THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1936.
·
CAR FIRMS TURN TO
SEVEN ARE TO
LORD
TO PLANES CARD
WORK AS TEAM BEATTY
TWO motor-car companies-Austin and Rootes-have
LEAVES
concluded an agreement with the Air Ministry to £174,000
factory for the manufacture of airplane frames.
erect
Seven companies--Messrs.appointment of a new Minister would DIVIDED BETWEEN dulay reorganisation which is be-j Austin, Rootes, Daimler, ing carried out now.
to work "as a team" in the production of airplane en- gines.
He was certàbi that o Minister of
engines,
of
HIS TWO SONS
Standard, Rover, Singer, Supply would nol have secured
EARL BEATTY, who died and Wolseley-have agreed quicker results than those which ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET announced for speeding up the pro- duction airplane frames, and on March 11, has left £174,902
(net personalty £120,634), The best brains of the country Lord Beatty was Commander have decided I," he said of the frantes of the Grand Fleet 1916-1919, | Cactory. These announcements of pro- "The lay-out is complete; plage for Admiral of the Fleet in 1919, and gress in the Government's re-putting out the specifications for ten- First Sea Lord 1919-27. When
dlers are ready, armament programme were
"The plans for plant, requirements he died he was 65.. made in the House of Commons recently by Sir Thomas Inskip. He is the Co-ordinating Minister of Defence, but prominent Con servatives urged that the job is too big for one man.
of railway sidings, and diversion of
He left Brooksby Hall, Leices roads to make an airdrome have been torshire, to his son David, an nunuity of £100 to his valet completed,
The whole project is now ready William Woodley, an annuity of for erection of buildings, installation £100 to his butler Pancrazio of plant, and probation of frames." Angostino, an annuity of £75 to
WILL INSURE OUTPUT
hie groom, Russell, and the residue Sir Edward Gring. Sir Robert)
Other firms are expected to make of the property as to two-thirds to Horne, and Mr. Churchill brought similar contracts. Into pubile the private discussions As to the seven Brens combining His son David and one third to his .on defence which they conducted at airplane
on Lord Winterton's house party rc-midi- cently.
The party seems to have broken up in disagreement because ond wanted a Minister of Supply, an- other, wanted to give him com- pulsory powers, and a third said he should only be given powers of persuasion.
Sir Edward Grigg said our friends
in Europe were alarmed, and less peaceful nations were encouraged
by the disclosure made a week ago
engines,
Sir Thomas Ron Peter.
1
EXIT.TH.T.
KILLED IN ABYSSINIA These
Major Gerald Achilles Burgoyne, | Brns of acknowledged eminence in
making Internat, of Corfe Cottage, Taunton, Somer- Mr. J. H. Thomas on his way to combustion engines have agreed to set, who was killed by a bomb from Buckingham Paluce, to hand back farin themselves Into
com-an linlian airplane while serving his scal of office and to take leave mittee.
ia Abyssinia in a Red Cross unit, of the King on relinquishing his post "They will work as a team to has left £232.
as Colonial Secretary. allocate among themselves the production of airplane engines.
"They will put forward a cut- and-dried scheme to ecure the
output required."
It might be said, he concluded, that
these plans earlier. "Hear, hear," interjected Lord Winterton.
when Sir Thomas Inskip admitted the Government should have made that it would be four or five months before there were sufficient gauges and machine tools to operate the re- armament programme.
He wanted the appointment of special Mister to concentrate en manufacture of war materials,
"PLAIN DUTY"
1 personally am con- "So far os ? cerned," Sir Thomas Inskip said, "I should be the first person to welcome
"These cheers leave me unmoved," said Sir Thomas.
"And you are leaving England un-i detended," snapped Lord Winterlan.
Sir Thomas turned round and with: great air of dignity sald: "That is not worthy of the noble lord. He must
alo me justice."
"I say your plans are alt in arreurs
NAZI
TRIBUNAL
BEGINS MORALITY
*
TRIAL OF MONKS
Coblenz (Rhinelņud), June 10. BROWN-ROBER, white-girdled Franciscan monk, his tonsure
all of them without exception." said A covered with a skull cap, his feet with sandals, shuffed into Mr. Churchill.
the appointment of a Minister of Supply to take some of the heavy responsibility off my shoulders-it I All througla the next eighteen the dock before a special tribunal in Coblenz to-day. Three brother- thought it was in the country's in montis, when these preparations were Franciscans followed him. icresta,
slowly being made, there would be
All four are accused of offences "If the Government think the increasing anxiety, Mr. Churchill against morality, aml their trial is time has come to clothe a Minister anid, an of Munitions with compulsory anxiety growing week hy werk the first of a long series of trials powers their plain duly to throughout the nation-a véritable of 267- Francigean monks and lay- take that decision whatever effect Valley of the Shadow,
nien from the thineland qn simi-
Journed.
enormous vista of anxiety,
Sixty-one other monks, alsoj wonted by the police, escaped by arranging
may have on the industrial Fe On this grave note the House ad- lar charges. of the nation.
do," he went on, "is to "Whut keep abreast of the performance of the different departments in their programme, to help them not to get in each other's way, to stimulate them by seeing the Industrialists
Australia's
who are responsible for prodiming Desert Water
materials.
are the which a
Minister of Supply would perform Reserves Drop
Are these much my houlders? That is the whole ques- tion."
