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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1986.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9, 1936.

NOT SUITED TO

BRITAIN

There need be little fear that Labour Party will the British fall in with the idea of a Popular

Meteorologists who fore- told a wretched summer for 1936 are being inundated with inquiries as to the rea- son for their amply justified prediction, and also as to the original cause of the bad weather.

The first question is answered by the moteorological records, which showed that by the law of averages we might expect, after three fine years, a sum- mer bearing some resemblance to that of 1860-the wettest, and most dismal of the Victorian era.

It is one thing, however, to be able to talk of the probabilities assessed from our study of past records, but it is another to give chapter and verse of the actual

influences underlying bring about the changes in our weather.

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as was stated at the Congress, that the Labourites, the Liberals and the Communists are all anti-the Fascist, but that is about all that There is they have in common. no cause for their amalgamation, and, if we judge the temper of the British people correctly, no In likelihood of such

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Ultimately, the blame rests with the sun. Minor variations in the output of solar radiation are now held accountable vicissitudes of weather and temperature, just as major changes in the same factor were almost certainly responsible for

for year-to-year

alternating lee Ages and warm eras of prehistoric times.

We know, too, that when the general frequency of sun- spots is rapidly increasing towards its maximum, as at

present, Britain is particularly

Hlable to get a wet summer. There were previous instances

Chater Road. all along resisted any movement of this in 1927, 1903, 1891, and

granting affiliation to the Com-1882. munist Party. That is so be-

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cause the two parties have totally Still A Mystery different conceptions of policy.

to

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Says E. L.

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Secretary of the Royal Meteorological Society

A picture showing what rain did to the

courtyard of a Leatherhead hotel.

And now let us examine the records, for from them we can obtain the consolation, if such it be, that in 1936 we are, after all, only experiencing the wen- ther we might have expected.

Our memories so far as sun- shine is concerned are short, but from statistics we can find out that in Britain from 1933 to 1935 they had three consecutive first-quality summers,

It was too much to hope that the sequence might be main- tained this year.

Three Fine Years

ONLY once before since wea-

ther records were begun had England enjoyed such a run of luck. That was in 1867-59.

The summers of those three years were, on the whole, even hotter than the magnificent series from 1933-35, but they were less notable for drought, and were probably not so sunny,

Then in 1860-the year which serves as a pointer for our wea

ther this season-came the in- evitable swing of the pendulum.

During that summer deluge followed deluge, and all through June, July, and August London's temperature never rose above 76deg. The warmest day of the year, May 23, gave a maximum of only 7614deg.

Having this in mind, meteoro- logists feared the worst for 1936, Weather history, like other kinds, has a habit of re- peating itself, and though we can never be sure when it is going to do so there seemed to be an odds-on chance of the. present summer's bearing a family resemblance to that of 1860.-

Thus, without being unduly we tipped our pessimistic, friends at Home to prepare for rain-ruined holidays.

Do not let us forget, though, that we did have some warm weather-in June.

He Should Have Been

PREMIER of

YES AND ALDERT THOMAS. By E. G. Phelan,

To take only one or two points, WE have, however, barely be gun to understand the ex- which were mentioned recently by Mr. Herbert Morrison, the tremely complex mechanism of Labourite, the Communists wish the atmospheric "heat-engine," to attain their ends by violent which causes widesprend rain to revolution and to govern by dic-fall so persistently in one part tatorship, they would be subject of the world at such periods, on other corners of the the Inter- und control from nationale, and they would be world at different phases of the largely financed from abroad. On sunspot cycle.

the British Labour Party believes in reform by peaceful, constitutional method; and, above all else, its has set ils face sternly against dictation from Russia. The best answer to the Communists is that given by Mr. Morrison when he suggests that they should get on with their job in their own way, leaving the Labour Party to its own conceptions of the right course to pursue. It has, more- over, been shown again and again that the British people have no sympathy whatever with Com. munist ideals, a circumstance which was strikingly demons- trated at the last General Elec- tion, when only one Communist was returned, all the other candi. dates of this extreme form of political thought having to for feit their deposits by reason of the smallness of their poll. There is a suggestion that a Popular Front might be created in Eng. land because only by some such bo union would the Socialists likely to return again to office. But even if that deduction were correct, which is to be disputed, we cannot conceive the moderate Labourites departing from their principles merely for the sake of regaining power. That is not the British way. The efforts of noisy extremists notwithstanding, there is no ground for fear that British politicians will plunge the nation into revolution when there are ample constitutional means of achieving their objec- tives...

