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BRITISH MEN OF SCIENCE
TO SHARE NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE
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LONDON, Oct. 28.
ITALIAN WORLD- FLIGHT
24 SEAPLANES TO TAKE PART
(Special Airmail Service).
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1932.
KWANTI RACES
ENTRIES FOR SUNDAY'S MEETING
The following are the entries for the Fanling Hunt and Raco Club November Meeting. at Kwanti, on Sunday:-
YACHTING
WITH THE VOLUNTEERS AT FANLING
3RD LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP
The 3rd Ladies' Championship "II" Class and the 1st Ladies' Class were Chenpionship "A" sailed yesterday and resulted as follows:
Course: -(1) Lyemuu Beacon (P), (2) Mark on Line (P.), (3) Channel Rocks (P.).
Yacht
Diana
(Miss E. Jan).
The Machine Gun Troop Hurdle Race (Unofficial). One inite LONDON, Oct. 25. Cupid (100 lbs.); Jan Stower (160); The long-projected Italian forma- Mongolian Stag (160); Mouche It was announced in Stockholm tion flight round the world in ex-(160); Mountain Rat (160): Rel On October 27 that the Nobel Prize pected to begin. next Marel or Leaves (170); Roodlasi (170); Social for Medicine for the year 1932 wil! April. 24 seaplanes of a modified Mark (100); White Stars (170). be shared by the two British Stient S 65 type, driven by new Isotta- Nine entries.
2nd Race The Sha Tau Kok ists Sir Charles Sherrington, 0. M. | Fraschini ongines of 750 to 800 h.p.] F.R.S., Waynflote, Professor of at an average speed of 195 miles Steeplechase. One and a quarter. Dorothen Physiology in the University of an hour, will take part. The flight miles:- Anson (138 lbs); Banjoliza Oxford, und Professor Diglas is expected to take about three (101); Black Noria. (158); Country Adrian, F.R.S., Fellow of Trinity months and to be accomplished in Club (152); Demurrer (146); Just The main object is to Imagine (161); Malakit (182); Mel- College, Cambridge, and Foulerton 30 stages.
test the reliability rather than the rose (163); Whisper (158); White. Prissor of the Royal Society.
speed of the machines. It is un-Heather (161). Ton entries. derstood only two basce are to be established, the first at New York and the second almost certainly at Tokyo. The flight will begin and and at Orbetello.
Sir Charles Sherrington. The award is made in recognition of the research of these two men into the function of the nerve cell and its paversin, Sir Charles Sherrington's studies of the mer vous system have made in the jouder of one of the most important muxtern schools of physiology. By his research into the fields and distribution of the spina} erves he has enabled us to localise famours of the spinal chord with on Arenrary previously impossible, i I work on the cortex of the brain has rienilarly extended the fields of milical al surgical know- Inclge.
Professor Adrian.
sunsory
Professor Adriae is perips best known for his work on the nature of nervous impulses. His studies of what netually happens in nerve. tive when an impulse presa niny, it has opened up completely He has na vince of thought. evra zaccredes, by an amazingly ingenious systems of amplifers and making these loud-speakers in hitherto hidden and silent nervous impulses actually audible to Fatener.
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BRITISH PRESTIGE REGAINED
MANY DIFFICULTIES OVERCOME
(Special Airmail Service)
LONDON, Oct. 25.
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SUCCESSFUL INAUGURAL CAMP DURING WEEK-END
STRENUOUS CRAMMING IN THE ART
OF WAR
A VOLUNTEER'S IMPRESSIONS.
our
Was
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the different sections showed to his superior officer that he model of efficiency when it came to raining the opposite hillside with a hail of bullets. To relieve the monotony "af incessant condict; we alternately put out an occasional grass fire, allowed ourselves to ba photographed, or wrangled with "the_coolie peanut-vendor over the market price of his wares.
With the advantage of glorious, spoud on every occasion.
Back to camp for tiffin, and w Distance: 7.8 miles
spell-o till 2.15 when the war was After a minor mishap to weather, the Hong Kong Volunteer "H" Class-Started at 3 p.m.
