1936-05-29 — Page 6

The longkong Telegraph, Friday, May 29, 1936.

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LASZLO SCHWARTZ, Hungarian Caricaturist who has been Writing

a series of articles on humour for the "Telegraph discovers that there's even

Humour in the Hongkong Ship-Owner's

Lair

lienden

of baskets of eggs from Swatow his head sadly and said: "No; I only 170 miles away, but by the haven't had one since 1907. You time the shipment reaches here see, I worked for a company

Mr. S. T. WILLIAMSON was his victim for to-day's article. SOME day a benefactor of LITTLE wonder that I went many of them have hatched and then which allowed us only two

humanity will arrange Williamson's office full o ope

niy way to Mr. S. T, are delivered as chickens!” bottles of whiskey a day, I

"Have the Chinese sailers as.drank three and they fired me."

Hongkong Telegraph. pyjamas that the seaman's have gone hard on the Tele- things with a good laugh. And laugh-malters,

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an International Olympiad and 'ilarity for something con- keen a sense of humour as sailors That atory sort of started him of Humour and if that bless- nected with ships and the sea: from the West?" I asked. off, and ever since I recovered ed event should come to pass, Fortunately I only had to make "Indeed, they have. I haven't from the hysterics he sent me I would risk all my money a drawing of his fine massive come across a Chinese yet, sailor, into, I made up my mind to call Sung by Webster Booth

hend, and nol plus the buttons. off my massive figure, for that would have the capacity to square most tention to this genius among his still more tailor or undertaker, who didn't every Hongkong physician's at- Stay with me for ever ("Giuditta") (Loħar!

Sung by Webster Booth

Namely, when C-2835 Gertrude Lawrence Medley-Parts 1-&-2——----

funny yarns will take first graph paper supply, When I even when they curse one-an--tho-doctor give up all hope of prize. Gertrude Lawrence

asked him for a bit of waterside other it is very funny, for he'll curing their patients suffering Friday, May 29, 1936, BD-334 Where there's you there's mo

Jack Hulbert

If they should win the humour he winked his eye and never curse the man he is angry from nervous breakdown, in-

answered:

at but his honourable long de- somnia, St. Vitus Dance, melan- You're sweeter than I thought you were..Jack Hulbert

second prize against over- (Both from the Film-"Jack of all trades")

cholia or hiccoughs, let them not IMPRISONMENT

"Little cargo, little humour, ceased ançostora." whelming Jewish competi- Much cargo, much humour,

advise the fretful family to or.. BD-335 Tap your tootsies Film-"Jack of all trades")

Chinese opposition, expressed tion, it will be only because Nowadays we haven't much AT this point in came Mr. range with the undertaker and Celebratin (From the Film-"Limelight")

Jack Hulbert in the Legislative Council on most of the humorous sea cause for hilarity; for things are Noille Lang, frae Dumbar- print invitations for the victim's Jack Hulbert

Wednesday, against the increas-stories are too strongly salt-. quiet in shipping and even some ton--and you can still recognise funeral. No; there's no need

of the little, cargo we BD-332 My heart and I (Film-"Anything Goos")

carry it after thirty odd years in the for it. Just call up Mr. William- ed powers being given to magis. cd for general public con- changes overnight during tran- Eastone of Mr. Williamson's son's office and ask for the loan ..Evic Hayes If you love me

..Evie Hayes

trates to impose imprisonment [sumption.

sit."

He chuckled-I didn't. senior Chief Engineers, who is of Mr.-I mean Dr. Neille BD-330 If I had rhythm in my Nursery Rhymes Sam Browne without the option of a fine for They can be purged, puri- If ever anyone gave a profes- one of the greatest living store. Lang. If he can't make them.

The Star and the Rose

..Sam Browne tertain mui-tani offences, wouldfied and disinfected of course sional humorist a knock-out houses of sea yarns in the East. laugh and well, then they're not. B-8416 Faithful Jumping Jack (Heykens)

not appear to rest on very con--but-if you do that they

But--don't try it on a patient Marek Weber's Orchestra vincing grounds. The Attorney will be as void of spray, spice When he saw my puzzled expres- to be in the right mood-sort easily shocked. The experiment Standchen (Heykens} ..Marek Weber's Orchestra General got down to bedrock and bubbles of humour as BD-331

slon Mr. Williamson explained: Obatination

inspired." suggested may cause epilepsy and sudden Alfredo Campoli & His Orchestra when he pointed out that there honeymoon trip would be with-

"You see we carry hundreds alcoholic sources, but he shook death! Tango Habanera C-2833 "Follow the Sun"-Solection-Parts 1 & 2

I am still to meet the man (With Vocal Refrain)

mont should be inflicted in every connected with the sea who can't Jack Jackson's Dorchester Hotel Orchestra case of breach of the Ordinance disgorge a splendid repertoire of BD-337 The Town Talks-Piano Medley..Vivian Ellis (Pianist)ing merely given the power to ing laughs. And salt, of courses or regulations, magistrates be-stories full of grins and groan- Reminiscences of Friml-Paramount Theatro Organ

impose prison sentences in in-Plenty of salt and spices. Spices Foort

gathered from all corners of BD-336 Songs of Songs Moya) (Piano Accordeon)

stances where they consider that the world including Mandalay, George Scott-Wood | the offence justifies such a step. Nome and the Solomon Islands. Ah, Sweet Mystory of Life, (Herbert)

The extreme solicitude shown by George Scott-Wood | the dissenters for visitors to the Gershwin Medley

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CELESTIAL observation obvious

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these difficulties.

