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FEATURES FOR

GERMAN FLEET.

SUNKEN

Big Project

to Raise

Vessels.

FLOATING THE GERMAN BACTLESHIP "HINHENBURG”.

FOR SALVADING AS JUNK

HONGKONG

THE FAMILY

TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, 23rd. AUGUST,

The allied vossels had guns an even keel and float her .ready in 0480 tho Germans normally.

tried a last-minute act of despora- This is the operation that will tion. but everything passed off be performed on the Hindenburg peacefully,

which Bottled upright, her funnels

Thon on June 21. 1919, the and topmasts even now extending world was startled by the news wel ahove the level of the sen that the Germans the night befora The Boydlitz, which is lying on bad scuttled almost their entire her side, prosents a different fleet. Seven or eight battleships, problem. She will not be pumped five battle cruisors, oight light out until by combined action of cruisers and 50 destroyers wore tides and pontoons she is dragged 'sunk. They have bean lying to shallower water. there rusting uvor nce.

GIANT SEAWEED WONDERS WORK. MOSTE. Cox and Danks have a In working on the various ships preliminary contract to raiso 24 the 12 divers now employed havo torpedo boat destroyers and two encountered a monstrous of the biggest battle cruisers, the weed hitherto unknown in these Hindenburg and the Soydlitz, waters. Its stalks are as thick each of 27,000 tons. For this as a man's wrists, havo leaves 18 purpose they bought from the inches wide and trail 15 feet in British Government the great length. T get at the portholes Gorman floating dock which was it was necessary for the divore to used for submariné repairs by the slash their way through this Gormans,

veritable enbmarino jungie.

FIRST JOB FOR DEEP-ˆ

BEA DIVERS,

This dock was cut in two, thus

FOR-

If the firm is successful with its first job, it may tackle the rest of the German fleet. It is estim- ated that it will take at least

forming two pontoons, each over eight years to clear the harbour 200 feet in length and each fitted of all sunken ships.

with workshops, electric power generating plants, an air con-1 pressor and gear used in ship-! Palvaging work. Powerful eranos; have also been installed, Whon all is ready the twin pontoons will be placed on either side of' thu vosset to be raised.

SPORTS PARS.

Interesting World Items.

Sam Langford, the one-time famous black boxer, has been appointed gymnasium instructor in Chicago. Lo has lost the night of one eye.

J. V. Richardson, the Rugby play or looks like securing his He had cricket blue for Oxford. hard luck in not getting the honour at "Rugger."

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1924.

THE PORT OF HALIFAX. Celebration of 175th Birthday.

NORTHWEST ARM

SEBASTOPOL MONUMENT, HALIFAX

ON A GALA DAY

DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY

CITADEL AND

MARBOR, HALIFAX

The first job is that of the deep nea divers.

They will go down into the hull of the vessel to be raised and systomatically stop up every hole in bor from hatchways to the seacocks which the Gor mana opened in order to wink the London, July 20-To pund waters of Seapa Plow the once ship. Motal patches, concrete and tierman battle flent, wooden blocks will be used in this £50,000 on the offchance of mighty getting great piles of serapiram When fished up, all it will be work of patching holes.

One hundred and soventy-five "Sphinx" sailed into the harbour of laying the foundation of what Cuts will then be made in tho and scrap stoel from the bottom good for will be to tow it to shore,

years ago, Colonol, the Honour and the landing of Cornwallis and proved to be a Citadel City and a of the sea looks like risking break it up and sell it as scrap. various decks of the vessel and

H. M. Abrahams attributes his able Edward Cornwallie, twin- his crow was reenacted along the fortress for Britain's establish

this continent, took a lot of money. But Mestre And if the market is good, there powerful electric pumps will bo

lowered. These are capable of success at the Olympic Games to brother of the gay Archbishop of shorses of Point Pleasant Park, ment on Cox and Danke, inarino engineers is lots of money in scrap.

water the efforts of his trainer, 8. A.Cantorbury, and unclo to Lord It was impossible to anchor where place.

Many entertainments Pivo years ago, in compliance ejecting 5000 tons of London, are taking the gamble

The object is. of Mussabini, whom he calls the Cornwallis who surrendered to the original Sphinx did, as & Mass o what promises to be the with the terms of the armistice, an hour. greatest sea-diving and ship the Gorman battle fleet steamed course, to empty the vessel of "greatest trainer of sprinters in Washington at Yorktown, sailed of piers belonging to a great oil planned for the carnival weeke; the water so that sho will start rising England." The Americans have is Majesty's ship "Sphinx." industry, now covers that part of yacht races, regattas, horse races, athletic conteris and military world's into the groat harbour in salvaging feat in the

wooden the harbour the Cam- followed by hor fall, Orkney Islands to the north of by her own buoyancy. Once this dubbed Abrahame

sisters, "Morry Jacke," "Fair Clad in the picturesque costume tatooes were some of thorn. The history,

Ameri- starts, the wreck will be taken at bridge cannon ball.

Lady The job which the London Scotland. British and

and oloven more, into of 1749, the Impersonator of the carnival coincided with the visit battle flcots were each tide to shallower water until firm has set for itself is nothing can

what is to-day Halifax harbour. founder of Halifax, stopped ashore of the British world-squadron of hand เก recoive them. It is found possible to keep her on less than raising from the murky on

Parkin, the Lancashire bowler,

The firet fortnight of August with his entourage and, joined warships, and also the finish of is by birth a Durham County has witnessed a carnival celobra by the walling throng, proceeded an international yacht race with tion in honour of Halifax's 175th to the grounds of Dalbouslo 17 entries, from New Rochelle to birthday. A raplica of the University. There a pantomimo Halifax.

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A profit of £2000 was mado by Third Lanark over their trip to the Argentine last summer. But for that the club would have boon over £3000 out on the season,

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Third Lanark had a loss on the year of over £1100, and there is a balance to the bad against the

lub of £3760.

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The South. African cricketer, Nourse, is a Surray horn man. Ho is 46 years of ago, and is not one of the two-old-at-40 brigado.

Scotland bas never had a swim. ming world champion. The pro- gress shown lately by the ladins looks promising for the future.

M16. Suzanno Lenglon, the lawn tennis champion, is suffer- ing from jaundies, according to the Paris Motin.

H. B. Stallard, the A.A.A. milo champion, is in good form. He recenity did a half mile in a rolay race in 1 min, 59 socs.

Lord Roroberv has riven & donation of £5,000 for the acquisi- tion of a sports ground for London University. Ho is Chancelier of the University.

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Burrox C. C. have given £10) AF A first instalment to the bonefit fund for the widow and child of their late wicketkeepur, | George Strout, who was recently -killed-in_a_mctor accident.

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of permanent assistance Macdonald, the Australian foot howlor, who is at present fulfill- ing a League engagement with Nelson, Negotiations are procood- ing botwoon the county com- mitteo and the League club, and In the meantime Macdonald, will continus to assist the county of hs-adoption in their mid-weak engagements and be may be Included against Yorkshire,

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