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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEEK-END SECTION

Current Affairs

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FIVE possible answers are given for each question. Prime Minister of Great Britain is (1) MacDonald, (2) Chamberlain, (3) Hailsham, (4) Baldwin, (5) Lloyd George.

The number 4 (meaning Baldwin) has been placed at the right of 0 on the answer sheet.

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Affairs

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1.-"La Passionola" may hurtly pay

e visit to Briluin. This is nick-name for (1) Dolores Cor-

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tello; (2) Dolores Del Rio: Queen Marie of Roumatla; (4) Senoru Irrthur!; (5) Quiriipl.

2.-Britain's new stamps are

being received un

His seal of Government is at (1) Brisbane. (2) Auckland, (3)

(4) Perth,

Christchurch, (5) Canberra.

General

Maria 11-The "Tribunal of the People,"

nuw in control at Madrizi, has been, compared to the "Committee of Public

The Filter Safety, WHA in executive body which functioned (1)

Versatiles nt during the Fenco-Prussian Wor. (2) at Petrograd in 1917, (3) at York in the English, Civil War. (4) at Boston during the War of Independence, (5) at Parls in the Arst French Revolution.

now

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1 from Home. The wording on them

Great Britain, (2) Postage. Postage and Revenue, Edward Vil King-Emperor. Britain.

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3.The Queen Mary has sentired the The inst Atlantie "Blue Riband," British, ship to hold the Atlantie

(1) the Titanic, (2) ► record was

the the Empress of Britain, (3) Berengarin, (4) the Majestle, (5) the Mauretania,

4.The Taipo Belle" was on ex- hibition in Hongkong this week. The Taipo Belle" is (1) a Chinese who has won n cubaret girl dancing competition; (2) a prize cow from the New Territories; (3) railway carrtage; (5) a gold- mine in the vicinity of Taipo; (5)

new dance invented

by Miss Sykes and J. A. Andrews,

5. Sir Samuel Hoare has paid an Sir Samuel official visit to Malta.

is (1) First Lord of the Admiral- in the Mediter- ty, (2) C.-in-C. ranean. (3) Foreign Secretary, (4) Secretary of State for the Colonies, (5) British Ambassador to Italy.

World Affairs

6.-M. Trotsky, accused of com- plletty. In anti-Soviet plets, has been interned by the Government of the country in which he is now residing. This is (1) Finland, (2) Franee, (3) Germany. (4) Yugo- Slavia, (6) Norway.

12-October is the tenth month of the year. The word October is derived from (1) the name of the Princess Octavia, of the House of Auguston; (2) the Greek or Latin Octo, meaning eight; (3) the me Octavius, bitter enemy of Julius Caesar (4) the Octartini, office-book of the Greek Church; (5) the

of ancient township Oericulum, in Italy, 13.-Kotharine Hepburn is amprar- best in an as Mary. Queen of Scots. Mary was the daughter of (2) (1) James V. of Scotland, James V. of Scotiand, (3) James VI, of Scotland,. (4) Henry Vil, of England, (5) Philip H. (of Spain).

14.-Hongkong's

new three-and-a

half kilowatt short weve broad- ensting station is now testing o11 19 metres. Indio signals frous

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this station can encircle the world in approximately one-sixtli. of a second, radilo waver travel. ling at the same speed as light. This is approximately (1) 180,000 miles per second; (2) 24,000 yards per second; (3) 100,000,000 miles per second: (4) 150,000-yards per second; (5) 50,000 miles per second.

15. Chinese communists are again active in Kansu, the capital of which is (1) Cheklang: (2) Wu- chew; (3) Chang Halen (4) Lanchow; (5) Thingyuan,

16. Mr. T. L. Soong arrived in Hongkong this week from Cun- Lon. He is (1) Minister of Fin- ance in the Nanking Government; Pacification Commis- (2) Peace

sloner in Kwangtung; (3) Special Finance Commissioner of Canton: (4) Commissioner of the Chinese section of the Kowloon-Canton Hallway: (5) Commandant at the Whampoa Military Academy. 17-Air Commodore Sydney Smith, of the R.A.F., was entertained to luncheon by Mr. Manuel Quezon in Manila this week, Quezon Is (1) Mayor of Manila; (2) Pre- sident of the Philippine Islands; (3) U.S. Commissioner in. Pallippines: (4) Governor-Gen- eral

of the Philippines; (5) Executive Officer of the U.S. Army Air Force in the Philippines.

