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SERVICE NEWS

The Army

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Lonon. July 23.

WAR OFFICE APPOINTMENT

The War Omie announces that

Colonel M. F. Grove-White, D.S.O. 0.5.E.. has been appointed General Staff Officer (1st Grade). the War Offee, with effect from July 13, 1938....

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,

FORTH BRIDGE SCHEME

Facts For Minister Of Transport

COMMITTEE'S LIST OF

BENEFITS

London, July 23.

The request of Mr. Hore-Belisha,

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7. 1936.

THE THINKING MACHINE

How We Learn

To

Talk

BRAIN'S TELEPHONE EXCHANGE

(BY. E. S. GREW.)

London, July 19.

Sanction has been given for the annual dispatch from India of two majors, two captains, and eight subalterns for duty with the Royal Artillery Depot at Woolwich Off cers so posted must have not less than four years' » Indian ́service, Colonel Grove-White, recently and the two years' duty at the de-promoted. transferred from Minister of Transport, for further A robot like the photo-electric pot will count as completion of the Blackdown and RE service, He evidence as "economic justifica-cell made to operate burglar six years abroad. On Anishing was in the War Office from 1919 to tion" for the proposed Forth road alarms or open doors, or the depot duty these officers will joint 1021 and from 1924 to 1925, and bridge, has been met by the sub-syroscope controlling a plane, is a home unit.

an unthinking automaton. The officers coming served as Star Officer with the committee of the interested local

Its home will leave India by the last local forces in the Straits Settle-authorities

powers are conferred by the hu two troopships of the season, re-ments and Federated Malay States

thought put into its con- ofs being sent by the last two

from the end of 1925 to the middle boats from Southampton. Army

of 1929. Instruction (India) No. 69 of 1925 is therefore cancelled.

.

RAF. APPOINTMENTS

The following appointments in the Royal Air Force are notified:-- General Duties "Branch Wing Commanders.-G B. A Baker, M.C. to D.T.D., Dept. of Air Ministry (July 904

CHANGE IN LEAVE RULES With reference, to the second sub-clause of paragraph 880. Re- Aulations for the Army in India. it has been decided that authority AMR.D.. to sanction the extension of pri-R. T. Leather. A.F.C.. to D. of O., vilege leave from one privilege Dept, of AMS.O, Air Ministry, vice leave year to another shall be de- Air Commodore A. G. R. Garrod. legated to the normal sanction-0.B.E., M.C.. A.F.C. (July 10). Ing authorities for the grant of Squadron Leaders.-J. Potter, to leave.

The necessary amendment No. 58 (B) Squadron, Upper Hey- will be made in the revisedford. To command. vice Squadron "Military Leave Rules-India." Leader V. E. Groom, D.F.C. (July)

by a memoranaHEIT

which is now in the hands of the Minister.

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GREATER SHANGHAI'S DEFICIT

$5,000,000 Behind Last Year

FINANCIAL SITUATION

IMPROVING

Shanghai, July 30. The total estimated expenditure in the Greater Shanghái mùniet- pal budget for the 25th, fiscal year, which is now in the making, has been tentatively fixed at $10,000,000.

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struction.

The financial situation of

the On the economic aspect the

It is possible to construct ma- Municipality, it is stated. has memorandum sets out 21 beatâtschines which seem to embody a been showing signs of improve- little more bralawork. The Rus- ment since Mr. Hau Fu assumed which will result from the bridge.

These are that it will:-

alan physiologist. Pavlov, laid bare office as Finance Commissioner "Facilitate existing trame; in-, some of the brain's simpler res-early this year. Provisional crease the development of traficponses with his dogs. When one ministrative funds for the various for business and "piénsure; direct

of Pavlov's dogs was offered a municipal organa which have been traffe to the most advantageous chunk of meat its gastric juices in arrears are now being paid re- channels: develop the existent and began to flow and it slobbered. gularly.

leve unemployment and save pub-

The Invitation stirred up an a12- It is further learned that 110 tomatic response. But if a din-appropriate measures have been itc funds; divert money raised from ner bell was rung, at the same mapped out to make up the deficit the taxation of vehicles to road time the dog's brain registered the of $5,000,000 incurred during the purposes; facilitate the economic coincidence.

past fiscal year.- of the area; rander Integration economie the past expenditure on

Central News,

latent resources of the area; re-

which is now under consideration. 14); R. H.-S. Spaight. to RAF / roads; enable public service vehi-

ARTILLERY" ORGANIZATION

The conversion of the 1st Light Brigade, R.A.. into an Army field brigade has been cancelled, and it will now become the 4th Anti-Air- craft Brigade, R.A. The 8th, 8th, and 10th Light Batteries become the 18th, 18th, and 20th Anti-Air- craft Batteries.

