THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
BRITISH "AVIATION NINE U.S. WARSHIPS PEPPER MAY BE AN
PROSPECTS.
SIR SAMUEL HOARE ON
THE FUTURE.
SERVICE TO INDIA » AND LATER TO CAPETOWN.
TECHNICAL ADVANCE.
ARRIVE HERE.
FLAGSHIP DUE IN PORT TO-MORROW.
ADMIRAL COMING..
Quile a fleet of American war- ships arrived in the Colony early this morning from Manila, Hong- kong being the first port of call during a cruise which will later take the vessels to Northern perts. Arriving this morning were the Memphis, Milwaukee and Black London, Mar. 7. hawk, the first two being light Hopes that another great air cruisers paying their first visit to trank-line of Empire would be Hongkong, and the Blackhawk arranged within the next few being the depot ship for the 46th months, namely a service between Destroyer Division, which also ar- London and Capatown, were exrived this morning. pressed by Sir Samuel Hoare, the
"INSTRUMENT."
KOWLOON MAGISTRATE GIVES
HIS OPINION.
BUT CASE DISMISSED.
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1929.
ECHO OF U.S. OIL BLAZE ON A P.&0.
SCANDAL
STEAMER.
ROCKEFELLER WINS FIGHT SHANGHAI FIREMEN HAVE A
WITH COL. STEWART.
BUSY TIME.
New York, Mar. 7.
flames
UNETHICAL BUSINESS. ALL DAY AND NIGHT.
Shanghai, Mar. 4. At the resumption, before Mr.
The battle for the control of the A fire of considerable con- Ts. Whyle Smith, at the Kowloon
broke out yesterday Magistracy this morning, of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana sequence case in which a Chinese was between Col. Robert W. Stewart, amidships in the F. & 0, 8.8. Mir
barthed at Jardine's charged with being in unlawful the chairman of the board of dir zapore, possession of a packet of pepper at ectors, and Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Eastern Wharf, at some time pre- Kowloon Tong, his Worship-re- Jr., was fought out by the share-vious to 8.32. a.m., when the marked that he had considered the holders of the Company at Whiting. Central Fire station was informed
of the blaze. charge and said he could see no Indiana,-to-day.
In holds 2 and 3, the fire had The meeting resulted in a victory reason why pepper could not be termed an "Instrument," as it was for the supporters of Mr. Rocke made such headway in a cargo of
feller, who opposed the re-election cotton, before smoke or used as such in robberies.
Continuing, his Worship aaid of Colonel Stewart as chairman deware visible, firemen were that the other circumstances, claring that he was unfitted to rehandicapped, that, after getting however, were not suspicious. It tain the chairmanship on account of the fire under control, they had to romain on duty all last night, Secretary of State for Air, in in- The latter includes the U.S.S. was not at night, nor was there his unethical business methods.
playing streams into the sections troducing the Air Estimates, Halbert, Noa, W. E. Preston, anything else incriminating found, The Standard Oil Company of for and aft the engine room. By totalling £16,000,000 in the House Sicada, and two mine-sweepers, on the defendant.
Indiana has capital totalling over noon. yesterday the firemen of Commons to-day:
Rizal and Hart,
Di cctive Inspector Fallon add-$900,000,000, and the Rockefeller brought the fire under control.
excited con-" At the outset, Sir Samuel Hoare
It is rare, indeed, that flres ro- The cruisers Memphis and Mil-ed a charge of frequenting the Stewart "war" has drew attention to the fact that
technical apparatus as did the ono ments had been hounding up in first visit, were laid down between ant's house, with Intent to com- United States.
yesterday. Relays of men had to mit a felony,... · other parts of the world, British 1918 and 1920 and are of 7,500 The complainant. Mr. A. A
be sent into the holds with gas net expenditure for the fourth tons displacement. They have 12 year i succession showed an six-inch guns, four three-inch anti-Lopes, described how he had seen
masks.
actual decrense.
while expenditure upon air arma-wauker, which are making their roadway adjoining the complain-siderable interest throughout the quire so much application of
Nozzle-men-- otherwise could not have made appreciable in their duty. Tho
the scene greater portion of this type of equipment was on throughout the day and last night.
