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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1931.
A FINAL APPEAL.
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bluejackets. For this reason, and Because of the opportunity now pro- vided to pay in a practical manner our respect to the memory of those
brave men, we want to soo as targo
a sum as possible sent Home to the sorrowing dependents. As we have previously stated, the money raised will be laid out to the very best ad. vantage, thanks to the organisa- tions with which the Navy League is in touch and which carefully atudy each individual cane when allotting the grants. The men of the Navy are justly proud of these fine organisations, which, from their own funds and from monies contributed by sympathisors, aro enabled to supplement the some- what slender pefinions which aro granted to dependents of those who lose their Hves in such disasters as that which unhappily befel the Poseidon.
There is yet a further reason why overy effort should be strained to. make Hongkong's contribution as large as possible, namely, the dollar exchange
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LAWS AND INSTITUTIONS ARE CON STANTLY TENDING TO GRAVITATE. LIKE CLOCKS, THEY MUST DE CABIONALLY. CLEANED AND WOUND UP, AND SET TO THE TRUE TIME- H: W. Beecher.
The opening rate of the dollar this morning was 1s. 0.8/8d.
The fee for a game licence under the Wild Birde Ordinance has been raised from $10 to $26.
At Tuesday's tiffin of the Rotary Club, Mr. B. Wylie will speak "East, West: Hame's Best,"
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It is notified that the name Wing Hing China-Ware Company, Limited, has been struck off the Register,
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Can You Believe Your
By Robert Benchley.
is pretty generally agreed by now that Seeing is not Be- Heying.
Along with those exploded anwe (watch out for exploding sawal) that Old Friends Are Best and the Longest Way Round is the Shortest Way Home (I could kill the fool who made that one up It cost me sixteen and ninepenco in taxi-fare once), the old dictum about seeing and believing has been shown to be just anothor flash in the pan.
In fact, according to scientists, 套
tell
your eyes you that a thing is so, it is a very good reason for the opposite. This wil The American community will only make for a lot of trou- holding a reception at the American ble in the world. Club in celebration of July Fourth, from 11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
The well-known firm of N. Lazarus, the Colony's only European Opticlans, will be removing from Queen's Road: into the South Arcade of Gloucester
Building on July 1st
factor. The drop silver means cutting the sterling value of the Fund practically in kalf, compared with pre-stump days, most regrettable consequence which unfortunately cannot be help. et. From every standpoint, there- fore, there is a call to Hongkong to demonstrate its liberality in such a worthy cause. No worthier a peal has ever been addressed to the community. Let those who have, for one reason or another, not yet responded, come forward and help in raising the extra $19,000. Start the week on Monday by scuding a donation either to the Fund Trea- Burer or any of the newspapers|
America Massing Forces.
The sudden departare for Europe to-day of Mr. H. L. Stim- son, with Mr. Andrew Mellon
The King's Exequatur empowering Mr. Donald Dixon Edgar to act as a Vice-Consul for the United States of America in Hongkong has received His Majesty's signature.
A sum, of $100, part proceeds of the raffle of motor-car No. 2136, has
Poseidon Fund. The draw for the been donated to the Navy League car will take place on July 6th.
The names of Mrs. A. H. Rumjakn and Mrs. Gray were inadvertently omitted from the list of lady flag sellers supplied to the newspapers in
connexion with the St. John Am- These bulance Brigade flag day. ladies very kindly catered for the re quirements of the und Kowloon Deck respectively.
central district;
TESTS FOR CIVIL SERVANTS.
QUESTIONS WITH POLITICAL FLAVOUR.
However, n}} you have to do la to read the papers to see what little monkeys your eyes really aro. Even the advertisements are getting into the game of con- fusing us with pletures showing large arrows and small with captions like: "Which fa the larger of these two arrows?"
arrows
I Have Had Enough of It.. Of course, is perfectly ob vious which is the larger, but when you come to measure them you find that, through some trick- ery, they are both the same size, will put up with just so much of this sort of thing, and then I will stop measuring.
