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QUEEN'S
TO-MORROW.
THE HONGKONG
HE HAD POWER OF
A DICTATOR
|A
MAN With a Lond of Power retired from office this month--Admiral Sir Colin Keppel, Serjeant- at-Arms of the House of Commons.
For twenty years he hus wield- ed power steh as few setators have,
Hu was the only munt in Britain to have a private prison the Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament,
He was the only man who could call on the services of the Army, Navy and Air Force ta mohet Ihm in carrying out him duties.
He was the only man who could break down doora and inynde any bullding-mut my prison any one who resisted, Yet there la no more courtly and frontle man alive than Sir Colio, If he had land of power, be had a bigger load of duties.
Ife was the "palleeman" of the House of Commons, responsibile. for maintaining order among M, Pa and "strangera" alike.
The Serieunt-at-Arms was in twa Certags. In neither did his courtesy
and calm desert him.
Snatched The Maco
The feat was when an Barnly Sorialist M.P', anatched the Mace. Before most people hud re- covered their breath, Sle Colin was striding up the floor of the House to the reseus of the eni blen of the King's authority. Twisting it Armly from the M.P.'s grasp, ho vatudy, restored it to its place on the table.
The other crisis was when tur bulent Jobu MyGovern had to bo thrown bodily from the Chamber.
BRIDGE
FORTUNES
£250,000 YEARLY FROM CARDS
London, Aug, 25. THE champion bridge player of the world is in London He is the man who has defeated Ely Culbertson and has swept Americy with his new "4 aces svatem."
Thirty-four-years-old Michael Gotthet is a wealthy New York
state agent.
Six years ago he first became interested in serious bridge and perfected a new system, which, with the help of his three part- ners-David Burnstime, Oswald Jacoby, and Howard Schenken-- he has male almost perfect.
Gottlieb was once Culbert- son's partner, but now they are rivals.
"I hope, with the help of my partners, to make £250,000 next year," he told interviewers when he arrived in London. "I have come over to England to try and make bridge the great game it ia in the States.
TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1935..
DEATH PREPARATIONS
"Members of the biggest human enzovan' of munitions ever seen
in Abyssinia": Puo Ethiopiau sold iers, carrying munition boxes on their hests, going barefoot over rough stones.
Bombers Will Aid British Shipping
SPECIAL DEFENCE
UNIT SOON
The vital problem of protect- ing Great Britain's coastal ship ping in time of war is to be tackled by the creation of a special defence unit, consisting of nearly 200 fast aeroplanes.
The Air Ministry has ordered work on the construction of these machines to start at once. They are to be:-
Low-winged monoplanes, with retractable undercarriage to in- create ipsed;;
Two engines, which can be used alternatively:
Speed of nearly 190 m.p.h.; Crew of four, and bomber's compartment and machine gun
lurret. Hitherto coastal reconnais- Hance has been entrusted to five squadrons-twenty flying-boat
al Pem- machines stationed broke, Mount Batten, Gosport, Calshot and Felixstowe,
Long Caused Anxiety But it has now been establish-
Vest-Pocket Dillinger Makes Escape
THE MIDGET KILLER
H
ENRY ("MIDGET") FERNEKES has escaped from a prison in Joliet, Illinois.. Police and "G men" are on his trail. The Middle West of America is suffering from an attack of "Dillingeritis."
For Midget Fernekes, äft. 2ins. In height, killer, bank robber and notorious bad man, is more ruthless than the dead Dillinger, more scientific in his killings, more modern in his weapons.
Fernckes was serving the ninth year of a ten-year term for murder and bank robbery. He obtained civilian clothes from outside the prison and escaped from his cell by posing as a visitor who had come the wrong way,
He walked unmolested and un- challenged through the prison gates. In fact, one uniformed guard at the gate touched his: cap politely and called a cab, ini which the midget drove to free- dom.
