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TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8,

World's Fastest Warships

Loneliest

60 M.P.H. FIGHTING VESSELS |Briton

BELONG TO FRANCE

The world's warships are getting faster. All the new battleships building for France, Italy, and Germany, it is dis- closed in the 1935 edition of “Jano's Fighting Ships,” published in London last month, are to move at 30 knots or more.

This is an increase of five knots on the British Queen Elizabetha,, hitherto the fastest battleships in the world, and only a very little less than the best speed of the battle-cruiser Hood.

The highest speed attained by any warship in any navy is credited by “Jane" to the French "torpedo droppers” or. VTB

boats.

They are said to cover between 52 and 55∙ knots—nearly fifty-nine miles an hour-and-to be able to fire two torpedoes while going at that speed. '

The Cerman Navy is also developing torpedo droppers, but their speed is only admitted to be "up to 40 knots,”

The highest speed recorded for a destroyer is the 45.25 knots of the French Terrible.

DID LIFE ON

EARTH ORIGINATE ON OTHER PLANETS?

Scientists Discover Proof

Washington, Dec. 30.

New evidence which may show that life exists on Tel. 30986 other planets has been presented by Fred C. Meier of the

U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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This possibility was seen when Meier found that tiny spores of plant diseases carried upward nearly 14 miles by the stratosphere balloon Explorer II were able to live under conditions which would kill man instantly.

Scientists have debated whether spores--infinitesi- mally small organisms could be swept through the universe from one planet to another. Meier's findings definitely show that spores can live in the rarified air, the freezing temperatures and the lethal ultra-violet sunlight of the stratosphere 14 miles above the earth.

If they can live under these conditions, experts logically asked if they can not live under the only slightly more severe conditions of ethereal apace which exist a hun dred or a thousand miles outward from the earth. None can know for certain until some gadget is found to penetrate that distance. Origin Of Man? Meier's findings are the latest upon which solentists may spocu- Fow late about this problem. would expect to find beings that exactly resembled man but if planets were supplied with spores the types of evolution might be almost infinite and therefore seme might repeat the same process as

those on our own earth.

tubes ends were plugged with cellulose yarn which cooped in the spores but permitted the air and changing pressure of the almos- phere to effect the tubes and the apores they contained.

Types of spores carried included common bread mold, a type of {strawberry rot, black mold, ont smut, and stripe rust of grains. All were carefully sealed. before they left the laboratory and none escaped on the trip, Melor said.

Meler also

Some of the types were "descen- dants" of similar spores carried into the stratosphere on provious stratosphere flights. has worked with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in his spore research during his flight to Europe over the northern roule several years ago.-United Press,

1936.

In The World

IS ON A VISIT TO

HIS HOMELAND

A MAN who publishes the first and only newspaper in the Tibetan language has arrived in London.

He produces 50 coples on an old- fashioned cyclostyle, but the "cir- culation" is in hundreds of thou- Bands.

The paper is sent to the chief iamas the only people who can read. They call a paw-wow of several villages, and rent it aloud to the inhabitants.

The only European subscribera are the British Muscum and the | German State Museum,

The editor and publisher is the Rev. Walter Astoe, Moravian mis- sionary on leave from his station -the village of Kylang, 10.500ft: high On the rainless Tibetan platenus.

The only communication with the rest of the world is by a pass 13,- 500ft, high, which is snowed under for five months in the year.

They have made only 145 converts in 80 years. He him- self has made only two m 14 -years,

"It is painfully slow work," he said, "but in the 80 years. the

conditions have enormously im-

Moravians have been in Tibet social

proved"

PARISH AS BIG AS WALES Mr. Asboc's parlah is the size of Wales. He tours 600 miles on foot each season, his wife looking after the station while he is gone,

Ifin two children were born there, brought into the world by himself. Maternity work is one of his pas toral duties. He is teaching the Tibetans that they need not send their women alone into the stable out on to the plains to bear their children.

or

HOW A HANGMAN FACED HIS LAST HOURS

New Orleans, Dec. 20. Henry Meyer, a 13-year-old Rangian, who has ended the lives

of 38 men and one woman since 1918. used to laugh at priest and Finisters reading Their Bibles un the scaffold.

"I'd hang my own brother if he committed a crime" was one i of his comments.

A few days ago he called in undertaker and instructed him to arrange for his funeral, Within an hour he was dead. He was given a pauper's funeral..

Before passing, Meyer drew last himself up and spoke his words to a neighbour.

"Get me a priest," he said.→→ United Preua.

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1 He must dread having corus, he

gets-80 many stamps. Physically a fine fellow, but not fair, and rather.

10 This.

11 Should never be served before

dressing.

