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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH., TUESDAY, · APRIL ́28, ́ 1936.

JIM AND AMY PLAN TO SMASH AIR RECORDS

•

JIM: Fly Round the World in

Twenty-One Days

AMY: Out Again to Try to Beat Tommy Rose's Cape Record

THEY WILL. FLY IN

MR

HUGE 'PLANES

́R. JIM MOLLISON, and his wife Amy, silent since Amy's unhappy crash in South Africa, break into the headlines to- day with plans for new, air record bids.

Mr. Mollison plans to fly round the world in 21 days, starting from England, and hopes to break the existing England -Australia flight record of 6 days 21 hours 19 minutes on the way.

Mrs. Mullison is having a huge 400 h.p. bivlane prepared in secret at Croydon for another attempt on Lieut. Tommy Rose's London-Cape record."

She refuses to discuss her plans, however, but it is almost certain that she will also challenge the world's ace pilots in the French Aero Club's Paris-Indo-China race in October.

Robot Eye

M".

For 3,100

Miles Hop

Singapore, Apr. 20. MOLLI SON. to- day told me of his plans for his 21-daya' flight round the world. He will be leaving here shortly England and hopes to set out on his opic

for

flight not later

than August.

"Such a flight

has only become

fensible during

the

that. six

JIM

SHE MUST

HAVE

THRILLS!

AMY

Jersey. Apr. 21.

IN

IN the seclusion

of a pleture- sque village in. Jersey, Airs. Mol. lison is making her secret plans.

Meanwhile, atj Croydon, speci- ally chosen mechanics are working in a closely guarded hangar on the 400 hp. plane.

The great red and black biplane cruising has speed of more

months with the development of the than 200 m.p.h., and will have a non-stop flying range of 2,500 miles.

radio compass," he said.

"ahalf und such a compass on my longost Pacific hop-the 3,100 miles between Suva and Hong

Julu."

"This machine," an official atį

than more Croydon stated, "is equal to the task of recovering for_Me_Mollison the London-

SOMETHING THIS ELEPHANT WON'T FORGET.

Squealing and bellowing his protests, this baby elephant was unloaded from the NY.K. Iiner Katori Maru when she arrived from Singapore' Inst week. The elephant is one of three which are being taken to Dallas, Texas, for the Centenary Exhibition to be held there this year. Together with the rest of the consignment of animale they will be shipped on the Asuma Maru for

America this week.

GIRLS CAN

ONLY

.Kisses

New York. April 25.

A Kissing contest with the mayornity of Portland, Oregon, us prize is threatened follow. ing a challenge flung to Mayor Joseph Carsan by Miss Grace Wick, an ex-waitress who re- signed her job two years age". to run for Congress.

She has now decided to run for mayor.

Mayor Carson, during his last election, gallantly greet- ed his women voters with a kiss. Now Miss Wick has an- nounced:-

I am going to kiss every voter, male and female. Grace Wick is on

the job for mayoralty. It's Leap Year anyway!

TALK

FOUR

Number One Is "Men'

-Staf Photographer.

ON SUBJECTS

New York, Apr. 25.

"CONVERSATION TEST" of 10,000 women reveals that the average young woman between Įseventeen and twenty can. talk at length on only four subjects:-

Men,

Make-up,

Movies, School.

From twenty to thirty women were found to develop fifteen sub- jects to talk about-auch, as avia- tion, air-conditioning, diet, the

"I am returning to London at a record Tommy Rose wrested Home Is The next war, modern art, and Shirley

the oarliest possible moment to

make final preparations.

"I expect to leave England in

August, and the first stage of my

from her by 13 hours.

MR. BROOK'S PLANS

flight will be an attempt on the "Its engine has double the

SOLDIER-

existing England-Australia record power of Rose's machine, and its At Home On

of 6 days 21 hours 19 minutes set curiously staggered wings are

up by Mr. H. F. Broadbent last designed to reduce air-resistance November.

"From Brisbane I shall fly to Los Angeles and thence across America and over the Atlantic to England.

"I cannot yet give details of the machine I shall be using.

Ex-

"I shall arrange all those tech- nical details in London, change.

to the absolute minimum."

A friend stated: "Amy is determined to start record-break- ing again..

"She has always preferred the thrill of night flying over uncharted jungle to the same- ness of everyday life.

THE SEA

Temple.

Subjects which have dropped in popularity in recent years are babies, sex, drink, bridge, and

housekeeping. Bagpipes

Here he lies, where he longed In Cheshire

to be;

Home is the sailor, home from Court Case

sca,

And the hunter home from the

Jill,

Plymouth, Apr. 25.

Also in Jersey, where he went THESE famous lines from Robert Louis Stevenson's

a honeymoon flight last week.

