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BRITISH SPORTING

IDEALS

provision of morq fleld achemes in various parts of the country.

But it is one thing to provide playing fields for the masses, and another to place undue emphasis

ол

DAY BY DAY

At a meeting of the II.K. Practical Psychology Club at Lane, Crawford's Restaurant at 6 pm, on Friday, Dr. E. L Allen, MA., Ph.D.; will speak on "Dreams."

Injuries to his right hand were re- selved by Ho Sing, aged 28, whilst working on a machine at the Asiatic Printing Company at 214, Den Voeux Rond, Central.

AIR-WIDOWER

ANSWERED

By "PROP TORQUE"

FTER reading the article in giving bigger pay loads for smial-

A Thursdos a Telegraphs aniltled ter and consequently less costly

Speed.

IF I AM ASKED IF SUCH OR SUCH competitive sport. Athletics A NATION IS FIT TO DE FREE, I ASK admittedly deserve an honourable IN RETURN, 18 ANY MAN FIT TO BE

pur- pinco even in our system of educa- A DESPOT-Lord John Russell.

"The Air-Widower," I feel machines for commercial tion: they receive it, in some cen-

that I cannot let certain state-posca; greater stability in the air. All this means increasing the tres as prominent a place as do

The Empress of Rusela is duo here menta pase without a challenge. our 11 academics. .is good that

of a humorousducing costs to a point where a this article was youth should be imbued with the from Yokohama at 10 a.m. on Friday. At the beginning it appeared that attraction of air travel and re- nature but later criticism of avla- much larger public will be ablo lo spirit underlying true sportsman- ship, but not that the be-all and

tion seemed to strike a more sori-afford it. All this applies similar end-all of their school life should

ous vein, and it is in reply to somely to light privately-owned 'planes. be sought on the sports ground.

of the allegations made againat The great advantage over all other Let the happy medium be kept in

aeroplane manufacturors and the means of transport of air travel is safety of modern avlation that I speed and this must be striven for shall endeavour to show some-of necessity, but it is not being viow, based on a regard for sport

thing of the true state of affairs. done at the expense of anything merely for sport's sake: the in-

The writer states that he linselse. culcation of the idea to "play the

three definito objections to light

While on the matter of speed, game" in all spheres of life. This hitherto hus been the British ideal:

plane flying, these being (1) we owe it to our national tradi-

speed,. (2) visibility, and (8) noise. it is wrong to assume that if the He alleges that manufacturers are speed of an aeroplane is increased, not striving for safety, inasmuch then the stalling speed must also tlons to see that the heritage is

as engine self-starters are not be higher in proportion, also the maintained.

totally erroneous idea that acro- un-generally fitted: efforts โซ The forthcoming wedding Individual Freedom in Paritament nounced of Mr. John Charles Stopps, being made to reduce the air speed planes must make fast landings

No. 161, Wongnelchong Road, Long-nt which an aeroplane is controll- should be dispelled,

To take a concrete case, which The small and attenuated Labour kong, to Miss Chan Wai-ching, No. ablo, Le. stailing speed, and that

they are confining their energies can probably be tested out at Kni 10, St. Francla Yard, Hongkong. in

House

to increase of apced. H calso be-Tak with permission of the Hong- the Opposition

wishes to

wails lack of visibility--attribut- kong Flying Club, I will refer to Commons naturally nttnin that driving power comes and concentration which

high i and discipline. But there. ure de-observation following an alleged at are green of discipline that encroach tack on other dogs without provocn-cannot be used. unduly upon the sphere of individ- ual freedom and most people will feel

of

mensure

of

..

are not

An Airedalo dog belonging to Mr.ing many air collisions to lack of our Avro-Avian. Its top speed is. F. B. Ellia, of 46b, The Peak, has it, and another point made on the 115 m.h.p. and atalling speed in 40 of order been removed to Kennedy Town for question of noise is that silencers m.p.h. This means that when the too heavy, and, therefore, wheels are just coming into con- tact with the ground when land.

that Col. Josiah Wedgood, Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme, is justified in his protest against the party's recent decision that all its members must agree to vote in accordance with the decision of the party meeting or of the whips on all matters not concerned with religion or liquor, even if this in- volves breaking a pledge to con- stituents. Colonel Wedgwood points

tion.

by

The lecture on "Indo-Chinn" Monsieur Gerandal, under the auspices of the Law and Commerce Society, Hongkong University, fa postponed to Thursday, 28th inst., at 8.30 p.m. in the Union Assembly Room.

One drastic remark was, "Buting, the flow of air (or air speed) the pursuit of safety seems to be over the wings is 40 m.b.p. But. about as far from the aeroplane an aeroplane is alwaya landed designer's mind as Australia is to wind, and 99 times out of a wind of at least 10 m.p.h. can from England; in other words 100, there is a wind. At Kal Tak The article in itself was a practically always be relied upon, just about as far as it can be." splendid example of Ignorance of but more often it is between 15 aircraft construction and design. m.p.h. and 25 m.p.h.

