Vlery, Ströme Court
THEIR AIM
IN
Wednesday,
LIFE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 2, 1939.
IS THE MOON Europeans Replaced
WORKING steadily and unobtrusively, a group of men By Asiaties In
in England believe that they are nearing the day
when they will be able to travel by "space, ship" to the S.S. Police Force
Moon.
the proposition of a lunar voyage is
The scorn of incredulity doesie problem of landing both on the not affect them.
Some idea of the progress of their renenrebus is given in a recent issue of the "Journal of the Krilish inter- planeity Society."
I 10 to 15 years could be spent an ground experiments, with all the meessury money and apparatus, then the construction of a space ship, based on our present dealgn, could be undertaken with complete con- Adence," it states.
LIKE COLUMBUS
The ploucers point out that less than 40 years ago, in the "face of even greater ridicule than Columbus Inced," the Brst aeroplane climbed into the sky,
""To-day men in every country are striving towards a new and greater goal. It is The vision of inter- planetary travel,"
Towards this end the first designs' for a space ship have already been published. The July "Journal" con- "Automatic talns diagrams of the
Bring control of tumor space ship," with a technical/article,
ROBOT PILOT
"The robot pilot has been design- -ed," the article, "and
says
eerlain paints that live prisen are being. forwarded to the Experimental Com- mittee for practical tests, if Ansricial-) ly possible."
Members of the society are asked
to subint designs for shock absor bers, because "the weakest point in
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A mero bowel movement doesn't get at the case. It takes those, faznods Carter's
Liver Fils lo get there twu plats of bilią flowing freely and make you feel and up", Harmsiesa, gentle, yet amusing in making bie Bow freely, Time for the name Carter's Littls Liver Fit on the red parke age. Refuse anything else.
carth and moon."
UFS
Jean Seidell of Plainfield. N. ., tries out a specially treated cork bathing suit, on Lido Bench, Ostin, Italy. Avoks that "ink- ing feeling," she unys,
DECREASE of ten in the number
of Curopean inspectors In the Straits. Soltlements Pollce Force In reported by the Inspector-General, Mr. R. H. de S. Onraet, in his annu report.
This decrease, and the correspond- |ing increase in the number of Astalle inspectors, is due, he says, to a start being made with the new polley of abolishing the European inspectorate and replacing it with Asiatic Inspec- lore,
Candidates for the Asiatic Inspec torate were numerous, and a healthy and welcome sign was the number of men qualified for direct appoint- ments who went into the ranks in the hope of proving themselves worthy of promotion, states Mr. Onract,
"The candidate for direct appoint-
UFS
Tyrone Power and his bride, Annabella, arriving at Newark, N. J., airport on belated honeymoon from Hollywood. They took in the Louise Galento fight and planned to leave New York for abroad.
ment competing against men of such When Is A Second
a type must needs be outstanding. Not that promotion can be the lot of every qualified man In the ranks: indeed, they have a further handicop in that they are expected to show
themselves worthy by passing at icast two the examinations pre- scribed for confrmallon in the rank
of Asiastic Inspector before they are considered. The result must be rising standard of professional ability."
MALAYS DO WELL
Offence A First?
Rebuke For Woman With No Stockings
When a boy of 14 was accused of
MOTORIST with a previous assault at East London Juvenile, conviction asked at High-Court recently, his mother was pre- gate Police Court recently to be rent, without stockings. The chair- treated as a first offender,
4
man, Mr. B. L. Q. Henriques, said:
“Officers, will you see that wit- norses or parents come Into court with stockings on?”
He was-and this is why: The motorist, summoned for speed-business.
offence.
·
The woman: I have just left my
Mr. Henriques: I cannot help your
you must not cothe into court ke
Malays offering for enlistment ining, had been convicted a few days the rank and file were very satialue- ago in anoller court for a similar business. This is a police-court, and tory, both in quality and quantity, notwithstanding the competition pro- vided by the introduction of Malays into local units of the fighting ser- vices.
The supply of Indians was equally
for the motorist, the offence for
But, explained Mr. Codd, solicitor this. 11 is most disgraceful.
which he had been convicted oc-
curred after the one for which he Perfect Cat's Black
was now summoned.
Hence the previous conviction was not for the first offence but for the
satisfactory, except for Sikhs who came forward in adequate numbers but were very poor physique. A system of recruiting direct from the second, and the motorist, in the pre- Funjab had been instituted, and it sent case, was entitled to be treated was expected tin! there would be
little difficulty in maintaining the as a first offender.
old, high standard.
Or, as Mr. Codd put it: "In this There were signs toward the endcase the previous conviction was not of the year that locally-born Chinese really previous." were beginning to consider the Police
Ancestor
London.
The favourite ent at the Kensing- ton Kitten Club show, on July 12th, was a pure white--"Casino Türkme" winner of five firsts at its first show. According to an expert it is a perfect specimen. "The funny thing about
writes After puzzling that out the magis- this white wonder"
Ulyss by Eurasians whom 14 were re-trate, Colonel Bench, dismissed the Rogers, "is that her grandfather was cruited during the year compared stimmons-under the First Offenders' black and her grandmother orange- with 2 in 1937.
eyed Instead of blue."
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