1936-11-10 — Page 7

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY,

NOVEMBER 10, 1936.

7

Supremacy In Pacific Is Prize In Fight Between Ships Of Four Nations

Speedier

And

Bigger Liners

TITH the selection

W

of

Tokyo as the site of the 1940 Olympic games, all American, Japanese, Cana- dian and British steamship lines on the Pacific have launched tentative plans for a large increase in andl modernisation of their Paci- fie fleets in order to meet the vastly increased travel - de- mands which are expected at that time.

Not only will the number of bonds in the trans-Pacific servier he increased, but they will be of a greater speed, a greater tonnage and up to the latest standards of modernizations in ocean travel.

Up to the prevent love, the Chine Those Pacifle, overriding to authoridae tive router in Pre the coast :hat putot circles, has produced the farthest towards the detual laurechint of their new programane.

This calls for the struction of five new ships, all with a tombage of sout 25,000 tons and aopped of 25 lenot an hour.

skaj

Two of the proposed nesk will be placed in the Canadian- Australian, service while the other: three will be put in the trans-farifie service for this pursove of replacing - the presenk Empress, seri The

Emperes of Russia, the Empress Canada, and the Empress of Asa.

The three latter ships will either

be utilised on other unes or kept in¡ the Lens-Pacifle service in a lower

When the A.0. Liner Taipi ng was crossing the Banda Sea en route to Hongkong distress signals were observed from a native passenger sampant, which had 30 people on board including women and children. The samp an was given n supply of water and provisions by the Master of the Taiping Capt. A. M. Frame.

FILMING CORONATION

IN

COLOUR

WITHIN six days of the Coronation a colour film of the procession will be shown in Hongkong theatres.

the

Refugee Ship In Singapore

Woman Who Was

Forced to

Stab Her Husband

Fleeing the barbarism of civil war

in Spain, 85 refugees were taken

The films will be rushed from London to all parts of from two southern Spanish, ports to Empire.

Normally colour films take a week ar more to develop, but by a special process and day and night work the time interval can be reduerd.

grazie of service, according as that Efforts will be made to bring it down to 24 hours, but the expense may prove prohibitive, -

demands for travel existing by thei time the Olymple games come on.

The next company that appears to have made the must progress towards the construction of new ships for the

A PANORAMA

"Four differeni brations along the line of arch have already Olympics service is the N.Y.K. Lane, been selected as most suitable from the colour point of view," said Initiative for the construction of new boats for this line, appears, accord- M. K. Harrison, managing director of Technicolour, the company ing to authoritative statements from which will take the film. Japan, do have been taken by the Japanese government itself

JAN 199 effort to bring all services up to the standard accessary to meet the 1940 demand:.

"Cameras will be set at different heights to get a colour panorama from various angles.

"We have approached the authorities for permission to film the setual ceremony in the Abbey, but are doubtful of obtaining it. The Japanese ministry of (~9185) -

"This historic ceremony with all its tradition and dignity is munications is now. negotiating with the N.Y.K. for the constructim or held so sacred that spot-lights and camera-men might be thought to two 26,000 ton liners for the Calls, mar is beauty." fornia Orient service. The proposed ships would have a speed of 24-knots, especially the spot where the King an hour at half capacity load and will stond to be crowned, and de would be ready for service prior to, cided that, due to the dimness, it 1940, These ships would be 10,000 would be necessary to use very tons larger than the present Chichibu high-powered studio lights to get the

elours in their Maru class.

The construction

of

The company studied the Abbey,

theses two glory.

richness ENTREE

ships, however, is only a part of ni Rain, of entrar, will spoll all plans, building programme which the Japa- but the colour-tim men are putting nese government sponsoring at their faith in King's wenther. would put 52 new merchant ships in ;

various trades' from Japani.

The

British

owned

Canadian-

Australian line, operating out of Vancouver has also made known ten- | tative plans for two new ships in replace the Mingara and the Aorangi.

BUILT IN ENGLAND

Like the Canadian line.

Widows

Segregated

it is understood that altese ne In Hankow

sitips would probably be construct- ed in English ship yards along the Clyde, but would nevertheless be ready for the Increased trade by 1940..

When the

term.

Says

E RADIO BROADCAST

Daventry The Lord Mayor's Banquet

STUDIO CONCERT

Radio. Programme Brandenst by UZJW. on, Wavelength of 355 metres, (0-45 kcm): 34.29 metres, (8750 k.c's.); 19.75 metres, (15.10 megaryeles).

12.30-2.10 p.m. European Pro- gramme.

12.30 pan. Military Band Music. 1 p.m. Local: Time Signal and Weather Report.

A Recital by Alfred

Selection from "Rose

1.03 p.m. Pireaver (Tenor).

1.15 p.m. Marie" (Frim}).

1.25 p.. Reuter Press, Rugly Press, Local: Weather Forecast, Time ad Announcements.

1.10 p.m. A Relay of the Rotary Club Tim Speech from the Bank Eong Hotel Roof-Garden,

15 p.m. Close Down. 4-7 p.m. Chiness Programine.

European Programin

7-41 p.m.

I p.m. Maste

A Programme of Welsh

Song--The Village Spring Care. Reberts) Leila Megane (Con- traitor: Some--The Blacksmith's Song William Edwards (Hiralthog). (Tenor); Vocal Medley-Welsh Mr- mories (arr. Evans). The Muestros; Song--All Through the Night Leila Megane (Contralto)! Songs- Seng of the Flood (Traithng); Olwen William Edwards

mine Songs-The Bitle thatcheri

(Tenor);

Cottage (arr. Roberis): David of the White Rock (arr. Roberts)....Leila Megane (Contraltos.

7.30 p.m. Closing Local Stock Quotations and Hongkong Exchange Market Report.

Light Orchestral

7.35 p.m. Selections,

Valse Triste (Sibelius); Hinda Sonit Genoa by the Hamburg-America (Rimsky-Korsakov); Evensong (East- line'; -7,389-ton vegeel Duisburg hope Martin); Le Cygne (The Swan).. Prelude (Hayda (Saint-Saens): which reached Singapore recently.

The refugees included about 45 Wood): For Love of You (Fronz

Vienna). women and children.

From the Studio. p.m. Talk on Poppy Day by Major A Mnnners.

The refugees had lost almost alt their belongings. Women had been stripped of jewellery; wealthy manu- facturers and business men lost their money. All that remained was the clothing they wore and u small bundle of personal effects.

PITIABLE CASE

One woman was

8 p.m. Local: Time Signat, Wea- ther Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m. Variety.

Piano Dust-Fox Trot Medley.... Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye: Piano Sulo Sweet Dreams Sweetheart.... state of Leslie Hutchinson; Orchestra-An hysteria. Her husband had been Old World Garden; Song Why did u?...Gracle Fields; shot, and she said that as he was have to meet you?.

Great Zied still alive the mob had forced her

Orchestra "The to stab him to death with a knife. Film Selcetion....Louis Levy

Although all the passenger accom- His Gaumont British Symphony; The modation had previously been led Vouhl-Jump on the Wagon...

crew 1 Billes; Pinno-Accordion Solo- the Duisburg's officers and slept on the hatches, on deck and in The Whistler and His Dog....George the-saloon-to-provide comfortable Sentt-Wood... quarters for the refugees,

Weather Forecast "Mainly Fair"

By A Weather Expert

he would be justified in expecting the worst and hoping for the best.

"LOCAL SHOWERS"

8.30 D.DL.

Lord London-The Mayor's Banquet, 1036. Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt. lion. Stanley Baldwin, M.P. from the Guildhall, London. (Electrical Re- cording).

9.05 pm. nouncements.

0.25 ti.m. "Autumn" (Chaminade). played by De Groot and His Orches- tra

London-News and An-

0.30 p.m. From the Studio.

A concert by W. H. Billing. Baritone: A. W. Whitehead, playing transcribed Kreisler Compositions for the Saxophone.

TF this evening's weather forecast;

says that the weather to-morrow will be "mainly fair," what kind of

In the particular district in which weather are we, to expect?

he wished to travel the "loent show The

mental picture of "mainly

Programme. fair weather is of blue skies, light s might become so frequent as nake conditions unpleasant, while breezes and plenty of sunshine; but,

great distance the showers Songs-When the Swallows at no That is not the only type of weather!

be slight and interspersed homeward might

fly (Maude Valerie associated with this somewhat vague with long sunny intervals.

White), Coming Home (Charles Saxophone--Leibes- Willeby): 2 Omletally,

The forecast proves correct, but is treud; Liebesleid: 3. Sour--Vulcan's We may have several! distinct types of weather varying of little value as a guide to the pre- Song (Gounod); 4. Saxophone- from dull, dry conditions, with neise weather changes in limited Schon Rosmarin: Caprice Viennois; 5. strong breeze, to cloudless skies and areas.

Song-Time was I roved the moun- absolute calm, all coming with the

tains (Hermann Lohr); 6. Saxophone Another lusive weather

lermLa Gitann, meaning of the words "mainly fair."

We may have a cloudy and op- probably used mons often than any 10 p.m. London-Big Den: (1) pressive day, with a hint of fog, and other, is "unsettled. Just what Talk: "Imperial Affairs" by H. V. perhaps slight drizzte

kind of weather this term is meant Hodson: (2) Monologue in Melody,' Jocally, followed by a clear and bracing day to iply, nobody knows. The Ren Gerry Moore in Syncopated piano Térming the institution a "hell 771 with no rain anywhere. The words real weather situation may be "un-1 when the sun is shiningi earth', where some

have mainly fair" may be applied to settled" wodowa

10.30 p.m.

Dance Music. brightly from a cloudless sky.

.11 p.m. Close Down. een kept from the outside world both types of weather. for more than 30 years the report

DAVENTRY .PROGRAMMES demanded the abolition of the es- tablishment in the name of huimanı-

The following wave-lingths and frequenclen ty-United Press.

are abserved by Daventry,

Wavelength Hien Frequency

0,500 kr. 49.69 melves D.BIO ke.

31.55 meltes 31,30 metres

Hankow, Nov. 3. The existence here of charity institution In which In the meantime, while the Etats more than 600 Chinese windows and the Dellar line, the two prin-are kept in continual contine- elpal American companies operating i ment was revealed in a recent in the Pacific have prepared tentn- tive programmes in meet n only government report. the travel rush of 1840 but also the competition of the foreign companies, nii of their projects are being held up, pending the settlement of two very vital points that affect Ameri- can shipping on the Pacific coast.

The first of these is. that both companies

cannot declare they undertake

new construction.

צמח

until it is abrolutely certain that the petition in the matter of speed, size Jabour Bituation on the Pacifle coast and modernisation of their fleets.

With the Canadian Pacife, te has been regulated in such a man- ner that it will not interfere either Japanese mall line and the Canadian with the construction of new ships Australian lin constructing bouls or the operation of them after they that will have speed from 24 to 26 kuols an hour and a tonnage above are completed.

!

NO GENERAL BREAK

This is particularly the case when a short interval of fair weather is When large anti-cyclones cover being followed by a new depression. the Enal, and there is no immediate

The word "changeable" covers a risk of rain-bearing depressions, the term "mainly fair" may be used in multitude of weather conditions. It "further outlook" for several forecaster each day predicted that | the consecutive days to convey that the weather would be "changeable, there will be no general break in with "mir periods," he would attain the prevailing type of mainly dry an accuracy of about 80 per cent. and quiet weather.

Actually the weather may vary tremendously even in the central regions of an anti-cyclone. This has happened times without number over a limited areo.

music.

21.750 ..

11.863 k.

95,28

metres

GRA

GRB

GSC

D, KAS

CRT

CSE

melves

**** 198

15,107 k

13.2

GRG

17.750 k.

19.36 metres

GXI

- 21,470

2.0.

18.12

metres,

Ust

15.300

19,68

EAJ

10.00 metres 40.30 metrec

DOG CHAINED TO TREE AND LEFT TO DIE

"The second is to ascertain first the 33,000, the American lines will be policy of the newly created United obliged to meet these standards in States maritime commission and to order to maintain their share of the

is trans-Pacific travel. ascertain definitely whether it

Indications Just given out, how-] genuinely interested in the construc- ilon of

American Merchant ever, by the newly created United marine.

States Marine commission, and which The Matson line's known to have will permit of direct subsidies to the under consideration the modernisn-American lines the tame as the

of the Mulolo at a cost of European governmeals do, Instead of is a description of the weather fort to die, Henry Arthur Smith, a tion US$500,000 and the construction of two new freighters at a cost U.S.$4,000,000.

the old time Indirect subsidy for

of

So.

·

From records of the weather when an anti-cyclone predominated for u week and the "further outlook" on ench day was "mainly fair," hert

seven days:

ALIVE AFTER TEN DAYS Said to have chained a dog to a tree in the middle of a wood and left

carler,

of Winters Hill Bishop's Waltham, a married man with five sun-hard labour at Droxford, Humpshire, children, was sentenced to a month's

carrying the mails, indicate that the (1) Fine to dull. No rain American lines will be able to do (2) Cloudy...... No rain, no

shine FORCED TO ACT

As already unnounced by the new- ly created commission all mall sub (4) Overenst

(3) Fine

Sunny Slight local drizzle However, this tentative programme sidies will end on June 30, 1937, and

(5) Overcast

No rain as well as that of the Dollar line will definite contracts for the enrrying of

Sunny (0) Fine let. be held in abeyance until the above the malls will two points are clarified. Despite! The new US. Marine commission (7) Fine to cloudy No rain this delay, however, shipping expertshus at its disposition an appropria- on the Pacific coast declare that the tion of $100,000,000 to expend as it American lines will not only be sees fit in the furthering of on Amer forced but probably able under the can merchant marine and Pacifie new governmental system of direct coast lines count definitely on reeciv subsidies to meet the foreign com-ing their just share of this.

last month.

He was also disqualified for He from taking out a dóg licence.

It was stated that the dog was: found by a farmer after it had been left for ten days. It was too weak Ace the forecast to stand und had had to be destroyed. Sometimes we

local "mainly fair, apart from

Smith, who pleaded not guilty, kuid showers." If the render of such a that he gave the dog to a man who forecast contemplated a day at Fan-handed it to another man who was ling, or a long faunt in the open air, to take it to Andover.

31-540

k.. k 0,110 k..

Transmission 1

Mayor's

(G.S... C.S.0.)

The Lord Big Hen. p.n

Imanuet. 1976 1.14 p.m. A real by Jeanne Toychenna Anstrellan Boprano).

4.53

The Policeman's Lot," 3.10. Beethoven's Hanafuzie Hohrian

6. Karl Ulrich Sehnshi? (Plano- farte).

3.37 p.m. Mualemi Interlude. Ben pim. The News and Announcements, Grwich Time Hanat ut 5.45 plan, (Continued on Page 4)

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