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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1931.

AIR PIONEERS IN MILLION PEOPLE IN] AQUITANIA'S NEW

JUNGLE.

ELEPHANTS TEAR UP 'DROME HUTS.

LONDON-CAPETOWN ADVENTURES.

MONTREAL

RECORD.

TREMENDOUS GROWTH "TURN ROUND" IN UNDER

IN CITY.

THE CENSUS FIGURES.

Ottawa, Ont. The world's most romantic air- The population of the Island of way, with London as its terminus, Montreal has increased 37.56 per

air

The

FIFTEEN HOURS.

FOUR ATLANTIC JOUR- NEYS IN 27 DAYS. Southampton, Oct. 21. Cunard liner Aquitania and Capetown. 8,000 miles away, uscent. since the 1921 census and glided silently to her berth in South- its other oxtremity, is to be numbered 996,132 persona accord-ampton docks at 1.00 this morning, brought Into operation by Imperial ing to the preliminary count of the and at four o'clock this afternoon cast off her moorings, and, with Airways in January, the

census taken, on June 1 thla yentas little fum ne when she arrived, journoy being scheduled to occupy A statement issued by the Domi-set out again on the return voyage, 11 days.

Ahowa Never boforo has a big Atlantic The organisation of this grent nion Bureau of Statistics Empire air route (writes an Air that there has been an increase liner arrived in port, landed her Correspondent) bridges at 100 of 271,927 In the population of the cargo and passengers, taken on a miles 19 hour AVAS, rivers, faland in the last decade. Montreal new cargo and now passengers, re- deserts, lakes and tropical jungles. city alone shows a gain of 192,419, fuelled and reprovisioned, and put It has occupied two years, and in the population of the largest out to nen in so short a time. Africa alone 27 main air-ports and Canadian city standing at 810,925,; 30 intermediate alighting grounds an increase since 1921 of 31.11 per

cant. have been established.

Many of these air-stations have heen eut in the heart of virgin bush, while ant hills, in some cases 25ft. in height, have had to be cleared to secure the necessary level area for the use of the big trans-African air-liners.

Watch for Lions,

Hitherto the Mauritania held the record with a stay of 18 hours, and to-day's record of 14 hours is not likely to be heaten for many years.

The population of fireater Mon- remains unreported, the troal

The achievezaent was the result metropolia being usually taken to include certain municipalities on of months of preparation on the the south side of the St. Lawrence part of the Canard line. No detall

city proper, The wan left to chance, And over opposite the present atatement, However, re thousand employees were engaged! veala striking growth for some off all day on the work.

the envirous of Montreal on the Nearly a quarter of a million Island. The city of Verdun shows places of soiled linen were remov Tho teeming animal life of

gain of 141.50 per cent. since ed from the liner; many of these Africa has apparently, resented the last deconnfal census, its pop were washed and returned before the coming of the airway. astation of 60,378 comparing with herds of elephants have been en-26,001 inhabitants in 1921. Oatre he sailed, but extensive new stock untered, and these, on occasiers, mont shows a growth of 109.69 per had to be taken on board. Three- wreck hats and pull up poles erec- cent, with a population of 27,782 quarters of a million gallons of ted to carry electricity fur the against 13,249 at the Hghting of the aerodromes.

cerists.

The cltles of water were poured into the water

tarka, and 800 tors of oil fuel were

The pioneer construction parties and Lachine grew more moderate-taken on board, have had to keep a sharp look-out | jy, Westmount increasing its popu- for Huns, not only while encamped, Intion by 32.20 per cent. to 23,267

but also when taking machinery and Lachine

21.02

per cent.

to

A "Spring-Clean."

But this was not all. A large

and supplies by moter-lorry along 18.642 at the recent census. Among fart of the ship was washed down the rough trails of the jungle. the eighteen towns listed as form-and every

sidences.

