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TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1933.
Aviation, Engineering and Building LONDON'S NEED OF
CANADIAN ARCTIC
AIR MAILS.
Reach Into Far North
Country.
Air mail service to the mining
A PLAN.
Warring Ideals In Architecture.
The announcement that a build- ing for a flrm of paint manufac
of
an acute form the immediate
settlements surrounding Great turers is to be built in Carlton- Bear Lake, due north of Edmonton gardens raises in and partially within the Arctic the question Circle, will be established late in November by authority of the Postmaster General of Canada, It was announced in Montreal.
future of our streets. Lacking any ayatom in their re-building, a sort of creeping chaos is stealing. over them; changes are taking place so swiftly and so unawares that be- foro we have time to think the one-!
THE CHINA MAIL.
Air Transport In Africa
To The Congo In Eight Days
EVER-WIDENING SCOPE
Rapid progress continues in open-
route.
Tew
U.S. ENGINEERING "PLAN.
Opposition Expected From Council.
Washington.
The American Engineering Coun- ell, with a hungry eye cast on the work now done by army engineers, has thrown the weight of its power- ful lobby behind President Hoover's government construction plan.
In a long statement explaining their position, the civil engineers The amenities for travellers, at lauded the ability and efficiency of airway stations throughout Africa, their own following and implied The route over which the mall time harmony and decency of designing up Africa by air,
are being improved constantly, and that the, rivers and harbours work will be flown extends about 500 are lost for ever.
Connections with the vast Congoan even greater comfort while fly.would be better done if they were allowed to compete with the army miles from Fort Resolution on the Within the informal grouping of
territory have, for example, nowing, accompanied by higher speeds,
engineers for the jobs as provided southern shores of Great Slave many of these streets we have a
be afforded by the
in the Hoover plan. Like, to Rue on the northern shore, great heritage: the formal architec. been made available at two points, will
The statement quite frankly de- and thence along the line of the ture of the Eighteenth Century and Juba and Broken Hill, on the Im-"Atlanta"-type air-liners.
Statistics now available show that Marian and Camsell Rivers to the Regency periods: a period when perial Airways London-Capetown there has been an increase of over cared the council wanted the work Labine Point and Hunter Bay, on English architecture reached its
50 per cent, lately, in traffic by the now done by the army engineers to be their own,open to civil engineers A dominating Great Bear Lake. Commercial highest plane of culture. It was an This means that in eight days African air-mail. aviation compànics have been architecture worthy of a great
this for recognition and professional ad- carrying supplies over the route of people in great cities: designed to after leaving London one can now factor in this growth is the re-so they might have opportunities
vancement along this line. make the city beautiful by
be in the Belgian Congo, and tho gularity of the service. In
connection the story is told of a
But they did not state what was Great Bear Lake has recently ordinating the individual building applies to travellers from golfer near Salisbury, in Rhodesia,
to a harmonious scheme.
proceeding from who plays a game at the same time immediately noticed in economy- But now Park-lane has gone, Belgium who, lost in A
welter at individual Brussels, join the Imperial Airways cach day. He says the air-mail flies minded circles on Capitol Hill that thing beyond his regular military fancies; Regent-street
service and fly through to Juba. exactly to schedule that it apan army engineer is not paid any- pears overhead, with unvarying re- narrowly escaped a like fate; Strat- From this point motor transport gularity, just when he has reached salary when he undertakes a river
or harbour project for the Govern- | ford-place and tho squares of
civil engineer When the neutron was discover Bloomsbury and Mayfair show the takes them to Stanleyville, where a certain portion of the
inroads of the olamorous indivi- connections are effected with the Actually the latest Ggures, forment, whereas an electron and a central provon dual, Portland-place is already in«Sabena" air services in the Congo flights completed to schedule, are 991 would have to be paid for his ser- the melting-pot, and now comes Passengers who fly north from Cairo-Capetown route, and 100 per merit, therefore, of providing new
the new line for 15 months.
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a mineral developed rapidly country, but lacks rail connections.
DISCOVERY OF A NEW ELEMENT.
ed we were told that it consisted of mare tightly packed together than they are in hydrogen.
We cannot
has
sub-
only
news of Carlton House-terrace and consider the neutron micrely as Carlton-gardens.
Bame
course,
per cent. on northern sections of the
change at Broken cent in the south. Capetown can Its pro- form of hydrogen atom.
Never was a plan needed more Hill to a feeder air service to Neutrons than now, for ti was about a hun- perlies belong to itself.
Here there is a
CITY HALL FOR Elisabethville, are smaller than hydrogen atoms-dred years ago when a large part
train link to Port: Francqui,
MANILA. so very much smaller that they of London's streets was finished could not be confined in an
or and now the leases are falling in. which point connections dre dinary vessel, but would slip Carlton House-terrace was begun by tablished with the Congo nirways, Important Public Works through. At the recent meeting of John Nash in 1828. It is Crown which run from Lulunbourg the National Academy of Sciences land; and in those days the Office of Leopoldville.
