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Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1924, Page 4

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IIOW THE ATOM BREAKS, NEW YORK, February 2. The discovery of a new light-rav which may “prove to be the secret force required for the disintegration of the atom” wa s announced yesterdayto the American Association tor the Advancement of Science by Rroiessoor W. D. Harkins, of the University oi Chicago. He exhibited to the scientists photo-, graphs (of which altogether he had I taken lO.lii.Hf) showing the bombardment of tlie nucleus of an argon atom hv an Aphu particle shut at it by a nuliu-active substance at the rate of 10,000 miles per second—2o.OOO times faster than the fastest rill- bullet's -peed. The photographs revealed alter the impact a backward-curving rav name-1 “Zola” by the professor. This discovery, he predicts, “will make revolutionary changes in the held of physics.” INJUSTICE TO .MARGATE. LOSS OF AN HOUR'S SUNSHINE A DAY FOR YEARS. LONDON. December 20. I low • Margate h's been jobbed ot an hour.-' sunshine a day is explained in the 'December i--' <• of the “AlYienroIr.gieal Magazine.'' F’or .sever:. I yea i - nieieorologisls lev - been puzzled to know why 1 herv - honk! I-.- such a marked udh-uem c w tic- rounded sunshine figures lo: Margate and i be neighbouring re-orls of (bo nisi at r- and Ramsgate. | A l lirst ii was n'.il dinted to t Ii- sin I- ling in tlie haze at the mouth <o 1 .. - j Thames, but I'll-, i - X i ■ I: -»i lit t - it I a ■ un steiilily ikom about h If an ho::r until last year it reached an hour a day. Finally su.-picbm tell on the sunshine iq lording ihsi ruiueul. v> i i i < h had he. n i ’ i use ISD2. In .May !;• i :: new in-iinmeiU "as in-tailed alongside Done. Ai Die end of July I he me! eorologi.-t- v.ele deligliied to l!nd t!,t the new il l. -I rument had recorded (M.S hours more sunshine fur June an i July than the oh! one equal lo I.(Hi I hours a day . Thus wu- the >i:ysi-:y -nlud and .Mmgale's honour > i:ul;■ M lial had F.api.i. msl t a , that -wim, to some pliysieal or cjicndcal m thin. the prills-- hall of I ho had • banged in ,iil,n:i lon d —■ ; ! !.» . • ; I l ! rou.-.'b lllls !■,. el' i •• a ; y In d (abed to | register .-un-Juno of a bad.: burning BUILDER OF F.VMOF •• FIFFEL TOWER. I’.M; .(..0 ! . I he death I- :, l' I ’: i i a ”, d a.d:l, oi M. Uilf. I, Die eiigiu or who I nib I a • Eill'el Tower. A lexantlre Gu-tave Kiil'e.l. v k v. a - born in Dijon !M yea is ■ - b a recni'i! of many engi- -r,:'g aenel- - including lug \ urn 1.-n : - in ivaiieo ami in many pa:;:, of the world, am! the framc.vorlc of D:- g-:-si a i tie of Lib ri y in New York ha rlaini'. '■ he fainous lew ,r w as kcgc.ii ii; Die Paris Exliibiton. A euru-.l pyramid. it is IMS feci high -Dm iughe < building 111 Europe and 1- buili. t irely of iron. 7.3'hi tons having been Used. Elect l ie lifts rim ft) Dm lep which i- one of Dm greatest a'lrmI inn- la vi-itnr- lo the Frcimli eapital. since it r omnmnd- a m.i gtriji- -ml ranoram.i id Dm , ii v and many mi'a if its sunmndiug'.. During the 31 years of if- In- D,. tower has - rvei! man;, other pnrro-e'-. loose rope and rychip-. I m:u i s - high | Cst, plat form la Dm ground. I a v ■ been i ai-miplidied. Rut ii- gr> a -'-crviee j V. a ' :.! Dm w av. licit i • V ’- U ed I aiiti-aircrafl oh -.-rv:;t am i, wh. :: ■ w arniuT : i U D ■ '! |u i ;n h of Z pp b : cm ' (el. a . m briiadi a. t Mvu h mm. .MEDICAL HER BN \BI.AZF. BONBON, -lan. I. A s-rious srl-bacl: to the n-w vi!- | I a go industry of h-r b-r:nlleei lug haeeeurred at Fulton lfeiiyer, Wlli-biie. i in Dm de drum ion r.f I .