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TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1934.

NOTES OF THE DAY SIXTEEN

MOSCOW AND JAPAN

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MILES

IN THE AIR

No stratosphere balloon was over

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The Very Idea!

OLD HONGKONG.

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By George

very light but strong alloy of the then City Fathers who magnesium.

conceived the idea of con- BALLOON IS MAMMOTH ONE trolling night traffic in the

The building of this balloon was following ingenious way.

The proposed Locarno Pact for Eastern Europe and Russia's entry into the Longue of Nations, soon to be approved, aro probably the best guarantees of peace in the

OING back some twenty Far East. The connection may at THE American balloonists who but the nature and effects of which first glance seem remote, but it

acok to plerco the nro little known.

years we are pleased to needs only a brief analysis of stratosphere next week may or may Delicate instruments will be find evidence of the spirit of

absorptions to not take the "highest, up record arranged in and on the outside of ' direction to be very to América from Russia. But it the globular gondola of Dow metal, enterprise and progress in

the real and very direct. Rightly or is almost certain that they will add wrongly, Moscow is still obsessed by greatly to the meagre knowledge fear of an invasion of her Siberian of the upper afr which man now borders by Japan. Of that there

possesso. can be little doubt. All hor

intor. national activities these days can be assumed to reflect themselves in so large as the one Just Anished at a job bigger than even the Good- some way upon the security of the Akron, for Maj. William Kepner year plant at Akron, which has Maritimes Provinces. And by deand Capt. Albert Stovens. And constructed scores of big balloons, inventor was # Huddersfield sign, not by accident.. The Eastern one over carried such a varied had over tackled. The bag,, which Locarno, as

n further guarantee of assortment of elaborats instru- will contain 3,000,000 cubic feet man but the local Watch Com- her security in

It will meet, her

the space to permit ite being len that they adopted it. Japan. The winding course of the Amur River The flight, sponsored by the U. spread out on the floor to patch Exhilarating acceleration that is remarkably remains a powder magazine which S. Army and the National Geo- together its sections with rubber

The Invention consisted of a smooth and quiet. From walking pate to 60 may be set off at any time by the graphle Society, in aimed at bring: cement.

amail electrle accumulator fixed to mph. la just over 20 seconds. Fine art of spark of some unexpected in- ing home the bacon in the form of speed, this 14 hp. model, 68-70 m.ph.. 25 100cident. But the Barthou-Simon real information, rather than to rubberized cotton cloth was piled duty and connected by wires to So the vast spread of carefully the belt of the policeman on point talks have made it a little less seek new stunt records,

in long windrowe of plents, with bulbs attached to his wrists. A likely that the "unexpected" will be manipulated.

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DEATH. WAY-At the

Hospital at 2.45 m. on July, 1934, Men. Jana Way, aged 84. Funeral will pase the Monument at 5.30 pan. to-day,

the

It shoud be stated that the

altion viae, atrengthens monts for recording the conditions of gas, in so big that no room had mittee thought so highly of the

FORGETTING A GRUDCE

The

Beca

This huge balloon is five times only the edges exposed for cement red bulb was placed on the inside

Trucking of the balloon weat-

of the right hand and a green bulb

as big as the one used by Com-ing. mander Settle Inst autumn, and more than three times as big as ward to the sheltered valley in the outside of the loft, the the Soviet balloon which now holds the South Dakota Black Hills, novelty being that the lights did the altitude record, 62,304 feet, or where the start will be made was not show

until the policeman 11.8 miles. It is built to rise to a tremendous problem, for the rained his arms.

edges had to be folded and packed In such way that no rubbing would result.

16 miles if conditions permit.

SCIENTIFIC DATA SOUGHT,

WILL START IN 9. DAKOTA:

Further details of the lavention are not to hand but if the accumu

very good excuse for not running after miscreants.

Russia has had to forget an aa- cient grudge to be able to announce its readiness to take a sent at Genova's Council table. For long, Moscow has regarded the League лв a consortium of capitalistic Powers bound together primarily Aside from the thrill of plere- The bag weighs some 4,700 lator was of the acid type, it hy their hatred and fears

the unknown pounds, and the whole balloon would appear also to serve as a ofing higher into Civil Socialiam. To-day, it Government

advantage in membership. It sees before, there are definite sclen crew, will weigh almost eight tons. and would give the policeman

an upper air than man has ever gone with gondola, instruments, and sleep preventitive whilst on duty, in the Lengue a chanco to tific data to be obtained, and every strengthen itsolf. against Japon effort is being made to sea that and is willing to let bygones be none of it is missed. bygone is

and to bury its suspicions.

