A TRUE FISH PLAY IN FIVE PHOTO-ACTS

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 300, 18 December 1937, Page 1 (Supplement)

A TRUE FISH PLAY IN FIVE PHOTO-ACTS

Nearly Caused War This Nicaraguan air mail stamp nearly caused a war between that Sta and its neighbour, Honduras. Honduras claimed that the stamp mc included 10,000 square miles which belonged to it. It took the Weight the United Slates to preserve the peace.

For Learners Extreme simplicity of design and control is strikingly apparent in 0 picture of the new Stearman-Hammond Y plane "which the Dutch K.L.A is now using for the training of its pilots. Note the tricyclf landing gee the very latest improvement

Abolishing Cruelty. Whether it is New Zealand rabbits or Canadian fur-bearing animals that are being trapped, cruelly is unavoidable. What happened to this fox (belorv) may happen to any animal that is trapped, any lime. So animal lovers, realising that there is not much hope of abolishing trapping, have concentrated on mitigating its cruelly as much as possible. The result is the kind of trap shown on the left ? which holds an animal without break- > ing bones or tearing flesh. Even if this hare (left) had been caught by the nose like the fox, the trap Would not have injured it. The trap is also designed to slacken when an animal pulls, thus preventing dislocation.

Part of Austrian Soldier's Job Fearful of her two more powerful Fascist neighbours, Italy and Germany, Austria, which wishes to maintain her independence, endeavours to make up for lack of numbers by efficiency. Changing a tyre at full speed like this is a regular part of Austrian Army training. Machine gunners are taught to maintain fire on an enemy while swimming a stream.

Strange Survival. There D 'as nearly a riot ► tvhen modern Melbourne scrapped its last cable tram not so long ago. This man is still on duty daily in Russell Street and is duly licensed as a carrier of parcels in this home-made conveyance. His business Ly takes a lot of pushing. /

4 Miracle Birth Just before this baby was born Dr. Arthur Smith, obstetrician of a New York maternity hospital, found that its heart had stopped' beating. A feD> minutes later the child Was stillborn, but after immediate injections of adrenalin the heart resumed beating, and when this photo was the child was out of danger.