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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1936.

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takes a peculiar de tween himself and the turtle; goar change lever and accelerator light in mental self-torture, has therefore Achilles can never catch

The

It does not matter how involved the bordera may be, or how the countries may intorlock; there is a definite number of colours and no more which the map-maker need usc.

Oh, yes, and, to forestall any quibbling, the map need not be of any known country. Draw your own map, border your dis. tricts as fantastically as you plonse, the minimum number of colours will be the same. What la it?

Since maps were maps the proof of that little puz- ones le has worried people

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A silly sort of question, you ahead one-tenth of a yard; and say. Well, yes, but what is the so on, No matter how fast Achil- les travels there is always a dis- answer?

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The

of this pastime. The

worst

offender of the Athenian group

was a gentleman named Zeno,

What's wrong with the

POSSIBLY the

most

famous and most

who was born around 488 B.C. maddening-of these paradoxes

is most famous question is the tle--you probably know it, bui

one about Achilles and the tur

sus," as recorded by Protagoras.

..Nobody's.proved It so far, and it looks as though will. But don't let that discourage you. Nobody has proved-proved, wo said-

by nobody over

ever.

page that two and two make

of the

four. The best that can

be stated is that two and

two have never made. anything other than four."

Post" HERE'S another. One

•

but.. THES-E

of old is the so-called "Litigios were good (Protagoras was a noted Greek TRY Sophist; he died about 411 B.C.) It appears that Protagoras Achilles can run ten times instructed

named youth fust as a turtle. He gives the

we can bring it in by way of introduction:-

A

Hongkong Telegraph. ***

NOTES OF THE DAYparrow way; be practised not at

THURSDAY, MAR. 20, 1936.

BRITAIN'S COTTON

INDUSTRY

AERODROMES EXHIBITION

"Where are.

of the most mad- dening propositions offer- ed by anybody is the following, whose origin and date are lost, alast as are those of so many nifty problems. Take a

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NOTHER

popular

indsor sport among

Only two questions were asked: sheet of paper, a playing-card-... you going?" and any conveniently handled fat Phone 27778-9. Stubbs Rd. turtle a hundred yards start, and Euathlus in rhetoric, which in what is your business there?" surface and try to give it four

was equivalent lo

If these questions were answered quarter-turns so that the result then tears after it. Now while those days Achilles is covering that hundred teaching him law. The two had truthfully, the person was allowed will be equivalent to one quarter-

agreement that Euathlus to proceed, free as the mountain turn, yards the turtle has travelled ten an

Putting it geometrically, rotate Yards: while, Achilles is covermg need not pay for his tuition until breezes; but if a false answer was

rendered, it was "What ho, Jack n. plane through four right angles the ten yards the turtle proceeds he had won his first case. one yard; while Achilles covers Now the young man, not unlike Ketch!" and the prevarlestor was so that the effect is equivalent to seme modern youths, preferred the at once made guest of honour at a turning it through only one right, anglo. It can be done. But if you primrose path to the strait and necktie párty.

The scheme worked well until get it first Ume-no, if you get it all, and seemed to have no pro one morning a notorious criminal at all-you're good. peet of ever getting a case, much was observed sauntering towards less winning one. Protagoras be the bridge. The judges eat up pleased grins; Jack Ketch An Aerodrome Owners' Associa- gan to get restless about hla tui- with tion was formed a year ago under tion-fee; at last he haled the young rolled up his sleeves, unslung a the ancients was the exercise of nice new rope, and whistled a bar expressing as many numbers as the auspices of the Society of Eunthilus into court.

As both were knowing in the or two of the popular ballad, "All possible by using only certain Aircraft Constructor. An interesting example of the British

law, each conducted his own ense. I do is hang around." The criminal digits. They had various sys- The Association'. represents all:

Protagoras rose and addressed the strolled up and halted before the tems, some of them extremely development of national plan-

Ini aerodrome-owning Intereals

judges.

complicated; but of all the pro- ning and Government interest in Great Britain, and the co-operation court thus:

"My lord (or whatever was the "Where are you going, and blems that have come down to industry was recently forth of its members makes It possible

the one called the "Tour coming in the Bill which aims at te prot knowledge and experience Hellenic equivalent of that title) what's your business there?" asked us

the hend judge. while Ketch's Fours Problem" is the most which will prove valuable in the it does not matter how this case is

decided; for if the verdict is in my husky assistants got set for a fly fascinating. a reduction in the productive

constructionE and equipment of !favour, naturally young Euathlus

ing inekle.

