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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY,

JUNE 14, 1935.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

THE PORT OF LONDON'S. GOLF AT HOME

FIVE-YEAR PLAN

Provision For Growing Traffic

The Port of London Authority has announced that it is seek ing powers to carry out certain dock improvements, and that it is prepared to spend £1,750.000 in the next five years in accom- plishing the work.

This well-advised, step, beginning; quate for long steamers, and in- during the Süver Jubilee year, 'is creased water depth is needed in both because of the deep-draught- ed'ships requiring accommodation In 1910 a 5.000-ton yestel drawing. 20 feet was a fair specimen of a "big steamer.**

a reminder of the fact that the governing body of the port had been in existence no more than about a twelve-month when the King was crowned. In the spring of 1910 the new governors of the Port of London were realising the magnitude of their task of con- struction and reorganisation. They had found themselves in posses- sion of a tideway whose undredged state was in places a menace, and of docks revealing many short- comings through lack of expendi- tute on upkeep. No new dock had been bullt for a quarter of a cen-vessels.

tury.

SHIPBUILDING DEAD

How wise a step it was for the Port of London "Authority to put n the forefront of their first policy an ambitious dredging pro- gramme has long since been rea- dised, for almost the fundamental factor in the development of the Port of London during the reign or King George V has been the evergrowing size of ocean-going

BERTHING LINERS

The Britannic and the Georgic, In March, 1910, a thousand due to make London their berthing workers were tolling on the battle-place for the first time this month, ship Thunderer at Blackwall, to are 27,000-ton motor-liners. Not get her ready for her launch in four miles below London Bridge Bow Creek the following February. 14,000-tonners use docks at Rother- Yet within a couple of years ship-hithe every week, and recently building on Thames-side was dead vessels of

over 5,000

tons have

for ever.

passed through the, Lower Pool to tie up at London Bridge.

The manner in Woolwich

Over marshland meadows in West Ham and North 'cattle were grazing, and along the adjacent river-side waste land run a lonely footpath.

Where the marigolds flowered is now "full fathom Ave" under the waters of King George V. Dock. and 25.000-ton liners corne iz through an entrance lock which has fong submerged the lovers' lane.

The

Miss Fishwick's Record

(Special Air Mall Service)

London, May 29, Miss D. Fishwick, holder of the title in 1930, who had been com- pelled to withdraw from the in- ternational matches on Thursday owing to indisposition, had a re- cord 18 in the first qualifying round of the British Women's championship, at Newcastle, County Down, yesterday.

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Her score beat the previous re- cord, made by Miss G. Cradock- Hartopp last autumn by four NOTE-Figures in parentheses indicate number of letters in the- strokes.

Curiously enough Miss Cradock- Hartopp finished her round A few minutes before Miss Fishwick, and took 10. for the last hole, Her score was 90.

shots Good, recovery.

and brilliant short game featured Miss Fishwick's "round At the eighth she holed u chip shot from the rough for a five. She chipped up dead at the short tenth after a bad drive, and approaches finish- ed close to the flag at the eleventh- and fourteenth holes. At the seventeenth she put a niblick shot to the line of the hole to get her

sixth three.

SEX AT LAST HOLE

Mrs. M. L. Clarke was second, five strokes behind Miss Fishwick. Out in 37 she seemed certain to break 80, but at the last hole hooked her brassie shot from a bad lie and then took three putts. The hole cost her a slz.

Miss Grace Amory, one of the three American competitors, start- ed badly with 7, 6, 5, 4 for the first four holes Out in 45, she com- pleted the round in 85.

which's this bigger ship problem was tackled in'

Mrs. A. Holm, the champion. regard to. the old-fashioned docks. which were taken over twenty-putted poorly, and had four sixes five years ago is indicated by their her round of 84. current Bulletin. "A pumping - stallation to raise and maintain the water level In-Dock has now completed."

scheme new shows that additional dredged depth has to be provided to rein- Miss Denise Allen (Verulam) DREDGING SCHEME

force the extra feet of impounded nad an unhappy experience. In more playing a shot from the face of a The latest scheme affects Royal water. In the stream also

the was struck on Victoria and Royal Albert Docks,

capacious bunker, she

forehead by the ball and tem- When Victoria Dock was opened berths have been provided for in 1855 it was regarded as a vessels with part cargoes or withporarily stunned marked advance in style and cargoes unsuitable for discharge facilities, and the Royal Albert within docks. Dock of 1880 was then impressive- ly modern, To-day the right- angle jetties of the one are inade-

EDGAR

BRITISH MADE

HIGHSPEED

STEEL

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TOOLS

REPRESENTED

THE JAROINE

FUGGINEERING

CORPORATION

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numerous

and

NEW INDUSTRIES

Nor is it alone that larger ships are coming to. London;, increased numbers "of ships are using the

extent

SOVIET AIRPLANE

INDUSTRY

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Fress" (Copyright).]

Moscow, June 12

port. It is legitimate to conclude [that this arises to some

from the changed distribution of the population of England and from the springing up of numerous Twenty one million roubles have factories in London, immediately just been voted for the develop- around London: and within nomment of the Soviet Russian air-

as plane building industry the great distance from London.

From my own personal observa- intregal" second part of the Five tion in the last few years it has Year Plan. been most striking to see the appearance of industrial under- takings

of all sorts about the Slough Trading Estate, in Hert- fordshire, beside the Grand Valon Canal, and on the north bank of the river within the port, so that large jetties and wharves as well as imposing factories are found Jon lonely Long Reach.

Stated broadly, this reshuffle of population and the developments of industry have meant that there fare more people handy to the Port of London who need "food and other necessities; in many in-. stances. they have needed new houses and raw materials for the workshops where they labour are jessential This outburst of new Industries and the consequent results have affected the Port of London far more than any other port in the country. The reactions so far as the controllers of the port are concerned have been to give confidence in the undertaking of improvement schemes.

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"The intention is to mak› Biberia the chief sphere of activity of the new industry so that in the event of the necessity arising in the Far East, Sibertà can deal with, the situation independently of Central Russia ----- Framancean Kuo Hin.

JOURNALIST RELEASED

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright).].

Free City of Danzig, June 12. The Yugoslavian journalist, Ed- uard Penkalla, the Berlin corres- pondent of "Neuen Wiener Tag- blatt" who was arrested several days ago for disseminating untrue about the political statements situation was set free on Wednes day at the instigation of the senate president, Grelser and the repatriation order was cancelled because Penkalla verbally and in writing acknowledged the fault and admitted the incorrectness of the reports

Transocean Kuo Min.

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The more active state of em- ployment in the London district has meant that there has been more spendable money in the pockets of more people, and the results reflected: themselves in the trade of the port. Let me give a over Halfway Reach are a sort of tangible instance which has come gigantic new triumphal arch over under my notice`in the last week. the river of London; and they are I have seen A London factory more than that. They are a por where a softwood timber by tent of the vastly enhanced de- product usually - "known as "are-mand for electric power in and wood" is made into chests, pack-around London. In train of the ing-cases, kaife-boxes, little trays, power stations are the 200-foot, and so on. Two thousand hands | funnel-ducking colliers daily pass- were all hard at work. The rawing “above bridge" to Battersea material arrives in quantities at and Wandsworth and Fulham, several of the docks in London, bringing cargoes of 2,000 tons at and the continuous factory de-a time. As London dock owners mand has healthy waterside reare adapting their docks for the percussions.

H. bigger ships, so London · bridge- The London and Home Counties builders must design with one eye quickened and extended industrial on the bigger colliers. activity with its absorption of iabour and the building boom for the housing of workers, is closely connected with the appearance on the London waterfront of various great electricity generating stations as at Barking. Battersea Green wich, and Fulham, an inte

EMPIRE MAGNET

It is often forgotten that now London is the second passenger port in Great Britain.

When the pleasure cruise season was at its height, more than 4,000 passengers used, the tremendous landing stage at Tulbury on two consecutive days,

London's traditional magnetism. The wo500-foot suspension as the goal of Empire produce is towers carrying conductor lines now beyond question

ACROSS

words required.

1 To frivol and fuss over trivial

matters (12).

7 It's very like the buzzing of a

bee (7)..

3 No matter what time you take to solve it, you'll never get this! (7).

11. There's too much fault-finding -when-one-is-asked to give—a "cipher clarity" (anagram)

(13)

They say houses announced for sale in this, and taken in time saved rent (13).

18 To be honest, we should end this before we begin to do wrong (7).

It's easily set alight, and as easily put out (7).

What an angry fellow's grow- ling makes his eyes appear, by. scowling (12).

DOWN

1 To get a toper to foam at the mouth, just offer him this to drink! but (5).

2 He'll swallow this all right, up

to an imperial! (5).

3. Provides room for an audience

in the theatre (5).

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This certainly gives good ad- vice to the sceptic, as (9). 1 5 A chain of reasoning (5).

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8 When others monopolise the conversation, one can't get a word in this (8)

8 The clue for this is unfinish"

ed (9).

One is much this to hear good news after bad (8).

A vegetable that's grown with a great deal of cost (3).

14 "Would none but I might

my cousin's death!" (Romeo

and Juliet) (5).

Inoculate (5),

We might get this to agree it It weren't so anxious(5).

17 This word is judged to be cor-

rect for the last clue! (5). *

The following is the solution of yesterday's puzzle:-

Across-1. Mobile: 8, Eerlly;

Actuary: 10,

11, Caliph " 12. Ro-s-und 13, Sophist:-18, Scene: 17, Spell: 18, Sloth; 19, S-war-m; 22, Oriel; 25, Inter-ism; 29. Reside; 30. Naught: 31. Gar-n-ish; 32. G-anne-t; 33, Tar-tar.

Down.-1. Mocks: 2, Bilge; 3, L-apse; 4, Echo: 5, Tush; 6. Erra: 7, Eyots: 8, Inure: 9, Y-ode-1; 34, P-i-lot: 16. Inter; 19, Sprig: 20, (p)-Arson; 21, Midge; 22 Omaha; 23. Ingot; 24, Later: 26, Neat: 27, Etaa: 28, Inst.

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