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GENERAL NOTICES MY 2,000-FOOT JUMP He nodded emphatically, pleased, and arma shot out, splayed as a hurled prostrate on to
NOTICE.
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Parachute.
[R. CHỨ CHONG-LING, for- A First Experience with
merly Manager of our Tien- tsin Office will 13 from 1st November, 1980, be the Manager of our Hong Kong Office.
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EXCITING STORY.
"Might have needed 'em meself," | falling cat's. Suddenly my hurt
he bouted, and pointing to my legs he re-admonished. "Don't forget bend, 'em... break ankles... I fell the party was beginning to go with a swing.
Was
B
Out on my right the landscape had dwindled to a patchwork of rich subdued colours. There lorig fiery bar across the disc of the
How much higher? asked the boy, who scrambled for- ward to Mr. Irvin, and returned with the news, "Up to two thou
low sun.
"Open the door when I give you Director. the Arst signal. Jump out whep Hong Kong, 1st November, 1930, I give the second. Wait till you're and feet."
... NOTICE.
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SPORT NOTICES
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
ANNUAL RACE MEETING, 1931.
THE
HE DATES of the ANNUAL RACE MEETING have been fixed for 28th February, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 7th March, 1931.
By Order,
Secretary.
C. B. BROWN.
Hong Kong, lat November, 1930.
clear of the machine, remember that," and then pull the ring-it only need a teen pound pull; bat you can pull hard for your own peace of mind.".
Having trussed me up in one of hia parachutes-the same kind that the R.A.F. and nearly all
lig speed was checked and I was sitting in the air. And at that instant I had the mortification of seeing the little ring with its tail of bright wire twirling der awards beneath me towards a green patch on the earth;
Glorious Adoat.
the grass
and lay there inert and breathless. remembered my instructions "Don't try to stand up." Oh, no?
As I knelt up, the parachute flapped a last salute to me and then lay still I scrambled to my feet and began to undo the harnesses. I walked aimlessly round the pro- strate while envelope that had
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But I was allout, gloriously afföat brought me down. 1
under a great white canopy, sit- ting in supreme comfort, wafted through the sunset like some bland prince of the Arabian Nights. relaxed "luxuriously 'and- looked up at the huge white Gonie, by whose magic I floated there. A silver jellyfish appeared this life-besy of the skies and though I had often be fore thought parachutes beautiful tą look at, I suddenly realised that they are not half so lovely to peo- ple on the ground as they are to the atoms they suspend!
And then a voice asked if I was' all right. Now, this is incredible, but within two minutes of my land- Ing a small crowd of some ten per sons had materiallaed from the deserted countryside, three cars bad drawn up on the road, and standing before me, sane and blue with no- thing aerlly fantastic about him" was a policeman!
Slowly, as we heeled over to the right, the burning sunset swung round before us and steadied on the 18 Feeling that this was the anal turn, I pulled on my flying hel met and buckled the strap under my chin, not daring to look at the shock-handed boy because I knew hle discourse would be all of ankles.
silence about me, and undoing the strap of my flying helmet, eased it up
He congratulated me on my de scent. "Very good it was," be And. I fall I had done. a clever, 'said. "Jumped well, you did." highly technical feat.
A car whirled through the gate
Into the field. Mon from the land-
foreign air services use-Mr. Irvin, Door!" The voice of Mr. Irvin. I became aware of a wonderful the inventor, who has himself madoang through the engine's clamour over a hundred descents, was giv-1 jerked back the catch and..the front windows of the coupe being
on my head, turning the Ing ground leapt out. ing me my final instructions.
"Remember to bend your knees
open. air pressure forced out and earthaps up.
A distant drone from right? on landing," he went on. "It's
up the door, which was hinged at
the aeroplane-no other sound mar-up the parachute, Hke jumping off a ten foot wall, so
its upper side. The boy flung him red the perfect stiliness. I watch- you don't want to hit the ground self on a metal arm attached to ited the sun burning down in the with your legs stiff.
and fastened it securely open. west, rovelled in the peace of a
"And then you let yourself flop on the ground, don't try to stand up." It was at this point that I should have emitted a hoarse laugh, but I was innocent then.
"And for Heaven's sake." he con-
eluded, "bring that ring back with
you, we're always losing them." I promised to be very careful of the ring.
Taking hold of a strut, I pulled myself to my feet and lurched a clamay step towards the square gap, feeling more than ever en cumbered by my harnesses.
