1936-08-29 — Page 11

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEEK-END SECTION

Current Affairs Test

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How To Do It-

IVE possible answers are given for each question. Example 4. The Prime Minister of Great Britain in (1) MacDonald, (2) Chamberlain, (3) Hailsham,. (2) Baldivin, (5) Lloyd ·

Grorge,

Haldwin is the correct answer. The number of this 'question le 0; the number 4 (meaning Baldwin) has been placed at the. right of on the answer sheet. At the end of the Teat check your replies with the answers given on Page 2. There are n prízon.

Home Affairs

1-A gigantic development scheme will. commence shortly in outer Kowloon. This is (1) the con- struction of a new Garden City at Kowloon Tong; (2) the erre- tion of a pavillon for a Hong- kong Trude Fair; 3) the con- struction of a new civir drame to replace Kai Tak: (4) the erection of new barracks to acemmodate Hongkong's gorri- son; (5) the erection of a Dew elght-storey hotel.

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R-A member of the Legislative Counell this week urged that the Hongkong. Geverument shoutal lift the present censorship em Chinese newspapers. He was (1) the Hon. Mr. A. W. Hughes, (2) thuc ilon. Br, C, N. Chuull, fa} the Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, (4) the Hun. Mr. Edwin Taylor, (5) the Hon. Alr, M. K. Lo,

3.The total amount of prepared oplin old by the Hongkong Government Inst year amounted to only 17,203 tels, the lowest on record. A tue equals (1) 1 lbs. (2) 2.46, nunces (3) 10.39 MANLI'S (4) 1 ibs (5) 133

ounce%

one

4. After

efforts, 12 scheme La establish

now steel- works

of Britain's distressed areas has failed. * ፡፡ - aren in question is 11) Clydebank. (2) Jarrow, 13) Tonypandy, 44) Stockton, (b) Seaham Harbour.

5. Important recommendations

regarding future

payments

Widows and Orphans' Pensions In the Colonial Civil Services are contained in the report on the Committer on Pensiona of Officers in the Colonial Services, Civil pensions-including

Even if it ruins, there's no reason why you shouldn't be happy this week-end. Keep this section. It will provide you with hours of entertain-

First:

Ball. Game

ment.

GAMES

IN CASE IT'S DRY

Treasure Hunt

A needle without an eye: (Gram phone needle).

A button you can't sew on (Bachelor's button).

Rounders

round, he continues batting. If ho stops Iml way another member of his side bats.

feld, batsman and A

Ll you need for this game is a CIVE quests a list of articles they PLACE your

G hoʊncing ball and the side of a

bowler. Play so many a side. must bring to the party, One house. Each person playing is who gets there first with fixt com- Bowl, batsman drops stick on bake given the nanie of n day of the plete for nearly su) wins prize. You and runs round standa na in base week-"Sundny, Monday, Tuesday, an think out your own lists, but ball. Ile (and he only) is out if his etc."

person throws the ball here are some ideas: One

hit is caught. If he completes the against the house, at the same time calling the name of any other pinyer. For example, Sunday throws it, entis "Friday." Friday must enteb it be- Fore it touches the ground. All the 13-Many of us go to Japan dur- other players run away. It Friday catches the throws it again, calling ing mil-summer to enjoy the

anther name, If he fails, to enteh The Tale of Two Cities: (The Anything will make good stands “ozune” on the trip north. Ozone it he retrieves it and shouls “Halt," qulix--"'dam";, written, Amsterdam, or bage-frees, allcks stuck in the is (1) n compound of the element The others must stop running away. Rotterdam).

gas having He then teles to hit one of the others, xygen (2) a

who must not move. If he misses unities with fodine, (3) alr

he's penalised and lus the next Impregnated with salt water, (4) throw at the wall. If he hits, the an emanation from senweed, (b) porvan struck loses a "life" and has JL combination

and the next throw.. of oxygen

hydrogen.

ᎢᏲᎱ!

