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YORKSHIRE TRAGEDY
MUTILA FED BODIES
FOUND
London, Aug. D. The death ron, of the serious colliery disaster in Yorkshire al- ready numbers twenty-one and only slight hope exists for the thirty-six others who are missing. The cause of the accident is still
unknown but it is reported that
SINGAPORE AIR
PORT PROGRESS
£1.000,000 Scheme In Advanced Stage
GARDEN APPROACH
Singapore, July 21. Singapore's £1,000,000 airport has reached an advanced stage
of construction. A huge seaplane slipway und hangar are now taking
shape.
a serious explosion occurred in the early hours of this morning in the
They will accommodate the 17-ton workings of the Wharncliffe Wood-fying-boats that are to be placed 'moor mine near Barnsley.
The injured man who had been brought to surface but is too ser lously hurt to give an account of what happened, was found three quarters of a mile from where the explosion occurred and his injuries indicate its terrine force. One of the doctors assisting rescue parties which had been cutting their way through falls of foot in order to
get into the affected area on re- turn to the surface this after- noon said that many bodies found were terribly injured and these men must have been killed by the violence ofthe explosion.. The attitu- des of "others suggested suffoca- tion by gas,
Captain
Crookbank. Secretary
for Mines, arrived during the after- noon at the pithead where all day crowd of over two thousand has walted anxiously for news from below. The Vicar of the parish conducted prayers.
This evening the Prime Minister telegraphed message of sympathy to "Family and friends of those who have so tragically lost their lives." Kritish Wireles
EVACUATION PROBLEM
on all the main Empire air routes next year. Thus the airport will provide the most modern facilities for both sea and land-'planes.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1936.
ENGINEERING
AND
BUILDING
P. I. OIL EXPLOITATION
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Will Add New Angle To Pacific Development Race
San Francisco, July 25. Disclosure that the Philippine government under the leadership of President Manuel L. Quezon is The steel skeleton of the Ter-contemplating a policy to encour- minal Building is already up. The age exploitation of Philippine oil vast apron of concrete in front of introduces a new angle in the the building has been laid, and so triangular night for the discovery has a great part of the tax-ing and development of new all fields perimeter runway: which extends in the Pacific area now proceeding nearly a third of the way round between the three major Pacific
the landing area.
The site of the flying-boat slip- the harbour way is situated on front, beyond the cluster of ad- ministrative buildings, hangars and workshops; and cannot see from the roadway,
RECLAMATION WORK Across the Geylang River work has begun on the reclamation and Alling-in of the area which will
serve 35 a subsidiary landing ground to be used by the Royal Volunteer Flying Force. Hundreds of thousand of tops of rock and rubblę are being used to bulld 1 up.
powers.
The competitors are the United States, Japan and Australia,
These three countries will watch with interest the development of all possibilities in the new Com- monwealth where there has been some, exploration with favourable Indications.
Any discovery or exploitation of on the Philippines would prob- ably be to the advantage of the United States in the competitive all situation. However, the Philip pine prospects are only a poten tiality, in a struggle of major pro- portions already under way.
While the California oll
Belds
are being constanty increased and developed to an extent to insure for many years to come more than enough off for the commercial and defensive needs of the Pacific coast, Japan and Australia have now entered the field in an effort to develop self-suficient supplies of their own
The new airport will have a Karden' approach of lawns and flower-beds that will make it one of the most picturesque as well as one of the most modern in the world. The passenger arriving by air will land on a ground that modelled largely on the Tempelhot London, Aug. 6. aerodrome in Berlin. Then, when The 1st of British American the plane has, taxled in to the and foreign nationals "numbering concrete apron in front of the about two hundred evacuated Terminal Building, he will step out from Spain by British destroyers on to a section of the apron that between July 30th and August 3rd has been coloured a special shade was issued by the Foreign Office of blue to prevent eyestrain. 'to-night. It can now be sold that Rapid expansion of the Volun-ment and financial organization the great majority of British sub-teer Air Force will take place as jects who wish to leave Spain soon as new hangar and staff have been evacuated. There are accommodation are available at etil many hundred who, for pri- Kailang. The enlistment of Ma- vate or business reasons
Asiatic prefer lays, Chinese, and other to stay on at their own risk but recruits for training as pifots and vlew of the present unsettled ground staff will then come under 'conditions and imposelbility of review. maintaining indenfinitely facilities for removal of those who wish to
teave, British Consular authorities MAKING-UP FOR
In Spain are making every effort | to get into touch with all remain- ̈ ing British nationals and are ad- vising those who are not detained by limperative reason to take full advantage of present opportuni- ties.-
Briting Wireless.
WATER RESOURCES
TELEVISION
TESTS ON ANNOUNCERS
Of the two latter COUD WHA Japan has already made the most progress in the discovery. develop
MOTOR TORPEDO- BOATS
Latest Types And Naval Warfare.