The site of the start of the flight, is purely solfish, and

Major Kepner, the U. S. Army's near Rapid City, S. D., was chosen some surprise may be provoked. by best balloonist, will navigate the by Major Kepnor after three weeks having the hands reduced to raw The hardy officer ran the risk of by balloon. This leaves Captain Ste- of tying over the territory, and meat but this was nothing to the the readiness of the support of Britain and France. Essentially,

vena, an experienced observer and a careful study of weather recorda. however, there is good reason for one of the best aerial photogra

circuiting such backing. Both Britain and phers in the world, to attend to there is reason to expect a cloud- whilst yawning or pocketing a tip.

There, some time next week, possibility of short France are sincerely desirous of the gathering of information. less, windless day of the kind peace; in Rusain, they will find the To help him, many of the innecessary to success. If the flight. It is reported that this system most powerful ally possible Instruments are automatic, and self-is successful and a landing is made eventually came into disuse when efforts for peace preservation.

recording.

without damaging the bag or in- an officer who was suffering from Only one set of temperature and strumenta, a second flight in an acute attack of Hongkong foot, barometric measurements, arrived September may be tried, to check was put on point duty. from the earth to the stratosphere, at consecutively in a single day results. has ever been made in America. regain the "farthest up" champion- If Kepner and Stevens should Captain Stevens made it. ahlp for America, they would be tradition. For the READINGS TO BE AUTOMATIC. only roviving

first flight into the stratosphere in i

Hongkong Telegraph.

DOUBLE SAFEGUARD

TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1934.

THE CRISIS IN SAN FRANCISCO Hongkong, with its own grim memories of a general strike, will feel a decided measure of No one in Moscow believes that sympathy for San Francisco in M. Litvinov cherishes the slightest the plight in which it now finds hope that France or any other itself. This must be the generalnid the Soviet Union in a war with Lengue power will send soldiers to reaction of all sober-minded peo-Japan. What they do believe la ple, apart from the rights or the that an accord between Russia and wrongs of the situation. Actual the League ly, the trouble originated in cer- tain demands by the longshore- men in respect of wages and

DIED IN DESCENT.

solentillating hands for some time The harassed man Bashed his

in copy book style but his aliment getting the better of him, he began

The result taxis wore

his

wore

On the coming flight, tiny cam-a balloon was made by Capt. Haw scratching himself all over

body. especially eras will record these readings thorne Gray, U. S. A. France, will discourage Germany automatically and periodically, in- from attacking Russia on the west-cluding in the picture the face of

was that impatient. ern front should it become in- watch, so the record should be Captain Gray rose sight miles, circies in the face of oncoming Invited to perform conditions of labour, but the

volved in a war with Japan in the perfectly accurate.

but died on the way down from vehicles which had themselves general stoppage is a direct out in mind that this fear of an attack cameras, a large aerial camera stratosphere

east. It can be too closely horne Synchronized with these small exposure to the rare air. All later come of the employment of the from the east, whatever neutrals of accurately determined focal with those of Prof. Auguste Pic-wards, whilst other cars

flights, beginning

boen waved backwards and for- National Guard in an effort to may think of its likelihood, is length will automatically take card, have been made in airtight signalled underground or over the break the longshoremen's strike. firmly embedded in the minds of pletures of the earth straight down gondolas. Other labour organisations have Soviet statesmen. They are con- from the bottom of the gondola.

roof of the Hongkong Hotel, too, that there is, at least,

The climax came howover, one what the workers in general con- a

night when His Excellency's car was recognised approaching. An enthusiastle officer displayed the Httle green bulb temptingly... In his left hand and as the car drew almost, level he saluted smartly with his right.

The stratosphere begins at about

joined in as a protest against moral" alliance between GyThis will record an area 160 miles neveu mites above sea level. No sider to be a misuse of State cherishadapan; that both have square, and give a check on the clouds ever form so high, and the

many and

barometric readings of altitude.

AIR TO BE BOTTLED.

effect on

icer was unable to stop any further cars that night until a passing motorist threw him a large cigar, which with careful manipu- lation, prevented considerable havoc. It falled however to stop the polleeman from being very alck and it was as a result of his strong complaints that the system- was changed.

temperature does not fall farther power. So far as the longshore- the expense of the Soviet Union. plans of expansion at

as you ascend above this point. men are concerned, their chief They are convinced, further, that

Somewhere in the upper layers aim is to secure control of the should Russia become involved in Samples of air will be bottled of this stratosphere; porhaps "hiring halls," or employment a war with either one, the other at various beights, and brought higher than man can penetrate, in agencies. The main source of would be encouraged to attack. back to earth to be analyzed, the mysterious layer of ozone the trouble is that there is an