And so on till all are out,

14. Hongkour last week caught a

It's a stremous game, good for glimpse of Pelfler's Comet, whitch you, bad for any windows that get has it path of 24,000,000,000 inttes, in the way of the ball, This comet will not again be seen

In Hongkong until approximately (1) A.D. 4430; (2) A.D, 1900; (3) A.D. 2930; (4) A.D. 1956; (5) 3930.

15.--A famous Indian Ruler has arrived in Hollywood, He is (1) the Maharajah of Sarawak, (7) the Rajah of Bhong (3) the Maharajah of Kiddlepore (4) the Maharajah of Indore (5) the Maharajah of Hyderabad.

16. The Hongkong euthorities, as part of the Colony gns, defeneo

Humour

In This

Humidity?

If you are touched by the thrown ball when not at your base or at a A pin with two półuts; (Clothes stand on the way round, you pin).

but.

A bulb that never lowers: electric bully.

are

ground, or hats, but players on the (An batting side must remember to run round the bases, never taking short Anil sen, aerording to your cuts on the inside. You may feint powers of invention. You may make a run to make the bowling sitle the game a simple or as difficult on throw the ball in confualon and so you like, but do not burden guests give your side a snatch run. with heavy or impossible articles. Anything will do for a bat and Wait until all are assembled then ball, a walking stick and a piece of

them éross-examine

on what they paper rolled and tied with string- have brought and why. Answers but be careful of the man next door's and rensors provide balf the amuse, windows, Better still, ask hire

join in the fun.

.ment.

message to our Great and Enduring Publie for a flat rate of six cans taf American beer, myment of all nen rising out of degenerative habits, arwi out-of-pocket expenses. He doesn't know what he's let himself I for

syslem, are laying in huge stores EXCHANGE of Correspondence scattered all over the foreshore, we

of a chemical agent notes for its

This is (1) Chloride of Lime; (2)

words!) of over-feeding.

-By- ED KELLY

who doesn't believe a word of what he's written

Lo

We won't go into details at this

get to tell you about the last time

Why is a Whale?

ŭ whale blundered SEEING that

into Singapore and left Itself

have made a few enquiries, about between Mr. Edward Kelly,, whides; test two whales having died effect is nying mustard gases, well known life-of-the-party and on us on afe (my, what familiar time of the year, but we mustn't fur-

man-about-town and Editor, Whatea are of Various sorts.. we were up there and our hendaclie. Hongkong "Telegraph".

Speer whites, hump-backed whates, came along and found us frozen in Dear Kelly: Apparently on are blue whales, Prince of Wales, South the arms of another woman. After

Wales, baby wails

and it goes heating us back to consejousness she like that. Whales have calves said:

They are the only dist but no feet. who blow their

nosex swim in

in schools, but

don't nothing. Whales are too big.

Ambergris coincs

male from whales, Verdigris from female grease whales, which have not yet whales, Candlegris from candle-

been discovered, but anything Is likely to happen.

SCORE SHEET

(0)

(16)

(1)

(17)

(2)

(18)

(3)

(10)

(4)

(20)

(5)

(21)

Civi Ser-

(a)

(28)

vants, Police and Widows and Or- phus-last year amounted

(7)

(24)

Hongkong to (1) $1,710,006, (2)

$705,780; (3) $3,070,000;

(4)

(8)

(24)

$1,228,000 (5) $535,000,

(9)

(25)

(10)

(25)

(11)

-(27)

(12)

(13)

Wak

(14)

(28)

(29).

(39)

(16)

SCORE:

Foreign Affairs

G. The King dedicated Canada's - sstional War memorint this month. This is situated n (1) Mons, 121 Ypres, (3) Vimy Ridge, (4) 160, 15) Delville Wood.

7.-Grigori Zinovie, who

executed in Leningrad this week. as fruitor to the present' Sovjet regime, was famous as the alleged

author of the "no". which, published in

(1

newspaper Just before, the 1024 General Elections, created a

found sensation and was partly instrumental in the subsequent heavy defeat of the Labour Gov- crament. This letter (1) called upon British workers to rise gainst the Monarchy; (2) adult- ted a coalition between the Com- munists and the British Parla- mentary Labour Party; (3) gove. directions for bolshevising the British army; (4) attempted to estrange Britain from France; (5) disclosed plans for the bombard- ment of London.

