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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1947.
Navy's Grand Old Lady
Passes
Away
Rosyth.
superiority.
We regret to announce the shells and 20 smaller cuts, all berthe Italians and then. setting "death" of Britain's Grant Old, alter compartments were, flooded about destroying their materia Lady of the Royal Navy, H.-S. and she had 500 tons of water in
He seized the initiative a few Warspite, after 30 years dis her when she reached tinguished service through two Her rent chist £3 millions, and to hours after 11 Duce. had
his
the road to disa this day she has carried. Some of and never lost it The Warspite
people World Wara.
The Admiralty has approved the Jutland scars showing faintly
led the way in daring, sweeps that,
she should be scrapped. Sho on her superstructure. is at present being destored and Outmoded And Obsolete? throughout Mare Nostrum.
ofte short
sharp aétion and demilitarised at Portsmouth and
During the two wars, armchair which we
were heavily out- go north shortly to be broken experts maintained that the day whi go
numbered she repeatedly hit inc
Cesare at up on the Clyde.
Her badge, a green woodpecker of such unwieldy battlewagons Italian battleship
had passed, and that aircraft miles Fange, and then chased ("spelcht" in Anglo-Saxon) would render them useless and the
steering wheel and a plate bear-bericle. The exactive answer,
in
In
CARNIVAL
By Dick Turner
EJ
13
WATEN CLOCK ESPAIRS
of War the enemy feet until the Cala- brian cast came into sight and The gratuitous information in ne her battlehonours are already
an proved
the enemy had acuttled into safe in Alexandria when harbour. En suther occasion, Volunteer Orders that members in the Imperial War Museum.
Warspite has had one of the World War II broke out. She had while covering Malta convoy. of the Corps are being treated on
most colourful carcera of any undergone extensive reconstruc- Warspite and another battleship.
the Senior identically the same terms as re-ship in the history of
а vastly gular army personnel demobilising Service: She had her baptism of tion; the bulge system had been found themselves near 5 enemy
fire at Jutanen ia support in Hong Kong hints of a strong
cruiser farce, but these able underwater; her armour had.
immediately turned tall and our awareness that the offer of $450 the Scheldt landings last year.. in lieu of clothing benefits is far In between these
fast enough to ships were not engage
keep on with them. from assured of an enthusiastic ments no warship enn equal her
Indeed, it and achieve-. welcome by the Volunteers af- recard of trouble,
salvo at
and-fired her last adopted to make her less vulner basers with
twa
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By PETER LOVEGROVE
fected. In point of fact, complaintment.
She was the most powerful been increased, and she entered
is bitter and dissatisfaction is general. The difficulties of mreting the problem created by the presence in Hong Kong of a relatively few individuals qualify ing for these benefits are widely recognised. The establishment of a depot distributing the various items involved scenis to be quite
impracticable, fur without over
it was difficult for the Warspite to find any opposition. always extremely The Italians,
weapon afloat when she made her on the most important phase of shy, developed on incredible hant
ing instinct. But that did not first appearance in March 1915. her career still one of the most
battle- mean that she lay inactive in a
like the fine Egyptian port, A sister ship of H.M.S. Queen powerful and up-to-date
with eight 15-inch ships in the world. Elizabeth,
French warships which obeyed Her first job was to escort the Vichy. When Wavell began his
Canadian guns, twelve 6-inch, four 4-inch, a number of smaller weapons, contingent of
troops great 1940 advanc with a tiny and four submerged 21-in.
tor.
the Atlantic to Britain. Desert
the played off to. chase the a displace- taking time pedo tubes; she had
however inent of 31,000 tona, a speed of 25 Deutschland, without knotes, a radius of action of 4,400 bringing it to 1,016, and originally cost £24
millions to build.
A Charmed Life At Jutland
No one has been able to plain how she escaped destruction at Juland, the one major sea battle of World War I. Part of the Fifth Battle Squadron, she put up a great fight and alone sank and disabled many of the enemy ships.
stocking to an extravagant extent, it would be impossible to provide the variety of choice, which would ensure reasonable fit and accept- ability. A cash payment in lieu appears to be the santly alternative. Costs in Hong Kong arc. how Lever, such that the compensation offered appears to be most inade- enate. It is virtually impossible to plstain a wearable suit for $450,!
