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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, · JULY

2, 1936.

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Hardy Yachtsmen Leave On

Trans-Atlantic Race

AMATEUR SEAMEN ON 3,400? OCEAN TEST

Hamilton, Bermuda, July 1.

A fleet of more than a dozen yachts, manned by some of Europe's and America's most skilful yachtsmen, started out to-day on a 3,400 mile ocean race to Cuxhaven, Germany, one of the sternest tests ever arranged for amateur scamen.

The race, limited to craft not She was designed by Henry Gruber, less than 44 feet over-ali length and her master is Karl Beier.

The ketch Ashanti I, winner of and not more than 80 feet, started at noon from St. David's year's Helgoland trace, Ernt Burmeister of Bremen is her ownor Head. The lightship Elbe and she will by the burger of the outside Cuxhaven Harbour, will Bremen Yacht Club. mark the finish line.

contestants enteref the

hazardous cross-ocean rui

in-

A 41-foot steel ketch, owned and

Kro

Sponsored by the Norddeutscherailed by Captain Deutschlander, of

Germany, Regalin-Verein, of Hamburg, nad the Cruising Club of America, the trans Nelson Lohman of Sweden.

The schooner Sen Saga, owned by Allnatle race notunily is a continua-

The yawl Zecarend, entered by C. tion of the Newport-Beamer Bruynzeel of Zaandam, Holland. which began June

June 22. However, There were entries from Nor-

Jimitations, because of various cluding safety regulations, imposed by way, one skippered by Erling Tambs, who aniled the Sandeford across the the race committee, only #1 small proportion of the Newport-Bermuda Atlantic inst year for the race from the United States to Norway, but are arrived

too late to compete. Among the American entries THE ENTRIES

the schoomer Water Witch owned by The entries include:

C. A Hansen of The yawi

and Hamburg, built by Cent winner of the Miami-Nassau Abeking and Rasmussen for the City race; the schooner White Cloud, own of Hamburg. She salled by ed by the noted surgeon, Dr. P. H. Captain Ludwig Schlimbach, who Truesdale, of Fall River,

Alas proposed the trans-Atlantic contest. sachusetts, and the ketch Vamarie, The yawl Bremen, built in Bremen, owned by V. A. Makaroff of New from the design of Henry Graber, York, of the designers of the America's cup defender Rainbow, for Die Seger-

ALL HAVE WIRELESS kameradschaft cias Wappen von Bremen. Her master is Dr. Perlia and her crew is composed extirely of Bremen yachtsmen,

wag

one

Babies Earn

More than Father

E

Passaic, New Jersey,

June 24.

MIL KASPER, of Paa- saic, has worked hard all his life. He carus £ week' as a machinist.

Three weeks ago his wife presented him with quadru- plets. They are already carn- ing £a a week, and by a con- tract will get a rise to £210 their first birthday.

Emil is reflecting on the atrangeness of life.

"DANGER

AGE"

IS 3 TO 5

NEW HEALTH CODE

FOR CHILDREN

IR KINGSLEY WOOD, Minister of Health, is to make a new drive to improve

SIR

A few of the craft carry wireless transmitting apparatus and all carry the health of children be- receivers.

tween, the ages of three and All of the yachts had to comply five. The ketch Eltsi, n fib-footer, uf

with

the race committee's require- Berlin. Her master is Dr. Wolfking, ments for seaworthiness, rigging,

He told a London press re-

n retired German government officini. ballast. All hnd to have enclosed presentative that-16 per cent, of

The steel yawi Péter von Danzig, cabins and watertight cockpits.

children beginning school life entered by a students club of Danzig.

carriol complete Астміяй у удень

require medical treatment. equipment, including two anchors, twa chnins or cables, two

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Pearl Output

In Far East

Will Be Cut

"There is a serious gap in the tanpasses, lights, lead line, charts, medical services for children be

appliances, fingulshers, Ie

extween those ages," he added. sufficient for a period of six weeks; preservers, stores

A GOOD START

fire

at least 35 gallons of water per man, have more clinics and day nurseries, "To remedy this it is proposed to two large life rings equipped with water lights, rockets,

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parachute arrange for more welfare visita, fnres, and Very pistol. In addition and urge mothers to take greater each yacht carried at least one small advantage of the clinical facilities. boat and 4 Rifa raft. The minimum

"Our maternity and child welfare limit set for crews was five persons, services are already saving thousands binster and navigator

in all were amateurs. Prizes will be award. Bill will give the youngest generation cases of infant lives. The new Midwives ed by the Norddeutscher Regatta a good physical start in life. Verein on the basis of corrected time. "There are 1,150,000 boys and A prize will be presented to the first

1,118,000 girls between the ages of boat finishing on corrected time and

one and five, making a total of manned by an all-amateur crew.

