BRITISH IMPERIAL AIR COMMUNICATIONS.
IMPORTANT SPEECH BY THE AIR Į
MINISTER.
AVIATION'S WONDERFUL
PROGRESS.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
A DEEP CHASM.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30гn, 1926.
EXPLORING WATERS UNDER THE
EARTH.
CRICKET NOTES.
Given dne weather, the match this! afternoon should prove of great interest; The sides were published yesterday mórn. FLORENCE, September 20th. ing, and it will be seen that the two not- One of the deepest natural chasms in able absentees are Sayer and Reed, Europe has just been discovered in the Both, I regret to learn, are not quite province of Friuli. In the heart of thee. It is getting very near the match, Carso, between Montenero and Idria, where the chrth is of a limestone forma and it is sincerely to be hoped that ill tion, along a wild narrow path there ap- aess will not carrow the choice of the pears unexpectedly a large crooked open- Selection Committee. Braur, October 15th.
The only other In opening the discussion on Imperialing, and further down a black hole gapes air communications, at to-day's meeting in the ground. of Imperial Conference, Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoars pointed out that afthough he would deal with the matter from, a civil rather than a military stand- point both aspects were inextricably con- nected; and the development of Impecial air lines, whether by aeroplane or airship, was a vital factor in the problem of
A group of young men from Trieste, furnished with ropes, ladders, torches, lamps, miners' caps, and a field telephone, hegan the first explorations. Entering the unknown opening they went down into the dark. But after having let down their ladders and their last pieces of rope, they found themselves on a slippery,
the abyss was much deeper still.
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possible" who will not be playing is T. E. Pearce, who is due to arrive on Monday, I believe,
A. H. Madar is a new-comer to the trials. He was batting better at nets the other day than he had been and accord. ingly gets a trial. Leach is in again,
FOOTBALL.
TO-DAY'S LEAGUE" FIXTURES.
NOTES ON THE TEAMS.
The following games in the Hongkong League are down for decision to-day :-
Division I.
Kick-off at 4.30 p.m. K.O.S. Borderers, Hongkong Club, at Stokunpoo "A" ground.' Res force Mr. Baldwin.
e.
Kowloon R.A., Kowloon F.C.
ground. Referee: Mr. Hollands H.M.S. Tamar e. Club de Recreio, King's Park ground. Referee: Mr. Gilmour.
Division II. " A.'' Kick-off at 3 p.m.
TO-DAY'S CRICKET.
TWO LEAGUE MATCHES.
following is the list of matches for
The to-day-
:
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Interport Trial.
Mr. E. R. B. Hancock's team e. Mr.
A. W. Hayward's team,
League Matches. BIURION 7.
Civil Service C.C: v. Royal, Artillery.
Division T
H.M. S. Tamar r. R.A,O,C Friendly Matches, Division I. Kowloon C.C. e. Royal Engineers. Craigengower r. University,
Division II,"
Indian R.C. 2. Hongkong C.C.
Empire defence-Reviewing the present damp step of rock, and discovered that but he will have to bow! a much more KO.S.B.'s Reserves South Chitis, appearance to-day after a long absence |
position, he remarked that since the last Conference, the mileage covered by the regular air routes the world had more than doubled. Great technical improve
be noted in machines, ment was to
wireless. and meteorology.
engines, Machines had become more powernal more dependable" and more comfortable.
Question of Safely.
As to safety, for 8,000,000 miles own by British services there had been four fatal accidents and 1.000000 miles, had been flown in Australia with only one. accident. The results achieved seemed to show that after years of research, ex- periment and adventure a stage of deve. lopment had been reached from which they could look forward to progress alto- gether out of proportion to anything that had been achieved in the last few years..
The Furthest Territories of the
Empire,"
There was Exday no technical or opera. tional reason why London should not be brought by aeroplane or airshi, within a fortnight of the farthest territories of the Empire. There was no technical reason why the journey to Canada should not be reduced to two and a half days; India to five days; to Cape Town to six days; to Australia to eleven days;
and to New Zealand to thirteen days,
British European Services. Hitherto, while certain "British. Eure pean servicus had been safely and pune inally operated for several years, there had been no civil air service flying he *ween one part of the Empire and an-
her. In the Middle East, however, an air
toute of eight hundred and sixty-six miles between Egypt and Irak had been re-
It Wil
gularly down by military machines carry ing mails and official passengers for five stitute for this military service,
military rice a regular sivil line between Cairo and Bagdad 2nd Care and Karachi. It was hoped
that a saving of seven or eight days would thus be effected on the journey from England te India, but the real significance of, this development lay in the fact that it was the first action of n great Empire air route to the Far East.