The 49th, 50th, and 51st Light Batteries, TA.. become the 214th Argyli), 215th (Bute), and 219th (Ross) Field Batteries, and form the 54th West Highland) Army Brigade. The 82nd (North Field Scottish) Medium Brigade has dropped the word "North" from its designation. "

Station. Gosport. Fox flying duties, vice Squadron Leader J..G. Walser, M.C. (July 11).

After a time, the 'ringing' of the bell was enough to make the dog's mouth water. Pavlov's dogs start- cies to serve the public economed what was irreverently called cally according to distribution of the science of slobbering, which population; relleye congestion at was the examination of the ways in which sensations from outside stir the brain to make responses, ing machines to imitate these America has been busy in mak-

more obvious actions of the brain.

Stirling:

Sa

sent low level; and link up the Great North Road"

OVER £100,000 A YEAR FROM İ

TOLLS

the toll test.

ponse. It

natural manner.

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GESTURE FROM CANADA

War Plane Relic For Germany

Insist on

Gordon's

DRY GIN

LONDON

THE

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THAT MADE

THE COCKTAIL FAMOUS

The heart of a good cocktail.

NEW R.A.F. RESCUE BOAT

Trial In Rough Sea

A PASSENGER'S EXCITING TRIP

The new

EDGAR

11

SNE

Flight Lleutenants.-J. K. Brew,

"Reduce maintenance costs on to Air Armament School. East- other roads: ave expenditure on church (July, 14); J. Goodhart, to imported petrol; shorten distances No. 2 Armament Training Camp and save time, expense, and wear North Coates Fitties (July 9) and tear of vehicles; reduce the one of the arst was made at Yale. A. L. Manton, to No. 607 (Co. of reserve labour pool in certain in-where az arrangement of swit- Durham) (B) Squadron (July 17).dustries; assist agriculture; further ches, battery, glass tubes, and a Flying Otheers.-M. Downey, to that community of interest essen-small glow lamp could be shown Headquarters. Fighter Command. tial to economic wellbeing; facilit-to reproduce something like the

→ Hong Kong Dally Press Special? Stanmore (July 14); E. J. Boyle, ate national administration from reactions of Pavley's dog. first to

Berlin, Aug. 4.

Southampton, July 18. to No. 1 Flying Training School, the centre of Government and re-

Another profoundly symbolic act the sight of its dinner, and after for the desire in wide circles, to similar in general design Leuchais. On appointment to duce its costs: develop the scope wards to the sound of the bell.

RAF. rescue boat, to the temporary commission on being of specialised and further educa

cancel the past, and unite in build- Navy's new torpedo motor-vessel seconded from the army (July 5). tion in medicine and the arts: af switches the chunk of meat or the on Tuesday, when the President of

The battery was the brain. the ing a new future, was enacted here which the King bandled recently Acting Pilot Omters-The un- ford to the people of Scotland a NEW BATTALION COMMANDERS dermentioned are posted to No. 5 wider field for the probable use bell, the glow lamp the dog's res- the Canadian Olympic Committee. its paces in Southampton Water at. Portsmouth, was made to show Major R. V. Read, D.8.0., M.C., Flying Training School, Sealand. of leisure: prove ecomomie

all worked well-the a Ministerial Director in the Ca-to-day. A 30-miles an hour wind has been selected for command of with effect from July 11: W. W.

lamp, glowing, fading, and after anadian Ministry of Commerce and and a short, broken ses were pre- long as money rates are at the pre- the 1st Battalion. The Essex Regl- Campbell, F. F. E. Estob. R. V.

