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Philippine Defence Board, Washington, February 28.-- The defence boards for Capa Henry, Long Island, Panımı and the Philippines have been abolish- ed. A general board has been" #ubstituted..
Honour for Shanghai Harbour Master.
Many friends will bear with pleasure, says the N. C. Daily News of February 24, that His Majesty the King of Sweden has conferred upon Captain W. A. Carlson, Harbour Mastor in Shanghai, the Order of the Wass, let clase, in recognition of his long years of meritorious service in China. The Order was form. ally presented to Captain Carlson yesterday evening at the Swedish Consulate, by Dr, J. E. Hultman, Consul-General, in the presence of numbers of the Swedish tom-' munity,
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ROOMS Buitable for offices on graph promoters. It has now been de guishable; but as to the airabips, some years ago, but it was an cided to make this line a branch we have at lesat one Parseval, ubippy fs800. Early this year the first floor of No. 3 Duddell of the Nanking Changsha line by and I suppare the Zeppelin is it was officially announced that Street.
we were again going to take up -the Ministry of Communications, the only undoubled enemy?] with a loan of $10,000,000 and a In view of the general expects the building of big rigid airships, British syndicate has signed the tion of a German air raid, says but no statement has been made contract for the same. The line the Globe in explanation, wo take on the subject since, sad of will commence from Chiakiang, the opportunity of dealing with the course in present circamances pass through Chintau, Liyang, point raised by our correspondent, pore can be oked for, Bo that Chienping to Bauanchong. It for if the invasion does anterislite if one sees aloft one of the craft
*SHORNCLIFFE" Garden will be a branch to the Shanghai- most of the various types of air which has been described one Nacking Railway in Kiangen and craft known will probably be seen can be quite certain it is either Read to let furnished, (8 rooms). are concerned, there are but two are so much alike that only a Peak, furnished or unfurnished,
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"LINSTEAD &'DAVIS. brought by the Some dirigibles are called semi-d.ference, Anyhow, it would Shanghai Municipal Council rigid, but these may be included not matter, because in either caas (Electricity Department), against ander the classification non-rigid, it would be a hostile eraft."
In regard to aeroplanes, it is a former employee for attempting Now it is absolutely impossible to extort money by virtue of his to mistake a Zeppelin (rigid) for, almost hopeless for the non-expert office as a meter examiner, was gay, an-Astra Torres (non-rigid), to attempt to distinguish the concluded at the Mixed The Zeppelin is entirely German difference. Given a British and Coart last week. Mr. Kin inception, the inventor after German machine at a height of E. Nowmin prosecuted on which it is named being the 1,000 feet, there are very few bebalf of the Police, and Mr. very first to conceive and after- people in England who could tell Hayes, who formerly defended the warde to carry out the idea of one from the other. To the ordis Aconsed, said he no longer repre- constructing a solid framework ary observer the Taube, of which sented him. The man would, for the "hall" of his aerial ship, we hear so much, would look however, make a statement which Imagine an ordinary sesship with just like any other machina at a would no doubt go towards its steel girders and platea form-dietence unless one were directly patting a stop to that particular ing the skeleton of what after under it (s position in which kind of offenco, and would also be warda becomes a great liner. You nobody would be anxious to find of benefit to the public and of pat decks, and chart-hauses and bimself), and the bird-like sweep angistanos to the police. The fannels on top, cabins, machinery, of the wings would be acticed. That in the only characteristic evidence produced at previous etc., inside. hearings was to the effect that the Count Zeppelia turns the gas-about these Tauber as opposed to accused went round to a number ship upside down, as it were, ordinary seroplaner. It is wrong of shops, looked at the electric modifying the shape to suit the to think that all German arc- light meter, and told the propriet spesial purpose. The inside in planes are of the Tanbe type. Is or that it had been tampered filled not, with machinery hat is equally wrong to think that with. He then demanded money, with a series of gas balloons the Tsabe idea is a German die promising not to say anything (called ballouets), which give the covery. The bird-wing abape is about it. The accused was fined lift," the decks, cabins, and adopted with the object of gain $200.
machinery going not on top bating a greater measure of natural stability. In this country Weiss, underneath.
Zeppelin's idea was a great an English air pionier, worked They sro em We have to record with the departure (since copied by the on these lines. deepest regret, says the Sarawak Gazette, the death of Mr. James French in the Spiess and by a bodied here to-day in the Handley. German concern in the Sobutte-Page mechices. On the optio Brolio which, se for nais known at Lanz), seeing that all previous ent the Austrian machine Erich present, occurred at home at the ships of the air had been but was built on the bird-wing beginning of the roooth through a motor accident. The news, which elongated Falloons to which were principle, and in Germany it was Eastern Extension Australasia was abled out and arrived here on suspended rigid cradles carrying rather extensively taken up. Bat the 4th instant, done as a great motore, pilots, and so on. The the Taube had its disadvantages "stiffness
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