1929-07-09 — Page 12

12

THE

HONGKONG

PENINSULA HOTEL:

HONGKONG HOTELF REPULSE BAY HOTELS,

PEAK HOTEL

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE: PALACE HOTEL:

'MAJESTIC HOTEL.

HOTELS

LIMITED.

in association with the Grand Hotel Des Wagons Lits, Poking.!

HOTEL METROPOLE

Contral, Convenience, Com- fort, Good Moals & Moderate ratos.

*HOTEL BOA VISTA. MACAO.

Ideal Place for wack ends.

MOTEL METRO

KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON.

Under the Personal Supervision and Attention of

Phone Nos.

K. 608 & K. 609.

Mr. & Mrs. H. J. WHITE. Cables KowLOTEL " Hongkong.

PALACE HOTEL.

Tel. Kowloon No. 3,

Tel: Address:"

PALACE,

UNDER ENTIRELY EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT,

A Grat das Residential and Tourist Hotel wish all the conveniences

.of a Home.

Bar and three Billiard Tablor; two in Now Billiard Saloon. Moderate Torme': famílios specially catered for,

Istal newly renovated,

EUROPE

After dinner dancing every Tuesday, Thursday

and Saturday.

MRS, J. H. OXBERRY,

Proprietress.

Cables:-

"EUROPE"

Singapore.

HOTEL

SINGAPORE

Grill

THE EUROPE HOTEL LTD.

Arthur E. Odoll, Managing-Director.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

GLAMORGAN LOSE BY INNINGS.

GEARY & ASTILL BOWL WELL] FOR LEICESTER.

TWO DAYS SUFFICE,

London, July 8. Glamorgan, suffered their sixth successive outright defeat in the county cricket championship to day, succumbing to Lelcestershire at Loughborough by an innings and nine runs,

TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1929.

AUTOMATIC PHONE PROGRESS.

MACHINERY NOW BEING PUT TOGETHER.

COOL AIR SYSTEM.

ITALY FLIES OVER DARDANELLES.

VIOLATION OF THE STRAITS CONVENTION.

APPEAL TO LEAGUE.

Geneva, July 8.`

The top floor and roof of the Exchange Building in Des Voeux Sir Eric Drummond, the Road, Central, are veritable hives Secretary-General to the Leaguo of activity, now that the final of Nations, has communicated, stages of the work which will con- nect automatic telophones without comment, to the Counci throughout Hongkong are being ond to the Powers signatory to the i Leicester did not gain a bigger performed, advantage on the first Innings At present, engineers from bers of the League, the text of a Strafts Convention, and to Mom- than 107 runs, but the ball obtain-Siemens' Bros., the firm which supletted dated June 20th, from the cd complete domination over the plied the mechanical parts for the bat, and Glamorgan collapsed in new exchange, are engaged in the their second innings.

Glamorgan won the toss and elected to take first knock; Runs came slowly against good bowling, Geary, the Teat player, being in particularly fine form. When the last wicket fell at 116, he had taken six wickets at a cost of 32

Tuna.

even.

Leicestershire soon passed the Glamorgan total and tually made 223 runs, the last wicket, falling early today.

delicate work of placing the many switchboards and machines to gether, and they expect to be Antalied early in the New Year.

One of the most interesting features of the exchange is the system by which the big room in which the control of automatic telephones will be centred will be kept at an even air temperature This is throughout the year.

of the necessary on account extreme delicateness of the mechanism, which makes it essen- tin that temperature should be even and that dust should be kept out.

Glamorgan had a thanklean task, the wicket being in bad shape. The ball got up awkwardly, Astill being very desily. The majority

The basis of this system is much of the batsmen were helpless the same as that of a refrigerat- against the attack and Glamoring plant. Ammonia tubes on the Ray's second knock produced only roof are subjected to a continuous flow of water, ice is produced and the cold water is then sprayed through an air chamber. A large fan, sucks the cool air in the chamber through a series of tubes

'98 runs.

Astill returned the excellent figures for this inuings of wickets for 33 runs.-Renter.

AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

INTERESTING EVENT AT

UNIVERSITY.

6

THE WATER SHORTAGE:

If you have to pay for every gallon of water used, you will no doubt toke care to see that none is wasted. Follow the same polley now.

