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FLYING THROUGH THE "OUTSIDE LOOP.”

THE MONSOON.

FINE FEAT BY DUTCH

MONOPLANE.

AWE-INSPIRING EXPERIENCE.

A NOVEL FLYING STUNT.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12th. 1927.

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CASE SEN TENCES-UPHELD:

MR. JUSTICE AVORY ON BLACKMAIL

The Customs

480 COOLIES CAGED IN A

SHIP

ALLEGED SLAVER'S VOYAGE IN THE SOUTH SEAS,

MELBOURNE. authorities of

Five

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Norman Stuart received 12 years, Frank Leonard 10 years, Joseph Maples years. Alfred Tannen 10 years, and George William Taylor pensl servitude for life..

an, accusation:

upen whom Lord Townsville, Queensland, will hold Hewart, Lord Chief Justice, passed an inquiry into heavy sentences of penal servitude amounting to a charge of slave for blackmailing a former Army colonial hip

trading by alleged French officer,

RÓW anchored in referred Captain," to the extent of £10,724

"The Cleveland Bay with 450 Annamites

board under an armed guard. appealed.

The ship officers say that the ports, and are on their way to the coolies have French-Chinese pass South Sea Islands under contract. Chinese residents in Townsville, however, held a protest meeting on the wharf, where a message secret- ly muggled from the ship was read, which "declared that the coolies had been drugged with

Shanghaied" French concession in China,, and mines in the New Hebrides. shipped to work in silver and lead

The ship is spiked steel lattice work and guarde gian: cage with: of armed officers on daty. The were starved and unable to chtain message alleged that the Annamites groper medical attention.

STIFLING TRADE.

-HOURS DAY DANGER.

FOREIGN EVASION OF The outside loop," a new Ay-

PROPOSED RULES.

ing stunt, has been performed suc

The determination of certain cessfully for the first time in the

trade union leaders in England to history of aviation, according to

use theft organisations for the ad- officials at Fort Santiago. In Francement of political cbjects is In spite-of-high winds, heavy cablegram recently received by the evidenced by the persistent de rain and thunderstorms, Mr. Van military authorities, First Lieuten-mands on the Government to ratify Learblack the American milat James H. Doolittle, Army Air the Washington Draft Convention lionaire who recently few from Corps, is credited with the newest limiting the hours of work in Amsterdam to Batavia, accom achievement in stunt "fying.

industrial undertakings to eight in plished the Rangoon-Calcutta

The dispatch states that Lieuten the day and 48 in the week.!! portion of the return journey in

aat Doolittle, who is chief tent

The Minister of Labour has less than seven hours.

urged, in view of the difficulties One of the principal difficulties pilot at the McCook Field, Day- of ratification, that the Govern Mr. E. F. Lever, for Taylor, on

ment should not be stampeded, but the question of his life sentence, cigarettes and new experienced while flying durington, Ohio, established the

be left no doubt that he still hopes said that at 43 years of age his life the monsoon season, said Mr. Van method of "looping-the-loop. these difficulties will be overcome. Learblack on his arrival in Cal- from a particularly high altitude.

British employers are apprehen- was finished because of the sentence. sive lest Sir Arthur Steel-Mait- Blackmail had become a crime cutta, concerns the landing places Once attaining the necessary eleva land, who last year summoned against which much public opinion rather than atmcapheric condition, he turned the none of his conference of foreign Labour tions. An illustration of the diffi-plane straight down and dropped a personal compulsion to press on it was not on the increase, but more Ministers on the subject, may feel had been evinced. Counsel thought "culty was apparent on August 1st 1,000 feet before pulling into the in the matter.

was being heard of it because of when the Fokker manoplane, as it

the facilities now offered to pro- tasied RCTOSS the sodden aero-

secutors to bring proceedings while their names were drome, threw up great volumes of

not disclosed. The result would be that the pestilence would be gradually mud-coloured spray, so that it pro- gress resembled that of a fast

wiped out. motor boat cudding through the water, rather than that of an aeroplane. Such circumstances as these card greater concern than high winds in the air, making landing an operation calling for

great skill and care...

Monsoon No Difficulty.

However" continued. Mr. Van Learblack, a heavy thunderstorm experienced while travelling at a speed of 180 miles an hour at am

altitude of 1,000 feet was not with out its awe inspiring efect so far Between was concerned.

