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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1931.
OBITUARY.
FAMOUS INVENTOR OF THE TURBINE.
14
London, Feb. 12.
The death han occurred of Sir Charles Parsons.-Reuter.
LORRY CRASHES INTO RICKSHAS.
SKIDS DOWN GREASY SLOPE AND KILLS COOLIE,
An inquest was hold by Mr. Sir Charles A. Parsons, inventor | Willums at the Central Police Court of the turbine, was born in 1954, yesterday afternoon on Muk On, a
his father, being the Earl of Rosse, ricksha pulter, who was killed in a
Road West.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The British Mission.
To The Editor of Hongkong
Telegraph.]
ESTATE DUTY BILL.
REFERRED TO STANDING
TAW LAW COMMITTEE,
As certain amendments to the Estate Duty I have been sug
the Legislative Council, at the read a first time on Thursday last. gested since It was introduced and
agreed to it being referred to the sideration and report, Standing Law Committee for con-
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WATCHMAZER, „JEWELLER & ENGRAVEL 19. Nathan Rowd, Kowloom.
who was President of the Royal motor mishap on February 1. at Mission to China many people meeting held yesterday afternoon. Any kind of Watches, Chronometers, Chroso Society and made many Improve-Queen's Thomas, of the Govern
WRS
an epicyeloldal, 4-cylinder rotary
Dr. C,
the British Economie and Cotton Sir-In regard to the task of
appear to be obsessed with the idea of Japanese
competition and their costs of production down to Hem to think that if they can get the level of Japan their troubles Kre-over. They tend to overlook exchange and competition from Important factors, 16. focal infils.
menta in the telescope. In 1886 as a boy on his father's yacht hement Civil Hospital, said the man designed a deep-sea Hounding was admitted into the institution Kauge which
developed by suffering from severe injurios, his Lord Kelvin and put on the market, right leg having been crushed. It two Educated at Dublin University and was later amputated. He did not St. John's College, Cambridge, he recover from the initial shock and entered the Elswick works of Sir died the same day. W. G. Armstrong. He invented
Mok Lee, a rieksha puller, saldings and Sheetings were originally The ordinary blenched Shirt. he was an eye-witness of the ac done by Lancashire who were in turn ousted by America, Japan and finally the local mills.
How can Lancashire hope to re- gain such business? parked.
Of what avail is it to cut down a little here and a bit there, take a fraction of this and a decimal point of that when exchange in able to move and duties are being increased 20% either way at any moment with no corresponding rise in the local market?
engine with revolving cylinders, eldent which occurred nf the junc- In 1888 he served for a year on the tion of Queen's Road West and experimental staff of Kitsons, Hollywood Road. At the foot of Leeds,
the incline of Hollywood Road, a In 1884 he began the experi-number of rickshas were menta which led to the steam tur-Prior to the accident. Mok On was bine, producing a 10-h.p. motor sitting on the bottom of his ricksha. running at 18,000 revolutions t An empty lorry coming down the minute. In 1893 Parsons turned ineline, without warning, turned his attention to the development and crashed into the rickshas. Mok of the marine turbine. and next On jumped quickly to his feet but year planeer syndiente, the was struck. his right leg being
Tyne.
His Excellency the Governor (Sir Willi Peel, K.C.M.G.. K.B.E.) presided, and there were
leg wesent:
The Colonial Secretary (Hon. Mr. E. R. Hollifax, C.M.G., C.B.E.) Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C., O).B.E.). The Attorney General (Hon.
The Secretary fur Chinསྤྱུང་ Affairs (Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North). The Colonial Treasurer (Hon. Mr. C. Mcl. Messer, O.B.E.).
Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy, C.B.E. (Director of Public Works).
Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G..
Sala and Repairing of Gold and Silver Booda, singhe, Repeater, Speedometers, Typewriters and anythiar i kön line of delicate merbaul All orders secuted promptly at thoderate rate.
E. BOGDATEKY,
MUSIC BY
MODERN
Hon. Commander G. F. Hole. FRENCH COMPOSERS. RN. (Retired) (Harbour Master). (inspector General of Police). Hon, Sir Shanson Chow, Ki. Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes. Han, M. C. C, S, Mackie, Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, Iton. Mr. S W. Teo. O.E...
Hon. Mr J. J. Paterson. Mr. N. L. Smith (Deputy Cler of Councils).
