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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1933.

A FINE NEW BUILDING AT STANLEY

MARYKNOLL

FATHERS' PROJECT

SPLENDID STRUCTURE

FOR RESTHOUSE

CHINESE MOTIF

IN DESIGN.

1

On a hill at Stanley, rising.

to over 200 feet above the

Bay, work

was recently

started on the site for the

new

sanatorium for the

The front elevation of the new Rest House of the Maryknoll Fathers at Stanley. The chapel is on the left, running at right angles to the sketch and the library is on the right, a similarly designed

structure...

after the disturbance and

con-

Maryknoll Fathers,ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL was mould which had developed HOCKEY LEAGUE youngest of the Missions WHITE ANT MENACE aequent similar structures found in Hongkong.

CHINESE MOTIF.

building

more

Aucculent

nest bouRCS

of

RADIO

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TO-DAY'S BROADCAST.

CHINESE CONCERT FROM THE

LOCAL STUDIO.

G-8 p.m.

European programme of Victor and Brunswick records,

5-5.45 p.m. Orchestral

Spanish Dance No. 1 (Granados), Spanish Dance No. 2 (Granados). Spanish Dance No. 3 (Granados). Triana (Albeniz, Orch. by Arbon).

New Light S 36977/8.

Manon-Fantasy (Massenet). Marck Weber and Hig

Orchestra. 30046. Creole Rhapsody (Ellington). Duke Ellington and His Love for Three Orauges,

(Prokofieff).

London Symphony

Orchestra. 30049.

Orchestra,

0129.

6.46-8.30 p.m.

A Concert. Plano Solo Pastoralo (Gorelli). Piano Solo-Sonata No. 7 (Loellet). Song Carmela (Hague-Ross). Song-Beautiful Sky (Mexican

Folk Song).

Dusolina Giannini

(Soprano). 1195,

on the Initial disturbance nest were of a clean brown.colour.

(Continued from Page 8.) The substance of these in like thick chair, had expressed regret at not! just like a sponge. They contain owing to inconvenience in the time, crumbly paper and honey-combed being able to attend the meeting.Cello Solo-Gavotte Tendre the young which are very white able nursery. and almost transluscent,

tree. The same

A verit-

A

boos," and other incidentals con-1 A type of honey comb or sponge trench digging here exposed ducing to the restfulness of the like structure was found in two or very deep hole more than an inch surroundings.

three places which might be in-in diameter, running almost ver- When completed, the building terpreted AS will have cost $240,000, in addition colonies that bad connections with

otically downwards. to the cost of the grounds of which their headquarters but were self-information that an old tree now As the "Fah-wong" hnd given only one-fifth will be occupied. supporting. An Interesting theory demolished had been very close to

The chief constructional details is that they are store houses for here, the hole are a main block and wings at food which is taken from here to right angles to it and which are supply the young, the soldier ants florded with white ant poison and was probably an out root. The hole. was to be the Chapel and Library and the queen, none of which, is of the Fathers. A contral terrace able to forage for itself. and entrance pavilion these two wings will have en- closed, with the outer walls, two inner Courtyards to be laid out as pleasure gardens.

enten

Richard Crooks (Tenor). 4000. Piano Solo-Suggestion Diabolique

(Prokofieff), Pinne Solo-Fairy Tale (Medtner). Song-The First Caress (De

Benno Moiscivitch. 1449. Crescenzo). Song-Sombre Forest (arr. Lully). Violin Solo Letter of Love

Enrico Caruso (Tenor). 1437. (Cul-Elman)..

Violin Solo-At Evening

(Friml Trans. by Krame),

Hischa Elman. 1160. 6.30-7.36 p.m. Variety.

p.m.

7

(Closing Local Stock Quotations,

Orchestral-Suzanne. Orchestral-Love in the Moonlight

(For me).

Containing many features thatj (Continued from Page 1.) are unusual, the new when completed within less thas than 30 battons, were sufficiently a year, will constitute one of the damaged to need renewing. In most impressive landmarks on the

(Hillemacher). many places the ants have passed south side of the Colony,

Amendments Suggested.

'Cello Solo-Menuet (Debussy}. Artistle, employment of the well-right over one place of wood to

Dealing with the rules, the Seere-Song-Absent (Glenn-Metcalf).

Pablo Casals. 1101. known Chinese ornamental roof attack another

tary read a reply from the Secretary Song-A Dream (Cory-Bartlett). ing will be one of the chlef Ten-pince.

ANOTHER CLUE.

of the Hongkong Hockey Association, turca in happy blending of

For a week following this, prac-in which a few amendments were aug Western and Chinese architecture, ANTS' ALARM SIGNALS.

tically no fresh signs were accn.

gerted. From rulo 5, which deals This was a lead for which was given by the

worrying for it

with the composition of the Executive Theological College of the Jesuit being disturbed, a definite alarm several yards long was found in Hongkong Hockey Association."

