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MENTAL TESTS ON PRISONER.

(Continued from Page 1.) impulses, obsessions and morbid delusions.

Test Question.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

NAVIES OF THE LEVANT.

ITALY TO DEVELOP TURKEY'S |

FLEET.

Attention has been called to the modernisation of the Italian Fleet by the statement of the Minister of Marine that by 1932 the Navy would consist of completely mo dern ships.

By that dato Italy will possess six 10,000-ton Washington.cruisers and oight Scout cruisers of 6,200 number of new tone, besides a destroyers and submarines.

At

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1920.

URRESPONDENCE:

PERMANENT PROVISION.

To The Editor of Hongkong

Telegraph.]

Sir,-As the Legislative Council has adjourned sine die, I am writ- ing to the Press,

One of the outstanding. finance factors relating to our water pro-

blem is the extreme costliness of stop-gap methods which provide purely temporary as contrasted with permanent relief.

Bearing the above point in view,

the Government statement with re- gard to "permanent measures" to be "taken to increase the supply" Cannounced by the Honourablo Director of Public Works in Coun ell on the 20th 'ultimo) cannot be regarded as satisfactory in the following respects, hamely:

An Interpreter who was present when Dr. Cannon examined the priss hand he read out the prisoner ank from a paper He had following to the prisoner:"An unfortunate man fell off his bicycle and was killed instantly, He was taken to a, hospital and they fear he will not recover." He present there are two 1000-ion, then asked the prisoner if thero cruisers, the Tronto and Trieste, was anything wrong with the in commission, and two are build sentence. Witness could not re-ing, so that if the Flect is to con member what prisoner said and sist of six in 1932, two more will did not write it down. He repeat have to be laid down this year.

Three cruisers are mentioned as ed what prisoner said to Dr. Cannon, in English, who wrote being held in reserve. These are are Sun Glorigio, San Marco, and something down.

1. Paragraph. 3 of such pers the Pian, all ships of just overmanent measure reads thus

"The Dragon's Back and Mount to another prisoner who was pre-10,000 tons, but now over twenty

years old..

Pottinger Calthwaters have been The Italian proposals in largo investigated and preliminary draw- eruisers are not an increase in ings prepared. The ralnimum yield total numbers of that class, but a

from areas Intercepted by these complete modernisation of the Catchwators, is estimated at 1% cruiser fleet. As regards the million gallons a day. Construc- Scout cruisers, the same thing isulon work can be commenced next being done. Four of these. fast year if sufficient staff is available." and powerful ships of 6,200 tons ara being built, and four more are evidently contemplated to replace the somewhat nondescript nino ships of this class now in the Best, five of which are ex-enemy vesaciu that will be obsolete by 1032.

Witness put the same question

sent.

of

His Lordship said it was Httle value to compare the standard of one man with another as regards answers to questions The foreman of the jury enld the jury wished to hear the second prisoner's answer to the question.

The Other Question. Witness went on to say that he translated the following sentence to prisoner: "There was a piracy yesterday but it was not a bad

The proposals as to destroyers

WASTE IS CRIMINAL. .

one. Only 48 people were killed."ant submarines are the same, and

He then asked prisoner whether he agreed that it was not a bad one, prisoner replying that it was not a serious case, The other prisoner said it was a serious case- Cross-examined by Mr. Fitzroy, witness and that at Aral, he did not think much about the ques tions but later thought they were extraordinary.

Nonsensical,

first

Mr. Fitzroy:-Did the question strike you as a sensible one? No. It was nonsensical.

To waste anything at any To Elme is unjustifiable. waste water now is criminal.

STEP 3:

amount to a rounding off of the already published programmie by laying down new.vessels to replace obsolete onês,

In reply to further questions, witness said that the second

Italy, like France, shows no dis- prisoner, when the sentence was read over to him, asked how the position to build anything larger than 10,000 tons, but she intends man could recover if he was dead.

Mr. Fitzroy:-Didn't the pri- to have a squadron of very fast soner seem rather, astounded when ships of the most modern type and you asked the first question - strong Naval air arm to safe did not notfes that he was sur-guard her African colonics and look after her Interests in the prised.

Did he look as if he wondered Dodecanese. what an earth you were talking about?--I did not take much

notice.

