In Jessfield Park AA reader has drawn attention to a matter which it is believed could easily be corrected, Jand that is the manner in whielt dessfietd. Parke littered with chewed "stgar cane, Hawkers plying on Vu Yuen Road in proximity to the Park sell to large numbers of Chinese who visit Tengths of the comestible, upon which young China chews with great enjoyment, spitting the exhausted bre on to the ground no matter where he may happen to be. In general. the Chinese have with regard to deportment. in pil id. behaviour with regard to the manner in which they litter them up compares most unfavourably with that of the Japanese whose great Tave of natural beauty Jeads to much more orderly conduct, The parks in Japan are models hot only in the way they are maintained by the authorities, but bythe manner in which Japanese visitors {0 them comport themselves. The result is a spick-jand-spanness which never fails to draw favourable comment. from foreigners. Last Sunday according to the reader in question the lawns footpaths in Jessfield Park were. strewn with chewed abbots of sugar cane, in addition {o other litter, and to many this 1s just as ob-Jeelionable as' ordinary expectoration, It isin all probability just as unhygienic, Whether It is possible to restrain hawkers {rom selling the cane in proximity to the entrances to the Parke is open to some doubt, but there can be none regarding. the desirability of having a sume tent number of Keepers on duty to catch offenders ind put them outside, If that were dono, would only be a short time when It would' be borne in on Chinese that it is necessary to have respect for the comfort of other users of the Parks. With "the limits put upon the" free movement of residents of Shanghai Jessfield Park is being more used now than ever before. That in itself presents additional difMeutties, but nevertheless it is felt that special efforts should bbe made to keep this open space, thing of be: ty. which itis, but ily should be, Chinese Fish Mystery From time to time, reference Ix made in Public Health Department reports of the dis covery of a species of slope fish, known as "kal yn" which is of an extremely poisonous Ineture' and is therefore banned as. inedible. This fish. when taken out of the water, expands like a bladder and certain excretions form the poison which place it under official ban, Judging by its fatal effect and the inexplicable character lof the poison it produces, It is a Chinese mys= tery much more subtle than any of the so-called mysterious poisons created by exotic novelists who wipe out their characters and leave no [clue for even the most astute bacleriologist, An inquest held recently in Honukong reveated the deadly nature of this fish which caused the death of a Chinese woman and a good deal of superstitious thought was mentioned in regard {o this fish which, the Government analyst said, produced a poison which no-one could explain ind the commonsense point of view was to keep Jaway from it entirely. Mr, V. C. Bronson, Government Analyst, said he had six eases of this type of poisoning in 1996. from the same lage, and he reached the conclusion that only when the fish Is spawning Is it poisonous, Ho added: In the 3996 eases, some of the fs was examined and twas informed that It hal Poisoned guinea "pigs, but rome of It did. nol "apparently" 10. identitable. difterene's Dotween ti Mis 40 examined, and opin he. Phiippines. and Japan Sco "to support who. theory that Ko ix the Spawning season. which ts the. dangerotie porto jut even this has not been conclusively" proved, aifeets the "blood inthe same. Way Something similar to shake venom The woman's son admitted his mother had eaten the fish, which had been cooked with white beans, bit "great care had to be taken in the cooking of the fish for if soot got Into the pot, he bid been informed, the fish: would turn poisonous." Here is a Chinese admission knowledge that the fsh is poisonous but a ait ferent cause was adduced. Vigilance of the health authorities to keep this species off the market {ya Wise move. because it is-stated that it is indigenous to all Far Ea The Milan Mouse (Continued from page 226)
10 British, has been based upon recogni= tion of a state of affairs which is now dunitted to exist. For that reason there ix lille likelihood of either of those two countries modifying their attitude. have all along contemplated the possibi
ducted their policies consistently with a 4 German-Htaian military pact, have con view to such a possibility, and finding suspicions confirmed are not' likely to be
tory to the Anti-Komintern Pact The inclusion of other coun-itary alliance would nowadays come rear surprise for that has also been regarded as a probability. Thus the only conclusion to be drawn from the whole affair may havea certain signifierid at large, it}has 30 Yangs been ranted that the reduction of ex-ing understandings to a document formality is in present cireumsta thing to the freedom of the roskls in Great Britain by declaring eyeies lo be ordinary road vehicles, Subject to the regulations of the Highways Acts, uniformly ly force throughout the subjecting eve lists to the byestaws of those districts
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