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Major W. T. Blake writes to the Daily News****
it
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THE ARCHANGEL-MUTINY.
WONDERFUL PLUCK OF A DYING OFFICER.
THE BRITISH NAVY.
INTERESTING REPORT FOR 1918:
The report of the British War Cabinet for 1918 has just been issued as a Blue Book, and con- tains a number of most interest-
It
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1919.
SPORTING TIT BITS,
There is some talk of a military Rugby team being started in Glasgow.
H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, the cricketer, drove a pair-horse van during the strike.
The Cambridge cricket and hockey blus, G. E. C Wood, is likely to get a place in the fifteen this season.
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Murmansk, October 8. The last convoy from Archangel, Many mistaken impressions prevail regarding the effect of consisting of all the small craft flying upon the health. Without tugs, paddle-boats, and hospital
The point is made illustrating doubt there are problems which carriers, arrived here this morning facts. confront airmena, such as theins. On the way some of the rarity of the atmosphere at great smaller craft had to take refuge the increasing success of the
The death is announced from altitudes, and the immense cold from a gale in Yukansky harbour. Navy in combating the submarine
We remained there four days. measce. The tonnage of steam-Capa Town of Mr. W. V. Simkins oncountered when flying high-The village Yükansky is now ships
entering and clearing father of Rugby football in South airman flying at 30,000 feat used as a settlement for Bolshevik United Kingdom ports remained America.
same figure recently found the temperature
at practically the prisoners, 1,500 of them, among
F. Walls, son of Mr. W. A. 4 degrees below zero; and
whom is Phillips Price, the former throughout that summer, in Walls, an ex-president of the is
all that pick
of North spite
the Scottish Football Union, is to war correspondent in airmen carefully for certain Russia for the Manchester U-boats could do.
was captain Kelvinside this season. special jobs. But for the average Guardian. He is now carrying 7,040,000 tons in April, rose to The export of golf balls from men, content to fly steadily if loads like any coolie. and the 7,777,000 in May, and in October Great Britain to South Africa managing his own machine or Russians are not hampered by 7.594,000 tons. It is narrated that is five times as great annusliy dying as a passenger only, there British ideals of mercy and for with the aid of a large equadron now as it was before the war. are few difficulties which arise,
bearance to prisoners.
of American mine-layers the
Devonport Albion had to give Certain people suffer from air-
of the submarines | blocking
up all thought of playing this sickness, as others suffer from
northern exit. 200 miles wide, season because a sum of £8,000 the sea; but provided dying is
from the Orkneys to Norway, by was required for the purchase of undertaken at normal altitudes
the construction of a minefield, their ground. no other troubles are likely to
was nearly completed when the arise. True, a person suffering
armistice was signed. from a weak heart should not pilot a machine, but neither is he competent to drive a motor
car.
but because
The full story of the mutiny of Captain Dyer's battalion in July last has not yet been told. There were twa Russian baita- lions, one called Dyer's and the other Burke's, named after its commander. Captain Burke, an
Australian.
The provision of gun crews for the armed merchant ships called for 11,500 R.N. men, and when all the ships had been fitted out the number would have risen to 18.000.
A useful figure about convoys
Duncan Walker, formerly of Dumbarton, balds the record in provincial football circles as a goal scorer. He had put on 18 goals in eight matches.
The final of a prize quoiting handicap at Hawick was divided by J. Inglis (scratch) and C. Douglas (3); W. Eliot (3) being
At the time of the mutiny Captain Burke was at Battalion Headquarters. The trouble began on the morning of July i At 2.20 fring broke out, and everybody believed that the Bolsheviks were attack-shows that the loss of vessels sail-third, and G. Turnbull (8) fourth. ing. Battalion Headquarters
one per cent. The escorts con-ing from the rang up to inquire and there was no reply. All wires had been cut. In the next 20 minutes the mutineers fired into the huts occupied by the following officers, who were asleep: Captains Barr and Finch and Lieuts. Bland and Gosling.
Stunts, however, may produce odd effects on certain people, and it is certain that many crashes have taken place, not on account of the .** sient itsal being dangerous, sensations caused by aerobatics have produced dizziness and faintness, causing the pilot tem- porarily to lose
control and crash before be bas been able to recover. This in itself constitutes a valid reason why commercial pilots should not
be allowed to stunt" when carrying passengers, though careful medical elimination will be able to prevent the possibilities of accidents from this cause.
"Stuating should, of course, be a compulsory part of the training of all pilots.
