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berlain could not have taken a more optimistic view of the position, and shown some reflection of that at- titude by granting relief to those whose facrifices have made it pon. sible for him to report such a sound position.
DAY BY DAY
EVERYBODY, GROWS OLD, FEW PEOPLE GROW-Israc! Zangwill.
The situation is, of course, ren- dered somewhat uncertain by rea- son of the fact that the war debts and reparations issues still remain unsettled. The Budget contains no provision under these headings. Mias Clementi, daughter of Everything will.depend in this con- Cecil and Lady Clomenti, has nexion on the outcome of the Lau-Singapore for Home aboard the sunne Conference. If,, ns is indi- and O. liner Corfu. cated, Mr. Hoover does not intend to extend the moratorium, a fur ther complication will be in- troduced, but it is obvious that there can be no really worldwide trade revival untii reparations and war debts have been finally got out of the way. How and when that will happen, timo alone will show. In the meantime, these obligations and expectations have to be kept in suspenue so far as British finance in concerned.
The F. & 0, N.s. Chitral has been unavoidably delayed in Hongkong and will not sail until 6 n.m. to-morrow (Friday).
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THE AIR-
the reasons
WIDOWER
By GERARD FAIRLIE
mn-
*
all
of
NEW FORM of blackmalf la which will fly faster and faster. A
me. They have not been devoting their being used against As usual I am the victim, but the minda to the far more important villain in this case is my wife. point of reducing the speed at Sir Let me put it on record that I am which an aeroplane will fly and thus left an airwidower. When I make a enabling a machine to land very P. complaint I am told that this state much more slowly and consequent- more safely, In has come upon me of my ownly very much choosing. To a cortaln extent other words, aeroplane designer, Suppose this is true: my wife has have been all out to capture the learnt to fly and flies on every market which undoubtedly exists conceivable occasion, and behind for speed and more speed, to cup- who has a large amount of money that statement lies the whole truth tivate the imagination of the man. of my depressing situation.
Obviously, since she has learnt to spend, and will spend it on buy- I confess that this attitude is The nominations for a vacancy to fly, she likes flying; equally ob ing a fast racing motor car. occurring in the Sanitary Board closed viously, since I am an air-widower, at noon yesterday, the only two names I loathe it. I am told that I can beyond me. I cannot understand submitted being those of Mr. F. C. put an end to this state of affairs why, since an aeroplano designer Mow Fung, J. P., and Dr. Li Shunt any moment by agreeing to has to live like anybody else, he fan.
fly and taking an interest in the should deliberately eschew the big market for the small one. Thore air. The Royal Observatory reporta that. In point of fact I have always aro far more people who will buy the depression has passed into the taken a very great interest in the cara in which they are more com- machines of my fortable and will get about at a Pacific to the east of Hokkaido and air ever since the anticyclone is central to the south own making, with wings cut from reasonable speed than there are of Koren. Local forecast:East some daily newspaper and attack-people who will buy second-hands At the present moment when winda, moderate; cloudy, fog; mint ored to the fuselage by means, of from Brooklands; and so it must rein-be with flying. if all the world in stamp hinges, occasionally
nir-minded. forced by match sticks and secco- there is still much talk of persund-
Commercial aeroplanes, Captain Roslefsky, mastor of the tine, tried to make the porilous - ing the Powers to declare a boycott upon Japan, it might be enquired 5.8. Yuet On, was charged before the crossing of the burn at the bottom
course, require speed, but there Marino Comdr. Hole, at the
of the garden. But these whether anybody has any adequate Hon.
Court this morning, with having notion of how such a boycott should allowed his ship to be no loaded as to chines had one inestimable ad-is plenty of room for the designer be organised and enforced. Very submerge the centre of the disc at 7vantage over the acroplane of to- of the safe aeroplane as well, and considerable as is the trade be- p.m. on April 10 at the Tung On day; I was not expected, and in-with very few exceptions (notably and of the autogiro) there has them.
