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WEATHER REPORT.
Invitations were sent to practically every country in the world where Yesterday's weather report, fore, aviation is taken seriously, and it cast and remarks, issued by the is hoped to have between 20 and 30. Royal Observatory at 7.23 p.entries instead of the usual 10 to stared:-
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A tongue of relatively high pres sure still extends from Japan to S.W. Chion. Pressure gradients
According to officials of the National Aeronautic Association, the longest distance ever flown in over the China Sea are shallow..
one of these races, was 1,334 miles Local Forecast:-Light E. or-from Stuttgart, Germany, to variable winds, fine to cloudy; Moscow in 1912, This fight was made by the Frenchman BENAIKS, and is often considered the world record for balloon fights. This BIRTH.
has not been challenged even in ZIA. On August 24, at 26A, Sinza
Road, Shangha, to Mr. and recent years, and last year, when the Mrs. Z. A. Zia, a son..
race was held in St. Louis, the best
thunder showers.
eral,
MARRIAGE
DEATHS.
of the nine competitors covered only 340 miles. The chief prize in next week's race is the Gordon Bennett
the
ENGELS--FUTTERER--On August_23.
at the German Consulate Gen-trophy, but prizes amounting to Shanghai, Mrs. Rose $3,000 or more will be given winners FLUTTERER, née Jülch, to FRANZ of the first five places. The winner H. ENDELS.
of the first place not only becomes trophy-bolder but receives 81,000 and half of the entry fees CASTED-On August 23, at Shang and forfeits. Other winners share
hai, the result of a motor acci dent,
FRANCISCA prizes and fees accordingly. MARGEURITE Castro, aged 18) years.
eign competitors also receive from SHAW.-At Home, on August 27,8300 to $600 for expenses.
G. M. SHAW, formerly of Hong Kong.
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* News and Views *
Political quarters in Berlin as well as the Fress and the public in general are greatly incensed at the continuing frontier violations both by French and Polish military daily feature of the news columns aeroplanes which are becoming & of the Preas. It is asserted that Polish military pilots are lately border-line a sporting matter being making the crossing of the German secure in the knowledge that Warsaw is winking at this practice. The Press therefore demands that the authorities of the Reich take energetic measures to check the nuisance.
Herr Rudolf Qlden, the well known author of a biography of the late Foreign Minister, Dr. Stresemann, announces that he will shortly publish a new Life of Marshal von Hindenburg which is to appear simultaneously in Ger many, England and the United States.
A
Sir Henry Bowles gave advice to a motorist who was fined for dangerous driving, at Enfield Police Court, Middlesex, last month. He said "Be more cour teous I am perfectly certain you. will never lose anything by it, would like to see a return to the courtesy that was exercised in the days when I was young. I think that i more road courtesy was ex
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hibited
a great many accidents would be avoided." Sir Henry is
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Cuban Ambassador. The
Lord Ednam, whose wife perish. James Ends How, knowned in the recent aeroplane disas throughout America as the "milter, is now on a visit to Canada lionaire bobo," has died in hospit for reasons of health. " al of pneumonia following on starvation at Staunton, Va. He Spaniards are not at all pleased was fifty-six years old. Educated with a book on Spain just brought at Harvard and Oxford and aout at Madrid by no less a per- member of the Fabian Society, he sonage than Dr. Garcia Konly, Lieut. Henry Stahl, of the U.S.belonged to a well-to-do family of the Air Corps reserve, was instantly St. Louis. Though born in luxury, killed on the Leavenworth flying How elected to spend most of his feld, Karaas, laat week when has years in the company of tramps, aeroplane crashed. The cause of and at nearly, all bobo coventions the disaster is unknown.
it was he who filled the role of chairman, Receiving liberal monthly allowance from his peo- ple, he distributed it among his fellow hoboes, hardly keeping en ough for the bare necessities of life for himself.
The German delegation to the forthcoming session of the League of Nations Assembly will be head- ed by Foreign Minister Curtius with the legal adviser of the For- sign Office, Dr. Gans, and the chief of the German delegation" to the League's disarmament commission, Count Berastorff, as the other two chief delegates. In accordance with tradition the delegation will again include some prominent members of the government and opposition par
ties.
The official unemployment returns in Germany for August 15 show & further increase by approximately
60,000 to
papers are highly indignant. The Impercial says, for instance:
Dr. Kohly responds to the constant proofs of courtesy and affection he has received from all Spaniards with remarks in very bad taste about Spain, whose only sim has been to try and make herself agreeable to him." Whether or no the publication will have any diplo- matic sequel cannot, of course, be said, but at any rate it is known that the book was discussed at yes- Mr. W. Cameron Forbes, newly
terday's meeting of the Cabinet, appointed American Ambassador to pain and surprise being expressed Japan and at one time Governor at the poor opinion held by the General of the Philippines, is visit Ambassador of the Spanish people
States on business with relation to fraternity.that he has pronounced ng several points in the United in face of the speeches breathing. his new post before starting for the on various occasions. Far East reports the United Press. The Ambassador is to sail for Japan on the President Taft, leaving August 29.