The late Mr. Wiley Post, who was killed in a crash with Mr. Will Rogors, took 7 days 18hrs. Mr. H. L. Brook, the Yorkshire "Requiem" decorate a cabin in 49min. to by round the world airman, who plans to set up the P. and O. liner Barrabool, London Cape record with his 30 engaged in the London-Australia

service. Ho avoided the Pacific by flying, baby plane. over Russia, Siberia, and Aluska--- "I am not here to discuss Capo

in July, 1933,

They epitomise the life of the

permanent Occupant

a shorter course than that plan-flights with Mrs. Mollison," he enbin's

ned by Mr. Mollison.

Leaid.

Three-year Fight

for

£45,000 Hoard

TVIDENCE taken on commission in Ireland from 700 claimants

Major Long says he cannot live ashore on his Army pension, To claims that his present life He said to me:- is 50 per cent. more economical.

LIMIT TO TIME OF PLAYING

NEIGHBOURS AGREE TO 1⁄2 HOUR A DAY Part agreement has been reached in a Cheshire bagpipes dispute.

Magic Secrets Betrayed

Northampton, Apr. 20.

Magicians

The secrets of the Are leaking out.

At the annual conference of the British Ring of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, to bo held here in June, this is one of bo which the problems

will seriously considered.

The conference will be at- tended by magicians with world. wide reputations, and the dele. gates will be afforded a civic welcome.

is "The leakage of secrets aerious," Mr. A. Valentine, accre- tary suid to-day.

CRACK SHOT

Say farewell to any rifle target you place in front of Frederick A. Field, seaman aboard the U. S. S. Melville. He set up what looks like a now U. S. National mark by scoring 206 out of a possiblo 300 at the Marine Corps range -

at La Jolla, California.

LIGHTER REVOLVER FOR THE ARMY

The piper, Frederick Ainslie, Major Willan Long. lately of the;

To Eskdale Allan, of Barker-lane.] British Army, now retired. day the major completed his Greasby, and his neighbours second round voyage in the have agreed upon a time for Barrabool. He hopes to die in the playing of 30 minutes a day, ship.

with the exception of Wednes- days, Thursdays and Sundays.

There are still differences over the rooms in which the playing should

USE AT BISLEY take place, and the case was again adjourned by the Wirral magistrates

The new Service revolver, at Birkenhead until April 30. known officially as No. 2 Mark 1.

Allan was until I die of the vessel is broken Clements, sales manager, who lives in all competitions of the Army summoned by Henry (38 inch), will be used this year cruises because I thought life neighboury, who alleged that his play Rifle Association (except in up. I set out on these permanent next door to him, and two other would be a better financial ing of the bagpipes constituted an India) and at the National Rifle bargain. I was right,

"unreasonable, unnecessary and ex- Association meeting. The 455 capable of being mitigated." cessive noise, injurious to health and revolver will still be used by The case had been adjourned twice, those units in India armed with so that the parties might agree upon it." what constituted a reasonable mount of time for Allan to play."

BOXROOM SÚGGESTED

to a £45,000 fortune is to be submitted to the Equity Court shall never leave this ship here.

The money was left by Martin Edward Burke, an Irishman, who died in a Sydney hospital in 1933.

He was believed to be poor, but bank deposit slips for £39,000 were found in his lodging. He did not leave n'will..

The Master In Equity excluded all applicants except Mrs. Mary Hayes, wife of a peor Irish farmer, who claimed to be a niece of Burke.

"Now I would not go back to live on land again for any

money,"

"He smiled. "I understand now," he said, "how a soaman loves his I certainly love the Barrabool,"

The Equity Court reviewed this decision and granted loave to ship. the public trustee to Issue a coinmission to alt in Ireland.

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The now revolver is smaller und lighter than the .455 which it will re- place. In general appearance it is Mr. J. Roberts, for the plaintiffs, similar, but is a handler weapon. said the houses of Mr. Clements and The barrel is five inches long and has Mr. Allan were semi-detached. Mr. an actual bore of .352 inch. Clemente had suggested that the The dimension 18 inch is the pipes should be played in a boxroom nominal bullet diameter of the

standard cartridge for

which the over the hall.

"I think playing in the boxroom is weapon is made.

Tho

charge con- 21 fale suggestion, but my friend says slats of about four grains of cordite, it would be cold its winter," added while the bullet, weighing 200 grains, Mr. Roberts... "I suggest that, con- in made of lead Alloy. aldering the energy his client has put This revolver was approved about into tlio playing of the bagpipes Ih ve yua ago, bub for various res the past months, he is not likely sons the authorities did not order its

· fool it,"

productions Issues hava- bem pro- coeding for some months now, but this year the weapon will be used for the first time in competitive practices at Blades, including the content for the Bevolver Thinty, Cup,

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