Puinting lo Mr. Baldwin, Sir Thomas said they would consider the question together, but in his view the
Not Practicable to
Take Death Out Of Gas
THE general
consensus
GOVT. PERTURBED
Adelaide, S. Aust., June 18. Disquieting reports concerning underground water supplies fn some of the more arid parts of Australia have been received by
the Minister of Water Supply.
Herbert S. Hudd, froin government experts. These show that the yolume is decreasing and that the future of pastoral--and "sheep-.
for their transfer to Franciscan monasteries abroad.
Long before today's trial' began
Dialling Ships At. Sea
entrance to the court. They were
girls and men fought to gain TELEPHONY disappointed.
They heard the presiding judgo unk
the first prisoner,
Bernhardt Stein-:
hoff: "You confessed to the crimes.
of which you are accused., Do you uphold that confession?
INVENTION
UNDER TEST
New York, June 23. The possibility that telephone They heard Steinhof mumble "Ja" subscribers may, in the future, Then the judge ordered the court be able to "dial" the numbers room to be cleared. "Owing to the of ships at sea, and speak direct nature of the evidenco to be called," he said, "the proceedings will be hele to them without human inter- in camera."
vention is raised by an invention which is now being given practical trial here. }
Mary's Lamb
of producing country must eventually Has Rival
opinion in the gas industry be affected.
is that it is not at present prac condition of 45 bores in the
Mr. Hudd received details of the, far. ticable to take death out of gas, northern areas. In no case has the For some time now experimenta fow Increased, and it can be accept- have been made to render gased ut generally, the tendency is used in homes harmless to human toward diminishing supplies. The life, and the Research Executive various artesian basins of Australia Committee of the British Com-occupy 950,000 square miles===ü‡}~! of the total mercial Gas Association have been proximately one third
aren of the Commonwealth carefully watching the German]
ARTESIAN WELLS process for taking poison out of Over a large section of this basin, arteslon water is the only water
кан.
In Australia
PARTY LOSSES
Colonel's "Standard
Of Honour"
Judgment was given for plain- tiff for £1,000 in the King's Bench Division, London, recent- ly, in the action brought by Captain Robert Street, Mayfair, to recover from Colonel Frede- rick John Roberts, of Ladbroke Square, London, £1,035 which he said, he Jent him. Of the total amount claimed. £1,000 was in re- spect of the Colonel's losses at game of chemin de fer at Captain Gilson's flat, and £35 is the balance due on previous loans.
The Colonel's defence on the maluj Issue the claim for £1,000 was n dealal that the money was lent as stated and that it was in respect of a gambling loss.
Mr. Beyfus, KC, for the plaintiff, slated that Capt
Gibson took
no part in the game in question and plaintiff, in the witness box, gave corroborative evidence. further stated that of the £1,000 claimed in respect of the game, he
K.C.
gave defendant £530 in rash, and a cheque for £464.
In reply to Mr. B. M. Cloutman, his counsel, Col. Roberts told how, from time to time during 1934, he received invitations to card parties from Capt. Gibson. "In the carly days," he said, "they were held regularly every fortnight"
Mr. Cloutman-When was the last party you attended?--April 11, 1034. Mr. Cloutman-At the close of the play you were £1,000 aut?—Yes,
It has been said that the game lasted about an hour and a halff-I¦ must have gone on for four or five hours. The game broke up about four o'clock in the morning. It must have started about half-past eleven. SIGNED A CHEQUE
"At the close of play," said Colonel Roberts, "I said to Gibson, 'How much have you got me down fer? He replied, One thousand pounds. Then I said, 'Oh, yes-let me have a chique.
"They keep prepared blank sheets," explained witness, -who added. "Porcell provided a fountain pen. and I sigbed the cheque and then, when I left, I said, 'Don't you pay that In until 1. tell you to do so‘“
Mr. Cloutman-It is said that some of the money was paid to you in cashi by Gibson? That is an absolute mis- take, Gibson has never paid me a penty of cush over the table-certain- ly not during 1034,
It is said that be gave you a cheque for £464, as well as £530 cashi?-1 say that that is another definite mis- statement.
Mr. Gilbert Beyius, K.C. (cross- examining)-You are a Colonel?-1 um Mr. Roberts. I was a Colonel at one time.
Mr. Beyfus-You put yourself for- ward as an bonourable nian?-Yes.
Did you prompt your counsel with regard to whether Mr. Gibson was the Central Criminal charged at
never Court? Most decidedly not. mentioned it and I did not-know-it. ATTENDED SEVERAL PARTIES
Witness said that he frequented Mr. Gibson's parties from time to
time.
Mr. Deylus-And parties given by persons other than Mr. Gibson?
The immediate proposal is that the dialling should be carried out by the operators ut rudio tran-party for a charity, smitting stations handling maritime trufc. Hitherto, there has been no means other than the use of a call sign, for singling out ole ship from others receiving the same length.