10-September, 1936, is the fleth

anniversary of a discovery, of greal practient Importance, con-

This cerning leguminous plants. was the discovery that such plants

to supply (1) are able

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selves with nitrogen from the air, (2) are rich in Vitamin D, (3) can be made 10 produce four crops a year, (4) have a particu- larly high

content. sugr

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And salts of antimony bismuth.. 10-Marshal Graziani reviewed the Addis Ababa garrison as part of this year's Ethiopian festivity in connection with the end of the rainy season. Marshal Graziani was recently appointed (1) Cam- mander-in-Chief of the

Italing northern army in Ethiopia: (2) Minister of War in the Italian Cabinet,

Redl (3) Head of the Cross in Ethlophy (4) Italin Delegate to the League of Na- tlons; (5)

Viceroy of Ethiopia,

Arts and Books

20.-Moiseiwitch was the "star" of

recent Promenade Concert, at Home. He is (1) planist, (2) vocalist. (3) 'cellist, (4) harpist, (5) violinist.

21-Herr Carl Bohm is to conduct a eoneer in London in November for the Royal Philharmonic Society. Herr Bohm is conductor of (1) the Opera House at Berli (2) the Philharmonic Society of

. Berne, (3) the Dresden Opera.

Orchestra, (4) the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra, (5) the Weimar Theatre.

22.-Mr. Philip Mairet has pub- plished a memoir of A. R. Ornge. Orage won distinction as editor of (1) The Spectator, (2) The Westminster Gazette, (3) The Bookman, (4) The New Age, (5), The Week-end Review,

23-A new study by Mr. Malcolm Muggeridge) analyses the Philo sophy of Samuel Butler. Butler was the author of (1) Thus Spake Zarathustra, (2) New Worlds for Old. (3) The Way of All Fresh. (4) The Origin of Species, (5) The Leviathan.

· 24-In "East Meets West" George Arlis reappears as a rujah. He Alled a similar role in an carller success (1) Bengal Lancer, (2) The Green Goddess, (3) Orlent Express, (4) Gungn Din, (5) Clive of India.

25-The Hongkong Amateur Dram- ntic Society will produto Emlyn William's "Night Must Fall in November. Emlyn Willems Is well known to Hongkong cinema; sudiences for his fine performances in (1) "Friday the Thirteenth": (2) "Kennel Murder Mystery" (3) Mystery of the Wax Muse- um": 44) "Dracula"; (5) "The Thin Man".

Sport

26-Britain's team for Australia has been completed by the Inclusion of England's late captain. Ile is (}) D. R. Jardine, (2) J. B. Hobbs, (3) R., E. 5. Wyntt, (4) A. P. F. Chapman. (5) J. C. White.

27--Shanghal's. Cricket XI for the Interport with Hongkong has been chosen, Shanghal's team will be captained by (1) J. H. B. Leckie: (2) A. J. Barson: (3) 1. Madar; (4) L. F. Stokes; (5) H. V. Par- ker.

28. The struggle for the County Cricket Championship has been exciting. The new champions are (1) Derbyshire, (2) Nolls. (3) Sussex, (4)

(5) Glamorgan, Lancashire.

20.-The

Chess Mastera

big tournament

at Nottingham

of

the

ended in a tle. The two players who divided the first and second prizes

and were (1) Alekhine Euwe, (2) Euwe and Lasker, (3)

and Lasker

Cupablanca, (4) Capa and Botwinnik, (5)

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races

30-Mr. J. F. Macgregor's "Stru- throy" set a new record for five furlong

in longkeng at Happy Valley last Saturday. The new record was set at (1) 1.69 mins.; (2) 1.38.2 mins (3) 902 secs. (4) 1.31.3 mins.: (5) 1.02.2 mins.

ANIMAL TRACKS

What

killed the Pheasant?

Solved by a

Nature Detective

THE headless pheasant was found lying near a nest

-containing broken eggs. Feathers were strewn in the grass. Fifty yards away the legs of a partially buried and half-eaten rabbit were found sticking out of the ground.

The earth had been much disturbed, and scooped out. grave-like. A number of lang tawny hairs hung in the bushes leading down to the stream.

in the mud close to the water's edge there was the track of one pad.

Who was responsible for the killing of the pheasant? What is the significance of the headless bird? What animal sheds tawny hairs....and buries half-eaten rab- bits? What animal made the trick?

What the

track meant

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1936

One

family

has quarter

of Japan's business-

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three hundred years the Japanese Mitsui family has been growing richer and richer.

The Japanese symbol for miteul, a little square with three horizontal Ines inside, is stamped on the boxes ind containers of one-quarter of Japan's entire commerce.

Under the house fing of the Mitsui sails a merchant dect of 700,000 tons.

The business is run by a family counell of about a dozen "Fathers" in accordance with moral and business principles drawn up in the seventeenth century, when members of the family drst deliberately decided to be come one of the great business familles of the world.

