1934-01-12 — Page 9

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1934.

SEADROME

CHAIN FOR

ATLANTIC

American Engineer Designs "Islands."

U.S. GOVERNMENT GRANTS £300,000 FOR TESTS

New York.

Behind the ambitious scheine taken up by the United States Government to span the Atlun. | tic with a chain of huge floating islands, and to provide a 24-hour: airplane service between the Old World and the New, lie 10 years! of experimenting by an American) engineer, Mr. Edward R. Arm- strong, of Holyoke Delaware.

His completed désigns for the five 'seadromes' to be placed at| 500-mile distances between New York, the Azores and Vigo. Spain, contain some spectacular constructional features, believed capable of rendering the islands safe in the worst Atlantic storma: and of assuring stable anchorage at depths of 3% to 4 miles.

The 5th Duke of Sutherland. -President of the Air League of the British Empire since 1922.—(S. & G.).

REGULATIONS FOR PILLION-RIDING

Summons Under The New Order.

OFFENDER FINED

As at present proposed. the CORRESPONDENCE.} [dant's learner's license expired Armstrong

seadromes provide

for a landing surface of 6 ncres,

nearly a quarter of a mile in length and from 50 to 100 yards] in width, the broader section re-l presenting the central field and; the narrower sections extensions

MEMORIAL TO W. L. PATTENDEN

of $10 on each count.

THE CHINA MAIL.

To-day's Short Story..

more

THE

GOOD

THING

By Colin Davy.

А good thing! waiting for when the bailiff's men

Lord

One of the first cases underPERION the new police order demanding

I Good thing me foot!" ex-got too thick on the ground. that motor-cyclists be equipped

"There was no high-falutin trade with pillion Beats of regulation claimed the small wizened man form when carrying a passen-at the end of the bar. He sucked union ideas in those days about one ger, was brought before Mr. E. W. his teeth, spat accurately and lad doin' two osses. I often did Hamilton at the Central Police added with disgust:"""There ain't three or four and in bad times four Court this morning when Lino such thing as a racing cer for five. Nor was there any rule Jabout a fiver a winner; usually one Cheung, driver of motor cycle tainty now-a-days."

The youthful speaker whose dia-jwas on a hiding to nothing." (The No. 18, was summoned for carry- ing a passenger not on a pillion course had been interrupted turned little man emptied his glass and saw lecat, riding an un'icensed motor

to glance in disdain at the stranger it refilled with wistful watery eyes.) cycle and being without an appro-the latter's

who had spoken; but something' in "Well, one of the 'osses I did was priate driving license.

appearance suggested a grey colt called Monastic Calm. intimate association with 'E was by Glastonbury out of Even- Traffic Sergeant Clark prose racing stables than that gleaned ing Hymn. 'E was well cuted and the defendant pleaded from the pink mid-day leaflet which 'e was that calm 'e was only at to named; guilty. He said that he had a learner's license and had recent protruded from his own pocket. He carry monks to Matine. ly returned from Shanghai and his lips to the inquiry: "Waan't two for 'im as a yearling and we'd all tempered hte sneering remark on (Watercress 'ad paid nine thousand did not know that a pillion seat stone in hand a good thing in your 'oped 'e'd win the Derby. was required' when a passenger

¡day, Dad?"

"Well by the time 'e was risin was carried.

The little old man sucked his five the closest 'e'd got to classic Traffic Inspector Nicol inform- ed the Court that the defon-tecth and spat again. "No, it, bonours was third in a selling race weren't", he remarked shortly. with only four runners and the win- in September last.

"I suppose in your day they 'ooked ner disqualified. Monastic Calm! The Magistrate imposed a fine one up in the Gold Cup to win the 'E was well named, a wouldn't walk seller at Windsor on Saturday," aug- across 'la box to see if 'is manger geated the youth, winking slyly at was full; 'e 'ad to be fed in a bucket his companions.

where 'e stood or 'e'd 'ave starved)

without h'anything extravagant is eyes shut resting so many logs that sort," said the little man, gaz-as possible with is lower lip hang- at each end. The platforms will Sir. There are many friends of:

ing meditatively into his empty Ing lookin' more like a sea lion than ride the water 100 feet above the the late Walter Leslie

glass. "In those days when the an 'cas whose sire ad won the Derby. surface. 30 that the highest who feel that his memory should be

jmoney was down there weren't no waves can pass beneath them. perpetuated in this Colony, where

ifs nor buts...No...Nor no short: Twenty-eight caisson-like co- for thirty years he lived and work-

leads either. They did win........”. ed and served his fellowmen. lumns, or legs, each a hundred,

