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DUKE OF WINDSOR
TOASTS NEW BABY
Luncheon At Vienna With
British Minister
Within a few hours of her birth on Christmas Day, Britain's new baby Princess, daughter of the Duchess of Kent, was toasted In Vienna by the Duke of Windsor,
Hundreds of messages of con- gratulation from all parts of the Empire arrived at No. 3, Belgrave- square the London home of the Duke and Duchess,
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1937
BIGGEST SCHEME
SINCE WADE'S
Opening The Way To
Prosperity
Tenders for roads estimatedto cost almost £5,000,000, which will throw open the Highlands to a new era of prosperity, and which is the greatest Scottish road programme undertaken since General Wade bullt: his famous military highway: two centuries ayo, have been accepted by the Minister of Transport...............
The area over which this pecgramma, will be spread coxa- prises the Orkneys, Shetlands, Outer and Inner Hebrides, and the mainland of the West Highlands, and the entire scheine will be "completed by 1938. Narrow bridges are:þeing widened; dangerous benda removed, gradients improved, and - surfaces, provided on which traffe can move in comfort and safety,
It is hoped the opening up to motor transport of the whole of this vast area will bring prosperity in its train. The cost of improvements on the more important roads, estimated at £4,250,- 000, will be borne entirely by the Road Fund; Details of the schemes on which work is now beginning or about to begin are appended.
be reconstructed The, cost of the Although prepared in consulta- tion with the highway authorities whole scheme (excluding land"ac- concerned, these items in the pro-quisition) is estimated at £58,000. Under another scheme the In- gramme will be carried out under the direct control of the Ministry.verness-Wick road (A.9) will be re-
Tyndrum-Oban Road
constructed for about 10 miles, Seven miles of the Tyndrum- from the Mound to the north and of Brors, Sutherland, at a cost of Oban road (A.85), between the Pass of Brander and Dalinamas, £81,400 (excluding land acquisi- Argyll, will be rebuilt and widened | tion). at a cost of £85,000 (excluding land acquisition and supervision),
Four new bridges will be built to replace existing narrow bridges, and the two more important of these, Awe bridge and Nant bridge, will have clear spans of 150ft, and 50ft. respectively.
The carriageway throughout will! be reconstructed to a width of 181t. | surfaced with bituminous maca- dam and a grass verge' 5ft. wide will be provided for pedestrians.
Speanbridge-Newtonmore Similar improvements over a❘ distance of eight miles are pro- posed on the Speanbridge-Newton more road (488), from Laggah Hotel to Drumgask, in the county of Inverness,
THE ARMY
New Recruiting Scheme
War Ofice announces a
Inaw scheme for · obtaining engineering tradeamen recruits for the Army" from the Royal Ordnance Factories, the railway companies, and many first-class. engineering firms, who have un- dertaken, to cooperate.
BID FOR SEA POWER
WORLD NAVIES IN REVIEW
"Jane's Fighting
Ships"
CORONATION ROBES
What Peeresses Have To Pay
Bix girls sat for five days to complete these robes and kirtle,” I was told when shown the sketch. design of Coronation dress for a cor- Viscountess, writes a Home The fortieth annual issue of respondent. The designer, who is "Jane's Fighting Shipe" (Sampson also a manufacturer, was in Scot- Low, Marston and Co., 425.) con- land receiving orders, and he was taina:ita, usual wealth of informa- | quita pleased with the result- tion, together with a mass of pho- етел though the Viscountesa's tographs, plans, and silhouettes outat was being sold the retail. of every sort of war vessel and
at £1501 IN naval auxiliary of every navy in
ACCORDING TO RANK the world, large or small.
The scheme is intended to at tract unmarried engineering `tra- desmen between the ages of 21 and 25, who have completed an apprenticeship in certain skilled trades. The number of men re- quired by March 31 next is 1,000. and there are yacancies for Atters, turners (Royal Army Ordnance
The book, with its 588 pages, is Corps only), electricians, and in-encyclopaedic in its scope and has strument, mechanica, The terms much that is new. Not aince the of enlistment are six years with end of the Great War has such a the Colours and six on the Reserve quantity of new tonnage been au- for the Royal Engineers, and three thorised by the Naval Powers. years with the Colours and nine. on the Reserve for the Royal Army Ordnance Corpa.
PARTICULAR ADVANTAGE
As they rise in rank Peeresseg are finding that their ensembles. increase in price with the addition of the necessary bars of miniver and erming. The wholesale cost of a Duchess's own and robes is t the region of £200. And the re- tail firms must have a profit, who would be a Pecress at Coronation time unless she were already the
Notes on current Naval Treaties, tables of navul ordnance, lists of warship builders, together with the national flags and insignia of raak, all have their appropriate lucky possessor of scarlet and places.
Now Battleships Capital ships, the building of which has been a rarity in recent years are now being ordered free-
ermine handed down in a moth- less condition?
The co-operation which has been promised by large firms will take [the form of facilitating enlistment and of giving favourable con- siduration to applications for re- employment when the men con- cerned pass to the Reserve at the ly be the principal Powers Bri-in. artillery, and will conclusion of their Colour service. 'The men" can remain members of their trade union while in the Army, and if not members they can join while serving.
Four New Bridges The road crosses Loch Fleet and proceeds eastward to join the
The particular advantage of the coast line at Golspie. From this point it follows the seaboard close-scheme to recruits is that during ly, passing Dunrobin Castle, the their Army service they will be historic seat of the Duke of
Sutherland.
The engineering dimculties are indicated by the fact that the scheme involves the construction in reinforced concrete of four new bridges and three large culverts, where the road crosses the River Fleet,
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tain is to lay down the 35,000 ton King George V. and Prince of Wries as soon as possible in the New Year. Though no. plans are vet available for publication, these new ships will be or an entirely novel type. with a main ment of 14-inch guns and a pro- engaged at their civilian trade.bable speed of at least 30 knots, and when they leave to go to the They will carry aircraft, a heavy Reserve they will have had several anti-aircraft armament, enhanced years more experience under varied
armour, deck and under-water conditions, which will be a great protection, as well as elaborate in asset to their future employers.ternal sub-division to meet all Moreover, they will foln the Army knowing that they will be eligible for employment when they leave: they are trained men and will on discharge possess the qualifications of having been continuously em- skilled men. Should ployed as
The bridge known as the Mound Bridge will have three spans of over 30ft, and two spans of about 201t. Goliple Bridge will have a span of 471t., and Culmally Bridge they decide while in the Army, to Mound make the Army a career, and their This road forms a link between, one of 16ft. Near the the Ballachulish-Inverness road Station a new bridge will be bulit qualifications are sufficient, they (A.9), and the Perth-Inverness, alongside the existing one over the will have an opportunity of doing
and London, Midland road (A.).
Scottish so and of reaching the more high- Between the points mentioned Railway, and the Ospedale Bridge, ly paid ranks. Pay and other con- the existing road has a carriage- | 12 miles south of the Mound, will 'ditions will be those dormally ap- plicable to mer enlisted as Army way only 13 to 14ft. wide and the be rebuilt with a 33ft span. surface is in bad repair. A 16ft. The normal width of the new tradesmen. Carriageway will be provided carriageway will be 18ft, but throughout the section, and while vary between 18ft. and 28ft. Lit in general the new alignment will Illow the existing route carves and gradients will be improved where necessary,
For a length of more than half a 'mile, where the road crosses ai peat bog the carriageway will be built in reinforced concrete. Fise- where it will be surfaced with uttuminous macadam, Grass'verges at least 3ft. wide will be laid out on the sides of the road.
A feature of the scheme is the rebuilding in reinforced concrete of Strathmashile bridge, which, will rave a span of nearly 341t. In addition three large culverts will
VACANCIES IN THE NAVY
A Chance For Youth
SKILLED WORK
The Admiralty announce that there are vacancies for suitable young men between the ages of nineteen and a half and twenty eight who wish to join the Navy as engine-room, electrical, and ordnance artificers.
change will be made in the general alignment of the road ex- cept at the south-western end where it will be diverted for about half a mile, The carriageway will be surfaced throughout with bitu- minous macadam.
