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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1988.

American Air Interests Make Bold Bid For Supremacy Over Pacific

50-PASSENGER PLANES FOR

GIANT CLIPPER

TO BE U. S. BID

ON SKY LANES

Merchant Marine Flying Boat Will Dwarf Soviet Plane

Baltimore, Jan. 7.

•ONSTRUCTION of a huge flying boat, dwarting planes of the

type, soon

tin plants in a new stop toward development of a United States merchant marine of the air.

Martin, pioneer airplane designer and builder and creator of the huge clipps now in service on transpacific and Caribbean sky lanet, revealed his plans for the new air monster as he launched his latest ship-the Soviet Clipper. Details of design of the new ship have not yet been re- vealed. Its gross weight, it was learned however, will be 118.- 000 pounds-59tons-more than twice the weight of the China Clipper type flying-boat now in service on Pan-American trans- pacific lines.

The new plane probably will pounds-205 per cent greater than be put in transatlantic pausen- the China Clipper type. Represent- ing dollars and cents for transocean ger and freight service-

transport companies which are striv possibly on a nonstop schedule ing to cut passengers

aml express between the United States and some Mediterranean port yet to be designated.

its

charges to lowest possible levels to attract mass business, this pay-load capacity is expected to be increased vastly in the new Clipper's design.

Its construction probably will take about a year, bul

Martin's designs, as exemplified in completion will work reat advance in the the Soviet Clipper, make modern new U.S. polley of developing huge transocean air travel as comfortable" as travel by train. The Soviet Clip- flying boats for over-seen passen-

per has space for 46 passengers on ger service on a large scale. This policy first was urged in November day tights and berths for 26 passen- by the French maritime canmission gers on night sleeper trips. in a report on over-ocean possibilities. The against

U.S.

report

Carry-

airline ing a crew of 10 men, it has a galley argued and steward's quarters, air condition- efforts to constructing and healing equipment and men's with such and women's lavatories. Although super-liners to compete luxury ships as Great Britain's the plane is powered with four huge Queen Mary, France's Normandie, or motors, under marmal eruising cont Italy's Rex, and urged the alternative ditions its operating noise is less than of intense efforts to expand trans that of occan flying beats capable of mul- tiple passenger transport.

dwarfing The new Clipper while the Soviet Clipper, launched here recently for delivery to Russia, will incorporate many of that tlying!

boul's technological improvements.

train.

for a Requiring only 35 seconds takeoff with a full load, the Clipper has a cruising speed of 70 miles au!

With its tanks carrying their our maximum of 4,280 gallons of gaso fine, cruising al 10,000 feet with three!

EAST

MANOEUVRES IN N. TERRITORIES

A PORTION OF HONGKONG'S GARRISON held artillery manoeuvres in the New Territories this week. The terrain is typical hill country, and the mobile mountain batteries proved specially suited to it. Here are Indian troops with their mountain · guns packed on mules, moving up to positions.--Staff Photographer.

RUSSIAN

302

UNTHINKABLE!

Of course you would not give your baby a cigar or adult food because you know babies require special care and treatment. That is why you spend so much time in the preparation of his special food. Yet when baby's systean is upset and he is troubled with colic, diarrhea, sour stomach, indigestion or constipation, are you careful to use only medicine that has been made especially for him? Castoria is the ideal remedy for your child because it has been pre- pared especially for infantsand children. It is mild, pleasant- tasting and casy to take."The next time your baby

is upset by some simple child ailment, use Cas- toria, safe for even the newborn infant.

CASTORIA

The medicine made especially for children

EXHIBITION OF

ARCHBISHOPS TONKINESE

FACE "SPY" CHARGES

AROUND

THE

EMPIRE motors in service, the plane could

The Soviet Clipper, with a gross carry its crew of 90, 40 passengers: weight of.03,000 pounds and a wing-end a pay-load of freight non-stop

spread of 157 feet, was the largest from New York in London and 100NEW airpinne ever built in this country, miles beyond-United Press.

Powered by four 1,000

horsepower

motors inserted in the forward edges

of its wings, it has a flying range if ! between 3,500 and 1,000 miles-more than a 1,000 mile greater that the longest over «occan' existence.

roule

I:UW

PAY LOAD INCREASED The Soviet Clipper marked a great advance in utilitarian lying bout _design_Althouth_only_11,600 pounds heavier than the China Clipper type plane, its gross pay load was 10,000

NEWS SNAPSHOTS

Inn Where Drinks Are Sold "by the Hour"

BEST ARMY COOKS ARE BACHELORS

Aldershol

"Are you inarried?" asked Mr. Les- lie Hore-Belisha, Wae Minister, of each of the scores of cooks-some of them destined to be well-known chefs]

at the prize-giving ceremony the Army School of Cookery here to-

day.

at

Each one replied, with more or less:

emphasis, "No."