The landlord winked encouraging- yards in length,

For this reason It is proposed to support the

At the instance of Mr. Morris ly at the group and tilted the gin landing surface, the upper porrect in St. John's Cathedral, to Davies, driver of private car No. battle into the old man's glass, who tions being fitted with oval- which he was devotedly attached, a 580. a Chinese lorry driver, Yuen needed no further encouragement to shaped buoyancy tanks, extend- Memorial Tablet, which, by its per- Yu, was summoned at the Central begin his tale. ing from the deck to depths far manence will secure that W. L. Fat- Police Court this morning for ne-

"I could never understand why 'is "It was more than forty years lordship didn't sell the quad, 'e'd below the surface.

tenden be not forgotten.

gligent driving in Des Voeux Road ago," he began, "and I was with ave-done well in front of the Life portions of these supports con- Owing to the generosity of a local Central on December 14 last. The Jack Quick wot trained at Puddle-Guards with kettle drums at either sist of cast-iron columns, weight-rm, the cost of the tablet will be defendant pleaded not guilty, combs Folly near Wantage.

Mr. Davies in evidence said that hadn't many patrons 'adn't Quick, watercress 'e was a hoptimiste He side to wake him up, but young ed at the ends with ballast cham-mall, and it is thought that the bers filled with water and cust, amount will soon be oversubscribed. he had just entered Des Voeux and those there were seldom pald was and kept saying, "'E'll come to

If this is so the surplus will be Road from Queen's Road East when their bills; so the establishment got Taself one o' these days. The whole structure is design- used for the provision of a Book of he saw the defendant's lorry in the the reputation of bein' a bettin' ed to ride the ocean like a gigan- Services, which by its constant use centre of the rond opposite the site stable. That only means that the right; 'e did need time--about five needs is time.' 'Is lordship was tic table held aloft in the water for whom those services

will be a frequent reminder of him of the new Bank building. He tradespeople needn't bother to pre minutes to the furlong.... by the buoyancy lanks and

Rounded his horn but the driver sent their bills until after the stable, stabilized by the ballast chan continual inspiration.

took no heed and just as he came had a winner. We had a poor lot

"Well one day I was

leanin' bers, which tread the water 200

how abreast of the lorry it moved back of 'osses, mostly selling platers and talking to Betty Quick, the guv'nor's against the grey 'oss's 'stable door wards, colliding with his rear mud- one or two which at four or five daughter she was a nice plece of feet below the surface.

guard.

years old were still waiting to win goods and no slower than her name The defendant declared that his a maiden race. 'Owever, Quick by implied-when the most unusual lorry was stationary when the col-name and quick by nature, the thing 'appened. lision occured.

guv'nor usually had a good thing

iron or iron ore.

The lower

1.500-Ton Anchors. The scadrome landing fields will be clear of all superstruc- tures, hangars for 50 planes and housing accommodation being arranged for in two or three

To the Editor. "China Mail."}

Pattenden

were

Contributions, по matter

amall, towards this memorial fund will be welcomed and acknowledged by either of the undersigned.

Yours etc.,

ALFRED SWANN, P. S. CASSIDY.

LORRY DAMAGES PRIVATE CAR.

Collision Near New Bank Site.

DRIVER FINED $15.

The Magistrate disbelieved his statement and imposed a fine of

decks immediately below them. GREATER USE OF $15, in default three weeks'

The plans provide for elevators

large enough to handle planes INDIAN COTTON

with a wing span of 120 feet, and:

for elaborate equipment Includ- Sir Richard Jackson En ing hotels, radio stations, direc-i tional guiding beams. beacons. ocean-going cutters, derricks and

a system of air and water rud-;

ders to prevent wind yaw and to nid in keeping the aeadromes | trailing into the wind.

A saucer-shaped anchor of con- crete reinforced with

cable.

Route To India.

COTTON COMMISSIONER APPOINTED

London, To-day.

He

prisonment.

