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ZANNI'S FLIGHT.
DELAYED UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
JAPANESE PRINCE.
LEAVING FOR ENGLAND.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1925
A NOVEL CLUB,
Oxford Undergrads Join Shove Ha Penny Bouts.
A farewell banquet in honour of Prince Chichibu, the second Imperial son, who is to leave for ha'penny in socially and morally The ancient game of shove England shortly took place at uplifting in the opinion of the noon on May 14th in the Home-members of the City and Varsity iden Hall at the Imperial Palace. Club, Oxford. More than 20 Princos and
ha'ponny, and today shove ha'- ponny is the ruling game.
Chances for the rosumption of Llout Col Pedro Zanni's round- the world flight soomed oven darker, says the Japan Advertiser whon it became known that the damage to bis hydro-airplane, which overturned as the aviator Princesses of the Blood, Fromior which brings town and gown The City and Varsity 'Club, was attempting to hop off from Kato, other Cabinet Ministers together in the best of good follow- Osaka för Kasumigaura on the minister of the Imperial ship, owes its inception to shove Thursday, is more serious than Household Department, other had at first been anticipated.
Colonel Zanoi said, according to a tologram from Kobe, that the plane can be repaired in Japan. Howovor, he said if the fight is to be continued it will probably have to be delayed until Sep tambor. The repairs, it appears will probably take at least a month and that will make flying impossible..
ranking officials and members of the suite who will accompany the Princo to England were present. Jof the kind in Britain.
There is probably no other club Within Sir Charles Eliot, the British its portals assemble taxi cab Ambassador, and other officials drivers, college tutors, barristera," of the British Embassy, were manual labourers and under guests. More than 100 persons graduates. were present at the dinner whic They meet on a common foot- was arranged by the Empressing as fell-w-clubmon, and they and the Prince Regent.
play shove na'ponny, cards, bil- liards, and drink each other's healths with all the freedom of social equality.
At 12.30 o'clock, the Empress He pointed out, the dispatch and the Prince Regent followed states, that it is impossible to fly by Prince Chichibu and Princes northward across the Pacific in and Princossee of the Blood, pro- July and August because this iscended to Chigusawn Hall where the foggiost time of year in the the Empress mot Sir Charles "smoky seas." There is rarely a Eliot and other guests. After the day that the fog is not too denso exchange of felicitations, the to permit flying, he said. Thus, company proceeded to the Home- late August or the first of Sept- idon where places were taken ember would be the earliest ho at a great horseshoe table with the could expect to continue the fight Empress in the centre Prince now, even if decision to continuo Chichibu. and Prince Takamatsu is made.
the third Imporial son, sat at each side of the Empress. The Princo, (Regent sat opposite the Empress
The aviator is waiting for in structions from Buenos Aires now, he said, having cabled thore for orders as to what to do.. If the authorities in charge of the flight wish to have him continue, it is understood he is ready to do so.
The plane's damage was much worse than reported at first, it seems, for a dispatch states that one float is broken, the fuselage is damaged, the upper wings aro impaired and a lower wing dam aged. Also, connections between the floate or pontoons and the fuselage are torn away and the propeller is beyond repair. A now one is necessary.
The Imperial Orcherstra played foreign music throughout the dinner which continued for more than one hour.
After the dinnor, the company retired to Botan Hall whore complimentary addresses wore delivered to the Prince on the eve of his departure oversons.
600 MEMBERS.
The club has over 600 members, and the annual turnover is be- tween £3,000 and £4,000.
Year and year about tho prosidency is shared by Town and Gown. This year the pres idant is Mr. F. P. Thornton, a leading County Council official.
The object of the leaders in the movement for the opening of a club of the character was to bring Town and Gown together in a friendly way, and to promoto good feeling in place of the old antagonism." It is a noteworthy, fact that the first vice-chanceller to authorise the club was Dr. Farnall, who became famous is his banning of so many different things.
The Princo. Rogent and the Crown Princess have prosented Fritca Chichibu with a pair of FRENCH BEACON. cuff links as a fare-well gift.
Added strength to the belief Owing to the late arrival of that continuance of the flight the Empress of Australia, the in the prosent machine is wodding of Mr. Noel B. White impossiblo was added by Liouta-" and Miss Pearl Thompson hast nant-Colonel Kodama, Chief of been postponed until Saturday at the technical section of the p.m. aviation bureau, who said that it.
is doubtful whether the machine
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can be repaired, because it is "WERE WONDERFUL DURING entirely wrecked with the ex- ception of a main span and the engine bed.
He said that the main shaft might be twisted because the screw is smashod, and the motor apparently continued to revolve for a time after the machine overturned. The motor, be said, is useless if the shaft is distorted. The Lieutenant-Colonel express ad deepest sympathy for the mis- fortunate fliers.
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To guide aeroplanes flying by night from Paris to Algiers the most powerful lighthouse in the world is now lighted on Mont Afrique, near Dijon.
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with such powerful beams, that Marino lighthouses, formerly an airman in clear weather will thousand million candle power, and the light can be seen for 500 the most powerful in the world, are always have at least one of them miles on every side-from Brusnow but a pale abadow of the new in sight. sels to Milan.
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The most powerful lighthouse in the world, it was lighted for the first time on the last Sunday in April.
Meant primarily for aeroplanes aging between Paris and Algiers, via Lyons, it will serve also for many other routes. When the weather is clear its lights will be visible from Brussels, Periguex, Dieppe, Aries, Lille, Frankfurt Milan and Angers.
The famous lighthouse of Creach, at Ushant, with its 30,000,000 candle power has until now been the most powerful French lighthouse.
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Mont Afrique is a plateau 625 aid digestion, improve the metres high, eight miles west of petita, cool feverishness, calm- the nerves, induce sound refresh-Dijon and the light has cost one and a half million francs. Up to ing sleep.
the present Mont Afrique is known to tourists only for the beautiful view which it gives over the plains of Burgundy but in the future half France will know its name, for its rays will be visible at places 800 kilometres
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At..present only the Paris-the route are at:-- Strasbourg and Paris-London lines are marked with lights of a small range equal to 6,000 candles. For great junctions much more powerful lights are needed. The All have a range of from 35 to lights of Mont Afrique are at the 40 miles. junction of the Paris-Switzerland,
Croydon's lighthouse is known Paris-Italy and Paris-Meditor-as a "Cone" light. It consists of a flashing apparatus of high ranean routes.
The construction of the Mont power mounted-at the top of a Afrique lighthouse began in 1918 brilliantly-lighted cone, which to by order of the Government, but an airman approaching from any was interrupted by the Armistice. direction appears as a trianguler For a year and a half it has been patch of white light. ready waiting for electric current,
which is now brought from Dijon. What avou one million candle- power means may be gauged by the fact that the estimated ag gregate of all the lights in the square mile of the City of Loridon is only 1,260,000 candle power an eight-hundredth part of that of the French giant,
Although regular night flying has not yet been started on Bri- tish airways, the London-Paris route is well equipped with aerial lighthouses.
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They are operated by solar rays which turn on the lights at euvast and switch them off again whon dawn'comes. Should the day be dark with fog or clouds pass across the face of the sun towards. sunset, these lights come out with almost uncanny regularity to guide the aerial traveller,
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