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ECHOES OF
1859
33.-Military Officers and Their Salaries.
(May 13, 1859.) We extract the following from yesterday's Register. We
wen
A
say
vomit forth the result over a deal with the head; the bone and Chinese population; but when you
the muscle that has given and Just preserve our political posi- tion, then It is sound economy to be liberal, we had almost said, lavish."
the
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STAINLESS-STEEL AEROPLANES
For The Fleet Air Arm
London, October 3.. Severe
testa of experimental aeroplanes built of stainless steel- except for the fabric covering of wings, fuselage and tail unit and certain minor components-have proved the worth of the metal. Twelve stainless steel 'planes-six "Nimrod" single-seater ship fght- ers and six "Osprey" two-seatel fighter-reconnaissance craft-are
in course of construction; follow- ing trials in, the hands of the Hawker test pilots they will be sent to replace older types of air- craft in the complement of the Fleet Air Arm,
Amen" to every word of it-
"A good deal of excitement has been caused lately among the garrison here by a most uncalled for step on the part of the Home This is one of the subjects Government. It appears that which should elicit the early at some time ago Colonel Heythorne tention of our Legislative Cotin- and board of field officers cil. We are of opinton that, an
the reported to
Since the earliest days of metal Home Govern- arrangemert might be made. aircraft building. British chemists ment, that the pay of the subal, while it would tend materially to.
and metallurgists have tern officers in
sought China was the health and comfort of the ways and means of countering the inadequate to their necessities garrison generally, would promote corrosion demon, which more per- and, not proportioned to the salary the interests, and develope the haps than any other single factor of mercantile assistants. in the resources of the Colony. Cooping limits the "life" of an aeroplane Colony. Upon the representation men up in barracks is universally
and adds to maintenance charges. was grounded a request, that the admitted to be objectionable. It is
Metals which in themselves are allowances should be increased.
advocated by the red tapists on
not rustless are coated with pro- The last mail brought an answer the grounds that the men would ishes; they may also be chemi- tective coverings of special varn- to the application and that ans otherwise "get adrift and indulge cally treated or
stove-enamelled. not that an increase in those excesses which are was
In these ways should be given, but that the prolific sources
a high degree of of sickness and
resistance to corrosion is obtained, ordinary Colonial allowances were death to
our troops. We do not
and metals treated according to to be withdrawn. We cannot de- pretend to understand military established British technique show nounce ton strongly the system matters, but plain common sense remarkable endurance even in of false economy which dictates tells us that it is much easier to most severe conditions. such as stch retrenchment. Do away
take care of five hundred in on
affect operation of sea-going aero- with civil officers if you will, building.
planes in the tropics. There still especially with those who have
remains real advantage in em- shewn themselves not only incom-ly supplied to the Government which requires the minimum pro- A guard of six men is continual playing & constructional metal petent, but a positive drag on the execution of public works.
house, and as many to the Gov-tective treatment, and adoption of Do away with circumlocution offices,
ernment offices. There are of stainless steel represents à long cut short the allowances
course Do officers attached to step towards the corrosion-proof for official dilletantism, with every-
these small detachments and yet flying machine. thing that may be considered misbehaving themselves.
We never hear of any of the men ornamental.
We do Can never be belfeved to be useful. Ask the
not deny that a regiment of Erit- advantage of pretty plans "before
ish troops do require a good deal you pay for them. Scrutinise as
of looking after. but we adduce much as you please the charges these instances to illustrate the for roads that lead. to a single feasibility of the proposition we house, and drainage. that is to
are about to suggest. cleanse that one Elysium, and
but
(To be continued)
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KOMOR'S BI-ANNUAL WATER-
J.
COLOUR
EXHIBITION
An Attractive Show For The Man in the Street"
The Autumn Exhibition of Pie-knows something about pictures. I tures, whcih is held at Messrs. any one later turns up a too sophis- Komor & Konor. York Building, ticated nose a his purchase, he ean always attracts attention, and with Explain, that he bought it as in a few days of the opening most memento, not as a work of Art, and of the paintings" are sold.
when the superior person has gone, he can sit down in front of it and thoroughly enjoy his picture.
