1924-05-29 — Page 7

CORRESPONDENCE.

(To the Editor of the "Hongkong) Telegraph."

EMPIRE AIRSHIP

COMMUNICATIONS.

Big Vote Agreed To

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

D'OISY LEAVES

SHANGHAI,

Starts This Morning for Poking,

Bhanghai May 29. D'Olay has loft for Poking.-

Later.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Loach, moving the Committoo Blago of the Supplementary Estimato of £350,000 for airship Reuter. development, said the prospect of reaching India in Alvo, days and Australia in from ton to twelve days, justified taking a

Camoens Centenary. Sir, On the 10th Juno, Macao will celebrate the fourth conton ary of Camoons, one of the grost ostpoots of all timo. Ha ovoutful life, moreover, was a poom, like that of Byron, whoso contonary also occurs this year. Macao risks-(Choors). If the sohoino The American Flyers.

were successful he was confident,

He

Was

D'Oiny Loft Shanghai at five o'clock this morning. He passed faw over Nanking at 6.45.-Reuter.

Bhangbai, May 20.

has special roo for the celebration, as a woll foundöd of its tromendous possibilities. A massage from Tokyo suys tradition, points to some rocks as Three yours was the outside that the American airmen aro the place which sholtored the period expected to olapso before expecting the weather to pormit poot from the tropical sun, while being able to make the journey to them to hop off from Kasumig he wrote portions of his aplo. India, but ho Way confident aura on Saturday, making Visitors to Camoons' Grotto must that it would be less. The Gov. Kagoshima the same day, and have road amongst the in-orninent proposed to bogin only stopping at Kushimoto for soriptions two poenis-one in resenrob at Cardington and to fuel. At present they are busy Latin, the other in English, by proceed at the earliest huilding testing out the now ongines and. two former Governors of Hongan airship of five million, cubio offecting nocestary kong. May I suggest that you feet capacity.

ropolis,-- tot Renter should start a subscription to add authorised to say that the Gov- to those inscriptions the poem of ernment intonded Lo Iun น Elizabeth Barrett Drowning passenger Hervice to India) "Catarina to Camoons" one of hut it was purposed first giving) swortest over writton, and which the contractors the option of only a Woman could have doing it themselves. writton?

The vote

was agreed to,- I enclose a copy of the

Renter. prom, writion by the woman who also loved

4 poot but was moro fortunato in her love..

Yours étc. Z. VOLPICELLI. Macao, May 28th, 1924. Prevention of Cruelty:

THE U.S. PRESIDENCY.

An Independent Candidate.

Washington, May 28, Senator Lafollotte

has 14-

A previous message stated:- A supplementary estimate of nounced his willingess to run in- £350,000 in connection with the dependently for the Presidency Government's airship scheme if neither of the two great parties has bonn issuöd of which £150,000 at the forthcoming conventions is for airships and £200,000 as on show its ability or willingness to initial provision for the program- purge itself of the long dominas me of airship development, which tion of evil influoncos, At the is lo extend over three years, same time ho denounces the Com

munists, whom he charges with seeking to obtain the control of the farmer, and labour.

Sir-I think that others besides The total expenditure for thie the Officers' and Engingen Guildsperiod is provisionally estimated should consider the prepones Billt to exceed £1,350,000 gross or for the prevention of cruelty to,

£1,200,000 net." animals

I suggest that at least purtions of WHAT "CHÂU" MEANS. it should be published in the loen).

press bed that people concerned,

which is everybody, can sp what A SUMMARY COURT CASE. it means

A dispute over the settlonienti Jaccount for tiles was hoard at the

The Progressive Convention is meeting in St. Paul, on June 27th.Renter's Americau Service.

ROYAL DUTCH DIVIDEND.

The Hague, May 28, The Royal Dutch Company announce 21 tinal dividend of

Cruelty to animals can any Ee adequately punished, and no reason Summary Cut this morning fifteen per cont. for 1923, together able

any duiht about before Mr. A. Dyor Ball. The with an exceptional payment in cruelty when he meets it.

plaintiffs, the Tri Sing Kung THU The new cruelty will be different. firm, of 229, Queen's Rod Central,July of an interim dividend of The new Bill extends the low so were represented by Mr. D. H. por cunt. for 1924. This is that it will be an offence panis Blake, and defendants, the lau being done to help, shareholders alde by arrest and imprisonment to On Contractors, Canton Read, pay for the shares at the forth- cause by any net or amiction anYaumati, were defended by Mr. coming issue.--Reuter."

