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SCIENTISTS POLAR YEAR" DISCOVERY

Bombardment From The Sun

EXPERIMENTS DISCUSSED

There is a spot on the sum acting either as a "gun" or a "searchlight" which bombards the earth's atmos- phere every 27 days, and this" was responsible for the breakdown of General Nobile's short-wave wire- less transmissions during his polar expedition.

Such is the view of international radio experts, who, during their conference in London on September 14, discussed the results of the "Polar Year" experiments of 1982-3.

Several nations combined in these experiments. The British and Ger-

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1934

fadumie Viri

This photograph shows a scene of the rioting in Cork, Ireland, during the uprising of 1,000 farmers protesting a tax sale of farm stock, which resulted in the death of one person and injury to 150 others. The photograph was made as police guarda charged on the crowd of demonstrators.

man expeditions at Tromso, operat H.K. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS FAMOUS HUNGARIAN

ing about fifteen miles apart, took

it in turns to transmit on ahort wave-lengths receiving each other's transmissions. They exchanged the data thes obtained.

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Orders For The Coming Week..

Orders by Lieut-Colonel H.

Dress-Uniform or Mufti but Belts, Frogs, Pouches and Braces must be worn.

Launch. Will leave Queen's

At first their short-wave wireless

B. L. Dowbiggin, O. B. E. Com-Pier (Hong Kong) at 8.30 a.m. and transmissions came more strongly as they bounced off the radio roof."mandant, Hong Kong Volunteer Braces must be worn. but suddenly they ceased altogether. Defence Corps:

Hong Kong.

This, it was discovered, was due to Friday, 12th October, 1934.

the fact that the "foor" of the Ken- nelly-Heaviside layer had dropped from about 60 miles above the earth to 50 miles. In the words of one

GENERAL

OBITUARY:-

The Commandant regrets to an nounce the death of Lance Cor- delegate the "mirror became a bla-poral J. F. Guerreiro, No. 11 Platoon, Corps Infantry, which oc- curred on 6th October, 1934.

Lecture Room

ket."

Magnatic Storm Source →

In addition to the Kennelly-Heavi

The Lecture Room is allotted to

alde layer of electric currents 60 the A.S.C. Cadre on October, 18th, miles from the earth, Professor Ap-Thursday, for a lecture at 5.30 p.m. pleton discovered that there is on-l other layer 120 miles from the earth.

PARADES

Corps. 1st Battery The Battery i parade at Head quarters for instruction on 6 in.

The formation of these layers de-Gun ut 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, pends mainly upon the ultra-violet 18th. October, 1934.

Caps.

rays of the sun, but there is an Dress: Overalls and Blue other agency at work which is des- cribed as a "bombardment of the earth's atmosphere by minute par- ticles from the sun."

These bombardments are the

cause of the magnetle storms which

Corps Engineers Parade at Miniature Range on Monday, 15th October, 1934 at 5.30 p.m.

Corps Signals

Parade at Headquarters at 5:30

occur about every 27 days-coincid-p.m. on Tuesday, 16th October for

ing with the period of the sun's re Signal Instruction.

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volution-and they cause the Ken-Equipment:-

Rifles and Bayonets must be drawn from Headquarters Stores before NOON on Saturday, 18th October, 1934.

Range Officer:-2nd Lieut. F. P. Sequeira.

Orderly Officer:-From 16th to 23rd October, 1994-2nd Lieut. F. P. Sequeira.

Dress for Weekly Parades:- (Repeated).

Men for Musketry Instructions

INN

Another Landmark

Passes

TO BE REBUILT AS FLATS

Another landmark of the nine teenth century. passes in the Three Roses inn of Miskloc, which is being reconstructed as a block of flats. Like most Hungarian Inas of the period, the Three Roses was a spacious two-storeyed build- ing in which the landed gentry of the neighbourhood gathered for the county balls, and where for eign royalties stayed when travel. The

and Recruits will parade with ling through the county. Belts, Frogs, Pouches and Braces "Nemzeti Uisag" recalls that in Categories. N.CO's. Musketry. 1848 the great patriot Kossuth poured fery words on the populace from the balcony of the Three Roses.