In order to ensure safety and reliability in the operation of this trane-African airway, wireless stations and meteorological obser-

the 1931 census.

cabin Wis "spring-

CANADIAN

PACIFIC

"EMPRESS OF ASIA"

ker

VICTORIA & VANCOUVER

Even the humble warthogs boreing part of the population of the cleaned," several hundred pounds into the soil of the newly-con-Island of Montreal. St. Lourent is worth of Bowers and evergreens WOME stracted aerodromes and cause sub-largest with 5,349 inhabitants but were tastefully arranged in the Mount Royal shows the greatent various saloons, 365 bars of silver in were safely stored away in the percentage growth with 160 persons in 1921 to a present with nearly 3,000 bags of malls, crease of 1,235 per cent, or from strong room, a special staff den

to while hundreds of tons of passen- population of 2.137 according

Kera' luggage and ordinary freight had to be unlonded and loaded.

Yet despite these superhuman afforts there was no confusion, no In view of the fact that the in-noise and no unnecessary bustle. crease in recent years in mortality The stewarda, who normally have from cancer had increased the pro-a few nights off at the end of the portion of painful deaths, said Dr. voyage, regarded the quick change Millard, the time seemed oppor as all in the day's work, and the tume for the consideration of the men in the engine-room stayed on subject of voluntary Euthanasia beard all day as if the liner had

easy denth) and the questioning been at sen, of making it legal under certain circumstances.

vatories have been constructed. along the whole 5,000 miles be tween Cairo and Capetown; while, in many places, rest-house and hotels have been erected where passengers will spend the nigh".

The Planes,

mono-

A special fleet of fast Arms

Siddeley passenger planes, capable of flying over 1,00 miles in a day, are now being

constructed for une in Africa, and will be in service by the end of 1932.

Each of these great monoplanes

politics."

A Certiflente. The Bill, wont on Dr. Milard,

The people who seemed least concerned by those efforts were the

hundred passengers. Three landed nad 600 embarked for the

will be driven by four engines, in which would be called the VolunTrip to the United States. order to eliminate any risk of atary Euthanasia (Legalisation) Bill desire to leave the floating hotel There were many who showed no forced landing in the jungle, while would provide for a certificate from in a hurry this morning, and, al- their high speed will, it is hoped, an oicial medical referee to the though the Aquitania's "wash and enable the time of the flight from effect that the application had been brush up" had been completed by London to Capetown to be reduced | investigated, and that the case was to at more than eight or nine proper one to be granted a per-two o'clock this afternoon, there | were the inevitable stragglers who mit.

Permits would be granted by a

delayed embarking until the cle venth hour. Court of Summary Jurisdiction sitting in camera, and provision

days.

The Aquitania is making four

RIGHT TO DIE BILL.ould be made for objections by dashes across the Atlantic, and

DOCTOR'S PLAN FOR INCURABLES.

A medical man has drafted a Bill to legalise easy death" for in- curable patients.

The Bill has been prepared by Dr. C. Killick Millard, of Leicester, who urged the sufferer's "right to die" when delivering his pre- sidential address to the Society of

relatives.

her schedule for these two round "The proposition is," be explain-tripa ia only 27 days. Her usual ed, "that individuals who have at-time for two such trips la 27 days. tained to years of discretion, and are suffering from an incurable and fatal disenge, which entails a slow and painful death, should be allow ed by law to substitute for the slow and painful death a quick and painless unc.

contrary to the highest interests of the community as a whole.

"In the

of our present state knowledge the usual method of choice, where the patient was able to swallow, would probably be a lethal (parcotic) draught, which might be

given

cup.'

The Draught. "This, we submit, ahould be re

mercy, but as a matter of al- In cases where the patient was It is dif- unable to swallow, added Dr. Mi- He said he had taken this course mentary human right. in order

proposal ficult to see, if properly safeguard lard, the lethal does could be ad- to bring his "within

practicated, that it would be in any way, ministered hypodermically.

Medical Officers of Health in Lon-garded not merely as an act of the "lethal & special utenteil,

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