1929-05-08 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1929.

ECLIPSE VISIBLE SEQUEL TO MAIL'S WHAT'S THE USE. NIGHT NOISES

IN HONGKONG.

TO-MORROW'S SOLAR

PHENOMENON.

CITY TO BE IN HALF-LIGHT DURING AFTERNOON.

» DELAY.

SHIPPING AGENTS FINED FOR

FAILURE TO NOTIFY.

POST OFFICE CHARGE.

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A somewhat unnusual prosecu- tion came before Mr. E.W. Hamil ton, at the Central Police Court this morning when Messrs. John Manners and Company, as agents for the East Asiatic Company's utorship Malaya, were summoned for failing to give immediate notice in writing, to the Postmaster-Gen- oral of the alteration in the hour of departure of the ship from the Colony. The date of the offence was given as May 3.

CROSSING OF 2 HOURS Weather permitting, Hongkong will witness an eclipse of the sun to-morrow for the first time for many years. Round about, two o'clock in the 'nfternoon, the son

Mr. T. Hynes, Superintendent of will begin to dim, and the atmes-Mails, said that Mesars, John Man phere will gradually become dark- er until round about 3.20 p.m. the about 3 o'clock on the afternoon of ners notified the Post Ofke, at city will be in a half-light, prob. May 2, that the ship would be sail ably necessitating the use of elec-ing the following morning, for trie igits and street lamps,

Shanghai and other ports. The Post Office accordingly made up mails for dispatch to Shanghai and Europe via Siberia by the steamer.

The moon commences its cross- ing of the sun's path at 2.5 p.m. in Hongkong, the centre of the celipso will occur at 3.21 p.m. and the sun will emerge completely again at 4.81 p.m., the whole thing lasting nearly two and a half hours.

Two-thirds Hidden. During the greatest phase, 64 per cent. of the sun's surface will be observed by the moon's disc,

the au

At 3 p.m. on the 3rd, witness was informed by one of his launch off- ces that the ship had not sailed He went round to Messrs. John Manners & Company's offices and saw the gentleman in charge of the shipping department, who said it was difficult for them to know when the ship would i sailing, as the vessel was not aniling according to

A FEW WORDS IN DEFENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT.-

[By "ORD.".:

I really think that it's about time somebody stuck up for the Govern ment;

KOWLOON.

AT

BUILDING OPERATIONS GIVE ANNOYANCE.

PRINCE ACTS FOR THE KING.

BRILLIANT LEVEE HELD AT ST. JAMES' PALACE.

COMPROMISE REACHED THOUSAND PRESENTED

Complaints against nolecs

London, May 7. days without the

One cannot meet anybody these caused late at night by workmen Many, thousands of people conversation carrying out their duties on a watched H.R.H. the Prince of Kausing. immediately turns to the block of houses in the course of Wales drive in state from Bucking-

or that Ave thousand goat track,

twenty-constraction on part of the Victoria Jam Palace to St. James' Palace the water, or fire appliances, or M. J. Rowe, proprietor of Marble of H.M. the King.

or View site were lodged by Mr.to-day to hold a lovec, on behalf bathing beaches, or motor taxes, Hall, before Mr. T. 3. Whyte The Prince rode in a close State

...well, what's the use? that there is not a Government ser- vant (sorry, should be capital "S") Some people actually complain

shop successfully! As if there can who could run a fried fish and chip be any possible reason why they should sink to such sordid depths of commercialism.

As the Prince drove into St.

or Peak preference, or the isolation Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy landen drawn by four horses. hospitals, or who'll get the next, is-this morning. funds, or the Education Dept, or the contractors and after pointing uniform of State occasions. The The coachmen and footmen word sue of Ó.B.E.'s, or Government Mr. Hin-shing Lo appeared for the brilliant scarlet and gold out that the section under which major part of the sovereign's ferred to arens in which noised followed the Prince and carried the summons was brought re- escort of Royal Life Guards

mont Gazette, said that he had James' Palace, the band and guard tion by the Governor in the Gouern were only prohibited by a notifica- the Prince's colours,

spoken to Mr. Rowe who was from the Second Battalion of the quite prepared. to withdraw the Scots Guards played the Royal summons and come to a com- promise.

Salute.. Mr. Rowe anid he had seon Mr. dress uniform of a Colonel of the The Prince, who wore the full the architect, who had Lane, intimated that all hammering Welch Guards, was conducted to noises could be discontinued at his place on the dais in the Throne 6.30 p.m. each day, while other Room, where he found awaiting work could stop at 7.30 pm. Mr.him the Duke of York in the Air Rowe's, complaint was that the Force uniform, Prince George In on until the uniform of a naval Lieutenant, work had been going 11.30 p.m. at times.

and Prince Arthur of Connaught

Long lines of those to be presented moved in ranks of four slowly forward until just below the Throne dals. Each guest was announced as he came opposite the Prince, made his bow, 'and passed

Said a man to me the other day: "Just fancy ons of our Cadets being placed in charge of one of the Colony's leading business Honga!" Said "Just fancy the head of one of our leading longs being place in charge of a Government Department! Why, he'd probably sack the whole staff, and just im- agine what utter chaos that would cause."