Only one other party-it was a
You did not regard yourself us a criminal because you frequented them?-Never.
out dificulty,
others,
Wave-
Apparatus, as so far developed, Mary's little lamb has a rival provides for the allocation of three figure numbers for ships. With the in "Cocky," a galah parrot system ased this permits of some which every day escorts the go different code signs being used, Russell children to school from but it is understood that this figure their farmstead home at War- could be considerably increased with- wick, Now South Valea.
When the code number of any ship Having seen them safely in thes avallable. Advices from Queensland Hamelin, the city of the Pied state that some of the bores in that
a dialled, a bell will ring in the radio school gates he flies home cabin of the but not in any Piper, has laid down a plant country have been most prolifle, one
receiving which, it is claimed, will supply running at the rate of 2,300,000 gal-
again.
equipment may in ench ease be tuned its householders with non-poison-lons a day.
to the same wave-length. First of all, however, Cocky ous gas for lighting and cooking.
In his presidential address read to is now only a dribble.from the bores, escorts an older boy, Stan, to the the British Commercial Gas Associn- The Federal Minister in Charge station to catch his train to his tlop in ion recently. Colonel W. of Development, Senator James Mc-job. Then he returns for his Moncrieff Carr, engineer, genera! Lachlan, in a report which the South manager and clerk of the Stretford Australium Government has received, trip to school. Whenever a car and District Gae Board, stated that states he is not aware if a marked approaches he perches on the the German process had also come shortage has been noticed in the shoulder of one of the children in under the review of the Council of the artesian bures in the southern part a protecting attitude. International Gas Union.
of Northern Australia..But he had
London
In many instances, however, there
were
alth tho
The code transmission consists of three series of tone pulses, each of standardised length, the number of pulses in each series corresponding with the separate Integers of the code number. In the system, as at present developed, the three figures of the code number always add up to 17, but this appears to be merely a matter of working convenience.
IL
Was Mr. Gibson a criminal becaušo)
he gave such partics?-No..
You were gambling for heavy suns ut Mr. Gibson's purtica?-Well, yes.
Hundreds of pounds?—I may be that.
And it may be £1,000-No, only on one occasion,
Were you winning or losing?
Losing.
And up to April 11 you had always paid?--I always paid.
Were you in a position at that time to gamble in hundreds of pounds?
Obviously, or I could not have pald up.
And there was no reason why you should not gumble?-No.
A bankruptcy of my client was brought out Were you ever a bank- rupt? Yes.
In 19253-Yes.
And did you get an order of dis-
chargo? Yes, in October, 1934,
In January, February and March, unilscharged 1934, you were an bankrupt? Yes.
How much did you oweto, your creditors in your bankruptcy?--I should thinks £10,000 or perhaps ratchet £14,000.
Did you really regard your credi-
der gas completely non-toxic, and serious for pastoral, mining and other dog, cat, er fowl. None, in fact, electrical relay, which ringa Lots as persans to be completely for
bankruptcy.
* ENSURING ACCURACY The general consensus of opinion been informed oficially that in por- Cocky in "boss" of the 'animala appeared to be that it was not at tions of the Northern Territory there and birds in the neighbourhood, At the receiving end present practicable under normal had been considerable slackening in and permits no impertinence from wheel le so arranged as to operate manufacturing conditions, to renunderground supplies wh
which
has the courage to approach his distance corresponding to
bell when it has turned through a gotten? No. that even if it were so, there were developmental industries,
17 notches reasons which rendered such prac.
How much did they get in the HEAVY RAINS
beating wings or. his beak. Hal of the wheel.
pound? I couldn't tell you. tice undesirable.
The South Australian Government has never been trained, and hla
The real ingenutty of the system, It was recently stated that the gas experts report that for the past 10 wings have never been clipped, however, Ites in a mechanical device did not know that they got anything Did they get 10s. In the pound?-1 industry in Great Britain does not years conditions have been very dry says Austral News. He is permit- the effect of which is that the wheel I left for South America after my consider that if carbon monoxide were in central Australla. Indeed, there fed to come and go in the Russell in the radio cabin of a particular eliminated, this stop would reduce the are creeks which have not run for household just as he pleases, and
will only be turned through the total number of suiciden even by one, § 17 or 18 years.
he makes himself quite at home..
necessary, 17 divisions, if the three separata impules, adding up to this figure, are each of the right number and received in the right order.. You had sufficient of this. world's Otherwise it springs back to. Its goods to gamble in hundreds of
pounds?—Yes., I saw no reason why. original position,
Thus the relay on one ship may be if I won hundreds of pounds at one operated by impulses represented by game I should not lose it at another. the successive code figures 684 (add-
That was your standard of honour? ing up to 17), but not by any other I don't see how that enters into the combination of figures giving that total.
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Were you a member of a firm of An official of the General Post bookmakers? Never in my life. Offles explained that calls to in Press with regard to some of your Have you been attacked in the dividual ships were at present put mining ventures? There is a caso through on a time-scheduled basis, pending.
Urgent calls depended on the call-
sign for the ship required being issued last year in a libel action.
Witness Bald that a writ had been duly picked up by that ship although
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