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Silting Danger In Shanghai May Be Taken In Hand Soon

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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 26, 1938;

ULTRA-STREAMLINED NEW FIGHTING PLANES FOR U.S.A.

With more than $5,000,000 durability were recognised several worth_of_United States Govern-months ago by Great Britain, which ment and foreign orders on its borrowed one of its predecessor types HE date when dredging opera- [formerly in operation оп the books, the Northrop division of to test England's new 1,400-horse

tions will be resumed in Whangpoe three large dredgers the Douglas Aircraft Corporation power Bristol Hercules engine. Brit- Shanghai's harbour is entirely de- and eight small ones, In addition of Santa Monica, Calif., has gone ish engineers stated that only this pendent upon the successful con- there are about 10 tow boats and into the task of completing plane could stand the strain of play- clusion of negotiations now being the same number of launches forty-five A-17-A attack planes. ing guinea pig to this giant power carried on between the directors which are motor-propelled vessels. By next Spring the Army Air plant, which was being developed of the Whangpoo Conservancy The remainder are barges and Corps G. H. Q. force will be flying for use on Imperial Airways' trans- Board and the Japanese Naval au- [other motorless craft.

264 of these warplanes.

oceanic flying boats. thorities who are detaining the When dredging operations are The type, modernised version of John K. Northrop, designer of the vessels of the service, it is reliably resumed, all of the dredgers are the single-engined, two-seater at original Alpha.

Beta and Gamma, learned by the "China Press." expected to be pressed into imme-tack craft developed by Northrop fast monoplanes bearing his name,

The condition of the channel of diate use at the

aforementioned engineers several years ago. costs acts as manager of the branch the river cannot be ascertained bars and the several bends in the approximately $25,000 each. With the Douglas company, without

carried out by river where silt deposits occur on supercharged engines, they are cap- surveys Boundings and the analysis of sam- the inside bends of the curves from able of

speeds in excess of 230 ples of water taken at various water which slows up, while that points, which cannot be made at on the outside bend races around the present time.

carrying the mud with it.

miles an hour.

of

The subject of the Lesson Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, to- morrow Febuary 27th will be “Christ Jesus."

Production, halted during labour CHRISTIAN SCIENCE troubles in September and October, Normally 3,000,000 cubic yards NO IMMEDIATE DANGER

LESSON SERMON of silt and mud are scraped from

boomed last week at the Inglewood It is not felt that there is any branch of the Douglas-corporation. the river bed during the, course of immediate danger to vessels, even The Northrop planes constitute part. Subject: Christ Jesus a year. As

dredging operations ocean-going ships, entering the of the War Department's programme have not been carried on for six harbour as dredging operations months, since the dredgers were were carried on continuously for to increase the G. H. Q. force by seized by the Japanese early in the years and the river bed

700 planes by the Spring of 1938. was in hostilities, it is believed that cer- good condition before the outbreak

Improvements Made tain points in the river are in great of hostilities.

of silt need of dredging.

The amount

deposit is,

"Ultra-streamlined, the type Such a point is Wayside Bar, however, believed to be great, and

tures a retractable landing gear, an opposite Yangtazepoo, where a the sooner that operations are re-

improvement not found on the ear midstream channel

dredged sumed, the more readily can the in 1934-35. Another is Black Point river bed be returned to its proper lier model of this attack monoplane. about six miles below Shanghai, depth. which was dredged last year. Aus- It cannot be learned what the turia Channel, five miles above owners of the Japanese vessels Woosung, is one of the largest which are sunk at Nantao propose areas that needs frequent dredging. Ito do about their craft.

was

JAPANESE USING CRAFT ·

The Golden Text will be "We preach not ourselves, but

the Christ Jesus fea-Lord; and ourselves your servants for

Jesus' sake." (II Cor. 4:5.)

Its wing span is forty-eight feet. From propeller to tail fin it meas

feet, and, with ures thirty-two wheels lowered, its overall height is It is be-eight and one-half feet.

Among others the following citations will be read from the Bible "Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him art thou he that should come or do we look for another? Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see: the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, It was dredged last in 1934-35. lieved that in their haste to con- Powered with a twin-row Pratt & the lepers are cleansed and the deaf struct the boom at the outbreak of Whitney Wasp engine generating hear, the dead are raised up and the It is reported that the Japanese hostilities here, the Chinese who 750 horsepower (not supercharged), And blessed is he, whosoever shall not poor have the gospel preached to them. are now using a number of the sunk the vessels, merely opened the the ship's sea-level speed is 210 be offended in me. (Matt. 11; 2-6.) seized vessels in dredging opera-seacocks and sent the vessels to the miles an hour. It climbs 140 feet The following citations will also be tions opposite Japanese wharves in bottom, doing no damage to hulls a minute. And in 9,4 minutes it read from the Christian Science Text- book "Science and Health with Key to Yangtszepoo. Also several of the or machinery.

can reach an altitude of 10,000 the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, craft are to be seen quite often Some time ago a break of 180 feet. With a gross weight of 7,400 “The mission of Jesus confirmed pro- running up and down the river in feet wide was made in the boom pounds, the useful load is 2,750 phecy, and explained the so-called mi-

side of the river pounds.

racles of olden time as natural demon- front of the Bund carrying sup-on the. Pootung

strations of the divine power, demon- plies and otherwise used by the where the channel is deepest, Later

strations which were not understood. Japanese.

the s.s. Redgate, a British freighter,

Jesus works established his claim to the Messiahship. In reply to John's which was caught above the boom,

inquiry, "Art thou he that should... was able to squeeze through. Also

This includes four 30-calibre

ma-come,

Jesus returned an affirmative (Continued at foot off Next Col.) chine guns mounted in the wings, a reply, recounting his works instead of flexible 30-calibre rear turret gun referring to his doctrine, confident that this exhibition of the divine power to operated by the observer; twenty heal would fully answer the question. thirty-pound internally suspended Hence his reply: “Go and show John bombs and four 120-pound exterior again those things which ye do hear bombs hung beneath the single low and the lame walk, the lepers are and see: the blind receive their sight

wing Ground strafing from low cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead altitudes is the primary use of the Northrop attacker.

In the total of about 100, there are a number of small craft of no great consequence. There were

ENGLAND. IN 5 DAYS?

"Yes! We Are Flying" By Douglas DC-3 Air Liners. THREE "ERVICES

WEEKLY.

Dep: SUN; WED; FRI Singapore at 5.45 a.m

Penang.

at 9:00 am

Bangkok at 1.80 p.m

Through Fares

On Application. Reduction For Govt. Officials & Officers-

K L M

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Guns In Wings

The A-17-A's effectiveness

are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed in he, whosoever shall not be offered and in me." In other words, he gave his benediction to anyone who should not deny that such effects, coming from divine Mind, prove the unity of God,-. the divine Principle which brings out other sizable Japanese craft have all harmony." (Page 181:26).

been seen to go through.

It is believed that the owners

will attempt to raise the remaining

The R.A.0.C. Association's First sunken craft, but that they will per-Annual Dinner will take place this haps bring their own salvage vessels evening in the Hotel Cecil. The from Japan rarther than employ ninner will be followed by a smok-

ing concert.

local salvage craft.

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