Defence Corps began their annual train, (wo wore delayed an hour resumed with renewed vigour. By Time Time
training and instruction camp last and a half at Shatin on Friday this time we were becoming more Fin.
Cor.. Pts.week-end, when about 150 officers evening) wo eventually made camp proficient in the affective use of the 4.43.034.43.31
and men journoyed to Fanling to at about 8.30 p.m. When the machine gun, each man firing a With the undergo the first of a series of tumult and excitement of receiving ration of immunition. 4.38.49 4.33.53
had died setting of the sun, our labours for camps, which are being held on and making beds "
After dinner a (Miss Knell)
consecutive week-ends up till the down, we retired for the night to the day finished. "y" and " & " Olasa-Start-middle of Deamber. Members of lio wide awake and ponder on the sing-song, a game of cards, and a the following mits went under extreme perversity of a camp pail. general chat with the chape. Thon to bed, too tired to-night to worry about the hard lump under the
The final day of our camp usher- ed in to the bugle's awakening (Continued on Page 1)
ed at 2.05 p.m. “
Time Timo Fin. Cor.
Yachi Ailsa ........ 4.51,31 4.51 34
(Mrs. Chavaseli
D.N F.
3rd Race The Kwan Tung Landicap, Six furlongs:-Blue Why Wonder Piane (140 lbs.); Celerity (140); (Mrs. Fowkes) Echo (140); Firedy (140); Hirwego | Bluejacket .... 4.31.30 4.81.17 (140); Shanghai, Beau (140); Toby (Miss M. Whitham), (140) San Francisco (145); Until Speedwell 4.36.10 Then (145); Little Gem (148); (Mrs. Stewart) Jimmy (140) Devon (131), Im-Gael perial [m1 (152); Whoopee (155); (Mrs. Malone) Gallant Fox (158); Christmas Toynette Bello (109). Sixteen entries.
ah Race-The Ladies' Mile (Un official). To be riddon by ladies. No whipe or spurs-Christmas Belle (41 1x): Duke of Normandy 11. (131) Empress Hall (140); Festival Eve (140); Imperial Hall The Bishop of London, Dr. Win-|(113), King's Parade (153); Lobster nington Ingram, speaking at the Day (148) Misamis (130); Shang- session of the London hai Beau (135); The Cadwall (148); Diocesan Conference held in the The Plover (142); Tommy Boy Great Hall, Westminster on Oct. (149): Wakefield (148); Wembly
Stag (138). Fourteen entries. 24, expressed his deopest, thankful- ness for the position of our coun- try to-day compared with what it was 12 months ago. The situation then was full of the deepest anxietyina (145); Celerity (146); Black our prestige was down for the first
Maria (150); Cupid (150); Ilofty time throughout the world and our country was faced with disaster, (150); Imperial Hall (150); Cloudy Eve (150); Festival Evo (160); Just, To-day, we stood unquestioned in
Imagine (100); White Heather the leadership of the world. The whole world was astonished at the (100). Eleven entries.
The Nobel prize for medicine has s not been awarded since 1929 when it was divided between Sir Fred rrick G. Hopkins and Dr. Ejik-way in which our country had met nian. The value them was £6,000.
RUSSIANS SPLIT THE ATOM
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Lesbos, Nov 27. Rus Seimutists, using the Sume ethods as Dr. J. D. Lock- roft and Dr. E. T. S. Walton en- ployed at Cambridge last April have succeed in spliting the atono. This was reported to Stalis, the Soviet Dictator, by the Ukrainian PhysinTechnical Institute at Khar- koff, when the claim was made that ah High Voltage. Bridgado of Scientists in October id split the atton for the secind time that this has been achieved anywhere The Cambridge success was achieved by Dr. Walion, who is not yet 30, and Dr. Cockroft who is 34. They work rd in the Cavendish, laboratory,
under Lord Rutherford.
MAIL-CARRYING AEROPLANE
AIR-MINISTRY ORDERS SPECIAL MACHINE
(Special Air-Mail Service)
LONDON, Oct, 25. Early next year Great Britain will have in operation a mai l'aero plane with a top speed of 196 miles n hour, a cruising speed of 179 miles an hour, and a ranga. of 1,000
5th Race This Kwanti Handicap Hurdle Ance. One and a quarter milea:-Anson (145 Jbs.) Banjo-
the tremendous diffoulties with Sicopterhase.