This unreliability on the part of visual images is only one part of Nature's way of making saps out of us, her children.. You may see two girls at a party, or two wire- haired fox-terriera in a dog-shop window, and you say, pointing de- liberately to one: "The ono
I can the right is the one for me. tell just by looking, that this is what I have been searching for all my life."
on
If you want to know what this leads to all you have to do is read the divorce notices or the list of
wire-haired fox-terriers for sale "cheap."
For example, take Figure One of the accompanying illustrations. Which of these acorns would you
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already in the thick of affairs cou- A correspondent draws attention] nected with the moratorium pro- to questions with a decided poli- was the taller? (One in a posals, is an earnest of the im-tical flavour in recent Civil Ser- portance attached by President vice Examination papers, although, Hoover to an unreserved necep-the Civil Service is supposed to
have no politics. tance of his offer. So great is the anxiety caused in Washington by the possible results of France's attitude on the unconditional re- parations issue that Mr. Mellon's mission in Paris has been given the dignity of official status, that stronger pressure may be brought to bear. The prospects are good, Except in Belgium and France, and Brussels looks to Puris for guidance, the offer has been wholeheartedly endorsed by every
It must
The questions of which he more occur in particularly complains papers set at a recent examination for a certain clerical grade in the Income Tax Department,
One question in the "General Knowledge" test is as follows: What do you understand by dump- ing? Is the prevention of dumping desirable and practicable 7" Another contained in the "English" paper, is: "What is to be said for and against the existente of a wealthy lelsured class in a community?” Our correspondentTM Wonders
We should like today to make a strong appeal to the community for a concentrated effort during the coming week in order that the Navy League Poseidon Disaster Fund may be brought up to the $50,000 mark. At the time of writ- ing. a further $10,000 is needed to ensure this total being reached. The other day, we referred to the friendly rivalry between Hongkong and Shanghai in this very worthy cause. Shce then, the Shanghai country concerned, and the belief whether the views expressed would Fund has closed at the magnificent that the marntorium would serve have any bearing when marks were Lotal of $77,000, It must, of to stimulate business activity is allotted. It would seem obvious course, be borne in -mind that already being justified. It is fm- that comments on "dumping" in an- Shanghai has a much bigger popula- possible to believe that Franceer to a general knowledge ques- tion must be taken into considera- tion to draw from than Ilongkong, will continue to jib, even slightly, tion in awarding marks, against world opinion.
It is generally assumed that the for which reason we do not expect be obvious, even in Paris, that but answer to any question in an Eng- the total here to reach the dimen- for President Hoover's timely lish paper is judged purely on its sions of the Fund in the Northern anticipation-furnishing a great merits, without regard being paid to the views expressed, but, if this port. That the two totals enn be test of courage in view of the
ia so, it may fairly be argued that brought much nearer than at pre-traditional attitude of American question without political signifi
towards war debts and repara-ice would better serve the pur- sent, however, We аге соп-
tions-Germany would have shortly pone. vinced. provided {L .real el-
demanded a moratorium. The fort is made. As
the Hong-effect of such a. demand would kong Fund closes next Satur-have been precisely opposite to day, there remains a further week that which followed President in which to make a big final effort. Hoover's generous offer. Blacker The generosity of those firms and depression would have struck in- dustry, international confidence individuals who have so far con would have been shaken, and the tributed is deeply appreciated, but work of economie recovery would there must still be many people have been retarded. A wholesale; who have not helped the Fund, withdrawal of foreign short term The majority of these, we are sure, capital now employed by Germany
the would Inevitably have been with-1 are in full sympathy with causa: most likely, their insetion is drawn, France could not have escaped the reporcussions. She explained by forgetfulness or pro should be thankful and should try crastination. This reminder may to be generous, though we do not help to jog their memories, All, of suggest that there is anything but! course; cannot give in the samo sound reasoning behind her ratio, since some are, more freely counter-proposal. But it is the blessed with this world's goods than spirit of the proposal which counts others; but we world stress the so largely in the value of the moratorium, Its psychologient point that the smallest contributions effect throughout the world, and are welcome; every little bit helps in this spirit, we feel stre, France In a cause like this. The point to will come to see eye to eye with be remembered is that In contribut Washington and London. ing to the Fund we are not only smoothing out the path of life to those who have been bereft of bread-winners, but we are also pay ing tribute to the Royal Navy and acknowledging our indebtedness to its personael. Hongkong, as the headquarters of the China Station, has a very vital concern in this tragedy which occurred recently in the North, resulting in the doath of no fewer than twenty gallant
It is notified for the information of owners and occupiers of tenements that, under the provisions of the Rating Ordinanco, rates for the third advance on or before the 31st July, quarter of 1931, aro payablo in
It is notified that at the expiration of three months the Asiatic Trading Company (1926), Limited, will, unless causo is shown to the contrary, be struck off the register and the com pany will be dissolved.
