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Advocated Cremation

London.

Lord Horder, Physlelan - in - Ordinary to the King, in his presidential address Cremation Society said: has long been a luxury and to- day is a social crime,

the "Burial

"Cremation In the Erst place. averts the indignity and irrever. 15 01100 of exhumation, which the lot of many of those burled. Secondly it

rational offers attitude to death, giving escape Iram morbidity. Thinlly, and detecis crimes becauNG of the most important, it prevents and cerilßention system,"

Singing Pitboy's Rise To Fame Professor Hopkins Of Texas

A miner left the village of Tylors town, Glamorgan, 11 years ago with new shillings in his pocket, but with a golden voice and knowledge of singing.

In a Recently he arrived, home luxurious car in which he had made a 2,000-mile dash from Texus to Montreal to cutch a liner.

Professor Robert Hopkins, Direc- tor of Vocal, and Choral Studies at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, formerly Bob Hopkins, 155.-a-week pitboy. now ond

of the lending

musicians In America, had heard that his mother was critically and made the journey to see her.

MOTHER'S RECOVERY

When she heard that her son was coming home Mrs. Hopkins made a remarkable recovery and was on the doorstep of her home in Derry Ter- race, Tylorstown, awaiting him when he arrived.

Professor

Hopkins's adventures since he left Wales, where he studied musle while working in the of the pits, give another example Welsh miner's courage and will to win.

After singing his way around Eng- land he went to Amerka with the Rhondda Valley Welsh

singers

in

1928 as

a goloist and toured United States and Canada.

the

To-day, in addition to fessorship, he conduets and trains women's church choirs and has a

his

pro-

choir which, for live years succession, has won high awards in Texas State contests.

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

ARCHITECTS' A. R. P.

Baby Born Weighing 151⁄4 lbs.

EN-DAY-OLD Claude Robert Humphrey weighed 15/16, when Tho was born, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4. J. Humphrey.

of Babbacombe rond, Bromley, Kent, claim that he broke all world records for weight at birth. Claude is their sixth child. One of his brothers teeighed nine pounds at birth and another ten pounds. The normal weight of a baby is between seven and eight pounds.

the

Girl Has Otter For Pet

London. Miss Ivy Stubbington, daughter of Courtenay the huntsman of Tracey Otter Hounds, has adopted as a pet a baby otter. The cub found lying nearly dead in a street in Wilton. Miss Stubbington brought it up on the bottle, and it follows her

was

Catfish Becomes Mascot and answers to her call like a dog.

Fort Worth, Tex.

A 55-pound catfish has succeeded a Great Grandfather at 76 faithful dog as mascot of the Fort Worth municipal airport. After

Bulawayo.

LONG

HAIR

ARMY

Bucharest. Offers of the Rumanian armed forces wilt in future be allowed to wear monocles only if their sight re- quires It. An order makes it neces. to sary for them. in such obtain a certificate from the medien! fleer of their unit, and this must be counter-signed by a medical offieer of senior rank.

cases,

The order also requires

hair long ranka to wear their

other

in-

stead of elose-cropped; beards for all ranks are to be optional, but the as often az beardless must shave possible.

It has been found, says the order, several years as familiar figure W. P. Valentine, of Catooma, is that when the previously close- around the field. The catfish was believed to be the youngest great. caught in a lake near here by tay grandfather in South Africa. He is cropped troops were bureheaded they Fortner, pilot, and given to the air only 70, but his granddaughter is the presented "an unaesthetle - and

pleasing appearance.

port cafe operator,

mother of a son.

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CHALLENGE TO THE GOVERNMENT

High Explosive Tunnel Refuges At £11

£11 A Head

Fully bomb-proof shelters tunnelled in the blue-clay cost of Soft. below London could be constructed at a £10 19s. per head of the population, declares a detailed report of the Association of Architects, Surveyors and Technical Assistants.

That complete protection can be provided against the heaviest high-explosive bombs at £10 19s. per head is a challenge to the whole basis of the Government's Air-Raid Precaution Plans.