ZKO PÓJA KAUNASTICS AND MAT

A most interesting exhibition of modern photography, embracing pictorial, commercial and pross photographs, will be held at the Hongkong University Union from to-morrow, "Wednesday, July 10th. and into the exchange, whence it Specimens of the work of lead-ia expelled by another series of ing British art photographers will tubea, Thus the air is kept pure be displayed, and all local resi- as well as cool, and the safety of Idents interested in this fascinat- the mechaniam. is assured.

ing art will be well repaid by visiting the University during the exhibition, which will be open until Saturday

The hours are from 9 a.m. till 1.p.m. and from 2 p.m. till 6 p.m. daily, and on Friday at 5.15 p.m. there will be an interesting. and informative lecture delivered by Mr. Wesson, an expert who is at present visiting the Colony.

SHIP SIGNALLING RETURNS.

CHINA NAVIGATION CO. ·

HEADS LIST IN EAST. Naval Intelligence has heen ad- vised that results of Signalling Exercises between IIM, Ships and British merchant vessels for the quarter ended December 31st, 1928, are now available.

At present an describe the actual working of the attempt to exchange would be futile, because the machinery, is very, far from completo. However officials of the Telephone Company are hop: ing that in a few months they will be able to construct a miniature switchboard on which they will demonstrate exactly how the new telephones will operate.

PRINCE PRESIDES AT BANQUET.

President of the Straits Commis- alon,. Constantinople, drawing attention to the recent light of thirty-four Italian naval seaplanes over the Bosphorus and the Dar- danelles.

The President of the Commts- slon complains that the flight was violation of the Straits Conven- tion.

I

He requests a ruling as regards the exact reading of the Conven- tion so as to avoid further diver- gence of opinion on the subject of the entry of naval and air forces Into the Black Sea. Reuter..

POSTPONED VISIT TO

SANDRINGHAM.

F

NOTHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH KING.

London, July 8. His Majesty the King took hlu usual walk in the grounds of Buckingham Palace to-day, not- withstanding the fact that the temperatura.was on the chilly side.

A bulletin issued from Bucking- ham Palace at 11.30 this morning stated.--"H, M, the King was not fatigued by the ceremony at the thanksgiving Borvico. Though His Majesty's general health fo good, the condition of ainus in the tory progress. In order to gain right chest has not made satisfac- assistance through a further X- Ray examination, His Majesty's departure for Sandringham (which was to have occurred to-day) has (Signed), Stanley Howitt, Henry boon postponed for a short period." Martyn, Hugh Rigby, Dawson of Penn-Reuter,

Lord Dawson saw the King yesterday, after which an X-ray examination was decided on. It is understood the doctors wish to be thoroughly antisfied that there will be no recurrence of an abscess.

His Majesty's temperature has not risen, and it is emphasised there should be no alarm, the trouble being purely local- Reuter.

TRAWLERS' STRUGGLE TO REACH PORT.

(Continued from Page 1.)

now replaced the tumult and the surging tide and they were even formerly irresponsible leaders of re witnessing a process under which volt were endeavouring painfully, TWELVE HOURS' RACE WITH perhaps unwillingly, to transform FLAMING DUNKERS. themselves into constructive states-

men.

Sir Frederick went on to suggest

-PENANGing in the Far East are prominent that the origin of Asiatic move-

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL LTR-PENANG

(Incorporated in the Straits Seftisments, LARGEST BALLROOM IN THE STRAITS.

Overlooking the Sea.

Hot and Cold Running Water.

Highest Quality Ostering..

•

Modern Banitary System European Chef,

PRODUCTS DIRECT FROM LONDON MARKET. CABLES.-" RUNNYMEDE." WILLIAM HAROLD PERRY—Manager

Just the Very

Brand.

ASAHI BELK

R

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD. HI

London, June 5.

+

It is understood that ships ply-

The crews of two Britlah traw-i among the auccessful competitors.ments lay in countries in which the lers had thrilling stories to tell The China Navigation Company principle and practice of popular when their ships reached port yea- heads the list, the British Tanker government had reached its highest terday. Co. is second, the Ellerman Line status. The Asiatic peoples, there third, the P. and O. fourth, the fore, in facing the problems of the British India fifth, the Indo-China Twentieth Century were turning to Bixth, and the Ocean S.S. Company British Ideals for the solution of seventh..

thelf troubles.

NEW · FIGHTING AEROPLANE.

THE FASTEST IN THE WORLD;}

....

