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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1929.
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but nur xcudera are warned to look out for occasional · phonetia spellings, such an harbor, plow, and altho.)
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THE CONQUEST
SPACE
THE CHINA MAIL,
SOUTH AMERICAN AIR MAIL
OF
PROFESSOR OBERTH'S ROCKET EXPERIMENT
NATURE COPIES ART
PROJECTED BIG DEVELOPMENT
Experience Leads To Improvement
The air postal service between Europe and South America, in- augurated just over a year ago, is undoubtedly increasing in popu- larity, and is likely to become even more successful when the ex- perience gained during the past twelve months has resulted in fur- ther improvements.
It is naturally a great con: South American service, and is venience to be able to sond letters planning developments which must from, for instance, England to considerably expand its usefulness Chile, which reach their destination to this continent. The company is about a fortnight earller than they now organising an air route from would do by the ordinary mail Buenos Aires to Chile, which wil route. "Time is money," and the pass through the Argentine towns saving of time in correspondence of Rosario, Cordoba and Rioja and must imply a saving of money. The across the Andes to Copiapo, carlier arrival in London of a let. whence It will go south- ter from Chile may mean much towards to Valparaiso and Santiago, an English trader, whose misalves, The question of extending this when, more swiftly transported, route northwards from Coplapo to similarly become more valuable to Arica is also under consideration, Chilean correspondents. To have When these projects have been at hand a rapid means of transit carried out, Chile will be in a for- for correspondence may, in some tunate position as regards its alı circumstances, be of even vital impostal service. The Government portance. Unanimously, business already operates 'an air post be men all over the world have recog-tween Santiago and Arica, and this nised that the air postal service isis to be extended southwards from of the utmost value.
the capital to Chiloe. At the same The air mail between Europe and time, a company known as Pan- South America is conducted by the American Airways has decided to Franch "Compagnie Generala extend ita service from Peru to Aeropostale, of 52, Champs Elysees, Valparaiso, and subsequently to Paris. Tho movement for its Buenos Aires, by the Cumbre Pass establishment was started In Sep-route. [tember 1918, shortly before the and Isolation of Paraguay
of the great war. Monsieur The somewhat isolated republic Latecoere then submitted to the of Paraguay is to be brought into French Government the firs the air postal system. The French scheme for a commercial air route company Is now engaged in or between France and South America |ganising an air route which, start- via Morocco and French Weating at the Argentins town of Africa. The first step was taken Rosario, will go through Coys and in December, 1018, when an air Formosa to Asuncion. route was inaugurated between The French company is also con- Toulouse and Barcolona, but the sidering a southward extension of project of an air mail to the the route in the Argentine Republic South American continent did not which would connect Buenos Aires fully mature until March, 1028, with Dahia Blanca and with when the line was maintained by Rivadavia, the centre of the oil- a service cach way once a week, and ¦ producing country. If climatic con- has met with an increasing amountditions are found to be favourable. of public support.
this route will be carried farther south to the Chilean town of Magallanes. Another proposal is to extend the air route northwards from the Brazilian town of Natal to Cayonne, in French Gulana.
Seven Stages
The route from London to Chile has been divided into seven stares, as follows: 1st, by ordinary mall route from London to Toulouse; 2nd, from Toulouse to Casablanca Review") that we are on the eve It is evident (says the "Chilean on the West Coast of Africa by of important developments of the naroplane, the journey occupyingSouth American afr postal service. about fourteen hours; 3rd, from The time is in sight when the South Casablanca by aeroplane to Dakar American continent will have rapid (32 hours); 4th, from the latter communication by air not only with seaport to Natal in the northern European countries, but also with portion of Brazil by steamer, the other parts of the world, such as journey occupying four days; üth; South Africa, India, China, Japan, Netal to Rio de Janeiro by nero Australia and New Zealand, and Berlin curious example of plane (about fifteen hours); 6th, when an air post will link up all nature copying art is being offered from the Brazilian capital to Germans when ал Ufa
the American countries; including film Buenos Aires, approximately six- which national hopes are teen hours by aeroplane; and 7th, the United States and Canada. In built. "The Girl in the Moon," pro- from Buenos Aires to Chile by short, the possibilities of the trans- duced by Fritz Lang, of "Metro-ordinary mail route-that is. by polis" and "The Spy" fame, in train to Santiago and Valparaiso, which a "space-ship" plays a great the journey occupying a couple of part, will be followed by a genuine days. attempt to reach the skies from the Baltic island kown BS "Greifswald Ole."
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HORIZONTAL
1-Shattered
-A slice of beef
11-Trikad like an old
women 12-Passageways in a
church
14-Apportion
15-Relinquish 17-Masculina name 18-Indefinite article
19-Affirm 20-Musical note Bi-Cotential body 24-A large web-footed
bird
26-Eldar
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water, an aquatic
plant jeavse
28-North Latitude
(abbr)
25-The King of Bashan
(Bible) 30-Masculine name
8-Rotur
86-Sediment.
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Ensio..
HORIZONTAL (Cont.)|
38-Errors excepted
(abbr.)
