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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, 20th. SEPTEMBER, 1924.

INVENTION TO DISSIPATE FOG.

Electrified Sand from Aeroplanes.

ARROW INDICATES SAND-BOX AND RELEASE UNDER PILOT'S BEAT.

An airplane cuts over the sky- line and into a bank of fag-and as the plane flies the fog dis- appears.

As the fog disappears thero in rain.

Fleotrified sand, ejected from under-the cockpit of the plano, is the magic worker that changos the weather in an instant.

This is not a fairy story. It is the story of a twoulioth cobtury invention.

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It promises to: Eliminate danger of fog ships at sea and in harbour.

Provide clear air lanes in foggy wonther for mail airplanes. Yield rain to droughtstricken areas whenever there are clouds in tho aky.

In war time to disclose enemy fcots hiding under banks of fog or sbroens of smoko,

Already the invention has proved its possibilities.

In ita most recent experiment, conducted secretly, the sand ojecting airplane out a giant sky window in a bank of fog, and it did it as quickly as it could fly over its course.

As explained by Dr. L. F. avorot of the invention. A elier Warren, who has conducted the experiments at Harvard and at Aberdeen Field, fog, clouds and, it le believad, smoke, are natural- ly charged with either positive or negative electricity.

SPORTS PARS.

Interesting World Items,

Two of America'e most famous baseball toams, the New York Glants and the Chicago White Sox, have rooolved official permission to tour Europe in the autumn. They will givo exhibi- tions in England, France, and Gormány. The Now York Giants (National League) wore in the final for the world championship at the end of the 1923 season, and wore bonton by the Now York "Yankoos" (American Ledguo), of which "Babo" Ruth, the highest-paid athlete in the world, is the "star." The Giants and the White Sox самс to London, in Fobruary 1914, and playud, a match at Stamford Bridgo, when the King was prosarit.

Tho halance-shoot of the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club shows a loss on last season's working of £1476. The directors state that this was mainly due to the fact that the gate receipts, which amounted to £39,000, fell gor, designed by Dr. Warren, short by £14,000 of those of the worked successfully on the last provious season, and that engage- experiment and It is belived willments of playera cost £6000, be developed to such a degroe while transfer foes brought in that the rain-making possibilities only £1475. Despite the loga, of the invention are not at all the directors recommend tho To dissipate the vapor negative remote.

payment of a dividend of 7342 electricity is discharged into the The question of determining por cont. positive fog or cloud, and vice whether the vapor is positive or versa. Thus fog becomes rain, negatito answers itself. If the and fallo to earth. This negative sand fails to dispol the neutralization procosm IN said fog then it is negative fog aud to be scientific law and con- must be noutralized with positive tains no particular mystery, electricity. The plans pilot more- However, the problem of how ly pulls a second lover and the the effect could be accomplished error is corrected. was one that stumped the ox- porimentere.

Then the combination of an airplane and lostrified sand was bit upon and tried out, A Do Haviland light bom- bor plano, capaplo of flying 85 miles an hour, was equipped with sand tanks and devices to discharge the sand at will. The sand, when ejected, automatically becomes charged, negatively or positively, as it passos through the brass funnels.--

It is predicted that a squadron of five or six planes, discharging two tons of electrified sand, could clear up all of New York bay in as short a time as it would take tham to fly over it.

MARS GETS NEARER THE EARTH. Interesting Photographs and Astronomical Chart.

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be at its nearest opposition to the long oblong within the light arND earth in all time. It will come in the Solix Lacus and the smaller within 35 million milos of the dark spot in L. Phoenick. carth, and astronomers and To the right is a view of Marc scientific men are inclined to taken five days later. The canal believe that Renzational in Gangea, which is soon runniver formation of the planet will be straight down to the left darkest available.

dot, was very faint. Efforts to signol the planet; to Underneath the left piature is determine whether the planet is an astronomical chart showing inhabited will be made.

the relative positions of the Earth, Above are two telescopio views Sun and Mars on Aug. 22, Mart of Mars made from an observatory. will be 35 million miles from the in France. The picture on the oartb, whilo at the other extrema August 18th.-On left shows the planet as it ap of their orbits the two planets aro ment of controlled energy. Ho Friday next the planet Mare will peared last October. The dark over 200,000 miles apart.

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Nurmi, the hero of the Olympic, Games, is thus described by the correspondent of the Sporting Life: He is the very embodi

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Both the Bradford "Socver"į Rankino, the Motherwell for clubs had heavy losses on the past ward, has signed for Cowdenh year. The City lost £3,324 and beath. The transfor it le satch the Bradford club £3,880.

will cost the Fife olub £1000,

is superbly confident in himself. He does not make the mistake of under-rating the opposition. Ho is a grand judge of position, and

W. G. George, a great runner of how and when to go away-and in his day, is of opinion that P. when he commencas to run there Murni, the famous Finn could do is small chanco indeed for the the mile in 4 mins. 5 secs, others. Nurmi is not an Edgar! By this invention, onomy floats, Mounain, or a Lowe in beauty of roating comfortably under fog or action. He runs

Miss K: D. Ogilvie, who part-1 Lord Goorge Scott, promises to rathor amoko soreons, would suddenly footed. I did not once notice minate from future programmes the Kelso lawn tennis tourna Lord George Scott," junior," the flat Committee have decided to all-nored Mr Hamilton Murray in follow in his father's footsteps. find themselves open targets to him on his toes, and this makes the cross-country race, the Pon-mont, at which they won the youngest son of the Duke of attacking planos, and such cities his speed the more wonderful. tathlon, the 3,000 motros steople-mixed doubles, is a sister of Will, Buccleuch, is also keen on the as London as London and San At the last lap of the 1500 motres chase, and the walking compati. H. Francisco might be able to turn ho

Ogilvio, the well-known game and may in time figure in glided away--that is the tion. their foggy seasons into Indian only word to express it-to come

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the Eton eloven. The charging device is the summers.

[in cool and collooted, and to spend the next few minutes trotting backwards and forwards on the grass for oxercise, Nurmi had. not boon running !"

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Joo Kirkwood'a reason for not taking part in the. Open Golf Champions at Hoylake this yoar is said to be that ho finds his ex- hibitions of trick gulf "so attrac- tivo in America and so romune. rative that he can woll afford to leave the more strenuous ride-off the game to other people.

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R. Flint, Sheffield won the 200 yards breast-stroke swimming championship of England at the Yarmouth Swimming Pool, de- fasting the holder, W. Stony, | Huddersfield, by eight yards in 2 mina. 59 soca. J. Hancock, 6t. Pancras, was third in 3 mina 5,2-5 secs.

K, S. Duloop Singh, the Jam Sahib's nephow, in at presant qualifying for Middlesex, but intends later to play for his junola's old

SuBBOY. county, Duloop Singhi was last year's Cheltenham captain, and goes up to Clare Collego, Cambridge in Octobar Thoro in every pos Bibility of him gotting his crioket "Blue" next summer.

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Loode Rugby League Club have signed J. Jones, of Swanson, and Molville Rosser, of Penarth; two Welsh Rugby Union intonations! contro throo-quartar baoks. Jones was top sooror for his club last Boason with 28 trios. Rossor played for Walos twice last sea- Leon, and was invited to go to South

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Writing of E. H. Liddoll's por formance at Stamford Bridgo, H. M. Abrahams says: No words can describe his running. Thore is no man in the world other than Liddell who could give siz- yards to narack American quarter-miler who has recorded: 48 1-10 peca.; and beat him.

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