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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1934.

MYSTERY OF SEA DEEPS PROBED BY SCIENCE

UNKNOWN WORLD REACHED BY BATHYSPHERE WHEN PROFESSORS GO EXPLORING

By E, G. Boulenger

INNUMERABLE LIghts. At greater depths Styginn dark- Ess shut down upon the awful stillness of the deep, yet a darkness

Some forty years ago Mr. II. G. Wells described in a short story how an intrepid oceanographer des conded to the ocean abyss employing a hollow steel sphere fitted with special breathing apparatus and ob-pierced by innumerable lights, Un servation windows.

minute of Bworma countable molluses, known as Pleuropods, or This fantasy has come to pass in actual fact, for within the past "Sen Moths," kittered round the Beebe, of sphere in phorescent clouds. Fish week Dr. William

Ifistory

in varying forms, and bearing light the American Natural Museum's Tropical Research Sta-organ of innumerable kinds, nug- tion, has decended off the Bermuda mented a world crowded with ilfo and infinity of shapes. The pre- conat with his companies. Mr. Otis valent colouring of these creatures Barton, who took film pictures, in a similar steel chamber. termed a appeared to be black or vivid red; "bathysphere." to a depth of 3,000 the latter being the dominant hue feet. The divers atute that this of inust of the crustaceans.

than half a mile depth of more would have been easily exceeded, but their object was scientific ob servation, anel breaking,

not

mere record-

Life in the abyss would appear to be as crowded as in the surface waters. Many of the fish common to the Continental shelf are in the deptha attuned to their peculiar environment, in special ways. The normni ungler fish, for example, Wave its lure in vain in utter dark- To meet this exigency, therefore, the fleshy lure, which is attached to the end of a relike is transformed into a luminous bulb, and this attracts other fisticu to their doom,

Dr. Beebe, in his latest communi- calion, describes how he and his m companion took Alm pictures of the ocean deptha, reporting at the same time all they saw to a secretary in a yacht above. Fragments from

"fish looking, the report refer to

like shooting stars gone mad," and the account generally indicated a world no one has previously been privileged to see.

Not only the waters, but the abyss floor itself has a large popula- tion, and since the sen bed is often of an cozy and yielding nature special adaptations are required for

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TRAINING OF CHILDREN

Too Much Culture Not Good

By Olive Roberts Barton Mrs. Bird arrived in a Butter of chiffon and a fluiter of wordsa. meant That settled it. This that the new Millera were accepted in the new town, for Mrs. Bird was social arbiter.

She was very nice but very su

pericial. Little points of etiquette and your type of furniture settled in Mrs. Bird's mind whether or not you belonged to the elect. It was a sort of try-out call and Mrs. Miller knew it.

Lucy was most likely to be the that would gum un the straw whole works. Lutey was ten. She was a tousle-headed tomboy and she said startling things.

But Luey had been drilled, "IE you come in and say. I tell the world, or "You're telling me,' 'I'll ruin you," spoke her mother. "And for goodness sake, learn to make a decent curtsy, They're still du- Oh, yes, shake Ing it in this town. hands if she offers to. Sit down for ten minutes, keep your mouth shut and your feet and hands still and say, "Yes, Mrs. Bird,' or 'No, Mrs. Bird,' and don't sture.

Got

CHANGE OF MANNERS. Lucy shouted, "I'll tell the world. Don't worry--I'll be ap- ple-pte."

"And don't giggle. She uses a lorgnetle and she says 'cawn's

The sphere's searchlight attracted weird and wonderful fish, which clashed themselves against the win the creatures frequenting it. Mans and 'wahtab,' Now mind." dows as do birds and moths against the lighthouse lamp-chamber.

"THE BATHYSPHERE,

prawns and crabs walk upon this shifting floor on high, sillted legs. Many of the Inhabitants are pursu ed by bottom-feeding sharks which alluminate the sex bod by means of

innumerable lights upon their un der surfaces.

The "Bathysphere" is, briefly, globular steel case just large enough to contain two men and a camera. A view of the world without is It is the use of lights, indeed, afforded by three windows of fused which constitute one of the greatest quartz three inches thick and elght marvels of this inky world. The inches in diameter. These win-common cuttlefish of the abyss, for ita body dows give a clearer view than glass, example; carries and can moreover, withstand a twenty-two globular light organs pressure of many tons. The sphere two ruby red, two sky blue, one remainder is only big enough to permit of a fultramarine, and the

On

Summer is pretty wall finished in England now, but the Punch and Judy shows at the seaside resorts aro always popular as long as children are on the beaches, ai here, at Margate.