From Stags to Stage.
It was for the Conference to consider hether other sections could not be com, pleted and a through air route created of incalculable importance for both mill- tary and civil communications. Would it be possible for the Government of India r consider questions of extending "the service to Bombay and Calcutta and for the Burma Government to carry it a stage further to Rangoon Might it not then he practicable to link with a civil line experimental flights of Air Force flying boats, that it was intended to stating in the Fur Fast, and might they not again join up with occasional service Aights of the Royal Australian Air Force from Australia 1. So also with Africa.
An Empire Air Route,
consistent length than he did last week They therefore suspended their efforts if he is going to be considered as a likely until, after fuller, preparations, they start- candidate. ed at 2.30 am. ofe morning. Seventeen
Wales seems recovered from Hours of fatiguing and dangerous efforts his recent strain, and Col. Cantrell is and they arrived at a depth of 100 metres playing. I am particularly glad to sex (more than 1,400 feet), where they found this as not only will it enable him to a good-sized Jake. On sounding the depth the bottom was discovered to be have a close look at the possible playera,-- more than 30 metres below,
(I mentioned on Wednesday he was the third on the Selection Committee).-but his bowling will be an excellent test for the opposing batsmen. The other new name is that of Lampbell. He is a new- comer to cricket in Hongkong and l don't know much about him save "that he comes down very hard on the ball, and I venture to prophecy that he wit! make a lot of runs in League Cricket, Brace is not playing. He would not have been able to obtain leave to turn out for the three-day match, even if he | had been selected. He, therefore, vers sportingly stood down.
"Other lakes and wells have been found also in this abya, and there is a long narrow passage,, through which blows an icy wind. The explorers navigated the larger sheet of water in rafts. The work was extremely difficult and dangerous, as it had to be conducted entirely by the light of torches and portable electric lamps.
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Long Airahip Journoya. Passing to airships, Sir Samuel Hoare said they would carry out long distance non-stop air journeys of the future. Airships now being built should, with normal freight and 100 passengers be able to ty without refuelling in good weather,
The practice on Wednesday afternoon
ance and it is an uncommonly good iden
combining net-practice and match-prac tier..
It is said that Lightfoot and Bridgeland were not in their best form, from personal observation, I think Goodwin bowled excellently, while Mit. cheli and Hayward batted nicely. It is a pity the latter is given to mistiming that off-drive of his early in bis innings. After a hot one was put down at mid of he made seme beautiful stepkes along the carpet. But they don't always drop 'em! Owen Hughes was apparently feel
a distance of some 4,000 miles. The air-started at two-thirty; regret the mis- ships being large and practically silent understanding owing to which I publish would be much more comfortable than Aeroplanes for long Tourneys. It would fed 4.30. There was a good attende have promenade decks, outside cabins, and ample smoking and dining rooms. Airships and aeroplanes were really com- plementary to each other. Objections were raised to the airship on the ground of the danger of storns to so large and fragile a structure, and the danger of fire to a ship composed of highly indammable material. Great progress, "however, had been made during the last two years towards overcoming these difficulties. The structure of both the airships now being built would be incomparably than the structure of any airship built in the past. The Meteorological Depart conditions over these shores and en-route ment had made an intensive study of air to India. Accurate climate and weathering streng and indulged in some merry reports were essential to the development hitting. He clumped & hälf-volley from of airship routes, not only so that an airship might be able to avoid storms Bowker into the road at a tremendous but also so thut in the interests of speed pace. and economy an airship might make the fullest possible use of prevailing winds upon the various routes. To meet the danger of conflagration an airship being built at Cardington would be equipped not with petrol but with heavy oil engines.
stronger in
the matter of material
Programmas Developing.