Belgian, German, and French balloonists have figured most pro- minently in the races in recent years, the Belgias winning the
All fines levied under General trophy three times in succession in Frimo do Rivera's dictatorial 1922, 1923 and 1924. The Americans régime in Spain will be repaid in
Senor La Cierva, the Spanish in- have won the last four years in full, according to an official an-
nouncement saying that the Cabinet rentor, who recently left Lympre in succession. The Gordon Bennett will submit to the Parliament still
an attempt to fly to Paris in his races were begun in 1906, and art to be elected a Bill granting the helicopter, crossed the Channel suc supported by the Federation Aero-funds necessary for such a measure, cessfully, but had to make landings at Berck Plage and, dt Abbeville nautique Internationale as well as
owing to slight engine trouble. the American National Aeronautic
Senor La Cierva few the Channel Association. The committee for the
in an earlier model in 1938. A de a total 2,543,000. The monstration of the latest autogiro contest is beaded by ORVILE
number of short-time workers also, machine was given at Heston in WRIGHT, Inventor of the first power- increased appreciably. It is how January. The helicopter, or wind- driven aeroplane. The present ever, confidently expected that the mill" machine, is lifted by four instead of the trophy for which balloonists will government's programme for stimu-rotating vanes
lating industry by awarding emer-normal fixed aeroplane wings. It compete next week is the thirdgency contracts which is already is able to take off in a limited space which has been offered since the under way, will reduce these figures after a short run. and makes an races began, the first having been or at any rate will offset a further almost vertical descent, coming to lengthening of the list of the un-rest within a few feet after touching In these days of amazing long-dis-won for permanent possession by the employed.
the ground. tance and non-stop aeroplane flights, Belgians in 1924, and the second by it is strange that there still peraists the United States in 1928. a keen interest in ballooning, though in a very limited circle. Not so many years ago a balloon
HONG KONG, AUGUST 30, 1930.
A STRANGE SURVIVAL.
MUCH TOO EFFICIENT!
An important change bas just taken place in the management of the Bauhaus," Germany's leading school of architecture and arts, by the appointment of Herr Mies von der Rohe, the prominent leader of the most modern trend in architec-
school.
Using radiotelephone.. Captain Lewis A. Yancey remntly conversed with Madrid, Spain, from a 'plane 4,000 feet over Buenos Aires. He is probably the arst man ever to be up in the air in America and "on the air in Europe at the same time.
Where is Balph Hiden, the Aus trian international goalkeeper, who is stated to have landed in England to join the Arsean! Football Club in the coming football season The greatest secrecy is being maintained as to his whereabouts, although Mr. Herbert Chapman, the Arsenal man- ager, has informed the Vienna Ath- fletic Sports Club that Hiden land- ed on Saturday afternoon. The goalkeeper at first was refused per mission to land at Dover, but this was afterwards described as ས་ mistake on the part of an official."
ascent was an event which thrilled THz extraordinarily high standard ture, to the directorship of the enlisted in 1840 in the 14th Light something, but he is on holiday in.
thousands. When, in addition to
Nominal amount of all the bares in NOTICE OF DECLARATION OF the astonishing upward leap of the number of competitors in one of the erg and ashore were greatly mystifi. the junior boys of the Guildford tion regrets the resignation as
the Company's Capital from $10.00 to $2.00 Per Share.
AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that a farther EXTRA- ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
INTERIM DIVIDEND.