2,268,000, for whom we want to do more than has been possible in the ран.

HEALTH VISITORS of the North American Yacht Racing children

discovered when the Union. There will be no allowance could have been prevented from de

enter elementary schools for propellers, Propellers or shafts veloping if their health had been will not be seated or locked, but an

pro- affidavit must be filed with the race

an perly supervised earlier.

"The health visitor is the chief committee, within 24-hours after feature of the new programme, aui arriving, to the effect that the the staff, will have to be increase:l. engine was not used for propulsive "Many mothers go out to work, purposes during the race, Use of and I hope that every local authority the engine automatically disqualifies will seriously consider the question the yacht.-United Press,

of establishing a day nursery."

The race is being sailed on time allowance calculated from the tables:

"Defects

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CHINA PROVIDES LINK WITH ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN

Monterey, Cal, July 1.

Sergt. Frank Newton, of the ordnance department of the U.S. Army, arrived at the Presidio of Monterey after four years oversens service in the Orient, brought with him a copy of the New York Herald of April 15, 1865.

It was the edition that told the story of the assassination of Abrahami Lincoln.

Interesting, as is the paper in itself, the manner in which it came into Newton's possession, 70 years after its publication and 8,000 miles from the [streets of New York, where it first appeared, constitute a most unusual

stars.

The King

May Visit

It was on a cold, foggy night in Newton recounts, that he began look- ing around for something to keep him-

the ancient Chinese city of Tsingtaa Australia

f warm. He noticed, coulie, who hd padded his clothing with old newspapers to keep out the biting wind.. Heat once entered negotiations with the Chinese for part of his collection.

FADED AND OLD

This council decided to adopt the le of "Australia's 160th Anniversary Celebrations Council."

Sydney, June 21. Preliminary stages of organisa- into tion for Australia's Sesquicen- tenary here in 1038 have been begun. A council of 50 has been Among the old newspapers, Newton appointed by the State Department says, he particularly noticed one that to control, the arrangements for was printed In English, although the celebrations. yellow with age. It appealed to him Tokyo, July 1. (especially, because, would give him The sharp decline in prices of some reading matter Arst and then pearls,, natural and cultivated has keep him warn afterward. caused Kokichi Mikimoto, Japan's The coalie eought the den all right) Acting Premier Michael, F. Brux- "Pearl King" to arrange for the that Newton wanted the paper to keep her sald that it would mean a great closing of many of his pearl farms. himself warm but could not quite see deal to the success of the celebrations Necklaces of cultivated pearls, why a person should want it for any if a nume that was more homely and which a few years ago were rather other purpose such as reading.

understandable could be found. Tho highly prized have been selling in He was about to slip it back into council will be incorporated by Act Tokyo recently for as little as $7. his cost na padding when Newton of Parliament, making it a statutory The difference between the cultivated to cinch the bargain handed him $10 body.

In both in Chinese money. The coolie took the and natural pearl is slight. cases the pearl is produced as a re-money and relinquished his "warmer." Commonwealth in the celebrations is The active co-operation of the sult of an irritating substance get-

WORTH U.S. $1,000 ting inside the oyster. In the culti- The coolic, Newton declares, was that the anniversary counel! will assured, and one of the first things vated pearl the irritant is applied by amazed at the amount that was hand suggest to it is that 1038 would offer human agency and the oyster does him, but admits he too was amazed a most suitable occasion for a visit the rest.

when a long time afterward he disto Austraila by King Edward VIII. Control of production is necessary, covered the value of the paper. It Another suggestion to the Common- Mikimoto believes and he plans to was worth U.S. $1,000 to eastern

wealth, will be that there should be reduce the output to a third of its collectors

bly of coins. a special issue of stamps, and possi-

held

No International exhibition will bg This project was considered a commitice" of the council, but rejected. Its recommendation WOR that an Australian exhibition should be held in conjunction with the great Sydney Easter Royal Show,

present rating. Just as in the case The newspaper leads off in the first of the, silk Industry, the farmers be-column, with a series of headlines: gan to grow pearls along the sea-

IMPORTANT shore. There are now 230 pearl Assassination of President Lincoln culturists in Japan, Mikimoto says. The President Shot at the Theatre He intends to buy these small pearl

Last Evening farms.

Secretary Sewawi Daggered in Thereafter he will become a sales-Iis Bed-But Not Mortally man rather than a producer. The

Wounded. natural pearl also but in this line columns, in haul set type, giving specially enlarged in 1938. Tils bro Mikimoto intereats gather and sell After these headlines are three an nnnual event that should be there is severe competition in other the story as i was flashed in tele-posal met with the approval of the countries.

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