British countryside, for the tlay
shrubs had become miniature trees,
tion of fielda,
Was I all
Yes? They began to fold
As the fatherly policeman accom- panied me to the road. I heard re-
"Urt
marks from the little crowd. 'is foot," said a gnarled labourer
with a red neckerchief, and I be
and the small patchwork a collec-came aware that a pain in my heel was making me limp slightly. A
through pasty youth replied pendant cigarette, "Eavy man to But a dear old fall all that way." apple checked woman explained it all. "He coudn't have been 'olding his breff as he came down," she Atated.
There was a whispering from The Abyss Below,
above, and looking up I saw Before me, as I rested a hand on through the hole in the centre of each side of the door and my left my parachute's white dome the Foot on its threshold, was space. little pilot parachute above it wag. At my feet the burning bar cutting ging to counteract a vagrant puff across the low red sun, and under of wind. In spite of it I began it a thin black worm with an angry to swing long slow swings: Gradual. orange spark at its head-a train ly they lessened, altered their creeping along the railway track. rhythm...... There were tiny shruba on the lines And suddenly I perceived that of the patchwork deep underfoot all was not well with my descent. well to westward. The field I was over was on the wrong side of the road.
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUR J but it's harder to judge than you I had seen them as lofty trees. Mr. Irvin's landing ground
THE
A second smaller parachute was strapped on to me for safety-frat's as we walked to the sake and monoplane wilting outside the ground, he said, "I'll try to drop you right in the middle of the field,
think I began to take an interest In what Tay beyond the boundaries THE, TENTH EXTRA RACE of the landing ground. There was
will be MEETING
held a railway along the wastern side, (weather permitting) at Happy road on the eastern side with an- Valley on SATURDAY, 8th Novem- other field beyond it, and trees on ter, 1930, commencing at 2 p.m. the other two boundaries. But the The first bell will be rung at field, as we taxied out into it, seemed a very big one: there was 1.30 p.m.
no need, I assured myself to worry about missing it.
A shock-headed lad of some eighteen summers was with us in the closed-in monoplane.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE Members are notified that they and their ladies, must wear their badges prominently displayed.
No one without a badge will be
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I still
I pulled the ring out of its pocket on my left beast and put my left thumb through it. It occurred to me that it was just on eight
o'clock.
Turning my eyes from the abyss below, I fixed them on the pilot and waited. The roar of the engine, now that the door was open, would drown the sound of a shout. So I awaited the signal which would Bend me out of this safe room so
bigh in the air.
Mr. Irvin turned his head to
admitted to the Members' Enclo./have not the foggiest Idea what he glance at me, smiled and turned
sure,
to
Was
And I was drifting north- wards towards a correr where there were roofs and trees.
As my chuta was still some 500 feet or more above the ground, I decided on an experimental side- slip southwards. I had heard of experts doing this.. Reaching up. I took hold of the lines going up to the huge white umbrella on its south side, and, rather gingerly, pulled them.
"Phrrufrrp... it cald, and I felt myself lurch down a sickening
་
I de- more
Mr. Irvin waiting near his mono
And then I found myself facing
plane.
"I lost your ring." I ade mitted. He gave a roar of laugh- back," he said. ter. "Not one in twenty brings it -
"Novery-mind. It may console you to know that you'ro“ the only man in Britain, outside my own staff. and the R.A.F., that I have allowed to do a jump."-- Mortimer Durand in the Evening. News.
HOTEL GUESTS
THE HONG KONG
HOTEL.
·
November 3, 1980.
Mr. E. 'A. Anderson. Capt. D. G. Burleigh. Mesars. F. T. Cheng, Chen.
A. Ang-
Approaching the Roofs, That was quite enough. cided that the chute knew. about what it was doing than I did: Miss M. Davidson, Mr. J. M.
was there for, unless it was
back to his controls. I waited Badges admitting non-members push me out if I showed funk. His He peered out of the left window swing.
manner was fatherly-he had made beside him. Colonel Lindberg, I to the Members' Enclosure and his first descent by parachute a few reminded myself, saved his life Club Rooms at $5 for Gentlemer days before.
four times with these parachutes and $2 for Ladies, are obtainable
before he flew the Atlantic. Near through the Secretary upon intro- duction by member, such
ly 20 lives are saved by them on an average every year. I waited. member to be responsible for pay-
A. strange exhilaration began ment of all chits, &c...
stealing through me waiting for the starter's pistol-seconds out action stations...
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The engine roared out full and the machine lurched forward to take off. Soon the bumping ceased and we were in the air climbing steadily
Lifebuoy of the Skies.
and thenceforth left it to drop me where it liked.
A
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davidson.
Dalgarno.