It is, however, temperament more than physical fitness which makes the perfect airman, and the study of the psychology of
Capt. Finch was killed im. mediately. Capt. Barr fell back wounded and feigned death. He was only hit in the shoulder, however, and when the mutineers left him for dead, Barr at the
first chance dashed out and ran | for the river in an endeavour to warn the monitor. He was Pursued by the mutineers who fired all the time, yelling. "Kill the officer. Don't let him go!"
Although again wounded, Cap- tain Barr reached the river and
France to
BREV
plant
Sun-power pumping have been run experimentally on a large scale in California, New Mexico and Egypt.
Tillamook county, Oregon, ex- pects to make and sell over 5 000,000 pounds of cheese this year.
A congressional investigation found that somebody had destroy- ed. 17,000 pounds of pigs' ears rather than lower the price.
Within little more than a year the American Red Cross jumped from a membership of 500,000 to more than 30,000,000.
The Red Cross was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1864. Its emblem was devised by reversing the Swiss colours-s white cross on a red ground.
When a French peasant butch- ers a rabbit for the table he wastes nothing. Even the blood is caught in a cup and used for soup.
Among the natives in India the average duration of life is only twenty-four years.
Between June, 1914, and July, 1919, the average weekly earnings of factory workers in New York state increased 8 per cent,
From the source to the mouth
of the Rhine there are to be found nearly 800 castles formerly the homes of warlike chiefs.
The Bank of England has the
under its charter ofincorporation. One of the most efficient wire- less systems is the invention of Japanese electricians, who were among the first to experiment with radio telegraphy.
ing under protection was less than The boom in athletics is spread-right to sell beer without a license
Spain. sisted of armed merchant cruisers, Barcelons has just inaugurated destroyers, sloops, P-boats, and the first arena to be constructed trawlers. At the time of the arm-there exclusively for athletic istice there were at sea 230 officers sports. and 2,700 men specially trained In future, referees in interna- in submarine detecting apparatus.tional matches are to receive a The British, French, and fee of three guineas, and also the American navies developed re- hotel and travelling expenses. spectively three extirely different Players receive a fee of four systems of submarine detection guineas. apparatus, and their results were constantly exchanged. The net result
out of approximately 370 submarines completed by the Germans up to the armistice, 200 were destroyed.
The enemy's
that Was
At a meeting of the Scarborough Cricket Club Committee, it was announced that the revived cricket festival produced a profit of over £600, a result which has only twice been exceeded.
Macaroni originated from Greek phrase meaning "the bless- ed dead." an illusion to the an. cient custom of eating it at feasts. for departed souls.
A Bedouin mariage does not The bride- take much time. groom kills a sheep and spills the blood on the sand of his father-in- law's threshold, and the wedding
is over.
mine-laying Tom Aiken, the Scottish billiard The hump of a camel serves it as an emergency ration. If de- activities were so reduced by the champion, was in grand form at vigilanceofthe Navy that whereas Metail recently. It the after-prived of food for several days 89 merchant vessels were sunt or noon he had breaks of 185, 236, the animal falls back on the fat of its own hump, which then damaged by mines in the first 159, and 202 unfinished while at
limbs are perceptibly reduced. the.number was 48. In the next 422 and 42 unfinished.
Wilton Bowling Club have con- The recent excavations of Pom- half-year it was 15, and in the
peii in the ancient Street of third quarter of 1918 it had fallen cluded a very successful season to 4 As it was necessary to at Hawick. They won the Nor. Abundance have resulted in such protect fishing vessels from sub-wood Victory Tropy, the Strang extensive finds that the life of marine attacks they were armed Steele Cup, and the Langholm the street can be almost entirely and wera the reconstructed. The principal dis- in groups, 190 being thus treated Tournament, and 37 fitted with wireless. The runners-up in the Pow Cup covery is that of a huge "therm- result was that no fishing vessels competition.
opolium," a kind of public house. were torpedoed in the last month
The famous leaning tower of Pises is of pure white Carrara of the year.
marble in the Gothic style. Its
.
has been variously interpreted, but there is little doubt that it arises from the softness of the sail on which it stands, but not. withstanding its threatening sp pearance, it has now stood for more than 600 years without rent or decay.
the men who fly has already pro-swam half a mile to the monitor half of 1917, in the second half night his best items were 196, 123, gradually disappears before the duced many interesting results. In some cases it has been found despite four further wounds, that men of perfect physique, sustained as he swam and gave apparently quite unaffected with information. Later the gallant nerves, have failed to become
officer died of his wounds. The evan average pilots.
