1933-12-07 — Page 7

TALE OF TWO CITIES

STORY OF POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM

The atory of the most stupen- dous volcanic eruption that has ever issued from the bowels of the earth was the subject of a broad- cast address by Professor W. Brown of Hongkong University at the Soldiers and Sailors Home last night.

Recent tremors of Vesirvius upon whose flanks amall villages are still flourishing, lent the sub- Ject a topical interest, for Itnly's undertaker has nover ceased to growl and thunder since the tragedy of 79 A.D.

"Wo are concerned to-night." Haid Profesor Brown, "with An ancient tragedy In which

the chief characters were: The Villain, Mt. Vesuvius; The Victim, Pompeil. For people whose tastes are mainly, historical, the emphasis will be on the human side; their concern will be with the luckless city and Its unfortunato in- habitants. Others again, will be Interested chiefly in the volcano."

The lecturer remarked that a volcanic eruption was one of the most dramatic and impressive ex- hibitions of natural forces which could ever be directly experienced: At a depth of 40 or 50 miles below the surface of the earth, the tem- perature is high enough to melt, not only all metals, but all the known rocks. It was at one time believed that at such depths, the earth's interior was actually Quid, but there were now many reasons for rejecting this Iden.

The manner in which earthquake vibrations travel, and the way in which the earth resists the tidal deformation due to the moon, both

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1933.

The marriage took pince à, que German Church. Shanghai last week, of Mr. Willem Jongensel, managing director of Mesure, Philips Chins Co., Singh. 10 Mise Maidie Brandt, daughter of Mrs. W. Brandt, a well known Shanghai resident.

Imagined it would be safer to get nahoro. Nearly all the priests the Temple of Isis vere burned, having taken reluge natal med in the firm belief that their goddess would protect them.

It was three days before tho

CHURCH DISPUTE

indicate that the earth's interior-eruption ceased, and then nothing ULTIMATUMS SENT

taken as a whole--is more rigid than solid steel.

A

was to be seen of Herculaneum at all, and of Pompeli only a few of the broken upper storeys of the taller bulidings or of those bunit on higher ground.

Pompell, just before its destruc tion, was rather a wealthy town, a fashionable residential resort,

numerous

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Berlin, Dec. 4.

"MYSTERY MAN" AT KING'S

HENRY AMAZES

AUDIENCE

Henry, the "Mystery Man" who is appearing at the King's Theatre, might well be called the incompar able entertainer and last evening with his "Show of Wonder" he

startling

RADIO BROADCAST

TO-DAY'S BROADCAST.

RELAY OF THE H.K: HOTEL ·

DANCE ORCHESTRA

From Z.B.W., on a wavelength of 055 metres:

6-8 p.m. European programme, 5-5.30 p.m. A relay of the Hong- kong Hotel Dance Orchestra from the Hongkong Hotel Roof Garden.

6.30.4 p.m. A relay of the 1st. three items of the Concert from the Helena May Institute, by courtesy of the Committee.

6-6.30 p.m. Children's Concert from the Stadio

6.38-7 p.m. A relay of the Hong- kong Hotel Dance Orchesten from the Hongkong Flotel Roof Garden.

7 p.m. Closing Local Stock Quotn- tions, etc.

7,3-8 p.m. Recorded music.

A Concert. Orchestral--Cavalieria Rusticana-

Intermezzo (Mascagni). Orchestral Barcarolle (Tales of

Hotman-Offenbach).

New Light Symphony Orchestra. Vocal Duot The Swing Song ("Veronique"-Messager).

Vocal Dust -Trot Hero and Thero

("Veroniquo"-Messager).

Winnie Melville and Derek

Oldham. Instrumental-Sonata in C Minor

(Grieg).

Marjorie Hayward and Una

Bourne,

Songs-(a) Jack the Fiddler (b) The Ballad-Monger (Easthope-Martin). Songs(a) Fairings (b) Come to the

Fair (Easthope-Martin).

Percy Heming (Baritone). Violin Solo Concerto in G Minor

(Adagio) (Max Bruch),

·

Louis Zimmerman. Orchestral-Die Fledermaue The

Bat--You and You (J. Strauss).

Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 8 p.m. Local Time and Weather Report.

8.3-10.30 p.m. Chinese Concert From the Studio,

10.30 p.m.

Rugby Mid-day Press

Close Down.

News.

10.30 p.m.

THE WATER SUPPLY

CHINESE COMMUNITY WANTS CHEAPER RATE

of

the

The Crack in the Crust. The modern belief is that 30 or 40 miles down the rocks are hot

GERMAN PROBLEM. drew well-merited applause from enough to melt, but are prevented

the large audience. Shooting a from liquefying by the tremendous

canary into an electric bulb, pro- burden of the rocks that lie above built in a district noted for ita Leaders of the German Evange-ducing silks, yards of it, from them. Suppose, however, that in natural beauty, its mineral springs, lical Church yesterday met to nowhere, taking half B dozen any way a crack is formed in the and genial winter enmute. It nad submit to Dr. Mulier, the Reich pigeons from an empty box, and overlying rocks, then at some point fine streets, straight and well Bishop, their proposals for then making them disappear again, below the pressure will be reduced, paved; the principal buildings were the composition of the

"egu-aplrtment' now and his amusing the heated rocks suddenly get the very solidly constructed of brick ecclesiastical ministry.

number, were Among the many The Chinese community's agita- chance to melt, and are squeezed

and concrete. There were many Addressing the meeting, Dr. 'items in hla programme.

tion for an increase through the break. If they suc-

temples,

goda and Mulier pointed out that, during the

the most Perhaps ceed in reaching the surface the goddesses, spacious open-air past few days, he had received illusion was that, of the Phantom free water allowance per capita

and reduction of result is a volcano,

charges for theatres and amphitheatres, race a flood of letters, somewhat in Princess. Placing his assistant 'n

excess consumption has taken Vesuvius, though frequently nc- courses, athletic grounds and publie the nature of ultimatuma, which a vertical chest containing five

4 definite form and B Chin- tive in pre-historic times, had been baths,

he described not only na viola- doors, one to expose the head, two

eso residents' It was a strange and fascinating tions of the constitution of the the trunk and the one for each shortly be forwarded to the Gov- petition will completely naleep for thousands, perhaps tons of thousands of years, experience to wander about the Church but also as degrading to leg, he passes two sheets of metal ernment, before the terrible outburst of 79 ruins of the resurrected city, dead his office. They did not, he said, through the chest at the kpot

Thin matter was discussed by A.D. People who experienced that and buried for 18 centuries, and serve the cause of harmony. where the neck would be, and an-

the members of the Chinese Cham- famous eruption were

now brought to light again. much

He asked the leaders present to other at the base of the torso. He

ber of Commerce at their monthly taken by surprise as, say, the people

Que could walk along streets submit their proposals but said then switches en un electric cur meeting yesterday afternoon. of Edinburgh would be if the Castic untrodden by human fect for many that no discusalon of the names rent. Opening the top compart-

The leading Chinese residents" Rock, or Arthur's Seat, which are years and see the wheel-marks of put forward could be permitted ment the head is visible as also is

vlews on the water. problem, as the-stumps of old volcances ten the chariots on the cobble stones of since-such-a-step-would provoke each log. But the trunk is miss-recently reviewed-in articles in times as old as Vesuvius, were to the streets; the pictures on the bitterness and detract from the ing! Closing the doors again the S. C. M. Post, were reiterated break out again and bury the city wall of houses, bottles and bes, respect due to these men.

the metallic sheets are withdrawn by Mr. Li Hol-tung who explained in dust or lava.

pots and pans, cups and plates,

and when the doors are eventually

reasons for the petition. When a long-silent volcano came knives and forks; actual wine, flour,

assistant; to life again the eruption was seeds, bread and cakes, and (in

unhurt! the ecclo- always one of peculiar violence. A Naples) an unbroken egg.

There instical

Another feature of the program- ministry:For the volcano with an

hammers, also was wore open vent

me was a number of sand paltings callipers, Lutheran Churches, Dean Lauerer: realistic to a degree, and which rather like a porridge pot with the gauges, surgical instruments, and for the Churches of the United would have made even the most lid off; but an old volcano, with the finally, strange, sad forms that once Creed, Dr. Iorman Wolfgang famous artist marvel. In less throat choked up with solidified were men and women and their

Beyer; and for the Reich Church, than ten minutes pictures of rock, was liko n boller with nocuts, dogs, and goats.

