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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH

1937.

VAST INCREASES IN

IN MONEY

FOR DEFENCE OF BRITAIN

"BAKED" £217,000,000 FOR NOW WHAT THE OLDEST

ROADS

DEFENCE

WILL

QUEENSLAND HAS A ESTIMATED COST OF THE DARWIN DO

TIP FOR HONGKONG

QUEENLAND'S Main Roads Commission has just found that "baked" road surface are such a success, that It has bought another and larger baking

machine.

It is the invention of Mr. L. H. R.

Irvine, a Sydney engineer and is Boll roads. It is actually a travelling furnace, says Austral News, the heat

used on formed-up clay and black-

from which bakes the soll and cor- verts it into a hard, lasting surface.

The machine is 30 feet long and bakes at the rate of 60 feet of road an hour. Its operating heat is about 1,200 degrees fahrenheit.

MONSTER STAR FINDER

THREE SERVICES

£53,000,000

MUMMY Find Near Step Pyramid

Mr. W. J. Nichols, of Port A UNIQUE VASE

Darwin, has gone on holidays for the second time in eleven years to Melbourne.

Cairo, Mar. 1. A young British archaeologist, Darwin thus loses temporarily covered the only body of a noble Mr. Walter Emery, has dia-

INCREASE FOR THE BUDGET

its

Police court clerk

Local court clerk

The estimates for the coming financial year for the three Defence Services-Navy, Air Force, and Army-- now in course of preparation, will show vast increases on the expenditure budgeted for in the current year.

In the light of the acceleration of the rearmament programme, it is expected that the estimates will approximate to the following:

£110,000,000 to £120,000,000 Navy

(Increase on current year. £39,000,000.) Royal Air Force

Army

(Increase, £6,500,000.)

(Increase, £8,000,000.)

£50,000,000

£57.000,000

The Defence programme in the coming year will, therefore, cost the country in the region of £217,000,000, or £53,000,000 more than in the financial year which closes next month. NAVY'S BUILDING

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of the First Dynasty of Egypt yet found.

He found it at Sakkara, al- most within sight of the step pyramid of Zoser.

The body is that of Sabu, Governor of the Province, under King Azub, the fifth ruler of the First Dynasty.

With the body in the tomb was on unique schisi vase shaped like the steering wheel of a motor-car

Deputy-registrar of bills of sale, and of about the same size, It had

Hens, mortgages etc.

Public trustee

Taxing master

Assistant Marshal of the High

Court

Librarian of the Supreme Court Judge's associate

Returning officer and electoral

registrar

all of

hole in the centre and four petals probably for holding lotus blos soms

on a pole.

vasc.

The value of the vase can only be compared with the famous Portland Its craftsmanship and quaint design is the nest known example of the work of the old Kingdom of Egypt. It is sculptured from solid block of slate.

The vase PROGRAMME

By A Naval Correspondent Technical staffs at the Ad-Fleet Air Arm miralty are putting the finishing Washington, Feb. 28.

touches to the Navy Estimates repairing there are four Votes in the Apart from actual shipbuilding and The Carnegie Institution which are to be presented to Navy Estimates

with concerned has

Parliament in a few weeks' time. material. These are the Fleet Air of Washington

Détails remain a secret, but it arm, selentifie services, Naval arma- nounced the prospect that an is expected that Parliament wil ments, and works and buildings. optical system employing a be asked to approve expenditure 200-inch telescope will be of between £110.000.000 ani £120,000,000 in the coming finan- cial year.

an-

finished in 1940, on Palomar Mountain, in southern Cali. fornia.

Provision required for the Fleet Air Arm will certainly show a large Increase. Not only have many of the machines now in service to be re- placed, but there are three aircraft carriers building, for which a pro- vision of more than 200 machines is required during the next two усага,

During the current financial year

It is the Increased provision for the Fleet

of whom are Mr. Nichols. He is besides, a public notary, a commis- stoner for oaths, and, in his spare time, Secretary of the Darwin branch of the Returned Soldiers' League and of the Northern Territory football league. As a hobby, he gardens. Austral News.

Blue Riband

Of The

Tasman

BRITISH SHIP REGAINS IT

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was shattered when found. Mr. Emery's assistance spent whole week sifting the sand for fragments and piecing together the priceless And, which was sent Catro museum this morning from Sakkara.

Lo

Within few minutes of its arrival the vase was placed on view to allow tourists to view it before the museum was closed this afternoon for two days' holiday-one to cele- brate the departure of the Holy Carpet for Mecca, and the other in hanour of the King's birthday.

TOMB PLUNDERED The decapitated bod

body of Sabu was lying in a contracted position at the bottom of

of the burial pit in the centre of plundered tomb on the

of the desert.

Ledge

|

The ancient robbers tare off the head in

to steak the necklaces which had been buried with the dead Governor.

The tomb itself dates back to ap- proximately 3200 B.C.

An unique collection of stone

Six

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Thus the Navy Estimates for 1037 will be almost double those presented to Parliament last March. These amounted to £40,050,000. The telescope, greatest in the

But to last year's Hgures were added world, was first suggested by two Supplementary Estimates. Dr. George E. Hale, honorary expected that a Supplementary Esti-Air Arm amounted to nearly £3,400,- director of the Mount

introduced later this 000. In the coming year it is esti-THE second round in the bout Wilsonate will be

of year, when it may be possible to add mated that a further increase

for shipping supremacy in Observatory, in 1927, and into the building programme without £5,000,000 will be required.

A greatly increased sum will cer- the Pacific has just closed with vessels and fragments of inlaid ivery the following year the Inter-causing any dislocation of normal

tainly be required for Naval arma- the recovery of what has now boxes bearing the actual date of national Education Board pro-trude.

ments, on account of the number of become the blue riband of the the reign of King Azab were found vided the California Institute of Building Programme ships building and contemplated. In Tasman Sen by a British ship. round the body. Technology with funds for con.

the last Estimates this Vote showed

containing wine, food, As already pointed out in struction.

an increase of £5,500,000. The in-The first round was won by an and with the seals of London paper, the building pro-crease in the new financial year is American subsidized line when Sabu and King Azab were grouped gramme in the coming year must not likely to be less than £7,500,000. it placed 20,000-ton luxury liners whole sides of beer remains

round the body, The include three battleships and eight During the current year the per-on the run between San Fran- tomb for the sustenance of Sabu's cruisers, if the rate of capital ship sonnci the Navy has been increased replacement is to be accelerated, and by 6,659 men. This increase will be cisco, New Zealand and Australia soul were also found

we are to have 60 modern cruisers swallowed up in making good natural to attract-the-cream-of the Mr. Emery has also discovered the tomb of another noble of the First before the end of 1041.

providing crews for traffic. wasinge, and in

Dynasty. This tomb departs entire- the ships now under construction. The "Awatea," recently built in aly from the conventional superstruc Congestion In the shipyards muy successfully accomplished, and the well prevent all these vessels being The two battleships alone will require British yard for the Union Company's tural design and resembles erstruc

more than 3,000 men.

Sydney New Zealand service has ture terraced mud brick pyramid long process of grinding, polishing, laid down immediately, in which case

Since large amount of further made a record crossing of the 1,200 similar to the believed shape of the ilguring and testing has been be-it seems probable that the provision

for some of them will be left to construction is to be undertaken, and mile in 50 hours 22 minutes, thereby Royal tombs of the world's most on-

to train scamen Supplementary Estimate to be introfthe time taken

is beating the American ships by some cieni kings-rulers the First The conducting of a series of suc-duced shortly before work can be greater than that taken to build hours on this, the most important part Dynasty.

most types of ships, a further in- of their route, says Austral Newx, These new finds. together with It is unlikely that the increase will be Mary" in luxury and service, of 13,500 the tomb of Hamaka, Grand Vizir of crease in numbers will be necessary. The "Awatea" is a miniature "Queen Mr. Emery's discovery last year of fewer than 6,000 men.

tons, and is now the fastest ship in the King Den, and evidence collected Pacific.

from the wrecked tombs at Abydos

The 258-Inch mirror already has been cast and transported to Pasa- dena, where it will be coated with aluminium,

The casting of the great mirror by the Corning Glass Works and transportation to Pasadena has been

gun.

Its

cessful experiments In Lisc of started. aluminium as a coating for mirror surfaces has been completed with decision to use this materini with 200-inch mirror and the method of applying it which has been de- veloped.

The selection of Palomar Moun- Pasadena tain, 03 miles southeast

At a conservative estimate, it might be said that the shipbuilding pro- gramme to be authorised under the main Navy Estimates will contain:

2 (or possibly 3) capital ships. O cruisers.

18 destroyers.

6 or 8 submarines,

A number of sloops, minesweepers,

and other small craft, Possibly one aircraft carrier.

and 50 miles north of San Diego, as the site for the telescope has been made. Study of the relative merits possibilities. In course of this inves- building of these ships If, as is prob- systematic study was madeable, their construction is begun soon tigation

of various sites began with thirteen The monetary provision for the

such as slight temperature changes to some £17,000,000 in the coming at night, freedom from fogs and low financial year clouds, freedom from the sky llu- mination caused by city lights and Under Construction

to

of

Among other votes that for the Royal Naval Reserves is certain It is understood that with the by Sir Flinders Petrie, have brought show a larger increase than last year. granting of financial assistance to the the existence of the nobles of the From these estimates and calcula-British line to combat American sub- First Dynasty out of the shades of tions it

it is concluded that the Navy aldized competition, two 20,000 fast conjectures into the sphere of real- Estimates will show un increase of luxury liners will be built for the

at least £30,000,000 over those for full trans-Pacific run.

1936-37 (including the two Supple

mentary Estimates for that year), which amounted to £71,400,000.

to

over

Much

ty

Sir Flinders Petrie, who returned

to Egypt recently, discovered ovi- dence of the existence of Sabu, whlle he was excavating at Abydos, some three hundred miles from Cairo, thirty years ago.

He believes that

For aeroplanes and spares the 1930 Parliament will therefore be asked Vote allowed £14,080,000, an increase approve a Naval expenditure of £5,050,000 over the previous year; factors essential to tond "seeing" after their authorisation, will amount during the coming financial year or but it is to be presumed, in view of Mr. Emery has discovered the necro- |

£110,000,000. Incidentally it the big delays in the expansion pro- pulls of the First Dynasty of Wazirs must not be forgotten that, in reach-gramme, that there has

or Prime Ministers. under- ing this total. the probable building spending in this Department.

There is every indication that this depends on the form of con-site contains also the Royal tombs of programme has been taken as smaller low wind velocity.

In addition, there are six cruisers than that required during the whole tract between the Air Ministry and the First Dynasty which were hither. Construction work at Palomar is to be completed during the coming year.

the "approved" aircraft constructors, to believed to be situated at Abydos. already well advanced. A 50,000 financial year, and a large nuraber of

and this is a matter on which inform--Reuter. ation is incomplete. gallon elevated tank and one ships building, for which provision

ཤཱ million storage tank have been pro-will also be required in the Estimates. HOPE OF BRINGING vided. Suitable provision has also These include 2 capitul ships, 3 been made for oil and gas storage

carriers, 9 cruisers, 8 sub- and distribution, and the living marines, 34 destroyers (of which 9 quarters that will be needed by the are nearing completion), and a num- scientists when they are using the ber of sloops, auxiliaries, and small telescope. Moreover, erection of the craft. stationary part of the 200-inch dome is proceeding rapidly.

air-

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R.A.F. EXPANSION

PROGRAMME

UP TO DATE (BY A CORBESPONDENT) Large increases are expected in thei

"STARVED" ARMY

HEAVY COST OF MAKING DUKE AND

UP LEEWAY

(BY A MILITARY CONRESPONDENT) Mr. Duff Cooper, Secretary for War,

Air Estimates for 1937., Last year the will have every justifiention for in- It is estimated that, in normal gross figure was £43,400,000, and ittroducing to Parliament Army Est- times, the sum required for continu-has been suggested that this year the mates which must After much study by experts the ing the construction of these ships figure muy reach £50,000,000,

considerable advance some £8,000,- necessarily show a would amount to some £33,600,000, design of the telescope mounting was But naval building to-day is consider-penditure on

is not only that the increased ex- 000 Or £10,000,000 on last year's

on the completed and construction begun at

Hirge Air Force will figure of £40,000,000. the works

ably accelerated, and therefore a a have to be of the

is now hoped

and overcome; likewise many new features have been introduced.

It

up to date.

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but Westinghouse larger provision wil be required. It to include in the year the formation starved both as regards personnel and

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OUR BEST MEMBER" Many difficulties were encountered now ruling, the completion and con- the expansion pr has recently been isiderable expansion of air 'defence toria: (Australia) have sent

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The billposters' union of Vic- of the building of warships tinuation

Now we are committed to a con- The Air Ministry already authorised will require some revising its data on production rates units not only Finally, the Instrument Shop, the £37,000,000.

for airframes and engines, and it is Midlands and the North. Air defence wishing him "n healthy new year London but in the message to the Duke of Windsor Optical Shop, and the Astrophysical Last year, £3,003,500 was spent on hoped that an acceleration will soon at home is a Territorial Army res to you our best member, Cheerio!" Laboratory, the latter a five-storey the reconstruction and large repairs

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ponsibility, and so is stories

This view is founded on the intro-These duties will involve additional was made a member of the union

defence.

The Duke, says Austral News, ground, have been erected on the mated that the bill for these purposes duction of new methods of flow pro- expenditure of several millions. campus of California Institute, will amount to at least £5,000,000, duction in some of the biggest air- The organisation of the Regular when, as Prince of Wales, he

In short, considering the magnitude copal ships been necelerated, but the expansion delay may be made

only has the reconstruction of craft works, and if it proves correct Anny (to be followed by a similar visited Australia after the war. of the problems involved and their

up procedure in the Territorial Army) difficulty, the progress made

there are

three cruisers of the in less than a year. A certain ad- will involve several millions for execution of the most ambitious as- five cruisers of the "C" class to be Vote

Hawkins Class to be re-armed, and Justment would then be needed In which some account will be taken in WIDOW SUES AS tronomical project ever undertaken converted into "Coating anti-aircraft stores.

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Pay is another Vole which will brigaded battalions of the Tank Coryd A widow, aged ID, who was married "While it is difficult to predlet ac bill for shipbuilding and ship repair was £8,010,000 and the strength al- vehicles. Infantry tanks are to be later, was the plaintiff at Northamp- Thus, it is expected that the Navy's show an increase. The 1930 gure have to be supplied with new fighting at 16, and lost her husband two years curately when the new observatory ing will amount to £50,000,000. This lowed for was 50,000. There is likely manufactured. Armottred will be complete and ready for use, is Vote 8 in the Navy Estimates, to be an increase in Vole 10 for the motor-cars, and light tanks are to be from a road crash in which her hus- cars, tonshire asalzes in an action arising it is hoped that the telescope mount-which includes wages, material, and Air Ministry and in Vote for work, issued to eight cavalry regiments of band was killed. ing will be installed and adjusted by contracts. During the present finan-buildings, and lands. The Alt Minis- the line now being mechanised, and 1930 and that the optical system, incial year this bill, including the two rls was an increase of £110,000 on provided for other units, all of which who, as an infant in law, sued through She was Hildred. May Small, of iry Vote in 1030 was for £950,000, a considerable equipment has to be West End, Bennington, Lincolnshire, cluding the great mirror, may be Supplementary Estimates, amounted falshed some time in 1940."

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