8.--Governor Laralon, Republican candidate for the U.S. Presidency, made his first speech in that capacity at Topchn. This town Is the state capital of (1) Michi- gan, (2) Georgia, (3). Florida, (4) Kansas, (6) Nebraska.

Potash Permanganate;' (3) Chloride of Sulphur; (4) Sul- phuric Aeld; (5) Citric Acid.

17-Flight-Lieut.

Fielden, the King's Pilot, has been given an officin! title. He a gazetted as (1) Flight-Commandant, (2) s Majesty's Aeronaut, (3) Aviator to, the King. (4) Master of the King's Fight, (5) Captain of the Royal Air Squadron,

18. During last week's typhoon thế wind attained a velocity of 131 m.ph. Wind velocity is measured by an Instrument known as the (1) Acromometer; (2) Anemo- meter; (3) Barometer; (4) Dynamometer; (5) Thermometer.

9. The insurrection in Spain pro- Arts and Books

duced fierce fighting in Barce- loni, Barcelona is situated (1) on the North-East consl, (2) on the Bay of Biscay, (3) to the South of Madrid. (4) on the Portuguese frontier, (6) near Gibraltar.

10. The Nanking Government has Issued a decree pardoning the former Governor of Fukien, who played an important role in the abortive Fukien revolt of 1032. He ls (1) General Tsui Ting-kai; (2) General Chen Ming-shu; (3) General Li Chi-sen; (4) General Chun Chal-tong; (5) General Li Chung-Jen,

11. The proposed Western peace pact neriticised in Soscow's official newspaper, This is called (1) Radek, 2) Ogpu, (3) Kulak, (4) Komissar, (5) Tarestia.

General

12-Early this week, the.... R.M.S. Queen Mary gained the cust-to- west crossing record of the Atlan- tic. The Blue Riband of the Al- lantic, however, is held by the Normandle, whore speed on the west-to-cast record crossing was 20.04 knots (2) 30.01 knols (3) 31.1 knots (4) 31.5 knots (5) 33.29 knots.

19. To mark Mr. Bernard Shaw's eightieth birthdny, performances of his plays are being given at Britain's chief provincial drama- tic festival. This takes place at (1)

Labouring under some misapprehur alem regarding the holiday you were to have from these columns. When the do you intend re-commracing. "Very Idea".-Editor.

Dear Editor,--We girls have our price-Eddie,

Doar Eddie.--What is pour price?— Editor.

Dear Editor--Ten cents.-Eddie. Dear Eddie.-You can start at that rate. Editor,

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"Who is that woman. I thawed you

Their with?"

No whale has been known to travel sideways, Whether this is due 10 Back of initiative or pure nastiness has not yet been found out.

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Next instalment: "Our Love Affairs In Hongkong,”. (Lndles "who do not wish បទ to disclose their names should notify us immediately.)

hot news, we ought to mention the Before we get off the subject of

scoop our pal "First Night" obtained last week. It appears Gaumont-British Film Distributors that the

have signed pretty Juley contract to screen their films at the King's Theatre. Any time now we're ex- pecting the King's to ring us up and tell us that we must Gaumont and see them sometimes.

When we visited the office to elineh the deal, we thought we'd better have it down in black and white. (Free frequent source of annoyance

Whales have no tins. This was a adv. for well-known, Scotish dis- Jonah, who made whales sick. If tillers).

he would have had a telephone laid Stumped Jonah had been in a modern whale,

on with hot and cold water service and periscope.

"Put it in writing," we said armly,

"Ten cents a word."

