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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1557,

mountaineer's

and

rescue, is one in which the tion with flowing grace climber uses a sling. One commented end of the sling is attached to him, and the other to the climbing rope--by "the prussit knot." This knot holds in tension, but when his weight is removed, ho can slide it along the climb ing rope,

on the surrounding #cenery. The other two scram bled and groaned their way up.

The descent from the top was by rappelling ira accomplished which one straddles the rope and wraps it ever the shoulder across the back. The climber

holds loosely to the running ends for balance and to control

alides down speed as he rope.

the

hod

Cpl. Robin Christle Engine Fitter, at RAF. Kai Tak,

When safely down, all the climb, we will follow, with another look at the route won- Captain Michael Barnwell, Gun- dering just how they had man- nery Officer, N15 Medium Regi= aged climb it. The pictures ment, Royal Artillery as second and their captions give an idea man, and Dr Doris Gray, Senior of the technique used which Lecturer iri Bio-Chemistry, caused one person to exclaim University of Hongkong who "I wouldn't have belleved any-

thing brought up the rear.

but a fly could go up

by Dick Smith

Cpt. Steven Freeman. Instru- ent Filter, at R.A.F. Kai Tak, gave an assist up the overhang to the climbers. Thereafter, they ewcated, struggled, and barked their knuckles on their own.

Christie made it look easy as he moved from position to post-

that," But, It was a good climb proving to the newer members and skill not that confidence brute strength were the way

The history of the Hongkong Mountaineering Club would not be complete without mentioning the Mountain Rescue Section of Royal Air Force, Kai Tak.

Robin Christin works the

prussic knot.

Kwas соп

unit When this stituted by Group

Captain A. J. M. Smyth on his arrival in the Colony at the end of 1955, attempts were made to find rock

climbers acquainted with the rock

of the Colony. Although the Mountain does not insist Rescue Section that all its members are able to climb rocks, it was important

faces

view

that a small corps of rock elimbers should be trained so that they could get the amount of local practice.

Unable to beneilt by previous experience, therefore, the Moun- tain Rescue Section set about exploring first from the air and then on the ground, all cuffa which looked suitable.

It rapidly became apparent that Hongkong contained same very

rock fino

climbing- And some of the best mountain wolke in the world.

It was felt, therefore, that there was ample opportunity for a Hongkong Mountaineering Club which would tand on thã ›

and record experiences gained

climbs for some form of guide book.

of

of

Shatin

Rappolling on the way. down.

and a pro-

about

out welke in or near the arean- where climbing meets are held.

A coneral meeting will be hold on Friday in the Chemistry Lecture Theatre, University of Hongkong at 8 pm during which coloured movies of local climbing and of the Royal Air Force Himalayan Expedition in 1955 will be shown through the courtney of Group Captain

Thono Smyth.

interested in climbing and walking are for- dially invited to attend.

Shortly after this, novice climbs will be held at which experienced climbers will teach HOWXmory. The Club is quite willing to train those interested in rock climbing but who have 0 for hod no previous experience,

Arrangements are in progress During 1956

for bringing to Hongkong néces number D

sary climbing equipment, which civilians and members of other Jamry 10, 1957,

Includes boots, nylon climbing Services contacted the loyal Air visional committed elected.

The Club now meets Force, Kai Tak, requesting that

rope, karabiners, etc. which may once with the

a fortnight endeavouring be then purchased from the Club they might come out Mountain Rescue Section for an to collect as much information by the members.

on rock outing. De Doris Gray of Hong- as possible, especially

act climbing for a guide book Inquiries are welcome kong University offered to as Secretary.

compiled. A should be addressed to Dr Doris preliminary which is being meeting was held at the Royal Walking Section has also been Gray, Secretary, in esse of The Hongkong

Club on formed, and these usually carry University of Hongkong,

A

Yacht

and

.

A'porch... Dr Doris Gray balancos tip-toe on the peak of the baby's cowl.

up

HE Amith Rock of Shatin only must he move Talley

İN commonly wards but he must also known for its life-likeness hold himself to the rock. A to a Chinese woman carry, slip means n full. Special ing a child on her back. By techniques are required to legend, she is looking cat to negotiate such places, not sen for a sign of her never just strength. returning husband. To the

members of the Hongkong Recently members of the Mountaineering Club, how- Mountaineering Club dimb- ever, Amah Rock is known ed Amah Rock on the side as one of the most difficult facing Shutin Heights Jocal climbs.

Hotel. The method used

The challenge of Amah was the Prussic Knot tech- Rock is the overhang that nique. Causes the weight of a

climber to work against This

and unbalance

him.

