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WEDNESDAY,
HONG KONG, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1928.
COTTON INDUSTRY DEATH OF A FAMOUS
CRISIS.
A REMEDY?
VICKERS READY TO SUPPLY WONDERFUL LOOM:
COMPETITION DEFIED..
London, Yesterday,
BALLOONIST..
CAPT. H. SPENCER.
FALLS FROM THE ROOF OF A' HOUSE.
A PREDICTION.
London, Yesterday.
Mr. Franklin Smith, director Captain Henry Spencer, the
GREATEST OF ALL MYSTERIES.
WHAT IS DEATH?
IMPORTANT THEORIES ABOUT
TO BE PROPOUNDED.
PROF. HILL'S DISCOVERIES.
London, Yesterday.
What is expected to prove a most of Messrs. Vickers, addressing a famous balloonist, has been kill-important paper at this year's meeting of the members of the ed at Rugby. A balloon in charge meating of the British Association United Association Powerloom of Spencer's son, which had gone will be that of Professor Donnan Overlookers, who witnessed a de-up in connection with a local on "The Mystery of Death," which monstration of the Vickets- carnival, dropped on to a roof of will be read to-morrow night. Stafford automatic loom at a house.
Its interest, so far as can be as-
Vickers Works, Grayford, said: Spencer climbed on to the roof certained, will be largely in what "If Lancashire can be equipped to dissentangle the balloon from Prof., Donnan will say about the with 750,000 of these looms, with chimney pots. Suddenly he roll- recent researches of Professor Hill one man controlling 25 to 30, ed with outstretched arms down of the London University. there would be a saving of the roof, apparently overcome by Prof. Dennan believes that no- £20,000,000 yearly, and no coun- gas, and fell 50 feet into the road, one has come so near on the phy- try in the world could sustain competition against Britain in the production of textiles-Reuter,
POLICE RESERVE.
ORDERS OF THE CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT.
Apart from his ballooning siological side to solving the pro- feats, Spencer has probably made blem of the essential difference be- a greater number of parachute, tween life and death as has Pro- descents than any other man fossor Hill.
living. He was the designer of Prof. Hill kas for some time been. the original Spencer parachute, devoting himself particularly to the which was used during the war. study of muscles and nerve cells On one occasion he made a des- and it is understood that his re- cent from 13,500 feet at Halifax. searches have led him to important Spencer had often said that he conclusions. These conclusions are should never die in a balloon ac- based on the fact that when the The following orders have been cident or a parachute mishap human mechanism runs down with Issued by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. but from something quite simple. consequent death the cause is dus Wolfe, C.M.G., Captain Superinten-British Wireless Service. dent of Police.
THE INSPECTION.
AQUATIC SPORTS.
RESIGNATION,
Members of the Police Reserve BULGARIAN CRISIS. jare reminded that the 7th Annual THE PREMIER'S UNEXPECTED
Aquatic Sports of the Police and Prison Departments will be held at the Victoria Recreation Club on Saturday, September 15, commenc- fing at 3.00 p.m. All Police Reser- vists and their families are cordial-
ly invited to attend.
of
DISSATISFACTION.
to failure of the oxygen supply which leada to Interruption of
oxidisation and has its effect on
¡the molocular structure. But this interruption is something very different from that which takes place when the internal combustion engine runs out of patrol. While such engine is not destroyed by the stoppage any stoppage of the Dissatisfied with the proceedings human mechanism is fatal.
The reason apparently is that in meeting of the majority! a
Sofa, Yesterday.
POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL. The weekly classes for Police parties, discussing his new Cabinet, human life another condition kas to Reservists at the Police Training M. Liaptcheff has again resigned.be reckoned with, namely, disinte- School, Kowloon, will be held on It is understood that the Populists,gration which prevents all the im- Tuesday, September 11 and 18 at one of the most important groups, portant process of oxidisation.
Gover- 6.00 p.m. sharp. All members of, which is supporting the the Chinese and Indian Companies,' ment, has refused to participate in and of the Flying Squad who have the Ministry as a protest against not yet passed Part 2 of Training the exclusion of M. Bouroff-Reuter,
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