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London, Feb. 16. The annual general court of the "The War Office Committee which Royal Humane Society, over which for some months has been examin- Admiral Cresswell 3. Eyres presiding the question of removing the Ed, awarded the Stanhope gold Royal Arsenal from Woolwich to a medal for 1934 for the "bravest safer place inland has finished its deed of the year" to Lieutenant | work:
Hugh N. A., Richardson, R.N., for The result of the inquiry is to saving the life of a seaman who paint to the destrahlilty under felt overboard from HMS. Wolf-existing conditions," of removing Lound while at anchor, in Lamlash part at least of the Arsenal from Harbour during squally weather.
Woolwich
The report of the Committee will be considered by the Committee of
The incident happened during the darkness of the early morning of January 7 last year. Two life-Imperial Defence and finally by buoys that were thrown to the
the Cabinet, which will decide seaman failed to reach him what shall be done Lieutenant Richardson threw off This is the fourth inquiry into the bis overcoat and sea boots, dived subject. The first three inquiries fully clothed, and on reaching the resulted in decisions to retain the man tried in vain to tow him to | Arsenal at Woolwich But circum- the nearest, buoy. He swam back stances have changed materially
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the seaman's shoulders, while he himself grasped one of the beckets: Lieutenant Richardson assisted to
get the seaman into a boat, and in so doing lost his hold of the life- buby and was swept again leeward into the darkness. When the boat found him 10 minutes later nearly talf a mile from the ship he was in a very exhausted condition. The
boat, unable to make headway against wind and sea, had to be beached.
Silver medals were awarded to the following:-Ali Akbar, who
plunged into the Ichbar River
North-West India, while it was in heavy flood, and rescued a coolle who had been swept off his feet into the stream; Juma Kalanzi, who fought a crocodile and forced It to release a native boy it had seized and was submerging in the Nile on August 16; and Jack Richards, who rescued two from a heavy sea in Lee Bay Devon.
men
The annual report stated that 651 cases had been dealt with dur-
The Air Mensce -. The present Committee has examined the question in the light of the enormous air developments in recent years, our own marked inferiority in the air, and the pre- great sent vulnerability of the
.to Arsenal to air attack even long-range gunfire, from the Con-
tinent.
Every consideration of strategy, defence, and finance the cast of removing the Arsal to a safer place would be very considerable has been weighed arid presented for Cabinet consideration.
But the determining factor, overshadowing all others, is the
air menace.
EVENTS
TO-DAY
Friday, March 8 -Auctions-Lammert's H.K. Sales Rocio, Household -Furniture, 2.30 p.m.; one Buick Ave-senter Sedan Car, 3 p.m.
Cinemas. King's: The Life of Vergle
Winters,"
Queen's: "The Line-Up Central:"Chinese Picture." Oriental:-"Son Of A Sailor. World:"Chinese Picture." Alhambra:-"The Key." Majestic: "Servant's Entrance." Star: "The Greeks Had A Word
For Them."
Dances,Garrison Lecture Hall, 8.45 p.m.
Lectures Christian Fellowship, Helena May, 10.30 am. Speaker: Rev. Cyril Brown,
· Meetings Teachers' Association, Kindergarten Section, Quarry Bay School 5.15 p.m.; St. Andrew's Girls Gulld, 5:30 p.m.; Machine Gun Dance Committee, Lecture Room, Volunteer Headquarters, 6.30, p.m.; Kowloon Union Church Gen- eral Committee, 6.15 p.m.
· Moon~~~~ Moon, 4th Day. Social Functions.-Yorkshire So-
ciety Dinner. Hongkong Hotel, 7.45 P
Sports. Athletics.-St. Joseph's College (Caroline R1), 1 p.m.
Hockey-Punjabis "A" v. Eighth (H) Brigade, Royal Artillery. 4.15 p.m.; Hongkong Hockey Club Juniors 7 Lincolnshire Regiment; 5 pm.