been no invention towards the and Japan, at its Wharf. On admitting the charge, aldeed could not, have gone up in the introduction of slotted wings tween Britain
So it will be clear that this me- road of safety; all designers seem largest it engages the attention of fine of $100 was imposet. comparatively few British business A further week's formal remand
and still greater houses. In 1930 Britain bought was granted by Mr. Wynne Jones, at thod so confidently recommended to have gone by the aide-road lead- from Japan £8,064,000. Exports to the Central Police Court. this morning, to mo in order to end my premning to speed
To an extent, of course, this in in the case in which George Arthur de ture widowhood is one which I speed. the same country were £8,220,000, Heux de Fastree is charged with cannot accept. I must find an
understandable. Wright in 1908 almost
whol-entering the Colony without a proper other way. Imports
When I point out this indisputand Bleriot also, and a little later ly of silk; exports largely of ma-passport and with being in unlawful
ship remarked that Mr. Leo d'Almada, for
which have and Maurice Forman, produced chinery and manufactured goods. Possession of a revolver. His Wor-able fact to my wife the asks me Dunne and the brothers Henry good who was appearing for the brought me to this emphatic re-machines to fly-and Should Britain, either independent- Jardant, had sent a message to say fusal to fly, I have three definite health to them. Then came that
that he was indisposed,, suffering. It Of all the adjectives which have declare a boycott, it would mean was feared, from appendicitis. How objections to the neroplane of to-sturbance known as the firs the necessity of speed, which gave been used by the London Press in imposition of heavy loss, probably ever, he had not received any com- day, apart from the one (personal War, and with its peculiar needs.
defendant and dentred another keep me out of the air. describing Mr. Neville Chamber of bankruptcy, upon a group of immunication from Swatow regarding inclination) which in Itself would one of the most important being They are Speed, Visibility, and predominance to any Air Force. But the war ended in 1918, and lain's Budget, "cautious" is pro- porters and manufacturers. What the
Noise. which most would be the attitude then towards wook's remand.
There are various other smaller since then with designors it ha bably the truthfully reflects the spirit in this limited class upon whom would
objections. I resent, for instance, still been purely a question of in- pro- fall the entire cost of discipling
the distinct possibility that creasing the speed and not aiming which the nation's financial
loss be made
up the at lowering it and making flying might be asked to start blems have been faced. Indeed, it Japan? Would its
aeroplane by swinging the propel-more safe.
The excuse of the war does not will not be at all surprising if, good from the treasury? When i
ler. Why al aeroplanes should by this time next year, it is found | nation_goes to war its young men
not be fitted with self-startern I seem to me atill to exist after over that the Chancellor of the Ex- within certain age limits become
cannot conceive, in view of the thirteen years, particularly as fact that a perfectly efficient start- commercial designers seem to be Chequer has been unduly conserva-universally subject to conscription.
er la actually on the market. Ex-making it more difficult for them. tive in his estimates of Income. They endure on the battlefield in-
on selves to acquire vast profits, by There are, happily, prospects of credible sufferings, and even sacrl-
a self-starter Buggesting inconsistently by the machines they produce that the the grounds that. improving trade and more employfice of their lives. Long nequie-
perts object to the suggestion means added weight. ment, and, if these are realised. scence in this form of barbarism
This is indisputable, but the demand for private 'aeroplanes is the financial situation should be has elevated it to something like a
added weight is so very amail and limited to the big sports car own- bettered. Mr. religion, and youth is expected to
is not sufficient to interfere with correspondingly
the efficiency of the machine in
My second objection-the Incit Chamberlain, however, is apparent be satisfied by being told that it is
view of the added safety and add- of viability in the modern sero- ly content to err, if at all, on the sweet and glorious to die for one's
ed convenience. A propeller. at plane--is a most important one to right side. Millionaires to not country. There are signs of revolt
speed can do infinite damage to me. I get into an aeroplane: I Heem to be in a hurry to die, with against this theory. But up to the
something far more resisting than rise into the air and I aco, ab myself. the result that last year the death present time, it has not been per-
solutely nothing except struts and duty receipts did not come up to misible under the law to seize the
But the pursuit of safety seems planes and bits of engine. Occa to be about as far from the nero-sionally I catch a glimpse of the anticipations. Whether the Trea- property of individuals for warlike
plane designer's mind as Australia horizon, and it is usually at such sury is banking on some of last purposes without due compensation.
is from England; in other words, an angle that I wish I hadn't year's "expectations" dying more Those of us who have urged that
just about as far as it can be. seen it. I am told that it is not in accordance with schedule in the there is no sacredness to property
Let us look at the first of the long before a pilot recovers from three objections which I have men this feeling and is able to see com Toming twelve months, and is frum- which does not neerue oven
tioned
question above-the
puratively well, but the range of ing its estimates accordingly, has higher degree to human life, and that therefore capital, wealth,
Speed. Every aeroplane, as
vision is definitely limited to a not been disclosed!
