در
SOVIET WONDER PLANE
PROPELLED BY ROCKETS
WEEK-ENDING IN THEE MOON
From Moscow comes the
nouncemeat that before this year is ont a rocket aeroplane, carry ing pilot, will be flying at terrific speed through the rarefied air of the stratosphere.
The result of illa scusational ex- periment writes a correspond-| end) will be watched with particu Jur interest by a number of scientists who have for some years been demonstrating, on paper, the possibility of using rocket-pro- pelled aeroplanes capable of tra velling In the rarefied regions of the atmosphore nt enormous speeds, and eventually accomplish- ing trips to the moon.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII.
HOME GARDENING: VI
GARDEN POOLS SHOULD BLEND HARMONIOUSLY ·
By DR. C. H. CONNORS.
Water has been decorative, fountain, which is part of some) garden fenture for thousands of garden pools, contributes to the years. A pool Imparts a sense of garden a medium whereby a differ coolness and adds immedinte inter-font type of plant may be cultivated, Est to the garden plan.
Regardless of what Its purpose
feeling of serenity, and the beauty in complete harmony with its sur- A puol of still water offers may be, however, the pool should be of reilection. The cascade or the roundings.
Some ten years ago Professor Goddard. hend of the Physics Department of Clark University, Massachusetts, began experiment- ing with rockets, with the moon as his ultimate goal. Theoretical- ly, he demonstrated that it should.
This small pont, above, its construction hidden, fits har- be possible to impart to a rocket-
moniously into a natural landscape. The massing of the semi-aquatic plants (cattails, umbrella plants, ludwigia) em- propelled aeroplane 121 Initial
phasises the feeling that the pond is shallow near the bank. speed of seven miles areand. sufficient to overcome the down. The screen planting will eventu- for the informal pool in ward pull of the eneth's gravita-ally separate the pool more defis entirely bilden by plantings, which # curb tion. Free of the earth's atmos-nitely from the general lawn, and gives the lawn the appearance of phere, n naveraste speed of. Lwo miles a second would he
Thus give it an appearance of sugre, reaching right to the water. main-uation, fuined, by sucressive explosions of slow-burning powder, at which spired the moon would be reached in thirty-six hours.
Another American, Prote 4. Q. Stewart, calculated that the trip to the moon woull take seventy hours, an initial speed inch greater than that calculated by Professor Goddard being рифом duced to an average of one mile a second in space. Later, a French
Lady Margaret Young, wife of the Governor of Northern Rhadesin, who reached safety after an exhausting trek through the African Jungle where she was foread down while on an aero plane night with a physician. An intensive search was hit pro. gress when the fliers reached o native village and reported their escape..
scientist, M. Esnault-Pellerie, re- stuced the time of a trip to the moon to less than four hours, the average speed resulting from his calculations being 18.5 miles a Arcond.
TEN YEARS HENCE
By the year 1945, said M. Eandult-Pelterie, the problem of lying to the muon would be solved. And, if it is solved in the way he suggested, not only will week-end trips to the moon be possible, but one could have breakfast on the earth, lunch on the moon, and make the return journey to the earth in time for suppèr.
The pool must be in keeping with its environment. then, if itį Another interesting suggestion is to be harmonious and beautiful.;
Let the construction of the pool, it impossible for the pool to catch. be substantial, best of reinforced a complete reflection of the trellis: concrete. Its urb should be in and the tall vases. A pool in this harmony with the rest of the garposition needs only the reflection
of the sky and its surroundings to: A formal pool. for example, jgive it life and colour, might have a curb of finished con- A very few plants, with smaller crete, of brick, or of tile, while the texture of leaf, might be better informat pool has a curb of suit-than the water lilies. able naturalistke rock.
The setting of the pool must be The rectangular, well propor-considered in planting its nurgins. tioned pool, shosen above, is a good, A reflecting pool may have a very! example of a formal pool in a simple marginal planting or none formal garden. The stately trellis at all, while a pool that in a fen- at the end, the bank on one side ture of a rock garden might have and the open hudge on the left its margins planted as a contina- confine the garden,
tion of the planting in the garden, Although the hybrid water lilies Next Tuesday: Planning the are summery and lovely, they make.garden....
right track. But, unfortunately, Clydebank. how to get back to the earth is a
Sir Thoms Bell has supervised int that seems to have been the milding of some of the most overlooked, and that must be famous ships afloat. assured before trips to the moon: triumph was the Queen Mary, His greatest the
programmes of which was launched by the Queen
last September. As managing; director of John Brown & Co.: (Ltd) he was largely responsible for the building and the perfect) launch of the vessel.
figure on touris! agents,
50 YEARS ON CLYDEBANK
SIR THOMAS BELL
RETIRING
TRIUMPHS OF LONG CAREER
the shipbuilders, announce that John Brown & Company (Ldd.), Sir Thomas Bell is relinquishing the ofice of managing director of the Company as from March 31. Sir Thomes will retain his seat on the Board.
It has been said that perhaps the most anxious period of his life was the two years in which work on 594-as the Queen Mary Was identided during Us building--was suspended. Within a few weeks of the launching his retirement
was announced.
OTHER TRIUMPHS
He had been in supreme control
inted with the building of mer which he had not only been asso at Clydebank for 26 years, during
chant craft hat with ships for the Admirally.
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1935.
Time flies but not for Edns Wallace Hopper, the famous disciple of eternal youth. She is shown, above, with Capt. James Mollison, who also flies. The British ace and Miss Hopper met at Nassau, Bahamas, where both are holidaying.