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4.65.31
5.01.31 4.58.40
3:10.29 3.01.38
(Miss Patchett) Eunice....... 5.03.-31. 4.37.50
(Mrs. Roso)
* Mast carried away protest
ngainst Toynotto.
1ST LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP “'Á" Class-Started at 3.10 p.
Yacht
Wasp £1.
(Mrs. Griffin)
Time Time Fin.
Cor. Pts. 5.07.03 5.07.03 0
La Linda..... 5.01.00 5.01.00 6
(Mrs. Sheldon)
Jan
4.37.55 4.87.35 11
(Mrs., Krogh Mor) Leobel
(Mias A. Whitham)
Joss
(Mrs. Stanton)
3.03.39 3.00.38
7
5.00.55 3.00.53 · 9
Points for "I," "Y" and "G": Class not allotted on account of protest,
GOLF
Bogey Pool (New Course) Fan-
November 18-20,
Oth Race The Kwango Open One and 'hall which it had been faced. There was] miles:- Amas (155 lbs.); Cham no doubt that today the tone of pagne Bay (155): Duke of Milan the Press throughout the world (140); Funling Stag (152); Justling, showed that other countries were looking to England once again to save Europe by sacrifice and the world by example.
NEW MINERAL NAMED BRAGGITE
DISCOVERED BY X-RAY METHODS
(Special Air-Mall Service)
LONDON, Oct. 25. The first new mineral to be dia- covered by X-ray methods of in. vestigation has been identified: at the Natural History Mussum, Lon
on, among a series of minute cry.
Imagine (101); Roslan (153); San Francisco (152); Loch Ryan (135), Eight entries.
7th Bace-The MG.T. Seurry (official). Half mile:-Amethyss
J. B. Logan...............
7
N. J. Perrin
E. M. Tetley
18
B
All square; tied.
The tie was decided by lot, and
(168 lbs.); Bob (168); Bostan (168): N. J. Perrin won. Eclipse Eve (108); Esculado (103); There were 16 entries. Friar John (168); Inshallah (108); }
Pat (108); Peter Davey (108);
Skean Dhu (108); Sunflower (168); small achievement. The Carlow (195); The Goods (109); Violin (165); White Label (168) Fifteen entries.
NOTED SHANGHAI
GOLFER
stals presented by the firm of Pet K. M. CUMMING AGAIN WINS
gietersrust Platinum, Ltd. from their working in the Transvaal. Its principal constituents are plati. num and palladium, and it has been named braggits in honour of Bir William Bragg.
RECORD PARACHUTE JUMP
(Special Al-Man Service)
LONDON, Oct. 25. A world's record paraghata jump
HUNCJAO CHAMPIONSHIP
Bhanghai Nov. 16. For the seventh time in the last twelve yearn, the championship of the Bunglao Golf Club has gone to K. M. Comming. Despite the long series of victories, the latest was by no means easy and the cham- pion had several very лаггет shinyes, although some of his figures in the competition wore sufficient to make the average Shanghai golf
miles, This is the special machine of 90,180 foot is claimed by Mer most particularly envious,
Against C. O. Cumming, "K.M."
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Honours at Home. Hungjao'a almost hardy annus! champion has had many successes both in Shanghai and in countries far away, but it might be appro priate to recall just now that in: 1007 and 1008 ho played for "Newington" for the "Edinburgh Dispatch" Trophy, the other mem- berk of the team being W, B. Tor- rance (Scotland's leading amateur), T. A. Torrance (his brother and this year's Walkor Cup captain), and the late C. Cumming-Manford, a tower of strength in Scottish golf for many years. K. M. Camming won the championship of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club in 1911 and 1012.