aquatting posture, and is entered white or yellow. Another deep sea by a

manhole which is firmly squid stores its light In the form of when the two masses not unlike tooth-paste screwed into positlu Interior Is occupied. In action the for artist's colour, and under stimu- "bathysphere" is lowered by mennslus these substances are squeezed of a steel cable, and communication into the water, where they defuse with those on the ship is held by in a cloud of greenish light. The means of a telephone. The possi-ordinary ink screen so effective in bilities of such a contrivance are shallow water wouid naturally be of littlo use where all is darkness, obvious,

therefore,

The trained observer, in looking and it is Interesting, out on the ocean bed, can give at to note this singular adoptation first hand accurate descriptions of which in the decas is also shared innumerable matters which would by certain Drawas.

otherwise be only dimly guessed at

BB the result of trawlings. Too often specimens gathered from

A DEEP SEA "LINER"

Some of the forms known are

the

Well-Lucy minded. She was She not Lucy but somebody else. was a good little netress. Every- thing went off very well. And as Mrs. Bird tef she said. "I wast Lucy to come over and are Orlel. There are so few cultured chil dren for her to play with. 1 am You must feel the very careful. same way.".

In that town it happened that every mother, in order to keep in with the rich Birds and have their children may they were friends of Oriel's, tried to mold their young- |sters' manners after those of the artificial child. Not that it hurt thom much to get some reaj man- ners, but this is not the end of the story.

Oriel was artificial. She con- cealed her real self under an un- real exterior that one sensed was untrue and forced.

In five years every girl of her set was a "prim Priscilla" who gushed commonplace nothings. who over-accented politeness and hid frank and real personality so constantly it was n complete bore to talk to any of them.

TOO MUCH CULTURE. Then Mrs. Miller began töTM wor ry. Her nice lttle Lucy was be coming so superficial she no long- said, er knew her. Once she "Lucy, I'd give anything to hear you say 'Darn it all,' or 'You're crazy' or something natural once in a while. Be yourself. No one

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Bornt Balchen will fly across the South Pole with Lincoln Ellsworth, shortly, and the illustration depicts the fomous airman's departure from Los Angeles for New Zealand.

NAZIS TRAINING

SAAR LEGION

READY TO MARCH. OVER FRONTIER

Saarbrucken, Sept. 2.

speciali Germany is training a Saar Legion, similar to the recently disbanded Austrian Legion, rendy to launch into the Saar.

ANIMAL HEROES GIVEN MEDALS

BODO, THE ENEMY OF REBELS

Vienna, Sept. 10. The Vienna Soclety for the Pro- tection of Animals have decided to award medals to animals that have saved human lives.

la is composed of young Saar-

The first animal to be thus landers aged between 18 and 25, who

are given a semi-military decorated will be a small mongrel Fernitz, near Graz, dog from training in German labour camps which saved a small child from "befitting them for the struggle indrowning. Another recipient will the Saar."

be Bodo, German sheep-dog, now In addition, a special group of air pilots has been trained in the police dog. During a rising, his master, who is a police-inspector, Saar itself under the aegis of ap-was surrounded by the rebels and Bodo blt

which

confiscated documents recently had an opportunity of saving his

Saar-brucken.

parently neutral sport associations. threatened. However,

These disclosures are made by everybody who menaced his master. the Saar Governing Commission, Some weeks ago Bodo's master during a police raid on faithful dog's life. Bodo jumped the German Front headquarters in into the Danube just when a big paddle-steamer was approaching. The Governlug Commission has His master, in full uniform, jump- hitherto allowed Saarlanders to take ed into the water and saved the part in voluntary Inbour service in dog from being drawn into the Germany, but on the grounds of the paddles. Another dog awaiting material now discovered such parti-decoration is the police-dog Prinz, cipation is in future to be illegal which can detect the amell of bird- The documents disclose that in lime. He jumps at those who carry October, 1933, the Prussian Gov-it, and has thus saved many birds ernment entrusted the Reich Volun- from traps and death. tary Labour Service Association with the task of training

10,000 young Saarlanders

German labour camps..

were to be They retained in Germany till the plebis- cite in 1935 or until such time "as they should be recalled to the Saar.". The orginal figure of 10,000 has. been exceeded by 6,000.

The organisation in the Snar of the voluntary labour service is in constant communication with the Secret-Police in Berlin-Sanr

landers who give unfavourable re- ports of conditions'in Germany and in the labour camps are denounced In Berlin and in some cases sent to concentration camps in Germany.

COLUMBIA NAVY RECRUITS

BRITISH SAILORS DISILLUSIONED,

MIGHT HAVE HAD

TO FIGHT

Nine British ex-Naval ratings who in February agreed to serve for two years in the Colombian

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政治官報

The world's oldest newspaper has just

ceased publication. It WAS founded in 400 B.C., in China. The first page is pictured abovS.

Navy returned to England recently ANOTHER £500 PRIZE

wearing the uniform of the Royal Navy with cap ribbons bearing the names of the destroyers Antioquin and Caldas

They landed at Plymouth on the arrival of the lluer Simon Bolivar from the West Indies and the rest of the party of 150 will be return ing shortly.

