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borlain could not have taken, a more optimistic view of the position, and shown some reflection of that at titude by granting relief to thore whoso sacrifices have made it pos- sible for him to report such a Found position.

DAY BY DAY

FEW

EVERYBODY. GROWN OLD, PEOPLE GROW-Israel Zangwill.

The P. & O. .. Chitral has been unavoidably delayed in Hongkong and will not sail until 0 n.in. to-morrow (Friday).

The situation is, of course, ren- dered somewhat uncertain by ren son of the fact that the war debts and reparations issues still remain unsettled. The Budget contains no headings.

Miss Clementi, daughter of provision under these Everything will depend in this con- Cecil and Lady Clementi, has left nexion on the outcome of the Lau-Singapore for Iome aboard the sanne Conference. If, as is indi- and O. liner Corfu. cated, Mr. Ifoover does not Intend

to extend the moratorium, a fare ther compleation will be in- that troduced, but it is obvious there can be no really worldwide trade revival until reparations and war debts have been innlly got out of the way. How and when that will happen, time alone will show. In the meantime, these obligations and expectations have to be kept in suspense so far as British finance is concerned,

Trade Wars.

ly of allk; exports largely of ma

Sir

for a vacancy The nominations occurring in the Sanitary Board cloned at noon yesterday, the only two names submitted being those of Mr. F. C. ow Fung, J. P., and Dr. Li Shu

fan.

of Koren.

occasional rain.

Local

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was feared, from

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OFFICIAL SUMMARY BY STOCK EXCHANGE.

Markets

THE AIR-

them.

WIDOWER

By GERARD FAIRLIE

being used against

reasona

an-

of

gond

up the at lowering it and making flying

aeroplane by swinging the propel-more safe. ler. Why al aeroplanes should

The excuse of the war does not

NEW FORM of blackmail in which will fly faster and faster. mic. They have not been devoting their As usual I am the victim, but the minds to the far more important villain in this case is my wife. point of reducing the speed at Let me put it on record that I am which an aeroplane will fly and thus P. complaint I am told that this state much more slowly and consoquont- more safely. In an airwidower. When I make a enabling a machine to land very has come upon me of my ownly very much choosing. To a cortain extent 1 other words, aeroplano designers. Mr. B. Paul will speak on "The Lost suppose this is true: my wife has have been all out to capture the Continent" at the usual weekly public learnt to fly and flies on every market which undoubtedly exists lecture of the Hongkong Lodge, The conceivable occasion, and behind for speed and more speed, to cup- who has a large amount of money Theosophical Society, 17, Queen's that statement lies the whole truth tivate the imagination of the man

of my depressing situation.

Obviously, since she has learnt to spend, and will spend it on buy- Rond Central, to-day at 0 p.m.

I confess that this attitude is to fly, she likes flying; equally obing a fast racing motor car.

I cannot understand viously, since I am an air-widower,

I am told that 1 can beyond me.

to has to live like anybody else, he I loathe it. put an end to this state of attairs why, since an aeroplane designer fly and taking an interest in the should deliberatoly cechow the big market for the small one. There at any moment by agreeing

air.

In point of fact I have always are far more people who will buy The Royal Observatory reports that!

the taken a very great interest in the cars in which they are more com- the depression has passed into

machines of my fortable and will get about at a Pacific to the east of Hokkaido and air ever since the anticyclone is central to the south own making, with wings cut from reasonable speed than there are forecast:-East semo dally newspaper and attack people who will buy second-hands when winds, moderate; cloudy, fog; mist ored to the fuselage by means of from Brooklando; and so it must rein be with flying, if all the world is At the present moment

stamp hinges, occasionally

air-minded. forced by match sticks and secco- there is still much talk of persuad-

Commercial, aeroplanes, Captain_Rosiefsky, master of the tine, tried to make the perilous THE HONGKONG HOTELing the Towers to declare a boycott

upon Japan, it might be enquired .s. Yuet On, was charged before the crossing of the burn at the bottom

Comdr. Hole, at the Marine of the garden. But thesu

ma- course, require speed, but there GARAGE.

with having whether anybody has any adequate Hon.

Court this morning. notion of how such a boycott should allowed his ship to be so loaded as to chines had one inestimable ad-is plenty of room for the designer In-with very few exceptions (notably be organised and enforced. Very submerge the centre of the disc at 7vantage over the aeroplane of to- of the safe aeroplane as well, and

iro- p.m. on April 19 at the Tung On day; I was not expected, and

and of the. autogiro) there has considerable as is the trade

Wharf.

