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THE CHINA MATE-
TINY LIGHTHOUSE
US ARMY ORDERS BOMBE
USED AS BUT BE contract For High Speed MODERN ANGLERS
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fishing with 2
house for bait
America since the
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aircraft
war has
been placed by the American Army
They expected it to work because Air Corps with a California air-
it was built in reverse. The usual lighthouse throws a beam that can be seen for miles. This one throws a light that can't be seen at all.
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[Craft company.
The amount involved is over $1,500,000, rather more than $65,- 000 for each plane, which ranks the new machines next after the big four-engined "flying fortresses” in cost.
Invisible ultra-violet light is the
This brings the total number of answer to any apparent foolishness of the expedition, which set off for military aircraft now on order for Bermuda with a few thousand the American Air Corps up to pounds of fishing tackle but not a laver 900, of which three quarters single fish hook Dr. Samuel G. will be delievered during the year. Hibben, director of applied light Included in previous orders are 183 ing of the Westinghouse Electric bombers of the new type, making Company, and Dr. H. T. Strong, a total of 310 now on order. Other. New York colour expert, are the
fishermen.
types on order are training, pur- suit and attack, and observation machines, and about a dozen des- The miniature lighthouse, a 300 cribed as experimental and revolu- pound iron cylinder 15 inches in tionary in character. diameter and 15 inches deep, sends The official speed of the new out the invisible beams, which are bombers is 225 mph. but they said to attract the fish.
are credited with 30 mph. more, carrying a full lead. They are also The iron bell is modelled some-capable of carrying a substantially what after the Bathysphere in larger useful load than those with which Dr. William Beebe made ob-which the General Headquarters. servations of ocean depths. It is Air Force is at present equipped: built to withstand heavy water Military aviation authorities in pressure, and has quartz windows America are said to reason that the on two sides. But instead of a per-larger the aircraft the more flexible son, it will
carry when it is let and invulnerable it is in flight and down into the water only an elec- that machine guns on the bombers trical spark gap to shoot 50,000-volt dispense with the need for protect- ultraviolet rays out the windowsing pursuit planes. into the water.”
Around the "lighthouse" is built
"Wife" Falsehood In Hotel Register
Mr. Justice Charies, at Winches-
a strong restangular net, 10 feet |long and four feet square at the ends, with trap tunnels leading up to each of the two windows. If the fter assizes, held that it was not an thing wories, the fish will swim into offence under the Aliens Order, the net and be pulled up to the sur-1920, for a man to sign the regis- face, giving man his first catch of ter of a hotel describing as his wife fish which live at any appreciable a woman who accompanies him, but depths
who is not his wife-
If it was an offence, he said, many such offences were disclosed in evidence in divorce proceedings. "The duty the Order places upon
a person," he added, is to sign a
The B. L. Steam Ship Talma" statement as to his nationality. will leave for Singapore, Port Swet- do not know that he has the power tenham, Penang, Rangoon and Cal-to make a statement on any cutta on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. else's behalf.”
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