Cause, lighting again, in the most some members of the Staff. precisely what one might have de- ment, in succession to Lieutenant- Evers-Swindell, C. L. Haddon. D.

sented the Secretary of State for sired in" a test of the boat ses Colonel A. E. Maitland D.S.O., M.C., | M. Hewson, C. E. Harris, J. R. Holl-

TRIAL AND ERROR

Aviation. General" Milch, with frag-qualities. Into, across, and with who has been placed on half-pay | Ington, C. S. Kemp, E. C. Le

ments of the plane, in which the that sea; the boat was driven at on account of 11-health.

Mesurter. H. B. Lightoller, E. C!

Another thinking machine con- German Major and Brevet Lieutenant- Libern. P. W. Lillie, T. D. M, Mac-the report states, will be found in et by an arrangement of electro

War. Ace, The true economic justification, structed at Washington reproduc- Righthofen, found his death.

Baron von its top speed of 35 knotað

Colonel E. H. Barker, DSQ., MC., | donald, A. D. V. Morum, A ̈W.

The awkwardness of the sea was has been selected for command of Oldroyd, D. G. Perry, H. P. Powell,

magnets the way in which rats.

The President of the Canadian truly reflected by the tag from It has been computed that the by a process of trial and error. Olympic Committee, in his address, which we watched the first part the 2nd Battalion. The King's C, G. S. Robinson, G. A. Roden. bridge will be used by 200 vehicles learn how to take a given path said that it was the wish of Cap- of the boat's performance. Royal Rine Corps, with effect from

day at least. At 38 per journey among the twists and turns of atain May, Richthofen's last oppon- spectator kept his balance with July 13, 1938, in succession to Lieu- tenant-Colonel T. R. Eastwood.

represents maze, All learning is experience, ent, that the fragments of the his-aculty against oscillations which D.S.O. M.C., who has been ap-

£109,500 per annum. This figure the machine learns like the rat. Germany as a sign and token of quite unpredictable,

a day, or approximately a process of trial and error, and toric plane be handed back to the shortness of the sea made HIGH SPEED will provide not only interest an

while the LIGHT TANK COMPANIES

but learns quicker.

wellwishing, friendly feelings and rescue boat came tearing across the capital but also substantial The following officers of the 8th, Fight Lieutenants-P. Ander- margin jur maintenance, repairs,

The mere description of these respect on the part of the Caun- the tops of the waves, casting 9th, 10th and 11th Light Tänk son, to HMS. Courageous (July and renewals.

machines would

dian, People absorb many

out what looked like two arcs of Companies, R.T.C.. have qualified 15); W. F. Langdon, to D. of E... "The time is ripe for the pro-

columns, with illustrations. and

General Goering, Minister of steam from its chines Sft, or 6ft. Department of A.M.8.0., Air Minis-Ject," the report states. "Either what a kes US most about Aviation, to whom this relic was below the bows, pushing out "an

motor traffic should be suppressed chanism needed to

them is the amount of me handed over, sent Captain May in enormous flurry of spray on the altogether as an undesirable fea-

stimulate Canada a telegram of thanks, in outer side of a sharp turn and

would require a mechanism model reproducing all a rat can do feelings expressed by the Canadian of spray beaten up into mounds. the most elementary behaviour. A which he reciprocates the friendly leaving behind it a dancing wake

as delegation and greets Captain May | In the movement of the boat it- Medical Branch

As to the Kincardine bridge, it One reproducing the whole be-Transocean News ServiER. ---

large as the Houses of Parliament. In comradely sincerity.——.

self there was no reflection of this Squadron Leader.-F. B. C. LB. could not be anticipated that it

turmoil except an occasional slight Crawford, to No. 10 Flying Train- would prove adequate to the m-haviour of man. If it were possible

lift of the bows or, when its speed. Ing School, Tern Hill For duty portant East Coast tramc, while whole of England,

to construct it, would occupy the

was reduced to slow, a slight roll Medical Oncer (July 18).

the ferry principle had in recent

SPEED AND STABILITY Flight Lieutenants.-O: 8. M. years been abandoned in many im- Williams, to R.A.F. Station, Abbot-portant instances. sinch (July 13); R. E. Alderson, to Princess Mary's R.A.F. Hospital, Halton (July, 15).

PROMOTION TO FLAG RANK

pointed to the Staff.

C. Sammels, B. A. Bisson. G. E. Stephens, E, W, Bykes, C. 8. Thom- as.. P: E. Warne, and B. B. Willmott. B. E. Haywood, to No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand (July 14).

