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LOCAL SPORT.
INTERPORT BOWLS.
BONGKONG DEFEAT SHANGHAI AT TAIKOU DOCKS.
In glorious weather and before 'n largo' attendance, the interport bowls match between the Colony and Shanghai was
ever done.
STANDARDIZED SHIPS.
· EXPERIENCES DURING THE GREAT WAR.
In the Engineering Section of the British Association, Sir Archibald Denny, president of the section, in the course of his presidential address qu "Fifty Years'
in
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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, 1925
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A HOME NEWSAGENT'S AMUSING LAMENT.
"Probably there is no retail tradesman in England" who receives so large a pro- portion of kicks to ha'pence as the long and bookseller, suffering newaagent
VEX-ENEMY PROPERTY. CONFISCATION UNDER THE
DAN PEACE TREATY.
air. F. E.Bhuett Duff, of the Interna- tional Law Association, London, writes as follows on the question of ex-Enemy Property:-
It seems highly desirable that atten- injury to the credit of the City of London that has resulted from the operation of the "Charging Clauses" (990 and 2071 of the Treaty of Versailles and the cor responding Clauses of the other Peace
Treaties.
played yesterday afternoon at. Taikoa Evolution in Naval Architecture and writes Mr. Frank H. Harris in T.P's and tion should be drawn to the very serious The green was in excellent condition, and Marine Engineering," recently, said that Cassell, Weekly. His customers are the no direction in connection, with most exacting of all customers, his busi at the commencement it probably, played as fast as any green in Hongkong has marine engineering had advanes beenness the most harassing of all businesses, of electri- and his profits are so small that they slip As the sun set the greon greater than in the
Under these Clauses the Allied and became heavier and our Shanghai friends city on board ship., Swan and Edison through his fingers in all directions.
Customers first. The retired colonel's Associated Powers reserve the right to did not seem to be able to gauge the invented
enrbon-filament lamp the
retain and liquidate all property rights difference in weight. The fault of the about 1880, thus making domestic and wile the receives granulated sugar and interests belonging to Ex-Enginy visiting No. 1 and No. 2 was that 73 ship lighting a possibility. He rememro- stead of lump in her grocery order vents nationals or Companies controlled by possessions and protectorates, including por cent of the time they were never bered while at Greamwich College seeing her annoyance in a gentle and apologetic then, with their territories, colonies, up. The green drew well and truly on
manner, compared with the devastating territories coded by our late enemies. under the Treatles. The proceeds were both hands and the Shanghai players
verbal storm which arises when the to be devoted to the payment of private -expressed themselves as very favourably
colonel Anda he has the Herald for break debts and public reparations, and the Enemy Governments were to comperante fast instead of the Morning Post. The lady their expropriated nationals. As regards is annoyed; but the colonel takes his the Varsailles Treaty these provisions were given effect to in this country by misfortune as a personal insult, wanton an Order-in-Council which came into force ly and maliciously perpetrated by the on January 10th, 1920, and which_is administered by the Enemy Debts De- With regard to naval architecture, Sir unhappy newsagent. His wrath is only partment of the Board of Trade. A. Clark (P.I.C), G. Green (C.CC.),} Archibald traced the development of ac
commodation from the days of the old equalled by that of the Labour gentleman J. Ferguson (Skip). (T.R.C.).-
sailing ship to the present time. They who finds the Morning Post under his were all aware, he said, of the attempts to standardize the design of ships and door instead of his beloved Daily Herald, their machinery during the war. opinion, that was not the wisest proceed. He suspects and does not hesitate to
impressixi
at the Crystal Palace, about 1881, an ex- hibition of Edison lamps supplied with current by a dynamo with electro-magnets almost as tall as himself and with a stray field se strong that it ruined all watches within several yards. What develop The teams turned out as advertised:ments there had been since then ! Hongkong.-C. Atkinson (K. D.R.C.),
A photograph of the combined teasus was taken before "the game.
Shanghai.-F. 1. Marshall (Shanghai Lawn Bowls Club), G. Johnston (Yang -tzepuo L.B.C.), T. (i. Main (Shanghai Hec. C.), R. Phillips (Skip), (Shanghai Bee. C.).