"There were good things to bet on to death. 'E'd stand for hours with

STRANGE Im-

MISHAP ON BOARD SUBMARINE.

Leading Seaman's

Eye Injured.

VISITOR

TO A SHOP.

Tries To Set Fire

To Premises.

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be Hollow Man," by

"The

Thomas Burke.

All 'e

"The 'oss, wot 'ad been standing like a statue since I'd called 'im in the early morning, began to move. We both stood watchin' as if it was a ghost. As a rule nothin' less than l'arf a dozen clouts on the backalde and the beating of a tin bucket would make 'im lift a foot. And there 'e was a moving of "is own accord. Very slowly 'e came to ward us, poked 'is nose over the door, and sniffed. Then suddenly, quick| BLA a monkey, 'e makes a grab an' 40 years of age, entered a shop in Cheong

is box. Street shortly after 8

""Lawks' screams Betty, o'clock last night and poured the took the sausagen!'

**E's And sure

THOUGHT TO BE INSANE

Carrying a tin of kerosene, a

ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF respectably-dressed Chinese, abous scuttles back into the far corner of

AIR PISTOL

Suffering from injury to an eye

Ition...

In Anglo-Irish Controversy

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DANCING

ACADEMY

The place to dance at.

Good Floor-Beautiful Partners

Fine Band.

Bank of China Bldg., Queen's Road Central,

2nd Floor.

Opp. St. Francis Hotel. Entrance Duddell Street. DON'T FORGET TO COME TO - NIGHT.

HAVE YOU A SORE THROAT?

EVANS' Pastilles

ANDELIK THROAT

which are made in England to a formula of the Liverpool Throat Hospital, will quickly give relief,

paper ribbon out of a conjuror's hat DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE

.....but backwards on if you know what I mean...

Sir Richard Jackson, Chairman iron of the Indian Cotton Enquiry Com- weighing 1.500 tons. is proposed mittee which was set up in Lanca- as the result of an accidental dis-old on the stairs, after which he enough there 'e was with a string for each sendrome, so designed shire following the Ottawa Con charge of an air pistol, Leading a match with the apparent in-of Palethorpe's sausages from her that it can be floated to the sen- ference, to promote a greater use Scaman Dawson of H.M. Submarine tention of setting the premisen on basket a 'anging from his mouth and drome station and then sunk by of Indian Cotton in Lancashire, left Pandora was last night admitted to fire. flooding. It will require an London yesterday for Indie.

the Royal Naval Hospital.

He was immediately arrested and did see.

the queerest look in 'Is eye you ever 18,000-feet cable, to be attached will reach Bombay on January 25. the submarine which is now under-to the West Point police station avage......baleful, that's what he The incident occurred on board hunded over to the police and taken Calm about him. He looked proper There was no Monastic to a large, lighted buoy. The!

This visit is a further move in going refit at the Cosmopolitan where sendrome in turn will be fasten-

bis behaviour created was. As if 'e said, 'You try to take ed to the buoy by a 1.000-foot the polley, which Lancashire is Dock, Kowloon.

doubts of his sanity energetically pursuing, of en-

one link o' these 'ere sausages and The affair in stated to have been He will be charged before Mr. r. With five sendromes,

couraging and developing a greateria pure accident, but an official en-Balfour four

at the Central Polica west of the Azores and one cast, use of Indian cotton.

quiry is being made. Leading Sea Court to-morrow morning and in didn't try. We watched those sau- "Well, it was such a nasty look wa the average flight requirements|

Sir Richard will investigate the man Dawson's condition is reported meanwhile under medical observa-enges disappear link by link like between stations is set at 600 problems and

conditions existing to be not serious. miles, a distance well within the in India in relation to the work payload. capabilities of modern of the Committee and will confer with the Indian Central. Cotton passenger planes.

£800,000 Income Foreseen. Committee, its technological and The United States Government other Committees, the Bombay Mil has allotted £300,000 from its Owners' Association and the Inter- publics works fund for imme- ests concerned with the marketing diate experiments with a quar- of cotton in various districts. ter-section of one of the proposed He will also visit the Sukkur Bar- sendromes, estimated to cost rage in Sind and several of the bo- £1,200,000 each. If five. sea- lanical research stations where ex- dromes were constructed, it in periments to improve the staple of calculated that employment for Indian cottons are being conducted. 10,000 men for two to 24 years' One of the developments of the would be provided.