When our Avlan lands into a and designers nims. The only conclusion to which I can come wind of 25 nt.p.h, it means that a1 fair stalling speed (40 air m.p.h.) the Street and to which any other A woman, of 24, Tal Yuen

to the Government minded critic with any accurate speed over the ground is 40 air was removed Civil Hospital yesterday suffering knowledge of the matter can come m.p.h, minus 25 m.p.h. the speed from opium poisoning said to have is that the writer knows nothing of the wind, which equals only 15 self-administered yesterday whatsoever of present-day avia-m.p.h., an extremely low figure. been

been inside a modern light aero-is a good average, ground speed plane in the air, although he tries would be only 25 m.p.k..

out that only after a long struggle afternoon. Her condition is consired-|tion and hus most certainly never With the wind at 15 m.p.h., which

are

ed to be serious.

One Chinese has been detained.

Lains

to give the impression that he has..

Starters.

of one to travel facilities in nl compression racing engines, which (28 m.p.h. The Redwing stalls t

the

are many

were delates' in the House of Com-

In taking-off, the wind would act would mans made public, thus enabling

similarly and the Avian A haui of 658 tacks of non-govern

only need a run along the ground the electorate to keep fully inform ed as to the acts and motives of ment opium, valued at $52,000, was

His points can be answered for a few yards to gain a ground force. their representatives. But the pro. made on the Norwegian my. Hai Hing

with the wind by offleers of the Monopolies harbour division at party meetings

when the vessel reached quite briefly. As to self-starters, speed of 15. to 25 m.p.h., which, The question arises every now

vredings

do not definitely add to would, give it flying speed. In and then whether British people secret, so that if the decision chal- Singapore recently. The opium was from the point of view of safety. together

safety because if an acre engine average weather, the Club plane are not unduly obsessed with cos-lenged were adhered to, constituents found hidden in the electric winches. they

atops in the air it can be depended leaves the ground in a matter of siderations of sport to the relative again would be kept in the dark us

upon that the trouble is so seri- only four or five seconds.

There are light plance on the other and weigh to the real opinions of their mem

ous that no amount of self-start- exclusion of

the debates in

The Compur Here in Hongkong,bers. Moreover,

The Auril-June number of Messrs. tier matters. Aporting activities occupy a large Parliament would

Swift touches 150 m.p.h. on full be robbed of Thos. Cook and Son's Far Eastern Ing or hand-swinging the propel- British ranrket with much lower part in the life of our young man whatever reality they at present Travellers' Gazette, just issued, con- ler will start it again until the stalling speeds.

a wealth of information in re-trouble has been righted.

Secondly, except with high-throttle but stalling speed is only bood and womanhood. From the possess, for the decision | standpoint of health. It is well that important section of the House and of the world. In addition, there this should be so, since it has long would have been irrevocably taken an interesting illustrated article on are not embraced in the ligh: 35 m.p.h., and there

Baguio, whilst Company plane catagory, the propeller can others that I could mention.

Stalling. iseen ronceded that resentar exer-before the debate began. This Scholastic Department gives a lengthy be turned by air pressure by putt

ing the machine into a steep but

Designers and manufacturers who could hardly fail to deal an irre-list of schools in the Old Country. cise is a necessity for all

nevertheless quite safe dive; if a' would keep fit in the sub-tropics, parable blow at the prestige and

pilot fears engine trouble he have undoubtedly mado great But the point dogs arise whether efficiency of Britain's Government.

most Important objects, (1) In- But the consideration that should

The health bulletin for Eustern should never fly at such a low alstrides in achieving two of their or not sport is not given a dia-

16th titude as to prevent his diving.creased speeds, (2) reducing stall- to the ports for the week ended the

of the following cases

Then, again. self-starters are ing speeds, and not at the expense proportionate place, at the expense appeat with most force

inst. shows all is

Labour Party is that such an agree-infectious diseases and deaths there expensive and are only worthwhile of safety. A few years hence it of other activities. When

is most likely that the average said and done, there is a dangerment enn scarcely fuil to injure the from--Plague, Colombo

case, considering by wealthy owners, or Now, when it is sondicherry 10 enses

Smull-pox, deaths, Saigon those who are too lazy or weak to stalling speed will be as low as in the East of mental as well as

Darly itself. # point rhysical deterioration:

weak in Parliament, It needs more 35 cases 32 deaths, Canton 18 cases, swing a prop or turn a starting 15 or 20 m.p.h. The degree which, we fear, is too often over-

light acro-dern aircraft, at what would have Cerebo-Spinal Meningitis, nearly all modern

planes; they require very little been regarded not so very long

ffort to turn and by this means

ago as suicidically slow speeds, is view is a more equal division of service men of determination of

ability, and of original thought. Macao, 14 cases and 20 deaths.