A footpath surfaced with bitu- minons macadam will be laid on the sides of the road through Frors and also through Golspie. Elsewhere grass verges will be pro- vided.
The designs of the Important. bridges have been approved by the Royal Fine Art Commission of Bcotland.
are marriage allowances for wives and children, and supplements of day for various special qualifica- tions and good conduct.
But the actual pay is not every- thing. Naval men receive free uniform.on: Joining and annual al- lowancea for its upkeep; free food of excellent quality and good ac- commodation; duty-free tobacco and cigarettes; and free medical surgical, and dental treatment if required: The Service" is & good employer.
Not A "Blind Alley."
It not only offers the chance of seeing the world, with good leave and prospects of promotion, but looks after its men from start to Anlah. Moreover, those leaving the Navy, with skilled trades be- hind them have excellent chances of good civilian employment in alley occupation, and the naval saying.They don't pipe dinner ashore, is not merely a slogan, It
The physical standard is not un- duly high, and there is a simple educational test and practical trade test before entry. early middle age. It is not a blind
Artificers, who have the status of petty and chiet petty officers, engage to serve for twelve years. with the prospect of re-engaging is literally true.
or
for another ten to qualify for life As regards the eventual pros- pensions. Before that time. how-pects of those who join the Navy ever, they will have had chances as engine-room artificers, it may of promotion to warrant officer, be said that sixteen men in this with the opportunity of attaining category were promoted to the commissioned rank if exceptional- ( ranks of sub-lieutenant (E) ly good men. The work of art lieutenant (E) during 1938. And ficers is skilled and responsible, now serving on the active list pal Maný, glíts of flowers for the
Duchess had been sent specially and apart from the variety of there are 62 engineer commanders, from the country. Among them service anoat and ashore in all 22 engineer Lieutenant-comman were flowers from the Bandring parts of the world roughly 40 per ders or Heuteriant-commanders ham estate, the gift of the Royal Cent. of the time abroad and 60(E), 35 lieutenants (E), and 9 sub- per cent. at home-the pay is lieutenants (5), all of whom were Family: del:
originally entered as engine-room good,
artificers.
No decision has yet been taken about naming the new royal baby,
High: Pay
He was lunching with the It la suggested that among her Men should be drawing a sure British Minister, Sir Walford names and Drobably her first 669. a week within a year of en- Belby, at the Legation, when he name will be Mary, while another try, rising gradually to some 958 received news of the birth of may be Alice, after her aunt; the a week after nine years service, his niece: At once he proposed Duchess of Gloucester; who was with further incresses as time goes on. Over and above this there the health of the new baby also born on Christmas Day.
The Canadian people am eager to trade with you on a mutually satisfactory basis. The Commissioner for Canada.
High
forms of attack, including aerial bombing
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be thirty
knotters or more. Though laid down in October, 1934, they are unlikely to be completed, much before 1940.
Germany has already launched her 20,000-ton Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, armed with 11-i. guns and a reply to the French Dun- kerque type, and has laid down a 35,000-ton ship at Kiel during the past year. She will probably carry 14-in. guns. A second ship of the same class will be begun at Wu- helmshaven early in 1937.
Other Ships.
"Fighting Ships" is nothing if Aimultaneously. America will be not up-to-date. It mentions the building two battleships of the newly-authorised aircraft carriers same size ärmed with 16-n guns, of Britain, the United States. Ger- while Japan will probably do the many, and Japan, and, at the other same. Apart from the 26,500 ton- end of the scale, gives the first ners. Dunkerque and Strasbourg. published particulars of the "Man- France has begun the construction chukuo. River Navy., with lustra of the 35,000-ton Richelleu, and is ttons of the Bleeve Insignia of its about to lay down the Jean Bart. officers from sub-lieutenants to ad-
mount 15-n. } mirals! These ships will guns, and will probably steam: 33 In short, the volume is a real knots, Italy's two new battle- mine of useful naval information. ships, the Littorio and Vittorio Ve- much of which is unobtainable neto, will also be armed with 15-
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