Indian Cotton Enquiry Committee The sponsors of the scheme, has been the appointment of Mr. R the Seadrome Ocean Dock Cor. Fleming as Cotton Commissioner, poration, have expressed their who will remain in India and act na willingness to transfer the rights liaison officer between the raw cotton to the Government, in return for trade there and Lancashire users of an agreement covering the pas Indian obtion-British Wireless tents, of which they would re- Service.

main the owners,

Estimating the income likely the advance in plans and motor to be earned by the seadromes, design of the past five years, a which would be open for use trans-Atlantic service without against toll payments by any air the expense of seadromes could craft, Mr. Armstrong sets the quickly be placed in operation, trans-oceanic passenger, tariff at if backed by Government mail £70, and on a schedule of four contracts. Advocates of the air- sailings a day, with planes of 24 ship and of steamship refueling passenger capacity, arrives at a stations, such as that set up in total annual Income of £800,000, the South Atlantic with the The schems has aroused criti freighter Westfalen, have also elam from various sources, foined issue with supporters of Bome critics assert that, with the seadrome prujsci

That Great Britain u keeping ireland withis ina /

to employ force of arisa; and that if it were not for this fire people would be free within twenty-four hours, la the President De Valera Clufts in his Iniest pontegye Bricias Secretary of Dominoes (right); ore

pă from the Britisk: Empl

J

(Continued from Page 1.), During the conversation Mr. Hen- derson " informed the British

The teller of the story watched his glass being refilled with a melan-, choly absorption and continued: "That night I noted a change when Foreign Secretary of the nature of I dressed the 'oss down, 'e swished ceived on the question of adequate the communications he had, ra- is tail twice and when I brought Im is feed alf turned his sad of the convention, on which he had guarantees for the loyal execution) lookin' for more sausages I suppose,

to report to the Conference.

DINNER DANCE AT CHINA EMPORIUM.

Returned Students'

Union.

ELECTION OF OFFICENS

A successful and enjoyable event I didn't think much of it, but at

took place last evening, when the work early next morning 'e went so Hypolito Maria Xavier, Clerk in the Union held their annual Dinner The forthcoming marriage between Euro-American Returned Students' different it might have been another Chartered Bank of India, Australia and! animal, Usually I.ad to scrub and China, and Anns Francisca Nunes, of Dance at the Cafe de Luxe, China kick at im to make 'Im koepup 558, Nathan Road, Kowloon, is an-Emporium. Over 100 members at- with the youngsters cantering, but

nounced.

fended, with many friends and. Mr. Henderson intimated that he guests. The arrangements were this mornin. Instead of being last hoped to be able to leave London under the direction of Mr. L. 8. of the bunch by 20 yardse kept on Tuesday, He will break his wan, Past President of the Union. Lovol with the last pair.

Journey at Paris and proceed to During the dinher officers for the After stables I went to Betty Geneva on Wednesday, and begged some acrape of" [ment]

coming year were appointed by bal- He hopes to hold a meeting of lot, as follows: President, Mr- from the kitchen-not much, but the officers of the Bureau on Fri Hin-shing Lo; Secretary, Mr. Peter the knuckle end of a'am and some day in order to take a decision as sin; Transurer, Mr. Wong Man- pork chops wot ad gone tainted and to the date of meeting of the kwong: General Committee, Messrs. I gave 'em to the grey 'osa, Elate Bureau,

BOL & KL. Chau, 1 B. Wan, M. K. Lo and

em, bones and all, and when I went The programme of work adapted Andrew. Cheung,

to feed in in the evening 'e turned by the Bureau on November 22 Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Shere were right round in box and whinnledes no date as to when the Con- welcomed as new members of the same as any other ons would eve Zerence will resume work, but pro Union.

done at evenin' feed. And would vides that such resumption. shall

you believe me, next morning 'e gal- take place during or after the Tan- the Vice Chairman, Mr. Poll loped a fair treat upsides with old try meeting of the League Coun- Rag Bacchus ood once won a forty pound cil, on a date to be fixed by the the

General”

President in consultation with the Les of Nations, M. Josph Joedoers "of the Boreau,“ These are õli-British Wireless Servita”: