HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1935-
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Landscape And Garden
The remains of the late Com-
We have just received a publica- missioned Gunner J. D. Jenner, of tion. Landscape and Garden, a H.M.S. Delight who died on most interesting quarterly Journal Wednesday at the Naval Hospital issued under the auspices of the from poisoning was interred at the Institute, of Landscape Architects, Colonial Cemetery yesterday morn-4, Bedford Square, London, W.CL. ing and was largely attended, Landscape gardening has become
There were many floral tributes. An enquiry is being held by the local naval authorities into the circumstances surrounding the death.
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CHINA STATION
Vice Admiral Sir Charles Little
(Special Air Mail Service(
London, Aug. 8. The Admiralty announce that the King has approved the follow
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AVIATION IN CHINA -
(Sfeclat to the "Hong Kong Dally
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Shanghai, Ang 21.
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Shanghai, August 23,0 According to an annouirament
Mr Earnest W. Dithman, an of- made a one meeting or local ficial of the home office of the Chinese industrial leaders held at United Aircraft Corporation in the office of the Foreign Trade Hartford, feturned here yesterday The Rey F. N. Chamberlain a great craze at Home and ising appointments:
Bureau at 5 pm. yesterday, all morning from a combined business Navy Chaplain, oficiated at the emmèntly suitable for Hong Kong.
goods Vice-Admi. Sir Charles J. ċ native
* manufacturers and pleasure trip to Canton and burial ceremony which was attend- This quarterly Journal is very Little, K.C.B to Commander-in-throughout the county are invit Hong Kong The visitor pointed ed by many officers and men of well got up and some excellent Chief, China, in succession to ed to participate in the exhibition out that Arst class airplanes would the 8th Destroyer Flotilk. The illustrations. notably the Bilver Admi Sir Frederic C, Dreyer, to be held in Singapore under the rurnish cheap and efficient trans- pall-bearers were drawn from War-Jubilee Floodlighting in St. James KCB., C.B.E, to date November 8. auspices of the Chinese General portatier or passengers and mall rant Officers of H.M.S. Capetown: Park. Warwick Castle.
Interna- Vice-Admi. Little; who will leave Chamber of Commerce a., Sing-over places where the roads were the Destroyer Flotilla and HM'S. tional Exhibition, Brussels, and England about December 6, will spore on October 5,
still too"rough und rugged to per- Capetown, while a fring party Garden Sculpture Mustration. In assume command of the station The main purpose of “the ex- | mit transportation by motor cars. › comprised men from warships in addition to
interesting about Janudry next.
hibition is to arouse the interest Not only did he see a bright'fn= port. The band of the Royal Welch editorial, the
articles Include
Vice-Admi, William M. James, of the public in Singapore in Chin- | ture for air traffic in China, but he Fusiliers also attended.
Town Gardens and their walls. C.B., to be a Lord Commissioner es products with a view to promo- also stated that the Chinese were The Influence of Japan on the of the Admiralty and Deputy Chiefting Chinese trade in genetal in among the most highly air-minded English Garden, Chelsea Gardens' of the Naval Staff, in succession to the Strait Settlements. Pre- people in the world and that their 1935. Gardens of the Countries and, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles J. Cparations for the exhibitions | diers were proving themselves cap- Hedges and Screens.
Little to date October 29. Vice- were started during last Novem-able. Admiral James will be appointed ber when representatives were Meanwhile the China National to the President; additional, for sent by the Chinese General Aviation Corporation is seriously duty inside the Admiralty from Chamber of Commerce in Slag considering the purchase of several October. I.
apare to Shanghal and other glans, luxurious Sikorsky amphib Vice-Adml. Sir Charles Little was principal cities to endist the Chin-ian airplanes, capable of carrying born at Shanghal in June, 1882. ese industrial groups participa- 16 passengers at cruising speed of and served on that' station as ation.
