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MARCH ISSUE OF "NATURALIST.”

SPECIALLY INTERESTING

NUMBER

TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24,

The first number of Vol. III of the Hongkong Naturalist is to ap- pear in March. It will contain splendid Illustrations of flower ing shrubs, birds' nests, crabs, a leopard and deer and many other interesting things besides numer. ous figuren In the text.

WOOSUNG THRILLS

DESCRIBED..

LINER IN THE THICK OF A BATTLE.

of the ox-

the

A thrilling account perience of passengers ahoard the steamer President Lincoln, which became involved in Bghting off Woosung forts as it was leaving Shanghai, was given In an interview yesterday by Mr. M. Ezra, well-known Shanghai business man, who is on n trip to Hongkong.

Mr. Ezra said that the President In the course of the interview,

The contributors to this num- bar are Mr. A. H. Crook, L'eut- Commander S. R. Ascherson, R.N. Commander E. A. Aylmer, R.N.. and others. The subscription to Lincoln left Shanghai at noon on the volume is $7 a year. Particu-been resumed between the Japan- Saturday after hostilities had lors may be seen in an advertiseese and Chinese forces. ment in this su

In

In the editorial appearing this coming number the editor. Dr. G. A. C. Herklots, says:

This must have been fully two

Up to The Point everything was quiet and Mr. Ezra, and it was not until we passed there that we had any judication that the In a Colony such as Hongkong, Japanese offensive had com- where the resident population of menced. From the boat-deck of Europeans is constantly chang- the steamer we could see

the ing. It is no easy taak to main-p Japanese tain continuity of polley.

aerodrome, where journal was started two years bonthera warning up in are by four men three of whom to take off. Three or four others have now left the Colony, The departure of Mr. A. II. Crook we have already deplored and now we have lost Major H. P. W Hutson D.S.O., 0.B.E., M.C., R.E.. whose articles on our local birds

saw the flash from have been so much enjoyed, and Japanese cruisera. apparently Lipat Comdr. A. M. Hughes R. Nambarding what remained of the whose beautiful

Woosung fortu. pa'ntings Hongkong birds have added colour

north of there, and Hfe to our pages.

A Notable Writer.

came

Major Hutson

this

a

r.

Colony with a reputation an keen ornithologist: his fleid servations on the birds of Nor

all

were in the air, circling over the field. A little further down the Whangpoo Ilver we heard the sounds of heavy firing, and us denly in the band of the river

of Monie

Destroyers Appear.

tha

orea

As we came abreast of the railway yards, the Headquartera of the Japnude army, Japanem destroyers Buddenly

moves forward and look up position about a hundred yarda

objective Appearing to be one milla med a building to the right of them. Evidently thr destroyers were rus eats in the neighbourhoort, trying to dislodge some machine for shell after shell was dropped? on the buildinge.

thern Nigeria have been in partead of us. When they reached published in the his and in part Woosung village they commenc incorporated in D. A.

Banner ring heavily, their man's work on

the "Era of Northern Nigeria." To Hongkong he compiled a card index of the birds recognised with tainty by himself, including full

cer data of t ́mes nud localities. This list, which contained 110 men at the time of his departure. is being kept by the Natieralist and supplemented and added to As Service here in Hongkong further facts are obtained. (The has joined the staff of number of species recorded now Ceramics Department at the Bri- stands at 144). Largely due to tish Museum. We hope that Mr.

Wa

sequent donations have brought| the sum to a total of $487. shall keep our readers Informed of the state of this fund and rely on all our frionda who can do no to contribute to it,

The bridge at Woosung Crook was demolished and was in ab. solute ruins. Here and there fres were raging fiercely, and huge cratera could be senn every where.

▼

The Real Thrill. All this time the two Japanese destroycra were keeping exactly 100 yarda ahead of us, and curiously enough they maintaini

1932..

The Use and Abuse of Purgatives for Children,

It was recently reported in an English nowspaper that an ominent medical man condemned the use of castor oil for children. Canter oll imposes a great strain on their internal organs, it was stated, and in the experience of the writer, many children had been permanently harmed by the

Senna and salts are also uso of this powerful purgative. without drawbacks, for the action of

not

theso crudo laxatives iA the same need an our ship, firing irritant and often damaging to all the while at the forte, which the delicate internal membranes fortunately did not reply with of the child, anything heavier than machine guns. We could not turn back. owing to the narrowness of the river, and our ship kept blowing the Alren for the Japanese destroyers to let us pass.

