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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1935.
WILEY POST'S FATAL PLANE CRASH
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Caterers etc. to Imperial Airways.
Moals are Interchangeable, no extra cost wherever you have your breakfast, luncheon, Lee, se dinner.
Room of both holais bare private bathrooms and modern was!lation. At the Runnymede vach room has its own puklia telephone.
The Hunnymede Destaurant has undeniably pride of place among botels of the Hart with its culaine, and justir claims by in aefations to offer the traveller auch sa Si not to be found alew bara.
The MING YUEN STUDIO has removed to the 3rd Floor of No. 6 Queen's Road Central.
JUST OPPOSITE the Dairy
Farm's Soda Fountain.
The last picture of Wiley Post's low-wing monoplane, taken just before Post and Will Rogers crashed in Alaska. The famous round-the-world flyer and film star planned to continue on beyond Alaska across Bering Strait, through Siberia and into Moscow.
Hongkong Is New Mecca European
For Famous Fliers
HONGKONG is seemingly becoming the Mecca for many aviators
of note.
In addition to those already mentioned who contemplate flights to the British Colony in the Far East is a Briton who will take
i
Marksmen
Prove The Best
HONGKONG POLICE DEADLY WITH
REVOLVER
off from Mexico, either this or next week, on an 18,000 miles fight. INTERESTING statistics
His aim is to prove that Jany ordinary air-tourist can ARE YOU
circle the world if he wants to.
Harold Hilton Farquhar, Secretary of the British Lega- tion in Mexico, is the man.
ACRO99
1 Conferences which may, or may
not, make for peace.
4 The sailor's outlook was narrow
this splendid night.
8 Achilles mourned over her hisly,
11 A good family.
12 Shall we take a littin trip?
кол,
Smart.
13 They say they you cannot sink regarding the marksman- lower. ship of officers of the Hong-15 kong Police Force are con- SURE?tained in the Annual Report of the Inspector General of Police for 1934.
10 You might call them owners--or jokers-hut a Sent would con. Rider it foolish talk.
17 Compass point.
18 Feminine name.
20 You can see the tropical fruit in
my "pub" at lunch-time. It is, shortly,
It shows that 1,132 mein-22
25 Whose You hire seat is this?
Here are a few more brain- teasers for the idle hour. If you Bieler. Mexico's leading airman, can answer six you've not done bers of the Force fired the 27 They enable to get up with will accompany him.
badly. Answer nine of them Mušketry Course. correctly and go to the head of the class. Answers are on Page
14.
a.m.
3 p.m. Gp.m.
Farquhar will travel to Lon- of Los Angeles, don by way Seattle, Siberia, Mukden, Pel- pings Shanghai, Hongkong. 1.The first dog watch on board French Indo-China and Rangoon, ship begins at:
Noon "We'll travel only. in good Midnight
8.2. weather," he said. "We are now seeking permission of the Soviet Government to fly over Siberian territory. As soon ns we get that we will be rendy.
"We expect to be in the air¦ 180 hours.
Many Flights Scheduled Several world-famous fliers are coming to Hongkong in the near future.
3. The Ainus are natives of: Tibet
thirt Siant
Malaya Burma
Japan
-What is the total area of the British Empire?
-The British population of Hongkong, according to the 191
census:
Of these 219 were Europeans, 24 of whom falled to pass the
test. Of the 662 Indians who tired, 70 failed to puss the test, and of 198 -Weihaiwei Chinese, 127 failed. Four Indian Guards |
failed out of 53 participants.
On January 1 this year, a re- vised classification for Marks- men, 1st Class Shots, and 2nd Class" Shots and · Failures came into operation, and. the above figures, although included the 1934 report, are for the this period January March
year.
in
It is interesting to note that 24 per cent. of the Europeana were | nwarded the highest classification for Marksmen, only 15 per cent, of the Indian Guards obtaining this
was less than was less than
10,000
20,000 erceeded 20,000 exceeded 50,000 Færreded 76,000 exceeded
100,000
Jay?
5.In what country is Manda-classification. G-Who ruled the world's largest
The first will be Tom Campbell | Black, the famous co-pilot in the winning machine in the Cer-Empire? tenary Air Race last year, who is scheduled to arrive here within a fortnight.
Next
will be Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, who will pass through Hongkong next month, on a Goodwill Flight to Japan.
As announced yesterday, Cath. cart Jones is completing plans for eight major flights, one of which will almost certainly be to Hongkong.
Clyde Pangborn will fly within 800 miles of the Colony on a non- stop round the world attempt.
SALESMAN SAM
GIMME A
ROUND STEAK?
STEAK
7. Who was Kung Fu-ise? 8. One of these words is mix- spelled:
MONOCUPre irrelevant
coalesce
athelete
anaemia paraiteli extraordinary
divertisement 9.What is nepotism? 10. Shameen, the foreign resi- dential quarter in Canton, is:
a British
a Japanese Concession Concession
a French
. Conccasion
un international Conccasion
a British and
French Con- cession
Chinese participants were a bad last with 7 per cent, to the 11 per cent. obtained by Indians.
In the Greener Gun Course 11 Chinese Water Police failed and 47 passed, while only two Indian Guards on the Gzol Staff fulled out of a total of 75 contestants.
The Europeans again led in the Revolver Courses, with a total of 99.1 per cent, passes.
Indians and Weihaiwei Chi- nese proved the next best shots, with 98.3 per cent. равнев The most erratic were the Water Police, with a failed percentage: of 13.5 and the Russians, 8.7 per cent. of whom failed to pass the test, Cantonese scored
11.What is the longest verse in 95.4 per cent. passes. the Bible?
12.-When
Wax Einstein, the scientist, born?
The entire standard, however, is high and reflects credit on
the Hongkong Police force.
Sam's Too Particular
WELL, I HOPE YOU'LL ENJOY YER SUPPER!
ONE
I
OH, I AIN'T GONNA EAT IT! I'M GONNA. PUT IT ON THESE
SHINERS!
an air.
28 Once enough for a warning. 29 A mere nothing, yet useful to the
dyer. 31 American autuma.
39 You'll find this in and on funy a rake-I'm somewhat frank, Sle Robert! (two words, 7 and 4). 39 The "u" an offence in France. 34 Work open to a poet with an
allowance.
DOWN
This bird has never lald an egg so far.
2 Fancy being out of date.
3 Her wit is distorted, and should.
fade away.
A nervous affection that may trouble the gardener.
6 Animals that sound Bower-like. 7 Storm but not rage.
8 You may take an age for this clue, but don't get red in the face
as a start (one spelling). Eliphaz asked Job whether a whe man would fill his belly with this.
10 Is it incorrect to say that this described Men. Malaprop's allign- tor?-Figuratively, of course.
13 Wile away.
14 "I take in'" help for the farmers
(angg.).
17 Mankey, as I make it. 18 German river.
21 Part of this paper provider is--
the best part.
23 When people talk about setting the Thames on fire this is what is really meant.
Set spurt,
26 Going out,
27 Edwardian
Kynonym
"posh" (hyphen 4, 2).
for
30 Ornamental, useful in extremi- ties and to make drink stronger.
131 Quite a terror!
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