the engine can be started castly nothing short of remarkable. energy in both spheres,

Further, as to stalling, what if Some little time hack, Lord Gor-Daly so can it hope to regain its former position, let alone improve

Convicted of throwing a brick nt without touching the propellor or some ricksha coolies with whom he being in dangerous proximately tea modern light plane does stall? reli raised considerable argument

It only means that the nose will by suggesting that the British Two It: Yet nothing is so calculated in

As to speed, this is certainly drop as flying speed is lost until ple were paying far too much heed prevent the enlisting of such men had had a quarrel early this morning, it

the streets in d'Aguilar, Street was one of the most important things the machine is diving, and after to sport. But in saying, as he did, under its banner a assuring them a scavenging coolic who was sweeping! that if they do join it they will be

sentenced to one month's hard labaur that England was in danger of bemere voting dummies, unquestion- by his Wynne Jones at the Centrul that designers and manufacturers only a few seconds, diving, air coming too keen on the winning of ably taking orders from a party Police Court this morning. The de- are striving for, but, and this is speet! nnd full control will be re- fendant was stated to have resisted the point, not at the expense of in- gained. This, again, serves to em- championships and the setting up

arrest when approached by a con- ercasing the stalling speed. High phasise the point that is drilled stable. In sentencing the defendant speeds mean greater advantage to into every student-ly at a safe his Worship described his act as a commercial undertakings; greater height. Also, a pupil who

lifting power from smaller wings. not efficient enough to realise stupid one.

I case,

1-

1

of

looked. The ideal to be kept in than ever before to recruit to its Shanghai 24 cases 10 deaths, Kobo 1 handle. The latter is fitted to controllability and safety of mo-

of records, and of paying more at- tention to the results and rewards of the game than to the game itself, he voiced a criticism that not only England but the greater part of the world might do well to consider, Perhaps it is too often forgotten that if a game is worth playing at all it is worth playing badly. Lord

cancus.

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Gorell regarded as the English cou-has been received by Messrs. Pen tribution to sport the fact that the "average Englishman is not specialist," but "prides himself on being

sportsman." an all-round There is a possibility that this con- tribution may become a thing of the past. The development of pro- fessionalism has led inevitably to the cultivation of specialized skill! instead of all-round ability, and if England is to continue to make her peculiar contribution there will have to be a return to the days when more people played gamer them. and fewer people watched This fact, however, brings up up

Arrested for hawking without a important practical difficulty. licenco a man, who is known by the Some time ago there appeared in nickname of Kwan Ah-chai, was taken to the Kwong Wah Hospital yester Punch n cartoon of an old gentle-day. It in stated that the man re- man saying to a young man who stated arrest and when taken to the was about to enter a professional Station it was found that he was suf fering from a wound to the back of football ground, "When I was your his head. The wound appears to have age, I used to play football, not been inflicted some days previously watch it:" to which the youth re-during a fight in Bowring Street. plied, "When you were my ngo. you, had a ground to play on," The number of playing pitches in Great Britain is still inadequate for the noods of the multitudes of those who would use them if they had the cliance; and there is little social work more certain of doing

With

convictions two provious against him, a Chinese who pleaded guilty before Mr. Wynne Jones at the Central Police Court this morning to a charge of stealing from a podestrain

Queen's Road Central a purse con taining $10 was sentenced to three months hard labour and twelve strokes of the birch.

case,

"Now I'll tell you why I wouldn't own an imported car-”

WAR

when his machine was stalling-- it is quite a slow process in nor- mal flying-would never be grant ed a licence and allowed to fly.

It is important, to remember that speeds, and particularly stalling speeds, are always given as air speeds (ie. the speed of the air flow round the wings) and not as ground speeds. Ground speed de-. pends entirely upon the strength of the wind into which a take-off or landing is being made as de- ducted from the air speed.

For a writer to say, "I got in an aeroplane; I rise into the air and I sco absolutely nothing except bits of struts and planes and engine--occasionally I catch glimpse of the horizon," is nothing Outside rkliculous. ahort of "blind" flying, a pilot must and does see the horizon, because un- less. a special instrument is fitted. which is nearly always not the case, he has to dopend on the hori- zon to, keep his machine Jovel.

When I live flown at Kai Tak I have kept the nose of the machine on the horizon-the correct post- tlon at all altitudea for level flight. -by looking at the horizon.

Collision Danger.

With regard to general vlaj- bility, it is such that if "A" IB. flying a machine and "" in an- other 'plane is near enough to be in dangerous proximity, "A" is bound to soe "B" in ample time to avert a collision, unless "B" is above "A's" tall; in that ease. "B' is bound to see "A." Just as chauffeura do not drive cars about with their oyes closed, so aero- (Continued on Page 9.)