We won't waste spare going into details about the haggling that en- suct... Anyway, we.compromised.be- tween his offer of ten cents an article and our demand for ten cents a word by agreeing to turn out a weekly

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Catching whales is

dona with harpoons, harpoon- 19- small harp. The harpoon is barbed. A bartoon is a small barb, or baby baboon The Instrument is thrown at the whale and penetrates the Blubber.

reviewed this week, Is (1) The whale lubbers and walls. "Archaeology in the Fur East" (2). Hence present depression. Whales "The New Culture in China"; make very unsuitable pels, as they (3). Chinese Anecdotes; (4) "A are likely to go mad and kick the Short History of Hangkong (5) face of the band that fed them. "China-to-day",

Whales sound frequently, but never shout.

24-A motion pielare screened in Hongkong during the week was "A Message to

Don't like whales,

Garcia" This Dope on Dope

film featured (1) Wallner Beery: (3) Chirk Gable; (3) Noah Beery: (4) George Cooper.

This

Rafl;

OOKS as if the heroin pill is the

(5) Gary L bitter pill for Hongkong Govern-

ment. There's so much heroin smok-

25. The twelfth Dolmetsch festival-Ing going on now that Government's has just concluded at Haslemere, usual annual revenue of $5,000,000 festival is concerned with from the sale of opium hus dropped (1) folk-dancing, (2) miracle to a mere pittance of $300,000, plays (8) pottery and other pea- This sort of thing has got to be sant arts, (4) eurhythmics, (5) stopped. Government, making an classical music.

honest penny out of opium, is faced with financial disaster through this drug mentre,

20-Rudolph Frimal, the famous composer, has retumed to Holly- wood from Hongkong in order to The general publle must put its compose the music for a new film shoulder to the wheel and pull with featuring Grace Moore, Rudolphi alt its might to see that this heroin Friml is famous as the composer menace is stamped out and the of the muste In (1) "Muid of the Colony is made safe for Government Mountains"

"The Student opium, Prince" (3) "Rose Marie"! (4) "Pirates of Penzance"; (5) "Show Boat."

(2)

Sport

In case we forget, remind us to tell "Argus" on Monday to make a pun about a female heroin addict'be- ing a heroine.

Stratford-on-Avon, (2) Coventry, 27--The Hongkong Lawu Tennis Spainful Afterthought

(3) Malvern, (4) Canterbury, (6), Glastonbury.

20,--There has appeared n

blo- graphy of Sir Richard Grenville, famous for his Inst fight against Spanish men-of-war. His ship was (1) the Golden Hind, (2) thể Victory, (3) the Temtruire, 14) the Royal George, (5) the Re venge.

21-A new novel in considerable

deannd is "The Weather in the ' Streets." This is by (1) Agniha Christie, (2) Gilbert Franknu, (3) A. E. W. Mason, (4) Rosa- und Lehmann, (5) J. B. Priest- 'ley. 22-There will startly be published

Mins St. Clare Byrne's selection of the letters of Henry VIII, These throw new light on his divorce from his wife, who wan (1) Lady Jane Grey, (2) Kather- Parc, (3) Katherine of Aragon, (4) Mary Queen of Scots, (5) Katherine Howard,

ino

23. A publication by Dr. L. Forster,

of the University of Hongkong.

Assaciulion has issueri the Colony tennis ranking lists for 1938. The No. I position on the men's list is held by (1) S. A. Rumjahn; (2) Taul Yun-pul; (3) E. C. Fin- cher; (4) Tsui Wai-pul; (5) H, D. Rumjahu.

JOTICE that the Spanish Govern. ment has sequestrated all the mansions and property, of rich Spaniards suspected of abetting the rebris, This comes of building eastles in Spain.

28.A feature of the forthcoming Summer Sure To

Test Matches against Australin

will be (1) aluminium-hondled bats, (2) a "referee" who will exercise a casting vote in the event of disagreement between umpires, (8) stumps which are

1 in. longer, (4), an over of eight

Appreciate This:

ESIDES wholes, we don't like hol

weather.

It not only ruins your stomach balls, (5) break of 6 mins. at gets that way: doesn't it perspire but ruins your clothes. Even a dog the end of each hour's play..

through its pants? Up, we are all

north, 20.-The next Olymple Games will keen for the frozen

where

Le held in 1941, and preparations' men are men and spend all their are already being made for them. time ski-ing, and shes see that skis They will be held in (1) London: are not the only things that interest (2) Sydney; (3) Helsingfors; (4) hikis. Rome; (5) Tokyo.

And around you is nothing but fee, which obviously is worthless unless, 30-The Professional Tennis Cham- you take a good supply of whlaky pionship of France was won this and soda. When your wife comes week by. (1) L. Stocfen; (2) 11. home to your Igloo you're Just a Cochet: (3) Martin Pinn;' (4) chunk and then they have that do- Albert Burko; (3) W. Tildon. licious task of warming you.

Heavens, amigo (Spanish for "Do I-eross the border inte-Portugal or would I be quicker to go to Gibral- tar), if you had all this space to fill out at 24 hours notice you'd feel the way, we do, too.

"Sorry, Chief," we said "we can't write any more to-day. We're feel- ing funny!

"Funny" he screamed. "Then, for heaven's sake, go out and write, it's not often you get that way,"

Which

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will be nil for to-day. We're going to join the happy Satur- day morning throng at the Glouces- ter for n snioucester. Here's muck in your mutt!

WEEK-END PROBLEMS

By Hubert Phillips

PROBLEM I SIMPLE ADDITION Here is an addition num:

BALL

HAT

BOKO

If each letter represents n digit, and if K0five tinies BO, what are the respective values of BALL and BAT?

PROBLEM II DANGEROUS AGES When I asked my old friend, Watta Mistery, her age she sakl

"My dear Huberi. I know what you like is a puzzle. So here you are

“In six years' time my father's age will be three times what mine was when my father's age was equal to the sum of my age and my sie- ter's. My age now is equal to what

then. My. my father's age was sister's nge is double what her age was then. And, in nineteen years' time my father's age will be double what my sister's ago is now."

How oll to Watta?

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PROBLEM ***

A. WORD SQUARE

1. Bishop's conneck back to front.

2. College window.

3. A Sheridan character.

4. Eden's end.

F. A man of the moment.

Answer on Page 10.

SATURDAY,

AUGUST 29, 1936

Girls' and Boys' Corner

Dear Kiddles,-Judging by the number of entries sent in, you were all keen on winning the special prizes of Cadbury's 'milic chocolate, gener- ously donated by Messrs. John D. Kutchison and Co., Ltd. It's also clear that you like crossword puzzles.

Last week's puzzle was not too easy, and this no doubt explains why only six Seniors and four Juniors'sent in correct solutions. The most mis- takes were the definition of the word "Skilful" (for which the correct answer was "Deft") and the abbreviation for Ablu Senman (correct de- finition, "A.B.").

Taking age and neatness into account, I have decided to award the Senior prize of three alx-ounce blocks of chocolate to

Amina Abdul Curreem (aged 12),

In the Junior Section, the prize of three six-ounce blocks of chocolates goes to

'Elinor Mellau (aged 9), Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay. The winners are requested to call at the "Telegraph" office for their. prizes.

Specially commended for good work are David McCausland, Betty Wadmore, Des Ru}, David Chon, Elfrida Ribeiro and George Kirmax omong the Sentors; and Elleen Andrew and Heather Sanderson among the Juniors,

It may be mentioned that two competitors over 14 years of age sent in solutions. These had to be disqualified, as the Senior Section is confined to children between the ages of 10 and 14.

Now, children, I've got a really new Competition for you this week. In the accompanying illustration you will see eight pictures, In ench 'of which an error has been made. See if you can plek out the mistakes, and then make a neat numbered list on a postcard or a plece of paper.

There will again be two prizes for the most correct and nentest replics kent in-one for children from,,10 to 14, and the other for those under 10.

In ench instance, the prize will be three six-ounce blocks of Cutbury's milk chocolate, kindly presented by Messrs. John D. Hutchison and Co. Ltd.

Address your entries to Uncle Eddie, e/o "Hongkong Telegraph," to reach him not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Be careful to state your age on the entry. Now, see how many errors you can find.

UNCLE ECUIE

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