The attack on Col. Stewart arises from the investigation by the Seante Oil Committee into the Tos the defendant and two others at Dome oll scandal. After giving and ten torpedo aircraft guns
acting in a suspicious manner and evidence at one sitting, Col. Stewart progress were Four prominent features in the tubes. At the time they Estimates were, firstly, that at launched, the cruisers were the how he subsequently arrested the declined to testify further, for defendant after a chase during which he was indicted, afterwards end of the year the strength of the fastest in the American Fleet, which he fired one shot into the being further charged with parjury, Royal Air Force would be raised making a speed of 33.34 knots. air to stop the fugitive.
He was found not rullty on both
The Outbreak Discovered. from seventy-five to eighty-two The guns are mounted in two
After hearing the evidence, his charges, the jury indicating that squadrons, but even SO our groups, fore and aft. Each group Worship said that he could not ace they intended their verdicta to ba
Mombera of the crew frat dis- strength would fall considerably consists of two turrets, each con-his way to convict.
complete vindications. Mr. Rocke-covered the fre yesterday morn- below the strength of certain taining a pair of guns, and one The defendant was accordingly feller, however, asked for Col. Ste-ing and immediately applied their other great Powers.
wart's resignation, which was re-emergency apparatus, but the auper-imposed turret also with two discharged.
fused-Renter's American Service, I ship's equipment, proved entirely guns.
Inadequate.
Service to India. "
of
THE SAMOANS.
SEASON EXTENDED AT THE STAR.
they will also be regaled with Hawallan guitar music and songs. An able exponent in the latter category is Princess Roselani, whose singing in the vernacular is to be remembered for its haunt- ing melodies.
WAS
The U.S.S. Pittsburg, flagship
Both floats, the Municipal and Secondly, regular air service of the American Asiatic Fleet, to India would begin in a few due to arrive to-morrow with an-
Customs responded to the alarm, weeks' time, while he hoped during other destroyer, the Pruitt. Ad-
mon from Central and Hongkew the next few months to be able to miral Bristol, commanding the
rushing to man the boats. Capt. make the necessary arrangements
Read, Socond Officer, although on for the starting, in due course, of Fleat, will arrive on March 14 by the U.S.S. Ashville. He will then
leave yesterday, immediately took another Kreat trunk-line.
command. At full speed the ves The Samoans, who have been
sels steamed down the river. The Empire, from London to Cape-transfer his flag to the Pittsburg. town. Thirdly, definite provision At this time the American fleet in
A change of programme
crews were confronted with a fire an-given last night, when, in ad-blazing and amouldering, as well.] had been made for further advance Hongkong will total cleven vessels, Kiving a show of much originality in technical and scientific de- which will remain in port untii at the Star Theatre; have
nounced an extension of their dition to the items which are in two holds, one in front of the advance March 18, when they will leave for season to Saturday, and an op- characteristic of the show, an in- engine room, the other abast, and Further .velopment.
would be made in the field Shanghai and other Northernportunity is thus given to those sight was given into the art of both bunkers afire.
who have not yet seen them in basket-weaving and cocoanut peel- The smoke made operations dif netion to do so. Not only will they ing. In these two occupations anficult. Lines wore run out and be given an insight into the instance was provided of the within a few minutes, two pumps, dances and songs characteristic singular dexterity
were pouring 1,000 gallons each of the people of the islands, but nalives.
per minute into the affected aren, This procedure proved ineffectual, additional means being resorted
of metal construction, while con porta. centrated attention, was being
given to possible developments of
that great safety invention, the alotied wing,
EXCHANGE RATES.
London, Mar. 7.
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Fourthly, a new proposal was made in the Civil Aviation Vote! for stimulating the air sense, of) the nation and making it easier New York for young men and women to learn Brussels to fly.
Geneva
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The grant they were proposing Amsterdam to give to the National Flying Milan ... Company was entirely restricted Berlin... to payment by results, and a not less important condition was the provision, directly ar fadirectly, of a hundred new aerodrames and landing grounds,
Defence of Britain.
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Dealing with the question of the air defence of those shores, Sir Busharest
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Samuel Houre said there still re Buenos Aires mained to be formed twenty of the Bombay 52 aquadrons that they regarded Shanghai as the minimum for Home Defence Hongkong and Imperial Reserve.
Yokohamn
He claimed, however, that the Silver (spot). standard of the efficiency of the Silver (forward)
units had been greatly raised
recently, and that the auxiliary
squadrans had shown themselves
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-British Wireless,
so efficient as to justify the additley have been flying the whole
tion of three squadrons to their length of Africa in civil machhres,
number is the Estimates.