SPEED IN ROUGH SEAS
...
two largest storage tanks in Aus- tralla. These will be situated on The fact that certain foreign Chowder Bay, Sydney Harbout.
navies have provided themselves and will have a capacity of 18,000 with motor torpedo-boats in large tons of oil each for defensive pur-numbers, together with their re poses. Three other 8,000 tons cent reintroduction into the Roval tanks have already been com.
Navy after an eclipse of 15 years, pleted at Darwin, one of the bas made them the object of much strategic points of Australia.
public interest of late.
ready progressed much further in In the meantime, Japan has al-
her efforts to develop all fields of her own sufficient to meet both her defensive and commercial needs.
are being centered in Java, Suma
For the time being her efforts
tra and Borneo,
IN
It is, of course, no new departüre for them to be built in this coun-
Motor torpedo-boats are "in fact a purely British product, flyst evolved in England during the War and continuously developed here for the Royal Navy during the since: though, since none was bullt
years of strict economy, the market The discovery of fields there to- tor them bas been severely re- gether with possibilities of oil | stricted. Progress in their develop- which the Australian government ment has thus been necessarily have found in New Guinea lead limited, and it reflects great credit some cli experts to think that an on those Arms who have devoted oil field in the southern Pacing themselves continuously to their may exist similar to that along design and construction through the California coast.
years of dimculty that it should have been as great as it has.
JAPANESE CONTROL
On Borneo two companies have been operating with a total pro- duction of 13,640. barrels dally dur- in the past year
Besides the boats now coming into service in the Navy, several of a different design have beeri built of late years for foreign Pow- ers by Mesars. Thornycroft, the originators of the type as well as of many earlier types of smaller warship. The trials of one of these were described in "The Times" of
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"The present effort of Japan to extend these fields to an extent where it will have a bearby soutes of oil is being sponsored jointly by the Japanese ministers of the "Ar- June 5, and Messrs. Thornycroft my, Navy, Foreign Affairs and the have now a further order for Coloales.
similar craft in hand at their Already a combine has been etworks at Hampton.
the Mitsui, Mitsuishf The wartime boats did fine work fected by and Sumitoma interests to operate on the Belgian Coast during the under the new fuel policy of the War, as well as in Rusalan waters of niew fields, but now Australia | Japanese government. It is capi- later, and they proved themselves so enclent that several of the Alli-. has also taken the first steps rtalized at 50.000.000 yen, or appro-
ximately $15,000,000, Preliminary ed and associated Powers ordered expenditures of 1,000,000 yen have a number of them from › Messrs. already been authorized
Thornycroft with the approval, of The first concrete step in the the British Government-after the Japanese control of the crude oil War. The boats built since by the smaller sources already discovered and in same Arm, chiefly for operation calls for the consolida- Powers, both in Europe and the tion of the Mitsui Trading Com. East, bave been developed large,
and the Borneo Oil Coly on the same lines. pany sum of $1.250.000 to be used as which would thus become Japanese loans on a dollar for dollar basis controlled.
insure her own supply.
FORWARD POLICY ...
Advices just received from Can- berra announce that the commor wealth government has not only decided on a brisk forward policy for the production of cll for Aus-
tralls, but has made available the
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Since the Powers that have ac~, quired them of late years need in ading companies drilling in The former has marketing exper them chledy for short-range or localities adjudged most favpur-lence and the latter engineering river work the question of sea-! able to the existence of well oil.
surveys that would become the keeping qualities or habitability Protection from outside competi-basis not only of future efforts for has not arisen. But though pre-" tion is also to be given to the ex-anding new felds in the three sumably for that reason, Messrs. tent of present customs, namely islands but for the disposition of Thornycroft have continued to de- 11 cents per gallon, and excise any and all products that might velop the "rimming" type and London, July 23.
duties of 11 cents per gallon on exceed Japan's own needs.
have thereby achieved very high Early next month the staff of all gasoline derived from shale up the television branch will take up to 10,000,000 gallons annually for oll supply of her own, however, actually their latest boats are ex- Pending the development of this speeds with moderate horse-power, London, Aug. 5. their quarters at Alexandra Palace the period of twenty years.
ceedingly sea-worthy in heavy Following the summer droughts and one of their first tasks will be
Southern California oli producers
weather. Sir David Rivett, chairman of report a marked increase in de-
This was shown by a of 1933 and 1934 a committee was that of studio lighting. "Mr. Step-
recent trip from the Thames to appointed to enquire into better
Japan where ben Thomas, a producer, will con- the Commonwealth Hydrogenation mand from
Portsmouth and back in a rough conservation and organisation of centrate on this in co-operation committee has also been sent on being, stored against any eventua-
sea at an average speed of over 30 the country's water resources. In the with the electricians, The dis- & tour of investigation to England Hty that might arise before she is
knots. middle of the wettest summer for position of the studio lights, and and Germany to determine the able to meet her own needs, many years the committee's report their general grouping will materi- latest and best methods for the has just been isalued. It recom-ally anect the quality of the tele-production of oil from coal, ends establishment of central advised pictures.