Turkish and Greek Plans,

At the same time she is keeping

You nierely rend it out and wait- a watchful eye upon the Eastern ed for the fanswer?--Yes,

The trial is proceeding.

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KAU SING CRITICISM.

(Continued from Raga 1.)

Diesel v. Steam Power.

Attached comments show in de tail the technical reasons why

This statement does not seem antisfactory. Surely complete drawings should be prepared and construction be commenced this. year, if possible.

If the Government has not got sufficient staff of its own, then the services of an outside engineer in some architects' firm should be em. ployed, as was done some 30 years ago, when, for the construction of the big reservoir it Kowloon, the services of Mr. Lawrence Gibbs (then in the firm of Denison, Ram & Gibbs) were retained for such construction.

Also in connexion with the sub- ject of the making of Catchwaters to drain into Tytam Tuk Reser voir, one would like to know why the additional cafehwaters to drain into that Reservoir, namely, Mount Parker and Tylam Tuk East, are recommended by Mr. which Henderson in his Report of the 20th February, 1928, (aee the third paragraph oft paue 10 of Sessional Paper No. 4 of 1928), are not to be proceeded with now. Surely here again, if shortage of staff is the difliculty, the services of a non- Government Engineer could and should be relained.

2. Then we come to paragraph d of the Government's "permanent measures," which reads as follows:

"Investigation of the further sections of the Shing Mun Valley Mediterranean and an Italian Scheme la proceeding. The Gorge Mission is about to take over the Dam at Pineapple Pass appears 10 supervision of the rejuvenation of be feasible and preliminary in- the Turkish Fleet, which is at pre-vestigations of Gin Drinkers Bay, sent in a state of inefficiency. where there is a very large basin capable of impounding fully 2,000 million gallons, have turned out

Considerable well.

preliminary work, in, however, necessary before works of this magnitude can be

The only large ship, the much damaged ex-German battle cruiser Goeben, now the Sultan Selim, is approaching the end of a long and expensive refit, and there are two small modern aubmarines, which commenced." The Turks have had some dif-

culty in manning. But the ap-tolerate these preliminary in- Surely it is most important to steam engines are more suitabla/pointment of the Italian Mission,vestigations and preliminary work coupled with rumours of a pro- by employing, if necessary. En- power, is causing some uneasiness Service, more especially as, if I

for lugs than Diesel motor engines.

"The question of the length of

time taken to raise steam does not

jeeted increase in Turkish nával

in Greece.

Kincera outside of the Government

correctly understand Mr. Hender- son's remarks in his said Report, the other proposals both in Hong- kong and Kowloon when complete would brings the total supply of the Colony only up to 161⁄2 millions a day, Le, only up to our estimated requirements in 1932.

In quoting from Mr. Henderson's remarks, I have interpolated the word "only" in two places, for the purpose of emphasising my point, namely, that we must speed up our "permanent measures," In order to prevent being cauglit napping again in a few years' time.

The Greek Navy, which for the really enter into the case because past few years has been in the the "Kna Sing," having bean

process of modernisation under specially built for rescue work in the guidance of the British Naval typhoons, was designed on the Mission, is small and consists of sumption that there would be old ships, many of which have ample time for raising steam after been recently reconstructed at con- the typhoon warning is received.siderable expense. It should be emphasised that she

The two ex-Amorien'ʼn battleshipa was not designed for any purpose Kilkis and Leninos are now obso- for which quick steam-raising is lele and are to be sold. They hate required, and this is borne dut by been somewhat of an incubus to the terms of reference to the the Greek Navy, as they absorbed Chamber of Commerce Special a large proportion of the personnel Committee, as set out in a letter but they have been retained as a from the Government to the Cham-counter to the Sultan Selim. ber of Commerce, dated 26th Sept., It's now reported that the Greek 1926, in which the object of the Government have completed the proposed tug was stated to bo negotiations as to the taking over

"To cope with the increased con- "rescue work in the harbour dur of the incomplete battle cruiser sumption a consistent annual pro- ing typhoon weather."