that
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN N
FIRST INTERIM DIVIDEND of One Shilling Per Share,
Declared by the Directors of the ending 3'st MARCH 1931, has been payable to Company in Brisbane, Shareholders
the Registars at он
great gasbag," there was the further thrill of a parachute descent by some "professor" whose broad
ELBY
of the MEMBERS of the above camed on Account of the Financial Year chest was decorated with mani- could only be accounted for by the water-skia," their invention which lively boys who tyrannised over tion for high-handed actiona against,
Card Pince 22 FRIDAY, the Company will be held at the Same TWENTY-SIXTE Day of SEPTEM. BER, 1930, for the purpose of receiving
We are unable to say where Hiden England's oldest living soldier; Seargeant Major John Stratford, is at the present moment," said un of Wolverhampton, celebrated his official of the Arsenal FC. "We have not yet been informed that he 101st birthday last month. He re-
is in this country. He has certain- ceived congratulatory messagea from, all parts of the world. Hey not signed on to play for the club yet. Mr. Chapman may know
Yorkshire," Dragoons. of scholarship displayed by a large
Speaking at the prize-giving to People on board the Rhine steam-
The Berlin Press. without excep papers set for the Baccalaurented when there appeared in the mid- Royal Grammar School the head chairman of the mixed German- examination at the Sorbonne this dle of the river two men walking master. Mr. A. J. B. Green, said Polish committee for Upper Silesia year aroused the suspicion of the on the water and swiftly moving he had had one or two boys warting of the prominent Swiss statesmen forward as if they were on land. to stay away from school becaues M. Calonder who was always fair examiners. Such unusual brilliance Only when they came ashore it be they were frightened to come. The in his decisions and on
cause of their terror was some too occasions curbed the Polish inclina- came apparent that they wore fact that the competitors had learnt they had just tried out, having their lives. "I am asked for sr the German minority in defence of beforehand what questions were to walked down the river all the way medy" said the headmaster parents the peace-treaty. be asked, and all of them were im from the city of Mainz without any remedy is that you, their parents should teach your nervous son to difficulty or mishap..
stand up for himself to be ready A hike to the Rocky Moun- to struggle for bis rights up to the ing their degree.
tains, the first of its kind to be last atom of breath that he has, shortage of suitable recruits was How such an indiscretion could made by a troop of Boy Scouts, and you should persuade him to made by Mr. Tom Shaw (Minister have been committed caused general commenced recently when the Leeds join the boxing class. Tell him of War in the House of Commons TEMBER, to FRIDAY. 28 SEP. balloon, while their elders will not bewilderment, and articles were Central troop from the Leeds Mo that a bay of eleven or twelve has ast month. "I have recently," he dern High Schoof left Southamp no business ever to have heard of said, been to such places as Win- chester, Oxford, Rugby, Harrow trouble to raise their eyes to ob published in the Parisian Press-
ton by the White Star Finer Me- things called, nerves."
and Eton, and saw there hundreds. and thousands of young men in serve anything of lesser dignity accusing venal Professors of having gantic for Canada. The boys were
War memorials to the British excellent physical condition who than an airship. Yet among &
informed their richer and more- accompanied by the head master, favoured pupils of the questions. G. F. Morton. The lads will missing were unveiled simultane would be inestimably benefited by, a spend a few days visiting Mon-ously on the battlefields of Loos, few years service in the Army. few enthusiasts in many countries and urging a complete reorganiza-treat. Quebec, Toronto, Ottawa. Pozieres, Vis-en-Artois and Louer: Why don't they join up as infantry ballooning is still popular, and in tion of the examination system and and Niagara Falls, and will then val (Cambra) on August 4 by Sir men? If middle-class and Univer-
Sir Macready, entrain for a 2,000-mile journey for Nevil Hong Kong Bank Chambers,
Horace sity men went into the Army, he. SINGAPORE, 15th August, 1920. [976 the United States next weck another far-reaching reforms. The Jasper Park, whore the real hike Smith-Dorrien (since dead) Sir added, the social gulf between the and the officer could be international attempt will be made explanation appears to have been begins. They will return in the Walter Braithwaite and Sir Louis mas
Vaughan respectively.
bridged. simpler and more astonishing than middle of September."
sation
medals, the public's thirst for sen was completely satisfied.
a report of the proceedings at the before BRISBANE and HINGAPORE ou Nowadays only the most languid in- mediately disqualified from obtain- mentioned Meeting and of confirming, FRIDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER, 1930.
if thaught ft, the before mentioned Hesolation as a Special Resolution.
Dated this Twenty-eighth day of August, 1930,
9770)
By Order of the Board,
B. ALVES,
Secretary.
THE BRITISH CORPORATION REGISTER OF SHIPPING AND AIRCRAFT.
READ OFFICE
,14 BLYTHSWOOD Square, GLASGOW.
NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY
GIVEN that the SINGAPORE terest is taken even by children in
TRANSFER REGISTERS will be the appearance overhead of CLOSED from FRIDAY, 12TH SEP
TEMBER, 1930 (Both Days inclusive) for the preparation of Dividend War ranta.
By Order of the Board, DERRICK & CO., Chartered Accountants,
Local Secretaries.
HE Undersigned, has been appointed THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL,
NON-EXCLUSIVE SURVEY-
OR to the above Corporation for TONG KONG
́T. H. G. BRAYFIELD,
3, Queen's Building, Hong Kono. Telephone No. 30291 (two lines)." Hong Kong, 26th August, 1920. [9762
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~CHOOL RE-OPENR on TUES. DAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1930, at 8.30 AM.
BOARDERS should Retara.. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH.