Marine Steam Turbine Co. was pinned between one of the front Founded. The famous Turbinia wheels and street fountain. He
The attitude of Chinese dealers was completed in 1897, She was was extricates! by a policeman and to-day is that if exchange drops, 180 feet long, her displacement ja eivilian, and went to hospital in
home prices must drop neearding | was 44 tons and her horsepower an ambulance.
ly and if there is a further.D. 2,300. By attaining 34 knoia she Replying to the Coroner, witness increase in the Customs taril. proved the fastent ship in theenid the road was splashed with pricos must come down in pra- world. In that year the Parsons water spilled by people fetching portion. Marine Steam Turbine Co. was their supplies from the fountain. What home producers are up founded with works at Wallsend-on. Consequently it was
Law Society Suggestions. in a greasy against more than anything else ondition, making it dangerous for is that there is no stability in this interest before the meeting was The only business of public Sir W. White, Director of Naval vehicles coming down the steep in-country either in Silver or any the secund reading of the Estate (Construction at the Admirally, cline. "In my opinion, the driver thing else.
placed orders for the first turbing, of the lorry lost control of his If exchange drops much more it
Duty Bill, which was moved by the driven destroyers, Viper and vehicle while coming down the will not be a question of at what Attorney General. In doing so he Cobra, and the first turbine-driven stope. and it skidest and crashed prices can Manchester
rise to move the nell to said:--ir. 1 cruiser, the Amethyst. The two into the rickshes," declared the China but of China competing stond reading of a Bill intituled former attained 36 knots, But it witness. A verdiet of "areidental against her in the world markets|"An Ordinance to amend the law was largely due to the muccess of death" was returned by the jury.
and perhaps even in Great Britain relating to Estate Duty." Much the Amethyst that the · general
itself.
assistance in the drafting of thin introduction of turbines into the
As an antidote to the above] Bill has been rendered by the navy took place. They were also Increasingly used for fast liners SIR MILES LAMPSON. depressing aspect, the undersign-Committee of the incorporated Law of their sug. ed would like to freus the earnest Society and many attention of students of our pro-gestions appear in its clauses. | blems to Leacock's "Economic | Since the first reading last week Prosperity in the British Empire," they have been in communication A great opportunity Hes at the with me suggesting reconsidera- door of any political party that tion of clauses 6. 8, 9, and 16. gets down to grips.
Much 28 the Lusitania | 70,000 h.p.).
In 1911 Parsons was knighted K.C.B.). Daring the war he served on many Government com- milttees connected with scientific research, electric power, aircraft, fuel research and construction of
tanks.
His ingenuity was also exercised in the domain of music, for in 1900 he invented the auxelophone For increasing
volume and improving the tone of the gruno- phone, violin, 'cella and double
the
bass. He was also
JAZE
RETURNING FROM BRIEF HOLIDAY TRIP.
Peking, Feb. 12. Sir Miles Lampson will be leaving Singapore on February 16
for Hongkong-Reuter
vers Inter he and the late Albert Landle ang inunded the firm Dorman, Long and Co.. and nortly afterwards took over an Siating iron concern. The vea
MANCUNIAN,
Clause 6 substitutes a new section (83) of the principal or- dinance in place of a sub-section | derived from section 7 (2) of the Finance Act, 1894, relating to allowances for debts. Their sug- gestion is that it is not desirable | to depart further from the lan- My dear, Tubby's been chuck-guage of the Act in this respect.
Popsy Again.
aviation are proved very successful. Oneling to himself all week about that in clause 8 it is suggested that i
of the most important of their new law for making people pay the proviso might be enlarged to extensions was the production more for dying. He says ity n
similar nature to probate O
plonrer, and conducted experi- ments in 1898 with a model dying af stevi, in combination with an- sound principal to tax the dead and cover the case of foreign grants of machine driven by a steamengine her firm, from Cleveland (York- the civil servants because neither administration. Clause 9 imposes of his own design having the hire) fron by the open-hearth of them can answer you back, and an obligation on the executors as cylinder and valve-chest inside the rocess, as distingaished from the anyhow the civil servants are just to the registration of the un-
offer.
as the others, but isnt registered shares of a deceased Bessemer method. In subsequent as dead
person, which is a new provision. it reduces the liability which the registered owner incurs under the new section 24 introduced by clause 15.
