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Science Conquers
Aviation Enemy---Fog
RADIO BEAH TRYYSMITTING STATION AT AIRPORT PROM WICH RADIO LIGHT BEAM
IS DIRECTED TO NEW YORK
NAIN RADIO STATION ON]
CASTLE ISLAND
RADIO LKINT BEAM 19 FIRST CARRIED TO AIRPORT BY UNDERGROUND CABLE.... THE TERMINUS OF THE BEAM MEIST BEN THE FLYING RED TO INSURE SAFE LANDING OF PLANES
ON TOWER TO WARN FLIERS'
COLORED LIGHTS
FOG — AVIATION'S, DEADLI-considered safe until man has over-+vialon the tests were carried out quite narrow at the airport, becom- EST FOE, is about to clear before come the deadly danger of fog, His station is at Castle Ielund, ing brander as the distance grows which has been the direct cause of where is located the transmitting and becoming quite narrow again the sun of scientific endeavor. some of the most frightful disas point of the beam. The terminus as it nears the terminal point Since last November a series of ters of the air.
of the beam is of course the flying the aviator circles over the field remarkable experiments and teste The radio light beam now dcts field to insure a safe landing, he pushes a button and instantane have been carried out over the air as the guiding spirit of the aviator which in a fog is both dangerous as contact la made with the trans- mitting station by radio-telephonic route between New York and Bos-in fog. It is the line over which and difficult ton. These tests have been under he files his ship, and the slightest When the pilot leaves the field communication. This anti-fog de the supervision of the Airways deviation from his course, either to a series of red lights flicker from vics has proved itself simple in Division of the United States De the right or left, is called to his the giant mast at Castle Island to operation and effective in resulta, partment of Commerce which is attention by cods signals that attract ble attention and so direct and it is expected that the same vitally interested in the serious sound in his headphones, sent by him to the path of the radio light method of making aviation safe business of rendering the airways the operator who is directing the beam. The beam is carried from from the hazard of fog will be ap as safe as selentifie Ingenuity can device. The chief operator is the transmitting point to the airplied over other routes. deviso. And aviation cannot be Ralph C. Soney under whose super-port by underground cable. It is
LONDON TO PEKING
A Fortnight Spent in a Train
So long as the Far East could not be reached from Western Europe except by a sea voyage of seven weeks, China was a place of exile. The quicker but more expensive Canadian route brought it nearer.
but only with the opening of the Siberian Railway could the foreign resident in China feel no longer cut off from the rest of the world. In 1914 London could be reached by the
new route in.12 days from Peking and 14 from Shanghai. Foreigners, who formerly had to wait five and homo seven years, began to ran every other year. The convenience was very valuable for business, for mails and newspapers were carried as quickly as passengers.
from
Tientsin and the railway route through Korea to Mukden and so to Tientsin and Peking. By the latter way there are two through trains a day, taking three and three and a-half days respectively from Kobe to Peking. The disadvantages of this route are the higher cost and the numerous changes necessary al Maibara, Kobe. Shimonosekh whence it is a journey of eight hours by a fast and well-found steamer to Fusan, then rall to
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CHILD RECALLS FORMER LIFE
ASTOUNDING STORY FROM INDIA
PARENTS MYSTIFIED
On
Calcutta, Jan.-21. An astounding story of a child
past life remembering hia earth is reported by the Allaha bad correspondent of the Calcutta Statesman. The correspondent obtained details of the extra- ordinary affair from Pandit Ram Copal Miera. Deputy Collector of Gorakhpur, who verified the facts.
and Mukden, where there is a A change to the Chinese train. new tri-weekly service of Japanese steamers between Kobe and Tientain is now giving great satisfaction to foreign travellers, and makes the trip in practically the same time as
The child, a boy aged three, is the train, and at half the cost.
the son of Ram Charan Mahajan. fast boats may catch one of these
in Kaurari Village, in Mainpuri necessitate one or two days' walt District, United Provinces. About three months ago, the boy sudden. ly began to show a great desire to leave his home, and several times he was found walking on the road at some distance from his parents' house.
in Kobe.
with
from
An Alternative Route An alternative route Valdivostack to North China is by a Japanese line of small steamers the east coast of 'Korea and touching at Nelshin and Gensan, with both of which .there Seoul, s rail connection
the regular through which run trains between Tokyo and Peking. The Neishin-Gensan-Seoul line is newly opened, and the atcamers have little accommodation and do not sail regularly. were available without delay the journey to Peking could be shorten ed by two days and much expense saved. For men, travelling alone this route is well worth trying.