pillar box, but you are not sup- posed to know that. You would naturally say that the acorn on the left was at least twice as tall
as the one on the right. Taller and handsomer,
Well, you would be right. But, when you see two objecta like those in an eye test, you think: "There is trick here! I am sup- posed to say that the one on the I will loft is taller, so it can't bo sny the one on the right, much against my batter judgment." And so you lose three guineas.
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Eyes?
In Fig. 2 we have another com mon form of self-deception. If you will take this picture and rotate it slowly in front of your eyes, you will soon bo
dizzy enough to be quite Ill
(In order to rotate the circles it will be necessary for you to buy another copy of this paper and eut out the diagram with a pair of scissors. If you try rotaling the whole paper, you will find, not only that you will get tired qulek. ly, but that you will be unable to read the type matter. And. as in the type matter ars contain- ed the directions for stopping the' rotary movement, you may go on twirling the paper for hours with. out knowing what to do next.)
What Actually Happens.
But, after you haya rotated the concentric circles for some time, you will find yourself believing that the thing is'netually turalog
itself! After a while you will think that you are on a bicycle. If you keep the thing up much longer you will swoon.
Thus we see that our eyes play their pranks as well as our other senses and that the best thing to do with them is to keep them shut entirely.
There is a well-known case of optical illusion recorded in the files of the British War Office at the Old Vic. It seems that dur- ing the Crimean War a detach- ment of British troops was isola- Léd in lonely village in a clump of trees. (The natives were tree- dwellers, allly as it may seem.)
They had nothing to do but
drink
a sort of mixture of heart- sease (absinthe) and worm-wood
(absinthe) which the local doctor put up for people who would rather have been dead. Thus the days wore on.
One night, when three aub- alterns were sitting around a fre and sipping at this strange mix- ture (no longer strange to them, however, more like a mother) one, Villiers, turned to his companions 'and said:
--**Don't look now, boys, but there go the Devonshire Reds, all but O'Day." (The Devonshire Reda was a regiment which was sta- tioned in Ottawa at the time, and O'Day was the only man in the regiment whom Villlers know).
"I rather doubt If the Devon- shire Reds are over here on the Crimea at this moment," Bald Athoy, one of the three, "but I see what you mean. It is a body of moving figures going quickly, in awaying
motion, from left to right, but it is my guess that they are penguine. Becce there fa a ponguin
now leading the band!" The third member of the party, a Lieutenant Merley, who had aald nothing until this time, still said nothing. It was later dis- covered that his mouth had, in Home unaccquatable way, sunk. into his cartridge-belt, making it impossible for him to talk. Furthermore, he didn't care.
But the two, who had seen the -
regiment (of either De vonshire Reds
or panguins) argued far into the night over the phantom marchere, finally decid- ing that they had been really no- thing but a crowd of rather un- gainly sheep, walkiraing, how-
hind
ever,
the
legs. In the
on their
was found chat, as far
sentries knew, nobody had passed through the camp at all!
This, one of the most famous examples of optical illusion, is only one item in the testimony to back-un the contention that we cannot belleve our eyes.
And if we cannot believe our eyes, what can we believe? The whole thing becomes frightening enco you start to think of it. So don't think of it
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