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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9th, 1928.
IN A CONTROL
TOWER.
BRAIN OF EUROPE'S AIRWAYS.
PILOTS GUIDE,
POSITION TOLD IN 75
SECONDS.
Quel est ma.position, s'il vous [plait ?" ("Where am I, please?"
I was in the new control tower 55 the Croydon aerodrome, the "brain" of Europe's airways, says a Daily Mail-correspondent, when I heard these words spoken appar ently by someone in the tower, who wished everybody there to hear him. "Who was that speaking?" I
asked Captain Jeffs, the duty officer a that moment in command of the
tower.
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LAWN BOWLS.
INTER-DEPARTMENT COM- PETITION
FINAL TO-MORROW...
On the Police Recreation Club ground to-morrow, the fan of the Government Inter-Department bowls competition, will be decided between Clovemment House and the PAX.D. The match starts at 3.30 p.m.
The PW.D. deleated the Prisons Department and the Sanitary De- while Government House disposed partment (last year's winners).
of the Small Units, The **Works" team will be the favourites for the Cup, as every one of their team is an experienced Bowler and plays for some Club in the League. Government Hour on the sher hand, brith the exception of the skip, took up the game recently, but judging by their recent victory over the Small Units who, could be classed as a strong side, they are likely to extend their opponents.
It is understood that the Cup and souvenirs will be given away at the close of the game.
Government House will be repre
When he was free Captain Jeffs turned to me and said, "The voice. you heard was that of a Frenchsented by Capt. A. J. L. Whyte (No. 1), Major H, B. L. Dowbizgin airman tying above the Channel:. (No. 2), His Excellener Mr. W. T. He was above clouds, and beneath Southern (No. 3), and Mr. J.
Deakin (skip). him he could see nothing but no expanse of what looked like cotton wool. We were able to tell him exactly where he was within 73 seconds.
"When he was speaking to us by wireless his voice was reported by
a
THREE NEW WORLD'S RECORDS.
SURMI'S GREAT RUNNING.
{THROUGH SKUTKE'8 AUENCY.)
a loud-speaker, and this instrument in front of the senior wireless
BERLIN, Oct. 7th. operator, known
radio-
The Finnish runner, Nurmi, parti- cipating in 1.1 athletic meeting goniometer, immediately gave us his here, established three new world approximate position of the EngHe ran 19 kilometres and 210 lish coast.
metres" in an hour, covered 13 kilometres in 46 min. 19), seça, and did the 10 miles in 50 min, 13 secs.
After asking the French pilot
records.
RUSSIA'S EXPORT TO
JAPAN GROWING.
to keep on talking to us for hall minute we spoke to the Pulham (Norfolk) and Lympae (Kent) stations, who had also heard the pilot's message. They were almost immediately able to tell us the position of the pilot in relation tö their stations. I then went to this large map which, as you see, has
M. Aaikoer, Soviet Trade dele- strings attached to the spots mark-gate to Japar, at a meeting of re ed Pulham, Lympne, and Croydon.tions in Moscow last month, said
presentatives of economic organiza Having placed the Pulham and the work of the Soviet Trade Dele
MOSCOW CONFERENCE SHOWS TRADE CAN BE IMPROVED.
A VICAR'S PLEA.
SOMEONE TO SAVE A BIT OF
OLD ENGLAND.
The vicar of Christchurch Priory, Hampshire, the Rev. Canon W. H Gay, is alarmed by a report that Hatch. a residence with two acres persons who have bought Church
of gardens, adjoining the historic Priory Church, contemplate erect-
terraces of houses.
In this month's parish magazine, under the heading of "A Ory from. the Heart," the vicar says one hears of very wealthy women of Bournes mouth who had a difficulty in the disposal of their fortunes, and goes. on?
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...Oh that one of the Bourne- mouth Indie, who love Nature and dear old England would buy this place and, for all time' prés. serve the amenities of the place. Such a benefactor would have the pleasure of realising the blessing of money in her lifetime... I is.caough make one weep to contemplate the possible deseern- tion and he vulgarising of this TJIKARANG last bit of old England within a half-hour of England's popular senside resort.
mort
The walled garden of Church Hatch adjoins that portion of the Priory churchyard known as Para- dise on the south side and the a castle ruins of the town on the
north.
DIVORCE IN THE F.M.S."
FOLLOWING ENGLISH LAW.
TJILEBOET
SOUTH BOUND.
EXPECTED
FROX
ON OR
ABOUT
WILL LEAVE WEDNISDAY
DALNY, AXOT Harbour 10th Oct,
41 p.m. S'BAX'LUING 16th Oct 17th Oct,
& ANDY DALNY, A MOT 22nd Oct. | 24th Oct..
TJISAROEA...SUAL KLUNG. 29th Oct 31. Oc
&AMOT TJIMANEOK DALNT, A KOT 5th Nov. 7th Nov.