Shanghai won the toss and their No. 1
threw a short head to score a good 2. They, followed this with another 2 when the Shanghai skip showed his mettle. He inted out his opponent and gave the visitors another brave. Hongkong caine into their own in the third head. Clark laid two beauties beside the jack; and though Phillips took the juck nearly up to the ditch Ferguson came in to score The next head was a case of diamond
In his
Now, without indulging in any false sentiment towards cur late enemies, a twofold criticïsını can legitimately be
mind the fact that its adoption has leveiled at this novel policy, bearing in already financially produced serious re
ing, and in any case he did not believe accuse the newsagent of trying to under-sults. In the first instance, the policy that standard designs such as were car- ried out at that time were suited for mine his political convictions. The real the requirements of peace. But if we culprit wears an injured look upon his were to maintain our national supremacy he was a firm believer in standardizing griy countenance, as he shifts the bull's details in ships and machinery,
TANK EXPERIMENTS.
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This was pointed out by the Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Nield, K.C., M.F., in a let- tez to the Times dated January 26th, 1993, following a question in the House put by him the previous night.
Secondly from the legal standpoint, the new policy is wholly indefensible. It is contrary not only to all established canons of International Law, but also to the Municipal Law of England. Lord Blanesburgh has stated that this embargo "charges one man's property with pay ment of another man's debts a result which no principle of law known to me can he invoked to support. Further, to the extent that the property here of on Enemy aational is applied to the dis charge of Enemy Government obligations, of their Co-Nationals, among whom are naturally found all our bitterest foes, the it charges in relief of the general hody.
property of Enemy nationals who have with this country ties of birth or have trusted our credit or who otherwise have shown confidence in us by leaving their property in our hands."
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of selling up Alien Enemies who had perhaps been settled in this country for many years bas reduced many of them to beggary as in some cases the utmost
do for them is to reimburse them to the our own Government has been able to eye from one cheek to the other and pro-extent of £2 per £1,000, and it is esti mated that this state of affairs will en- tests he "dunno 'ow it 'appeurd.”·
dure for the next six years. Indeed, the The Value of the Experimental Tank THE MISSING PARCEL
condition of affair which arose out of in- Eelation to Ship and Propeller De
The newsagent rises at an hour when this section, the spectacle of suffering sign was the subject of a paper by
Down through the chill morningho had the misfortune to be married Mr. E. R. Mumford, who described this his customers are still peacefully slum and affliction on people of British blood value as high not only in securing the bering.
to ex-enemy nationals, and an unessy best possible designs for given conditions air he goes to the deserted station.
Then commences his daily race with feeling that the whole, principle is un- English, and savours of Bolshevist of size, speed, and service, but also in enabling speed and power for any condi: time. Into the van he throws the bulky
methods, eventually caused the Board of tions to be predicted within narrow parcels from his wholesaler, containing Trade to set up a Committee under, Lord
It had been suggested that the weeklies, montblies and miscellaneous Trate out up & Committee anderen SOUTH limita Froude's surface friction data should be periodicals. On top of these go the
been affected, but the powers of the cut diamond. Shanghai were lying and checked and large scale tests made to various parcels of daily newspapers which to deal with hard cases. Some relief fas
Dealing
Committee are far too circumscribed. Green took the ball out to lie. Main cover much longer ships and higher come direct from the offices. followed suit, only to be taken out by speeds; but, having regard to the proved hastily with them he yet notes that one accuracy of the existing data and the parcel is missing-probably thrown out Ferguson, while Phillips with his last shot cost of carrying out the new experiments, at the wrong station. Even as he starts took this out, the result was a dead the proposal could zat be justified. The his old Ford and races up the road he is rapidly thinking of his customers for variation in results attained due to wea heat. The home side levelled the scores ther conditions was far greater than any that paper: who will accept a substitute in the Gth head by scoring a 3 for which possible error arising out of Froude's for that day, who will storm and threa ten, who will angrily cancel his order tireen was mostly responsible and they method and data.