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the

Ind the Chinese not "restrained their fire, it is problematical what

result would

have

be They would only JAVE had f slightly elevate one of their gus to find

astral billet for the abells. Carlously enough we did not see a single Chinese soldier. athanch the ral-a-Int of thefe machine guns could be plainly heard.

British Flag Stili Flying.

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Owing to the risk from abellara in farts was absolutely unrecognis- the Whangpoo River, the Canadian- able, and what remained of the Parille Steamship Co. have decided guns in the fort, were pointing that in future Empress Biners will not in all sorts of fantastic angies, One of the radio masts was still proceed up the river to Shanghai, but standing, the other had disap-being transhipped to and from the will anchor at Woosung, passengers

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BEING IN-

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OVER-

and bugs of some 30-40 birds have been found and examined, an at- tainment of no mean order in a Colony like Hongkong where no many birds ure migrants and where Chinese boys ruthlessly roh the eggs and yanng from those fow that do remain to nest.

Lieut. Commander Hughes' paintings have been largely sponsible for the welcome

that

his articles have been appreciated. us and here may we say how much

this whu but

As we ateamed out of the Whangpoo we could see the lan

line

steamers by launches.

The Empress of Canada, which left

of Japanese cruisers and Shanghai yesterday for Vancouver destroyers aiming apparently to was the first vessel to come under the the north of the forta, The new scheme.

Chinese were entrenched at the

rivers' edzo, because for the first

falliterested in the Bghting.

time I could see the flashes from officers and men were keenly in- their field pleees. Some of the Japanese shells ware ahort, and were throwing up huge columns of water.

By now we were getting out of the torrid zone, and shortly after. warda passed a Japanese aircraft carrier, with a fleet of planes in the water besides it.

Assistance Bendered. Un an editorial such as we anturally thank those have helped us in the past We should not neglect to thank those who are still helping us. May we mention here in particu- lar the staff of the Royal Ob- hau been accorded to the servatory Hongkong who continue Naturalist during the past two supply us with "Climatologica) Years. Whilst

Data.' regretting

A few words of thanks ceedingly his departure we can

2:50 Arc necessary to those sti!!

wns enjoy his work as he has left scientists in all pan of the world behind a number of paintings for

who are helping to classify and our use and since leaving us has

describe Dur collections: may sent more out fram England. We

we especially record our apprec ́a- hape that he will continue to be tion of the co-operation which a source of pleasure to our ren-

Chinese biologists in Nanking and ders by sending us more of his Peking have extended to us. delightful paintings.

Wo

Government Aid.

ex-

We contemplate increasing in size and variety the "Notes and Comments" section of the Natural- murat avain. thank Cheat and appeal to readers, not only Hongkong Government for voting in Hongkong and South China, but a grant to our journal for thela in other countries to ald us nurpose of defraying the cost in this connexion. of reproducing

An attempl Lieut.-Comdr. is being made to Hughes paintings. The

Improve the grant, though not as large as. for 1931, tographs in this journal; this of

quality of reproduction of pho will, nevertheless, cover the cost

course results in an increase of one coloured plate in each of the costs of production and there- in the four issues for the year.

fore we may be unable to main- The series of ornithological ar-tain either the quality of the ticles commenced by Major Hut-tone plates, or the number of son will be continued by Com-them, in auceceding issues. mander E. A. Aylmer R. N. Wo There re many

groups

of

than to

ak readers who are interested in animals and plants, other birds to send, either to the Editor, birds, which wo should like or direct to Commander Aylmer reproduce in colour; a fund has such notes, or queries, on Ar therefore been inaugurated, con- rivala, Departures, Nesting, etc.tributions to which will be very that they may wish, so that their welcome, the

hservations may be incorporated which is to meet the costa of the sale purpose of in the "Ornithological Notes" and reproduction of extra coloured thus placed on permanent record. piates. Dr. C. M. Cooke of A third loss during 1931, to the Honolulu has very kindly, given regular contributors list of this us $200.00 H.K. with which we

ournal, is that of Mr. Soame have opened this fund and Jenyns who has left Government' the time of going to press

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