Here it is: Using four foura, no capacity of the Lancashire col-aerodromes. The membership now Imust pay; and if the verdict is

“Oh," said the criminal calmly, more or less, express the numbers on trade. The matter is one of numbers fifty, including thirty-gainst me, young Euathlus will more than passing concern to four municipal authorities, and the have won his first case, and there- "I'm going to those gallows to be from 1 to 21 Inclusive.

You are allowed to use the sign 'Association proposes to hold annual, The Far East, due to the fact conferences of its members, when fore must pay, by our agreement," hanged."

It then sat down, presumably You sue? If he was telling the plus (4), minus (—), multiplied that in recent years the industry progress may be reported and new with a satanic grin at his opponent, truth he must be allowed to pass by (X), and divided by (→), and decimal point; also paren- has lost a considerable propor. The first of these conferences was either:

idens and suggestione discussed. But Kunthlus was no bargain, freely across the bridge to vanish the

and Into the hinterland; if he was not theses or brackets. Divisions can, tion of its export trade.. There held at the end of January in Lon- said:

telling the truth he must be of course, be expressed as frue- are various reasons for this, one don. Delegates to the conference "My lord, my opponent is right; hanged, but if they hanged him tions. No radical, or sign of the being that many former custom-numbered 203, representing more for it does not matter how this he was telling the truth, and still square root, can be used.

Some of the numbers-can be ex- than a hundred bodies interested case is decided: if the verdict is in must be allowed to go across in ers in the East are now pro in the ownership and operation my faveur, naturally, I shall not safety.

pressed in several ways. For in- ducers of cotton piecegoods, and of aerodromes. At the same time have to pay; while if It is against History does not record what the stance. I can be expressed as 44/44 another that in some countries an aerodromea exhibition was held, me, I shall not have won my first judges did. But you might like or 4/4 + (44), ete. Probably

in which eighty-one firms took the people are too impoverishel art, where, aerodrome equipment case, and so will not have to pay, to imagine yourself sitting on that the simplest way of expressing 2 also be expressed by (4X4)/ to buy anything but the cheapest, and supplies were on show and aero-under the terma of our agreement." board, and lend a hand to render la by using 4/4/+-4/4; but it can

-Now the question before the ing a just verdict.

(4-4), which is, of course, 10/8. textiles. Furthermore, the in-drome services were demonstrated. house is, what is wrong with either The exhibition was open to bother both of those arguments? The

Now go ahead and try to express HERE is a question ternational exchange of com- delegates to the conference and any matter can be straightened out,

Along somewhat dif-, all the numbers to and including modities-is-being seriously others seriously interested-in-air- and there is a reason why: but ferent-lines. The answer is 21. Some of them are easy; some hampered by restraints and way and airport working. Three as we asked before can you man- simple, and it is not difficult to of them as you (and the ancients)

will agree, are not so easy. arrive at it. But when you member, four fours, no more and regulations, From

important papers were read by ex-age it? produc-

perts on various aspects of aero-|

have found it, don't try to prove tion point of view, the position drome organisation and their sug-

ND, speaking

no leas. It, for it can't be done. gestións were keenly discussed by

arguments,

Hore it is: What is the

1

is that there are 48,000,000 spindles in the Lancashire in dustry, of which 10,000,000, are in excess of what is needed to meet current demands for yarn. The policy of the Government's Bill is to purchase the surplus 10,000,000 at a low price and scrap them, leaving the rest to

4

He yawned,

rose,

of you

same colour?

