1935-11-19 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER

He Became An Air Prophet As He Set Out

LAST PHOTOS

On His Last Flight

SMITHY'S

TRAGIC

WORDS

1935

BACK TO ROYAL

COURT

STAY AS SWEET AS YOU ARE!

Characteristic studies of Sir Charles –BAngsford-Smith-immeillately-before he left Croylan.

WAR LETTERS OF GENERAL SIR J. MONASH

ANZAC EVACUATION

DESCRIBED

THE rise of Gen. Sir John

Monash to the command of of the Australian Corps was one of the romances of the war. He started as a citizen soldier in command of the 4th Austra- lian Brigade served in Gallipolf with the New Zealanders, and

"I May Not See The Forecast The Future

Greatest Of The

Developments"

And Then Flew

To His Death

Below is published the last interview granted by Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, just before he set out on the flight that led to disaster.

For the first and last time in his career Kingsford- Smith became a prophet. He told what would happen to aviation in ten and fifteen years.

"No amount of storm, fog or hurricane will affect air services ten years hence," he said.

"In these great days to come-I am thirty-eight now and I may not see the greatest of these developments there will be a new air age. My kiddie in Australia is three.. I believe that by the time he is old enough to pilot a machine, I shall be flitting over to England from Australia for the week-end."

The saddest part of Kingsford-Smith's prophecies is that his last one will not come true. There is little hope that the gallant pioneer, now missing eleven days

·will be found alive.

Among the prophecies he made were these!---

Within ten years air liners carrying 100 passengers will be flashing through the strato- sphere, between 40,000 and 60,000 feet up, at 500 to 750 miles an hour.

-Passengers will enjoy the luxury of a sen liner except that space will be restricted.--

Sky giants of the future will have a range of 6,000 miles, able to reach practically any part of the earth non-stop.

"Smithy" spoke in his usual ensual way, rather as though he were discussing the best tramear ruute back to town

What "Smithy" said in his last interview carried the weight of | years of thought and close study. "You know," he said, "the future of the air is a subject that is sel om out of my mind. It fascin- ates me. It occupies every moment that I can spare for its study.

"Glorious Infancy"

"Just think what has happened the short space of time-thirty two

years since the Wright brothers first flew in an airplane,

"Why, fight is still in its glori- ous infancy.

Progress has been so rapid that hesitate-to-suggest-what will he happening in 100 years' time.

would make only one prophecy then got the 3rd. Australianas far ahead as that. By then we Division, which he trained him-shall have solved the problem of self on Sailsbury Plain. In 1918 perfect rocket or reaction propul-

sion in space and→ he succeeded Gen. Birdwood in command of the Corps.

He wrote an excellent account of the operations conducted by him entitled "The Australian Victories in France in 1918." This is military history of per- manent value.

"There will be attempts migrate from planet to planet.

to

Then the ordinary scientife application of propulsion through the air will have fuded.

"But it is easier to forecast ten,. twenty, or thirty years hence.

“Undoubtedly", we

shall have Dachines that will fly in the strato sphere. hermetically sealed and

The contents et "The War, giving passengers all the comforts Letters of General Monash," pub-they are now accustomed to on a fished this month, are in a lighter sea voyage.

vein. The letters were nearly all "Their range will be enormous- written to his wife and daughter, sufficient to reach almost any place | though a few to intimate friends in the world without a stop. are included. There is a cerinin nnivete and exuberance about them from which few of us were en- tirely free in our private letters from the front.

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"How will this be done? I know it is easy to make such statements, but here are my reasons.

"The light alloys that are now being produced will be used in the metal work, to with- stand strain at such speeds and height.

Beautiful Princess Katherine of Greece, sister of King George I, who has been restured to the throne he abdicated in 1923, will soon resume her place in the round court of her native land. The princess was bridesmaid of the wedding of ker cousin, Princess Marina, now, Duchess of Kent.

"My Last Record Attempt, FRONTIER

Win Or Lose

·

ESCORT

Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, conqueror FOR HER

of the Atlantic, conqueror of the Pacific, holder of many air records, has been missing now for eleven days.

He was out to beat the England-to-Australia record of seventy-two hours set up by Scott and Black in the Mildenhall- to-Melbourne nir race last October. Flying with him was T. J. Pethybridge as co-navigator.

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"Win or lose, this is my last record attempt-really my last," Sir Charles said as he left England.

GOODBYE TO ADDIS ABABA

Miss Esme Barton, daughter of Sir Sidney Barton, British Minister int Addis Ababa, bidding, farewell i her father-and in the train-as she left Abyssinia's capital. She passed through Hongkong recently to join her bruther in China.

In the rarefied atmosphere,

because of the thin density of ZOO IN LONDON

the air, aircraft can travel at

500 miles an hour with the WILL GET RARE power that gives less than half that speed nearer the earth.