body was brought to Archanged and buried with full military Of course there are compara-honours. tively few systems sound enough During Barr's escape utter con- to stand a steep dive or spiral fusion prevailed at beadquarters, down from twenty thousand feet The officers were conticually ited to ground level. The average at from the rear by machine man cannot accommodate himself guaners, and they recognised to the rapid change of pressure they own men firing the villages in time. His heart may fail, he and surging along the read be LY become ef; he may bleed tween them and Turfanika. They at the nose and ears, though this still thought that the Bolsheviks is a more common occurrence in had penetrated their defences. ascending than in coming down. They then heard their men But (and this is
theveiling orders to each other. An int of the argument) there will officer from Savino, Lieut. Griffith, no need for commercial staggered over mortally wounded, machines to come down inspirals saying. Bikoff! Bikoff shot me! or rush rapidly through the alter- Cates Bikoff!" He died trying ing pressures. Normally busi-to spell the name of his assailant. airera will not iy very! Lieutenants Bland and Gosling High on account of their pas-in Trufanika made for the river, songers, and certainly in all cases, and were shot. they will make very slow and gradual dives to earth. No timid prospective air passenger should allow himself to be possessed of the idea that he will not be able to accommodate himself to the changing conditions in time; the air laws will probably see to matters like that.
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Even in the days of the R.F.C. it was realised that men who had patronised certain sports usually made good sirmen. A good horseman, a fearless rider, in- variably made a first-rate scout pilet. He had the requisite lightness of hands.
It is a mistake to suppose that
possess
for
The United States lady golf champion, Miss Stirling, is With regard to military sup- accorsplished violinist, and as plies, after the Germans' success-such has made many public ap-departure from the perpendicular ful attack in March, it was pearances on the platform. As a necessary to ship to France 3,750 result she is not at all nervous on field guns, 1,276 howitzers, 1,145 the golf links when playing before medium guns, 1,956 mediuma big crowd. howitzere, 279 heavy guns (ex- Abe Mitchell played his chip cluding railway mounting), and strokes with a mashie remarkably Besides well at Walton Heath. His ac- 354 heavy howiters. these, large numbers of guns and curay with the chub was in a howitzers were baded over to large measure responsible for his our Allies, and considerable up- victory over George Duncan. The plies of rifles were issued to the irony of it was that the club was earliest American troops, which produced in Doncan's shop, and
bora his name. arrived in France.
Their bodies
If Captain George Berruett, who were found afterwards riddled from fear of the machine-guns is making a good recovery from with bullets, revolvers in hand, there. The mutineers marched the operation he has undergone towards A and B Companies at at Plymouth, leaves the Army, for they had died fighting.
Immediately after the firing Savino, and saw them both lined he will also be offered an engage
Dennett was in India The loyal com- ment had broken out at Trufanika a
up oo parade. few men in à Company in panies fired at them, and they during the war, and only returned Savino ran to the bathing huts made off to the Bolshevik lines last August. His benefit became and fired at the through our outposts, Nos. 1 and due in 1915, but was indefinitely adjacent officers buts, in which were 2 carrying the men there off with postponed. It is expected to be
Bevan. them. Meanwhile headquarters given next season.
The Melbourne Amateur Captains Barrett and These officers were fully dressed, succeeded in euiting the wire
at St. James and were not hit. They ran out some distance to the rear of Athletic Club and called to the remainder of Kucherika, and established com-Square is now in full swing, with their men, ordering them to fall munication with brigade head- a larger membership than any previous year. Many of the lads in Coolness, courage, and dis quarters.
General Grogan, V.C dashed are now getting ready for the cipline prevailed. The men fell
a few Eastern District Championships, in, and the few mutineers at the
over in pyjamas with
Vallance, featherweight cham- British engineers, but order was which are to be held shortly. D. by that time restored.
Seventy-two of the mutineers pion in 1913, hopes to be able to were subsequently captured and compete, as he is about to be de- eleven were shot.
bathing huts were also ordered to
fall in. They obeyed, cowed.
In the meantime the mutineers from Trufanika had marched by
All except mobilised. the low road between the villages
one were utterly callous.-Reuter attack Special
a man, providing he has the other qualifications, cannot make good and reliable pilot because he is unfortunate enough to and the battalion headquarters.
certain physical dis- which they dared not abilities. A man with one eye is often better than a man with two: has frequently been ound that the two eyes are not focussed of together, with the result misjudged landings and possibly Another eye dis- a nasty cra81. ability which has been discovered is the inability for the eyes to focus themselves as quickly as a rapidly descending machine requires. The result in this case, also, is crashes. There are many pilots with one leg or arn-Indeed, several of the best airmen I have seen have suffered from these disabilities-and they have not found their shortage hinder them in flying even under war conditions.
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS.
The future will undoubtedly bring to light certain discases which are caused, and others that are cured by flying, but I am of opinion that the cures will far exceed the deaths. In any case. the average man is as unlikely to suffer effects from flying--in fact, less likely than he is when traveling by bus or tube.
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