On two distinct occasions, on Then

known that other nests existed.mended the deletion of the words: was Committee, the Association recom- Fathers at Aberdeen.

one morning a new signal was heard, the sound of the garden immediately outside

run "There shall also be a member of the hundreds of mandibles The Chinese motif in the now clamped together, somewhat simi-side of the path new tracks still teams be allowed to enter as a unit being the Choir vestry, and on the other seconded by Mr. Hague, that Milliary On a proposal by Mr. Floverdew Sanatorium will be repeated with lar to the noise of a cicada only being built were seen on a young was amended to read as follows: Moon Gates, green glazed "bam- very 'planissimo.'

lon payment of nominal fee, rule 17

trance fee of $10 and a registration procedure of "All Clubs competing in the Touma- fee of $2.50 for twenty-five players, ment shall be required to pay an en-

Beate to the effect that all players are or ten cents each player. Clubs etc.) exercising the option of the former members of the Club or unit, and have will be required to produce a certi-

not played for

Gus Arnheim and is where transferred."

other club except:

Orchestra. 24235. Song A Garden in the Rain. Rule 29 was amended to read: "A Song-Lover Come Back to Me. player may be considered no having John McCormack (Tenor). 1400. been registered if the registration Orchestral-As Long as Love. form shall have been completed and

Lives On.. or the assistant secretary prior to the received by the Hon...Gen. Secretary Orchestral-After To-night.

Leo Reisman and His was turned to the Compound. the excavation of a short run of

he takes part." commencement of the game in which

Orchestra. 24120. Thres trees were found to have cracked surface water channel in-sociation

Orchestral-Don't Tell a Soul. In connexion with rule 39, the As Orchestral-Blue Jazz. The main block will be of four method to discover if any of these and size of new tracks built in ing misconduct on the field shall be Song-Pickaninnles' Heaven.

live white ants in them. The evitable. Iforo again the speed amendment: That matters regard-Song-Moon Song.

Auggested the following · Casa Loina Orchestra. 6358, floors including the ground floor. connected to the Cathedral was to one night after a cutting had been dealt with by the Mamak Hockey As is indicated in the lustration, dig, a transverse trench between. made showed the importance of

Kate Smith (Comedienne). 0407. rise only to the level of the first day. The next day in three or were seen here-and-this-lina-ls Executive Committee may be referred Tournament which shall have powers floor. The Chapel will have four places new tracks were seen now being followed up.

Loac. appeal against the decision of the crypt in the lower ground floor.

The roofs of the four baildings the apertures

in the cutting, either covering up

to the Hongkong Hockey Association including the imposing entrance establish contact again. As the their headquarters in the ground. matches shall be played off by the

or attempting to ants in the Cathedral roof have shall commence in October and

It is fairly conclusive that the whose decision shall be final."

Rule 33 reads: "The Tournament ( pavilion will be of green glazed insects are the enemy or rather tilos with highly ornamental the food of all other ants ridges.

To many people the maggot-like 15th day of April. and amber coloured ants that swarm Two stone vasos, guarding the in the sunlight, they have to con- only type of termite. The wings matches shall be not later than shown Vocal Quartet-Any Time, Any

birds, also as they cannot live long about June are the normal and the commencement of Tournament Vocal Quartet-Fiddlin' Joe.

Rule 35 reads: "The times for approach to the entrance pavillon, struct their will further set off the symmetry protection.

tunnels In self-of these creatures drop off within hereunders of the ensemble. The Moon Gates

an hour of leaving the nest and under the central terraced walk

In one place at the entrance of they are then left defenceless to are other delightful detalls to be/4 tunnel about nine inches below crawl away to some dark corner. the ground level, and on the nearTheir future is not being dealt side towards the tree were four with here. or five soldier ants, all facing outwards,

between

CHAPEL AND LIBRARY,

.

་

TRACKING THEM DOWN.

for the time being.

IN WATER CHANNEL.

Cathedral roof and so attention general inferred

No nest was found in the of moisture for the ants and the The knowledge of the necessity

direction made

the Chapel and Library wings willThis trench was then left for a this track, further soldier ants of suspension, etc." Further, Orchestral--What Have We Got to

noted,

по

October November December January February March April

4.30 p.m.

4.16 p.r.

4.00 p.m.

4.00 p.m.

4.15 p.m.

4.30 p.m.

Orchestral-Let's All-Sing;Like the

Birdies Sing.

Ben Bernie and His Orchestral-Strange Interlude.

Orchestra. 6504. all Orchestral-I Guess I'll Have to

Change my Plan.

Owen Fallon and His

Californians. M12462.

NORTHERN ASPECT. The block measures. 160 fect

MYSTERY CREATURE.

