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HONG ONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1938.
OBITUARY
Admiral Sir Allan Everett
SERVED ON CHINA STATION
Admiral
Sir
Allan
the Times.
LEADING AIR NEW MILESTONE
POWER IN EUROPE
GERMANY'S CLAIM --
OF PROGRESS
On The England-India Air Route
That England-India aervice, es-
It is just on nine years since the After being handicapped by the
British Air Minister. Bir Versailles Treaty for 15 years, the then Frederic German aircraft industry, acting Samuel Hoare, watched the depar- Everett, K.C.M.O., K.C.V.O. C.B. upor, General Herman Goering's ture from the London air-port of who held high staff and command orders. has caught up with avia-an air-liner of Imperial Airways posts, both afloat and at the Ad- tion progress of other nations, ac- carrying passengers and mails on miralty, throughout the War, and cording to the Berlin correspon-the first stages of an inaugural was afterwards First Naval Mem-dent of the Evening Standardfight over the 5,000 miles air-line ber of the Australian Naval Board Germany now claims to be the which had just been organised be- and Commander-in-Chief in China.leading ur Power in Europe.
tween England and India. died at Morpeth Mansions, 6.W., Four world records established recently at the age of 69, states by German airplanes revealed that Germany now has the fastest land An officer of great capacity and airplanes in the world and that shrewd judgment. whose exper-her twin-engined airplanes, with ence was most rich and varied. he a load of #2,200lb., can fly from rendered invaluable service to the Berlin to Paris or London within Navy not only during the War but
two hours. in the period of laborious prepara- tion which preceded it.
Born on February 22, 1868, Allan Frederic Everett was the son of Colonel J. F. Everett, of Greenhill, Warminster. He entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in July, 1881, in company with several others who rose to command ships during the
And
tablished in 1929, was the first of the Empire's long-distance airways. Two years later came the route to Africa, followed by extensions of a 13,000 the India service untu miles air-mail had been esatblished between England and Australia The world speed record for land Loads increased rapidly on the hirplanes of which the United India route. Larger aircraft had States held a virtual monopoly to be provided to cope with this during the last 14 years, was bet-growing traffic. The frequency of tered to 379.764 miles per hour by services had to be increased. Dr. Josef Wurster in a Messer-then came the Government's dect- smitt two-seater monoplane with sion to put all first-class mails inte the air on Empire services without a 1000 h.p. Mercedes engine.
According to the rules establish- labels or surcharges. Already this. led by the International Aero- great scheme is in operation on nautic Federation for record the service to South Africa And ..In November, 1900, he was select fights the record over the mea-now plans have been completed for ed to take charge of the newly sured kilometre was flown at an its extension to the England-India- established Signal School at Ports-altitude below 100 feet. mouth, and in June, 1901, was pro- moted to commander and made Superintendent of Signal Schools. Resuming sea duty in 1904 in com: mand of the Exe and a destroyer livision in the Mediterranean, he continued in that vessel after her transfer to the china Station and while there was promoted captain
War, and also with Captain Scott,
of Antarctic fame.
December, 1505. He then had two years in his former post of Superintendent of Signal Schools. From April, 1908, to June, 1910, he commanded the Cumberland, training cruiser for naval cadets. In August. 1910, he joined the staff Vice-Admiral Sir George Cal- laghan as Flag Captain, and served with him in the Home Fleets for
four years.
530 M.P.H.
The record airplane, according to its designer, Professor Albert Messersmitt, will be able to attain a speed of about 530 miles per hour at 20,000 feet altitude.
With such a speed, modern air- planes are rapidly nearing the speed of sound, which travels at about 750 miles per hour.
Witnesses of the record, flight report that the time difference be- tween first hearing the sound of the motor and the airplane hissing overhead was very small.
Burma-Malaya route.
It will be on February 23 that a flying-boat will leave Southampton with the first load of non-sur- charge malls for India. Burma, and Malaya. Four flying-boat ser- vices in each direction weekly will operate between Southampton and Karachi. Two will stop at Kara-
chi, connections to Calcutta being maintained by land-plane air- liners: while two of the flying- boats will go right through to Singapore.
Meanwhile plans are actively in hand for extending the marine atr route to Sydney, Australia. These From, a military point of view additional links are expected to be the enormous improvement of air-in operation early this summer: plane speeds presents even greater and; as soon as an England-Aus-
problems to anti-aircraft units.
trália marine, air route is fully
As soon as airplanes actually established, the 'all-up' mail fly at 750 miles an hour. air de-scheme will come into operation on fence, based оп acoustic ap- the entire route from Southampton paratus for detecting approach- through to Sydney.
At the end of May, 1915. Ad- miral, Sir Henry Jackson, on being made First Sea Lord... asked that Everett might join him at the
ing airplanes will be entirely Nine years represent a short Admiralty as Naval Assistant. "It
useless because they cannot be enough time in the history of any was with great regret," said Jel
heard before they are directly new method of communication lece. "that I parted with Com-
over the detection post.
Yet these years from 1929 to 1938 modore Everett: his long expert-
The history of international have seen the original England- ence in the Fleet under Sir George Aight speed records, incidentally, India service develop into a great Callaghan and his intimate know-reveals that the speed of land air-not work of nearly 30.000 miles of ledge of Flect work and unfalling planes has been improved by over Empire routes; while the latest and tact had been of the greatest pcs-350 miles per hour during the 31 greatest triumph has been the put-
sible assistance.""