L. d'Almada.

nocemary pin and suffering to any The claim was for $306.52, the,

animal.

balance due for goods sold and

Now it is entirely a matter of in delivered. dividual opinion what is necessary

The defonce was that $750 was

INTERNATIONAL "SOCCER.**

Paris, May 28.

In the second round of the

land boat Bulgaria by one goal to nil: and Switzerland

drow with Czecho-Slovakia.-The latter match will ba replayed on Friday.--Reuter,

DISASTROUS FIRE.

In Rumanian Capital,

Bukharest, May.28.

pait of suffering to an animal Spaid by defendants to plaintiffs that a man may be sent to guet for on the 20th of the 12th moon in six months for doing something that full settlement of the remainder Olympic soccer compotition, Tre- he thinks does not case nueces of the account. Plaintiffs danied ary pain or for mere want of this, claiming that the $750 was thought. Yet he will be nequitted of a payment on account. theft if i can show that be

One of the chief points in the thought he had a cinia to the stolen "chau" in the receipt for the Case was the use of the word article, or that he took it uninten$750 and export witnesses were. tionally. The Bill goes on to give called by both parties. The number of examples of punishable plaintiffs claimed that word ucts.

Among others for which a merely meant "a payment" and man-may-he-treated-as-n-felon are: defondants called evidence to tho A firo broke out in an ammuni- -Carrying two cats in one basket. effect that the word would only tion dump in, the centre of thei carrying a fowl by the legs, tying used when the account had city, causing numerous explosions he wings of a pigeon, sitting upon

been fully settled.

and much damage in the vicinity. Judgment érate of fowls,

Was givon for A large force of firemen IA The maximum penalty is a line Ball giving it as his opinion that |— Reuters

plaintiffs with costs, Mr. A. Dyer endeavouring to loculise the fires. months imprison-the plaintiffs' accountant

under the -impression that Any Inspector of the Society chau"

payment which includes an Assistant Inspec although it really mount in full] pr) may arrest any one who has sottlemont.

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ommitted an offenço within Bio

jew, or if he ha8 not scen the fence, he chu arfest on the com- laint of some and who has. . Jik he absence of an Iuspeelor any one an atreat an offender.

An arrest practice dearly always mentin at ast one night in the cells.

meant

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their tenders to the Air Ministry for a serios of giant transport aeroplanos.

These will, from all technical aspects, be the most important so far built, from the view point of accelerating out Imperial con

DIAMOND MINE AIRWAY.

To Replace Month's Trip by Boat.

intended for a romantic task, A hugo new British aeroplane, has been subjected to flying tests during the past few days.

Built by the Handley-Page Company for the Belgian Stato- aided aorial transport company, and equipped with three separato ongines, this big machine is to go out to the Congo, and will be employed in oarrying passengers, mails and goods to and from ro

Im-journeys.

May 29d 11h 20m.-Pressura |munications. has decreased slightly over the

The new leviathans far sup- north part of the China Sea, also ferior to anything ovolved hitherto at Chefoo and Hakodate; it has will, aftor official tests, bomote tropical stations and settio- increased considorably at Kochi, handed over for business operaments reached at present only, and slightly to moderately election to our now national aero-by alow whero. Weak anticyclono con- plane-transport company. A flapper who dances, smokee, southeastward to the Caroline

ditions continue from N. China porlal Air-ways Ltd. ·

The first definito task of the This puts the carrying of title rich is the heroine of "The eastwards across Japan and a gular airway flying stock," will be drinks and turns the heads of Islands; a dopression is moving machines, when employed as ra ta in our basket on the level of Beautiful and Damned," the trough of relatively low pressure to blazo the trail of a super-ex- lony

Warner Brothers draina, starring covers the north part of the China prose routo, maintained night An Inspector may on suspicion Mario Provost, showing at the Sea. ter and scare any place (which World Theatre last night.

und day at 100 miles an hour.