The war disturbed 'the Siberian route, and early in 1915 it took four weeks to go from London to Peking. By 1910 the connection by way of Bergen through Finland was great-running down ly improved and the time London to Peking was reduced to 16 daya.
With the appearance of the Bolshevists traffic stopped alto gether. It was resumed about 1924, but most Inconveniently be cause of the difficulty of buying tickets and obtaining visas. How- ever, the Moscow Government was anxious to restore the efficiency of the Siberian line, and to obtain the funds for the purpose from the passenger traffic between the Far East and Europe. By degrees the servico was quickened and improved, and in the summer of 1929 the journey between London and Peking was reduced to 12 days, with attendant difficulties removed. One of the few complaints still to be made is that it seerns necessary to mulet the traveller from China £3 for a telegram to Moscow asking authority for pass- port visas.
Through Vladivostock
·
un-
In July the action of the Chinese in seizing the Chinese Eastern Rail- way that extension in Chinese ter- ritory of the Siberian Railway which gives access to Harbin (Manchuria)-closed direct traffic between China and Russia and sus- pended the use of the route to Europe. The Russians quickly switched the Siberian trains to the alternative route through the Amur and Ussuri Railways to Vladivo- stock. In October the writer left London, and travelling through Berlin, Warsaw, Moscow, and Chita, and thence by the Amur route through Haboravak, reached Vladivostock on the 18th day. There followed the Japaneso steamer to Tsuruga (two daya). The whole journey to Peking was completed in exactly 10 days. Travellers to Shanghai were delayed, at Kobe, but reached, their destine- tion at the same time.
Little time is lost in going to Japan.by. Vladivostock, and Tokyo' can be reached on the 15th day from London The steamers for Teuruga wait for the trains twice 4 week, but for one of the three weekly trains there is no steamer connection and two days must be spent in Vladivostock. The hotel accommodation in that place is indescribably bad and should be avoided by women. The Tauruga steamers are below the Japanese the standard" of cleanliness:! but are otherwise comfortable. M traveling in Japan is well'ordi
Luavellers to Chim have more In Japan they between steamer froma
If connections
was
Asked where he was going, he invariably replied that he Gopt, a bania of a neighbouring village called Pharha, and was re- His parents were turning there. even more mystified, says the Pandit, when the child related that Gopl the banla was taking
out some coloured powder from his shop for a customer when a snake bit him on his hand, the result of which he died.
The child is said to have add-
AB
ed that he had left a wife, son and daughter at Pharha as well as some treasure buried under his
house.
The strangest part of the story
[SULTANS' QUARREL IN SUMATRA
LIGHT CUT OFF AT WEDDING FEAST
REMARKABLE MARRIAGE
Medan, Jan. 27.
The inhabitants of Tandjong Foera (on the East Coast of Suma- tra) witnessed this week the marri age of Sjarif Hasjim Abdul Djalil Sjaifcedin, Sultan of Slak, to the daughter of Tengkoe Pangeran Em- boeng of Langkat, the sister of his late consort, writes the Straits Times correspondent.
It was a remarkable marriage and I shall never forget the atranga Impression I received, when I was introduced to the bridegroom, the Sultan of Slak, who appeared to be extremely worried.
Later I understood the reason for his distress-a bitter contro- versy had arisen over his marriage, between the Sultan of Sink and the Sultan of Langkat, the latter the uncle of the bride and a very richį
and powerful man on the East Coast of Sumatra,
I wondered at the time why only gasoline lamps were burning while; everywhere in the palace electric lamps could be seen but it was inter revealed that the Sultan of Langkat had ordered the supply of current to be cut off, because the power, station is his 'property.
A Question of Prestige One of the princes told me that the differences had arisen over a question of prestige. The Sultan of Langkat is of the opinion that the Sultan of Slak must visit him, first, and the Sultan of Slak de- clines, because his "empire" is older than that of Langkat. The
is that a "banía" named Gopl ac- Dutch Government's officials when tually did die from snake bite they came here first, some sixty about four years ago at Pharha years ago, negotiated only with the leaving a widow, son and daugh- Sultan of Stak.
ter.
At the feast there were only a few distinguished guests.