That reminds me. I presume that the gentleman who will probably field mid. on to Bowker will be given plenty of practice with him. Bowker finishes his run Half-way down the wicket and wéli out in front of mid-off and has no chance Slowly but surely our programmes had whatever to take a quick return from been developing, in a year's time two the covers. I presume that unless the great airships should be completed. It was then proposed to carry out adequate ball is hit on the leg side of the wicket, home trials and subsequently to ay at mid-on will take the bowler's wicket ĺ least one of the airships regularly to every time. It is not a bad scheme as and from India for a full period of it really develops an extra felder! Mid- trial in tropical conditions. When these trials were completed it was hoped, if off can stand well wide, extra go round, Just as there must be an Empire air the Dominions desire, to make dron- and cover come practically square where route to the Far East stretching to Austration flights to the capitals of the he is most needed. It is a pity Bowker tralia and New Zealand, so there must Empire. Sir Samuel Hoare emphasised bowls that leg bal. He can't spare the 'be an Empire air route from London to that for this purpose two conditions aust the Cape with branches diverging to West be satisfied. There must be mecring man be has at fine short leg. It may African Dependencies. Here again masts at the end of the journey" and small beginning was being made during adequate meteorological data. He hoped be intended to have a forward short leg, the next few months. An enterprising the Dominions concerned would put these but I have seldom seen him get wickete pioneer, with the help of the Government in hand without delay. There was the there, and he would be able to have 3 of Kenya, Uganda and the Sudan had or further question of developing commer slips, a man in the gully and an extra. ganised an experimental service envering | ́cial airship lines between Great Britain 1,400 miles between Khartoum and and the Dominions. He hoped to see cover if he akifainated the leg man. How. Kisumu. As the route followed the these started at the earliest possible ever, this would, I suppose, make fright: course of the White Nile, the machines mcmeat.
fulness on or would be Hydroplaner. If the service was
near the leg-stump too sucessful, from ten days to a fortnight
expensive. : would be saved in the journey between The discussion that followed Sir Khartoum and Uganda and eight days Samuel Hoare's speech indicated a
gen- between Khartoum and East Africa. eral desire on the part of all the Why should not northern and southern Dominions to co-operate in improving links be forged in this African chain and the Empire air communications and a a through aeroplane service run at least sub-committee at once set to work to experimentally, between Egypt and Cape consider details of how this could best Town'!
be achieved. Some interesting facts as to
Linking Up.
The Discussion.
Aviation in Canada,
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Sookunpoo "A" ground. Referee: Mr. Baldwin. St. Joseph's
The Royal Artillery are making aa and i will be interesting to see how they shape against the Civil Servico, who are one of the best combinations in the RA. Reserves, `_St. Joseph's ground.
Referee: Mr.! first division. Gilbert. University China Athletic "B" Sookuapoo "B" ground. Referee: Mr. Phillips.
Club de Recrrio P. China Athletic "A," King's Park ground. Referee: Mr. Gilmour.
Division II. "BJ" Kowloon "B". Mostem Club, at 3 p.m. Kowloon F.C. ground. Re- fore: Mr. Hollands.
South China China Athletic " A," at 430 in., Sookun poo "B" grou="",effree: Mr. Phillips.
Boy Scom, . St. Joseph's Reserves, at 4.30 p.m., South China ground. Referee: Mr. Gilbert,
It is doubtful whether the match in the second division, will be played, as both teams are "groundless.""
Match To-morrow.
A friendly match between Mr. A., A. Bumjahn's XI, and the Hongkong Volun teer Defence Corps will be played to, morrow, commencing at 11.30 am.
LAWN TENNIS.
CHINESE R.C. 2. MACAO.
- RETURN' MATCHES, To-day and to-morrow, the Chinese Re- creation Club will be "At Home" on The following League games are post the occasion of a return visit of the poned : —
Macao Tennis team. The matches should bproductive of some interesting play, as the Chinese won by 5 matches to when the two teams met in Macno ust August.
Hongkong Police z. South China.: Hongkong Club Reserves . Kowloon
Keserves.
China Athletic "A" v. H.K. and S.
Baok,
· NOTES ON TO-DAY'S MATCHES.
On the Garrison ground, the Borderers will turn out two teams in their opening league fixtures. At 3 p.m., the Reserves will oppose the South China. Little is known of the Reserves, but they should field a side strong enough to dispose of South China.
The senior game will be against the Hongkong Club, who are unable to take advantage of having a choice of ground owing to the sports of the Scottish Com pany of the Defence Corps being held on the H.K.F.C. ground.
without
CHURCH NOTICES:
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, Hongkong.
October 31st, 1928, 2nd Sunday after
Trinity
Holy Communion at 8 am. Sunday School at 10 mm. Matins at 11 am
Evercast at 6 pm,
Preacher sam, and & p.m.-Bor.