Stores Branch

at the Royal Tank Corps School in India in driving. maintenance, | try (July 14). general vehicles, and Instructor- ship:-Lieutenants J. Hall, E. R. S.

Castle. W. L. Sutherland, L G.

Tighe.

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Accountant Branch

on the average this £300

cher, to Administrative Wing, Hal facilities for its normal develop Flight Lleutenant-C. F. Goature of national life, or reasonable

ment should be provided."

ton (July 10).

The result of the question to

Our own thinking machine is stored in the compass of the brain and ita appendages of nerves. Its

Ice designation "Light Tank Company" is now adopted for all RTC.. unite in India. whether equipped with light tanks or arm- oured cars. The numbers of the old units will be retained.

TANKS IN PALESTINE The mechanized units serving in Palestine, mentioned

The

motorists in the Edinburgh area complexity la revealed by the Times" yesterday, also include one company of the 6th Battalion.

put by Lord Provost "Gumley things it learns and does. There brought out an estimate of 2013 is the art of walking, or of any Royal Tank Corps, which has had

crossing per day, and 2000 cross- movement. By means of per "active duty since May, when sent from Egypt with the 1st Battaliontains of seniority of 1925 have now announced to-day all the cap-

mervative estimate. The RBF, insthe Arst reinforce-

The national are always building up in the ment. This makes the force in passed off that list.

aspect of the traffic has not figured brain a model of ourselves which There were keneral representative of all arma

20. captains promoted in that year, largely in the statistics given be is constantly changing. and services, as well as the RAF and of this number five have now cause of dimeulty in obtaining de- and the Navy at Haifa,

been retained on the active list of talled trafic statistics on such &

scale. rear-admirals after promotion.

BELL RETURNED TO GERMANY

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A).

The

...

Presently the duty of observa- tion was exchanged for that of participation. From the yard of Kiel, Aug. 4 the British Power Boat Company The British cruiser, Neptune, has as Hythe, where this and the arrived here on

a special mission, naval boats were built, we set off returning the bell of the German down Southampton Water with

With the promotions to flag rank ings per day is regarded as a con./petual alterations of position we battleship Hindenburg, to the Ger- Mr. Scott-Paine, the designer,

AWARD OF FLYING BADGE An amendment to the King's One of the five is borne super- Regulations provides that a medi- numerary to the list of flag off- cal officer permitted to qualify, or cers, while holding an appointment an officer of the general duties under the New Zealand Govern- branch to whom permission to ment. qualify may be accorded by the The effect of recent changes is Air palmistry in special circum-

to reduce the seniority of captains

than 50.

tains of 1925 Bentority. however, has become a rear-admiral at less

RETURN OF THE DAUNTLESS The cruiser Dauntless, Captain

Every new posture or movement plastic is registered on this "scheme” of our body, in the brain memory. Without it we could not know how to move any limb. But

the interlinked processes, mental, this is child's play compared with physiological, and automatic. by

which we learn to talk.

MOSKIC OF IMPULSES

man Navy.

The Hindenburg was one of the vessels of the German Flest scuttled at Scapa Flow Reuters Bulletin Service.

BRITISH MADE

STEEL

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RUFVISENTED

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A. GARDINE

NORANG

FRENCH BANKER IN BERLIN

at the wheel and R.A.F. ratings as crew. As the water became rougher the speed was raised, 30 that when we rounded Calshot and met the full draught of the south-westerly wind and the worst confusion of the waters, the engine dials were showing full revolutions

and directed to set speech in mo- buffets at 40 miles an hour. The mosaic of impulses was collected and the boat was taking all its tian, other anatomists followed in results were exclung to the pas localising in the brain other cen- senger but completely unalarming tres of bodily action. But in ear to the helmsman, who neither stances, will be authorized to wear at the head of that list to 10 years Sir Lionel Sturdee, is due at Forts-stant practice, exactly as a lawn that this scheme is far too simple across in a soud from the wind- of France to-day visited Berlin

own day Sir Henry Head has stackened speed nor altered course. We all learn to speak by con- shown beyonds

Paris, Aug. 4 peradventure | perkakaopin the flying badge on a certificate compared with 12 years in 1933-34.

