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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1931.

THE STUDY OF THE

WEATHER.

NAVAL OFFICER TELLS ABOUT

METEOROLOGY.

TENNIS STAR' SPEAKS.

seamen had good reason to study the sky, and were able to connect cer tain characteristics of the sky with coming changes in the weather, It was not, however, until the 18th that raore and 19th centurica

clentine methods were employed. The first important advance came with the Invention of the baromeler and this instrument has, until re cently, remained unchallenged as the mainstay of forecasting.

During the early.

part of TABL Hongkong Rotarians were well century, a list of rules was drawn ratered for at the weekly meeting up, connecting the behaviour of with the of the Club, which was held at barometer and wind Mesara, Lane, Crawford's restay weather that was likely to follow, rant yesterday, under the chuir The scope of this method was ex- manship of Sir William Hornell, tended considerably

by the Inven- when Mr. E, D. Andrews, the well-tion of the telegraph and radio, known tennis and aquash racquet which enabled information covering player, recounted some of his

wide aren to be collected in a ceu- experiences

and referred to

Hongkong as an extremely pleatral office. The first weather maps, drawn by this method, were ex- But Island.

also

Lieut. Commander Dymott, R.N.,hibited at the Great Exhibition in

London in 1851, and were delivered an Interesting address published in one of the newspapers, on Meteorology.

The chairman said it should have been necessary to elect officials for next year at that weting, but, at

Popular Beliefs,

feel that, having outlined the evolution of forecasting. 1 should

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a meeting a month ago, it was mention the question of popular be- gested that the Directors and flefs, which so many people prefer ficinis re-alected. Owing, how-

to the new-fangled ideas. The ever, to Mr. J., C. F. Bellamy being called "weather love" of the Midle unable to spare the time to act as Ages was largely based

on the Joint Secretary, with Mr. B. Wong works of the ancient Greeks. Many and Tap, Mir, M. F. Key had agreed to take his plure. Also Mr. N. d.of the well-known rhymes

phrases can be reconciled with Perrin, the Hon. Treasurer, hamler reasoning, while others are

fod Kone way, and Mr. Fiel

palpably absurd. For example, a agreed to net in his place. The Scottish saying. "Thy bonny moon chairmah added, antid applause, he is on her back, mend your shoes would like to thank both Mr. and sort your thack, as entirely similar Welsh

Beamy and Sr. Perrin for the splendid work they but done for the

Club.

contradicted by

if it is on its back.

saying, "It is sure to be a dry moon

Most of these phrases have been He then proposed that the follow-

re-elected. Pre-tested to see whether the reatits ing fetal b

Vice are true, and the only one which sident. Sir Wilna Hornell. President, the Hon. Mr. S. W. T's, has enused any differty is the best

known one of "Ited sky in the morn Directors, the Hon. Mr. W. E, L.

One n the valuable B. Wythe. Mr. A. ing. etc. Shenton, Mr.

of information i halo Mr. pirera Cameron, Mr. J. M. Wony.

Mr. Chau Yu-teur and

Weng round the moon, which is lost Kwong-ti. Hmm. Secretaries, Mr. certain forerunner of a period of continuous rain. what's cold 1. Wong Tape and Mr. M. F. Rey.

periods received a lot of publicity Hon Treasurer, Mr. Field,

De being put to the meeting, then the English papers last year, de- spite the fact that he inid them The matter nominations were carried.

down for Scotland:

Sir William Hornell then wel- comel as a non-Rotarian guest Mr.

was investigated a few months ago and it was found that his warm

E. D. Andrews, the lawn tennisporind, in August, was the only one and squash racquet player, who had which applied to the south of Bog- ben introduced by the General land. "ere is no quack doctrine London Rotary about modern forecasting. It is Secretary of the Club.

done by perfectly straight-forward reasoning, coupled. at times, per- hups, with a certain mount of legitimate guess work.

Use of Forecasting. Continuing, the speaker said. As for the uses of forecasting, with regard to safety of life. need only mention shipping, vin-

Tribute to Hongkong. Addressing the kathering. Mr. Andrews, after expressing thank

the to attend at being Invited luncheon, sald:--On certain behalfs It is my lot to cover in all some 31 countries, to asimilate direct dala on them and to follow closely and sometimes to put into operationtion and fishing, and, with parti new foreign export" policies as af

cular reference to this part of the fecting each particular country.

world, typhoon warnings. In the have found Hongkong to be an ex-

British Isles. during the last few tremely pleasant island and, as

years, adequate warning has been understand there are no Australias given of 97 per cent of the gales

The which occurred. present. I must say that your har-

one Kale beauty, that of

fishing 201 excels, in

Jast year of which the Sydney (Applause). I was part-eets did not get sufficient warn- cularly impressed with the Penining was said to have entailed the sula Hotel. Since leaving London loss of £100,000 worth of fishing some months ago I have not found. eny hotel to surpass it.

Mr. Andrews then went on to recount some of his 'tennis experi-

Rees,

meins

Meteorology.

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In aviation the greatest source of danger and loss of life, apart from errors of judgment, is the weather. This is now recognised in both military and civil avia- tien, and the pilots of air liners Lient, Commander Dymott said always pay a visit to the forecast in part: The word meteoralogy departments of the big air porta

the

science of the holore embarking on a journey, atmosphere, but in its practi-

On land, too, people are begin cal

[1 may application

nine to

to consider weather informa of the the study

tion #F considered

n business asant. The do not weather. Perhaps you

forecast department of the Air realise what universal subject the Ministry in London weather is. Man relies on the attonishing number of telephone mosphere for breathing, and on the calls on the day before any big influence of the sun for his food and race meeting. Some of the pro- of living, and fessional football clubs also get drink. His mode methods of transport, are very what information they can, but I largely governed by the weather am glad to say that cricket teams rleksha have never made a similar request. and temperature. The conlie. for instance, does more work Large coal mines are warned by: In the summer than in the winter, the Air Ministry when heavy rain while a boot repairer does more is predicted, so that extra pumps work in the cold weather. People may he started to cater for flood in cold clinutes

thicker weather. I think I am right in that certain industrial clothes than those who live in warm saying

concerns get a similar warning. The first known attempt to study Perhaps one of the atrangest daily the weather was made by the weather reports is that which

London General ancient Greeks, and, until recent want to the times, the work of Aristotle has Omnibus Company, which operates been treated as a text book on thesome 10.000 buses, by which they subject. In the middle ages, as at judge whether open or enclovel

(Continued on Page 11.1 the present day, both farmers and

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