In order to use it the pilot uses his wireless receiver to pick up. the desired station. Any station sending out frequent signals can become the objective. The pilot

tunce in until volume is at the maximum. Then he has merely to watch a needle on his instru- ment board which points to zero. If the machine veers off its course the needle proves accord- ingly and provides a warning.

The pilot then corrects his course until the neckle is back at zero. The machine will go direct- ly to the radio station.

The apparatua can be adjusted to compensate for drift.

THE secret of the regular prising; obviously, the law can- Signor Mussolini is anxious for flight of the "Clipper" ma-

" rapprochement with. S. MOUTRIE & Co., Ltd. not take account of such tritain, so he says, but ho-da- un- Pacific Ocean-from-California-to Great chines across.8,000 miles of the

ignorance. Maybe the opposi- willing. or unable, to take the Manila with air mails each week tion to the strengthening of the initiative in seeking a Mediter-lies in the invention of the radio **** law rests more on the possible ranean understanding as long as compass.

stations. The stations give a take a "x" from the sun or stars. sanctions continue. Such a move creation of a state of alarm might entail a technical admission

bearing which helps to guide the Radio-telephony is limited by the This instrument, which guards pilot to his objective.

radius of the receiving set in the amongst the local Chinese popu-of the justice of sanctions; and, an aircraft from the dangers of Hitherto accan flyers have had aircraft or of the station, and lace; if that be so, fears might spite of everything, Signor drifting off its course while fly to rely on celestial navigation-a sighting of ships at sen is a chance Le mollified somewhat if a period Mini is unlikely to admit ing over the ocean, is destined dificult matter when flying at method of checking position. of grace, say one or two months, in penalising

that the League of Nations action to play a big part in the develop high speeds-radio communica

The radio compass solves all were given before the now pow-warranted. In fact, he probably ment of trans-Atlantic aviation, tion with aircraft and vessels, and

The radio compass is an instru- ers are put into operation. How-does not consider Italy an aggree

sor nation. Il Duce saya that ment which is able to pick up ever, it is not to be assumed Britain must remove her warships bearings by wireless from distant that there will be unduly strin- from the Mediterranean before ha gent application of the law right removes his garrisons from Libya, [away. None the less, it is for the presence of a British fleet SIDE GLANCES

in these waters is looked upon as essential that registration re-a threat to Italy, Italy seems to quirements, on which the whole forget that the British fleet com- case for eventual abolition of the menced to concentrate in force only after Italy had started a war mui-tsai system rests, should be of conquest in country bordering fally enforced. It is somewhat upon three large and Important of a coincidence that this ques-pire's vital trade route to the British territories and the Em- tion of imprisonment powers Far East. Italy forgets, or per- should come to the fore at a hans never realised, that the moment when our gaols are movement to the Mediterranean already overcrowded with

was defensive, that it has never been anything else; and that if prisoners, so much so that men the effect of the British Fleet's undergoing sentences are being presence is anxiety in Italy, it is for Ver- released almost daily before the Rome to remove the cause.

bal nasurances, moreover, do not expiration of their terms. This

convince anybody that their toes raises once again the fare not going to be stepped upon: general problem of the for such things can happen by ac overcrowding of the Colony's eldent. It is still Signor Mussolini's prisons. It is clear that the main cause of this over- crowding is to be found in the these people are to be kept out no fear of such punishment. If constant sending of people to of the Colony, more effective prison for minor, and really non-means than periodically clapping criminal, offences. Vlowed from them into prison will have to be whatever standpoint, this prac-found, as one of our magistrates tice is wholly unjustified; apart pointed out a fow days ago. from other consideration, such There is, of course, a bigger issue involved in this matter, as first offences, it is a most namely, the whole question of uneconomic business, involving our banishment laws. But what- the Colony in considerable cost,over the solution of these several bealdes bringing the operation points may be, it is perfectly of tho law into disrepute. clear that our prisons are being Another aspect of the question is needlessly cluttered up with to be found in the constant re-gnol at all. The whole problem, people who ought never to be in committal to gaol of returned in all its ramifications, needs banishees, who obviously have thoroughgoing investigation.

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The radio compass is also able to pick up shore stations for bear- ings to determine the exact posi- tion of the aircraft.

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OVER thousands of miles of vecan where beam winds, which may change during the flight, are experienced, drift enn- not be checked by reference to eharts. Cross bearings cannot bo taken as no land stations are near enough.

Such flights as that of Ulm from California to Hawaii might not have ended in disaster had the machine bean fitted with a radio composa.

The ocean stages of the Pacific route require a radlo range of anything up to 1,800 miles. The powerful radio stations at Hawail, Midway, Wake, the Guam. Islanda,. Manila and Macao will enable the "Clipper" to face great ocean Journeys without any risk of being. blown off her course.