The display which opens to-day, should prove no exception "to the rule. None of the pictures is highly priced, and the variety of subjects is so wide, and the artistic incrit so great, that every visitor inds something to his laste.
It, by no means follows, that the choice of the pictures collector is that of a man who buys to decorate his home and these Exhibitions are primarily for the latter.
There is not one of these Water colours which has not this quality of enjoyment to give. They all appear to have been painted with pleasure, both in the scene and the- craftmanship, which their produc tion demanded.
The Water Colours of Tersuchi Stands out on the artistió merits and many of them, notably some The paintings are signed by some views of the "Japanese Alps" are. dozen different names. The modern exquisite ip feeling and technique. Japanese artist, like the Italian of
The Exhibition is one which & much earlier age, fathers a great should be visited by every one who deal of work done by his pupila an-has love of pictures, far the artist, der his direction; thus you will find it is instructive, showing how the one picture marked at $30.00 and East is adopting and translating another at $3.00 exhibitext under the technique of the West, and in the same name with aa wide a dif- the lesson "it tenches a value ference in their artistic merit as in composition and depth, both of their cost.
which have been sacrificed in Eu-
of
But when it comes to a question i rope in a headlong rush after of their marketable value, the post-mental images or primitive colour.
tion is reversed, not because the
buyer is unwilling to pay the large
sura, but because the simpler and
less intellectualised work appeals FORESHORE AND SEA-BED
more strongly to the average per¬ son who buys a painting as a me mento of some place he has seen or simply because it appeals to his sense of the beautiful..
It is this fact, though, that-makes- there Exhibitions at Komor and Kamor's so popular,
LAW
Proposed Amendments Abandoned.
ernment are not proceeding with We are informed that the Gor- draft Bill amending the Foreshore and Sea-bed Ordinance.
The man in the Street, the plain man, even the Philistine are all terma for the man who is the real patron of Art, who buys what' pleases him. He is often frightened The Hong Kong Foreshore and by a high-brow picture show, being Bea Bed works Ordinance met with torn between the inclination to buy local opposition on the question of as an investment on the advice of private rights, compensation and friend who expresses to know some the power of the authority to over- picture, which does not appeal to ride private rights. bim, or risking the ridicule of his The draft Bill together with a artistic friends by purchasing a pie. letter of protest from the Hong ture which he himself likes. So be Kong Chamber of Commerce, was compromises by doing the show cau- considered by the Home authorl- tiously, letting fall some non-com-tles, and on July 10 the matter was mittal remark and keeping his ventilated by a question in the money in his pocket:
House of Commons.
The Ordinance was sent Home in May.
But let such a man wander into one of these Bi-annual Exhibitions and he comes out lighter in pocket The Colonial Secretary's Office and satisfied. He has found nothing stated that the chief purpose of inside to alarm him, All the pic the ordinance was to permit the tures are attractive and have mean- Government to resume marine ing. He has not made a speculative land for public purposes without investment either of his money or being compelled to promote a of his reputation of a man who special Bill for each project.
The first complete fuselage of stainless steel to be shown in pub- lie anywhere in the world had a place on the Hawker company's stand at the Paris Salon late in 1932, and attracted much inform- ed interest. It consisted in the body framework of an "Osprey" biplane. Subsequently the ге- mainder of the structure was com- pleted in the same material, and a "Nimrod" fighter was similarly built, Both craft were submitt ed to drastic tests." The "Osprey" went through weeks of exposure strapped. to the gun-turret of a cruiser, where it was swept by the rain, roasted in the sun and soak- ed in salt sea" spray. Finally, it was lowered overboard, and soaked in the water for many hours. Careful examination showed that none of the tests had exposed any serious weakness in the ability of
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