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turn. In bringing the plane right, side up and completing the loop, He regained more than 2,000 feat in altitude. The plane successful ly withstood the terrible strain and

was reported to be in excellent con. dition on reaching the ground.

Lieutenant Doolittle has been conspicuous for daring feats since his entry into the service in 1917. He is 31 years old, married, and

University of California where he received bis A.B. he attended all of the Army Air schools. ·

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Industry In Chains.

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British employers have shown conclusively that the original Con vention would still further put British industry in chairs and render it impotent to meet growing foreign competition.

Oficial figures show that far fully 50 per cent of the workers of this country the normal week is less than 48 hours and 96 per cent. work 48 hours a week or less. That tary agreements. If the Washing result has been achieved by volun- tan Convention wars ratified it would be illegal, though within the played on more than eight hours in any one day.

Although France has ratified the Convention, conditionally with his recent spectacular fighting week, in which no change is His record in the past coupled Great Britain doing so, the work. have induced several offers from contemplated, in practice is 54 hours, with an average of mine large civilian aircraft concerns. All offers have been turned down working hours per day. The hours work." A man may be called upon to remain in the factory for 9, 10, 11, or more hours to perform these eight hours of actual work.

Therefore, there was not the need af Justice Avory, dealing with to pass the exemplary sentence. Taylor's sentence, said that the passing of exemplary sentences would be more likely to stamp out blackmail than would the increased tims to come forward to prosecute. facilities given nowadays to vie

fere. The appeals would be dis- missed.

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THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.

Fox LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON, STRAITS AND PHILIPPINES.

The Steamship "BENLAWERS." NONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby

CON informed that all Goods are being

landed at their risk into the hazardous In view of Taylor's past career, and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the that he was a professional black-Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and of From 48-hours week, for man to had been convicted Godowa Co

times, and catre would get thee the chaves, Delivery may

whence and/or from

be obtained No Claims will be admitted after the Goode sare left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 13th instant, will be subject to Bent.

All Claims against the Stemmer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before

the 27th instant, or they will not be recognized.

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Singora and Bangkok the display with the statement that he prefer are reckoned as those of "effective

of lightning was a vivid one, while red the service. the rain beat a deafening tattoo

were in

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Lieutenant Doolittle first came upon the body of the machine. into national prominence in 1999 when he made the first occan-to- The pilots, however,

Continuous Processes, ocean one stop, flight. Among his way disconcerted, accepting the later achievements, and perhaps

Czecho-Slovakis which ratified conditions as a matter of course, the best known, was his fight over the Convention 6 years ago, has the Andes mountains, early this scheduled the bulk of its industries year. Flying in a Curtis plane, | 15 "continuous, processes" in Doolittle made a flight from 8an which classes of industry the Con- tiago, Chile, across the Andes land-vention permits the working of ing at Buenos Aires, Argentina a 56-hours week.

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On one occasion, an 1300nt made to a height of 10,000 feet in an attempt to rise clear of the storm, but as this manoeuvre was not successful a descent was made to an altitude of only 50 feet, on the principle that if it was not

practicable to fly over the storm it might be possible to dive below it."

At that time, he was suffering from It is strongly contended by two broken ankles which were in- British employers that the Govern- eased in plaster casts.--Manila ment should state definitely that Times.

it cannot ratify the Convention, at the same time stressing the excep- tional conditions enjoyed by British workpeople both ia houra of work and social insurance,

LORD BLEDISLOE.

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JEWELLED MUMMY.

QUEEN WHO REIGNED 3,000 YEARS AGO.

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NEW YORK. Since the fight of Colonel Lind- bergh to Paris popular interest among Americans in flying has in- creased to use the word employed by the Bureau of Aeronautics at Washington" tremendously."

All broken, chafed and damaged Gooda are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 13th instant, at 10 s.m.

No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.

Agenta Hong Kong, 7th August, 1927. [5195

rix re riaN ZEHART

For the development of this in- terest Colonel Lindbergh has lent his services to the Government THERAPION NO. 1 His picture hangs in all American schools, and his virtues are being

THERAPION No. 2 preached by clergymner and educn THERAPION No. 3 tors to the youth of the United 4 for Baddie Church. He 3 me kart à fen States as a model which they should. Es) for Chrosid Wing for my all seek to emulate.

Colonel Lindbergh is to start shortly on a flying trip throughout the country, under the auspices of the Government, addressing audi- ences of men and of youths aed seeking to arouse their enthusiasm for flying.