The London steam trawler Thom Booth-which arrived at Fleetwood-was forced to burn part of her wooden deck fittings as fuel to enable her to reach port from the Irelandic fishing grounds.;

The trawler loft Milford Haven

four weeks ago,

Worthy of Britain. Referring to the Commercial Treaties, Sir Frederick emphasised that where in the past they were "We were trawling off the coast accustomed to speak. In terms of of West Iceland," said a member security, the watchword for the of the crew, "when we lost three fishing neta. It took some time to future must be "Enterprise.”

If he added, enterprise was to replace them, and on our home- The fastest standard fighting be the guarantee, the men servingward journey we suddenly dia- aeroplane in the world has been England, whether in diplomacy or covered that our coal supply was built by a British firm and under-in commerce, must be worthy of the running.

out. When passing task and worthy of Britain.

through the North Channel on Bun- The Prince of Wales' read a letter day we started to burn wood, which from Sir Austen Chamberlain re-we took from the ship in order fo gretting that indisposition pre- keep the furnaces going." vented his attendance.

gone successful flight tests,

This machine, which is even faster than the Bristol "Bulldog," has a water-cooled engine, and at its normal working helght it can exceed 200 miles an hour when Mr. Winston Churchill speaking fying level. This is in excess of in support of the toast, deputising the speed attained by any other for Sir Austen, recalled. his forty | standard Service aircraft currying vears' acquaintanceship with the

machine guns, oxygen apparatus, guest of the evening-Reuter.. and full military equipment.

No mention may yet be made of the name of the manufacturer of this neroplane nor of the manufac- turer of the engine, but is is un- derstood that the Air Ministry pro poses to release these details for publication as well as performance figures shortly.

It will, therefore, be possible to Include the machine in the Aero Show at Olympia on July 16, and

A wireless message brought the Milford Haven steam trawler Mor gan Jones to our aid. She turned back 50-miles and met us in Rom- sny Bay, Isle of Man, where multi- clent coal to bring us to Fleetwood was transferred to our bunkers, when near the ground.

After a 12 hours' race in their Schneider Trophy racers, when trawled Pointor, reached Aberdeen The burning vessel, the crew of the they fly at 300 milos an hour, are safely. The fire was soon extin- akimming the surface of the water.guished by the Aberdeen Fire and they carry no military equip-Brigade, ment whatever. The hew Service machine, however, will operate at

While the Pointer, which bo-

an altitude of 20,000 to 80,000 feet, longs to the Stephon Fishery Com- pany, was flahing about 70 miles The remarkable advances that north of Aberdeen, the mate ob it should create the greatest in-have been made recently in the served smoke coming from the performance of Service” aircraft

terest among foreign laltors,

Schneider Trophy Racers..

has been done in developing the arm. It was found that the coal

HE WAS A FIGHTING "CHAMP"

B

ut so afraid of the indios that the amallest one of all knocked him out of the prize ring and into a wedding ring!

DENNY'S FUNNIEST- BESTI

Reginald Denny The Night Bird

IF you enjoy clean, fast uproar- ious, romantic comedy-Here is the best of the season!

The story of a man who thought that the difference between a prize fight and marriage was that a prize fight had rules!'

THIS WEEK IS UNIVERSAL WEEK

AT THE

AT

QUEEN'S TODAY AND TO MORKOW

THE

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20,

MOCKERY

“A stirring drama of the Russian Revolution.

STARRING

LON CHANEY

RICARDO CORTEZ, BARBARA BEDFORD

WORLD!

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

at 5.15, & 9.20.

-at 2.30 V.7.15

Chinese picture, "Mathematics of Fate," Part 2.

BETTY COMPSON

THE BELLE OF BROADWAY

THE amazing story of romance in the life of - a great actress, drama of the human

side of stage life!

are attributable to the work which ship's bunker, and raised the al-

| in tlie bunker was ablaze.."- Schneider Trophy: racers,

After 12 hours' steaming the||AT THE

The

(SHOWING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HONGKONG) Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICE, PE Pacts from the lessons that have vessel reached Aberdoor we under STAR TODAY AND TOMORROW

It should be noted that modern

new machine benefits in many res.

FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria work at great heights, where speed been learned in producing the Fire Brigade got the fire under Hongkong,

is far more difficult to attain than racing aeropianes,

control.

At 5.15, & 9,20..