1937-01-08 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, JANUARY

1937.

"Telegraph" Representative Tells What It Feels Like To Go BEHIND THE SCENES IN AN R.A.F. MOCK ATTACK ON H.K. FORTRESS

MOBILE DEFENCES WARD OFF "ENEMY” IN A.A. EXERCISES.

Newspaperman's Flights

FOR

Special to "Telegraph"

OR two months Hongkong has been exercising the anti-. aircraft defences of its garrison--the Navy, Army and Royal Air Force participating.

Since mid-November, war stations have been manned by certain sections of Hongkong's defence forces for manoeuvres, just ended, which have systematically tested our defences against air attack.

By courtesy of the Army and Royal Air Force authorities, Hongkong "Telegraph" reporters and photo- graphers have been afforded generous facilities for witnessing these operations.

The initial part of the manoeuvres, which concluded in mid-December, included almost daily attacks upon strategic parts of the Colony by Royal Air Force machines.

No attempt was made to "repel" the invaders by aerial defence, the manoeuvres being for the purpose of testing anti- nivcraft defences on the ground,

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For this purpose, stations were taken up by the Army's A. A. section aground, and included the manning of searchlights and mobile anti-aircraft guna.

"Telegraph" representatives participated in several of these

teats.

In the first matarlee, (writes

"Telegraph" representativej

We were at the celling 8,000 feel -and in mid-December it was bitterly cold, even in the snug, fur- lined overalls provided by the R.A.F.

DAYTIME FLIGHT

who witnessed the manoeuvres) I was allowed access to an unti- aireraft practicn camp on the Staniey Peninsula, where six ÂÂ.

On the following day, the light guns, and an equal number of took place between 9 and 11 am. searchlights, were mounted. This From our height we could see the position is only one of many Heuttered throughout the Colony.

tonce Macro appeared us a small dot. Due to the limitations imposed by The day-time flight was for the the Treaty of Washington (the purpose of testing range-finders and Naval cinuses of which, however, ither instruments, and for two hours expired on December 31) they were we flew steadily over gun-emplace- only temporary positions, the ansments-many of them so cunningly and searchlights being mobile.

bilden that they were invisible to us.

Each night, invnding Royal Air Ferce planes flew over the positions, at heights varying from 4,000 to 8,000

feet.

In order to test the accuracy of the defences, "live" shells were used by the gun crews. Sufety of the pilots in the machines was assurred by setting the time-fuse in the shells in such a manner that the shells ploded approximately 1,000 feet be- low the planes.

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To the onlookers below, however. it was a fascinating sight. At 4,000 feet, the sickly-red shell bursts appeared to be exploding all sround the 'planes.

£4 FOR EACH SHELL

In order to conserve ammunition

n'slow rate of fire was maintained by

whole of Hongkong, and in the dis-

Both fights were unique, inasmuch as the "Telegraph" is the first news- Paper to receive permission from the authorities for members of its stuff to make flights over Hongkong's defences.

Before the take-off, Flight Lt. J. E. M. MacCallum (sented) explains to the "Telegraph" representative the route to be taken in the "attack" on Hongkong.

WAR

OFFICE

WILL

ISSUE

GAS MASKS IN HONGKONG

BUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUST PRODUCE ITS OWN

· "Telegraph”. Staff Reporter

ALTHOUGH newspapers and the public are being kept in the dark regarding the steps that will be taken by the Air Raids Precautions Committee to safeguard Hongkong against gas attack, the "Telegraph" learns that several important schemes have been adopted.

Include:

The schemes, as disclosed by the "Telegraph" some time ago,

the adequate protection of selected buildings in the Colony; carmarking of the first and second floors of certain pubile and private buildings for rapid conversion into gas shelters; supply of effective gas masks to the populace; centralising of fond supplies and organisation of Committee to distribute food to the populace;

mass displacement of sections of the populace into the hills sur- rounding the elty.

But, although the Air Raids necessary to import the service

containers from England,

What newspapermen saw, both on Precautions Committee realises the ground and from the air, is the danger of allowing the revelation of the thoroughness of local defence measures, which have Colony to remain defenceless been placed on as reassuring feat-against gas attacks, Government ing as has been possible

Washington Treaty..

arca

RADIO BROADCAST

Gramophone Recital By Rev. C. B. R. Sargent

A STUDIO CONCERT

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z. B. W. op a wavelength of 355 melres (045 k.e's.), 31.40 metres (0.52 megacycles).

12.30 p.m. A Concert.

pan. Time and Weather. 1.03 pm. The B. B. C. Symphony Orchestra.

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1.40 p.m. Debroy Somers Band, secret known only to the highest 2 pin. Hildegarde (Vocal). officials in England.

2.15 p.m. Close Down. within has not yet been asked to find col. WT.O, Crewdson, R.A., has been I am rellubly Informed that Lt.