Carrying on through the trying | conditions, the behaviour of the machine, Mr. Van Learblack told the Statesman on August 1st, was

The engagement has been a0-

The Bureau of Aeronautics reports | such that his faith in commercial nounced of Lord Bledisloe of

that it being swamped with ap-; fying in India remained un-Lydney, Parliamentary Secretary

plications for. pilot and machine shaken. Monsoon conditions as be to the Ministry of Agriculture and

licences, and more than 6,000 of Fisheries, and the Countess of

CALZO. these applications are now being had experienced them, he added, Hardwicke. The marriage

The local Press reports anim-considered. The Army and the would not seem to present difficul take place in September.

portant discovery made in the Navy report similar eargerness by ties in the way of air transport Created first Baron Bledisloe of western desert, where a mummy,young men to enter the flying ser- to the extent that winter in Euro-Lydney in 1918, Lord. Bledisloe is presumably of an Egyptian queen, vices,

Flying schools are, crowded and the son of the late Mr. Charles has been found. pean countries produced hind Bathurat, of Lydney Park, Glou

The mummy is covered with qualification tests for the Services It was understood that cestershire, and was born in 1987. jewels, including 18 gold and silver are being made more stringent.

bracelets, necklets in brilliante. there might well be times when He was educated at Sherborne, and a crown of brilliants.

runces.

will

Eton, and Oxford, and called to conditions would be for from the Bar in 1802. favourable but they would not ap- An authority on agriculture, pear to be insuperable to the best Lord Bledisloe has been Parlia

mentary Secretary to the Ministry

Plans for 15, additional flights across the Atlactic are on" record Near the mummy, it is stated, and the number of those who an were found other necklets in sapnounce attempts to fly across the phires and brilliants, as well as a Pacific is even greater. statuette carved in porphyry. Government officials predict that The heiroglyphics indicate that the growth of flying in the United of modern machines, the reliability of Agriculture since 1924. During the remains are 3,000 years old, but States will within a measurable war he was Parliamentary it is not known to what dynasty the time rival that of the motor-ear From Amster-Secretary to the Ministry of Food. queen belonged. He married the Hon. Bertha Susan Lopes, daughter of the first Lord Ludlow, in 1998. Lady Bledisloe died last year.

of which was exemplified in his the own monoplane.

dam to: Batavia and back as far as Calcutta, the journey was not able for the almost entire absence of mechanical trouble.

Mr. Van Learblack was unable to express an opinion regarding the establishment of a regular air service between Holland and the Dutch East Indies, the prospecte of which are understood to be closely allied to the success of the present flight.

The technical' aspect of the pro- position is regarded favourably by

The Countess of Hardwicke be- fore her marriage to the 8th earl in 1911 was Miss Ellen Russell, daugh- ter of the late Mr. James Russell, of Auckland, New Zealand. She was granted a decree nii last November.

Safety of Modern Flying. Mr. Van Learblack anticipate reaching England before the end of this month after which he will continue bis aeris! holiday before

his departure for America on Sep pilota of the Fokker 'plane.tember 23rd. At Glasgow he One of them, from his experience, be met by his daughter, who will expressed anrprise that, conditions accompany him to Norway and

being as they were, a service be tween the two countries has not

already been brought inte being It would be essential, he went on that pilots in such service should

Switzerland, the latter being the only European country he has not yet visited.

safety

So strong is his belief in the and reliability of the modern aeroplane that he original- ly contemplated capping his Eure- be of the very highest ability, pean and Far Eastern flights by Three years experience on one of a Trans-Atlantic air journey back the regular European air routes to the United States. Difficulties would be suficient initial training have arisen, however, that make to equip a pilot so that he might the undertaking impossible, Mr. undertake safely the special Van Learblack expressing keen dis- responsibilities involved in in tropical countries, and proting

appointment that the circum- stances would not allow him to realise his wish.

it would be found that many of

the difficulties presented by the "There seems to be an impres monsoon period were less trying sion," he concluded, "that passing than the ground foga common in through the country, so rapidly colder climates A first necessity do not get even a cursory insight to the inauguration of any form of the characteristics of the East.. of. air service in India, however. This impression is entirely wrong. would be the complete overhaaling On one day alone I attended of aerodromes and their equip Chinese funeral, an Indian wed menta-

ding, and explored_out-of-the-way places," (Continued on next Column.)

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