On admitting the charge, a deed could not, have gone up in the introduction of slotted wings towards the been no invention tween Britain and Japan, at its

Ane of $100 was imposed. largest it engages the attention of

So it will be clear that this me. road of safety; all designors seem comparatively few British business houses. In 1936 Britain bought was granted by Mr. Wynne Jones, at thod so confidently recommended to have gone by the side-road load- To un extent, of course, this is from Jupan £8,064,000. Exports to the Central Police Court this morning, to mu in order to end my premning to speed and still greater

with cannot accept. I must find

understandable... Wright in 1908 the same country were £8,229,000, in the case in which George Arthur de ture widowhood is one which speed,

Houx de Fastree is charged almost whol-entering the Colony without a proper other way. Imports are

When I point out this indisputand Bleriot also, and a little later Dunne and the brothers Henry passport and with being in unlawful chinery and manufactured gooda. possession of a revolver. His Wor-able fact to my wife she asks and Maurice Farman, produced

that Mr. Leo d'Almada, for

which have the ship remarked Should Britain, either independent inr, who was appearing for the brought me to this emphatic re-machiacs to fly-and all

I have three definite health to them. Then came that ly or in connexion with the League, defendant, had sent a mesauge to any fusal to fly.

suffering. it that he was inpendicitis. Haw. objections to the neroplane of to disturbance known as the Great Of all the adjectives which have declare a boycott, it would mean

the necessity of speed, which gave been used by the London Press in imposition of heavy loss, probably ever, he had not received any com day, apart from the one (personal War, and with its peculiar needs,

another keep me out of the air.

They are Speed, Visibility, and predominance to any Air Force. describing Mr. Neville Chamber of bankruptcy, upon a group of immunication from Swalow regarding inclination) which in itself wonid one of the most important being But the war ended in 1918, and is pro-porters and manufacturers. What the defendant and desired

Noise. Jin's Budget, "cautions"

which

most would be the attitude then towards week's remand.

There are various other smaller since then with designers it has still been purely a question of in- bably Use te

objections. I resent, for instance,creasing the speed and not aiming. Truthfully reflects, the spirit in this limited class upon whom would fail the entire coat of discipling

the distinct possibility that i pro- which the nation's financial

might be asked to start blems have been faced. Indeed, it Japan? Would its los be made will not be at all surprising it, good from the treasury? When

nation goes to war its young men by this time next year, it is found that the Chancellor of the Ex- within certain age limita become chequer has been unduly conserva universally subject to conscription. income. They endure on the battlehold in- tive in his estimates of There are, happily. prospects of credible sufferings, and even sacri- improving trade and more employee of their lives. Long nequie- scence in this form of barbarism ment, and, if these are realised, the financial situation should be has clevated it to something like a bettered. Mr. religion, and youth is expected to correspondingly Chamberlain, however, is apparent-be satisfied by being told that it is ly content to err, if at all, on the sweet and gloricus to die for one's do not country. There are signs of revolt right side. Millionaires Heem to be in a hurry to die, with against this theory. But up to the the result that last year the death prenent time, it has not been per- duty receipts did not come up to misible under the law to seize the anticipations. Whether the Trea-property of individuals for warlike sury is banking on some of last purposes without due compensation. Those of us who have urged that year's "expectations" dying more in accordance with schedule in the there is no sacredness to property in does not accrue even "oming twelve months, and is from which ing its estimates accordingly, has higher degree to human life, and that therefore capital, wealth, not been disclosed!

Speaking generally, it must be should be as subject to conscription conceded that Mr. Chamberlain's as man power, have been told that Budget is featureless when con-under the Constitution this is im- trasted with the emergency pro possible. It may be true. But if posals put forward last September it is impossible would it be pos- by Lord Snowden. The situation gible to put the entire burden of then, with a prospective deficit of disciplining a refractory and ng re-gressive nation, Japan or any other, £74,000,000, called for drastic medies, and these were certainly upon the limited group of busincas men having trade relations with not applied to good effect. Indeed, the