Information in the possession of visory water board to collect and marshal all available information about country's water zesources and requirements and to advise as to any schemes for improving water supplies.— British Wireless.
POSITION STILL OBSCURE
London, Aug 0. Press messages reaching London from Madrid' and other areas un- der control of Government forces' show a marked increase in con- fidence and cinim considerable Euccesses both in South and North against the insurgents. Directly contradictory reports however come from sources con- nected with rebel armies and the true position remains obscure.- British Wireless
Another problem concerns make- the Australian government, the ad- up, and the three announcers, i vice,' asserts, points favourably to
RAILWAY
oll is
Jasmine Bligh. Elizabeth Cowell, well all in Austrália and New | MANAGEMENT IN
and Leslie Mitchell, will submit to Guinea. The money now
made
a series of experiments to discover avaliable is to be devoted not to what combination of paint and geological surveys which have al- powder is necessary to produce the ready been made over consider- best results. In the course of the able area--but to definitely ascer- tests, which may last several days, taining if supplies actually exist TO the announcers will undergo al-in commercial quantities in chosen "most every variety of facial make- places.
up.
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TUNNELS DISCOVERED AT ST. ALBANS
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pany.
MANCHURIA
BE UNIFIED FROM
OCTOBER 1
This indeed is the characteristic which constitutes the motor tor- pedo-boats of to-day such a great advance over her prototypes.
Seeing however, that some of the railways now under operation are not on a profit-making basis, the General Direction, says the same report, is now working out a 10-year elaborate programme for the exploitation on larger scale of agricultural and other natural resources in the districts traversed by these lines so that they may be made to pay.
The experiments will be com-
The assistance being given by plicated by the fact that the two the government for shale oil pro-
Dairen, July 20. television systems to be used duction is conceded to have been
Information reaching a certain Baird and EMI-call for different | determined on the grounds of de- | trustworthy source in Dairen re- colour treatment.
fensive needs rather than purely veals that October 1 has formally attached to this programme in as- Much importance, it is said is economic grounds. Offers are to been selected as the date for the sociation with the reported inten- be invited from companies pre- long pending unification of the tion of the South Manchuria Rail- pared to operate on the shale management of all Manchurianway Company to enforce an ambi seams on Newnes in New South railways owned either by the Manous plan for the introduction of Wales especially.
choukuo Government or by the
mechanized farming methods in Bouth Manchuria Railway Com- Manchuria as advanced by Pre- PURCHASE OPTION
sident Yosuke Matsuoka, The government there holds an Naturally, the activities of the According to the same report. London July 23.
option to purchase for $17,500 a General Direction of Manchou the General Direction for this Workmen engaged in building plant which originally cost $5,000,- kuo State Railways and the Rail- purpose is studying the question operations on the St. Stephen's 000. The operating company. way Department of the South of creating within itself a new In- Farm Estate, 81, Albans, yesterday however, will be required to tur- Marichuria. Rallway Company will dustry Department to discovered underground passages n'sh-$3,000,000 capital of its own be regulated on a uniform basts and facilitate industrial activities which are thought to date from Roman times. The discovery Was
The government has also under-from the date, this faformation throughout the country with e made in a deld which is near the taken the investigation of low states. This, it is hoped, will prove view, to placing railway operation The sudden death from heart site of the Roman City of Verula temperature carbonization proces much instrumental in rationalis on a paying basis--- attack at the age of 58 of Mr. J.mium, and a marked on old Before it is known whether these throughout Manchuria,
ses, but it will be another year log the management of railways Manchurian Dusty News. F. Eales, recorder of Nottingham, Albans charters as being the alte
hydrogenation- processes now in has caused a parliamentary vacancy of a Roman amphitheatre Owing..
VACANCY IN ERDINGTON
DIVISION.
London, Aug. 5.
Meanwhile, a report from Mouk-
supervisé
in Erdington divison of Birming it is thought, to recent heavy rains operation at the Imperial Chemi-den states that the General Direc-
Lecturer (in village hall): "Now, ham for which he had been a many tons of earth bare subsided cal Industrice English plant will son's third railway construction conservative member since 1931 in the field. The subsidence has justify the creation of a similar programme will be completed be- you all, know about the strato At the general election last year revealed a cavern about 30ft. deep plant in Australia.
fore the end of next year. When sphere" he was elected by a majority of at the base of which are the Ponding the development of its this programme is finished, the nearly tea-thousand Over his tunnels.
These are about 121town oll fields and supplies, the total mileage of railway liner in Jabour opponent.
bigb, with arched roofs, and ex- Australian defence department has Manchuria will be raised to 10,000 tend for a considérablę distance. undertaken the construction of the kilometres. British Wireless.
Chairman (interrupting); "Most of us do. But perhaps you'd better explain for the benent of those who have never been up to one."
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