stable at his hotel Sir Henry Foreign Ministry that as from Au-apologised, enld the police officer. gust all posts of Commissioners of [Foreign Affairs are to be abolish- ed. All matters relating to foreign affairs must be dealt with direct ly by the Nanking Government Nam Chung P

For the Adamson Cup (June Qualifying Compotition) only three members took out cards, so the Competition for Juno is cancelled.

"MAY

TIME!