181 miles per hour, for use an their midshipman in HMS, Hermione. The exhibition will be the first Canton and Yangtse lines... He served principally in sub-or its kind ever to be held in marines during the first three Singapore, and will be conducted years of the war. He was noted in in the Great World Amusement despatches and received the C.B. Park in Singapore. Every, mert for his services as captain of the is being made to make it a grand Cleopatra in the Baltic.
affairs and a success. All delegates Promoted to dag rank in. Febru- from China attending the exhibi-Pe which is powered with four ery, 1929, while holding the post of tion will be the guests of the Chin-
engines." Director of Staff College, he be-ese General Chamber of Commerce According to A Chiaotungpu came Rear-Admiral, Second Battle in Singapore which will take care spokesman at Nanking, the Sik- entertainment andarskys, if bought, would enable the
C. N. A. G. to open a daily servic on the Canton line, and a low for rate cats if the traffic, improved Delivery of the planes, the spokes- man sald, could not be obtained before, the middle of next yest, and the approximate cos tof each plane would be U. S. $95,000,-
PROMOTION FOR VICE-
ADMIRAL
The Admiralty announced од Saturday that the King has ap- proved these appolotments:-
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles J. C. Little, K.C.B., to be Commander- in-Chief, China, in succession to Admiral Sir Frederic. C. Dreyer: K.CB, C.BR. to date November 8, 1935 to assume command' about' January, 1936.
- Vice-Admiral William M. James.
TELEVISION IN SIX MONTHS
Announcement By The P.M.G.
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, Aug. 13. Test trausmissions from the new
C.B. to be a Lard Commissioner high-definition Lalevision station at / Squadron, in April, 1930. In the of
of the Admiralty and Deputy
Chief of the Naval Stad, in suc- cession to Vice-Admiral Sir Char- les J. C. Little, K.C.B,, to date October 29, 1935-to be appointed President additional for duty, in- side Admiralty, to date. October 1, 1935.
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Little, who was born at Shanghai in 1892. entered th eNavy in
1836 and specialised in submarines.
Reported Dead In 1914 he took command of the submarines of the Dover Patrol, and later was in command of the flotilla attached to the
Grand Meet.
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the Alexandra Palace will begin in about six monins' time. They will be followed by a regular public service as soon as practicable.
following year he was appointed Chief of the Submarine Service.. THE "BUBBLES" PORTRAIT
Vice-Adml. James is a great- grandson of the late Sir John
their
itinerary of travel... Thina United Press (by mail).
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This fact was announced by Ma- jor G. C. Tryon, the: Postmaster Milais. RA, and the original of INTERNATIONAL SAFETY General yesterday. It is the first that artist's famous picture "Bub-
ificial intimation of the time it
bles." He formerly commanded will take to complete the station given since the Television Advi- the Battle Cruiser Squadron.
ory
"Press" (Copyright).3.....
Committee was formed in During the first part of the war | (Special to the "Hong Kong Daly February, and it follows the dis. closure in The Daily Telegraph re- cently that work at the Alexandra Palace had come to a standstill.
he was commander of the Queen Mary, but left that ship a few weeks before she was sunk at Jut- land to become Flag Commander to Admi. Sturdee in the 4th Battle Squadron. He was promoted to fag rank in March. 1929.
At the same time Major Tryon announced that technical informa- tion to assist manufacturers in de sighing receivers would be publish- ed at an early date. Assurances Vice-Admiral. James was Com-
were being obtained from the com- mander of the battle - cruiser panies concerned that licences to
use their patenta for the manufac Quen Mary in the Grand Fleet until 1916, and, when that weasel re of sets in this country would was lost at Jutland two months | be granted to any reasonable later, his death was reported. At oyalties. that time, however, he was Flag-. Commander to Vice-Admiral Stura mumber of problems have been It is proposed to hold "the next overcome. It states that the World Conference on Faith and P.M.G., on the recommendation of Order, generally known as the Lau-
dee in the Benbow.
As a boy he was the original of the famous painting "Bubbles" by his grandfather, Sir John Millais.