ALL YOU WANT FOR 11d Most definite was the new "cham-

Instead of paying for each drink, i visitors to an inn in a Prague suburb į may now buy their refreshment "by the hour" (says Reuter from Buda- pest.)

One

bour

By paying the equivalent of 11, the customer is entitled to drink us much as he pleases for without further charge. After the first hour the charge is only 50) per hour.

The Innkeeper, Sundor Lehoozky, draws his supplies of wine from his own vineyard and he says he has been forced to adopt this method of selling it because the competition is

so severe.

As a result of the innovation, his inn is crowded day and night. Many other inns are considering introdue- ing the system. DAMAGE BY MOTHS

Moths cause damage to the extent of £3,300,000 yearly in Germany, states Dr. Friedrich Zocher, presi- dent of the Society for the Safeguard- ing of Stores.-Exchange. "CURE" FOR DRUNKARDS

Instead of costing the lown money by going to prison, habituŋ) drunk- ards in Tulsa (Oklahoma) will bener- forth be sentenced (says Reuter) to do weeding and scavenging work while chained together and in full sight of public.

the

SHOT WITH GOLDEN BULLET

Mohammed Sohinganic, reputed until recently to be the richest man In Serajevo, cominitted suicide by bullet of shooting himself with a pure gold, which he had made for the purpose (says Tlie Scotsman,)

An examination of his papers, however, revealed that for this pur- pose he had used his last gold pieces, as he was completely ruined anci faced with penury. HALFPENNIES WANTED

The reduction in the price of petrol

by a halfpenny a gallon led to

urgent application from the

時

Motor Trades' Association to Pre

torin Mint recently, says the Johan nesburg correspondent of The Scots- man. They want a supply of half- pennies, hitherto the rarest coin un the Rand. The Mint has a large supply on hand and is able to meet the demand.

pon cook of the Army," Fusilier T. ("Blendly" his pats call him) Garraway, of the 8th Batth. Royal Fusiliers.

ARRESTED ON EVE OF ELECTIONS

Moscow, Dec. 20. THE Soviet drive against State enemies has resulted, it is revealed to-day, in the exposure and presumable Jarrest of at least three Russian archbishops, five bishops, AUSTRALIAN and a larger number of lesser ecclesiastics. MINISTRY

Organisations of churchmen extending from the Ukraine to far Siberia are reported by the Government organ. Izvestia, to have been engaged by German was Japanese und Polish Intelligence services to carry out Mr. J. A. Lyons... Prime Minister.military espionage, economic sabotage, and to have

The

Melbourne. Federal Ministry new sworn in recently as follows:

Dr. Earle Passar.... „Cammerce. Mr. R. G. Menzies

Attorney-Gen), and Industry.

Mr. W. M. Hughes

Mr. R. G. Casey. Col. T. W. White.

External Affairs."

plotted the murder of high Soviet leaders.

NO NAMES -In-no-case-is-the-ecclesiastic

Treasurer. named, and nothing is said re- Customs. garding the action to be taken Mr. H. V. C. Thorby.....Defence against those exposed.

Senator A. J. McLachlan

Postmaster-Geni. Senator J. McEwan, Interior. Senator Foli

Health and Repatriation.

ASSISTANT MINISTERS

Mr. J. A, Perkins........Customs. Mr. A. Cameron

Mr. A. Macdonald

The revelations are significant in view of the Government's efforts during the current pre-election campaign to discredit churchmen, who are still active in 30,000 parishes in the U.S.S.B.

One of the accused, designated as "Bishop. D." of the Russian Orthodox Church, is described as a "spy hiding Commerce-Representative. behind his priestly robes," who was arrested for organising "spying and Commerce-Senate, terroristic" groups under instructions secret SEX new Ministers include from the Gestapo (German three of the Country Party, which police) further accused of embezzl- "I don't think there are many women has five portfolios, although it earlier

who can cook to the best Army demanded six.

ing £8,000 from the church funds; for this purpose. Until I find one, I shan't! standards.

B" "Bishop

of the Reformed get married.

te blushed as he told the Minister

and his attendust officials:

ertold me:

The

Mr. W. II. lughes, the war-time

He is now 73.

is

$500,000

To Fight

Cancer

By A Correspondent

Washington.

As a lay citizen I come from the first meeting of the Fusilier Gorraway, surrounded by a Prime Minister, will be Vice-Pre- Church in the Urals, is accused of National Cancer Advisory

group of friends who were con-sident of the Executive Council. He having built up during the past gratulating him--and perhaps try was Minister of Health in the last three years an anti-Soviet espionage Council with new hope.