During the critical phase of the much less the addition of a rain battle, hits by enemy shells roar. shoes, socks, shirt, and so on. jammed her steering gear, and The terms of the official she suddenly emerged out of the mist and dense smoke and glow maincrment rather suggest that no of fires and steamed straight for choice in the matter is now con- the enemy coast for 3 to 4,000 templated and that cash compen-yards, with the guns of every
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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
"The Authority on Authorities"
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ANSWER IS CLEAR-CUT
his preference for the suits at
in breaking enemy's resistance in Bardia -She had the " with
a memorable bombardment. a few hours when received
Greece, for hobek in Scottish waived When al vasolini's Alpini invaded Warspite (with Malaya) fresh instructions. Accompanied made a dashing night attack into
for
the Adriatic, and in 12 minutes Narvik; skilful navigation
in the brought her safely through the pumped over 100 tons, of high ex- base of plosive shells in
naval
the level of two-the hearts by marrow approach to Olot Fjord, Valona. Before the war, nobody
merely passing or the spades and then she shattered the coastal would envisaged a raid by fortifications round the harbour heavy ships, through the narrow the question of which suit to Hearts to 2-Spades. Of course,
There is nothing close about by simply shifting from 2-4 with ear-splitting salvoes from Straits
Otranto with the her 35-inch guns, while her es traits
in enemy
command both bid first if the pener has two if North and anything Justify- holdings of equalling a mild raine, he must bid cart disposed of seven enemy des shores and commanding material bifidable
superiority. Yet this is just length which are touching suits -Spades instead of two. When Aroyers. busy sinking her, she was making what Warspite did and her bon-spades and hearts, hearts and be just shifts, as he did here, bardment not unnaturally took diamonds or diamonds and South should pass unless he held abave minimum ur clubs. In any of these cases, substantial
the answer ia clear-cut-the values himself. higher-ranking suit, regardless! Where South opened with a Matapan And Crete In 1941, Warspite took lead which is the stronger. With heart bid, as at Table 2, his ing part in the most striking and plenty of other, two-suit com sec:nd bid, in spades, Main Instrument
complete victory of modern times binations, there can be a prob North think he had five hearts Of Bold Policy -off Cape Matapan. The Italians lem, but never when the auits and only four spades. So North,
lured into NCIC On the bulkhead of his cabin
believing that are adjoining and cf equal to prefer hearts, had to bid. the C-in Chad the following they were on an easy wicket and length.
fell into
Warphans, a trap; quatrain:
Valiant and gether with battered the fast 10,000 ton cruisers Flume and Zara and caused indescribable confusion.
her way back to the Mediter-i rancan to become Viscount Cun- the Italians completely by
prise. ningham's flagship and give the Italians frequent and ample de- monstration of
Dr. Goebbels disregard for the truth.
He either fears his fate too much
it or leave it basis. In short, was prepared to see her go up sharp sense of grievance will fe any moment, as it did not seem main with those Volunteers who,, possible that she could survive. for some reason or other, were not when to our astonishment she re- renatriated, or having been re-appeared again from amongst the and smoke
Or his deserts are small- patriated failed to obtain their cascades of splashes
Who dare not put it to the around and, steaming, strongly,
Louch up to the rear of the Fleet
To win or lose it all. The Warspite was one of the
instruments by main
whien! A.B.C." "put to the touch his bold but calculated policy to save the Mediterranean by first es tablishing moral ascendency over
clothing benefits in Australia or come "Apparently the shock of
had far it the
the United Kingdom. At no point does it seem that the happiest of another exploding shell
the gear, righted solutions has been devised.
crucial moment she had answered her helm again.
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The Buttle of Crete was the climax of the Warspite's work uių the Mediterranean, in three days,
over 400. bombs
jimou were directly at her, but she dodged
the lot except the last two when'
THE TEST The Third Test promises to gu -down on record as one of the most! noteworthy of the long series if only far the sharp fluctuations of fortunes, putting first one side on top and then the other. Eng-- hund at the close of play on Thurs- day looked well set to establish a powerful ascendancy. By lunch yesterday Australia's bowlers had changed the entire complexion, only to find themselves faced by a Lancashire-Yorkshire combina tion stubbornly refusing to bend in the afternoon and, at least, putting England back into a fight- ing position. This, of course is "Within the lifetime of men in this room, I think we shall see nuclear disintegration as our main cricket-ur at all events the main attraction of the pre-eminently source of energy," he said.