On the subject of Imperial air
routes, the Air Minister said that
within a few weeks the service to
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Tributes to Ploneers.
to all these pioneers, and particu-
Let us pay, in passing a tribute
India should be dying weekly and larly to the enterprising adica doing the journey in from six to who have shown so notably their seven days.
skill and bravery.
Foreign Co-operation:
One result of these lights has been to give us experience and He expressed his satisfaction information without which so am- with the co-operation which had bitious a scheme as an air roule been obtained with the French and of 6,245 miles from the North to Swiss over whose territory the the South of Africa would be alto- first stage of the journey would gether impracticable. be made.
Dealing with machines the Alr The sum allowed in the Esti-} Minister stated: "Upon the com- mates was purposely, small, for pletion of this year's programme. with the best will in the world the whole Air Force, with the ex- and with the full co-operation of ception of four squadrons in In- 'all the Governments goncerned, it dia, will be equipped with new would take at cast twelve months type engines and machines. The to get the service regularly operat four Indian squadrons are due ing.
for re-armament in 1930.
They had, however, made very definite progress in the last few months. The British Government
New Developments.
Upon the civil side we are enn-
was prepared to take its share centrating on the development of
the cost of the service and he thought everyone would agree fluit
Service to Cape,
should
new and up-to-date types of maching for civil transport.
with the route passing through so Among the first item in our pro- many different territories, all the Governments concerned
gramme are a bont of a new type ith twin floats-a larger flying- also take their share.
boat than we have yet constructed -and two aircraft which we hope will enable us to test the The British Government was al- rival claims of monoplanes and ready bearing the whole burdon of biplanes for civil purposen, the subsidy for the section from Meanwhile, a further advance England to Egypt, · but was pre will be made, in which we already pared to go further, and to give have the leading place in the substantial support ́ ́also to the world, the field of metal construc- African sections provided the on.
other Government's concerred Four years ago, the Air Minia played their part. "For sometry was ordering only one metal years past," he added, "units of machine to every machine of wood- the British and the South en construction. To-day the of African Air Forces have beenders are seven metal machines making service flights over the for one wooden, so awift and com- route. For some, years past, also, plete has been the revolution in and particularly during the last the methods of construction twelve months, flying pioneers like during the last four years- Sir Alan Cobham, Lady. "Abe" British Wireless. Bailey and Captain and Mrs: Ben-*-
of
these
YESTERDAY'S MILITARY FAREWELL.
H.E. Major General C. C. Luard, Ĉ.B., C.M.G., ls here seen taking the salute at Queen's Pier yesterday, when he left for Home on relinquishing the South China Command. (Photo: Ming Yuen).
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It was evident where the seat of the fire was, The bunkering space, was ulive with flume and the holds as well were so improg- nated at the bottom with fire, that it seemed an impossible task to qul out. But lines were run -be- low and water poured in without seeming effect.
It has been stated that the weight of the water-more than 100,000 gallons.per hour-combin ed with the weight of the cotton, sunk the vessel so. much as to enuse her keel to rest on river bot- tom at low tile.
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Nozzle-man, in smoke helmoto entered the more dangerous areas, where they were confronted withi difficulties which all but overcame them a hold full of cotton, blaz ing in spots, smouldering in others, and an overwhelming volume of smoke. It was not until after noon that confidence was express- ed by the officers that no great) danger to the remainder of the ship existed. The work went on unabated for hours.
Although the Names worg.cón- sidered under contral, it was deem- ed advisable to authorize, relief forces, operating in six-hour ro- lays to go on the job throughout the night.
P.C. WHO WAS "RATTLED."
ASSAULT SUMMONS BROUGHT BY COSTER.
London, Feb. 12.
A summons brought by a coster- monger, Sidney Mayo, against P. C. George Lusher, for assault was dismissed at Clerkenwell Po- lice Court yesterday,
on,
Mayo had alleged that Lusher, after ordering him to move kicked him and pushed himn. The magistrate adjourned the caso, saying, that it contained a sugges- tian of intolerable tyranny.
Yesterday the magistrate said there was a hostile crowd when the constable took hold of Mayo's arm' and rushed him away.
"If it happened that Mayo's fout encountered the officer's it was, In my judgment, quité accidental and in no way deliberate, While I believe the constable acted indis. creetly, I think that if he had been quite calm at the time he would have realised that the man was standing outside the korb and not seeking to break. the regula tions...
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