Midget Fernekes made a care- ful study of criminology before he embarked on his sensational
It is no exaggeration to sayed that these land machines can that a first-class pinyer who be built more quickly and can be devotes his life to the game can more economically maintained He leamed chemistry, finger-
make £180,000 a year. "There are many first-class players in your country, but as yet bridge is not the attraction it is in my own land.
career.
than flying-boats.
printing and safecracking ** The task of protecting coastal a student of a legitimate pro- shipping in time of war has long fession. caused anxiety to the Air Minis-
try. It has to be remembered vessels could leave or enter at "I am preparing the ground that not only has incoming ship-night-time, and thus be virtually to make bridge a national pasping to be protected, but also invisible to enemy machines. time. In the States there are outgoing vessels, carrying ex- But with the wide cruising range 4,000 qualified teachers of
of modern aeroplanes, these ships game who have to pass ex-
could be intercepted in daylight, aminations and obtain diplomas
and destroyed in narrow waters, before they are' qualified to
where they would be unable to teach,
the ports.
"My ultimate object is to arrange a competition which will run on the lines of the Davis Cup at Wimbledon. We have the cup all ready; it only remains to wake up other countries to the importance of the game.'
SALESMAN SAM
scatter.
OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS
ACROSS
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and on.
10 An N.C.O. as a rule.
11 Sponsor.
12 It would be tedious to have more
ties
like this.
13 Estimate.
10 Eludes.
17 Put your foot on it a bit to start
with
19 Is under written so that it shall
by guaranteed.
I Found everywhere in France,
The
The organ is out of order—hence the result,
24 In this assumption there's aid
27 I know you'll give this girl at ring, even though she has one al- ready.
28 Stay
29 Eleven.
38 often to be found star-gazing.
DOWN
The kick-of a horse?
2 Persumtes.
This animal entries very little weight.
4 Absorb.
5 Erubescency.
Somewhat pained, expression. Perform by menus of favourite standard.
→ Entertainer.
SALE OF LAND
11 Alminat meaning it is a com
Maint 16 Vegetables dished up in normal
slices.
18 Bringing ubaol.
20 Dons have a bit of fun in the
--of which St, Georges would not approve..
21 The the who goes first. flnds
that a place of amusement is apt- to take one iu.
(23 Well this is intoxicated.
25 Fish in a way.
26 Support is nécessary for this:
anfrunt.
Yesterday's Bolation. LITERATURF ATOM
MINUTEHANDE BRE
|BURKE AB, UMBRAGE (M = MAAT 100~ I EVERTON=TUENA IL NO SHOWARRIOR NEL; DESCANT BREATHE JA ZVE FOUERO 6 8 8 CHAUCERE ELSEA IRENE. SH. I. £ 6 O AT HADESCENDANT U SIRIS VR 14 CHIN A 'SE REAPPARENTLY
Hughes and Hough Lid., at 3 o'clock Yesterday afternoon.
It was offered for sele Al the KOWLOON INLAND LOT
starting price of $4,000, with a raise GOES FOR $2,100
of $100 per bid. There was no com- swtition, and the land, some 2,602 The auction sale of New Kowloon isquare feet in area, was disposed of Inland Lot No. 2263, in Shamshuipo, to Mr. Ling Sam. of 23 Connaught took place at the reams of Messrs. Road Central, for the sum of $2,100,
APARTMENT FLATS
IN CENTRAL DISTRICT.
SOMETHING NEW IN RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION IN HONGKONG.
One, two and three-roomed up-to-date furnished and unfurnished apartments,, each with kitchen, pantry, bathroom, and detached servants quarters, will be available, at moderate rents, in the new modern 8-storey re-inforced concrete building-known as "DINA HOUSE"-now nearing completion in Duddell Street. furnished flats will be fitted with furniture of modem type. telephone and frigidaire will be provided in each apartment, Automatic lifts (Waygood Otis). These apartments are bright and airy, the majority of them facing towards the Gardens or the harbour,
These ships are subject to the gravaat menace in the narrow ap: proach waters around the const, where they are vulnerable to at- tack by swift enemy aircraft.
It is understood that the Air One-third of Great Britain's Ministry and its advisers
are seaborne traffic enters and leaves planning to have this new unit the Port of London, so that it is ready for any emergency within urgently necessary that there a comparatively short time, und should be adequate protection. that the number of this type of
Ready Soon
machines will he increased ng Street. Tacticians have argued that necessity arises.
No Cause for Worry
The A
Those who have already booked flats, and persons wishing to view the premises, are informed that lifts have now been installed and that they will be shown over the building if application is made at Messrs. H. Ruttonjee & Son's offices next door-No. 7 Duddel!
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