APPENDIX TO ABOVE Aining lesson li, S.A.T. Vol: 1, 1931, page 73. Location.-Head- quaters.

Small Arms A. A. Training-

The use of the Rifles, S.A.T. Vol: 11. 1931, page 184 &c. Headquar-

ters.

A few decades later a banquet | and ball were given at the Three Roses to fete King Edward (then) Prince of Wales) on the occasion Lewis Guo Training:—

of his being named honorary own- Elementary Handling. S.A.T. Vol:er of the crack Hungarian regk 11, page 97 to 107. Headquarters, ment, the Twelfth Hussars, by the

Musketry:-(1) Strengthening Emperor Francis Joseph." Exercise. S.A.T. Vol: 1, page 116

to 119. (2) Quickening Exerclass.

In the autumn of 1881 an in- S.A.T. Vol: 1. page 119 to 120, cident in the Three Roses came Para. 8 and 10.

near to setting Europe in dames.

helly-Heavi-side layer to become al All members who have not re-Recruits-Musketry-

During the autumn manoeuvres

curtain and to shut down wireless turned their webbing equipment (1) 16 men firing Ball Ammuni-the inn was made general head-

to store are requested to do a as tion practice. Jaoon as possible.

communication.

The first Polar Year, 50 уевен ago, produced so much data that twenty volumes were filled. At that time, however, there were no radio experiments, and delegates to the conference are speculating as to the number of volumes which the second Polar Yeur will require. In the course of the experiments 180 miles of film-recording magnétic varla. tions were made.

GENERAL O'DUFFY'S LEADERSHIP

"Irresponsible And

Hysterical"

PROF. HOGAN RESIGNS

The new leather equipment le now available for issue.

Corps Machine Gun Battalion

Armoured Car Section

|quarters by the Emperor and bla

(2) Others:-Mislature Range suite, and swarmed with royalties, Recently enrolled RECRUITS army chiefs, foreign diplomats, will be taught FOOT DRILL. and members of the Hungarian

APPOINTMENT

aristocracy. No. 1759 Private V. H. White,

The following will parade at No. 2 Platoon, No. 1 (M.G.) Com-that a journalist on the staff of a A journal of the period records Headquarters on Tuesday 16th pany, appointed Lance Corporal local paper determined to get into October at 4.50 p.m in connection with effect from 12th October, the Emperor's private apartment with practice for the Tattoo:-

1934.

Return From Leave

Cpl. Turner, L/Cpl. Burch, Cher-↑

R S. M. W. H. Edmonds, M.B.E.. rill, Butler.

Pte. Austin, Rigg, Munro, Walk-as from 12th October, 1934. Įden, Edkins.

No. 1094, Sergt, A. Urquhart, No. 2 Platoon, from 28.9.84.

Dress:-

R. T. C. Caps, Tunics. Shorts,

Boots, Puttees, Hosetops, Belts, No. 1826, Lance Corporal B. J.

REVERSION

by hook or crock. Dressing him" to the ins, and succeeded in pass- self as a sweep he gained entrance

entrance to the Emperor's study. ing the armed guards and gaining|

Revolvers and Lanyards, Haver-Monks, No. 13 Platoon, No. 3 operations on sucks, Waterbottles, Steel Helmets (ANZAC) Company, reverts to the (alung) and Box Respirators. ranks at his own request.

LEAVE

Once inside, however, he found that he was expected to commence the large chins stove, and opening it discovered a crumpled scrap of paper, which proved to be a telegram written No. 2101, Pte. J. L Barues, by the Emperor and addressed to Those who have not been issued Medical Section, granted one the Tsar. with Box Respirators should draw month's leave as from 5th Novem- them as soon as possible, and pay ber, to 4th December, 1934. very careful attention to the in-

There will be no parade for the remainder of the Saction.