Director Otto Weber.

sunset, tropical acene

and a At a meeting of several hundred snow-covered hillock with a farm delegates of the German Evange- house at the top were painted and In the years immediately follow lical Missione Federation yester erased. ing the destruction of the city, a day, a motion was unanimously great deal of excavation was done. carried to form a permanent Ger-artist magician la

A visit to the King's to see this The Interest then

recommended WAS neither minn Evangelical Misalons Diet to to all. scientific nor antiquarian, but further the common work and to entirely economic and utilitarian. comply with the new developments Survivors returned to search for within the German Evangelical their lost property, and for the Churches. Seven missionary bodica of the dead. Thieves bodies working in the Near East Paris.... The great outburst cccurred Emperors looted columns, statues, the "Christian Orient Work."-Berlin.. to plunder, and even the amalgamated under the name of Geneva, about mid-day on August 24, A.D. musales, etc. etc, from the ruins of Trans-Ocean Kuo Min. 79, and the first sign was the ap temples, theatres,

and private pearance of a dense cloud above the dwellings, to adorn the new palaces mountain. The cloud grew in height and breadth until it darken- public buildings then being

erected in Rome.

safety valve, and a furnace raging below. The pressure rose

until,

In one mighty explosion, the boiler itself was blown to fragments.

The famous eruption of Vesuvius was preceded by a series of earth- quakes extending over 15 or 20 years. These might be regarded as unsuccessful attempts to burat the bailer.

Blown Sky-High,

ed the whole sky and the impenetr- able darkness was

of the one

came

A City Exhumed.

Only in quite recent time,- greatest difficulties and dangers, chiefly from 1860 onwards-had. The ground trembled everywhere; systematic exploration of the the sea was restless, and ebbed and buried city been carried on under

government control.

flowed.

After a few preliminary concus sions, the whole top of the moun

NEW MINISTRY.

opened out comes the As a result, the following were declared members of

WAGE DISPUTE FIGHT

SHANGHAI WORKERS IN BRAWL

New York. Amsterdam.

una.

The meeting resolved that the Chambor and its members should support and sign the petition,

The Reservoirs.

It is disclosed in the Monthly Water Roturn that the Island's November consumption during was 251,060,000 gallons, compar od with 279,340,000 gallons in the same month last year. An esti mated population of 387,500 used 21.6 vallons per head per day this year, compared with a consump tion of 24.5 per head per day by 354,500 for November last year."

An increase in the Island's Dec. 6. storage is shown, the increase 83.0/32 being from 1,833,330,000 gallons 16.83 at the end of November 1932, to 13.05% 2,023,510,000 at the end of last

220% month.

-19.00

81.13/1

36%

During November, an estimated SR6 mainland population of 320,650 consumed 188,730,000 gallons, 1/3.11/10 using 19.0 gallons per head por 5.12day, as compared with the same 8.10 month last year. When an asti- 30 mated population of 306,850 used 100% 16.5 par head per day, total of 39.15/16 151,800,000.

EXCHANGE RATES

Dec. 5. .83.10/92

.10.89

.13.70

Helsingfora. ...2264 ONIO Athens. Milan

19.00

Buenos Aires Shanghal

.060 5B6 .62.1/10 .35 .1/3.0/18 .5.14%

8.13 .30

11144 .40.3/32

552 .1/5.3/10 .21.5214

.10.39

.22.40

.110

.1/6.1/04 1/6.1/32

4:1/10

42 1/2.16/32 1/2:19/" 35.

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Prague. Madeld. While Pompeil was amothered

Bucharest Hungkentt under dry dust, the neighbouring

A dispute over wages led to a town of Herculaneum was

Brussels. tain was blown sky-high, and in-under mud which, on drying, set engaged on a job at the Majestic Copenhagen buried fight between Shanghal workmen Stockholm.. calculable volumes of steam Woro let loose. The stony material was

like cement, and WAB commonly Dancing Academy, Des Voeux Road, Lisbon reduced to the finest dust, and natakon for lava. Only since five Central, yesterday morning shortly Bombay blown miles into the air. In the or six years ago has any serious after ten o'clock. Two carpentera, Rio Immediate neighbourhood of the attempt been made to uncover the

one armed with a plane and the Yokohama. volcano the steam condensed, and secrets of this lost city.

other with a hammer, struck a third Montevideo to hong carpenter who had tried

Belgrade... net as Montreal.

There is every reason

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fell as rein, bringing the dust down that a systematic. excavation of peace-maker in a quarrel between silver (spot)....18.9/16 with it, in the form of hot mud. Herculaneum will reveal treasures the attackers and the head carpen-Silver (forward).18% It was this hot mud that buried of greater intercat and value even ter. Morculaneum, but Pompoli, being than those of Pompell, for Her

further away,

was smothered in

The carpenters were engaged, at

Hot dust that was almost perfectiv culaneum has remained absolutely 80 cents a day, but they demanded

dry. The difference is important, for this mud set like cement, while the dust under which Pompeil was buried never became so consolidat- od, and was comparatively easy to dig out.

sealed, and unrayished.

A sequel to the brag, 29,

650

1/5.8/10

The Kowloon storage at the end 2347of last month was 681,150,000 gal- 19.39% lons as compared with 650,870,000 22.40 gallons stored at the end of No.

110 vember last year.

On the Island, from November

1 to 8, an oight hours supply was given to all districts and the Peak, 35 being increased to ten hours, from 24 the 9th to the end of the month. 6.001

18 In Kowloon a constant supply was 18.11/10 maintained in all districts during the month; but there was only a ten hours supply for most of the month in 1932,

War Loan.......100.3/16 100%

-British Wiralean.

RUBBER SHARES LATEST CANÍED QUOTATIONS Mesara, Benjamin and Potts have

$1. The foreman agreed to a wage of 80 cents per day, but to this the Ivorkmon did not accode. An examination was held at the

won the Institute Commercial

(Lyndhurst

appearance of Wong Terrace), the local centre of the and Wong Kau-ling, 27, before Mr. Institute of Bookkeepers, London, on One could picture the dreadful the the instant. The number of the Balfour at the Central Police Court received the following rubber scene in Pompell and neighbour candidates was 15, including 4 non- this morning on a charge of a ns. quotations by cable from their hood, The air became a baking students of the local Institute, saulting Kwan Tal-lun, whose head Shanghai office: wind, ladon with red-hot dust,

Nov. 20. Dec. 6. Among the supervisors were Mr. II. was bandaged. poisoned with sulphurous fumes K. Yow, the local representative, and.. It was stated that complainant

Anglo-Javan *** $4.50 $5.25 and carbonic acid; incandescent Messrs. L. Jackson and K. W. Fung was struck on the head, back and

-Anglo-Dutch 2.25 2,00 only by lightning flashes, and the Working papers have been mailed to shoulder and received treatment at

London and the result will be known the hospital t lurid glare from the mountain's roaring throat...

Detective Sergeant McRobble Mr. M. Reader-Harris, well-known asked his Worship to take a serious Shanghel barrister. 1 among the view of the case in view of the fre No-one know where to flee, nor recent arrivals at Ropulse Bay Hotel.quent occurrence of these fights. how to go. Those on land thought Mr. Read^r-Harris, is accompanied by Roth defendents were bound over of escaping by son: those afloat Mrs. Rondor-larris,

Iain Forsook Them.

n March.

and fined $6 each.

Batu Anams Chemora Consolidatedn. Kromwocks ... Bopals.... Tanah Merahs Tebongs ZlangBas

15 .85

40 .40

1.10

1.15

40

18

40 .

.92

02

59..

50.

6.50

6.00

Rainfall returns from the Royal Observatory show that for the 11 months ended November 30, 1932, 87.855 inches of rain fell, compar- ed with 60.970 for the same period this year.

MINISTER RESIGNS.

CHANGES IN NANKING' EDUCATION DEPT.

Nanking, Doc. 4.

Mr. Tuan Hal-pong. Vier. Minister of Education, resigned -to-day from-the-National Govern ment-Reuter.

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