It may be mentioned Professor William D. Harkins said Woods and Forests insisted on that plans are
The plan to construct an imposing that a lady'a thimble tightly packed unified architectural schemes boing effecting the Elisabethville-Lulua- with neutrons would weigh a million prepared for the different blocks of bourg stage by air rather than by one million-peso City Hall on the aide of the present building became land under its administration. rail.
The special chartering of air- a reality in Manila when Councillor craft, for exploring and hunting. Vicente Bautista, president of the
tons.
HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE
APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.
Jan. 23, June
1933 1918
at
CB-
to
well advanced for
In P.I.
is considerably on the increase in municipal board, introduced a re-
vices.
4.
r
The situation would have the
jobs for civil engineers, but at ai Increased cost to the Government.
The provision for taking the ri vers and harbours work away from the War Department and merging it into a new division of public
works in the Department of the Interior is one of several In the Hoover consolidation plan which is arousing opposition. In congres- alonal circles.
MEASURES VENTILATION.
Salt Lake City. Africa. The other day-to give solution proposing to float P3,000,-
Accurate computations of the just one example-an Imperial Air-000 in bonds in the United States, amount of air running through ven- ways machine left Cairo with big-following a conference he had with tilation shafts in mincs several
miles distant are made with a ma- They nra employing The proposal of Councillor Bau- Jan. 23, June territory.
Using model shafts, laboratory 1988 1918 their aircraft as a regular means of tista as contained in his resolution chine called a "micromanometer." Cts. Cts transport for expeditions in which was the result of a series of four-workers at the University of Utah they cover hundreds of miles in a day conferences he held with Mayor are able to tell within a ten-thou
Earnshaw,
Among the important public workeandth of an inch, the pressure
game hunters bound for the arusha Mayor Tomas Earnshaw,
few hours.
Another development which the 80
28 use of aircraft is rendering possible to be undertaken with the proceeds or force of the flow of air which
is the proposed establishment of of the bond issue will be the la carried down to miners
Cts, 'Cts.
BUTCHER MEAT.
POULTRY.
Beef Sirloin
Ib. 24
Prime Cut
30
Corned
"40
23
34
Chicken Capona; Small
Ib.
70
42
32
Large
54
28
28
Duck
18
22
37 414
34 24.
Doves
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46
18
Egge. Hen (frosh)
38
Fowla, Hainan ...
15.
58
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70
50
each 45
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Hoant
Breast
Soup Steak Steak Sirloin
Sausages....
Bullock's Brains..
Tongue, fresh
Ilenrt Hump,
Fant
Tail
corned
Kidneys
Liver Tripe
Calves' Head & Feet
per set 17
Head
Eggs, Ben (cooking) per dos. 86
Holhow
Geese Pigeons, Canton
Turkeys, Cock Turkeys, Hen
each
40
new camps; for hunting and wild-construction of two bridges over the distances below ground.
life study, in territories served by Pasig River, the Mendiola and Col-
Juba
alt-stations such 21.8
and gante Bridges, the construction of Karapala. Communications between two high schools, Torres and Mapa, 25 these camps and the air-stations the improvement of Calle Dasmari
85 will be maintained regularly by Bias and also the construction of the Meulle del Banco Nacional from aeroplane.
Ground facilities play a vital part Soda to the Jones Bridge.
Mayor Earnshaw revealed yester
in the development of African avia- tion. Reports now indicate that day. that Juan Arellano, consulting
01 new alighting points are available architect of the bureau of public
each. 80
1.00
P
1.60
Salt
20
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15 10
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20
18
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Snipe Pheasant.
Mutton Chop
Quail Bot $1.50 $1.00
each 35
lb.
60
Partridges
1.10
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Log
00
#
Shoulder Saddle
60
FRUITS.
60
30
27
Almonds
ib, 1.00
80
per set 5
lb.
18
Apples (California)
31
24
20
Bananas (bride's)
"
18
18
Carambola
each 15
each 14
ik
lb.
10
10
50
Lersons
34
86
21
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11
Pig's Chitlings
Brains
Feet Fry
Head
Heart
Klineys
Liver
Pork Chop
Loin
Log
Fat or Lard
Shoop's Head & Fest per set 30
Sucking Pigs, to
order Suet, Beef
Mutton
Veal
Barbel Bream
Sausages
Canton Fresh Water
Heart
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Kidneys
Liver
Fish
Caro
Godfish
Grabs
Cattle Fish Daco
Eels, Conger
Froge
No.
FISH.