Meanwhile, speaking at national game of both England
Professor ! Australia, can tell Adelaide, Australia. You never what will come next. In the three Marcus L. Oliphant, the atomic bomb expert at Professor of Physics at Birmingham Un- dour struggle, with the result aiversity, said today that "the ver quite unpredictable. It would Soviet Union would make be pleasing to see England pull it strides in. atomic research
The economy of bidding the CAJS British scientists are working at "feverish speed"
caused her some daniage on the higher-ranking suit first was to enable atomic energy to be used for indus- port side. After being patched up thown by South at Table 1 uf in which: trial purposes, Dr. T. E. Allibone, who was one Seattie, she becane for a time the duplicate game of the Anglo-American team of scientists perville's Far Easter Fleet, then fecting the atom bomb in the United States, said in a speech tonight,
days remaining, we may expect a】
ROSYTH
big be-
Canadian Citizens
Ottawa, Jan. 2.
the flagship Sir James Somer-
of
the Murmansk hard-pressed Russiaus,
trated that the big idea is fot
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higher-rank suit first ne to bid vulnerable). the the lower-ranking suit second- But 1943 saw her back Med, where she played a big part ly. That enables
With his borderline hand; your part- which suit should Scuth select in the Salerne sandings. Out of ner, with a weak hand, to show for his opening bids? sixty two 18-luch rounds fired at enemy positions, traffic concen trations and ammunition dumps, 35 feli exactly on
on the target ΑΠΟ eight were within
100 yards.
which
drow from Cunningham the following signal:- "There is
no doubt that when the old indy up her skirts she can still
And
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On
2
BOOKS
By Howard Spring
The origins of the game of, erred in the other direction.
"For many
1.
gorgeous
years the
fine
of it a manding port where re.be wiped out. Another war, while Act, which has just come guns neutralising the heavy Get you find cicket so popular thaFry, of whom Ranji sald to Sir
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of his
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out of the fire. if only to keep the cause of her far greater needs for
grass- a few days later, it was cricket are, to use remaining matches of the series atomic energy,
More than 11,500,000 The military applications of
only fitting alive, though Australia will justi-
that the old lady
on to the ground a day or two fiably be intent on winning the science had become so important people living in Canada should have the honour of leading clielie, lost in the mists of anti-was kept down by bringing sheep
inclined figure of the last cen into the damaged Gland Harbour
100 surrendering Italian warshipa qulty.
before a match was due to "Aslies" while the flush of fortune that every country was
There is an illustration in a begin." to clamp down, and by so doing is running in her favour,
they cut their own throats, He sus taken in 1941-au- of Valetta (Malta),
a triumph 13th-century manuscript show-Sir Pelham Warner has done became she had done so much to bringing a bat-and-ball game, and in his job well, presenting a said. The application of secrecy tomatically ; to fundamental science
a manuscript of a century later picture both of the ground and meant Canadian citizens. with
you have all the elements off the many great players; who All Scotland should welcome doss of ground, Professor Oliphant equal rights and pri- First To Fire On Crete
could
Another distinction was LA cricket: batamer, bowlers and have walked that famous. 'stuge, the efforts, to secure the future said. No good scientist
vileges as such under the come her way. She was the first fielders. All the players in this from giants of old like W. G. j of "Rosyal Dockyard as a fully-work under secrecy.
Atomic bombs, he added, must' Canadian Citizenship Ship to fire Normandy on picture are monks,, manned naval base, and to make)
Grace, the cricketer, to giants D-Day, and she wore out her Move on another century and happily still with us, like CB. man batteries. She alsu-gove
deep cruiting for the Navy from allot wiping out munking, would
that he was "the best Mestroy civilisation and every into operation. parts of Scotland could take place. thing that made life worth while. This new status is shared not support to the US troops fighting is legally forbidden because Pelham Scotland remembers how Rosyth, Professor Oliphant is making only by nalive-born Canadians, in the Avranches area. Unorthomirit laterfere with the practice of all batsmen, because
red of archery, Warspite engag
ability to play every kind· ef although a most modern dockyard, a brief visit to his parents, who but also by British subjects who dox to the
Sir Pelham Warner, in his bowling on every kind of wicket.". have lived in Canada more than the most unusual land targets was relegated to a care and main-live in Adelaide-Reuter, tenance basis within seven years 20 Years At Least five years, brides of Canadian for a battleship at ranges up to book LORD'S (Harrap, 156.). NECE
ex-Servicemen and all who hold man commanders assembling shadows. He contents himself HAD MY HEART SCALDED
miles
does not go delving in these The rather oddly, named · 'HE. many occasions,
: of the conclusion of the 1914-18)
· Karachi, Jan. 7i.
a history of the game as (Sampson Law, 98 8d.) is n first war, with the consequence that it Professor P.M. Blackett, one of naturalisation certificates.