TELEVISION RESEARCH
The announcement indicates that
WORLD CONFERENCE IN EDINBURGH
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, Aug 12, ́.
sanne Movement, in Edinburgh in
Nanking. Aug. 23. After consulting the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Navy, the Legislative Yuan and several other organs, the Chinese Government has decided to subscribe officially the international agreement governing the regulations of ocean going vessels. effect has just been received by the Navigation Bureaux "in the various provinces and districts from the Ministry of Communica
to
tions.
Notice
to
this
There are, at the present time. the Television Advisory Committee;
över 30 signatories to the agree- has authorised the B.B.C. to make 1937. It was generally expected National Government, according to ment. The decision taken by the arrangements with the Baird and Marconi-E.M.1 Television -Com- that the conference would meet in the notice, is designed
Fito
The new Sikorsky S-43 in its first tests on June 5 showed an al- most amazing performance. It is
now famous trans-Pacific "Clip- really a miniatüre model' of the
NEWLY-COMPLETED HIGHWAY
Changsha Aug 22, Another important link will be added to the network of highways. in the interior provinces of China following the formal inauguration of the newly-completed Hunan- Kweichow motor-road Aug. 25.
The highway which has been completed ahead of schedule owing to an order from. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, will mark a new- epoch in overland communication between Hunan and Kwelchow Travelling from Changsha, the provincial capital of Hurian, to
panies for the provision of com-
Lausanne In that year, but a let-safeguard lite and property at sea the west border of Kwelchow, for- plete transmitting equipment at ter has been received from the in view of the rapid development merly a matter of several days. is the Alexandra Palace. Subject to Archbishop of York intimating the of Chinese shipping." the settlement of certain outstand- | desire of the Continuation Com-
I understand that the Air Mining points, orders will be placed mittee of the movement, which has try is engaged in research into the accordingly.
met in Denmark, that the confer
use
now shortened to only eight hours.
370 MILES
Stretching like a ribbon from Changsha near the south-western bank of the Tingting Lake in
Though the various departments _01 the Government agree in
to the principle of television for air defence" IN FULL SWING" NEXT YEAR ence should be held in Edinburgh.
treaty, the Mr J. L Baird, managing All the Churches, with the excep-mended training of personnel as a north Hunan, to Nenyupu. on the
Revenue Administration recom- and army co-operation, writes a correspondent
director of the Baird Television* tion of the Roman Catholic Company, said last night:
"By this time next year we are Church, are members of the move: Preliminary step to formal sub-west, Kwelchew border, the motor.
The work is to its early stages, and is, of course, secret.
Experts of the War Office have been Instructed to explore every new television. development. They will prepare a report upon its ap- plication for milliary purposes.
GERMAN DEVELOPMENTS It was atinourced last week that the the development of television in Germany had been placed un- der the control of General Goer- ing in his capacity as Air Minister, in view of the importance of the subject in relation to the safety or aircraft and the protection of the nation in the air."
The new German air arm has arranged a display of its television equipment at the forthcoming German radio exhibition," "
full swing. I do not think it will hoping that television will be in be long before every wireless set will be equipped with a television creen, and vision will be as usual as speech is to-day.
AK
"It will be possible to broadcast outdoor events, such
Air pageants, and the people who are listening-in will be able to see all the details as well as hearing the commentary.”
GRETNA GREEN
MARRIAGES"
(Special Al Mail Service)
London, Aug 10.
ment.
NAVAL A.D.C. TO THE KING
<Special Air Mail Service).
Lönden, Aug. 8. Captain F. T. B. Tower, who has teen made a naval. A.D.G. to the King, was the Flag Captain of the Hood at the time of the colisión. between the Hood and the Renown. He gave the fiṇal order which
scription, while the Ministry of Navy suggested that China should itmediately become a signatory to the treaty. Notwithstanding this slicht divergency, it is fearned that the National Government has definitely resolved to notify the its desire to signatory powers of subscribe to the agreement.--.- hina United Prean (by mail).