Much work had been done with experi-(and renew it next day)! took the end 5-5 at the next end, fol
ARRANGING THE ROUNDS." lowing this up with the result of mental tanks in an endeavour to defer. mins the conditions which would give the
While he is still thinking he arrives at splendid bowling by the home skin highest efficiency to the screw propeller: his shop, where he finds his boys waiting. Shanghai were unlucky in the next head There was need, however, for many more
experiments, as, although the results ob: Une has not appeared this morning. a good shot by the skip taking the jack tained with model screw propellers in That means a hurried re-adjustment or isto enemy territory and letting Fergu-open water were very valuable, they rounds. More worry, for each boy has could not be relied upon for synthetic had to learn his round, and to allot him son in to score, 2, making the scores now construction of the propulsive efficiency part of another's customers means writ 123 Shanghai at this stage developed of the ship, in association with the making names and addresses on all additions an epidemic of being abort all the time and with the resistance of the hull as to his usual route. Moreover, the boys
The aid of tank tests had also been with shouts of joy !» and leaving their skip a great deal to 1gmented by the action of the screw. de not receive their additional burdens even Explaining, encouraging nay, do. This cost them two more at the 10th sought to determine the effect of shoal
water on speed, and it had been shown apologising-the newsagent rapidly makes head and another 2 at the 11th, the scare
that at moderate speeds the resistance up their bundles as he talks. There is two being 165 for Hongkong at tea-time. In
was greater in shallow than in deep pener to collect from ons customer, an. the 1th bead Shanghai were lying water, while at high speeds the revered other doesn't want his paper to-day as
And the following judicial dieta during when Green saved 4. with his second shot. was the case. Shaft excrescences, rud-be is going away, yet another wants twa
the War may be quoted: "Whatever may Shanghai's luck was allogether out for ders, periscopra on submarines, air re-copies for the next three days and will
sistance caused by superstructures gene-pay at the end of the week. Phillips, in trying to take Green's ball rally, and the effects of the paddle con- At length, though really in a very have been the case in earlier times no one will now contend that the private out, just missed and took the jack to pared with the screw had all been the short time, the boys have departed a property of Enemy, Subjects found within abject of tank experiments, and methods their rounds, and the newsagent proceeds the real at the commencement of a war give Hongkong one shot,
This done he opens the wholesalers'
Crown." (Lord Parkert 1916) Ita or resistance.
Many novel designs of propellers, in-
When peace is restored they are entitled cluding vane wheels, had been tested with parcels and starts to sort out the con- the object of obtaining an improvement teata. Here again worries arise out of not the law of this country that the Pro- in propulsive efficiency. No success had the mass of periodicals be separates with perty of Enemy subjects is confiscated.
hands. That solitary two been met with except in the application practised
(Lord Finlay The 17th head caused quite a sens of the vane wheel design to vessels of penny back number has not turned up to it together with any fruits it may have
yet, though he has written several timeshare in the meantime. tiou. The jack was taken right to the moderate draugh. The problems in con- about it. It will of course, arrive 1218); "It is a familiar principle of Eng eilge of the green by the No. I's and nection with cavitation of propellers had!
to have it, having borrowed the copy to confiscation or forfeiture of Enemy Shanghai were lying a when Green put not yet been solved, though certain eventually when the customer will refuse lish law that the outbreak of war effects
from a friend. There are too many property." (Lord Birkenhead, 1918). down a aver on the brink. The Shang methods of avoiding undue loss
It miny be added that at the Stockbolt hai No. 3 took the jack into the ditet eficiency from this causs had been indi- copies of this periodical and not enough
Conference of the International Law and it remained for him and the visiting cated:
of that one.
Association (a representative body of all skip to drive Green's ball into the ditch
FACE POWDER AND LITERATURE nations, of which Lord Reading is lonor As he hunts amongst the contents of the ary President), the following resolution parcels he overturns a pile of girls' was passed unanimously on September papers, and out slide a number of packets 3th, 1924: That this Conference is di face powder given away with that firmly of opinion that the revival practice number. The newsagnat sighs, painfully of warring states by which they confisente collects the packets, puts aside those which the available private property of Alien. have burst and covered the austere vicar's citizens is a relic of harbarism worthy of Literary Supplement with pangent per the most severe condemnation. The fume, and goes through the pile to rein French Delegation were in accord, and sert the erring packets. Finally he gets the United States have definitely set their the parcels done.
face against the policy.