Re-

IN such manner did

ancients amuse them-

the delegates. The subiect che might try to untangle this one. smallest number of colours a selves. Humanity may have were aerodrome radio, the building Once upon a time, when there mapmaker need use in order to changed in some respects since up of an aerodrome and the planning of a municipal airport the nathorities selected a cer- tiguous districts will be of the a good puzzle most of us agree were a great many criminals, colour a map so that no con then, but when it comes to liking There are at present some sixty aerodromes In use in Great Britati tain bridge and set up a high but the vast increase in air traffle gallows on it. They then ap- By contiguous" we mean coun-

Morcover, the problems that and the particular designs of pointed a board of judges to sit tries whose common borders are wrinkled those august brows are modern aircraft demand that these permanently at that bridge, and represented by a line: two coun- as good to-day as they wore then. nerodromes shall conform more question all who wished to cross tries which touch at a single point

are not considered contiguous.

closely with modern requirements.) it.

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SEEING BY 'PHONE

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be run at full time and so en- courage a more efficient and economical working of the sur- Britain's own progressive Post viving machinery. It was esti- Ofice will not have failed to note mated by a committee which the introduction in Germany of sight-and-sound telephony. By investigated the question some means of this, the subscriber is time ago that the cost of the able to see as well as hear the per- scheme would be £2,000,000 son at th other end of the wire. allowing for

Such a development has been hinted; £500,000 which

at for some time, and the results would be obtained from the of the German experiment, which Bale of the metal

де scrap. is confined at present to the nes This, it is argued, is

between Berlin and Leipzig, will not

Lo awaited with much interest. ith exccagive price to pay | Many users of the telephone may

no desire to see the person at the

to get rid of what is now but ree how they will be advantaged merely an encumbrance, to the by the innovation. They may have industry. Further, when the depressing influence of the sur- plus spindles is removed, it will

on

other end of the wire; may even hate the sight of him. Those who use the instrument for sočiut” ns distinct from business reasons,

be easier to introduce such large however, may find the addition of measures of reorganisation as vikion a distinct attraction; There the industry requires to put it may even be victims of Cupid who a solid economic basis. It will proclaim this the greatest scientific advance of the century. has long been recognised that As with all inventions,there, is nothing short of the most likely to be a debit as well aà a thoroughgoing reforms can save credit side to the account.

There the industry from exfluction, being seen gives added courage to are times wher to speak without and there is, happily, evidence of the speaker. There must have been a determination to take such occasions when the hardicet of measures as are needed. Recent platform orators has longed for the gift of Invisibility. But science developments, also,, show that never knows when to stop. In the the industry is adapting itself to name of progress it forces upon its the production of new lines, thus helpless victims a multitude of In- indicating that the spirit, of novations most of which, it might British enterprise is still alive. be argued, we did very well with Admittedly, competition is still out. The worshippers of novelty severe, but there is reason to not object. Their cry always le for novelty's sake, however, will hope that when reorganisation for

something new. And others is an accomplished fact there make their passion In life, the vill still be a market for British collecting of antiques. We humans products.

are a strange, contradictory trow!

SIDE GLANCES

with them.

Answers on Page Two.,

G. Hartwick

By George Clark A Spirit

Departs From Bali

"Now I don't want to have to tell you again that you're vio- lating the first principles of structural engineering!"

IN Ball, East Indian island famed in song as "the Divine Island," religion demands for overy man splendid burial. Poor men cannot pay the cost of funeral pyres and great display. so when the poor man dies he is temporarily buried, and then on the death of a noble taken out again-end thrust into a corner of his pyre-sharing the crumbs from the rich man's table in death as* ho was forced to do in life. At these tremendous funeral fires in the old times wives hurled themselves into the flamesa practice now no longer allowed, though the other burial rites continue as they have done for con- turies.

ho noblo's corpan is carriel to the bying ground in a beautifully do corated funeral tower. The greater the noble's riches and estate, the. hieher noars hi pyre, Th howers aro carried to the appointed plate on the shoulders of hundreds of the people,/while the mourners follow in sedan choira. On arrival, the corpses *ra taken out of the tower and carried down to the ground on a lightly con- structed bamboo, bridge. -

They are then, pincei in mecially corvid anbalthapal collins of wood, | Sticks and logs are heaned around - Phaeng ind-the whole da lehted—the bodies of rich and poor flaring away und at last they are equal in nothings

'This.