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The
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Fata, J. 10, 1931.
A FINE BODY.
All who subscribe! to the Posi dre Fund will or disuld have read
DAY BY DAY
of the most useful aspects of the Trust's work is to be found in the
DE PATIENT:CHERISH ROPE: READ facilities it offers, for training men
MORE NATURE 19 MORE POWERFUL of the Navy for civil life and for THAN EDUCATION: TIME WILL DE assisting them in order that theyVELOP EVERYTHING-Reaconsfield- may obtain suitable employment un
The B. I... Tilawa left Singapore leaving the Service. In Wis con- for Hongkong yesterday afternoon and nexion, it may be mentioned that is due here on the 14th.
ut the Royal School of Motoring Portsmouth, which is run under the auspices of the Trust, is of great value. The Trust also main- tains two Children's Homes, where tays and girls are maintained and
life. Some idea of the extent
be of the Trust's activities Buy gained when we point out Bet het year it spent over £12,000 in the relief of distress, £6,000 towards the provision of employment and brainlag, and early £10,000 in the maintenance of Children's Homes and in contributions to other
titutions.
There is one point which we -Imahl repcially ke
ja
1,
"
A non-Chinese case of typhoid med Chinese care of diphtheria wee reported to the Medical Officer Health yestersiny,
WASTING HORSE-POWER INS
THE NAVY.
By Captain BERNARD ACWORTH, R.N. (Ret.)
THE
that
MHE TERM "torpedo boat des And here, at once, 'It is worth
the words while to consider atinyer" reveals
charac [1]
of teristics of our present destroy- element of confusion function which these graft ad era. Into their small tonnage of horse- mittedly exhibit in practice. Ar 1,800 tons is crammed a Amongst the passengers who arrived they to be regarded essentially; power of 36.000 to give the vessel, by the Empress of Japan to-day were torpedo craft or is their main under unreal trial conditions, the Hon, J. P. Braga, Dr. A. W. Wu, function the destruction of tor-speed of 35 konta. Mr. 4. B. Atwell, Mr. D. L. King and prado craff? Not only are those was Mr. T. L. Knight.
vessels. composite craft in these years
20
Such a speed obtained
than 445240 In coal-buraing destroyers fitted with recipiro-
engines. and of latively small horse-power,
spryd is not
The Hongkong Telephone for lado o espeth, they are more di advertise that an interim Dividend Karded as the principal counter to of one per cent: per share for the submarines, and as such are de Six months ended June 36, 1931, will manded, and laid down, in what i la Renerally belleved to he pail on Tuesday, August 1, 19831. numbers, as the necessary reply. 11 in curious reflection that
to foreign submarines.
the
nam ly. that when Funds like that arising from the Pu eidon disaster are hunde ver to the Trust. Theft the Fentral, Polles Court.
morning, for failing to entry a hendi
+
in
A dug belonging to Mr. A. R.
With regard to their construc. these small aml frail T.B.D.'s have Alling, of 3, Hast Avenue, has her tion as the chief defence againal horse-power 7,000 in excess of cent to Mataukok" it the poquest of gamarines, I have shown in my that fron Duke, a 21-knot battle-
The owner for destructi animal had bitten It Up, 18 years, of recent book thuit their outstand ship of 29,000 tona, mounting len characteristic, very
high 18.in. guns and 12.6in. guns, and 2. Temple Street, whil he was in ing
work very heavily armoured. Unnecessary for spavenging butas eur Lyceum Speel, in
though against submarines, and Hallding yesterday.
it true that they can perfor In practice, under average good
satisfactorily. It
conditions, these T.B.D's huye a Mr. J. M. Dalziel, of No. 4, firaemar such work Trezare, ww. finnd B by Me. Schofield, equally true that small inexpen-speed of 50 kuns which is reduced this size vessels are equally efficient right, down in a seaway. Owing to their great power and to their kun- A submerged submarine, known fight torpedo tubes, the whole of the money subscribes gues, light on his moter our at 9.67 p.tn. un
bearmament is no more than four without any deduction whatever, to June 27. Mr. Dalziel said that when
he left Shaukiwan he had known that to do in the vicinity, must
luxury "a hunted slowly and deliberately. 4.7in. guns, the growing the persons where the dritters fraternal the fare was dim on neruunt of to benefit There is name taken out fault in the circuit, but he was not The destroyer's speed, seldom if and aparinusness of the living
sighting. IN not for afininistrative exienses, which aware that it had netually gone out, ever available at the moment of accommodation still further re- employed in ducing the space and weight avail- the depth-chargo able for fighting characteristles. During some work on ** rubber hunting; and ar borte out of the ordinary funds
machine which I been equipment could be carried and, Their tonnage is insufficient for of the Trust. Even Mik are frutting
any protracted ocean work and their #t. the Canton Rubber operated equally well from To take last year Factory, "f abaermally low
Nam Chong Street small craft. It therefore seems greatest admirers would hesitate
Them of, to term
robust flyhting to expend tens unnecessary Shamshulpe, two workmen from the Kowloon Docks reprived Injuries. to millions on this type of vessel for ships. their heads when a
Tope which they
Apart from their extensive were using shipped, ensising a girerperations against submarines.