13 It's queer our finish lacks corra-

boration:

15 Wreathe (anag.).

16 Equal

17 Hardly breathe here.

I

At the 14 mile level, 19 parts of the atmosphere le toward the earth with only .one-twentieth outward into the void of space. Temperatures go as low as 65 de- grees below zero;--within-a-few- degrees of the coldest natural

WILL COST £6,000,000 temperature ever made on the carth's surface. Cosmic rays, which bombard mankind at the WORK is to begin this month on the rebuilding of Quetta, rate of several times a minute,

which was destroyed in the earthquake of. May last year. are 200 times numerous as at

The entire military cantonment The garrison of Quetta is at sea level. Ultra-violet, rays in the sunlight are more provalent being to the north and cast of the present at about half its normal cause the atmosphere has not yet city is to be rebuilt. Much of the strength. The other half have 27 This fellow has nearly as much

beer as he can carry. existing site la to be used, but the been moved to temporary quarters 28 What a horse has, a flower does. plan provides for the new buildings in Baluchistan and Sind. Those 20 Outside the island the doctor was

wrongly guided,

thinned them out and thus protect- cd living things on earth from death by burning.

A man would be dead miles be- fore he reached the 14 mile level but these tiny spores were carried up to that height and came back only slightly harmed.

Seven types of apores were taken on the fight sponsored by the Na- tional Geographic Society and the U. S. Army Air Corpe. Five of these

germinated in the laboratory as if nothing unusual had happened. A sixth type reproduced only to a Imited! extent. Tests on the seventh type are not yet complet ed,

to be slightly to the north-east of who remain are living in tents those damaged in the earthquake.lined with mud walls and provided

By making this alteration there with fireplaces known will be available a substantial rock huts,"

ts "vann foundation which is less subject to disturbance.

Owing to the severity of the Baluchistan winter which prevents work with concrète, no building is yot in hand, but site clearing is being done.

To assist in this a railway line

has been run into the city.

LEAVING IN JANUARY

CANVEY 15LAND SURVEYOR

Licut. Colonel C.J.S. King, C.RE., Baluchistan, will be in charge of the rebuilding of the cantonment area, and the Government of India have appointed Mr. Wylle, the Mr. Philip Stokes said: earthquake commissioner, to assist "I am leaving London for India the agent of the Governor-General in January and expect to travel to In Baluchistan in dealing with Quetta shortly after reaching Bom- many problems connected with the bay

"I have had some experience in rebuilding of the city and civilian Millions of spores were placed in area of Quetta and the resettle- general constructive work and I Liny quartz tubes which hung cut-ment of the population.

believe that my services will be use- aide the metal gondola of the The appointment has also been ful in advising on town planning Explorar II. The quartz construc-made of Mr. Philip G, W. Stokes, and drainage,

MILLIONS LIVED

tion permitted, the powerful ultra-surveyor to the Canvey Island "It is anticipated that the task violet rays to penetrate to the (Essex) Urban Council, as civil of rebuilding the, cantonment and spores. Such exposure would kill engineer adviser for the rebuilding the civil area will take seven years' many forms of life on the earth. The of Quecita.

and will cost over £6,000,000,"

SALESMAN SAM

GAVE UP A GOOD JOB PIT SANDY BEACH TO COME BACK TA WORK, FER DUZ2 AGAIN, Sos I COULD BE NEAR KITTY!|

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CAKE FROM OURS, OWN QUARRIES

21 If he had written it alone, Dickens would still bo this to you and me (three words, 3, 6, 6).

23 Do they eat their own damson

mixture?

32. This word appears in every

cross-word puzzle.

33 A sound plaything for any baby. This reptile did not survive the 34 A necessity in a fing edition,

Flood, its head being-useless.

DOWN

2 Make well. 3 The idler who is an idiot at

heart.

4 Make an attempt to eat the in- side, anyway, though it requires negotiating.

In this case the portrait is not abown.

6 Sun.

7 Masculino name.

8 Part of a warship.

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KITTY? CHY, SHE WENT ON

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VACATION?

TH'・ WIFE'S GONNA BE CASHIER WHERED SHË

„WHILE, KITTY'S AWAY!

WE ACCEPT MONEY AS CASH

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12 Where they keep the drinks:

fine description for a muffin. 14 Engagement.

15 Put on sound goods, 18 Makes a century.

ID To start an objection upset the

bath.

20 Silk finish.

22 The slippery part of atce!

skates,

21. What they call the boss..with.

all respect.

25 I'm in the line as a portrait-

painter.

120 A shred divided and joined

again, yet still divided,

27 A famous club illaorganised by

nerve trouble in the north. 30 Do not do thin

31 Co-operator.

Yesterday's Bolution.

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WE PUT FALSE TEETH

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