This route will havo its first pans anybody's house) and board)

Hongkong rainfall for the 24

and dinoult river

One of the distant points which are to be connected by the now! near the mouth of the River airway with a rall-head contro Congo is a great diamond mise operated by the Forminiere Coin-

pany..

.

This is the screen alaptation hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, stages to Malta and Cairo, and d search any ship. A Policeman from F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel 6.06 inch. Total sincs January will be extended afterwards to Corgo, and transport to and from 8-to get a warrant to search for which hay run into many

plan goods. Will the Society's, Inspectors al

ays bo Et for those serious respon bilities 1

Punda, on a tributary of the This mine is located at Djoko-

thie mino, which ocouples a The long-rango

"Empire-month by a primitive riverboat planes" are to be fitted with sorvice, will be accomplished in rocently perfosted stabilisers and two days by the now airway, other

soleatific instruments,

editions. The scenario written by Olga Printziau.

The story of "The Beautiful: FORECAST. FOR THE 24 HOURS and Damoed" contros about New.

ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW, York's giddy night life of cafes, District,

Forecast.

1st, 28.85 inches, against an India and Australia, WIS average of 22.40 Inohas.

Real cruelty is amply provided cabarets and theatres, and has

by the existing law; the new for its principal charactors a 1 Formosa Chantol N. winds,

fl will orente a multitude of minor group of graceful idlers who do. onces, and will give far too much not know what the word work 2 Bouth wer to the 8.P.C.A.

means.

This does not pretend to be a Konnoth Harlan, has the load- ing rolo opposito Mario Provost.

coast of China botwoon

H.K. & Lamocks

modorato.

tailed examination of the Bill, but Others in the strong supporting 'kong to Gap E. & N.E. merely intended to call publio cast include Tully Marshall,

Rook.

ention to it. Your readers should Harry

Moyars,

Parkor Mo

winds.

moderate:

ke an examination for themselves. Connell, Clarence Burton, Waltor 4 South coast of fair.

I think that if they do they Long, Goorgo Kuwa, Charles Mo

I come to the conclusion that this Hugh, Lousie Fazenda, Kathloon

is an attempt to teach kind. Key and Cleo Ridgoley...

s“ to: animals by putting human

ngs in gaol," and ma'sucli should

quared-Yours etc.,

A. B.

Cougkong, 25th May, -1024.

3. The clause to whichthe Guildə

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The Hague, May 28.

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T. F. CLAXTON, Director. Hongkong, May 29.

which will onable them to bo every luxury of modern travel navigated, accurately and safely, provided in flying saloons, and throughout the hours of darkness, wagon-lite.

or in mist, cloud, or fog.

Some of the great new flying Rushing up from London, and transports are to be equipped driven at more than twice the solely as goods planes; others speed of the fastest oarth trans-1 will have their salcons so cleared port by their great engines, these and installed that urgont Em- magle carpots" will waft 20 or pire maile can be borno 10,000 30 passengers right across Europe milos to Australia in aerial and down as far as Malta, flying loops" of 1,500 or 2,000 milos at non-stop, within only a little more than 10 hours."

Cairo, by such, long-distanca oraft, will be brought, regularly, within only about. 24 hours of London, as compared with four days. by land and sea. India will be a four days journey only from London,

a strotch; and high above con- tinents or oceans, in darknoss as well as daylight, sortors will be busy, in those oloctrically-lit post offices of the sky," getting ready intermediate mailbage, which will bo dropped hero and there by parachute

MORE WOMEN POLICE. A Cominiiton has boon appoint ed by the Home Secretary to

When signalled, also, one of rovlow the experience now avail- For Australia, instead of taking the groat, non-stop mail planes The Second Chiambor by 48 able in regard to the employment us a month or more to roach, will swoop down, and by, means botud lins bpen left out, but the votes to 28, passed a Bill granting of women police in England and will be merely an eight days of a stretched wire device be that suck a preposterous clause the Royal Dutch Lloyd Steam- Walos, and to make recommend trip along the serial speed-way, twoen two towers, nak up urgent ever in, shows what fanatician ship Company a credit of five and ations as to their future adminis anjoyed amid the wine-like purity bags of letters configned to eltlos

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