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No.22842、號弍肆佰捌仟式萬弍第日玖十月捌年未辛、 HONG KONG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1931. 297 BRAM Price

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DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS.

TODAY.

(October 10.)

Chiness Republican Anniversary,

Dank and Customs Holidays

NEW METHODS FOR WAR AT SEA.

ROBOT CONTROL OFFICER AND

INVISIBLE TORPEDO.

Reception at Chinese Chamber of SECRET DEVELOPMENTS OF FOREIGN

Commerce

Cricket Interport Trial, Club

ground, 11:30 am.

Extra Raco Meeting.

Interport Lawn Bowlar Hong Kong Shanghai, Kowloon Bowl- ing Green Club ground,

League Cricket Second Division, Indian Recreation Club' y R.E. & |B.7 Bookunpoo

Queen's Theatre: "On With The Show."

World Theatre "Soul of Liberty (Chinese film).

Star Theatro: Hot For Paria" King's Theatre: A Conneticut Yankee.

Central Theatre "Romance of The Opera " (Chinese film)

Prince's Theatre: They Had To Soc Paris."

NAVIES.

Trresistible Shells.

The recent gunnery trials off master brain that represents this: Bognon, which resulted in the sink-only antient element. ing of H.M.8. Emperor of India. (sinco reflonted), coupled with the explosion tests made on board her sistor ship Marlborough, in Ply- mouth Sound, have attracted public attention, writes Factor C. By water in the London . Daily Tele graph

Since Jutland the design and manufacture of naval projectāles To-day have been revolutionised, i there are shells which no armour of practicable weight can keep out, The new projectiles will cleanly perforate the thickest plates, even when striking at an oblique angle, More remarkable still, they will penetrate the hull of a ship even if they fall some distance short, as,, unlike the older type shell, they are not deflected on impactwith the water.... the wat

As these experiments were coR- Adential, it would be improper to give any details. It is, however, no scoret that the last few years have Dinner Dances at Peninsula witnessed extraordinary devolop Hotel and Repulse Bay Hotel.ments in the power of navsi wen- European Mail Id pone, both in England and abroad. Europe en Siberia. (Pros: Madi- Bon). Outward: Europe win Suce In this connection I am in a po- (Mantua) 10.30 am.; Europe, viz |sition to discloss certain facts The bursting charge of a modern Siberia (Empress of Canada) 10 which have no relation to recent armour-piercing holl is so power

Admiralty experiments; indeed, I ful that its explosion inside, a.ship. Tides-High at 8.03 and 859, Low at 1.38 and 3.25.

may add that certain foreign has all the effect of a mine. Ordn Fowers are spending much more ance experts declare that no battle. SUNDAY.

money on naval armament research ship now affcat could withstand than England.

more than a few salvon. from

(October 11.)

19th Sunday After. Trinity, Queen's Theatre: Reaching For The Moon. UNA

World Theatre The Soul of Liberty (Chinese film)

Star Theatre: Spoedway."" King's Theatre A Connecticut Yankee." RARE

Central Theatre: "Romance of The Opera ??: (Chinese film).

Prince's Thentro:""They Had To Bee Paris."

Tea Dance at King's Restaurant. Tides: High at 8.36 and 9,16; Low at 294 and -2.50.

MONDAY.

(October 12.)

から

Progress has been cpecially heavy-calibro guns. The gun, in marked in the sphere of fire con- fast, has so completely beaten |trol. In one foreigu navy a Robot armour protection that the whole control officer has been tested system of ship defence stands in with remarkabla resulta

urgent pred of revision cor is claimed,

Incidentally, a modern sin shell. weighing 250th to 230lb, is equal in range, accuracy, and destructive power to the 12in 850lb projectiles that were fired at Jutland!

Maniess Fire=omirði. This mechanism appears to fund tion without human aid, though it scarcely need be, said that the dir ecting brain is not a mechanical one. Once set in motion, the ap paratus estimates and records the Lighter and Better Guns. range of an enemy ship at any dis-..

Bore for bore, the new naval tance up to eighteen miles, and it

guns are very much lighter than will do so as accurately in dark those of the war period, though Bess or fog as in broad daylight!

their weight has been greatly re- Having found the range, the duced. Of all-steel design, built up Robot continuously plots the tar- University Law & Commerce So-

by auto-frettage, they are wholly ciety Meeting; 8.30 p.m." Y

get's speed and course, so that the free from the tendency to droop at P.W.D. Auction Bale of Crown guns can be kept constantly bear the muzzle which was a grave -de- Land, 3 p.m.

Lawn Bowls: Shanghai Vicing upon it. As the suns themselfect in the old wirewound pattern. toria, Craigengower Cricket Cluhves can be laid and fred by the As a result, longer guna can now apparatus, the human factor is enbe used, thus increasing their tirely eliminated, or so any obser range, velocity, and striking en- ver not in the secret would con-Tergy, dludo.

"Michaelmas Law Sittings begin.

M.C.L. Sale of Work, Peak Club, 3.30 p.m.

{ground...

Queen's Theatre: Reaching for the Moon."

World Theatre: "Soul of

Liberty (Chincas picture).

Star Theatre: Speedway." Central Theatre: The Vice

Squad

Mountings have been improved to permit at higher ratem of fire. This mysterious mechanism bas Present loading speeds with proved so successful that it will probably be installed in all the major ships of a certain navy. Un like many other systems of fire Dinner Dances at Hong Kong 1 control, the Robot is virtually Hotel and Peninsula Hotel:

foolproof," eave in respect of the

King's Theatre: A Connecticut Yankee,"

Prince's Theatre: "They Had To Soo Paris",

heavy gun and mountings of the latest design may be, ganged by the fact that while the first shell was hitting the target, the second would be half way there, and the third just leaving the muzzic

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