Ananced organisation

by Fascist ing to fix on extra helping at din-Cabinet.

Cancer will not be conquered for- Set-back for Mr. Lang. The money placed to his account

to-morrow nor next year, but as Federal Labour Party at Canberra eign banks.

Bishop T" is said to have burned the evidence was presented by to-day did not clect Mr. Lang's down school at Krashovarsk, in these leaders in the fight one "I joined the Ariny because I realised henchmun, Me. J. A. Beasley, to the

that I would get a better opportun-Executive. Mr. E. M. Purde, deputy Central Siberia, causing the deaths could see advances being made ity of learning my profession there Labour leader, was re-elected. This of 20 children. than anywhere else. I am only 20 has dealt a heavy blow to the Lang but have been in the Army for faction. nearly three and a half years. "After my recruit's course I began

WINNING MENU

along several salients..

There was quiet confidence that we Failure to pay resulted in the de-shall in time greatly reduce the Public Works Loan.-Mr. R. G. faulter losing his nose.

enemy's power, training as a cook, and turned Casey, the Commonwealth treasurer, more in two months that I did in announced the issue of an internal South Africa two years na msistant cook la publle works loan of £8,000,000 ni famous City club. "My ambition is to become a chef at 3 per cent, for 14 years at 9044.

n West End hotel. For the present, Canada

am going back to Shorncliffe, where I am stationed, to be pro- moted.

"The prize-winning menu

cooked wus:

Green Pea Soup. Solo Colbert.

which

I

Fileta de Boeuf a la Pompadour. Sauce Espagnol. l'ommes de Terre a la Duchesse. Baked Custard."

BOMBAY SALARY

CUTS PLAN

Bombay.

their

£6,000,000 PLAN TO CLEAR SLUMS

The National Cancer Institute and: the Associated Advisory Council were created by Congress to direct the best of the nation's scientists to relieve the Scourge of cancer. Statisical studies show that more than one in every 10 deaths in the United States results The Houshu Commitee of the from this cause. In the past decade Cape Town City Council recommend

Cape Town.

the Counell to spend £6,000,000 atreuued methods of treatment have

mortality from some

Now

the rate of £500,000 annually, on types of cancer but other types have The Government of Bombay, a scheme of house construction for become more common.

dwellers. sium whose prohibition policy will even-present

By encouraging the improved and Mountain Table

Death-Harold more extensive training of specialists tually lose them a third of revenue, are searching for economies, Bokenham, 20, Cape Town Univer and making more readily available we have and are now considering proposals to sity student, fell 140 feet to his death sources of healing rays,

Table Mountain In his speech at the prize-giving, Mr. cut the salaries of all officials over on

recently reason to hope that each year thou- Hore-Belisha said: "About £10,000 £90 a year, by from five to 25 per Dokenham was an experienced ellm-sands of lives can be saved.

on supplying cent.

her and a brilliant student, in spent every day

treatment are on the food to our soldiers at home and

Bengal averseas, not including Indin.

Quieter-Terrorism han India

Bengal, almost disappeared from following the recent Interviews be- tween Mr. Gandbl and the Governor and Dengal Ministers. Mr. Gandhi will shortly undertake A four months tour of the province to

"JOIN THE ARMY?"

"This food is prepared by 2,500 cooks. The Army consumes during a year 17,000 tons of meat and 25,000,000 | loaves of bread."

Mr.

-

methods of

horizon which give further hope for

the future.

Though causes of cancer are not SCOTTISH LABOUR

yet known methods of Inducing and retarding tumour growths in animals LEADER DIES

Lave been found. In such studier iler James B. Maclachlan, the the real hope of bringing cancer some Scottish labour lender, has died at day under control.

Much of the effort of the new Towards the end of his talk, he con- preach his gospel of non-violence. Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. For many

rpent in that fessed: "I have never been able to Dacolt Killed.--A notorious Dacolt, years he was leader of the Canadian Institute will be And a wife who came up to the Manna Singh, who cut off the nores coal miners, but inter he retired to lirection. With co-operation between National Cancer Institute at necessary standard of cooking. If of his victims, has been killed by a da'ry farm near Glace Bay, where the you can help me to find one I shall members of his own gang, according, he died. Mr, Maclachlan was 09 Washington and other leading medical to news reaching Gwalior, Central and horn in Ecclefechan, Scotland, centres over the country we may Join the Army!" came ery from India. Manna Singh terrorised in tho Jame hotise

na Thomas face the threat of cancer with now enutage.Uniod Press. neighbourhood by levying

"tax." Carlyle.

be delighted."

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