Anyhow, as soon as the Govern-1 ment did accept the advice of the

the Government i

Mr. Lo suggested that all ham- anering should stop at 7.80 p.m.

After considerable discussion, these times were agreed upon,

and the Arst and last contacts will schedule. But later on, they ro- Chamber of Commerce-well, and other work at 9 a.m. occur at angles 221 and 147 reserved notice that the ship was nail- pectively from the north point of ing at four o'clock.

Mr. Hynes, in reply to his Wor- ship, said the point was that, if they had received notice of a delay in the hour of sailing, a supplementary mail might have been got up for dis patch by the same ship.

As Hongkong is not in the totality zone, fa full illustration of which is given in a map on an other page) no special scientific observations will be made here, though probably some private efforts will be made by those in- terested in such phenomenout,

Members of the public are ad- vised to use telescopes with a properly coloured' screen.

All Day Over Full Course. The path which the moon's andow will take will start from the Indian ocean and move east ward ferns the north of Sumatra, the lower part of Siam and the north of the Malay Ponitaula, the smithern tip of "Cambodin, the south Chinn sea, the middle of the Philippines and it will die out

further in the Pacific,

It starts In the morning with the rise of the sun and ends at sunset. Only along one thin line few miles wide does it appr s total eelipse, and at various points on this line scientists are preparing to niserve it.

ask you!

Imagine what would happen to Honkong if erased to function! There would be nobody left to present to Royalty CONSTABLE ACCUSED whose only mission in life is to keep excepting the herd of common fry the folly old wheels of industry re-

OF BRIBERY.

volving. And what would happen|| ment Servants. The motor trade to industry were there no Govern- DEFENDANTS ALLEGATIONS

would go phut, because there would be nobody left to buy cars; miatsheds would be a drag on the market; and at least one shipping line would, not be nearly as aociable to travel on.

NOTED.

Hamilton at the Central Police

When charged before Mr. D. W. Court this morning, with drawing water from a street hydrant at Connaught Road Weat without authority, a water-carrier voiced a chance. Remember that your serious accusation against a

Chinese constable.

No. I say give the Government

Manners said it was extremely dif- A representative of Messrs, John ficult for the Company to know the exact hour of departure. The ahip was not sailing to schedule. As far as the Company were concern. ed, they had cleared the ship, on the 2nd, and were surprised to see the Captain in the office on the fol- lowing day. Asked why the ship had not sailed, the Captain inform-own sons may fail at business que ed thera that during the night some cargo had to be shifted and dis- arged. The Company we not notified of the delay and they did not know anything about this until the forenoon of the 3rd. They did not then think it was necessary to

on.

There were nearly one thousand presentations-British Wireless,

FIGHTING ALONG, RAILWAY.

(Continued from Page 1.).

Canton Notes Decline. *

Canton, May 7. No doubt as a reaction to the war "scare," a further drop in the value of the Central Bank of China notes has occurred here. Early last month, the Provincial Govern

of these days, and then where could He said that the constablo had you put them to earn a crust if there been willing to release him on were no Colonial Government De- demanding and having been given partmenta?

a dollar as a bribe, but that on ment took drastic and somewhat Since I comuneņcost this, some- body has just rebuked somebody coming his way, the constable re-value of these notes, and through- seeing European Sergeant unorthodox alops to maintain the else for saying that there should arrested him and took him to the out April they remained on a fair-} inform the Post Offee.

he vehicular ferries running across Station.

ly even basis. His Worship found that a techaj-the harbour. What crass stupid- cal offence had been committed, and ity! Would post at least two mil-stable had the dollar in his hand red is such that the Government

Inspector Bloor said the

The drop which hus now occur. imposer p.fine of $6.

lion dollars, and our poverty-strick when he appeared with the

THE FALSE ROMNEY.

AMERICAN DEALER, SAILING

FOR

LONDON.

Defendant offered

con-

en Colony bas never had such a water-carrier in the charge-room Whilst allver coins remain steady in not quite able to cope with it. sun to play with.

at the Station. What's that? What about the

sub on the basis of Canton dollars two million we gave to Singapore?stantiate his accusation by call-181-132 to 100 Hongkong dollars, Why bring that up? We spenting, as a witness,

stall-holder the notes have dropped a further more than that on the road to Shelt from whom he said he borrowed 30 per cent. in the last two days. O--and was not that for the benefit the dollar under the pressing Opening yesterday around 150

of the Phew!

DUTCH SEAPLANES.