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One of the rules is that if an heir has not shown. promise by the time he is fifteen years of age he is kick- ed out of the family and takes another name. He is re- placed by a bright youngster often of poor family,

THE killer of the pheasant and the rabbit was a dog

Every member of the family has a large yearly in- THE

fox. A hendlers game bird, even without any add-come, bul apart from this family capital must not be tional evidence, can be attributed to the fox. Had the touched. Wives are chosen by the council, divorce is killer been a vixen'she would not have left the bird in not allowed. such a state, but carried it back to her cubs.

The dog fox first killed the rabbit, and, his appetite appeased-no doubt he had killed other gome before hand-he burled the remainder after scooping a hole in the ground. (The cat also buries uneaten prey, but in content merely to scrape leaves or dirt over the carcase; without the slightest suggestion of burlaly

Drifting feathers

The fox had then passed along the low hedge. There had been a swift thrust of the long jaws, a gleam of bright teeth, a stifled cry ringing weirdly in the night wind, and then a greater silence, with a few feathers drifting slowly to the ground.

Not wishing to eat the bird-and the fox sometime kills for the sake of killing, or for practice-he was con- tent to trample on the eggs before he passed on the stream to drink. his trail marked by the tawny hairs left in passing along the bushes.

The fox dislikes getting his feet wet unduly, and thus only one paw was placed in the wet mud as he stretched his long muzzle and drank his f

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Present head of the family, forty-nine-year-old Baron Mitsu), went to Harvard and Cambridge, lives simply, but entertains guesta lavishly.

The family council recognise the value of a Western education, Many of their sons are sent to learn all they can about Western technique before settling down to their life's work of making more and more money for Mitsul,

A.conservative estimate of the family capital is £80,000,000. London bendquarters are in one big floor of an office building in Leadenhall-street.

Here busy little Japanese and equally busy English- men work all day, su thut Baron Mitsul, sitting among the pine trees and totus ponds of his Tokyo garden, may reflect that under his leadership Mitsul is reaching even greater heights.

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7.-Admiral Skas, who was noted for his excessive admiration of England. died in America This week. He was attached to the

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a Cadet; (3) Commodore at Mani- (4) Intelligence Ofeer; (5) head of the U.S. Marines,

8.--Recent speeches by Dr. Benes

U.S. Asiatic Squadron In 1900-02 as (1) Commander-in-Chief; (2)

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of international importance. Dr. Benes is (1) Vice-Chancellor of Austrin, (2) Regent of gary, (3) Leader of the Nazl or- ganisations in the Tyrol,

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President of Czecho-Slovakia, (5) Prime Minister of Yugo-Slavia.

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9"The Danzig question" has been ndded to the League Council's agenda. Trouble in Danzig 6 primarily due to (1) the activities of Bolshevist emissaries, (2) the contraction of the world's export trade, (3) unrest among Polish nationalists. (4) drought, (5) agitation by Nazis.

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Dear Kiddies,

Thanics for all the entries you sent its for

week's last Competition. You evidently like that kind of contest. There were really very few mistakes this time. I suppose you'll want to know what the correct grouping of the pictures the list: Straw- Well, here berries and Cream, Lamb and Mint Sauce, Duck and Green Peas, Bread and Cheese, Crumpets and Mullins.. Ham and Eggs, Boiled Beef and Carrots, Fruits and Custard.

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Weight, (aged 10), 102 The Peak, Last week's junior Last week's senior

The Junior prize goes to Charlie prize winner.

Churn (aged 8), 53 Condult Rood.

Commended for good

work are Phyllis Kirby, Andrew Choa, Law- fence O'lloy, Margaret Choa, Audrey Ablong, J. Hedge, Norris Giles, Dorothy Jerrard, Margie Xavier, PORRY

Prince and Betty Manders among the Seniors; and Teddy Shus ter Arthur Fisher, Claude S. Coom, Sidney Hollande, Leslie Giles and Robert de Sousa, among the Juniors. Will the winners call at the "Telegraph" office for their prizes, and, If possible, bring photos of them- selves along? Snapshots will do.

Celeste Marques--Sorry you didn't win, but you had one mistake. You also sent in your entry type-written, In last week's type of Competition,

prize-winner.

handwriting is necessary, to test the competitor's neatness.

and

are of crayons..

This week, children, I'm giving you another colouring Competition, ns I know how fond you using your paints Cinderella at her

her prettiest is the sub- ject. I want you to colour the pic- ture with either paints or crayons.

There will again be two prizes- from one for children 10 to 14 years, and the other for those under 10. Address your entries to Uncle Eddie, c/o "Hongkong Telegraph" so as to reach him not later than 4 p.m._on Wednesday. Make a good job of it, children.

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