Bometimes "the spray tame The new Governor of the Bank being rendered that he has passed Even so, there is not a correspond-mouth to-day from her trooping tennis player acquires a dimcult the following tests:-(a) Has coming reduction, in the average agevoyage to China, for which she stroke or 8,skater a new Agure.fomerations of cells where bodily { opaque and dimming the light for Schacht, Governor of the Eacha-* The brain centres are not con- Ward, maiding the windscreen and called оп Dr. Hjalmar pleted within a period of not more of these dancers, on account of the left the port on March 31. She is At one stage a child has more functions, stích a speech, are be- a few seconds, while the nose bank. than 18 months 60 hours' dual and fact that by 1825, when they were men from the gunboats of the them over and over again to prac of some mode of action can be re- It lift and the short seas thumped ton of trade and anance betwe

bringing back relieved officers and words than ideas, and repeats gun, but points where the progress lifted a little as we had watched solo flying on an elementary or promoted to captain, "post-War service type landplane of which | refrenchiment had lowed down Yangtze, Flotilla and other units, tice them. But single, words, triforced, turned andde, or prohibit-1 for a moment on the flat botto the two countries was disca

It is understood that the ques- not less than 30 hours was solo fly-promotion, to that rank, Two year and is expected to revert to the we accept the "detonating comed. The brain does not localise in The sensation was comparable in but it is officially stated that the ing; (b) is able to fly a landplane ago the sentor captains had 12 Reserve Fleet.

mas of oaths are meaningless. COMMAND OF THE CALYPSO We do not think in words but in its convolutions any bodily fine- tts unexpectedness to the "bump" reliably and accurately, execute | years' seniority and were just over correctly the evolutions of normal 50 To-day the senior captains. Commander HT. W. Pawsey, words referring to one another on. It acts as a whole.

that may take an aeroplane and visit was one of courtesy. fight and land consistently well have 10 years' seniority. but the who since January, 1934, has com- in a particular manner. The Ben- Through it speech is acquired also in the smooth reassurance of at low speeds; (c) is able to ex-six at the top of the rank are also manded the destroyer Woolston tence becomes a unit, not a word not be an isolated act but as an its passing. The effect was by no ecute forced landings successfully: over 50 It may be recalled that and the 1st Anti-Submarine Flo- heap. Its production is a mental orderly exercise of functions, con- means that of pitching nor was sufficient token of its time (d) has carried out accurately at if the principal sea commanders tilla, will today assume com- process improved by practice and acions subconscious, or wholly au- any violent shock transmitted the rescue of size least one triangular cross-country in the War obtained promotion to mand of the cruiser Calypso in re- conscious effort. We speak inter-tomatic, all working together in through the structure of the bost, fight of not less than 150 miles; fak ránk before this age. Leaving serve at Devonport, in succession nally or aloud not to tell others harmony. The brain which can Running across sex and wind, the (e) has flown successfully in rough out the exceptional case of Lord the Commander L. V. Donne, DE.C. what we think but to tell our-compass this is a thinking ma- hint of a roll, and presently, when weather and through clouds and Beatty, who was a rear-admiral at Comimafider Pawsey was promoted selves what we think. Speech is chine or uncomprehended com- we turned to get wind and sea (1), has climbed to 10,000ft, and re- 39, it will be found that Sir Roger in 1928 while in command of the the interpretation of thought. plexity. We fall short of under-astern, our craft slipped along on mained there for 20 rainutes, om- Keyes was a rear-admiral at 44, funboat Aphis on the Yangtze, The thinking machine govern- standing it because, to quote air its own how live with scarcely all ros cers of branches other than the Lands Wester Wemyss and Jellicoe and has since commanded the ing this aptitude is far more com- Henry Head the logical formulás | sign of general Butler and medical brán- §. 17. Bir Charles Madden at 48 destroyers Veteran and Achstes implicated than the last century of the intellect do not correspond thea wil not be permitted to re- and Sir Rexinald Tyrwhitt Bir the Mediterranean, and klso been imagined to be Aft roca exactly to physical events. ceive aying instruction on service Doveton Studee, and Bir Michael executive oficer of the mineley- had disclosed in the brain the so- universe does not exist as an exer- only * aircraft.

de Robeck at 49. None of the cap- ing cruiser Adventure.

called speech centre. where a fee for the human 'm'nd.

speed. In an unplea

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