The lighting and burning effects were obtained by a combination of electric lights and corks.
Electric bulbs were hung behind the scenery and shaded to give the a ind, assisted in the illusion of a building on fire. The effect of Jeutted and smouldering ruins was produced by means of carefully Jarranged electric lights, shining through ved lenses, a few'small red levound flares, the remains of the smoke candles, and a single yellow fare sited behind the scenery, Since the fireworks all burned for different lengths of time, very careful arrangement of their positions and the time of lighting them was neces-serv to obtain the required effect.
The Handy Engineers The fireworks and electric igniition devices were all devised and made up from materials obtained in JShanghai by Major W. A. Salt, Re., se, Staff-Sergeant Hazell and Serjreants Clifford and Walker, of the Special Section of the 58h Company, Royal Engineers, attached to Headquarters, Shanghai Defence Force. These N. C. Os, also laid] down the electric firing arrange.
nts, which comprised some 70. circuits and over three miles of And a Sketch of the Country's Progress by Mr.
Tsurumi Y. Tsurumi, the well-known lecturer, publicist, was, peaker at Monday's tifin of the Pacific Association Mr, Wen Shia-tsen, former Comin tary terms, tnentioned that, in after a mesting of the Pan-Pacific Union "in Honolulu, Mr. Teurumi had visited California connexion with the Californian Discrimination Laws had helped to deal of the understanding jover the question. Mr, Wen hoped that Mr. Tsurumi would do here exactly what he had done in America to clear up the suspicious and—misunderstandings which existed between the people of China and those of Japan, and to bring about a feeling of friendship and closer understanding.
In the course of his speech, the subject being "An Interpretation Modern Japan," Mr, Tsurumi sai lat he found it difficult to address ie it consisted yese who knew all about Japan and of friends of Japan who knew more of Japan a they themselves knew, (Laughter).
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