Not commonly used for crevasse

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You tempt me to play Sherlock

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James Mason, on the rostrum, was rehearsing a scene in which he fights with Michael Rennio. A scream rang through the studio. Mrs Harriet Mackintosh, an American visitor being conducted round by Joy Raymond, of the publicity staff, had seen the corpse of Rapperley. He had bribed his way into the studio after being refused admission. Detective-Inspector Bellows and Sergeant Jackson are trying to unravel the mystery when they learn that someone has knocked out the chief of the Property Department and tried to burgle it. "That's crazy," says James Mason.

W

A

true-to-lite

murder mystery set in Elstree, The background in the shooting of an actual film (Island in the Sun) now awaiting

release.

by JULIAN SYMONS

like that. I can make a check

but it will take time."

Eut, dames,” Pat Ossela

wald in a small, wolce, “ Was someone working an

the sat."

"I met one of them a couple

Mason stood by the dressing were four visitors on

the set

of minutes ago. She's called Mrs table, locked at them in tum, today, and I believe it was one

- of them." Mackintosh and she seems to and spoke. to compiling Д rhyming "Ivo called

you together "But, James" Pat Owens dictionary, I'm afraid I wasn't because the death of this sald in a small voice, very polite to her. Look, Joy wretched little man concerns us

"I suggest that we should when you've gathered them all all. We're going to have police

investigate this thing, and pool hero every day, co information. together I wish you'd ask them down

And I think we ditions on the set will become

on the 66\X7HATS crazy about it?" the inspector asked as

Is difficult, tempers are going to should concentrate that possible?"

Tray: they followed the sergeant down corridors, out to see if anything's been taken, to have a drink with me,

I could feel my temper visitors." of the building, and into the open air to a large dark-

"They'll be honoured. I'll fraying when the inspector as

"But, James "Pat Owens "Don't worry about that for green Nisson hut, with an amexe attached to it.

somehow, and good na told me I was suspect said again, collect them all the time being. I'll put a guard meet you on Stage Eight in half number one,"

"Yes, Pat." on this place, and if you see

Joan Collins giggled slightly, anyone auspicious around let the an hour. But why- rolleeman on duty know," As "Tell you later.” As a result then blushed. they walked away the inspector of Mason's other telephone calls "It's all very well to laugh. eald: "It may be important, on several other members of the Joan, but I don't think he even 10 may mean nothing at all. cast came to the dressing-room rules out women. You'll be around it I need you, Joan Collins and Patricia I suppose, Mr Mason?"

Owens sat on a sofa, Michael "It's ridiculous, but 11's extended his length unpleasant, too. Now, I've got "I've got a pictuure to finish Rennie

for believing that and I've got to make another casually against a wall, Stephen reasone

wasn't killed by murdering Michael Boyd sat tensely with hands on Rapperley shot at

hero at all. There Rennie," Mason said ironically. knees. "I shan't be flying the country yet awhile, inspector."

"Well, you know what a Property Department is," Mason replied. "The stuff that's kept there is for use on the sets. A lot of it is valuable in its way, but it's hard to imagine anybody wanting to steal it. You know, you almost tempt me to play Sherlock Holmes, inspector. You haven't mentioned the one really vital point about this murder."

"And what would that be, Mr Mason?"

IL

"The fact that Rappericy's "This is Mr Ramsay, the pro- body had been hidden behind perty master," Jackson sald. the backdrop where

was "Just tell the Inspector what found

He might have gone happened. Mr Ramsay." undiscovered for several houre

Mrs Mackintosh hadn't "Why, about a quarter of an stumbled across him. Why did hour ago I had to go into the his killer take that trouble, in- back of the store to check on a stead of leaving the body in pouple of damaged pieces. Then the open? There must have I heard someone moving about been some vital reason. And back of me, called to 'ein

Deep In Thought

for that matter, where exactly got no answer. I'd just turned Mason was on his way back' was he killed? Have you dis à corner by the back window to his dressing-room, deep in when-wham-something hit me thought, when he almost col- covered that?

The inspector pulled placidly file a light

at his pipe. "Our men found

on the head and I went out lided with a large breathless!

woman who was hurrying the other way. He recognised Mrs Mackintosh,

apparently from recovered

signs of a stuggle just inside Unseen

thore scenic doors.

boxes

Couple of

splintered, and a bit at

cloth on one that came

from

Rapperley's Jacket He was

It's

now

anyone

"But, James, It was someone working on the set. I heard Rapperley talking to the person who killed him, and he said so."

TOMORROW

The ghi from the shadown.

