The King and Queen, on holiday in Eastbourne, chose a gang plo- Lure (or private showing at Compton Pince. Peter Lorre, BAW, Fcreen menace, was star of film, "The Man Who Knew Too Much," a British picture.
20th ANNIVERSARY
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1935.
HOME GARDENING: V
MAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR A A ROCK GARDEN
BY DR. C. H. CONNORS
Rock gardens have become one lected, however, it should be con- of the most popular forms of gar-sistently adhered to if any sense of dening activity. Popularly fre- unity is to be preserved. quently brings in its wake abuses. For the best effect, the rocks however, and the gardener who should be weathered, and if mosses makes a rockery just because hls or chens are growing upon them, aoighbour has one is apt to have so much the better, If only fresh. nothing but a heap of rocks crowd-ly broken rocks with sharp edges ed with a miscellaneous nasortment and clean faces are available, bury of garden plants.
them completely rather than use For ideal results, due thought them in the alpine garden!
When the rocks are finally select- must be given to selection ofed and set in position, with a por- proper alte, selection and placing tion of each burled, see that the of rocks in harmony with the cli
Alope of the rock ls inward. It mate and environment, careful this precaution is taken, any wa preparation of the soil and selec-ter that falls on the garden will tion of suitable plants.
run down to the roots of the plants. The rock, or alping, garden in} The rock garden must have a its truest sense in a place in which proper setting, one that will do
GALLIPOLA LANDING TO BE
CELEBRATED
The twentieth anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli on April 26, 1016, will be celebrated In Hongkong on Thursday by Aus- tralia, New Zealand and uther rosidonta
Arrangements have been made by the Australian and New 'Zealand Association to Iny A
wreath on occasion.
the Cenotaph on the,
The ceremony will take place at 11 a.m, wreaths being laid by Dr. H. D. Matthews on behalf of the Association, of which ho
·President, and by other Interested partics:
Hongkong residents, and parti-: cularly Australiana and Now
to
Another Canadian actress acore a brilliant succour in Lan. don i Miss Elaine Wodson, of Toronto. Miss Wodson's most recent triumph is "Happy and Glorious" which has earned her. unqualified pralso. of London cri tics. There are only two charac. ter in the play, Miss Wedion, the author, Wilfred Walter.
Here is a rock garden in which careful thought has been given to the selection of both pinnis and rocks, and to their harmonious arrangement. Added interest is given to the rocks if their pockets or pits are planted with n Sempervivum or Live-Forever, as shown above.” Note the stately, Japonese primula nt the base of the large boulder. The low-growing, feathery patch of bloom in the foreground is Quakerlady, Innocence or Bluets (Houstonia enerulea).
Tankal of mil sixts and descriptions now in use by the British army will take part in the military review at Aldershot this Summar * part of the celebrations commemorating the King's silvor juhlien. One of the tank sactions is shown making an advance on review,
REDS SNUBBED
BRITISH LABOUR'S
ATTITUDE
London, Apr. 22. A policy of rooted opposition to affiliation with the Communist In- ternational was adopted by a large' majority at the Easter Conference of the Independent Labour Party at Derby.
that the words "working-class" land "middle-class," be substituted
for "proletariat" and "petit bour- gediale,"
The LLP. Guild of Youth has been forbidden to amalgamate with the Young Communist Inter- nationni,
Land
Back to the Land
be the
"Back to the land." was a fea- ture of the policy stressed by the speakers' nt the Labour Party "There is not nent in Hell's Easter discussions at Oxford. chance for the united Revolution- Mr. Walter Smith, Chairman of Jary workers movement, through the National Executive of the action with the Communist Party," Labour Party, declared that Eng Said Mr. J. McGovern, the Labour and would never again M.I. for Shettleston. "Their on- manufacturing centre of the world ly aim is to further the Communist and lanti settlement was there- return for fore of the mest vital consideration Party's interest. In
Carry
out' for the workers. Moscow's gold they Moscow's instructions like
came Dr. Charles Addison M. P.. estimated that Great Britain could of £200,000,000 worth "The LLP refuses to Lake or produce
food new imported, but the pri mary condition of intensive land The Standing Orders Committee; cultivation musi be National Next Thursday: Garden pools). caused laughter by recommending ownership of the land. Reuter.
a particular group of plants is cal-jtunias, zinnias, marigolds and simi. tivated. The rocks are used not far plants are appropriate auditions to the anab border, they are not
for their ornamental value, bnt to good choices for the rock garden. fmercial travellers. create proper growing conditions The alyssume, aubrietias, campanu
for these plants, and when a rock las, dwarf columbines, sea-thrift ders From Moscow." garden la properly constructed, and hardy candytuft are "butter, from one-third to two-thirds of plants for rock garden purposes, each rock is buried. This buried
portion furnishes coolness to the ronig of the plants.
The soil for use among the rocks,' especially for the filing of pockets, is carefully prepared for these plants, and is naually made up of garden soll, broken stone, lime- stone and humus, so that a gritty, ¡ open soil is in place for the plant roots.
In selecting rocks for the gar- den, choose a type that is repre- sentative of the neighbourhood if possible. Whatever the type se- justice to its picturesque, peculiar i type of charm. It should be locat-i jed on sloping land, if possible, and j a suitable background will help |
I make a complete picture. Ever-
Zealanders, are requested in at-greens provide probably the best
tend the coremony which will background for such a garden. mark the anniversary of the com- noncement of the greatest con- dict in the Great War outside the German fronİR.
British and Dominion troops effected a miraculous landing at Gallipoli on April 25 in the face of a withering fire from the Turks entrenched on the hilltops.
April 25 is now recognised in the British Empire, particularly In Australia and New Zealand, as Anzac Day. The word "Anzac" is -derived from the initial letters of "Australian (and) New Zealand Army Corps."
Special Anzac Day programmes . are being broadenst from Daventry
and Sydney this year.
of
Evelyn John St. Loe Strachey. British author and lecturer, was arrested by United States Im „migration authorities at Chicago,
during A peaking tour America. He was charged with being a Communist and attempt ing to overthrow the United States Government contrary to ́ ́his oath ́danying such activity. Deportation of the well-to-do ¡British radical was threatened by ||American Immigration officials.
Use care in selecting the plants. I Shrubs, whether evergreen of de ciduous, should not quickly out- grow their situation, and lowering plants should be chosen from the point of view of their suitability.
Although geraniums, salvin, pe-
Lonely and forfora, a tiny training blimp-the United States Navy's J-4—is the only occupant
of the wigantic Sunnyvale hangar since the crash of the ill fated Navy dirigible Macon off the coust
of California-Official United States Navy photo.
NZ
Captain V. J. B. Holland. Officer Commanding, and members of the Air Defence Company, S.V.C. Were the gunsts of honour at the Royal Air Force Association's weekly tiffin' in "The, Dome” of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bänk, building. Sir Victor Jason, Chairman of the, R.A.Fië pretested the company with the magnificent broase trophy of an angle with its wings spread wide, standing on a rock. The trophy was designed and built by Mr. C. E. Strohmanger, and weighs 125 pounds. It is le bé, used for competition amongst the members of the Air Defence Company. · Both Sir Victor and Captain Sbottar. President of the R.A.F.As spoke with pride of `the growth and development of their godchild, the Air Defence Company, and Sir Victor related events surrounding the inception of the Company. In the above are seen the members, of the RAFA. and their guente, –
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