The
Consequently when news of the peculiar behaviour of Ram Sultan of Langkat had given notice Charan's son reached there, the to his officials and other people' bania's widow kastened to that if they participated in the fes- Kaurari Village, where she and tival, they would no longer be re- her children were identified by celved at his Court There was the boy who insisted on returning not even a priest in Tandjong with the widow to her home. Poera, who would officiate at the The widow, who was amazed by marriage, and the Sultan of Siak the child's actions, besought his had to employ his own teacher of parents to let him go with her. religion.. There were no Dutch The accuracy of the boy's state officials but this was because the ment regarding the buried trea-feast was not of an official nature.
As the Bure could not be tested house mentioned by him had been sold.
"However," says the Pandit. that the present "It is reported owner of that house who was very poor before Gopi's death has aud- denly grown rich."
DANISH CROWN PRINCE
The 8.9. Fionia arrived Singapore on February 9 with the
Crown Prince of Denmark and
party, A banquet was given by the Danish community of Malaya at the Europe Hotel.
Wedding Unites Two Royal Houses
Representatives of European royalty participated in all the pomp and splendour which marked the unfon of Princess Marie dae of Belgium and Prince Hamberto of Italy. (Upper row) King George was represented by H.B. the Duke of York, who was the guest of the British Ambassador to Italy, Prince Leopold of Belgium and Princess Marle of Italy, the bridegroom. (Centre) The bride's father and mother, the King and Queen of Belgium, Prince Humberto, Crown Prince of Italy, the bridegroom. (Ceatre). The King of Italy, Cardinal Mall, Archbishop of Pisa, who officiated at the ceremony: The Queen of Italy. (Lower) The Royal Palace of the House of Savey, showing some of the vast crowds which assembled recently welcoming home their Crown Prince from his visit to Bruszola.
The Sultans have a politicalį treaty with the Dutch Government, that they will live in peace and friendship together, and one of the princes told me, that this means a breach of the treaty.
Labour Inspection Conference
Some time ago, a planter from Sumatra in a letter to the Straits Times made a complaint relating to the methods of labour Inspection.. His objection was that the planter in Sumatra is burdened with regu tations, which are of no use to the
coolies and make conditions rather
worse than better. Since then more attention has been paid to this subject and a considerable im provement in labour inspection has been made.
Employers and employees on the east coast of Sumatra were in- vited to Batavia to a conference with the Chief of the Labour Office and some of the leading labour in spectors, to discuss the various pos sibilities of co-operation.
This conference has been very success- ful, for it was generally recognis ed that an understanding must be reached. The Labour Ofice laid much stresa on the fact that there was no foundation for the belief of unbridgeable differences be- tween the employers' interests and labour Inspection, and the ployers declared that they would be glad to co-operate if some basta could be found.
Important Changes
em.
One of the most important changes is that in future the in- apections will be announced 24 hours beforehand, except for those estates which are suspected for one or another reason. The cus- tom of allowing native Interpreters to go.around independently to col- lect complaints from the coolies, which in the past has been detri- mental to discipline on the estates, has been abolished. In future, i
coolle complains to the labour in- spector, he will be referred to the assistant' concerned and if at the next inspection, It is found that the coolle has not obtained his rights further stops will be taken.
Also in other respects the good- will of the Labour Office has be come evident. It was promised that the recruiting of labour in spectors would be fully reconsider. ed. Formerly these posts were largely reserved for rotired army and navy captains with very little idea of labour problems but in future, only those with a good preliminary training in thla class All the pomp and circumstance of beautiful Pauline Chapel, and Cardinal, Brussels net. Lago, was an important of work will be employed.tk:
old world were present at the Mall, Archbishop of Pisa, who if a feature of her transend, and she was
ontes which gave Italy a Crowd slated by sevgin distinguished the people at Belgiamy wall by circulated and the planters an
friend of the bridegroom, officiated, presented with same priceless pieces by The new Instructions have been. In the person of attractira | clerics.: Zor her wedding to Prince personal friends and relatives, sciations have also sent notices to
Josa, daugh the Humberto, the Balclan Evincess wore Accompanying the Princess were the their members that the relations.
magnideant wedding draw with a my King And Queen of the Belgiant, her men of the Bolgians long court train of white valves banded. Brothers, Prince Leupold and Charles, with the Labour Office are on a new
with ermine. Her vell was of priceless, and the Princess Astrid,
footing
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