Raised to the throne by a revolt xinst his uncle, King Ananda of Siam has rebelled against his sixpence-a-day allowance. The 11-year-old ruler, shown in the traditional regalia of Stam's roval court ka'ke will appear when crowned in May, demands a
Brown & Co. (Lad. >
shilling. He promisas modern fire departments as an inducement.
tor of the firm, and in October just He rose rapidly to the position year he was appointed to a sent elude H.MS. Hood, Britain's gres-general manager.
Some of his other triumphs in signer, and later was appointed
of chief draughtsman and de- on the boned of the company,
The new resident director s test battleship, and the linera Em-sident managing director In 1909. on steans turbines, and he is res
He became re- widely recognised as an authority Herr Oberth, a Germun experi- been
Mr. Stephen J. Piggott, who has press of Britain, the Duchess of menter with this iden, has written associated with the management
for many years closely York, me! the Aquitania.
ile is a great-grandson of Henry ponsible for the machinery of the a book giving Home Interesting of the Clydebank Shipyard and in 1865, Sir Thomas Bell entered.
Bell, who invented and designed Queen Mary. Born at Sirsawa, British India, the Comet, pioneer of steamships. calculations bearing on the pro- Engineering Works, and who was in 1880, the engineering and ship Clydebank, is, in common with Sir after some years experience in Mr. Pigott's early training was blem. While the Russians pin recently elected to the Board of building works of James & George Thomas Bell, an engineer by pro- the design and construction of Mr. Pigott, the new chief at obtained in the United States, and their faith to liquid oxygen as the the Company, has been appointed Thomson, Clydebank, which were fession. For the past 15 years Courtis Lurbines he came to Clyde- propulsive, ferr Oberth, prefers resident-alrector in charge at subsequently purchased by John Mr. Pigott has been a local direc bank some 26 years ago, itquid hydrogen and a mixture of water and alcohol. -If some millionaire will provide him with £60,000, he says, rocket-aero- pinne that would earry two passengers and a pilot could. De built capable of traversing the 240,000 miles to the moon. weight he puts at 1400 tons, and the fuel would consist of 25 tons of alcohol and & tons of liquid hydro-, And he has no doubt volun- -teers would be forthcoming for the
great adventuro,"
yen.
Its
Even automatle steering bua been provided for, by means of selenium cells, the electrical con- ductivity of which would vary with the amount of moonlight reaching them. As the moon's rays fall on the cells, small Amounts of powder would be electrically exploded on either side of the machine, should It devinta from the right course, and Automatically bring it back to the
Men still fight dusia and here's a picture, just arrived, to prove it. Malira M. Campinchi (centre) and Horace de Carbucci (left), bath Corsican members of the French Chamber of Deputies, kept Gring until blood was drawn when they met in Paris, Ironically, Came pinchi, who demanded antisfaction for comments made in Carbucci's paper, was wounded. The seconds watch at right. Smoke atill streami from Carbaccl'a gun. Campinabi atande his ground, having been first to fire.
The Modern Ultra Fast Camera CONTAX II
With Interchangeable ZEISS lenses up to 1/1,5 and 7" focal length, automatically couplest with the long-base telemeter, with metal focal-plane shutter-tropic-proof with speeds ranging from 1/2 to 1/4000 BCC. Easy Alm-lording and daylight reloading with any cine
Alin
}
A MASTERPIECE OF MODERN CAMERA DESIGN. Obtainable from all trading photo-stores.
Sole Agents: CARLOWITZ & Co,
CZEISS
Queen's
Rond, Central.
IKON
Tel. 20873.
HONGKONG CELEBRATION
SILVER
OF
JUBILEE
OFFICIAL PROGRAMME
May 6 Morning
10 a m.-Official Service in St. John's Cathedral.
11 a.m--Public meeting in the Headquarters of the Hongkong Volunteers Defence Corps, attended by His Excellency the Governor the Members of the Executive and Legislative Councils, Judges, Local Justices of the Peace, Heads of Departments and the Jubilee Committee, and their ladies, at which a loyal address and a telegram of congratulation to His Majesty the King will be read and approved,
Noon-Royal Salute by the Navy and the Garrison.
May 6-Afternoon
4 p.m.-Garden Party at Government House.
11 a.m. to about 6 p.m.-Chinese procession in the town.
May 6--Evening
8 p.m.-"Lighting up time"The illuminations of the Colony will be switched on instantaneously.
Military Bands will play until 2.30 p.m. at Statue Square in Hongkong, and opposite the Peninsula Hotel and the Po Hing Theatre, Nathan Road, in Kowloon.
Army,
9.30 p.m.-Scarchlight and rocket display by the Navy and
Night-flying displays by the Air Force.
Fireworks and "artificial fountain" displays in the harbour.
Tuesday, May 7
9 a.m.-Review at Happy Valley.
11a.m.-Chinese procession,
7 p.m.-Chinese lantern procession:
8 p.m.--General illumination.
9.30 p.m-Repetition of Searchlight and Night flying displays. Display of reworks in the harbour by the Japanese Residents' Association,
Wednesday, May 8.
1a.m.-Chinese procession.
4 p.m.-"Jamborally" of Scouts and Guides at Happy Valley.
p.m.-Chinese lantern procession.
7
Sunday, May 12
Morning Services in all churches and places of worship.
ALLSOPP'S
DARK UNICH BEEA
DARK MUNICH
BEER
The finest and most popular Dark Beer shipped to the Far East.
Sole Agents.
CALDBECK MACGREGOR & CO., LTD. Prince's Building Telephone 20075.