"That is why I say that within ten years speeds will be in the neighbourhood of 500 to 750 miles

an hour.

"The internal combustion engine "Theory Completed"

may have gone in twenty to thirty "There are tremendous mechani-yeurs.

"A new method of power may

WHILE YOUNG OFFICER IS SENT ON LEAVE

Brest, Nov. 1.

SHAKEN and embittered by

her broken romance, Lydia Oswald, the beautiful Swiss spy, has suffered a crowning disappointment. She will not be allowed to see her sailor lover when she leaves prison. Immediately after her court- martial sentence of nine months' imprisonment she started to make plans to mdct Lleutenant de For- coville, the young naval officer for whose love, she told the court. she gave up spying.......

Having served over six months while awaiting her trial, sho hoped to earn "good conduct time" and rejoin him.

No Remission Then came the bitter blow. Lydia mentioned- Her hopes to an official at the naval prison. "I want to go soon," she said, "he is waiting for me."

At last she learned the truth.. Lieu -

Lydia Oswald. tenant de Forcevills had been given leave and sent away from 'Brest. The naval prison allowing no remission of sentence for good conduct.

What is more, even when she leaves prison, two months bence, she will not be allowed- to go free. Two officers of the special police will be waiting to take her to the Swiss frontier. Lydia Oswald is this first woman to be held in the naval prison- hore, and her arrival presented a

ANIMAL - BIRD problem. Finally, she was put in

rare

London, Nov. 1, The London Zoo is hoping to acquire another

and strange exhibita duck-bill platypus from New Guinea. This creature is one of nature's

the care, of the chief warder'a wife.

Hor diet is the "ordinaire" of the French seaman, reputed to be copious and nourishing, If not planned for delicate palates.- Reuter.

Laurel

practice. In ten years we shuil too many moving parts. We shall in a short blunt tail, short legs And Hardy

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Critic Of British Troops There are criticisms, too, of Bri. tish troops and methods which General Monash, if he had regarded them in truer prospective, woukt have excluded from publication had he lived to see these letters in cal problems to be overcome, but print. But the editor has been they are mechanical only, no longer have been evolved, or we may have strangest freake. Its appearance is wise to let them stand and show the scientific. The theory work has reverted to steam, or Diesel oil singular, since it has a furred body, complete picture of the man as he been done: all that is required is fuel. The present-day motor has rather slug-like in shape, ending

the practice,

use a hus only one mov- with webbed feet, and a small head There is an incisiveness about the

"We shall have highly super- ing part-like the electric motor. which consists chiefly of a mouth

exactly like the bill of a duck. style and the thoughts embedded in charged engines developing tre- it; which is

Its breeding Habits are unusual "I May Not See This" most refreshing mendous power. I have a super-

as it is a survivor of the time Where could a better definition of charged engine on my machine, but "Here there will be the greatest when primitive 'mammals Jaid eggs true loyalty be found than when the engine of the future will deve amount of improvement.

Tentatively titled "Laurel and IN a true like reptiles. Although he writes:

lop at least four times us much

"No amount of storm, fog, ar mammal it lays egge, Incubates Hardy of India, filming of "I always tell them. (his brigade) power from the same amount of hurricane will affect air services them in a pouch and then when the noted Hal Roach comedy team's

ten years henee.

young are hatched it suckles them ambitious feature scheduled to the start in the scar future, James "In these great days to come liko

mammal. Only -I am thirty-eight now, and I echidna or spiny ant-eater, another Horne has been signed to direct may not see the greatest of native of New Guinea, shares this the picture while Col. W. E. Wynn, distinguished British army officer these developments there willhabit with the duck-bill platypus. be a new air age. My kiddie in As yet, no specimen of the duck- who was technical adviser on Australia is three. He regards bill platypus has reached Britain "Lives of a Bongal Lancer," will an airplane as we regard alive, for It is an extremely difficult serve in a like capacity on the Ha! train-as an accomplished fact. and exacting traveller. Obtaining Roach-Motro-Goldwyn-Mayer pro-

"I believe that by the time a duck-bill platypus is dificult duction.

Laurel and Hardy will be seen. my kiddie is old enough to pilot enough since these animals are

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any

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Unforgettable Description There is an unforgettable des- Hle description to his wife of cription of the confusion and panic the gradual stages of the evacua-raging in Doullens and Amiens at tion of Anzac, how each echelon the time of the March, 1918, gradually converged on the beach offensive, when the Germans wore and stopped on board the waiting not far away. Hie division had lighters, is a masterpiece of hastily been brought up from a back clarity, which even the most un-area to stem the advance. He had

a machine, I shall be fitting protected, but even after permis- in this full-length comedy as midm- initiated could not fail to under-arrived alone to see the corps com-

over to England from Austra-alon to export one has been ob-bers of a Beotch regiment station- atand. Similarly, when he got his mander, ahead of his staff and

lia for the week-end.

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