AIR RACE PROMOTER'S GENEROSITY.

Sir MacPherson Robertson, the Australian millionaire chocolate manufacturer, who has already given £15,000, a gold cup valued 2600, and gold medals as prizes "We are fed up," one man with for the London to Melbourne air three good conduct stripes de race has now given another £600 (Sanna | clured. "We expected J . Byuare as prize for a Melbourne to Hobart

deal and did not got it."

(Tasmania) race, to be flown after Tolovision machine in action at

"We went out purely in an ad the main race. the Nazi ceremony in Berlin where

assist in training visory capacity to

This brings the number of Herr Hitler spoke to a million Nazis.

races in the Colombian sailors, but on "side"

Australia, for arrival we were told we should have which competitora In the main race to fight if necessary. Our King's are eligible, to six, says Austral Regulations were road over to us News. Prize money amounts overy day, and we had to abide by approximately 20,000, them and also by the regulations

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depths of more than 2,500 feet come quite Inexplicable. One of to the surface damaged beyond most baffling has just been dis-

Can stand any of your crowd. Identification owing to the sudden covered at a depth of 1,000 feet. You'll all dia old maids, Butter relaxation of the enormous pressure The creature is a fish which begins tongues-all of you." to which they are normally sub-life with its oyes planted on ataika

But Oriel went to # certain Jected. The

movements of auch half the length of its body. On grand young ladies' school, and creatures and their general ways reaching maturity and a longth of the rest, of course, had to go, too. of life must, therefore, he matters 14 inches, the eyes assume a normal They came home "polacd." "Yes, of conjecture, but the "bathy position and the fish then developes Mrs. So and So," "No, Mrs. So sphere" opens up now vistas in the huge teeth, a complex barbel, and realms of doop sea exploration. n row of light organa along Ita and So." It became a polite but

deadly chant. Dr. Beobo's "bathysphere" is an body which make it look like a

When Lucy was nineteen Improved model of the Arst concep miniature linor with evory porthole

WOB a completo asphinx and a tion built seven years ago, and Illuminated.

stranger to her own family. And which was first tried out off the Certain small flakes less than a coral roofs of Non Such Island, quarter the size of this miniature than Mrs. Miller wopt. "What Bermuda, in comparatively shallow dragon are without teeth, and mess I've made of her. I wish I'd As time progressed ever-bear a huge light upon either brought her up in a mining camp. increasing depths were explored, check. At first they were thought in overalls. I've burlet my roal and interesting revelations of the to be the larvae of the stalk-eyed girl forever,” waterworld rosulted. It was found creatures, but they have now been that at a depth of 100 feet visibility identified as males, and are known was excellent, but at 20 feet the to land parasitic lives on thoir relations to our store of knowledge, most zoologista will agree that only orange faded from the spectrum, tively gigantic consorts.

Mr. Deobe in his latest communi- the drag-net can bring marine forma

water.

and at 800 the water whs of an

kittua..comed within the

d within the reach of the scientife

of the Colombian Navy.

"Our contracte stated wo should be paid in English money, but we were given foreign currency, which was worth considerably less, so wo are all cancelling our contracts and coming home."

to

RINTELEN LOSES HIS RICHES

Confiscated To Pay They wanted to disrate me and

For Nazi Revolt tried to remove the good conduct badges I had earned in our Navy,"

Vienna, Sept. 1.' .doclared. The departure of the men for the The villa and property of Dr. another Colombian navy caused a scene in Rintelon, the man whom the Nazi the House of Commons on May 80. rebels of July 25 proclaimed as tho When Mr. Geoffrey Mander, Liber-Buccessor to Dr. Dollfuss, the mur- al M.P. for East Wolverhampton, dored Chancellor, have been con- protested against their enlistment flacated.

man

he was nocused by the First Lord! With the money standing to his, of the Admiralty (Sir Bolton credit in Styrlan banks, the pro- Eyres-Monsell) of holding up perty will be used by the Govern England to International oblommy, ment towards paying for the

Liberal uProdamage caused by the rising..

sphere, so that its crouching oc to beget the true idea of deep sen the drag net will always be described as a gross Ministerial of the cupants wars scarcely conscious of fo from drag-note." Whilst none esential to a detalled knowledge of the protecting walls.

will deny the value of his contribu- abyssal life.

insult.

Tat Gras, amounts to £200,000.

SERVICE

AS APPLIED. TO DRESS TIES

TIE SIZES:

When we see one of the gentle-

man

guests at an important. function fiddling with his tie we long to spring up and toll him that Mackintosh's stock dress ties to fit every size of collar. It is a fact and it ought

to be more widely known,

Ita

just a part of the Mackintosh..

sarvice

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