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fighting, they tear their headcloths from
then heads, seize each other by the heard",
and often one of them rushes frantically
from the room, but returns a moment later
to make another offer. If many people
are present and two men do not want their
prices to be heard they adopt a different
method. Each places his hand under a
cloth, and they indicate the amounts by
signs ; a grasp of the whole hand means
J, Out), a touch on the palm means 500, a
pressure of one finger means 100, and a
pinch on the joint of a finger represents 10
One of the strangest facts in the peari
trade is the ability of the pearl merchant
to recognize a pearl he has not seen for
many years; and, in addition to this, he
keeps track of all the important pearls
which are sold all over the world.
Pictures on page 14.
deficiency of rainfall
80 per cent. of normal
for 21 months
The following table shows for various
districts the deficiency in the rainfall for
me 21 months since November, 1932 and
for the first seven months of this year:
Kew
Croydon
Calshot
Lympne
Shoeburyness
Gorleston .,
Cr an well
Birmingham
Ross
Falmouth .,
Holyhead .,
Liverpool ..
Tynemouth
Edinburgh ..
Eskdalemuir
Birr Castle ..
Valentia
21 months
Nov., 1932, to
July, 1934'
l% of
Actual nor
mal
mms,
746
875
886
865
579
895
821
957
917
1,130
1,117
783
1,031
894
2,391
1,191
2,024
.De-
First 7 months
Ac-
? ficit tual
7^
75
St
70
72
'85
J*
82
74
74
72
66
98
95
96
84
82
mms«
292
29&,
20f
367
227
162
172
205
318
400
407
413
19
47
105
234
mms
245
299
257
280
179
273
261
269
253
338
325
206
370
320
792
385
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mms.
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57
84
57
59
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49
51
81
65
59
74
62
40
88
39
63
87
39
69
73
100
69
67
126
65
79
94
83
76
101
81
58
150
78
excess
116
of 50
70
excess
110
of 29
69
107
excess
of 50
131
89
50
97
84
123
122
royal paddocks at
home park
land to be thrown open
to the public
The? public will shortly have the use nf
additional 20 acres of land at the Home Pirk of
H.mpton p^rt Palace, as a result of the dedsion
of the Office of Works to abolish the high walls
P^ic?aT ting ^ ROyal Padd0Cks
There are 15 paddocks, averaging in size about
1 2 acre, which for nearly 100 years have been
used as a home for Royal horses, including the
famous Coronation creams, and for stud nur-
poses During the financial crisis of 1931-32 th P
King decided to reduce the number of his stud
horses, and those left were transferred to the
Bushey Park stud opposite. Only two or three
of he Home Park paddocks will remain and ev
will be used mainly for sheltering deer'
telephone aid for the
deaf
new form of amplifier
of, amplifier for nse on telephones
P^lt nffi ly be p , laced before the public by the
Post Office authorities. Amplifiers of fixed
volume have been available to subscribers for
some time, but the new amplifier will be of
vanablepuch, adjustable to the volume of sound
which the user desires. It will be-demonstrated
at various post office exhibitions throughout the
duceTbv Post V Offi bIe amplilier . h as been pro!
auced by Post Office engineers in response tn
numerous appeals from the deaf. P t0
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