W. Lee and Ho Sal-wing v. Iu Tak- Lawn Tennis Open Doubles, Y.
lam and lu Tak-chenk; Tsul Wal- put and Tsui Yun-pulv. Wong Shia-wing and Luk Chan-chung; Handicap Singles T. A. Pearce 7. E. Balhurst: S. F. Stapleton V. P. H. Scoones; J. E. Henry - v, ‹E. R. Price; V. R. Gordon v. J. Thomson; M Pagh v. R. H. Wild; Mixed Doubles, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Buy- ers v. R. Whinney and Miss E Strahan: Mr. and Mre. N. L. Smith
The vital importance of the Arsenal to the defensive organisa- is unques- tions of the country tionable. During the war 110,000 workpeople were employed there, and at that time it was the ob- jective of bombing planes and v. H. J Zeppelins.
Blow to Woolwich if
Armstrong and Miss
Saturday, March 9
Cinemas.
Whitham
Sunrise 6:39 am: Sunset.-6.29 p.m. ing the year, an increase of 59 At present, according to the Tides.-High at 11.23; Low at 5.08 over 1933, and 671 persons had re-latest official figures available, and 17.36. ceived, recognition in the form of about 7,500 people are "employed a medal or other award for saving there. In 1933 the Arsenal paid 578 lives, and attempting to save £1,167,000. in wages, 63 persons who were drowned or succumbed to foul gas. The cases were distributed as follows: 30,000 people. Obviously its re- England, 379: Wales, 42; Scotland, moval, wholly or in part, would be 60, Ireland, 311 India and the serious blow to the bustness of
Dominions, 33; and foreign coun- Woolwich, tries or at sea, 8.
It is estimated that the Arsenal | King's:-"Kentucky Kernels.” is the mainstay of something like Queen's: The Line-Up."
Central: "Chinese Picture." Oriental:-"Son Of A Sailor." Warid: "Chinese Picture.* Alhambra:-The, Key." Majestic:-"Servant's Entrance
!!
This is an important aspect of the matter which will be carefully Star: considered: Bo also is the great) expansion of Woolwich as
a re-
TRUNK CALLS BYsidential area, "and the air risk
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3 Years Research
After three years work the problem has reached the expert mental stage, and it is anticipated that the first services under the new system will be installed this year.
to a large civilian population con- sequent upon the presence among them of a great arsenal which would be the object of concentrat- ed assault from air”
The Greeks Had A Word For Them."
Entertainments. `----- "Hiawatha,” China Fleet Club Theatre, 9:15 p.m.
Miscellaneous Tombola, Garri
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Moon.--II Moon, 5th. Day. Social Craigengower Cricket Club Whist Drive. 9 p.m.
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Cricket First Division, Ko loon C.C. v. Civil Service C.C. (L);
subscriber service for the whole Hongkong C.C. v. Army (L); Royal country will be installed..
Navy v Club de Recreio (F); Se- Musical Signals
cond Division, Craigengower C.C. Y. However, on dialling TRU, one Royal Engineers (L); Police R.C. British Post Office engineers are will be connected direct with the v. Club de Recreio (L): Civil Ser working on an invention to enable trunk operator, who will obtain vice C.C. v. Kowloon C.C. (L).A a man in, say, London to dial the the number, thus eliminating the Football First Division, Royal number of a man in, say, Aber-conversations between the home Artillery v. Lincolns (Bookumpoo), deen, and get the subscriber direct and distant operators which waste 3 pm Royal Navy v East Lanca without further human interven so much time at present.
shires (Navy Ground) South The utmost ingenuity has had China B v. Kowloon (Caroline to be exercised to make this Hill Ground); Club de Recreio v. inter-zone" dialling possible. The South China “A” (Kloon Ground); signal given by dialling is convert- Royal Welch Fusiliers v. Chinese ed into a combination of musical Athletic (Sockunpoo Ground); St. tones, which is transmitted over Joseph's v. Police (St Joseph's kapel the wires and made to select the Ground), 430 pm on Ders Its introduction will mean a number at the other end, son Navy Royal Engineers; great speeding-up in obtaining The difficulty is that very little Cluby Kowloon, University v. calls, and the saving of an incal of the musical scale is now left Bouth China, Royal Welch Fus culable amount of time and money unoccupied for sending such liers v. Chinese Athletic, 3 p.m.; for the Post Office
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