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Dear Boon:
This is my last warning.
Stop dictating and
start thinking-of me.
I'm fad up with your
idea that a pretty girl
lo liko a lady.
This in April in Manhat
tan and I'm going to wind
up in your armamoor ols
JEAN
GEORGE
ARTHUR · BRENT
In the dizzy doings of the dame who wanted to be
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
13, FRIDAY, AUGUST
1937.
Arabs Urge PETROL DANGER Flights Across
Inquiry In Palestine
Ask Mandate Body To investigate
in
IN PLANES
not
Atlantic
More Experiments To Be Made
trials.
the
Col. Moore-Brabazon's Confession FLYING NOT SAFER THAN 20 YEARS AGO
Lorton, Aug. 12. TIEUT.-Col. Moore-Brabazon, M.,
Four more double journeys ncroya holder of the first flying certl-the North Atlantic, to be flown by Jerusalem, Aug. 12. fleate, and the Arst Englishman to fly the two Empire flying-boats, Cale- bus in England, addressing the Royal donla and Cambria, which have al The Arab Higher Committer
work of the North Atlantie route, telegraphed the Mandates Commis- Empire Society Summer School, at ready participated in experimental sion of the League of Nations of Oxford made the confessión:
are scheduled before the winter lee Geneva, urging that body to send an
"I loathe going up in an aeroplane." at Newfoundland closes down
route. inquiry delegation to Palestine to
"As somebody who loathes going up'
Meanwhile, interest temporarily make thorough investigation of the position with respect to the British an aeroplane more than anything centres on the Short-Mayo composite plan for partitioning of the country the world," he remarked, "I shall aircraft which has been designed to between Arabs and Jews.
never be happy in the air until-I know overcome the difficulty of launching The British proposal was made us
for a result of the findings of a Royal am being driven by a Diesel engine, long-runge aircraft with a maximum
by that miserable stuff load and which is now ready Commisalon, appointed after the scri- and
The first experimental fights wil ous race riots of last year in which petrol.
component largo many Jews and Arabs lost their lives, "Petrol is the most dangerous, the be made with lower com
and and in which British troops
ever four-engined flying-boat similar to most wretched form of police were frequently involved, with made. Mans Limes there have been the Standard Empire boot except for the mechanism by which the upper consequent heavy loss of life and air necidents which should not in any com
a four-engined float component, money, It
the hope of the
be scroplane, will
attached. The Commission that # partitioning way have been serious, where, at the
lower component is powered by four scheme would frustrate further demost, one might get bruised, yet due scro perdations by extremists and solve to the presence of petrol, these que Bristol Pegasus "X" engines of 950
few seconds
Not until both horse-power each. Britain's difficult mandate problem. trivial accidents in a have become bonfires.
components have satisfactorily passed "Aviation
dangerous their trials will the critical experl- 15 quite enough without petrol. We have done ment of a joint flight, with launching upper component at the Zurich, Aug. 12. away with petrol in buses and in of the A gang of anti-Semitic members ships. There is no reason for the height of about 10,000 feet, be carried of the Frontist Party attacked Zian-retention of petrol in aeroplanes atout
The Short-Mayo composite aircraft ist delegates to the world conference all, except that from the military side)
of aeronautics oli that is required is: is one of the three lines of attack on here to-day.
performance, and petrol gives per- the problem of commercial trans- Oletals of the conference have
Atlantic flights, the other two being demanded increased police protection
Lieutenant-Colonel Moore-Braba- the Empire flyingboats which have und that police disperse the crowds
Albatross which gather nightly near the con-zon strongly urged the introduction of already been on trial and the
monoplanes, ference hall tind shout insults-Diesel engines into commercial fly-Havilland United Preas.
ing, and said that this type of aircraft experimental flights with which are would force Itself on the world in not yet fixed-British Wireless. long range flights.
-Reuter.
was
ZIONISTS ATTACKED
ROOSEVELT NAMES HIS NEW JUDGE
Senator Black Honoured
Washington, Aug. 12, President F. D. Roosevelt to-day nominated Senator Hugo Black of Alabama for the vacant seul in the United States Supreme Court, follow- ng the retirement of Mr. Justice van
der Vanter.
formance."
fucl
AGAINST TRAVEL BY AIR
On the question of whether the present form of flying would become popular with the average man and woman for everyday travel, Lieut-} enant-Colonel Moore-Brabazón ask- | ed: "Are you and I and our children ever going to fly? My feeling is to say 'No,'
KING SHOOTING
GROUSE
OUT WITH PARTY YESTERDAY
London, Aug. 12.