TJIKINI
Fox
MAKAMER &
SORRADALA
BATAVIA
MAKAMER &
4pm.
& 4 pro
NORTH BOUND.
WILL LEAVE ON
EXPECTED
STEAMERS
FROM
ON ON
1300T
ON ABOUT
TJISAROBA
A draft of a Divorce Ennement TJISALAK to be introduced in the Federal
Sozbaraza
BATATLA
MAKASSAR & SORRABALL
FOR
10th Oct. 13th Oct.
AMOY, SHANGBAN
BATAVIA
... JAVA,MAKAзsza 19th Oct. 92id Oct
Council is published in the F.M.S. TJISONDAR... BATAVIA 24th Oct 26th Ost.
Government Gazette.
The Legal Adviser (the Hon. Mr.| TJITAROEM W. S. Gibson) states that the object of the Bilt is to give the Supremo Court jurisdiction over Christians in matrimonial causes. The Bill follows the lines of Straits Settle- ments Ordinance No. 193 (Divorce). but adopts the change effected in England in 1993 by which adultery on the part of the husband is by itself a sufficient cause for divorce. limited in the case of divorce by the The jurisdiction of the Court is TJILEBOBT
case of judicial separation by the TJIKINI " domicile of, the parties, and in the place where celebrated.
the marriage WAI
HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTE
Hong Kong Observatory, Och 8th
[Previous]On" Dute,On Dat
Day st
Barometer..
at 2 poz. 6 mm2 | 4 pin
99,83 99,96 29.93
Temperatur 80 Humidity.. $6 Wind-
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OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAL YOKOHAMA.
M.V. "VIMINALE"
M.V. "ESQUILINO"
M.V. ROMOLO “
KOBE AND MOJI,
From Hong Kong. Saila on/or about 11th Out... Bails onfor about 8th Nov. Sails on/or about th Dec.
HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE.
M.Y. "REMO "
M.V. "VIMINALE
M.V. "ESQUILINO
+
From Hong Kong. Sails on/or about 18th Oct. Sails on/or about 13th Nov, Saile on/or about 11th Dec.
ing to their bearings, I put the Croydon string in position, accord- ing to our bearing. Where the strings intersected was the spot, and within 75 seconds we spoke to the Frenchman and said, 'You are 12 miles due south of Beachy Hend.'"
Voice From Europe.
I heard other strange voices. There was a Belgian pilot also speaking from a spot near the Eng- ́lish coast; there was a voice coming from Holland; and then there came a message from a pilot a few thou sand feet above Germany.
The duty officer was continually picking up weather reports from all parts of Europe. Every important station sends, by wireless hourly weather reports" giving the direc- tion and velocity of the wind, the
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Direction Force Weather ... 0 conditions exist for the develop Bighest opm-au Temperature, 7th-8 ment of the export trade with Lowest open-air Temperature, 8th: 73 Japan. He said that the purchase of ships by the Soviet also is pos-
sible.
M. Anikoev said imports this year from Japan would total over 8,000,000 rubles. This business is financed by Japanese firms.
B*Blue sky; C-Cloudy; D= Drizzic; F Fog; L-Lightning; M-Mist; O-Overcast; P-Passing showers; Q-Equalls; R-Rain; T= Thunder.
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE..
From October 9th to 15th, 1928. HIGH WAT.
Trade & State Monopoly. The foreign trade of Russia is organized as A State monopoly, Importation and exportation of goods is carried on by special licenses issued by the Commissarist for Foreign and. Home trade and its departments under a plan and nually sanctioned by the Govern ment. The rights of purchasing goods for importation and selling Russian exports abroad in vested in the Trade Delegations of the Tues. 9 U.S.S.R. in foreign countries. By special decrees, respective Govern Wed. 10 ment departments select those state" and
co-operative organizations Thur which are authorized; ander" the control of the Trade Delegation, to Fri. engage in foreign trade.
Low WatIZ.
Height
Hong
Kong
Standard
Time.
h. m. ft.,
saumon 63 Height,
Bong
Kong
Standard
Timd.
E
b.
m. 1.
5 38 69
1 719
6 5 2 117 61
12m 8 42
1 46
m 1:94
8 515 9.
2 19
12
9
13
927
8 16 & 5.4
amount of cloud, and any other the foreign trade of the country) | Hun. } 14 ml 9 6 5m
details that would be helpful to the pilots.
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In addition to the map used for finding the whereabouts of ૧ machine there is a magnetic, steel chart-an enormous map of the British fale, and Europe, painted on a steel plate, with all the aero- dromes marked conspicuously. Ôn this map are little movable plates that look like, beetles, each one representing by its colour and letters an aeroplane that is in fight. Red is British, yellow
34 2 3 42 2 8
To encourage foreign capital in Sat, Russia haa formed "mixed com- panies" in which shares are held on. 1810-49 16 14 13 84 by the Soviet Government and foreign concerns.
945 & 6 7
10 5 7 0
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