199-Same a pint
42-Printare mature
| 43-A bovernga
45-A rame 48-An American Juriat |47-A signal of exit
sounded on a horn (obsolete) 49-To reglater 61-8tami of tall grassen 82-Wisdom
VERTICAL
1-An English novellat
2-Decay
a-Ahead
4-Lock openers
-Publisher 6-Inland so,
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futura usa
20-A vehicle. 20-Entreaties |#1-À-disreputable
political retainer (alang)
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84-A sewing Implement 35-Paired
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California 7-A current S-Buffix for forming
the plurat of nounaf -Turkish name 10--City in Perala
nated for its rugs
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pitch
44-Point of compusú,
(abbr) 46-Ancient name of
an ikland in the Aegean Bell 48-New England:
(abbr) 80-Royal Navy (abbr.)-
The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in trenwrrow'a fssus along with a new cross-word puzzle.)
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION
1807 2GO NAGI ITOR MARMS
SOU CURVEDS HOWARE t
SCRAFL HUD STI
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REAL COMFORT!
prize was offered to a class ldren for the best design
really comfortable house. "In the design of one boy was.
The service between London and the Paris is carried out by the British General Post Office by the ordinary The scientific adviser, without mail. The air mail closes at the London General Post Office at 6 which no German film company is complete, Professor Hermann with a supplementary despatch at p.m. on Wednesday of each week, Oberth, after constructing the screen "space-ship," won the prize ters from London are timed to 6 p.m. on the following day. Let- offered by a highly serious In reach Santiago and Valparaiso in stitution in Paris for his thesis on eleven days and Iquique in eighteen the penetration of space.
Im days.
pressed by the French test, the Gor-
port by air, not only of letters, but also of much bulkier articles, are other Latin-American peoples are very great indeed. Chileans and fully alive to the advisability of taking every advantage of this the physical obstacles which hither- means of communication. Many of
to have kept parts of South America remote or isolated can be overcome by the use of aircraft.
NUDITY BANNED
The British Postmaster General All Persons Must Be man Government has permitted him has recently reduced the charge Fully Clothed in Public the use of the lonely islet for ex-from 5s. 6d. to 48; 24. for every periments in the new rocket motor letter or post-card, not exceeding power in which this country is now half an ounce in weight, sent by so deeply interested.
Canton, Yesterday. Acting on the request of the Ex- alr to Argentine or the more distantecutive Members of the Provincial Party Headquarters, the Bureau of Public Safety has issued a proclama lon notifying that beginning from January 1 next, no person unless. fully clothed, will be allowed to move about in the public thoroughfares
The Professor's island is chiefly South American countries, Incled inhabited by birds, and the lonely ing Chile. The corresponding for pepulation, cut off from the main-for printed and commercial papers and by Ice in the winter, has wel-in 38. 6d. for every two ounces. comed the strange visitor, who ap-The Chilean postal authorities have pears worthy of being made the fixed the unit of weight lower, subject of a film drama all to him-namely, at
grammes, and a letter Bell. Putting selde all sensational not exceeding that weight can be | thoughts of sending rockets, consent to England from Chile at a taining either mall or passengers, charge of about 4 pesos, or Zs. in Across the Atlantic,. Professor British currency
Oberth's idens appear worth atten- It is considered that the British
tion.
of Canton.
The proclamation also explains that since Canton is the base of
the Revolution and a big commer-
cial port in the south of China, it
will form a bad impression on for-
He is well content that a post office might bring about theeign visitors if they see inhabitants
a film company, and not a scientific swifter transport of the mail. from here half naked in the public places, institution, should finance him, pro-London to Paris, sending it by acro- and intimates that fines will be videt! he can carry on with ideas plano instead of by train and inflicted on those
Test Flights
who are found
which the rest of the world has steamer, and that the French portal committing the offence on and after hitherto dismissed as fantastic.
authorities might forward corras- pondence similarly by air from that date. Parla to Toulouse. These Imprava. His first rocket teat flights into ments would save so much time that letters would rasch Buonos. Aires space will be made without Inserting from London in seven instead of meteorological instruments into the the present nine days, and Santiago rocket, which is a pipe thirty feet and Valparaiso, if the further long, and four Inches in diameter, journey to Chile were also by r filled with liquid oxygen Four in eight Instead of cleven days. charcoal burners about half an inch Dakar to Natal long are built into the pipe, which
A means of actelorating the
THANKSGIVING · SERVICE
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HONG KONG
will hold the anzual Thanksgiving First Church of Christ; Bcfentist
Service, to-day in the Church
has two walls, an outer one of Iron, service which has been adopted is edifice, MacDonnell Road at 5,30 and an inside one of copper. As the reduction of the time occup od the charcoal sticks burn away gase by the occan-crossing from Dakar are produced which force their way to Natal At present the air malls, through the pipe, at a velocity some 1,500 metres a second, pro- steamers, but these are
៥៥០ led by old and not very fash polling it violently through space.
placed by
There
room right away from the house rocket head, and
sage at the
bbt
the
ected by a
bo re
motor
The service will be conducted in ccordance with the Church: Manual Church of Christ,
adam fnclud
the.
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