ENGLAND SIGNED THIS AGREEMENT

30 YEARS AGO, AND KEEPS IT

Jinja, Uganda,

the control room, immaculate and light-

her drenched like an operating

Sho

WITH NASSER!

quite hysteria.

theatre, a British engineer fields 1,500 miles down the throws a switch--and the winding river,

• "Oh,

Mr Mason, "You didn't see who hit you, D

"Mr Nile begins its journey to skinny little man; likely enough couldn't even tell whether it gripped his jacket firmly. $9.50

he was carried across and was man or women? the Mason. I'm Harriet Mackintosh. Egypt. 18.00 pushed behind the backdrop, It's inspector esked. Ramsay shook President of the South Eastern Section of the Federated and 18.00 not more than a'low feet. Why his head.

as he hidden? Murderers do

Associated Women's Clubs" 25.00

funny things, and I'd say this 8.50

one just got panicky. Here we 25.00 are, now. My word, what a 35.00 place!”

7.50

7.50 Strange Collection

5.00

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"I am delighted to hear it, Will you excuse me?”

: Winston

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This is awkward böcause de- clalons must soon be taken on the financing of a second dam whose construction would savo £10,000,000 in capital costs to East Africa it Kenra (took ad- ditional supplies.

Uganda is supplying light and DOWET to an 'arCA of 16,000

of its square miles Egypt must have not less than territory. It is also committed 505 cubic metres of water per to supply between one thing and second from the lake. And it one-half of the full Owen Falls The engineer works the does not want more than that output to neighbouring Kenya,

because. Uganda is required to sluice gates, but he is doing hold back enough water in the "This is where he got in."

It hoped to supply much more, the will of Nasser. Under loke for the eight months of the but now Kenya in jibbing "for Sergeant Jackson led the way to a window at the back of the

80-year-old agreement, year when the Blue Nile from strategic and political reasons,

Ethiopia's Lako Tana runs low store, and showed where it had been forced. "Jumped in and

"But Mr Mason, I haven't Egypt must consent to any end the Victoria Nile safeguards started looking for something, finished. I wanted to ask you to alteration of the Nile's flow. the cotton crop. coehed Ramway here when he write a rhyming piece in my

book

The Egyptians have an office disturbed him, then did a trunk. autograph Question is, what was he looking Churchill and Bob Hope and near the source of the Nile at

Marilyn Monroe have all Leke Victoria. Department for and did two and li

The time is coming when the The Property

written pieces and-"'

Regularly they go down to a 4.50 looked like An. enormous junk · "He seemed to be' looking

place 40 miles away to measure battery

The notion of harnessing the 1.00 shop.

over here?" Ramsay pointed to

the flow of the Nile. If they Falls will number 10 instead of an GITRY of drawers, and

are displeased with the Ogures the six now operating: The lake water to supply electric .. Down four long alleys were Minson read some of the neat

they

Che call up the Protectorate Owen Falls could, use the full power

Trom Winston ranged, apparently at haphazard, labels."PuD Ash Tray Pl

Hallin cenfury/ngo Government at Entebbe, and now of 630 cubic metres por Churchill. 1.50 an extraordinary collection of Boxes "Artists Paints and

"My dear Me Mackintoh, word is sent back to Owen Falls second But this is precluded by be exclaimed: "What: fun to 30 miscellaneous objects „A eight- Brushes," "Blotting Pads and 30 testing card stood beside a set Paper Kalves? He opened and you must forgive me. I am not engineers for the water to be the present arrangements mate the bumomorial Nile be-

topped up.

Ila journey by diving through This means that Uginda will

£600,000 30 of wolf clubs, shields and lances of the drawers and saw that it in the rhyming mood."

year the a turbinoje were, in Juxtaposition to buste did indeed, contain some fifty Back in his dressing-room,

Last weekend, while the guns revenue: from the extra electric 2.00 at:

Beethoven and assorted ash trays. Shalonspeare,,

Today the Nite dives through Aaron Triado a number of thumped imperially for the Mozart, a musical box. Blood

telephone calls. The first was to quom's birthday, the word came power that could be produced nxt to neveral nota af frem "Can't think what he was Joy Raymond. How many from Entebbe and for fight with the 10 turbines going all ex turbines; tomor

we begin! Its journey through irona. Beside the counter after Rameny sali "Some of visitors did you bring down hours and 30 minutes, a third tough-tooling te meer at the stunt here worth more todays laudabo plan ahe NGO was opened to MITS Aa? composetions for this Toms / But Nissér.“ hov Gurly dealing an egg shaped but there are no diamond Larsa, befour, door, And I wish I that orgt got the Bowater alt Earpt her made one payment of wings, ready to bump on bla bend.

· or pearl necklaces or anything, knew where, they all are now.”; } wanted Zostala penelous cotion under 21

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