E. Coplar Müyle,” Collections for the Society for promoting Christian knowledge. Thoas anable to be pre- mont, are asked to rond their Contribution to th Epi. Treasurer of the Cathedral. [97
UUN CAVICH-Kannedy Road.
Sunday Services, October 31st-
Sunday School at 10 am. Morning Service at ila
Hymas: 6. 1,317 and 54. Solu by Mrs. G. Watt:-"Bat the Lord is Mindful of Bis Own:" Mendelssohn.
J. Kirk Maconachie, Preacher-Rav
Evening Service At
Service at 6 p.m.- Hymns: 120, 274,
, 274, 400, 448 and 663. Frencher Rev. F. W.P. Alerander, G.. Wednesday, December 3rd at 8.15 pm-
Soldiers and Sailors' Christian Association. Friday, December 5th, at 8.30 p.m.-Chris tian Endeavour Meeting and Social Hour.
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CHRIST, SCIENTIT.- Macdonnell Road,' below Bowen Boad Tram Station. Sunday Service, October 31st, at 11.15 am. Subject: EVERLASTING PUNIJUMENT.” Wednesday Evening Meeting at 5.30 p.m. Bending Room at above address, opon Tuesday and Friday, 10 am to 19 Noon; Monday and Thursday, 5 to 7 pm. The Public is cordially invited to attend the
services and visit the Beading Room.
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HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER.
Hongkong Observatory, October 29th,~
Previous On Date On Date
Day
Barometer The local team will comprise:-M. W. Temperatur Lo and M. K. Lo (captain); Yew Man
Humidity Tsun and Ho Ka LauNg Ster-Kwong Wind Direction,
Force
and Choa Man Ping.
Weather...
at
at pm 6am.
at
Xp...
29,94 30.01 29.99
77
77
64
East NNE
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0.00 0,00
The Macao players, who are accustom- Rain
to play on hard courts will probably Highest open-air Temperature on 28th courts. They are expected by the mord- find some diference playing, in the local Lowest open-air Temperature on Suth ing boat, the 8.5 inchen, at about 2000 te-day. It is not known who will re- present Macao, but the same man who played in the first match are expected,
A dance will be held at the Club-house to-night, commencing at 8.43. The visit will be concluded by a banquet at the same place on Sunday night.
and not at 3.30 as previously announced. Play commences at 3 o'clock both days, Four matches, of the best of three sets, will be played to-day and five to-morrow.
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PING-PONG TOURNEY.
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B=Blue sky; C=Cloudy; D-Drizzle; F-Fog; L-Lightning; MMist; O- Overcast;
P-Pasning showers; Qi Squalls: R-Rain: TThinder
HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
From October 30th to November 8th, 1926.
HIGH WATEX. ---
Height
Keight.
"LOW. WATER.
H'kong
Standard Time,
'kong Standard Time,
b. Yes. ft. in.j
h. mft, in:
Satar. 20 m. 3 24
61 m 11 45
24
7 56
11 99
7 48
6
6 0
5 8
6 0 6 1
K 4
4/
3
8 41 9 ·· វ
J
6 8
60 m
Leach, who will be on trial in the Inter-
The R.A visit Kowloon port, Cricket game. Several other well- known R.A. players have eft the Colony DRAW FOR Y.M.C.A. CUP. during the week Kowloon has brought Hayes back in the middle line to fill The following is the draw for the first the gap created by Turner's departure. round of the F3.C.A. (European) Ping. SaL 31 m 16160-
The Recreio receive the Tünier do the Pong Cup Tournament :- King's Park ground.
J. C. Long . E. W. Railton, L. Last week they
Mon. 1 8 26 tools the points from the B.A, but the Weill 2. S. H. Garrod, E. Ponsford
Taes. sailors will be "out to
2 m 7 15 win their Erst. J. Petrie, D. Ogilvie v. A. A. Dand, A. league game this season.
McArthur. N. Trambitaky, H. Angus Wed
3 m 2-52 G. Deacop, F. Murphy . L. Nichol- aon and A. Seddon A. W. Shovelton..
Thar. The first named. in each draw is to arrange the match, and the first round Fri. must be concluded by November 3rd.:
St. Joseph's meet the R.A. Reserves, and it is doubtful as to the result, the RA. playing several new players.
The University should beat the Athletic "B," while the Athletic" A," at full strength, should beat the Recreio Reserves at King's Park.