But if Germany can he persuaded Radio communication with the which some scientists believe to to enter over-supply of longshoremen, Japan may be persuaded to forget chance to study the effect of great on the earth below from destruc the Eastern Locarno, earth will be maintained, giving a be a sheath which saves people

The chauffeur horrified at the and the strikers allege that some her dreams of Empire-building on heights on radio transmission, and tion by ultra-short light rays. five hundred men, who are said the Asiatic Continent.

sudden appearance of the red bulb, the electrical condition of the at- to spend most at the bars while

It is hoped that at 16 mice some hurriedly backed. The manoeuvre mosphere at heights drom 5,000 evidence can be found of increas was repented several times until waiting in the pool-rooms for CENTURY OF PROGRESS

feet to the "ceiling" of the flight. Ing ozono content in the atmos- an extra smart salute caused the employment, get regular employ- The Innumerable labour troubles

Wind direction and velocity phere. ment whilst some three thousand of the day make dismat reading will be studied for their possible

bulb to break on the officer's fore- No such thorough preparations, others seldom get a job. About Now and then, however, it is and on future fights through the loon or in the construction of the earth-surface weather either in the building of the bal

head. a fortnight ago, the employers Instructive to compare them with stratosphere. Menaurements will instruments, have ever before becelioncy's car to pass, the unhappy Although this enabled His Ex- concluded a compromise agree- ment with the International age. The following story, printed mic rays, which are known to be in man's effort to pry from Nature the labour troubles of a century be made of the mysterious "cos- poured into a stratosphere flight Longshoremen's Association in the London Times of May constantly present on the earth, her secrets of the upper air. aimed at securing satisfactory 1834, makes interesting reading: hiring conditions and preventing "So great is the prevalence of the unfair and inequitable distribu- unions as to wages that all classes spirit promulgated Intely by the tion of work. For this purpose, appear to be actuated by a spirit “hiring halls" were to be of opposition to their employers, established at each port. The Even the washerwomen have not agreement recognised that em- escaped the system. No fewer ployment of longshoremen is not than 70 of this useful class of regular, being dependent in large females struck at Kensington for part on the movement of vessels, higher wages. It appears that 2 and accordingly measures were

shillings, 6 pence per diem and outlined whereby it was hoped the regular scale of wages, but a two half-pints of beer has been that employers might readily revolt was agreed upon and the find competent workers and the price to be demanded fixed at # latter be able to ascertain when shillings per diem and the usual employment is available without bear allowance. After a consider- delay or inconvenience. A fur-able time had been occupied in ther feature of the agreement parleying, the washerwomen gain- was that committees of cm- copious Libations of gin returned ed their point, and after taking ployers and employees were to the following day to their tubs as determine from time to time the usual." That little story pre- number of men ordinarily re-sents a striking picture of the quired for the normal commerce labour movement a century ago. of each port, and that the num- The improvement since then is ber of men registered should be too. obvious to need comment. limited to such requirements,

the remainder to be placed on the situation, with revolution waiting lists. Only registered being freely talked.. Whilst workers were to be employed. there is a natural disposition to These were the main lines of the blame the strikers, there must agreement evolved, but the terms be a stong sense of grievance un were turned down by the unions, the part of the workers to induce and thus the deadlock whethem to come out in such num-" created. Since then, na a result burs. For the anke of the people of sympathetic strikes, the crisis who will be the principal auf- has taken on a national and ferers if the dispute is prolonged, political aspect, resentment being and of the future relationship particularly strong over the between capital and Labour, it employment of the National is to be hoped that, even at this Guard in the rolo. of atriko late, hour, common-sense may breakers. How matters will come into its own and a satis- end, timo alone will show, but factory adjustment of tho there are ugly possibilities about troubles be reached:

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CORRESPONDENCE.

Dear George,

May I intrude on your valuable column to appeal for support for the event, programme of which I append?

Grand Government

Depression

Concert

Somewhere

Scon

·Pan'0 solo, Mackle

...Hon. Mr. C., G.

Duct,, (Now Jurymon take our advice)..Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau and Mr. W. N. T. Tam.

* Trio, (On von Bonny Banks)

Mosara. V. M. Grayburn, W. H. E. Thomas and Li Koon-chun.

Salo (Myself whon young).

| Mr. W. J. Konwick.

Recitation comte (This: ttle. plg)... Mr. F. A. Joseph.

Solo, bass, (Beer, glorious Beer) covi. Mr. Stanley Dodwell.

"Quartotte (Moonshine); Mesars, W. J. Breen, 3. D. Lloyd, G. C. Folham and D. C. J. Hawkins.