The visitors looked like breaking their had been indicated for reducing friction tu put aside papers for his early cers can be seized and appropriated by the
luck at the lath when they built up a fine bead only to find the home skip agaiu in form and Hongkong brought their total to with their opponents for the 11th time lill on their unlucky b
when they would take 5, as it was not
a touche They failed, however, and
only took one. At the 13th head they
took 2 making the score 26-8 in favour of Hongkong,
THE SCORE BOARD.
Hongkong.
Shanghai, were completely outplayed. 10. Atkinson
2. A. Clark Ferguson played a wonderful game a skip and Green was good all through. 2. G. Green"> Often when he was not in the picture he (8.) J. Ferguson was doing well what his skip wanted him Heads. Shots, Total,
to do. Atkinson and Clark were good and indifferent in parts but when one was mediocre the other was good. On the other hand, Phillips had a very diff vult proposition, before him. His No, I and No. 2 were time and time again short and very often left him with a ball in draw on each aide. The best man on the Shanghai side was Main After Ferguson, he was probably the best player on view. Of course, Phillipe was at a great disadvantage in not being sup- ported by his No. 1 and No. 2 and be played some very fine shots. The Shang- Aai team did not seem to get the strength of the green at all after the sun went down As the green got heavier they becamo zhorter and shorter and there were some very poor heada
Ferguson
must
take the honour, Main of Shanghai was the next best player in row, Green did what he was told well, and had a lot to do with Hongkong's success. The Shanghai skip was unlucky and some of the Clubs they play against this week will feel his weight,
Great praise is due to the Taikoo Club
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2. G. Johnson.
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The flying-boat of the future, carrying 100 passengers at a speed of 100 knots, was described at a meeting of the British Association by Mr. Oliver Symmons,
He told the Engineering Section how this giant vessel, built with two decks,
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would make non-stop flights of 1,500 At the Sign of the Lantern.
sity has a large number of customers trust of Bankers and other Institutions whose individual accounts are small, but towards their clients has been interfered miles, or cross the Atlantic with one Mr. Simmons said he would feel that complicated by items of missed papers, with by legislation and transfers of shares atop in thirty-six houte double numbers, extra copies and such without the ownere signature rendered details, all concerned with peace. His legal. British subjects have been paid Progress had been inordinately slow if his prophecy had not been justified by business, in fact, is run on ponce and be in fall but British credit has seriously the end of the next decade, probably has to face more disputed items suffered. In the past, foreign banks, merchants, and individuals deposited (pence again) than any other tradesman, Then there are the old papers to be sort their property here without any fear of od out and returned, and the checking danger and thus helped to make London
Such a commercial machine would prob- ably have an all-steel monoplane body of some 6,000 square feet wing arca, and 220ft, apan. The power units would bo housed in engine room built into the thick wing some 20ft. from the hull, and His order for next week's supplies has to. Now, great uneasiness exists amongst the output from each room, at full re- 8 be made up, and when it is realised that foreigners, Political events likely to volutione, would be some 3,000 horse
he probably handles two hundred and cause, international friction lead immedi- power
B
the KC.C. this afternoon, Tho teams:
of the intricate bills presented by the the greatest international Baancial centre newspaper proprietors and wholesalers. In the world. N
fifty different publications ench week it ately to beary withdrawals of foreign The hull would be arranged in two is ovident that the bookkeeping side of property. In case of a serious threat of decks and provide spacious accommoda another war, the effects would be most tion for a hundred passengers. The the business is no simple matter.
Then come the evening papers and the disastrous on the financial stability of the speed would exceed 100 knots, and the The visitors will play against the boys again, with a repetition of the whole world.
bost would undertake flights up to 1,500 morning rush on a smaller scale,
To us it is specially important. For miles without alighting
k By slightly reducing the number of Finally, the hour when he can clows the London is seeking to recover its position door, but aside his worries, his pipe, as the financial centre of the world. This passengers such a boat could by fram lie in his armchair and glance at the can only be accomplished if all nations Europe to America with only one stop, morning paper for the first time that are convinced that money, even enemy of the Azores, and accomplish the whole
fight within 30 hours day
money, is sale in London
Shanghas
for the way they arranged for spectators 1. A. McLeod and to the Bowling officials for the man- 2. H. Pratt ner in which the game was controlled.
(Continued on nett Uolumn);"
3. Phillips
(S.) T. G. Main
1. J. E. Fraser
2. A. D. Erawn
3. J. Hyde
(B.) J. Gibson
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