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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6em; 1923.

BRANDIES.

BOTTLED IN COGNAC

AND GUARANTEED · PURE GRAPE BRANDY

ADMINISTRATION OF NIGERIA

THE GOVERNOR'S REPLY. STEPS TAKEN TO GRANT REFORMED

CONSTITUTION.

GYROSCOPES FOR WARSNIPS APPARATUS TO PREVENT

** ROLLING,**

huportant experiments are being made at Chatham with a gyroscopic instrument ilesigned to abolish the rolling of war- Hugh Cinori, Goverder or ships. The apparatus, for which great Nigeria, speaking at a banquet given in things are claimed by the inventor, has his honour on August 7th. by the African been fitted to a ship in the Chatham- Traile section of the Liverpool Chamber Dockyard, and a novel method has been of Commerce, replied to comments by Lord employed during the preliminary trats. Leverhalne at the annual meeting of the Platformis have been constructed enald- i Niger Company on administrative affairs ing parties of men to run on and off the in West Afflen.

ship, which liesmoored in one of the He said that during the last for days he basins. In this way artificial rolling is set MARTELL & CO. had farm to his great regret that he and up, for, as very nautical man knows, a

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THE PHARMACY,

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his administration had been hold up to vesel is surprisingly sensitive to the public efceration or contumely, West movement of a numiler, cf, people from Africa, like the rest of the work, had one side to the other. Thorough tests suffered from very great depression in are to be male with the gyroscope at sen. trade, but it was not in any way peculiar It is generally agreed that if the inven is that respect. While they must all sym tih prevry a viceess it will have an pathize very much with the Niger

Company in any disappointment it bail experience host revolutionary feet, on naval war fare, because one of the greatest difficul and while they all hoped most sincerely that the Company would find belf, likties which the naval gunner has to en- other

ompanies, returning to the list counter at present is the continual roll- payers, he opht not agree that of the ship. By the introduction of all its misfortunes am from sensething large bilge keels and other improvements in design naval architects have been able radically wrong with West Afries,

He did not believe that there was any to reduce the rolling wry considerably thing radically wrong with West Africa. during the last few years, but many dif The he depression lately, due to fulties have presented themselves. The from which trade was suffer- modern battleship is so enormously heavy ing all over the world. Lord Leverbuime that once she starts rolling a long time had said that in West Afrien they had not lapses before she recover, her normal With all balance. got the British Constitution,

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ne deference to Lord Loverhula that was not a novel discovery. An attempt to con- yert West Afeien into a self-governing Dom inion as the present time would not add fo the security of English capital there or to

expansion of their commerce. If the suggestion of adopting Dominion govern." ment in Nigeria were followed up to its logical conclusion I doubted very much

whether maur of the gentlemen interested in West African commerce would find the solution, if it were a possible one, a satis Factory one... Lord Laverhuime further told them that rule in West Africa, was by anteeratie and buraucratic officials, and that owing to the war they had obtained a w dens of life for their unrestrained seas. Lord Loverhale was a new arrival in British West Afrien. and, therefore, it was possible that some of the recent his tory of those colonies had exapid his atcontion,

Both in the Gold Coast Colony and Nizerin strom had been taken to grant reformed Constitutions. Lon Loverbulme was under a misapprehension if he thought that the Governors of the West African Colonies were not far less restrained mair than before the war. As to the demand for the abolition or reduction of export o West African products, a reluction of these duties would be made as soon as the financial conditions of the Colony of Nigesin would permit of it.

TOWERS OR PYRAMIDS,

A SINGAPORE COMMENT" ON

SKYSCRAPERS.

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The gigantic structures un Collyer Quay,

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ance of Canton and the Hongkong and CAPITAL CONTRIBUTED BY THE

CHINESE GOVERNMENT Shanghai Bank are rearing their heads

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blunt to the sky and the people of Singa- RESERVE FUND pore arg beginning to have an idea of what a sky-scraper i Perbup Home «f those who were with the Municipal Com missioners in sanetiouing the additional height for building on the sea front will bo wondering whether, after all, there was not something in the idea of the Town Planner that such high buildings would shut in the air from the buildings at the back and make Battery Road property less desirable, even for offices, than it has hitherto been, is not possible to deter mine what the effect of the narrow aller will have in the formation of cyclones with in one direction and dead air wind the when there is so wind. The effects, will have to be carefully watched and noted for future policy, Meawhile it is inter esting to note that there is a changed policy in

in New York. to be noticed in the

design of

of the Socony buildings and commented on by an American architect in the Times. It was an Americnu who spoke

in the discussion on proposed modifications

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FARIS: Societe Generale pour Favoriser le Developpement du Commerce et de l'Indas trie en France.

Banque de Paris et dos Pays-Bas. LTONE: Societe Generale pour Favoriser le Developpement du Commerce et de l'Indu trie en France

NEW YORK: The Irving Bank-Columbia

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BAN FRANCISCO: The Crocker National Bank

of San Francisco.

BRANCHES IN ASIA:

of the London building laws and said that Changchan Hankow Manebouli Tiantain bigh buildings in London were, absolutely Chefco unpractical, and the writer of the article Nairen

in the Tints, though an Englishman, has Hilar designed many of America's great build.

and says that the lint has been

and that the limiting zoning law now ex- forced in

several American cities was adopted not a moment too. soon. If there is no danger of the front of tho structure on Cuffyer Quay creating a narrow gully on the sen side, there is a very real dan. ger of ever-lundowing in the rear, which would be avoided by substituting tha pyramid for the rectangle.

That is

watch- point that will have to be carefully ed also in the new Municipal Offices. the rear they overshadow a number of old- fashioned buildings. The two big hoteju have at the back of

of them a rockery of low dark buildings eminently suited to en courage the lisens of filth and darknes which would astonish those who dwell in the hotels, if they knew of their proximity. The Tower of Babel has gone. The

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CURE FOR CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.

· Oficiuls at San Francisen believe they have found the long-sought psychologiegl oferrent to crimes of violence by arming policemen with shot-guns and automatic rifles,

and instructing them to shoot to. kill Similar action was taken two months ago

writes the Daily Telegraphe Now York correspondent on

August 25th). and crime rapidly declined, but there are a public protest, and the order was with drawn. Almost immediately there fra now outbreak of

daylight hold

ups, and vicinis attacks, until the number of such crimes over last weekend tota}}el

fifty. The shool to kill order was hur. Every approved Banking Shipping and riedly revived, the number of crimes Travel Transaction. reported last Saturday and Sunday was

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