Einstein Theory. They hope to obtain photo- graphs and fucts which will help; prove or disprove-the Einstein theory, discover a clue to the

New York, Apr. 3. constitution of atoms, study the Mr. Howard Young, the art effect of the eclipse on the trans-dealer who solt Mr. Lawrence mfasion of radio signals, measure Fisher the Duchess of Sulher- the temperature and pressure of land painting as a Romney, is sall- the various gases in the sun's ing on Friday for London, Con- corona and learn more signiflenst vinced that the so-called Romney details about that and the sun's portrait is not gennine, he will

Bunder Abbas, May 7. chromosphere or outer layer.

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seek to recover the handsome sam Two Dutch naval seaplanes, fly- het last December, when the paint where a Dutch seaplane base is which went into somebody's, por-ing front Holland to Batavia, ing passed into his possession.

being established, arrived and re- fuelled, and immediately took off, for Karachi,

It is only during an eclipse that the corona, which consists of fiery kases flowing for millions of niles out of the sun's surface, is visible, and beenuse I la scan only on these rare occasions, little is know of the phenomenon,

REACH BUNDER ABBAS ON WAY TO BATAVIA,

eircumstances.

Hi Worship acquitted the de- fendant on the charge of offering a bribe, while directing that In spector Binor should investigate departmentally into the allegation. Defendant was found guilty on the other charge of drawing water from the fire-hydrant, and fined 186, or seven days.

NEW CRUISER'S NAME,

London, May. 7. In the House of Commions to.

Mr. Fisher does not think much of Mr. Howard Young's chances of recovering the money, and be They belong to a squadron of day, it was announced by Mr. lieves the dealer must jocket, the three, of which one crashed at Amery that "Northumberland" is Joss. In a telephone conversation | Bagdad, when it struck a bridge the name of one of the cruisers tó with the New York Sus, he de- on the Tigris, on May 2, the pilot be built under the 1928 pro- anclared that he paid

more than being killed.—Router,

gramme.-British Wireless. £30,000 for the picture. Asked if it was £40,000, Mr. Fisher said: "You can say £40,000 if you like."!!

Previous Experience. On the last ocension that eclipse should have been Viable in Hongkong, some five years ago, the sky was overcast throughout the day and, only by the increased darkness was it known that the eclipse was taking place.

Mr. Young, he said, was cont missioned to buy him twenty to twenty-five paintings, among them To-morrow it is hoped that the the supposed Romney. He ex- merely heard Colony will have a more fortunate plained; " have experience, though the weather into Mr. Young's hands from a second hand that the picture came signs are not ton hopeful at pre-member of the family of the Duke

of Sutherland. i think what hap The relipe will be partially pened was that some smart per- visible over East Africa, India, son over there pulled a fast one the greater part of China, Japan, the East Indies and Australia, though all will have vastly differ ent experiences.

xent.

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Shanghai and Manila. While Hongkong will have a 64 per cont, eclipse the sun will be 90 per cent, obscured in Manila, and only 35 per cent. in Shang-

aak.

on Mr, Young and got away with it before Young knew what it was all about."

Mr. Fisher said that Mr. Young made prompt restitution when he muspected that the picture was not genuine, and he referred to Mr. Young as "a kod sportsman."

has

The Duke of Sutherland stated that the original portrait by Romney is in his posseuafon in The phenomenon is, of course, England. One copy is at Dun-

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nicely timed for effectiveness, robin Castle, his Scottish seat.

Probably the only observations

taken in Hongkong, however, will!

be

measurements testing the SHANGHAI CHAMBERS

accuracy of the calculations of

astronomers regarding the path.

and times of the eclipse.

RAIN FORECAST.

TO COMBINE.

GOVERNMENT PLANS BIG

NEW BUILDING.

Shanghai, May 8,

The Royal Observatory reports The Chapel and Nantao Cham- that pressure is highest in the bers of Commerce have been Pacific to the cast of Japan and closed, pending amalgamation the Bonins, and relatively low over with the Shanghai Chinese General Chinn generally. Depresalona are Chamber of Commerce. ↑ situated over Tongking and South The Government la 'planning' a Japan. The forecast till noou to- big new building for the use of morrow Is-SW or variable the combined Chambers-Our} winds, moderate; cloudy; rain. Own Correspondent.

VARK

CHINN BY HEA GONNTE,

.“Thought I'd drop around and let her soe. I was pretty well turned out and that I got a belter job than she sacked

me from!"

to 100 Hongkong dollars, at the close the notes were at 160. They reopened this morning at 170 and at the time of writing are 197.

The Central Bank is still taking its notes at face value, but will only receive $5 a day from the same person.

Large crowds may be seen throughout the day outside the doors of the Central Bank, all branches of which are well guard- ed by police and military.—Our Own Correspondent,

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Mr. Norman Birkett, K.C., for Miss West, said that the action concerned the report of un inter view with Miss West, who com- plained that it did not truly repro- sent the conversation, particularly in representing her to have made discourteous remarks with regard

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