(•■ n* k ■ ol , medicinal herbs by lire on Rui.unlay 1 niwiil. '.l'lli - quantity icon . n! g fiioatli.- oi’ gaibering ! y allot!I 330; people. ding. The fumes w-ro -o .-i rue Hint ; several liivmen war:' ovarcome. Billion B-nger mark-w-J more than : 100 tons of herbs he i winter. Herb cultivation for nie-d of the i English herb, are grown under rureery conditions and not gaihet-ed in ‘ fields it ml woods- im ■■■ a ed e. u-ab ah!;, in Ibis eoilPtry a- a iv-d! of the i war. a hgidiim herb wholesaler (old a |

reporter yesterday. To-day it is carried on in many villages. Before tho war we imported score" I of thousands of pounds’ worth of medicinal herbs from Germany and Austria. hut now the trade is much more in our hands and there is no reason why every herb necessary in the Brils h Pharmacopoeia should not be produced within the Empire, although we still import a lot. Among the host known of British medicinal herbs are peppermint and camomile. Henbane, valerian, dandelion, i;olt c foot, ehickwecd, and ground'd are also produced in tin’s country. Kerb cultivation lias been recommended as good career for men willing to make a study of it. During the war as much as CCOfl a ton was obtained for home-produced l.eilaclonrift. Herbs nr.- ii.-ed in standard medicines, be pot-pourri, oils, and herbal SIP, A. OF.DDKs. IKKTO'K. SOLDI KB AND STATES.MAX. LONDON, Dec. A'). Sir Auckland Campbell Gcddte-, who relinquishes hi.- post as Ambassador at Washington owing to ill-health, is LI and by profession a doctor. Do lias been a Professor of Anatomy in Edinburgh and Dublin, anti was upp. into,] in the same capacity to ’McGill Cnivcrsity, .Montreal. lie tool; part in the South .Mrice,ll war. and on the outbreak of he Eur< peau war ho was made a mior. | ami I'll the stair of Ccnera.l Me. • , ady * i' :t;c!i a name as a tran- ;ini i , I licet 1 i hi, i . l.'l the ICC -i !lg I'd 'be s\ (end | Military Service Act. In- wa- brongol ' ■ ;;i to admini er it a.ini lineh a Kocrilit mg. This was in 1111'I. Erei': I!H7 lo B in he was .Minister ol Natioird Sirvice, in BUS 1 *>■<••-i<! i'll t of the lat al f. ■." I'aineui Loan!, and Minister ol B -ouDiuo th.ii in l!t|!l; in eh lit of the Boa,id of Trade. Meanwhile, in l(!l!b he had ’ocut g. oiid ol Pi'iueipal of .McGill I t"|v. , t lof in I'd 111 lie resigned an jo;, bn went, v. !ii< h lie had never hi en I .'do !o t d,e up, oil being ma le Ami: i e I,o' to the Luitcd Stales, | Hi. a:,';- mil tin e; work hron ;i t i.ii a 10" iron hie, for v, liicli ga s ; i'i ■ o • A, war was. partly responsible. | a."! ;oM: v lie had to take to hi- bell in ada :e I room. I i was feared for see time that lie would lose the "ight of a 1 Lot one of Ids eyes, but Dr WiLimr, the Americmi eye rjiceial- | i>l. ", go aL-la in -a ve his >i»lit, and (Sir Am bland returned to 11 1 i - country in lull'. Sir '.iiciaiid Goddeo, who married in If‘<!•; Mi s I a’idia Boss—born in New York but a Briii-h -iibjecl - lias fa,nr sous and a clnugbti r. THE ILL!I DENS “OBEY.” I (IN BON. Dei. The ib v. Edgar Bail. Ma a field. Mb hi iiie: ho iiisb i re. sit per. nt oudeii t in infor true s'", equality, <1 eder-si be w;ie j m i prepuled to ah a wife t . obey | until t lie aim- quest mu to Ib" liu•hand v.a-. included in the marriage s, r- j “I have been olLmiai mg a! weddingf, r '!■! .’.ears,” said Mr Ball, “but I , ' i-a |i [■ one thing to talk glibly a' -ml s x . but unite anoih-r lb s .1 1,,- ve-At ’ > “Vi '( i a unless tie: man's mother attended io not give him if a;, to i !"• end" liam the iiiarnage was a one.sided Iraud.