In the "B" division, the Moslem Club and the Athletic "A" should win, St. Joseph's Reserves is likely to be The game between the Boy Scouts and keenly contested.
The Chinese supporters, will have to follow the junior teams today as neither senior team South China or China Athletic bave a fixture
HOME FOOTBALL.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, October 28th. In the Third Division (South) of the The definite prog.amme will be pub English League to-day Brighton and Hove Albion, playing at Norwich, defeat- lished later. At present the rough ideaed Norwich by two goals to nil. is that Shanghai will arrive on the 7th or 8th, and have nets at their disposal. On the evening of the 9th there will be an informal smoking concert at the
げ
On Sunday the visitors will tiền at the Shek Club by kind permission of the development of air travel in the Cricket Club. It will be, if fine, the Committee, and they may find the In the course of the training pro-speeches "of the delegates.
various Dominions were disclosed in the al fresco. (Note this, I believe,. is golf course there a contrast to the Kiang- gramme of the Royal Air Force, the Air
wan one. On Monday, Tuesday and Ministry would try to arrange for a
journales for parking yourself on a Wednesday, they play the United Ser certain number of flights carrying mails The Canadian Prime Minister, Mr.
chair on the gruss and drinking a mix-vices, on Thursday visit Fanling if they and official passengers to link up with Mackenzie King, gave statistics showing ture of whiskey-soda and flying things.) the Kowloon ground. On Saturday, if wish and on Friday-play-Kowloon-on- eivil machines at Khartoum. Would it how widely aeroplanes were used for com- If wet, and abait omen, the gathering they are still conscious, they may be op be possible for the South Africa municating with remote centres of Government to considor whether the population and for mapping and survey will be held inside the Club-house, and posed by a team from the Rest of the Routh Afrienn Air Force could not ing photographically vast areas of unin- I am Authorised to state that there is Colony. That night they will be enter make a certain number of flights linking habited parts of Canada. Valuable work, absolutely no truth in the rumour that Theatre, where I understand two rows the A.D.C. show at the 'tained at ap with the route to Uganda 7 These in detecting and checking forest fires was proposals involved no subsidy-rothing also done by a permanent forest guard the Band have offered to come for half of stalls have been reserved for them, more than co-operation between one Gov- of aeroplates, whose activities had re-price if they may use the Bar as a band. They return on the 21st, and it is, de ernment and another and between mili- sulted in a considerable saving of life stand. The aforesaid article of furai will be favoured with fine weather.
voutly to be hoped that their stay here tary and civil fring
and property.
ture will be open as usual only perhaps mare so. It is hoped that members will roll up to this concert in large numbers to, welcome our visitors.
Landing Grounds.
Flying in Australia,"
Sir Samuel, Hoare emphasised that if The Australian Premier, Mr. Stanley these routes were to be created and Bruce said the novelty had worn off safely maintained it was essential that dying in his country and to travel by landing grounds should be formed at aeroplane, as he did on a journey to Lon- The butch will take place on Thura proper intervals and kept in good order. don over several hundreds of miles of Sir Alan Cobham had declared, after territory, thereby effecting a big saving day, Friday and Saturday, while on the each of his great flights, that this was a in time, was no uncommon thing. In latter evening the Interport Dinner will fest condition of success. Sir Samuel remote districts, the seroplane was take place in the Hongkong Club. The Hours proposed to provide members of the proving a great boon increasing, as it Committee are entertaining both teams sub-committee with a list of the principal did, the sense of security by bringing landing grounds- required with view distant centres of population within at their guests. There will be the usual to seeing whether each Government could reach of doctors and hospitals in case of speeches and between them there will be not undertake the responsibility for sickness or accident. Most of the me- themselves within its territory.
chines so used were equipped with interspersed a musical programme.
(Continued on next Column).
(Continued on nezt Gatumn).
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stretchers.
Cricketers will be interested to hear known Hampshire cricketer, who captains that Capt. E. I M. Barrett, the well- Shanghai, has already arrived in the Colony and is staying, I believe, with Barrett was at the nets yesterday even- Mr. G. M. Young on the Peak. Capt. ing. We shall all be interested to watch the famous batsman practising here. informed that an officer of the K.0.8.E.
Just as I was closing these notes, I was is playing to-morrow in the trial. I understand his name is Debbie (I hope her will forgive me if I have spelt his name wrong). It is rumoured that be is a very useful bowler and a good batang
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