The Hungiso Golf club also har concluded the competition for the "B" Class Cup, Clark's victory in the final was rather surprising, as it was thought that J. G. Dickie would prove successful, he being an experienced golfer. He represented
ordered as an experiment by the Zabelin, the Soviet dyer (reports Air Ministry. Ita construction had Reuter, from Moscow). He made been nearly completed by Mossrs. the jump without an oxygen ap was down at the 7th, but man- Shanghai in Interport golf against Boulton & Paul and it will thortly paratus. The jump lasted 18 aged to beat him one up. Against Hong Kong in 2012 and 1913, ov 30 J. L. Crompton, he was 4 down at which occasions his opponent was be flying. The performance of the minutes, and he was carried machine is based on tests with milos by the wind. The previous the 11th, but beat him at the 19th, M. Cumming. models-in-the-wind tunnel and on world's record is given as 16,250 careful calculations. If the esti feet. mmates are fulfilled the minimum of the Air Ministry
-with-notably execoded,__:
the specification required a cruis. A very low undercarriage is ing speed of 150 miles an hour.ade possible by giving the inner The constructors expect to be able portions of the lover wing an anhedral angle, or uperad jilt, to
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Against Martin-Little-in-the-Anal, he was 2 down at the end of the first 18, but fortunately, in the second 18, he was two under fours at the 18th to beat him 3 and 2, and finished, the round in 71. This
allow sufficient clearance for the is two strokes better than the offici- fusniego. The machine has two Leemartinente e formazd for the at record, but it does not constitute
-Club Championship, Following are the results of the latter stages of the contest:
Third round-, M. Cumming, beat. C. O. Cumming up; J. L Crompton bent A. W. Reynell and 3; W. Mansel-Smith beat P. II. Cobb's and a; H, Martin Little | beat N, E. Kent 3 and 2
to guarantee that speed, with the full load of 1,000lb. of mail, when only ball the available engine power is 'used.
crew of two, and behind that the record, not having been done in Semi-finals, M. CummingTM Two Bristol Pegasus Engines, mail odbin. In the former there is
a medal competition. A serions of beat J. L. Crompton at the 19th; This mail carrier. is a biplano room for one of the pilots to lie. with two Bristol Pegasus engines down, while the other dick the victories over three such sterling 2 and 15
: - .' .. set in ascelles just beneath the top machine the mail compartment has wing and is built on most graceful a central walk so that to mails bepponente as these, mentioned is no (Continued at foot of next Column) attended to during fight.
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H. M. Little bent W. Mansel-Smith
Final KM, Cumming beat H. Martin Little 3 and 2
canvas.
Machine Qua
Insso.
Motor Troop,
Our training began in earnest at
Machine Gun Section, Armoured six o'clock on Saturday morning small of my back. Cars, Scottish Company, Anzac when, attired in shorts and shoes Company, Bignals, and Medical Sec, we were diligently put through our daily dozen by the enthusiastic sergeant-major.
tion.
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Arriving on the Friday night, tho two following days were spent in training and instruction under, as noar as possible, active service eon- ditions.
For number of the trainees, the occasion marked their initial military camp; others had had the experience in one or mord of the previous years' camps, but in every volunteer was the spirit enthusiasm and willingness which made the sojourn a most successful one. What was lacking
of
The disorder of our sleeping quarters rectified, then to break- last, but little or no instruction necessary at this phase of our train- ing!
off to the War.
Duly inspected and passed-for. good or for woran-by our very patient Colonel, we were marched off to the seat of war. In our case, it happened to be a valley where several hills converged. With the in experience was more than com aid of two machine guns and ocunt.
pensated for by readiness to re- less instructions, each member of
Christmas
is Coming!
A Word to Merchants from Old Santa, Himself
FANLING HUNT
STEEPLECHASE
RACES
SUNDAY
27th NOV., 1932.
ECONOMIC conditione noftrithstand
ing, I'm coming around again to cast my spell of fun and happiness over the land. Now is the time for you merchaste to stock well your shelves, for since the world began none have been able to resist the infectious spirit and gaiety of Christmas And mark ye well, a word from Old Sarta himself— A-D-V-E-R-T-I-S-E. The mop you adver. tise the more you will sell, and the more you sell the more successful my holiday."
SHOP EARLY
SANTA -COLAUS
in the day
in the month
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