Wo do country? Snowden plan, which completely that

that this

has matter changed the outlook, yielded nine know

been adjudicated. indeed whether it millions more than was expected. ever This naturally simplified Mr. Cham-doubt berlain's task. Bolled down, the ever been given serious considera- new Budget suggests the likelihood tion by the authorities. To-day the thero is certainly enough discus- of a defeit of £1,700,000 basis of existing taxation, but even sion of a boycott to justify some on the moderate estimates put for-sort of official declaration as to how ward, there is a prospect of a sur-und at whose expense this trade plus of £796,000 when the proposed war, only relatively less costly than of the usual sort, could he new taxes come into 'operation, war The position is satisfactory, but in waged. view of the heavy burden of taxa- tion under which the people of the Old Country are still struggling, it might reasonably have been hoped that some relief would have been afforded. Instead of that, it looks that living distinctly probable costa may go up as a consequence

Sir. In reply to "Homo's" let- of the tea-tax proposals. It may be ter in your issue of the 18th in- sound finance, in face of continuedstant, as I am sure that his pre- uncertainties, to consolidate the fin.judice against Hongkong women ancial position and ask the people is due to the fact that he has been to be patient a little longer, but anubbed by them, I would ask him a good there la such a thing as straining to take his defeat like

to the patience of the taxpayer, who, sportsman, and give honour on Mr. Chamberlain's own admis-whom honour is duo: sion, has saved the altuation by his

on

CORRESPONDENCE.

Hongkong Women.

[To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.]

WVA

has

(1) The crowning glory of man

is his health, strength and mental

sense of duty and citizenship. It слогду,

is admittedly something to be proud

(2) The crowning glory of wo

of that, at a time when other naman to her, beauty, modesty and tions are finding it impossible to purity. balance their budgets, Britain should have so well managed her financial problema na to come out on the right side. But the ques- tion docs arise whether Mr. Cham-

(8) Given man happiness, con- tentment and peace of heart, mind and soul, which comes from God, a man without and he becames malico, onvy or fear-Yours, etc.,

J. P. V. REMEDIOS.

not be fitted with self-startern Iseem to me still to exist after over cannot conceive, in view of the thirteen years, particularly as fact that a perfectly efficient start- commercial designers seem to be were somewhat, patchyer is actually on the market. Ex-making it more difficult for them- self-starter suggesting Inconsistently by the machines they produce that the ing for a few selected stocks, but no the grounds that

demand for private aeroplanes is this morning, a strong demand prevall, perts object to the suggestion on selves to acquire vast profits, by interest being shown in the rest of means added weight.

This is indisputable, but the added weight is so very small and limited to the big sports car own- the list.

is not sufficient to interfere with cr the efficiency of the machine in

My second objection-the lack view of the added safety and nad of visibility in the modern aero- ed convenience. A propeller at plane-is a most important one to me. I get into an aeroplane: I speed can do infinite damage to something far more resisting than riso into the air and I see ab Divaelf,

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solutely nothing except atruts and But the pursuit of safety seems planes and bits of engine. Occa- to be about as far from the aerosionally I catch a glimpse of the plane designer's mind as Australia horizon, and it is usually at such I hadn't is from England; in other words, an angle that I wish

just about na far as it can be. seen it. I am told that it is not Let us look at the first of the long before a pilot recovers from three objections which I have men- this feeling and is able to see com tioned above-the question of paratively well, but the range of Speed. Every aeroplane, as all visión is definitely limited to n the world now knows since all the degree which does not seem to me world-bar one-le now air-mind-to be compatible with safety.

Collisions in the air are by po ed (this according to my wife),

many of has a certain speed below which it

means unknown, and cannot safely fly, and another these could have been avolded had apeed, a few miles per hour slowa clear vision been allowed the er, at which it cannot fly at all.

pilot by the designer. In this the Acroplane designers have been modern acroplano has gone back engrossed in making aeroplanes definitely from those produced at

"Who could way that a pair of pants out, of that wouldn't match your coat? 'Specially if you're just going to wear them to work."

the beginning of the war by the brothers Farman.

And then there is this question of noise. Silencers are too heavy and therefore they cannot be used. I am prepared to admit that this is the lenst of my troubles when in the air, and that perhaps it

overcome. Bu cannot yet be some day it will be possible, and I have not noticed that the trend of modern ncroplane engine con- towards Any struction Is

silence.

WAY

critic of ovolt- w

No-I am a severe those in whose hunds the tion of aircraft depends. If I that they were trying to do some of the things which I have sug- gested I might conceivably go up once a year just to encourage them, but at the moment I profor. because of my personal safety and my personal comfort, to remain on the ground.

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