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Lobsters
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Mullet
Oysters
Perch
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pair 2.20 2.50 for use between Salisbury and the works, is now preparing the plans Zambesi, and that working parties of the City Hall. He said that he are. busy on landing grounds and had requested the bureau of public aerodrome improvements south of works to prepare the plans several Bulawayo. It is under the Beft weeks ago and that the preparation Truat scheme, in which £50.000 is is in progress. The building will being expended on improving air occupy all the land bounded by Taft 4 commualcations in Africa, that this Avenue, Arroceros, Concepcion and 12 development work is being conduct P. Burgos. 10ed. In addition to providing new
lb. 1.20
25.
President Bautista and Mayor
едев 18 16 landing-grounds, and enlarging and Earnshaw had agreed on postponing aerodromes, the construction of a barrio obrero 25 fmproving existing
work is in progress in extending in Gagalangin, Toado, pet project wireless arid telephone facilities be- of the mayor so that the sum of 10 tween land stations and aircraft in P192,274.80 appropriated for this
Ib.
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VEGETABLES, ETC.
Artichokes Beans, Sprout:
tr
Long
Beet Reotk Brinjals, Green
Red
Cabbage, Chinese
(Shanghai)
Cauliflower (Large)
(Medium) (Small)
CATTOLE Celerity, Chinese.. Chillies, Dried.
Red
Groen Curry Stuff, English Cucumbers: Garlic Ginger, Young
Horseradish, Stai Indian Corn Letture.
Okroes Onions,” Bồmbsy-
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12 flight, and also between herodromes project will be used in the payment ench 12 12 and neighbouring town and cities of the amortisation and interest of In Rhodesia the provision of new the F8,000,000 bond issue, Mayor landing-grounds will, it is hoped, Earnshaw sald that for every mil enable a scheme to be adopted lion floated, the city will have to whereby mails to townships and vil-pay P65,000 a year for interest and lages not served by railway, will be the sinking fund delivered by air, light-planes flying to and from the main routes, and providing accommodation also for
each
each 18
one or more passengers,
Intermediate traffic continues to grow on the Cairo-Capetown route.
STREAMLINED TRAIN AVERAGES 76 M.P.H.
Hamburg, Germany."
A now stream-lined combination"
Recent reports, for example, show a Diesel motor and electric train has marked increase in passengers on the set a new speed record of 142 min- sections between Johannesburg and utes running time for the 180.99 Capetown. K
miles between' here and Berlin. The. The new goldfields at Kakamega average speed of 70.09 miles an hour are atimulating air traffic to and is said to be a world's record for from Kenya. There have been a motor trains.. number of bookings lately from Over the first half of the run the Europe by passengers flying out to train was clocked at 98 miles an these goldfields,
hour but the engineer slowed downl Government officials, when on to make the planned 142-minute Journeys throughout Africa, now schedule, This cuts 37 minutes off make a frequent use of air travel the previous running time. A Just lately, for instance, Sir Coc The utmost eliciency is em Rodwell, Governor of Southern in the new train. Rhodesia, nocómpanied by his cre knobs project fron
tarynked the Impérial A
service in a light from Balli
to Bulawayo, Other-officiaİNA
on visits of inspect
flying sayền the
but weeks.com
wind resistance
wide:
ayan the
nimized
great
STARTING TO-MORROW.
AT THE
CENTRAL THEATRE
COME ON! YOU'RE GOING OUT WEST WHERE THE LAUGHS BEGIN!
Hop on the Bandwagon! We're Off to the Wild and Whoopee West to Get Golden Laughs from the Roaring Rockies! Westward Ho! The Big Chiefs of Comedy and Hollywood's Nearest Sqnaus Lead the Laugh Parade with
BERT
WHEELER ROBT WOOLSEY
GIRL
CRAZY
And Look Who's In li? EDDIE QUILLAN DOROTHY LEE MITZI GREEN ARLINE JUDGE An RKO Radio Picture Directed by Wm. Seiter
GEORGE GERSHWIN'S SMASH SONG HITS!
MAN LOONG. PRESERVED GINGER MANUFACTURERS.
NEW SEASON PRESERVED GINGER Best Quality Prompt attention to Exporters. Office:2, Dundas Street, Kowloon. Tel. 57088. Factory-2, Godown, Praya, Dundas Street, Mongkok.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Gloucester Building (Residential)
ong Kong.
January 24, 1933.
Just a few lines to advise you
there will be a Carnival Dinner Dance on Wednesday the 25th January, Chinese New Year's Eve, extension to 1 am.
We trust our old patrons will
bring new guests to participate in this
Assuring you at the same time
that no effort will be spared by ds to ensure
successful and pleasurable evening.
Sincerely yours,
Mherman
Turtles, umali
Boot