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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1936.

Pearl King Enshrines The Souls Of 50,000,000 Oysters

An Austrian big-game hunter Messany hus constructed this camera- gun to use in an expedition to Canada. The apparatus Is com-

on a Fun,

CONFIDED

TO THE

CARE OF BUDDHA

Isle of Pearls

(Japan), Dec. 1. THE souls of 50,000,000

oysters that have served to turn a macaroni maker: into the pearl king of the Orient went to the bosom of Buddha on the Isle of Pearls

to-day.

Fifty New Two Japanese

Sleuths Admirals See

for Britain's War Possible

O.G.P.U.

FIFTY of the cleverest young

detectives in the Meiro- politan Police Force have been transferred to the Special Branch.

This section deals exclusively with sples and political agitators, and pro- vides the personal guards for mem-

|bers of the Royal Fambly`and skates-

men.

ernment to pay more serious etten- This marks a decision by the Gov. tion in future to this branch of the work.

WATCH ON ALIENS

Do

Preparations Along Yangtze Mean Threat To Japan? SITUATION IS "TENSE BUT QUIET"

Outlook. Is Described As Uncertain As Weather To-morrow

Nagasaki, Dec. 3. Two Japanese Admirals saw in alleged feverish Chinese pre- to-day parations for war along the Yangtze a possibility that the Nanking Gov- ernment might challenge Japan to a fight.

The Spanish civil war has been dimmed by the constitutional crisis at Home, but this photograph serves a grim reminder that it is still raging violently.

As

700,000 May

See "Quins"

Next Year

While on the one hand, the Nan-. king Government is pretending that Japan peacefully, on the other, it is strengthening land defences near Shanghal, Nanking and along the Yangize," they said. Eijiro Kondo, retiring commander of DEAL estate values at the quintu-

The speakers were. Rear-Admiral the Japanese Special Naval Land-,

Kokichi Mikimoto began pearl culture many years ago, and

A number of the new men will be allocated to the duty of guarding the now owns the most extensive distinguished visitors who are com oyster beds in the world. He is ing from the Continent for the now 70 years old, and he believes Coronation. Others will watch the it wishes to settle all, issues with

of suspected posed of a telescope-camera mounted in the tradition that everything ports for the arrival

characters. that does good should be re- They do not concern themselves vered.

with ordinary criminal work but are Already in Japan cats that give the equivalent

of the O.G.P.U. in their skins for musical instrumente, Russia, without, of course, dogs that served their masters well, body's tyrannical methods. and horses are enshrined and their souls confided to Buddha,

Oysters which

hove produced pearls have certainly done good to Kokichi Mikimoto, so he conceived) the Idea of the ceremony whereby: the souls of those that have mucke: him millionaire should receive duc! lionour,

63 BRIDES

AGED 15

22 DIVORCED BEFORE 19

Berlin, Dec. 1.

girls

THE number of

married at the ages of fifteen to sixteen in Ger- many last year was sixty- three, twice as many as year before, on bride being under fifteen.

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Marriages of girls aged sixteen to seventeen numbered. 1,128, and of those aged seventeen eighteen 4,303, one being a widow of seven- teen.

Twenty-two marriages of women under ninelern were dissolved.

There

WETC three cases pt quadruplets.--Central News,

At his family shrine gathered Mikimoto's retallves, friends, cm-) ployees, appraisers of gems. priests and musicians. And while the ceremony was carried out the first pearl an oyster ever made' for Mikimoto Auximoto lay on the altar,

As early as 1717 cultured pearls had been produced by the scientist really put oysters to Rennur, but it was Mikimoto who

work. Ile abandoned his macaroni shop and In 1804 produced his first pearl.

Though it was not perfect, it was placed in the shrine, and to-day it la the "soul of souls" for the oyster family,

By 1910 perfect pearls were being produced in abundance, and by 1930 four million oysters were being bred unqually in the beds of the Miye profecture.

WE

'ANT 25'- REDS' NEW 'PLANE

AN

that

Callander, Ontario, Dec. 1.

Ing Party in Shanghai, and Rear-plets' home town are soaring as Admiral Seljiro Iwamura, chief of preparations are being made to ac- staft of the Third Flect, stationed in

visitors commodate 700,000

next Chinese waters.

season. 200,000 more than inet sum-.

TENSE BUT QUIET

mer.

A Toronto firm is negotiating for in the purchase of property near Wisa- wisa Falls, South Callander, to con- struct a large botel, golf course, ski trails, and so on.

of

Mr. Reeve Keeling, chairman of Speaking, alternately, the efficers, the local council, jubilantly declares who have been transferred for duty that the village will be able to house at the Yokosuka Nuval Base after 2,500 visitors daily next year. .serving for more than A year in China, describer the aliuntion Shanghal as "tense, bui quiet."

Commenting on the outlook Sino-Japanese relations, one of the Admirals said "it is like to-morrow's weather. You don't know what may happen."

CHINESE "EXCITED" The attitude of the Chinese, he In-They seem to be as exelted now as to understand. they were at the time of the Shang- hal hostilities in 1932 and rumours are flying thick."

Moscow, Dec. 1. NT 25-a Soviet 'plane with balloon floats, whose range is claimed to be 7,500 miles, took off here to-day for Paris.

It will be shown at the 15th ternational Aviation Exhibition.

added,

wns hard

"Motor-car parking is our biggest problem," said Mr. Kecling, "We are buying more land to accommo- dicating the direction of Callander. date cars and erecting signposts in-

wild Carved New Set

"We sincerely hope for pence," he

The machine is being piloted by Chkalov and Baidukov, with Belinkov asaavigation officer. They piloted the plane in a recent 5,059-mile non-continued, remaricing that close co- stop fight for which they were "Heroes of the Soviet Union made The engine is claimed to run efficiently for 100 hours, for which period the wing tanks store enough petrol. Reuter."

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