1908.
41
of air speed at the service of the public as a normal, routine, non- asurcharge facility.
years since Bantos Dumont estab-ting into the air, of first-class mails lished the first registered record of which are flown for thousands of NEW ASSISTANT 25 miles per hour on November 12, miles without special fees or formalities, thus placing the boon Jackson and Everett then work-
HENKEL RECORDS ed together until December, 1916, Three more world records, were when, in the changes made about established for Germany by the time Mr. Lloyd George became Henkel monoplane equipped with Prime Minister, Jellicoe was re-two 1000-h.p.. Mercedes motors. called from the Grand Fleet to be- The airplane, piloted by Fight- come First Bea Lord, bringing a captain Nitschke, and carrying a new Naval Assistant. Sir Edward load of 1000 kilograma, covered the Carson was appointed First Lord, 1000, kilometre distance between and Everett took up the duties of Hamburg-Stolp (Pomerania) and his Naval Secretary. He continued į back to Hamburg in one hour 58 in that post when. in September, minutes, which is equal to en aver- | 1917, Sir Edward was followed oyage speed of 313.294 miles per
Bir Eric Geddes as First Lord.
hour.
Act Of Revenge?
GUARDS KILLED ON SOVIET FRONTIER
Tallinn. Feb. 10. Two Estonian frontier Guards- men on a sled, accompanied by an
In April of that year he had The maximum speed attained Estonian driver, disappeared while been promoted to rear-admiral during the fight was about 372 patrolling the Soviet-Estonia bor- After nearly three and a half years miles an hour.
der running across the frozen waters of Lake Peipus.
of strenuous work at the Admiralty This fight not only broke the he must have welcomed the op-world record for a 1000-kilo load,
Later, the Soviet authorities in- portunity of resuming sea service but also the 1000 kilometre marks formed the Estonian Government That came in October, 1918, when for airplanes without a load and that all three Estonians had been he was appointed Rear-Admiral | with 500 kilogram: loads.
killed in an exchange of fre" in. Commanding the 4th Light Cruiser The former 500 and 1000 kilo-Soviet territory. Squadron, Grand Fleet, and with gram records for this distance had The Press here is asking whe his dag lying in the Calliope he been held since July last year by ther this is not "an act of revenge" was present at the surrender of Mussolini's son Bruno. Els three-for the recent border incident in the German Fleet off Rosyth on engined. Bavola Marchettis.79 air-which two Soviet guards November 21, 1918.
plane then attained 282.9 miles per killed during an engagement with REDISTRIBUTION OF FLEETS hour.
Estonian frontier guards.-(Reuter)
were
In the redistribution of Fleets The new Henkel record for 100 after the Armistice the 4th Squad-kilometres without a load amashed ron, having the Calcutta as flag- another Italian world record estab- HONG KONG BENEFITS ship, was renumbered the 8th and lished in April last year by Niclot. sent to the West Indies, where Str Allan served until 1921 He had been made a K.C.M.G, in the first New Year Honors List after the Armistice, and in October, 1920, was created. K.C.V.Q.
His next appointment, was 18 First Naval Member of the Com- monwealth Naval Board in Mel-. bourne, where he served from 1921 to 1923, being promoted mean- while to vice-admiral in May, 1922, He attended the Imperial Confer- ence in London in the autumn. ut 1923 as Chief Naval Adviser to the Australian Prime Minister.
GERMANS AND ITALIANS OFFENDED
London, Feb. 10. Movements of British export trade to China, since the middle of last year, were described today by Mr. Euan Wallace in the House of Commons.
Mr. Wallace said the exports for Shanghai, Feb. 10.
the third quarter of 1937 were only Despite the Anti-Comintern al-
slightly less than the correspond- lance, individual actions by Jaing figure for 1936, bat, the figure panese continue to give offence to for the fourth quarter had declined Germans and Italians here in to about one-third of the value many small local issues.
compared with the previous corres-
ponding period.
was due to diversion to Hong Kong of shipments which might nor- mally be consigned to Chinese ports-(Renter);
For example, two Chinese owned houses in the French Concession,
The decline was accompanied by one of which was leased by an Ita large increase of exports to Hòng On May 1, 1924, his selection to lian recently, have been sealed up Kong, but it was not possible to be Commander-in-Chief on the by Japanese apparently despite say to what extent the increase China Station was announced; and bindrance from the French. he took up that post on November It is also learned that Dr. Mis- 16. 1924, with his flag in the Haw-cher, the German Consal-General, kins. In the following March he protested to the Japanese authori- was the senior officer present at a ties against sealing. De. Sun Fq's conference of admirals and com-home which Dr. Fischer had leased
Preparations in hand in Australia modores from China, Austraila, the through a. British real estate Armi. East. Indies, and New Zealand held Meanwhile, anticipating "the" sei- for marine air-bases between Port at Bingapore, but on April 4, 1825, zure of his residence in the French Darwin and Sydney include the it was announced that he had been Concession, agents acting on be provision of special wireless and obliged to relinquish his command half of Mr. T. V. Soong are moving meteorological equipment, and the The JAEGER Co. Ltd., 95, MILTON ST., LONDONE.C.2, owing to ill-health. He was pro- out the furniture and effects-ordering of a number of refuelling
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