both One modern T.B.D. of 1300 torpedo equipment these modern to full on them. They were
of very for ions costs approximately £399.-T.ED's are a species taken to the Kowloon Hospital treatment.
WOTE
1
2415 trip to Hongkong.
des-
as an example, the total expandi. thee of the Trust was over £64,090. but the total expense adoni testion was only 16,181, or los than
040, the excessive horse-power mall cruiser, but they are ton Ju pr
Bl. Besides all ather
being chiefly responsible for this small to be employed for proper, cost, Against sub-¦and urgently necessary, cruiser branches of the Trust's work, us
Dur to arrive in Hongkong on the enormous
the T.B.D., Sower than 21,708 individual cased 18th inst., up the my. Asama Muro,marines her torpedo armament is duties. Should, not
dead under the direction of the D. F. of no avail, and her gun-arma therefore, shed its torpedo lont asiste requiring
Robertson Travel Bureau, will be ment has no exceptional virtue on Functions and our fleet of with. Applications reach the Trust party of eighty Californians, Thelod-those rare occasions when it can troyers be expanded gradually from all over the British Isles and fed in the party are Mr. F. F. Sweet be employed against a submarine. into a fleet of small, but sufficient-
multicamere real. estate operator, from overseas as well; all have fo necompanied by Mrs. Swest; Mr. Allen which immediately submerges only large, cruisers of approximate
sighting hes",
ly 1.000 tons? W. Ashlearn. prominent attorney. best be nuired into, and the
If, then foreign submarines doj On such alonnage, with accompanied by Mrs. Ashburn, and means of affording help considered. Mr. George O'Connell, millionaire, not necessitate the construction horse-pawer reduced considerably that now installed In This involves an insinse amount This will be Mr. and Mrs. Robertson's of many Hotillas of T.B.Ds for below
their neutralisation we return to vessels of a third their alze we
function which the deal
their could obtain A reasonable but of correspondenter and detaijed
name suggests. As surface ter-still high speed, of 27 knots, the | work, which has to be undertaken
which, when used in whether a grant is made or not, and affairs and to construct hostels in pede craft they employ a weapon speed it should be noted of the surface new small German cruisers. Such i would be quite impossible to keep the most popular districts for the vessels, is a notoriously chancy vassels could mount a powerfbl nes go low without many hours reception. The movement in which weapon. Though the fear of the quick-firing gun-armament of six nolabic torpalo exercised a dominating Gin. guns in the fore and aft line, weekly of unpaid work. Suficient
any une; influence in the late war, so that the six could fire on the It is as popular among wo-jactunt achievement, apart from brondenst, and could simply and has been written, we hope, to shuw What a fine organisation the Royal men as among men: mixed parties submarines, was notoriously de-advantageously burn ceal while
rather than theficient,
retaining an ample cruising radiua Naval Benevolent Trust is. It is being the rule
One torpedo Labe discharges which takes note of our liberal. credit to the men of the Navy exceptum. Neither do the walkers
its who luv elarge of affairs. subscribe to the views of the old round only in an action, and fuelling bases.
its chance of finding its murk is
Our present design of destroy- Time philosophical trampers. "One frail indeed. A gun, in the ather of-kin of those who lost their lives Above all, it ensures that donations of the pleasantest things in the hand, can discharge hundreds CT. modified and expanded into world," says Hazlitt, "is going arounds, each round profiting from such small cruisers as I have described, would seem to be suit- and other grants made to i behalf of the needy are utilised in journey on fout, but I like to go by experience gained from the breed to our needs for fleet actions
·well as for blockade and the best possible manier for fiusyself." Robert Louis Stevenson; ceding round. The torpedo again, when the contributors
frees, white Sterne exclaims: "Let is no counter to enemy torpedoes conver, reinforced, as such a fleet for torpedo craft, the defeat of the would be, with a proportion of ne have a companion on fay way enemy's inrpedo attack resting heavier armoured cruisers. The bestedit.