Women who marry, Canadians armoured vehicles for a counter with became a more or less derelict the party of British scientists who after this will qualify for citizen altack fuuid their foreca sudden it affected and was affected by novel by Ernest Gebler, and un-
ly shattered by
heavy shells, coin the mist tembus, cricket club in rammenly good rue if you are have arrived for tell, and steter ship, one year after establishing ing apparently from now the world-the M.C.C. the chile prepared to put up with per-
They came from the "id"
sistent misery in strdid surround- ed its place as an indispensable re time say 20 years before atomic foreigners will not automatically it too hot for the Germans to
She was at Brest, Lou, making whese word is law. A.
Thomas Lord, from whom the Ings, fitting yard, capable of taking energy can be harnessed for lose their citizenship, but will be held out and then, in her last club's famous ground takes
The tale, is set for the Dublin and is the story of น anything that floats, with thesex, normal industrial and commercial given the choice if they remain engagement, she knocked out name, opened his first cricket slums, ception of one ur two aircraft car use.
and field in 1787 cn what is now boy and girl courtship and mar away from the Dominion for six thoes alorious
rage Friers: Vast sumis⋅ have been ex«j "The capital expenditure, In-
W.IT batterleg composed of 160 Doset Square, ar more years,
and 220 mm guns.
Thi was at Those were rowdy days, and Maggie had dreams of somd pended on Rosyth. Thousands of volved in such enterprise now The new act maintains the alcheren, in waters where: an- | men, all of them skilled workers will be gigantic and must be at principle that all Canadians are
For of toughs, operating in broad did not want a marriage which lure of were there, trained and great sacrifice to the common British subjects, and retains for other Warepits had gained fame here le a Press record of gangs thing better than she knew. She ready-for-their job. No bomb or people," he said,
British sublects all the rights com centuries earlier.
ofing as, those about her lived; but shell was dropped on Rosyth. The Professor Blackett, who is which they enjoy under the there have been seven in line, and daylight, holding up the spectat would condemn her to go on liv
back to tors at Lord's, robbing them their battls honours go!
she was in trouble? and all the watches and purgest cont Výmea Brel Warspite was The development of the town social and religious pressuice of Earl of Essex Others, caused Lord to shift his field to her surroundings forced her into She resolved that as soon as French and Spanish stay there long as the Regent's
have they Canal was "scheduled to pass her child was born she would off invesion RED BIRTH RATE: Canadian internality is Fleeter three times,
threats through it. It was in 1814 that leave her unwanted husband and this island None, however, Lord's first season opened on the move into a new world. She did RISING Reuter
achieved the fame and lustre, of urd ground the ground, that so the Old Lady
ares. Is this to occur yet again?
With the last war, Rosyth res that, it will take considerable
Conference, at Delhi, told Reuter residence.. men marrying
Canadian/ Women
University, took part in the pro- them to obtain documentary
and developed capable of any duction of the atomic bomb with proof of Canadian citizenship, if
Monk Yep, as they were planned (pretéssor of physics at Manchester isting
legislation, but engagements with St. John's Wood, but he didn'tfthe match
task.ld all this to be wasted, and other Allied scientists-Reuter, they wish
the whinde, district condemned, to
rðin, while huge> sums are spent
in relitting the dockyards in the
Moscow: Jan. 8. *)
The new citizens
passports the
of British
South damaged by enemy action? Surely the history of the two World Wars has proved that || Russia's birth rate is already Public Health. The country' Scottish waters have taken the double that of the war years mortality rate on the other hand} place of the English Channel as and is steadily rising, according declined sharply, in 1946, he our naval bastión:
to G. Mitereu; Kinister of said,Associated Press..
..seventh).
For an obsolete and out bus ben Lord's ever since. That's In all the "story" comes We have been, reading a lot to, The social background is moded""""
weapon, the Warspite has not done so badly of late about over-prepared painted in with realism so fierce
wickels, Lord's in its early days as to make the book notable after all.
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