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DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS.

-To-day.

(July 29.),

Rotary Club „Tiffin, Lane, Craw"" ford's Restaurant;. 1 p.m. saus

Lammert's Sale of Household Furniture, 928, Nathan Road, 10.30.

Lammert's Sale of Office Furni- ture, 2.30 p.m.

Laying of Foundation Stone of Tao Fong Shan Christian Institute, Shatin, p.m.

Queen's Theatres." City Lighta." World Theatre: Cheer Up and Smile."

Star Theatre: tucky,"

Song of Ken-

Central Theatre: Lord Richard in the Pantry,"

King's Theatre: "Lightnin'","""" Majestio Theatre" The Princess and The Plumber."

Prince's Theatre: "Cockeyed World."

Dinner Dances at Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotela.

IS THE SUBMARINE

DOOMED?

AMAZING AND DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES.

BRITISH EXPERIMENTS « TO KEEP

THE NARROW SEAS.”

Portland. One of

truly of busineas. The charges can be hush institution of the Navy set to explode at any depth," and is the anti-submarino school at the spectacle of a dozen going up Portland, laconically labelled in the more or less simultaneously, with Navy List as the "A/S Establish vast geysers spouting over acres of ment," writes Mr. Hector Cact, is not readily forgotten. Bywater, the London Daily Tele- graph Naval Correspondent. :

Here are tested in practical fashion, all the devices which science

Once the enemy has been dis-" covered, therefore, the "kill" is quite a "simple" affair. But since the quarry is invisible, its discovery.

has developed, and is still developis, or was, a difficult problem. ing, for the undoing of the sub- The methods employed can best granny bò sexplained by describing" an

European Mail-Inward: Europe ia Siberia (President Grant). Outward: Europe, superscribed marine..

Wednesday,

via Siberia:-Airmail Shanghai- | The nature of the work in pro-imaginary hunt. Intelligence has Manchoull (Coblenz) 6 p.m. gress here is, of course, highly con- been received that a U-boat is

Tides:High at 8.00 and 10.40:

fidential, but it is permissible to operating in a certain area, "per- Low at 1.07 and 3.35.

refer to certain outstanding methods haps extending over several square - which have been evolved for locat-miles. Destroyers of the anti-sub Lammert's Auction of Householding and destroying the elusive marine flotilla are called up and Furniture, 70A, Nathan Road.

Lammert's Auction of Motor Cars:

(July 29.)

U-boat.

The establishment consists of tho |

set to work.

Towing "directional hydrophones,

and Buses, Shan Ip Garage, Ua Osprey, a steam, launch elevated to astorn, cack enclosed in an arti Long, New Territories, 3 p.m.

Lawn Tennis C Division: the dignity of Blagahin" of the ficial "fish" (which cuts out all Craigengower Army T.C., Kaw Captain A/8 (Captain J. G. Cract, extraneous noises, such as that of loon C.C.. Radio Sports Club, R.N.); four old destroyers; the the propellers of the towing ship and. Civil Service . "Hong Kong C.C., South China . Kowloon Indians, sloop Heather; three "P" boats; the throb of her engines), they race Mixed Doubles; Chinese R.C. van Admiralty whaler; and a raw-up and down, sad across the, zus U.S.R.C., Club de Recroio. In ler. Submarines are detailed to pected area until the hydrophones tiina RC, University v. Ladies'

co-operate with the school as neces-pick up the unmistakable purr of a

R.C.

Water Polo:-First Division: V.R.C... Chinese Athletic, 0 p.m. Queen's Theatre: The Pro- digal.”.

World Theatre: "Hell Harbor." Star Theatre: "The Aviator," Central Theatre: "Lord Richard in the Pantry."

King's Theatre: " Sea Lege" Majestic Theatre: "Along Came Youth."

Prince's Theatre: Sunny Side Up."

sary.

| submarine's' olectric motora, There is a staff of nearly 20

By taking gross-bearings the posi officers of various ranks, most oftion of the invisible enemy can now whom have qualided in anti-sub be plotted with fair accuracy, but marine work.

this is not enough, Before tho dopth-charges are released it is necessary to ensure that they are dropped, if not actually the U-boat, at any rate near enough. On top of

Operations are carried out ashore and afloat, the mission of the des troyers and other seagoing oraft being to test in open aca, in all weather conditions, the complicated Ten Dance at King's Restaurant and often delicate instruments and Repulse Bay Hotel,

which have given marvellous resulta Tides: High at 6.44′ and 1.11; in inland laboratories of sheltered Low at 1.52 and 4.10.

Thursday.

tunka,

Needless to say, some of the mort

smash

for time explosion to is, ah ber

her sides.

The chasing ships, now proceed to send out beats of sound waves in all directions. When one of Accession of King Victor Emman. Promising ideas and devices prove these beams impinges on a sub

(July 30.)

No. 18, 10.20, a.m..

tinct echc

nel of Italy, 1908.

unequal to the strain of actual Lammert's Auction of Miscellan-work at sea. Wind and weather merged object it sends back a dis- eous Goods at Kowloon Godown, often play havoc with the most per Queen's Theatre: The Profect mechanism and upset the most digal."

carefully worked-out mathematical formule.

World Theatre: Hell Harber."" Star Theatre: ** The Aviator," King's Theatre: Sea Lega." Majestic Theatre: "Along Came Youth."

Prince's Theatre: Sunny Side Up."

Dinner Dances at Hong Kong and

Peninsula Hotels

European Mail-Inward: Europe ria Suez (Karmaln).

Tides-High at 9.25 and 1.40; Low at 2:36 and 4:42. ;).

Depth Charge Kills.

It is as though an invisible search. light were sweeping the depths of the sea, and an object caught in the lightless beam is 'instantly de‹ tected.

It is no secret, that the most! When this happens the chase is potent weapon against submarines practically zer. The nearest des the depth-charge. Once a bestroyer dashes up to the point in- tile boat has been located," one dicated and release a bouquet of salvo of these "ash-cans," cach depth-charges, in the virtual cer- containing several hundredweight tainty that some of them will find of T.N.T.. suffices to put her out (Continued on Page 4.) A

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