Mr. Wm. N. Gray, Miss K. N. Graveson,
Mr. S. J. Hicks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Knox.
Mesare. T. Loureiro, Axel Lund, Miss H. Lillie.
Messrs. D. Murphy, J. M. Major. Mra. F. da Silva. Messrs. R. F. Willie, R. L Wyllle.
But it seemed to like those roofs in the corner. One was of slatea, Badges admitting to Members'
one of Enclosure will not be on sale at
corrugated iron. I went over in my mind the
rectangular, stone "wall connected the Race Course.
Mr. Irvin turned his head and them. There was a line of trees Members can obtain, upon ap-reason which had led me to this
Having taken out my rodded slightly. I started. Was along the edge of the field. I felt plication to the Secretary, badges adventure. (limited to two) for the free ad-A licence at Hanworth and thus this the signal, this little nod, to strong disinclination to jump off # fully-fledged, if in send me out into the depths? a ten-foot wall on to roofs not built mission to the Members' Enclosure being
and experienced, pilot, I considered it "Go?"
I yelled, leaning incredul- for that purpose. Slate might cut of wives, lady relatives
ously towards hi A look of Bur< friends.
Namos must be stated Welf to be acquainted with the life
up rough. Even trees might not. Why all respond nicely. when applying.
buoy of the skies which might at prise crossed his face.
He nodded again. 1
From this on, I became extremely On ne pretext will children be any unexpected moment stand be- this fuss?
The reason turned and thrust myself quickly frightened. One thing comforted permitted in either Enclosure dur-tween me and death.
began to seem inadequate, and I through the doorway, meeting a me, I had been flying a Moth that ing the Meeting.
almost regretted my chance meet driving wind that forced me side afternoon at Hanworth and had ing with the parachute ploneer in ways.
met quite big air pockets; but dur The Price of admission to the the club cocktail bar, which had
'Slowly-oh, how slowly-I thrusting my parachute descent I bad as Public Enclosure 16 81 for given me the chance of importuning my clumsy frame through that yet met none. Therefore I ex- all. persons Including ladies, him to let me do a jump.
The estimated population of the square opening. Slowly, I stoodpected nothing untoward from the and la payable at the Gate.
Commonwealth on June 80 was A voice came bellowing through forwards till the deep hucd patch-air. Soldiers and Sailors in uniform the tearing drine of the engine and work stood up before my eyes. It was a false comfort. As 16.438,900,
to pre-. according are admitted half price.
I glanced down to see the earnest
Then swiftly I was gone, head came to the corner of the field, Iliminary @gures made available Bookmakers, Tic Tac men, &c. brown eyes of the shock-headed boy long. The pakh-work awam up lurched eldeways towards the roofs by the Commonwealth Statisticlan will not be permitted to operate fixed upon mir-"Don't forget... within the precincts of the Hong
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green
of
3,258,919 MALES.
NATURAL INCREASE LAST YEAR HALF OF AVERAGE.
bend legs." I nodded. "Bend 'em bright
bright head, replaced by the and almost felt myself out slates total for 1989 has opening THE Undersigned have recebe Rong Jockey Club during the landing," he amplified. Brak sunset lit sky, then the dark Then I swang at the trees aplere year was only 1:08 per cent, which
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THURSDAY, November 8, 1930, commencing at 5.15 p.m.,
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bons hy jugged, broken
ankles easy
1 thanked patch-work swung up from most
felt
By Order,
him.
C. B, BROWN,^; } The aeroplane heeled over and Becretary, the smoky sunset swung slowly Hong Kong, 1st November, 1980. round behind us from my left hand
to my right and steadied there.
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The
my vitals under me again, was gone, ed by a dozen wooden spears. Is slightly more than half the green light in my eyes-I thrust And thes the ground came average rate of increase per an- out my left hand holding the ring.at unbelievably, terrify-num since the 1921 census,
I had hit an air-present population is made up And nothing happened nothing ingly fast,
In less than two seconds the pocket! Needless, that warning of 3,288,919 males and 3,114,300 The natural increase The shock-headed boy drew my Irvin air chute reduces falling to bend my knees-I did it instine females. attention from it. "Bandages speed to its normal rate of a thou- tively-but I thought swiftly of the was 67,668 (males 31,771, females
85,897); ^. There werd 1,888 mon "I heard."down in shed-sad feet a minute in less than two shock-headed boy"Remember
departures than arrivals In case1... ." I'essayed a bright eternities!
break' 'em, easy. . . ...
Crash! My feet struck.
amile and hollered, "Good idea! Came a terrife jerk. My lega
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