Salamis. This ship was launched gramme of mainlaying and distri- Further criticisms of the "Kauat Settin in 1914, but the guns and butlon improvement la necessary St.Sing" were heard after the "Hsin turrets were built in the United both on the Island and the Main- Wah" went ashore and sank off States and could not be delivered land. Balance Tanks at North Waglan on 16th January, 1929. to Germany after the outbreak of Point and Kowloon City are becom- because the tug was not under the war. They were purchased by ing urgent necessities." steam and was unable to raise Great .Britain and used in steam in time to go to the im- monitors, mediate assistance of the ship.. As has been pointed out above, the "Kan Sing" WILS not designed for this kind of work; hnd the Government desired

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These points are not dealt with in the Government's above statement, and probably the Pubile would like to be supplied with answers to the following questions:-

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use her for this purpose, she she is practically a contemporary Intion Improvement been drawn could have been made avail of the Sultan Selim in design and up, and is it being carried out? ablo by being kept under she will cost much money to bring Are balance tanks at North Point constant steam, ready to operate at up to date during completion. and Kowloon City being put in MANY NEW BABIES AT far as is known, this is the first. In one of the outdoor avi

Greece would probably be wiser to hand? moment's notice. The Committee trusts that this cut her losses over this ship, which letter and attachment will serve to 18 likely to prove an expensive In conclusion, it may be con- warn the public and the Authorities luxury, and to turn her attentionfidently stated that the Government

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THE ZOO.

YOUNGSTER.

time that kites have ever reared (the bird house, within two, their young in captivity,

the wire front of the cage, a c led plover from South Afric "Mrs. Beaver and her solitary been sitting on three eggs for ngainat lightly deciding that the to small ships, which would suit can fully reckon upon the hearty MRS. BEAVER AND HER youngster are to be seen in the on 20 days. So long as the pi "Kau Sing" la unsuitable for the her purpose better.

otter pond, which was temporarily keen moving and do not pay purpose for which she was built. The large cruiner Giorgios Aver-munity in putting our water-supi

empty owing to the death of both much attention to her she remain She has already. In the words of the off has recently been reconstruct-ply and its distribution upon a

satisfactory permanent basis, in The number of young things the otters which have inhabited it quite calm, but the Instant that Harbour Master after the typhooned, na baye four of her most morder to'tmoet our full requirements, born at the Zoo la still on the in- for some yours; She was removed Janyone takes `nolice of her ́ or of 27th September, 1920, "justified dern destroyers.. her existence," and there is every Greece, possesses six modern sub- without any restrictions as to sup-crease. In the cattle sheds two from the beaver pond a week or to latares at her she begins to nutter reason to suppose that In experi-marines with an efficient person- ply even in dry seasons, for the next more reindeer and an American ago on, account of a disagreement her wings and scream in an enced hands she will prove satis-nel, and there is now some talk of 25 years-Yours, ofc.,

bison have arrived; on the Mappin with another female beaver, who aggressive manner. In another of factory for the service for which placing ordern, it is to be hope in

Terraces a Barbary sheep and two shared the enclosure,

these avlarlen a pair of superb. Ibex have been born, while in the

In captivity beavers, in common glossy starlings are feeding a nest park paddocks, the projvaleki, or with many other rodents, are in- of newly-hatched young, which Mongolian wild mare, has foaled. clined to suffer from an over will soon be ready to leave the

nest. More interesting and unusual growth of the Insisor teeth, and

she was designed.

Accompanying Mr. Key'a letter is a lengthy summary of the records of the Chamber with regard to the "Kau Sing" in which the whole question is thoroughly explored, but which we are unable to publish owing to the late hour at which it was received.

England, for new destroyers to replace those that are now over twenty years old,

Dr. Elizabeth M. Miller, of Hud- dersfield, has been appointed de- puty-assistant medical officer for

Plymouth at a salary of £500.

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H. E. POLLOOK..

ILMS. Cleopatra, Captain L. H. B. Bovan, is shortly to make an- other trooping voyage to the Far East, taking out, in company with than all these is the birth of a be- these have to be filed from time the Concord, and the Carysfort, aver and the successful hatching of to time; otherwise they grow very new crows for the Eighth Des- two black kites. Beavers have not long and the animal le unable to

bred in the Zoo since 1916, and, so take its food properly. troyer Flotilla.

Hundreds of objections are being considered to the increased

rate assessments in Harrow,