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SAVE OUR SMELLS!

QUAINTEST BRITISH

SOCIETY

KEEPING ODOUR-

CONSCIOUS

PACIFIC

ISLES FOR SALE

HEALTHFUL CLIMATE

STRESSED

Two British islands in the

England's quaintest society-Pacific Ocean are offered for apie by a firm of City sulfeltors.

The Smell Society-has been formAbout 70 miles apart and 1.000 ed. The Earl Listowel, who thinks it is a fine idea, has agreed miles from Honolulu, their total area is a little bigger than the to be its vice-president.

' Borough of Wandsworth.

Its founder is a young London! One is Fanning Island (8,000 solicitor who prefers the smell keres) and the other Washington of honeysuckle to petrol funies. Island (2,600 nerea).

and wants to save our rapidly deteriorating sense of smell be-

Housing accommodation, motar-

fore it is too late. He is Mr. boats and other craft, with a har- Ambrose E Appelbe.

Interviewed, he said "I see the tiny coming when we shall be able to have a symphony of smells.) That is to say, we shall sit in -roum, press a button, and various: scents will be wafted in upon us.

the con-

hour. together, with venience of a cable station, will all go to the purchaser.

The houlthful climate of both islands is also being stressed.

"As a matter of fact. I have seen many flows who have been they have never "That necessitates great refine out there and

at the climate," said a

of ment of smells and the ability to groused

the vendor. get rid of, the amell quickly. At representative present a smell is like a note of "It only varies two degrees all the music-you can't stop it vibrat-year round. ing.

"Although I am a Quaker, 1 think it is a pity that some of the up in beat incenses are given church. They can be very pleas

ant.

"Unlike most tropical spots there are no mosquitoes,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY,

NEA

LANACHAM

JULY 25, 1935.

C. K. 407703

Royal Canadian Mounted Police had to use tear gas and night-sticks to break up a longshoremen's de- monstration during the Vancouver waterfront strike.

PRESERVING neutrality 1 think every possible CANTON'S HOMELESS

"A company which has owned the islands for about 20 years and U.S. exported copra is the vendor.

"On Fanning island there is a "I don't deprecate the more population of about 200, including materialistic smells, such as food. the staff of the company and the The smell of a good dinner is cable people, but Washington is the most important amell of civi- deserted, or practically so," it was lisation. Half the effect of a meal stated. @sthetically is the smell.

"It would take you

about n

"We judge good things and bad month to get there. The quickest would be through the things by their amell, and one of roubo the most appalling consequences Panama Canal, and a further route of civiliantion is that some of vin Australla." the most deadly fumes have no

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NEUTRALITY

NEED POWERFUL

AIR FORCE

MCSWAIN'S SUGGESTION

law should be enacted to keep this hution from entering another war. But unless we are adequately pre- pared we will be forced into future wars just 88 we were forced into war in 1917.

NUMBERS OF DESTITUTES HAVE GREATLY INCREASED

Canton, July 24. "Unless we are prepared,

Since its expansion, the number neutrality will be treated with con-of destitute persons absorbed by tempt just as Germany treated our the Municipal Homeless Asylum neutrality with contempt in 1916." has greatly increased.

PROGRAMME SUGGESTED

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According to the official report

of the Asylum, the total number

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Mr. McSwain, who donned of persons given accommodation is Washington. World War uniform when he was 4.845, of whom, 1,896 are young- Chairman John J. McSwain of 42 years old, urged an air forcesters, 872 disabled, and 2.077 old

persona.-Central Press. 1. A total of 5,000, trained' the House Military Affairs Com-programme which consisted of: mittee says a tremendous air de- fence construction programme is regular Army pilots, an active re- the only means by which serve composed of 10,000 trained United States can escape embroil-pilots and a junior reserve force ment in a European war.

of 80,000 young men trained in the principles of aviation;

the

smell. Carbon-monoxide gas by itself is practically odourless, but which shows we are neglecting that side of it that is good. For that very perilous.

reason I am calling the Society just "Psychologically, if you smel-The Smell Society. a pleasant smell your body la

"We are going to become a smell-to strengthened against disease, be- cause you don't associate pleasant conscious nation. Already we have smells with disease. On the other quite a lot of members, and I expect hand you do associate unpleasant. Hmells with disense, and you run away from a drain.

"Even the word 'smell' seems to be depreciating in its status in the English language, and is coming to denote very largely a bad smell,

thousands."

the

Funds for these planes, however, are not available at present, Mr. an attempt McSwain indicated would be made to secure addition- al funds from the House Appro-

2. An air force of 5,000 lighting and bombing planes and 30 lighter-priations Committee. than-air ships for scouting pur- poses;

Mr. McSwain said he considered present European situation more grave than it has been at

Despite the gravity of the pre- any time in the last 40 years with

sent situation, Mr. McSwain sald the exception of a few weeks prior

3. Immediate construction of any there were three factors which the beginning of the World War. "We must be prepared to defend Army plane factory which is to be would tend to ward off another. our neutrality." he added. "The backed up by 12 or more private war. These included the publicity unly way to avert embroilment in a concerns capable of rapid and ex- which has been given the diplom- European conflict is tensive expansion in event of aatte nelivities of the various nu- general

tions. The fact that the horrors through

preparation. national emergency, ndequate

Mr. McSwain said the Army and of the last war are still fresh in The only real defence against in- vasion is an air force capable of Navy oach have approximately 750 the minds of the European peoples, turning back the planes of any capable fighting and bombing and the new instruments of war- au- fare which have been discovered by often conforċign nation which might attackplanes. The Inst Congress

the United States.

thorised the construction of 1,000 science during the last 15 years. in maintaining our planes for each of the services.-- United PrenR.

Mr. Appell mid he could not explain why it was that women could have pleasant scents about them, birt that for a man to acent his handkerchief was sidered effeminate.

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Las Vegas, Nevada, celebrating the anniversary of the coming of the rallrand, put on the costumes of the

early wastern days and played the old games in the haunts of the "old-timers.” (-----

JUST OPPOSITE the Dairy. Farm's Soda Fountain.

The MING YUEN STUDIO has removed to the 3rd Floor of No. 6 Queen's Road Central.