PAGE THREE. Changing of the Earths Surface The Prosperity Tailors Sir Oliver Lodge Offers Explanation With Regard To Weather Mysteries QUAKES AND TIDAL WAVES.
CLEANERS DYERS Crust is Continually Settling Down; Hence a Variety of Disturbances.
DYEING, CLEANING PRESSING and support and.
res That nothto was London, Sept. 15. What is wrong with the world? The question has been asked by inbumerable people this year, when at brief intervals messages from all quarters of the globe bava brougbt news of Earthquakes, Tidal Waves, Typhoons hurricanes, Ralostorms and floods, Sir Oliver Lodge, the world famous scientist, Rave a Daily Express representative yesterday an explanation of the earthquakes and tidal waves that have troubled the world, there is no doubt, sald Sir Oliver, that the earth crust is setling down There is ing abnormal in the operation except the improved methods of communication which broadcast the new of Parthquake and typhoons all over the world 10 a few seconds.
EARTH CRUST century ago typhoons and earthquakes such as bare bappened in Japan, Mexico and the Black Sea would have been upheard of for many months. The crust of the earth is continually setling down. Sometimes, and this had been aburdantly evidenced during the past year, this is accompanied by earthquakes and kindred disturbacces.
TS The fact that eartbquakes and tidel waves have taken place in three distantly seperated parts of the earth does not mean that they result from three different causes. If a crack appears in the fabric of a bouse, the house does not necessarily collapse at that spot, though another part of the building may fall because of the crack Similarily a crack, in the eartr in the Pacific may cause anotheb in a different part of the Professor Muskaytov, director of the Russian Geological Survey, puts forward the hypothesis that Africa and India are sliding northward. He formed his opinion of the north ward movebent of India more than a year ago, ard went out at once on an exploring expedition into Turke to prove his theory. found old rock formations over new ones, he said to a British Ucited Press representa(Continued on Page 6)
as was THE WORKMAN SATURDAY OCTOBER 22, 1927 Life In West Africa and dealt with some of tbeir babits, One tribe in particular amook whom he had gone when Lecture by Rev. E, recently in Africa was most Farquhar.
courteous to strankers, as he bad become to them and overwhelmed WITCH DOCTOR AND ssd that both men and women to their marriage bim with presents: With regard customs be INHERITED WIVES had to be accomplished in certain Decessary things before they Life in West Africa was the from six to nine months away were married. The woman spent title of an exceedingly interes from her village and was taugbt ting lecture delivered at the all about the value of herbs and Richmond Street School roots, so she became doctor as No. 3, 22nd Street, Central Avenue room to a arge audience last well as wife. The man bad to be evening by the Rev. Far. Skilled in various crafts; he must quhar, The chair was taken by be able to build a but, etc. When PANAMA CITY ne Bishop of Trinidad, who was they came together they were Telephone 695 Principal of Codrington College quite able to fulól the require when Mr. Farqubar student there.
life help to each other, wh The lecturer was bimselt born Tbus even among primitive in Africa and lived there for people there were certain cusnineteen years. He recently toms which might be called an OF THE HIGHEST ORDER revisited the place after an improvement on those of civilisa.
sble, he said, to obrerve the pro about the wedding and it the absence of eleven years and was tion. But there was little romance Work Done While You Wait in to see that a price bad been paid, this had a useful result for there whieb was the sacrifice of native were no widows and orphans in tradition, custom and even native West Africa. Laughter. lodustry. The gains were such that the losses were inevitable. PALAVER SAUOS TRY US AND YOU LL BE SATISFIED Fortunately within recent years it had been The lecturer devoted realised that it was a time to discussing native saperFome mistake to supplant the whole stitions, pointing out that the Alterations and Repairs at reasonable Prices social life of a community or a primitive life wis by no means people by conventions from the an ideal life and be wag pot sure Ladies Garments carefully handled outside and that it was not good that the disadvantages did not to teach the to think European instead of outweigh the advantages For African. It had been recognised doctors who old point to the exsmple, there were the witch that the African need not too least likely looking old woman 39 REID Manager merit in the highest sense the baby death and the vofortunate. name of gentleman, for the true woman although sbe knew nothAfrican who unspoiled by contact with elvilisation was one of Nature gentlemen. He did not subscibe to the belief that the British Government was un fair to XOXOS DO04584e to the native races in West Alrics for both in the Gold Coast and Nigeria special efforts were being made to protect the it.
terests of the natives sbown, for instance, by the establishment last year of the Achinoto College at a 650, 000 MODERN EDUCATION This College worked from the Kindergarten up to the Unive:sity standard and it was hoped that it would turn out lawyers und doctors. Africans were being trained to all responsible public positions as fast as they qualified a policy ad vocaled very strongly by the Governor, Sir Gordon Gaggisberg To day the people of the country were more sopbisticsted than they used to be. Fortunately. or perbaps from one point of view, unfortunately Were rapidly become civilised. He did tunately because he civilisation was a he thought that from it. It was a splendid thing.
But when one went out and lived among primitive people be found that civilisatiun was a most setting thing. It seemed to bio to be a great mistake to attempt to make them live ibe kind of life to which eivilised people were accustomed and College bad set out to make ibe African take his proper place in life. It was training children to think of their own country and pot troubling so much about the imparting of knowledge and the traditions of orber countries; so that by the grace of God Albica might be able to make ber own contribution to the well being of the worlt.
He paid a great tribute to the Date Dr. Aggray, a Negro wbose connection with the College bad been all too short und wbu99 death was deelared in the TIMES to be enot o local significance poly but a a calamity 30 which three continents were bound to share. He recalled which be had bees prixleged to have witb this man, the sincerely Afriead but who could Negro he new who was understand the European point of view.
Toere was 10 fear for the future of Africa and po need 10 besebamed of association with Africa wben it had produced sa distinguished a man.
NO WIDOWS AND ORPHANS Dealing with the people of West Africa, Mr. Fargubar and that the people in Trinidad need not HOTM sal ons credit themselves with being more good looking Gaughte: fo lived. far more primitive and simple life so that son petit comes tons de ware better developed pby His sically mo birthplace was on 30 belonging to a groap wbich was opposite to what was Low Frenco Guinea and there were about eigbt or nine distinct tribes living ibere.
He proceeded to describe 3: 59K660 cost of SILVER Crack former world.
tbey tot say unfor bad thing, far 10 stan SPRAY.
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cos verea tione ostato IS GOOD DRINK ing about it, would be burned to death. The problem of superstition was a very serious one.
He told a story of a man who possessed the power apparently of hypnotising a large number of people simultaneously and said it was easy to understand bow greatly impressed the. native population wculd be for they knew tion worstblog about the explanaof such pbenomena were produced, apparently, by the hypnotist. Although be had said the people were becoming civilised, yet it kas not altogether unfortunate, it only because they would in the process be more and more able to rid themselves of tbelr terribly oppressive fear of the Farquhar spoke of native food and mentioned some choice African dishes, one of which was Fou fou and Palaver sauce, the latter so called because the ingredients were supposed to hold a palaver in tbe pot while being prepared. There were so many leafy products is the fond that, as it were, it was food and medicine combined He referred to the palm oil and palm kernel industries and the fermented juice of the tree usel for the same purpose as yesst, which also was very intoxticating. He touched, tao, on the question of domestic slavery which has just been abolished in the Sierra Leone Protectorate.
The Bisbop, wbo had been welcomed by Mr. Grosvepor, President of the Richmond Street Literary and Debating Society, made a short speech. vote of thanks to the lecturer was carried.
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