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The Cressel Press, 103. Gd.) MONG pollileal men of our time Albert Thomas stands, for sheer human quailties, in the very front rank. To the eye. at first glance, no herole, or even casive, Agure: just a stout. bearded, spectacled Frenchman, with kindly eyes and a friendly smile,

But the man behind was tremen- dous.

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1ere Avas an overflowing. unremit ting energy, disciplined by clear pur- pose. by an unbending will, by an ordered mind: a sweeping breadth of knowledge and an astonishing power of swift thought and swift decision:'a hieldity and wealth of oratory rare even In France: a capacity for devas- tating anger, and for irresistible charm: a keen sense of humour: a pas- sionate love of life.

Of such stuff great national leaders, or dictators, are inade.

Thomas might easily have became Prime Minister of Franica. It was tits ambition. It was the past for which ho seemed marked out. And had be succeeded Clemenceau, the history of France and of Europe would have been changed

But when the moment came which

Although that month was wet, thundery, and by no means lavish with sunshine, except in the east and north of Scotland, its average temperature was the highest at Greenwich for any June since-1917.

Remember the heat-wave

The Canadian

PACIFIC

IS TERRIFIC

FIFTY years ago the departure.

from Montreal of the first through transcontinental train over the Canadian Pacific Rail- way was described by Montreal and other Canadian papers of the time as a truly national event. One editorial writer (in the Montreal Gazette of June 28, 1880) Baid "It marks the cementing of that union of the British Dominions on this Contin- ent which was inaugurated on the 1st of July, 1867, and is second in . Importance only to the Confedera- tion of the four provinces that that day joined their interests and fate in a bond not to be dissolved while Great Britain maintains her supremacy over the northern por- flon of the Now World. The Pacific railway is truly called National work. The people of Canada gave freely of their wealth to secure its construction; they watched its progress through all the vicissitudes that befell it, under the care of thres Govern- ments, and lastly in the hands of the company whose courage and energy have carried it to comple- tion. They have just right to be proud of their achievement."

which reached its climax on the 20th and 21st, when Londoners sweltered in a brailing tempera-transcontinental train ture of 86 to 89deg?

It was July which brought us really in line with that dismal 1860..

Although London escaped. comparatively lightly, many parts of England suffered by far the wettest July ever known.

No less than 8.7in. of rain months' (nearly 5

ordinary supply) was registered near Royston, Hertfordshire, while at Sandy Lodge, on the Middle- sex-Hertfordshire border, all Bri- fish records for a half-hour's rain were broken by a fall of 3.09mm, betreen 4 and 4.30 pm, on the 7th-a delage that might have made Noah himself quail. The Chances are..........

THE western and northern

parts of the Continent, too, have this year shared Britain's fate: Excessive rainfall, scanty sunshine, and lack of warmth have been the burden of their weather reports, as of ours.

You may wonder what is the temperatures and rainfall read- reason for this long recital of

ings. It is this: I want to end this article on a cheerful note.

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Throughout the Dominion, the day of departure of this first WAJ re- cognized as a red-letter day in Canada. The citizens of Montrent turned out in force to tonder their hearty good wishes. The train started on its journey, according |ta contemporary newspapers, amidst the cheers of the thousands assembled at the old Dalhousie Square Station and the booming. of the guns of a field battery. The members of the City Council assembled in the City Hall and proceeded in a body to witness the departure of the train. The Victoria Riflea paraded nt the depot, and this association with a fine regiment is being renewed fifty years later by the presence of the band of the Victoria Rifles at the send-off of the Anniversary train from Montreal,

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THE progress of the original first accompanied by similar demon-

train across Cana ja was

strations of enthusiastic interest all along the line. At Ottawa we read that large numbers of citizens grected Its arrival in spite of the lateness of the hour, and that fireworks and rockets were set