At present the aim of against splinters and blast. against high explosive would it is maintained.

A Family Cut Off In The Atlantic

A.R.P. is merely to give protection The cost of complete protection be in the region of £1,500,000,000,

Dr. Fraser Darling, a 35-year-old Scottish biologist, with his wife and son, aged 10, are cul of from the world on the Atlantic Island of Nerth Rona, 30 miles north of the Butt of Lewis.

says I

Yet if the £10 19s, is accurate- and it has been established by a group of distinguished urchitects, engineers and quantity surveyors who have been working on the pro- blem for n year--London's popu- lation could be given complete pro- tection for £87,000,000,

Town dwellers throughout the country could be mnde safe for about £300,000,000.

COSTS COMPARED One important point is that the cost of this complete underground protection is only slightly more than that of covered surface trenches (40 12s, per head) which give pro- tection only against splinters, and cheaper than many other forms of surface protection.

They were taken to the island, nomally uninhabited recently in the

Vigilant, cruiser fishery Glasgow report. Dr. Darling planned to stay there until the end of Decem-listed ber to study the habits of the Atlan--state: lie seals and to keep in touch with

The authors of the report-pub- in The Architects' Journal

"Our research, bearing in mind the the lighthouse Reepers at the Bull experience in Spain, has compelled us to lay the mala emphasis on the of Lewis by radio.

danger from high-explosive bombs which we are convinced constitute the greatest menace."

Now it has been found that Rong "blind is in what is known as a spot," from which it is almost im-

The report, which slates that the possible to receive wireless signals.

strata of blue clay below London, When hit by Atlantic gales the varying from 60ft. to 430ft., is emin- whole island is swept by spray. The ently suitable for tunnelling, includes

water supply is from wells plans for a tunnelled only which tend to turn brackish. Pools 4,000 people.

STEEL-LINED AND GAS-PROOF of rain water are soon affected by salt spray.

Such tunnels would be 7, Gin high and oft. 3in. wide, lined with steel and have seating nccommoda-

The Fraser family is now faced with life in a tiny hut unable to call for help should need urise.

Few ships are ever near the islandtion the trip in adverse conditions is at and the nearest vessel able to make Stornoway, 70 miles away,

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After ruling out the possibility of using the Underground railways on air raid shellers on the grounds of danger from flooding and gas, the Government is now reconsidering its decision. The architects think that certain, at least, of the Under- ground stations can be used as shel- lers.

of

There would be no danger flooding, they state, If only those portions of the Tube not likely to be fractured by heavy bombs were used. NECESSARY measuRES Measures necessary to adapt Underground stations as shelters, it is pointed out, are:

Doors in the tunnel, normally folded back, but which would be closed in an emergency, to isolate the station.

Air filtration plant in a fully protected posliion.

Serics of gas-locks at the en- trance to the slation.

Blust-proof doors to withstand flooding at the bottom of any shaft.

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HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.

The total Expenditure in 1938 on behalf of. sick and destitute children is estimated at $27,000, against which the Income to date is New tunnel shelters could be $20,500 only.

driven from the existing Under- In order to continue its work, the Society ground stations, it is suggested. The

station entrance could be used, but asks for the balance of

additional stairways would have to be provided at the end of the new

tunnels.

HIGH EXPLOSIVE FIRST CONCERN

The report points out that even the ARP. Department does not claim that the scaling up of a room will do more thah "reduce very considerably the amount of gas pene- trating into the room."

Ex-

On the other hand, it is claimed that a ventilating plant with suitable Alters and maintaining a positive pressure will ensure complete pro- tection.

Further, it is argued, high plosive would unseal the best gos- proofed rooms with "serious conse- quence to their accupants," and with tils thought the report comes back to the point that protection against high explosive must take priority against gas,

School Of 1799_

Still Used

Wilmington, Del. Forwood School at Brandywine Hundred, built in 1790, is the oldest school in Delaware still in use. Only six pupils were enrolled there this year, and it may soon be closed.

$6,500

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