Next morning the telegrami,

to

No. 1760, L/Sergt. D. Marshall, war or peace, was reprinted in tull Professor James Hogan, of Uni-įstructions on the accompanying 1st Battery, granted eight month's which turned on the question of versity College, Cork, one of the pamphlet.

leave as from 1st October, 1984 to in two local papers. All Europe 31st May. 1935.

was, thrown into, ferment, and the STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH luckless journalist consigned

Having Left The Colony prison for some years. No. 1887, Pte. A. P. Hall-Thomp son, Armoured Car Section, as from 12th October, 1984,

STRENGTH

most prominent members of the Motor Cycle (M. G.) Section Executive, tendered his resigns- Parade at Headquarters for M. tion as a protest against the G. Tests and Instruction at 5.20 leadership of General O'Duffy, at p.m. on Monday, 15th. October. the National Executive of the Tattoo Rehearsal-Tuesday, 16th United Ireland party in Dublin, recently.

The meeting was private, but

the Professor in a statement said: "I have resigned from the newly- appointed Executive of the United Ireland Party as the strongest possible personal protest I ca make against the generally der tructive, irresponsible and hysteri- Real leadership of its President,

General O'Duffy.

October

LOCUST CONFERENCE

No. 2220, Private G. M. Gutierrez DELEGATES JOKE

1

Doctor Scoffs Insect's "Intelligence"

All members selected for the Tattoo will parade at Headquar- ters at 5 p.m.

No. 9 Platoon 3.10.34. Dress Mufti-Overalla will be No. 10 Platoon 3.10.84. word.

No. 2222 Private D. E. dos No. 1 (1. G.) Company No. 2221 Private A. M. da Silva Parade at Headquarters at 5.30 Santos No. 11 Platoon 3.10.34. third series of tests in M. f. No. 12 Platoon 8.10.84. p.m. on Friday, 19th October for No. 2223 Private J. C. Remedlos

When experts on locust re- Classification.

No. 2224 Private V. M. Xavier search and control, representing No. 11 9.10.34."

eleven countries, met in the No. 2226 Signaller. L. Alltres House of Lords to discuss the

most effective methods of .deal-j ing with the pest, Dr. Williams said that locusts would always fly Adjutant, H.K.V.D. Corps.in swarms into drier and warm-

jer atmospheres.

No. 3 (ANZAC) Company Parade at Headquarters at 5.30 "The United Ireland Party 18 p.m. on Monday, 15th October for Corps Signals the only hope of democratic and 2nd Teat in connection with ordered government in this coun-Schedule B of the Machine Gun try. That party can have no Proficiency Classification. future so long as General O'Duffy Temains as its leader."

There will no rifle practice in the Miniature Range on Thurs-

"Whatever his good qualities day, 18th October.

may be in politics," said Profes-

or Hogan, "I found him to be ir

Corps Infantry (Portuguese) The Corps Infantry will parade

(sd.) P. S. M. Wilkinson,

Captain,

AFFILIATED UNITS

ST. JOHN NURSING

DETACHMENT

PARADE

Dr. Martin said the idea that the locust knew where it was go ing was "a new one on him." He The fourth lecture on Home once saw a swarm in Africa tak-

responsible. It is about time the Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. Detalls teer Headquarters (Lecture Room) continent with the wind behind United Ireland party executive; gave up its hopeless attempts to eave Gen. O'Duffy from his errors,"

on Tuesday, 16th October, 1934 at Nursing will take place at Volun ing off for the South American

own

as per Appendix attached. MUSKETRY:

at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, 16th Octothem ber, 1984.

It is difficult to suppose," he Stonecutters Range has been Practice for those qualified will said, "that the combined intell allotted to the Corps Infantry on be held at the same place and gence of all those locusts thought Prof. Hogan is a brother of Mr. Sunday, 14th October, 1984. Mam time.

end that with the wind, they were Patrick Hogan, ex-Minister for bers of the Company, excepting

(gd), K. DURRAN going to get to South America. Agriculture in the Cosgrave Cur Recruits, will fire their Classifica Commandant. St. John Nursing I doubt if they had ever heard of

tion Test Bille Course (Table:

ent.

"A") Part III.

Detachment, South America." (Laughter), HE.V.D. Corps.

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