At Chalk River, North Bay, Sudbury, and many other points, delegations of prominent local citizens met the train. At Port Arthur we read that the Mayor, Council and citizens assembled at Meteorologists are commonly

the Mlation to wish Godspeed. Winnipeg gave the first trans- suspected of being confirmed pessimists.

continental train a magnificent re- Let me refute that and tellception with military bands and a you that statistics show, that salute from The Field Battery.

wel after as

Calgary welcomed the train with a July and

a. bonfire and fireworks. When August as we have had this

eventually the transcontinental year there is a 9 to 7 chance

arrived at Port Moody, the then of a September with either

terminus, it was welcomed not subnormal or normal rainfall.

only by the local citizens but by And there is only one chance in

the Premier of British Columbia and about four of the reniainder of the

Afteen hundred month developing into a real

excursionists who had come from "Roaker!"*

other parts of the Province.

BOOK of

the DAY

FRANCE

was the parling of the ways, Thomng the Socialist overruled Thomas c ambitious Minister of Munitions.

France lost a great leader. And, in due course, all that passionate energy came to be given unsparingly to the service, of the International Lubour Office.

It is not the life of Albert Thomas. it is not the history of the ILO. it is the story of a inan and his job that Mr. Phelan has told brilliantly in this book.

No man is better qualified to have done this than the author, who worked closely will the Director from the ke- ginning until the sudden end. And it could not have been better dana.

The greatness of the man, the titaniz qualities of him, are there: yet there is no blind hero-worship: the faults. the foibles, the wenknetsca are there too. And the result is a vivid portrait not of public guro but of a tremendously human man,

A man whose interests were almost all-embracing, a man who reacted invishly to every experience... Ho was a man who could not be bored; he would just simply have been interested in the bore."

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There is abundance of good stories, too. The Story of the First Rage: tha Story of the Silk Hat: the Story of the First English Speech: the Story of Henry Ford: for which and more you must go to the book itself.

Final Judament of Thomas' work

cannot be yet. But his personality standa.

He died, as he would perhaps have chosen, in Paris, antong his own people. Fighting against illness, against over work, he had at last yielded to hala dector, agreed to rest. He went for n quiet stroll before returning to Geneva. Tunt night bearded man, very 1. walked into a working-class enfè, called for brandy, collapsed and died. In bis pocket-unly clue to his identity-was a membership enrd of the French So- elalist Party. The use on tho, card was Albert Thomas.

W.N.E.

GARDEN NOTE

THE ideal of every vege

table prower is to have continuously following cach other, and vacant land.

crops

Plant out greens ruch as Brussels, Savoys, and Broccoli among the potatoes, so that then they are Usted the greens will quickly take their place.

Some can be put into the ground left vacant by the lifting of the first polatoes, and this has been well manured, the greens will grow apace.

Salads between the late maturing crops, such as celery and late pras, aro another way to make the most of a #mall plot.

Sow them whenever you can, for you can never have too many amalt salads, and the younger you cat them the better!

In spite of the delays occasion- Is ed by all these receptions, it interesting to record that on this first transcontinental run of near- ly 3,000 miles, the train was only fifteen minutes late.

The interest in this new service was, of course, not confined only to Canada.

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THE Canadian Pacific Railway was conceived and construct- ed as an Imperial Highway, pro- viding rail communication through British North America which not only linked the various Provinces of the Dominion, but also offered facilities for a fast service con- necting Great Britain with her possessions und interests in the Orient, and also with Australia and Now Zealand. There were British passengers on this first transcontinental train, and it is interesting to note that a party of twelve outstanding British news- paper representatives are truvell- ing on this Anniversary train of to-day, to take part in the Van- couver Golden Jubilee Celebra- tions, one feature of which is to be the re-enactment of the arrival of the original train at Port Moody ifty years ago. For this occasion the original wood-burning locomo- tive has been reconditioned, and will be driven into Port Moody by. the still-surviving engineer who stood at the throttle.

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WITHIN this half century, the progress of the Dominion of Canada has been, in every respect,

Tho phenomenal.

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