the turbine steamer King Georgeabsorbed a number of other North something?
zeitra Dorruan. Long and Co. that lazy majesty or blarspemy or
f England concerns.
provisional
In April, 1926, at the launch of V. Sir Charles Parsons said the vessel was his reply to the chal-
Angus says that darling police In 1918 Dorman. who in additionman with the pretty uniform who lenge of the Diesel engine na re- gards economy in working.
to being chairman of the firm was asked Pre-
for subscriptions for sident in 1917 and
a director of others, was knighted brightening the 1919 of the R.R.E.) ant in 1923 was awarded get a medal for the ilen and that streets ought to British Association, to which he baronetey. Speaking on
Reversionary Interests. presented £10,000 in 1922, Sir C. A.Sist birthday in August, 1929, he tip and open a pubile subscription points are made: firstly, as to the bisor Sir William ought to take the With regard to clause. 16, two Partans has been the recipient of advorated the uniting of British many honoura from universities iron and steel manueturers tato the budget. He says that if you the existing third schedule and
that everybody could help with possible retention of the table inj and scientific
bodies.
For his groups in order to maintain their had numbered invention of the turbine he
receipts and the its application to the valuation of Wassupremacy in awarded the medal of the Royal fareign enterprises. Five weeks
competition with winner got a nighthood and there revisionary interests and; second- Soriety of which he was a Fellow. later it was announced that Dor-things as consolation prizes every vision similar to that in section 12.
were lota of nice medals and
ty, as to the insertion of a pro-, He was chairman of the electrian, Long and Co, had reached body would
rush to cal and engineering works of C. A.
show their agreement with loyalty
it clear that the new rates are to Parsons Marine Steam Turbine other great North of England firm,more inxes and they'd run the there'd never be any fo of the Boss and Co. optical for a fusion of interests by means plaes on voluntary contributions works, Clapharn Common, of the of an exchange, of shares. Parsons Optiglass Co, and of the Cleveland Shipbuilding Co. His only son was killed in the war.] SIR ARTHUR DORMAN. Veteran fronmuster, and Coal-Owner.
London, Feb. 12. The death of Sir Arthur Dormas is announced---Kouter.
Author John
Parsons and Co. at Henton, of the Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., an- Jond the buy no end of tickets of the Finance Act, 1907, making
Dorman.
British roumaster and colliers
owner, was born a1. Ashford.
war.
apply to persans dying after the commencement of this Ordinance. merit consideration and so, after These are all matters which
the second reading, I shall propose that the B. be referred, under Staudion Order 27. to the Stand- ing Law Committee for report.
The capital of the two undertakings the Wolfe from the Dour.
like the Dogs Home and so keep amounted ta nearly £20,000,000. nd the merger was nie of the
Tabby's heard for absolute cer most important that had taken tain that positively all the Direc- ter in Great Britain ainee The tors of the companies and things have refusoit to take any fees this sear and are petitioning the share cially on the clauses I have holders to reduce them, too terribly
mentioned, noble, my dear. But the share. holders say they must loyally take their pittances and its very diffi- cult for the financial maggots - tu know what to do,
MR. ALFRED SMITH. M.P. Lnhour Representative for Sunderland.
Lundon. Feb, 12. The M.P.. Mr. Alfred Smith, is Kent.dead. Reuter.
In August, 1818, and educated at Mr. Alfred Smith, the Labour Christ's Hospital the Bluecoat M.P. for Sunderland since 1929. Schools and in Paris. When 18
Your helpful.
j'oray.
was J.P., and held the positions of Tubby's language when he saw the PS. You should have heard The went to the north of England National Official of the Tran-dress shirts that I'd washed. Pasi- spirt and General. Workers' Union
and was apprenticed to the iron
tive obscenery, my dear. How was making firm of Richardson, John and a member of the Middlesex to known the cook would keep son and Co. of South Shields. Ter County Council.3
baking powder in the starch box.?
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The Colonial Secretary seconded and the Bill was read i second time.
The Attorney General moved that the Bill be referred to the Staniling Law Committee for re- port, this being seconded by the Colonial Secretary,
This was agreed to.
Adjournment..
adjourned the Counell till Thurs- His Excellency the Governor
day, February 26,
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