on the were it but to remark how the upon the runs of the T.B.). act-question largely hinges. shadows lengthen as Live Sun de fag in her capacity as a destroyer store the Navy sets in the future clines!" But it is only for a single Space dnes not allow of enteropa surface torpedo craft, and
Then into the argument in favour the necessity of convoy. eumpanion that he asks.
im-
with math interest of the manner in which the money raised is being
that Realising distributed. meiliate relief is always desirable, He loral branch of the Navy League Naval has instructed the Royal Bearsedeat Trust to hand a sum of 220 to each of the widows and nest-
in the disaster, the remainder to be administered at the discretion
the Trist, according to the necessi tim of each case. In this way, as In his Commodore Walker says letter of thanks day, the money will be put in the best posisilde use, The Trust, it may be mentioned, is mitministered by the men of the Navy, for the men of the Navy and their dependents.
Qur Pictures.
wish
to
The press has played a part, is not contined tu sex.
ers, stripped
equipment.
its
on
Rendera will not fail to notion modern walker prefers a platom, of abandoning the torpedo an a
but assuming; that the Telegraph" Today hears Such mass attacks on the country-surface weapon,
Are we well advised in spend-
Chermous 'suma a newhat changed appearance, side are a product of the twentieth that the torpede is abandoned we
are free to consider the idealing. the usual picture page showing | century", 21 modern phenomenon characteristics of future destroy-endeavour to get the torpedo into A this is the second or third pe
entsiderable abbreviation. While which is worthy of every en-;
of their torpedofaction? Is it not wiser to counter the torpede while foregoing its casion on which Hongkong dona number of illustrations of topical couragement.
use, except in submarines and to concentrale on what Is etill the tions have been entrusted to this interest appear on pages which are
decisive weapon-the gun? particular organisation, it will be not usually so adorned. The de- interesting to the public to learn a parture does not, by any means, in- few details of what the Trust isdicate that the pictorial side of this. journed is to be allowed to suffer. Established and how it functions. in 1999, it is the central benevolent On the contrary, it may be taken us further sign of the constant organisation fur (P,0% P.O.'s attention devoted to the problem of N.C.O,'s and men of the Royal Navy presenting daily an attractive and and Royal Marines, s affairs are jup-to-date news-sheet. The change administered by Central tam is one which we believe represents improve- mittee consisting of five Governors a first step towards an
ment in lisplay, and which we are and the Hon. Treasurer, who are
confident will be warmly appreciat. varspolicia members, and eighteen ei, particularly when the pro- THE MOST PRACTICAL WATCH IN ordinary members comprising three granne
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tion to administering funds such is that raised on behalf of the depen-.
A New Cult in Britain, dents of those who lost their lives.
Born of wholesome desire for in the Poseidon disuster, the Trust does a tremendean amount of work, occasional escape from the hustle in relieving distress amongst naval of civilisation into the quiet of men and their families. A note. rural life, the revival of hiking-- nasty word-in Britain is one of worthy fact is that when grants of the most interesting features of assistance are made, they aim at the coming of summer weather. It Kiving such permanent benefit to might have been supposed that the the recipients as will render thera development of motoring, the chen- self-supporting in the future. Appening of the cost of motor frans- not port, would have rendered walking plications for assistance are considered as "cases," but as men less popular. But far from this being the case, it is estimated that and women in trouble. The Trust there are now at least 2.500.000 acta on the principle that bympathy regular week-end trampers in Bri- and advice are often as much need-tain, and a National League has |ed as financial help, it being felt been formed to look after their
I've listed phone calls under amusements. Where would you
put corn plasters-under the clothes budgot?" -
of
Such a clear-cut polley which from my own knowledge has very many supporters, will release a great tonnago and great sume of money for the building up that adequate fleet of cruisera which, by common consent, is our most urgent need. The money set free for such vessels can be appreciated when we conalder that 160 flimsy title T.B.D.'e coat approximately £15,000,000, & BUM of money which disregards the great expense at the back of torpedo organisation, and of the weapons themselves. Thousands of torpedoes are constructed, the latest torpedoos costing, I believe. in the neighbourhood of £2,000 aplece.
One thing seems certain. How- ever regrettable, cost must. In- ovitably be a governing factor in the Navy of the coming genera- flon; and it is essential to obtain the greatest security at the least possible expense. The need to think in terms of total tonnage rather than "category" iennage boromes daily more apparoni, each auton apportioning its tonnage in. accordance with its stategical notde.
That the British Empire, dis regarding the U.S.A., needs & Two Power standard as heretofore hardly questioned, and a clear statement of the intention to main tats ft would do more than any thing else to bring brek a feeling of stability and security to.. whole world...