AR NEW BOY8-Day Boys and Boarders should attend School between 9 sud li A.M. on Monday, 4
Parenta and Guardians can make appointments to see the Headmaster, THE BUREAU VERITAS INTER-it necessary, on SATURDAY and
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T. EL G. BRAYFIELD,
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Telephone No. 30231 (two lines), Hong Kong, 25th August, 1930.
CHOOL RE-OPENS, and NEW
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to break the record for long dis- anybody suspected. On the day be tance ballooning, a record which fore the paper in question was to has defied all advances of aerial be answered, M. CHARLETY, the science
for 18 years.
While aeroplanes have spanned wide occans and vast continents with case, the balloon record of 1,806 miles set by BERLINER, of Germany, in 1914 has stood un- threatened despite the remarkable advances in other lines of aviation. This year efforts are being re- doubled to beat that achievement.
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enlist in the Army to wake up the An appeal to middle-class boys to
Local Notes and Events
For; stealing 17 packets of cigar- ettes and two mahjongg sets from shop in Shanghai Street, a Chi- aese was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment by Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at the Koloonw Magistracy yesterday,
Rector of the Sorbonne, is under- stood to have been called to the telephone ostensibly to speak to M. CHIAPPE, the Prefect of Police. His interlocutor begged the Rector to tell him at once the exact questions set for the next day's examination. He could not, he said, give the reason for this strange request over SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 and 7.
Telephone-67TTEJA JA
the telephone, it was a very delicate
Pleading guilty to the charge of POST ADDEX-P.O. Box 83,
business and he would call in person unlawful possession of aine mace of Hoze Kower:
later to explain matters
illegal opium, a bricklayer of the Tung Lee firm of building contrac Fees- Entrance Fee $10.00
Boarders. $569.00 per annum.
Had the Rector happened to refors was fined: 820.or three weeks Day Boys $168.00 per annum. The leading attempt will be the member the facts of M. DADDER's hard labour by Mr. T.-E. Whyte-
Smith yesterday. annual race
race for the Gordon escape from the Sants three years No Extra Charges for Games, etc.
Bennett trophy, held on September ago his suspicions might have bees The Chinese who was badly 1 at Cleveland, Ohio, where one of aroused, but he did not, and fell crushed between a wall and a car into the trap. Unfortunately the at the Kowloon Godowns on Wed- CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME the largest and best equipped air student who possessed the ingenuity day has succumbed to his in- juries. The man responsible for ORIENT.
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On the arrival of the Russian
Two motor-cycles belonging to Looking Back 50 Vesra. Mr. A. Gill and Lieut. A H Mas- son respectively, which were report ed as missing, have been recovered Admiral in harbour on the oth intact. The one belonging to Mr.instant, the Admiral and Madame Gill was found near Humphreys Leasovsky were invited by His Buildings and the other in Austin
! Excelleney the Governor to accept the hospitality of Government Six Chinese were brought before House. Arrangements had been Mr. Whyte-Smith at the Kopfoon Magistracy yesterday on a charge made for an official landing, hat. Mr. Hin were countermanded when it was of disorderly conduct. Shing Lo who appeared for last found that the Admiral did ne of the three defendants, applied for bail on the ground that since the hoist his flag and begged to be allow beginning of the ease the defened to land privately. In accord- dants had been in police custody.ance with previous arrangement, Sergeant Fithees, however, told his the Admiral and Madame Lesso vaky Worshim that the injured man (one stayed at the Russian Consulate as of the defendants) had been struck the guests of Mr. and Mrs Andre, in the head with an armature and but were to dine at Mountain Lodge had been in a serious condition for last night. Owing to the inclementy a long time. The Magistrate reof the weather, however, they could fased hail and fixed the case for not avail themselves of the invita- tion they had accepted. The Aá- miral and Madame. Lessovsky, ac- companied by Mr. Andre, called at Government House yesterday, where
When a Chinese Ind was brought September 4. before the Kowloon Magistrate on
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only two people in Hong ong can make these toy grass hoppers, and one of them was my sell A specimen was passed to the Magistrate for inspection, and in remarking that they were very neatly made of dried grass, his Worship cautioned the lad:
the number of entries and so in any case, be told a number of his that crease the chances of a new record. friends, who in their turn told others, with the result that for once Cleveland, with facilities for hand-
in the history of education the an- ling large numbers of balloons, was swers to an examination paper were accepted with this thought in
too good to be true
or
Awrit claiming $170,000 has been | cellency the Governor, who, later in taken out by the Colonial Treasurer in the evening, attended by hi against the Opium Farmer for not Chinese secretary returned paying the amount due on his opium in person at the Russian. Cona monopoly for the month of August. The Admiral embarked at Hong Kong Daily Press, August last night-Hong Kong 30, 1905.
Freez, August 31, 1880.