HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1957-07-11, Page 7Wonders Of Great
Barrier Reef
The words "coral" and "coral
islands" have generally called up
visions of romance and -one can
remember how they not only ,
formed the background of many
stories of boyhood, but made at
least one best-seller of recent
limes. To scientists of the last
iundred years they have, how-
ever, been magnets of great 'at-
tTactive:,,.power -and. this attrac-
tion has not yet ceased. They
have provided•, the mostfascinat-
fee • problems for the marine
biologist.
.Australia is a continentof the
most varied scenery both coastal
Ina inland, and one of its world-
famous features is the region of
the Great Barrier Reef, which
is the greatest coral growth of
its kind. This area provides all
the beauty and also all the
scientific puzzles for which man
can wish.
To land ona reef of the Outer
/Barrier and make the visit a
Success one needs low spring
fides, and a flat ocean surface.
Ton will be lucky if you have
both.
Assuming you have the lucky
day, it is profitable to leave your
launch in good hands, and to
snake across the reef to the
outer edge at once. This is not
the highest part of the reef.
There Is usually a slight slope
downward to the extreme edge
and this strip, which may be a
hundred and fifty feet or so
wide, Is often "scalloped," that
is to say, cut in here and there
by little valleys.
The safest place (keeping e
very watchful eye open for an
unusual swell) to see things on
the outer steep slope is prob-
ably at the edge of one of these
valleys. Here one may look
down, as it were ,into the abyss,
es the startingly clear and blue
water surges up and down, and
see some of the branched corals
growing. (Professor Stephenson
Of the Zoology Department,
Queensland University, who
viewed this underwater scene
with goggles, described it as "a
marvellous sight — the most ins-
pressive of all 'views' I have
•ver seen.").
The boulder zone is quite in-
teresting and ,becomes more so.
as one passes inwards, for the
surface of the reef has depres-
sions everywhere, and the boul-
ders lying in them hide all sorts
Of quaint creatures — starfish,
grabs, beche-de-mar, trochus and
Drive Carefully
other mollusc shells, which
avoid the terrific surf which bat-
ters the region near, and at the
extreme outside.
Gradually as one passes still
farther inward (towards the
launch one has left behind) the
water deepens, and here and
there are bigger pools with
sandy bottom. Very rich growth
of coral and soft coral will be
seen, here. Finally one has to
wade deeply and the lagoon of
our anchorage is reached. Our
visit to the real barrier- is over.
One cannot conclude without
saying;that to get the appropriate
thrill down ones spinal column
when seeing the above, . one
ought to have been previously
near enough' to the Outer Bar-
rier on 'a day when the sea is
not calm. This gives a greater
respect for the lowly creatures
whose growth , can withstand ,
such battering of the ocean, and
causes one to. keep a weather
eye whilst inspecting what is
usually hidden by the restless
sea. —From "Great Barrier
Reef," by William J. Darkin,
D.Sc.
Didn't_ Like His
Own Company
An urgent radio message from
a ship sent New York agent John
Rumsey rushing down to the
docks to meet—just in time—
his client. Freddy Lonsdale.
"What have you come over
for?" gasped the agent.
"Pm darned if I know," re-
plied Freddy. "I think I shall go
back again!" And he did—by the
first boat.
Freddy Lonsdale, whose come-
dies were the London hits of
a generation ago, was one of
the most restless of men. He
would decide, on an impulse, to
cross America, then change his
mind en route.
Once he sailed from South-
ampton intending to visit Holly-
wood but left the boat at Cher-
bourg and returned to London.
All he said was that he had sud-
denly changed his mind. "I was
going to Hollywood to make
money. I came home to find
peace."
Often he would cross to his
native Jersey on a last-minute
impulse, intending to write
there, engaging a luxurious cab-
in for himself, a cabin for his
chauffeur -valet, Ernest Day, and
space for his car. And invariab-
ly he would ask his friend Regi-
nald Biddle, a Southampton
Docks official, and his wife to
dine with him before sailing be-
cause he could not bear to be
alone.
Once when the Biddies could
not do so he dined alone, went
FIVE FATHOMS DEEP — Tons of water blow skyward from a
depth charge explosion at five fathoms just astern of Pacific_
Fleet hunter -killer escort destroyer Philip. Split-second camera
timing caught the effect at sea level of the concussion of the
300 -pound "ash can".
BEEFCAKE — Malayan muscle man Robert Teo, right, has the
bulge on Ronald Low. Teo won a muscles contest in connec-
tion with a jungle movie promotion stunt in Singapore.
to his cabin, and Day started to
unpack. Then, shortly before the
boat sailed, he suddenly told Day
to re -pack, had his car disem-
barked, and drove back to Lon-
don. One dinner in his own com-
pany had sent hien tearing back
home through the night.