De
The King, with members of his
at
"To-day we have get practically only one type of aeroplane, and I do staff, was out shooting over one of not think it is much safer than it the moors near Balmoral to-day. was 20 years ago. I do not believe The first royal shooting party that a form of transport is going to Balmoral will not be held till later become really popular in which, when in the month. you make quite a slight mistake, youf go straight to the cemetery,
Favourable weather favoured the opening of the grouse season, accord- ing to reports from Scottish moors and from Yorkshire.--British Wire-
"If everyone started flying, and if every time a mistake was made that less. would be the case, so to speak, of good-night, nurse! then the populi-
Senator Black 1s the leading on would become very small. I do advocate of the Administration's not agree, for one moment,, that the hours and wages legislation and was heroplane is becoming more and more! also a supporter of the President's the private mon's mode of progres- court reform bil-Reuter,
AIRWAYS LINK WITH RAILWAYS
sion."
ADMIRALS AND AIR ARM
"ALL SERIOUSLY DISTURBED"
"There is no ndiniral to-day who is
KUNG LEAVES GERMANY
Berlin, Aug. 12. Dr. H. H. Kung, China's Finance Minister, had a long Interview with Marshal von Blomberg, Germany's commander-in-chief, to-day.
Later he said the conversations had been satisfaclory in every way. Dr. Kung leaves for Prague, Czecho-Sluvaitin, and Then Rome, to-night.-Reuter.
NEW ARMY SCHEME
London, Aug. 12. Imperial Airways is to have its own rallway terminus in London. It will be alongside Victoria Station, and special trains will run from it directly to Croydon and to Southamp- lon for passengers on the Empire fly-not seriously disturbed over the pre- ing-beat service. The foundations of sent administration of control of the In the event of a the new building, which will include Naval Air Arm.
London, Aug. 12: the headquarters of the Company, are naval disaster the admirals will be
The 80,000 reservists eligible for now being excavated,
responsible. Surely they are the men re-enrolment with the colours under At the same time, plans for linking who know what is best in this the scheme announced by the War Omice on Tuesday are being clrcu- other airports with London raliway matter." termint are being pushed forward,
Admiral the Earl of Cork and larised with particulars of the offer
which
the Government has decided Under these arrangements, Heston
at to make for a limited period so test- Airport will be 18 minutes rail jour Portsmouth, who was in charge of the whether the Army would be more ney from Paddington and a new hero- drome under construction for the naval defence during the mimic war-attractive to recruits if it offered an City of London Corporation at Ilford are on the South Coast the other opportunity of longer service with
this statement
when pension rights at the end-British wil
minutes week, made train speaking on the system whereby the Vireless.
Air Ministry and the Admiralty share control of the Fleet Air Arm..
of
be within 25 the city by British Wireless.
electric
HOUSES FALL, 18
KILLED
ur-Orrery,
New York, Aug. 12. At least 18 persons lost their lives. to-day when two adjacent houses collapsed.
It is understood the foundations of the houses were undermined by the recent heavy ruins.-Reuter.
Commander-in-Chief
[Sir Thomas Inskip, Minister for MARGARET SANGER the Co-ordination of Defence, An- nounced on March 11 that he pro-Well-Known Birth Control posed an inquiry Inlo versy. No report has yet been made public.j
the contro-
Another point in the Earl of Cork's speech wns:
Advocate Returning
Los Angeles. Mrs. Margaret Sanger, the well- known birth control advocate, sails shortly for Honolulu en route to the
The danger of ships from aircraft Orlent, attack cannot be judged from pelice- Mrs. Sanger has previously been to time exercises or the Spanish war at the East, having visited Singapore in sen, which was comic-opera warfare. February last year.
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ZI YEARS AGO IN HK.
FORMER A.D.C. KILLED
WATER LEVELS
FOR WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS
Captain G. N. Alison, of the Sea-
The River Conservancy Bureau for forth Highlanders, former A.D.C. to the Governor, Sir Henry May, was Kwangtung Province inputs the following
West, North and East Riversi killed in action on the Western front. report on water levels, in metres, for the
Highest Lowest 1997 at the
Place of
on The wedding took place
WIL WL
11/0 Union Church of Mr. S. M. Mayes Observation record record
12/8 Wost River at
Wuchow +24.20 -0.78 + 9.30 + 9,80
and Miss Alice Beatrice Lu Chung.
Mr. H. Green was appointed to act
as Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department, and Mr. C. D. Melbourne na Registrar of the Supreme Court.
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west River at
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North River at
on
+4.03.20
0
+3.50 +4.28
Thingyuen 0.20 · North River at
Shamshul 8.41 −1.55 + £80 +3.20 The rate of the dollar wns 28. East River at 1.9/10d.
Sheklung + 4.75 -0.32 +3.25 +3.20
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