4.45 p.m. across and 117 foot deep, and will! The blind creatures, for

Rulu 36: "Each game played shall have a northern aspect.

wingless white, ants can see, ar-ants are to be found in one nest, decisions in all matters connected with Several different types of white be controlled by two umpires whose Reinforced concrete will be moured only over their massive while each neat acems to develop the ground and the game shall be chiofly employed, but granite will heads were waving their mandibles peculiarities of its own and have also be largely drawn upon for the and antennae in the air to prevent strong variations. The "workers" elected League Secretary.

Mr. R. H. Wong was unanimously lower floors and ornamental de-any marauders or enemies, from found in the ground around the tails. The external walls to the approaching.

ground floors of the main, block,) and the ground floors of tho] Chapel and Library blocka will bo,

"CRAZY" PAVING.

SOMETHING PRECIOUS. This was an indication

Cathedral are generally a light brown in front, dark cream in the middio and grey for the last third that of them. The roof workers are

of hammer dressed facing granite, there was something precious to moro creamy in colour. The aver-

The same material will be also guard, consequently the first at-age length is about of an inch.j employed for the entrance pavilion, tack was to follow up this chamel The soldiers are twice as long and the garden steps walls, and the and the trench led to the foot of more robustly built altogether, piers to the main block supporting the tree. Here right amongst the their armoured plated head and the terrace from tho entrance roots the nest was found. It was mandibles being half their length. pavilion; as well as the landing to left open and the little mud bul- One positively snow white and garden steps.

warks erected by them daily were of an inch long was found, whose daily cleared away in the hope that function cannot yet be ascertain- The two vases, to the entrance the difference in temperature and ed. Lavilion and the rims of the two exposure would exterminate them. Moon Gates under the terrace willAfter which the nest was flooded oxocuted In fino punched with termite polson. The Queen granite, while

pathways Ant was not discovered. tho around the turfed plots in the The other tracka Courts will be laid out in granite original trench were found to lead random paving."

to curious pale green balle about The external walls of the main five inches across, the colouring block, from the granito wall to

bo

the lower, story, up to the cornices,

from

the

final."

ENGLAND'S LOST PRESTIGE

(Continued from Page 6.)

Day, Anywhere.

Mills Brothers. 8400. Orchestral-At the Baby Parade. Orchestral-Did You Mean What

You Said Last Night? Joe Furst and His 7.35-8 p.m.

Orchestra. M12580.

Cleopatra (Symphony Poem).

Band Selections. (Mancinelli, arr. Creatore).

Creatora's Band. 36045. Alda-Introduction and Moorish

Bellet (Verdi). Alda-Grand March and Finale

(Verdi).

Creatore's Band. 35780. Cavalleria Rusticana-Selection

{Mescagni}.

B p.m.

Creatore's Band. 35815. Local Time and Weather. Report. 8.3-10.30 p.m.

Chinese Concert from the Studio, 10.30 p.m. Commodity Quotations, as received from New York by Messrs. Swan, To-day's opening 10 a.m. Stock and

Culbertson and Fritz, (In Chinese).

10.35 p.m. Close Down. programmes aro kindly supplied by All records in. the above European Messrs. Tanng Fook Piano Co.

work for them to do in every part of the globe: the demands of pro- greas and civilisation embrace every profession and trade. The Diplomatic Service would be all THE BATTLEGROUND.

the richer for the inclusion of The compound is getting the theme young men. The bridges) appearance of a battle ground, and and viaducts that are yet to be the clumsy instruments of man built where Nature holds in check and his polson la pitted against the native mind await the des-buted not only to the bettering of the mining engineers, whose speedcendants of those who carried into these hard times, but to colossal, whose potential creation Tyne the ring of hammer on rivet. shall be the Empire of the future? of construction is comparatively the wilderness from Clydo and strengthening of the fabric that of now workers runs into thou- There are plantations In Malay! Regain for Youth our prestige

tho

as well as the gablos, and the commands a sweeping view of the thrive in the dark; and at times tho British touch might make all exercising of a little consideration sands an hour, and who work and and Ceylon and Sumatra whero abroad. It can be done by the pediments of the main, chapel and Bay with the ancient Chinese vill give no indication of their pre- the difference between progress and foresight and the activity of. Library blocks are to be faced; ago at the foot and modern build-sence until the material upon and stalemate. In the case of 14 inch thick walls Inga on the hills across. The side which they are working collapses. with bricks, and in the case of of the hill from the Bay is coveral

be

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9 inch thick walla with tiles to with denso follage, and an old, match the bricks In colour and path 'now being used by the bulld-| shape.

ers as an approach to the alto, cani The steps and landings of the with little additional work' two main stairs are to be paved converted into a charming, walk. with torazzo, ns is the service. In the main block some 38 bed- staircase from the lower to the rooms will be laid out in the up-Messrs. Benjamin and Potts have upper ground floor. i

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