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p.m. Chinese Programme. the limitations Imposed by the the money required to effectively appointed

1 p.m. London-Big Ben. "Police- BEATRIZ Anti Alrernit Defence men off Duty," Songs, Sentiments, carry out the plans.

Commander in Hongkong as from and Reflections on a Policeman's Lot. In the estimates for the current January 1.

Produced by John Pudney. (Elec- The fortress training period has year, only a few thousand dollars of the Fifth Anti Aircraft Brigade, This Officer is already Commander

trical Recording), actually only commenced. In the has been provided for gas masks, stationed in this Colony, from which Quotations and Hongkong Exchange,

7.32 p.m.

asp.m. Closing Local Stock spring it will be continued by the and these will be supplied only to It garrison as a whole.

moy be assumed that

Market Report. his police, sanitary department officers responsibilities have been consider- Among those who will participate and Volunteers.

ably extended. An unofficial but reliable estimate places the total cost of safeguarding tiongkong against the menure of gas

CONTINUED IN SPRING

(it costs £4 each time a gun is fired) will be the First Battalion, Seaforth the gunners. Nevertheless, at the Highlanders. who arrived here one position alone, something like 20 yesterday from Palestine, where they

at approximately $1,500,000. This

shots were. fred each minute while were on Active Service for so many does not Include the cost of naval, | the "enemy" planes hovered over- months. head. This was repented in several

strategic positions throughout the Co-exodus of warships from the Colony Meanwhile, there will be a general Iony.

during the remainder of this week.

I was Informed by a military offler that, with the modern anil; They are en route to Singapore aircraft weapons now available in and when they anchor there they Hongkong, it is possible to lay a will represent, according to the Singa- verliable barrage around hostile Pore Free Press, the largest con- 'planes.

Hongkong 15 ideally centration of warships ever to visit situsled for anti-aircraft defence, that harbour. Owing to the numerous high moun-

Monday,

army or air force defence. regarding the outlay of such a large While the Government is hesitating sum, the Services are proceeding with their own arrangements themselves.

to protect

any emergency

Hongkong Coronation

Delegation

"TELEGRAPH" SPECIAL OVERNMENT will

G shortly announce the

7.37 p.m. Variety Items. - Vocal-Carry me back to the Lone Prairie....

The Hill Billies; Vocal- Lights out....Greta Keller; Vocal- Let's sing again....Bobble Breen; Duct-Oh Sarah! Oh Enery!.... Tommy Handicy and Jean Allistone. 7.50 p.m. From the Studio. Harry G. Aston and his Piano- Accordeon.

South American Joc: Poema; Donauweilen; Moonlight in Rio de

Janeiro.

8 pm. Time, Weather and An- nouncements.

8.03 p.m.

The New Light Sym- phony Orchestra.

Light Cavalry-Overlure (Suppe); Bulfoon (Confrey): Jazz Nocturne

Buon Centre); (esse)

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8.15 p.m. From the Studio. Recital by Mae Eng Bunn (piano- forte), Elvie Yuen (Soprano) and Arsenio Tobias (Violin).

I understand, for instance, the authorities in London Bre

pro- viding effective gas masks of the latest pattern for all personnel In Hongkong likely to be employed by tains surrounding strategic points, shire, which departed on

the War Department in the event of H.M.S. Hermes and H.M.S. Dorset-

In this Colony. Through the courtesy of Royal Alr will not be returning to Hongkong.

This personnel will, of course, in- composition of a Delegation elude any civilians co-opted by the from the Colony to London Force authorities, i was also able to They will be replaced by H.MS.

military authorities. participate in the actual "attacks" on Eogle and HLM.S. Suffolk. Hongkong. By

The Hongkong permission of authorities, I made two flights in;

II.M.S. Eagle is replacing the not the War one, Government, and for the Coronation of His

is responsible for Majesty King George VI. R.A.F. machines over the Colony, one

smaller aircraft carrier on China the protection of the civilian person-

1. Soprano Solos-Vol to Sopete The delegation is not likely to O Mamma (Cavalleria Rusticana).. by night and the second by dny.

Station, while ILM.S. Suffolk is nel of essential services, such Each fight lasted three hours, dur-

returning here after an extensive electric lighting, communications, bo a large one, and, it is under-(Mascagnl); Vezzosette a Care.... ing which we flew a distance roughly

refit at a cost of £613,000. Dorset-etc. But no money has been includ-stood, may consist of only those Falconieri; 2. Planoforte Solo-Fan- shire is proceeding Home for an ed in urls year's estimates for their who nominally would be in Lon-Solo-Allegretto Poco Mosso (Violin equal to that between Hongkong and Manila.

protection.

p.m.,

the

and

Identical reflt.

H.M.S. Cumberland, flagship of the

TAKE-OFF FROM KAI TACK

Commander-in-Chief, Vice Admiral On the first flight wean R.A.F. Sir Charles Littic, is also proceeding pilot and myself took off from the to Singapore. Kni Tack Ease at 6.15 rapidly gaining height, flew out of from Hongkong ls, according to the The full list of vessels due there sight of the Colony towards Macao,

Singapore Free Press, as follows:

H.M.S. Cumberland,

Cruisers:

NOTHING DONE YET

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Two such residents have, it is understood, already been chosen as members of the Delegation.

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1. 5.16 . A Programme of New Gramo

phone Recorde. 8,40 p.m. The News and Announcements.

Greenwich Time Signal at 8.45 pm..

Transmission 2

tasle-Impromptu.

...Chopin; 3. Violin Sonata)....Cesar Frank; With Nurn Kanis at the Piano; 4. Soprano Although it is over six months since

Solos Del Amato Ben..Donaudy; the Air Raids Precautions Committee

Chi Vuol in Zingarella,

4150 110....Paisiello; decided to commence educating the;

Solos-Volles; Mins. trels.. 15. Pando Debussy: 6 Violin public, little, if anything, has been done to put this decision into effect, teer Corps who will be in England Solo-The Rosary...Nevin-Kreisler. Alive to the danger that threatens on leave next May are also asked to 8.55 p.m. London-News and An- the Colony if it is ever attacked from participate in a parade in London.nouncements. At a preconceived time, we com-

the air, the St. John Ambulance it is believed that a considerable menced our "attack" on the Colony. Dorsetshire, Suffolk Aircraft Carri-a systematic training of all its mem- H.K.V.D.C. and H.K.N.V.C. will be London Symphony Orchestra, Con- 9.15 p.m. "Lohengrin"-Pre- Brigade has already put into practice Searchlights picked us up almost im ere: H.M.S. Engic, Hermes.

etice number of members of the lude, Act. 3. (Wagner), played by mediately, and from then, until the

bera, numbering over 700, and each on leave, and arrangements are being ducted by Albert Contes. time we landed, we were never out of range of those blinding streaks of ing

Destroyers: H.M.S. Duncan, Dar-week dozens of these voluntary made to forward their uniforms to

Diamond, Diana,

9,20 p.m. From the Studio. The light, unless we were outside Colony Duchess, Decoy, Defender, Westcott. Kone through the military and naval elpation in the ceremonies.

Delight, nurses and ambulance bearers have London, should they assent to parti- Int of a Second Series of Gramo- Submarines:

chambers. teor-gas Colony and travelled. far out to men, (Mother Ship), Oswald, Farthin, equipped with service gas masks however, will be much smaller than R. Sargent.

The entire delegation from London, phone Recitals, by the Rev. C. I. to attempt in "allack" from a new Regulas, Pandora, Regent, Osiris, loaned by the authorities. direction, But each time we return Phoenix, Olympus, Proteus, Perseus,

those which proceeded Home for the 10 p.m. Big Ben, Dance Music. ed we were picked up by the search. Rainbow.

Coronations of King Edward VII and MAKE GAS MASKS HERE? lights first by one and then by several

King George V.

DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES others. Far away, in other parts of

Plans are still under discussion, I Fourteen sub-Committees are in The following wave-length and frequencies. Hongkong, we saw other searchlights mouth.

Sloops: H.M.S. Lowestoft, Fal- understand, for the manufacture of charge of arrangements for the cele-ate observed is Daventry. holding steadfast to small, white ob-

gas masks in Hongkong, and several bration of the Coronation in Hong-

Sign • Frequency Wavelength local rubber goods manufacturers kong.

8,500 kr. jects which were other R.A.F. "nt-

49.50 metres These warships, with the exceptlar were approached some time ago re-

9.610 tackers."

A feature of the local programmes of Hermes and Dorsetshire, will regarding the project,

0,685 k,c. will be a combined Review of all turn to Hongkong in the spring, To obviate the risk of collision. when combined operations will com- will be only able to manufacture the

In any case, Hongkong factories the Servicer "attackers" flow at various heights,mence;

rubber masks, and it will still be

waters. Several times we left the

H.M.S.

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They are

31.55 metres

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7 p.m.

7.52 p.m.

i Ben. 'Polleemen Off-duty."

The Holland Sqtare and New Victoria Grehairs.

1,15 m. "This la England."

8.80 p.m. The B.D.C. Dance Orchestra. 4.53 p.m. The News and Announcements, Greenwich Tips Signal at 9.15 pan.

.15 p... A Recital of Songs and Dueta.

Transmission 3

(0.8.3., 4.5.7. 8.KL)

10 p.m. All Ben. The Lasbury Sextet. 10.30 pm. Ilound and ABOUL'

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