the world now knows since all the degree which does not seem to me Speaking generally, it must be should be as subject to conscription
world-bar one-is now air-mind- to be compatible with aafety. conceded that Mr. Chamberlain's as man power, have been told that
ed (this according to my wife), has a certain speed below which it Budget is featureless when con- under the Constitution this is im-
cannot safely fly, and another trasted with the emergency pro- possible. It may be true. But if
speed, a few miles per hour slow these could have been avoided had a clear vision been allowed the posals put forward last September it is impossible would it be pos-
er, at which it cannot fly at all. pilot by the designer. In this the by Lord, Showden. The situation sible to put the entire burden of
Acroplane designers have been modern aeroplane has gone back then, with a prospective deficit of disciplining a refractory and ag-
engrossed in making aeroplanes definitely from those produced at gressive nation, Japan or any other,
the beginning of the war by the £74,000,000, called for drastic re-
brothers Furman. medies, and these were certainly upon the limited group of buaincas men having trade relations with applied to good effect. Indeed, the
country? We do not Snowden plan, which completely that
that this
hos matter changed the outlook, yielded nine
been adjudicated. We millions more than was expected. ever
hns This naturaily simplified Mr. Cham- doubt Indeed whether it berlain's task. Boiled down, the ever been given serious considera- new Budget suggests the likelihood tlon by the authorities. To-day of a deficit of £1,700,000 on the thero is certainly enough discus- sion of a boycott to justify some basis of existing taxation, but oven on the moderate estimates put for sort of official declaration as to how ward, there is a prospect of a surand at whose experse this trade pius of £706,000 when the proposed war, only relatively less costly than of the usual sort, could be new taxes come into operation, war
know
CORRESPONDENCE.
The position is satisfactory, but in woged. view of the heavy burden of taxa. tion under which the people of the Old Country are still struggling, it might reasonably have been hoped that some relief would have been afforded. Instead of that, it looke distinctly
living probable that conts may go up as a consequence
Hongkong Women.
[To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.]
in
Sir-In reply to "Homo's" let- of the ten-tax proposals. It may boter in your issue of the 18th in- Round finance, in face of continued stant, as I am sure that his pre- uncertainties, to consolidate the fin-judtee against Hongkong women ancial position and ask the people is due to the fact that he has been 'to be patient a little longer, but snubbed by them, I would ask him a good there is such a thing na straining to take his defont like
honour to the patience of the taxpayer, who, sportsman, and give on Mr. Chamberlain's own admin whom honour is due:
(1) The crowning glory of man sion, has saved the situation by his is his health, strength and mental sense of duty and citizenship. It energy. is admittedly something to be proud
Britain
(2) The crowning glory of wo-
of that, at a time when other na-man is her beauty,, modesty and tions, are finding it impossible to purity.
(3) Give a man happiness, con- balanco their budgets,
tentment and peace of heart, mind should have so well managed her and soul, which comes from God, Anancial problema as to come out and he becomes a man without on the right alde. But the ques-malice, envy or foar.Yours, etc.;
J. P. V. REMEDIOS tlon does arise whether Mr. Cham
HONGKONG SHARE
MARKET.
OFFICIAL SUMMARY BY
STOCK EXCHANGE.
Markets were somewhat patchy ing for a few selected stocka, but no this morning, a strong demand prevail interest being shown in the rest of the list.
Sales
Ewo Cottons Tla. 15 Buyers
Douglases $2614 Benguets $15
Benguets Explorations 29 cents Wharves $143% Docks $21
Providents (Old) $4.70 Providents (New) 32% Hotels (Cum. Rights) $13.15 Hotels (Rights) $2.40 Hongkong Renities $11.40 Chinche Estates Hongkong
$215
Trams Yaumati Ferries $35 China Lights (Old) $20 Macao Electrics $241⁄2 Cements (Combined) $18.20 Lane, Crawfords (Old) $5.70 Mackintoshs $20
Govt, Loans 3% Promlunt
Sellers
Benguets $16
South China Motor "B" $12 Humphreys $16
Telephones (F.P.) $30 Telephones (P.P.) $24.00 S. C. Enterprises $10
R
NIS
"Who could say that a pair of pants out of that wouldn't match your coat? 'Specially if you're just going to wear them to work."..
of
all
cr.
Collisions in the air are by no many of means unknown, and
And then there is this question of noise. Silencers are too heavy and therefore they cannot be used. I am prepared to admit that this is the least of my troubles when in the air, and that perhaps it cannot yet be overcome. But Bome day it will be possible, and I have not noticed that the trend of modern aeroplane engine con- atruction is any
way towards silence.
critic. of No-I am a severe
evolu. those in whose hands the tion of aircraft depends. If I BOW that they were trying to do some of the things which I have sug- gested I might conceivably go up once a year just to encourage them, but at the moment I prefer, because of my personal safety and my.personal comfort, to remain on the ground.
SUGAR MARKET.
THE LATEST CABLØD QUOTATIONS
The following cable at the close of the sugar market yesterday bas been received by Messrs. Pen- treath and Co.
London Terminals," August 1992 4/71⁄4 up 1⁄4d. December 1032 4/11% up d. March 1933 5/2% up 1d. May 1938 6/4 up d.
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