His daughter, Mrs. Frances
Donaldson, who writes intimate-
ly of this perplexing personality
in "Freddy Lonsdale", says that
once he asked her to go with him
from London to Liverpool and
back by train in one day to see
the Grand National.
As she was then living in the
country she stayed the previous
night at Claridge's to be ready
for the early start, They were
walking down the platform in
the morning to find their booked
Seats when he suddenly stopped
and asked: "Do you want to see
this race?"
"No," she replied.
"Nor do I," he said. "We'll go
back to Claridge's and have a
decent breakfast" And that was
that.
He had a caustic wit. Accosted
in the Garrick Club by a stran-
ger who asked, "Aren't you Fred-
dy Lonsdale?" he swiftly replied,
"No. Not tonight."
One New Year's Eve actor
Seymour Hicks begged him to
make up a quarrel he'd previ-
ously had with a man, saying:
"Go over and wish him a happy
New Year."
Freddy crossed the room and
said to his enemy: "I wish you a
happy new year ... but only
one."
Asked once if he liked New
York, he turned to observe some
workmen glorying in the infer-
nal racket of their pneumatic
drills. "I would," he said, "if
they'd finish it."
Mrs. Donaldson gives a vivid
account not only of her unusual
father of the theatre world he
conquered.
In Los Angeles, after scram-
bling in and out of a blazing
apartment house helping two
mothers and their eleven child-
ren to safety, Earl Livingston re-
fused one mother's request that
he dash back in once more for
her TV set.
In Jupiter Cove, Fla., when
Fisherman Joe Bal made a
mighty cast, his hook, sinker and
150 yards of line disappeared
with a tremendous roar — snag-
ged on a twin -engine sea -plane,
which came 'over at about 25 ft.
MAKING A SPLASH --This looks like an exclusive country club — but it's actually a department
store. The Jordan Marsh store has installed the first such pool in the country. It's a 31 -footer
end will be used for swimsuit fashion shows, skin-diving exhibitions and water ballets.
Tales Of Early
Sporting Days
In the days when the Pelican
Club was the main haunt of
prize -fighting enthusiasts in
Britain, members imported from
Paris a master of the French
style of fist -and -foot boxing to
give a demonstration.
Jim Donahue, a Birmingham -
Irish fighter chosen to match
him, had to be warned of what
to expect. So John Fleming, the
Pelican Club's boxing manager,
told him in the changing room:
"Better guard the point well,
Jim, because he'll try to kick
you in the mouth — that's
French."
'Is it, begobsl" said Jim.
'Then Oil' bite him in the back -
Wide that's Birmingham!"
The contest ended with a vic-
tory for Jim.
One member of the Pelican
Club, recalls Guy Deghy in his
lively book, "Noble and Manly",
was Squire George Baird, of
Stitchel, neor Kelso, who had a
retinue of "pug" friends esti-
mated to cost him over £1,500
a week in drinks, as well as
food, prizes and petty cash,
apart from the damage to his
town houses, fines and court
fees disbursed for them.
Although he believed that
money could buy everything, he
was strangely gullible when his
attendant bruisers assured him
that his punch excelled theirs,
and begged him not to hit them
too hard when they sparred
with him.
"You're not an ordinary man,
Squire," they protested. "Think
what yer did to old 'Arty!"
This referred to an impromptu
contest held in the course of a
drunken party at his John
Street house, when he was said
to have knocked his "pro" op-
ponent unconscious, and was
later told that unfortunate man
died.
To be blackmailed for keep-
ing the incidel.t out of court
made him .so proud err' 'appy,
Deghy says, that he remained
blissfully unaware of the decep-
tion, even when "old 'Arry" re-
emerged from isolation and went
back on his payroll!
The Pelican's founders were
William Goldberg, known as
the 'Shifter" and "Swears"
Wells, but after a time it was
decided that Swears should buy
the Shifter out for £500.
Swears invited him to dine at a
restaurant, where he duly ap-
peared with a lady friend on
his arm, and the money was
handed over in £5 notes.
Horrified at the idea of his
going on his usual nightly
round with all that money in
his . pocket, the girl said, "Let
me take care of it for you, Wil-
lie dear," and persuaded him to
place half of it in her safe
keeping.
Then she went home,• and he
and Swears spent the rest of
'the ev^-' in true Pelican
style.
Not until they were at break-
fast at Swears' place did Swears
refer again to her. Charming.
very charming indeed. What
might be her name?
"Dunno," said the Shifter,
"never seen her before." He
never saw her again, either!
Sporting fans can have a gay
time with this high' -entertain-
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lustrated with photographs and
cartoons.
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Q. How can I exterminate
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A. Keep small bags of sul-
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