MEDICAL EDUCATION
swung his ship's stern away from (Special to the "Hong Kong Daily
the bows of the Renown in time to to avero serious damage.
There was a Nelson touch about his action, for he was theoretical-
I learn that the Secretary of ly disobeying the. Admiral's signal.
press" " (Copyright)}}||
Nanking, Aug 21. The Brat meng of the Medical Education Committee of the Min
The results of this display. I un- Stat for Scotland has fixed Sep-The signal to form single line istry of Education was held bere derstand, will afford no surprise to tember 30 for receiving a deputa-ahead means that the Renown the British Air Ministry, where re-tion in Edinburgh of the Church should close on the Hood, which search work is fully as advanced and Nation Committee of the would continue on a steady course. as that of the German experts.
BIBLE CHURCHMEN'S
MISSIONS
GORDON RICHARDS'S AIRPLANE MISHAP
(Special Air Mail Service)
London," Aug 5. Gordon Richards, the jockey,
this morning, and several import ant resolutions for the promotion: of medical education in this coun- try were passed, Among these was one which called for the convoca tion of a meeting, sometime next spring, of the presidents of all the medical colleges In China to dis- cuss the general polley for medical education in this country.
road measures abou; 370 miles in length From Changteb," "it" runs south-westward through Yuanling. Chenchi, Chiklang, Huanghulen and terminater at Nienyupu.
No less than $2,000,000 has been expended on the construction of the highway. Or this amount, the Ontral Government contributed $300,000 While the remainder was raised by the Hunan Provincial Government
According to Mr. ;Yu Chi-chuau, Commis- Hunan Reconstruction
toner, trial runs will be conducted
on the highway Aug. 25, This will be accomplished in two sections. one from Changteh to Yuanling.
the roadbed of which has been well-paved with sands, and the other from Yuanling to Miengupu, which has not been sand-pared
wifi to the lack of thud
Following the inaugural cere- mony regular motor traffic and long-distance bus service on the highway will be opened Aug, 27 ----
NEW BRANCH LINE
Church of Scotland to discuss, the desirability of devising legislation to deal with the practice of wed- ding ceremonies at Gretna Green. wr.tes a correspondent. Sir Göd frey Collins and his legal advisers The repart of the Bible Church have completed their examination men's Missionary Society for 1934, of the memoranda submitted to
It was also decided to open a entitled The Record of a Twelfth them on the character and the was flying in an airplane to Wor-post-graduate school of medicine
Nanchang, Aug. 15. Year" gives a concise review of the legal as well as social aspects of cester to-day which had to make during the first semesɔer of the
The Cheklang Klangsi Railway missionary work accomplished, in marriages at Gretna Green. I forced landing in a de.d twu 25th academic year. (September
"Administration has been requested 10 foreign Belds, taken in the order gather that the Lord Advocate may miles from the city.
1938), to give advanced courses to by the Klangst Provincial Govern of their occupation India, Chna- decompany the Secretary of State Richards went on to the course graduates, and that he Medicalment to build a brand line run- da, West China, South China, Up-in his conference with the deputa-by car and was placed second in Coller of he National Peipinging from Tushan, the present per Burma, the Arctic, B. Persia, tlon in view of the legal implica the first race.
University, the National Metical terminus of the Chek Morocco, In and Africa, Ethiopia. tions of the issue to be discussed. Richards was uninjured, but the College. Shanghai, the Peking Railway Ins The income received during the The problem is so complicated that airplane was, damaged.
Union Me
Colege and the VERE was £55 454. Of this 247.258 it is ptamed the Government will The airplane was i
Privately Medicaj was spent on the maintenance at not be in a position to decide on chartered one piloted by Mr. headquarters, including salaries, the abolition of Gretna Green cere Amhurst and £3,380 on organizing and de- monies as the immediate, purposs putation secretaries and their ex- of any legislation projected for the penses. The year closed with a new Parliament after the General credit balance of £1,402.
Election:
The pilot stated that the "pland overshot: the landing space, at Po» wick, went into a ditch by a hedge, and struck the bank.
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