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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1938.

BRITISH FIRMS' ATTACK ON

MINISTRY CONFUSION

COME INTO THE OPEN TO

MAKE ALLEGATIONS

"Home Industry Able To Cope

With R. A. F. Expansion

Directors of several famous companies recently come out into the open in criticism of air ministry "muddle.”

RING OF

AIRPORTS FOR

They confirmed the statement by Mr. Ernest Gilbert, LONDON

Secretary of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, that while an Air Ministry mission is on its way to the United States with a possible contract for American warplanes, British aircraft firms are laying off men for lack of orders.

"When things become diffealt a short time ago we spoke to the Air Ministry, and they orders.

The Gloster Aircraft Company had i "Fortunately we have not had to had to lay off 200 nen-ten per lay off any men cent. of its total employees--becṇuse of a gap in orders, and Aero Engines, of Bristol, have 000 workers idle.

One frin's managing director said: It is all due to bad planning at the Air Ministry,

"Britain's aircraft industry in of dealing more than capable with orders without any missions being sent to the United States." DISCOURAGED

Toid Gilbert had

uf Mr. Lancashire manufacturer who had written to all the aircraft

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facturing firms offering to do metal work, and in every ense received the reply that the firms could not keep their own men fully employed

Mr. Gordon England, mamagita and director of General

Engines.

Aircraft

deputy-chairman of Aero

told the Sunday Dispatch.

experience

the

"I find no dificulty in obtaining labour und in my working man is a fine fellow, ready to give his best.

are isted

But circumstances dificult for the working man.

"He becomes discouraged when Be wees the confusion that is go- Ing on, the gaps in production, the scrapping of work once it is donc.

"How can he give of his best?

Rave

fresh

"I know

that this country could cope with all work. "The general feeling in the industry is that there is no need to go to

America, which has Its Kromme to cope with,"

GWD

Knife Fight With Sea Giant

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CROYDON aerodrome has

saturation reached

point.

the

and London in the future will need more than one air terminus This in the significance of the announcement that British Airways. Ltd.the second largest English air transport company-is about to move from Croydon to Heston, an western outskirts of London. CROWDED OFFICES

"Croydon was overcrowded," said an official of the company recently.

major "We had to carry out

work nt maintenance repair and Gatwick aerodrome-15 miles away At Hestont. from which all our Continental services are to run, we shall be able to carry out all our work at one spot."

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Airways, i

An official of imperial Lid., said: "There may well come a time when a ring of terminal wir stations will lle round London, Just as there is a ring of railway termini, "Air Hners from Germany unct Belgium may land at au erudrome East of London; from Parls Croydon on the south; from Scotland AUSED with a clasp kaife, Fred on the north of London, and so on.

spent a fascinating afternoon watching Croydon deal

With the

during in last weeks as evuseless arrivals and departures London's only Continental air terminus, says

Weymouth.

Farne, a fisherman, fought a).......... desperate 30-min. battle in the sea here with "Moby Dick." mystery monster of the English Channel. No a knows to what species the -2-tem sea giunt belongs. Farme dived Paul Bewsher,

from boat to give battle colleagues watched

While anxiously fun the boat-raid and furged away at the

tudy,

"Moby het in which

Dick WIN Hopped. Paine franitently drove the blade of his kaife und tie nonster's "Moby Dick" lahed the wala inte "There is indeed a lack of proper in seething ved vaulton

Farne direction und organisation.

struggler for his Din life Every

"MONSTROUS”

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"At the end of the Great Wardsherman in the Dorset Coast hu

Britain was turning out 1,500 to 2,000 *planes a month.

"The manufacturing industry of this country since then has improved and increased tremendously.

i

pned for the sexip of this destroyer

bf nets and tackle. Po tom you?

they had vowed to "get" bin

Thirty feet long, he has a huge pli shaped hend with a long smart, and

"Yet we are turning out only 1,500 a 10 ft. tom. Dark grey in citur, he

to 1,700 'plunes a year.

"It is monstrous to suggest that ottr Industry

which employs three times as many men an in the United States where in- cidentally they are working to capacity for the next two years— cannot cope with orders.

"I doubt very much if Amerien will

be able to help.

"How can they All our gaps in air!

has no dorsal fin which disposes of

the theury that he was a shark

M. J. R Nornian, asstafamt keeper

Although it Wat a weekday and cout of the holiday season, about 100 liners arrived or left during the day. There seemed never tament, when i a good silver-winged machine was for not roaring overhead levitys Amsterdam or Berlin. womatik in from Pans or Brussels

The Betivity a

by the fullowing to-inutes log.

3.4. French Hiner lands from Park.

seater

3.W

machine leaves.

3.6.--Alr

taxi leaves for Paris.

private

leaves; Alner

3.3.-Private inzetne lands. 3.12-Liner lands from Parts.

3.1.Autogiro Janda. 3.13-Liner leaves for 3.17.-Liter leaves for

sels.

Paris. BTUR-

cumpany

at the Natural History Museum, Lón- ¿elets. ventured the opinion 'that

"Moby Dick" was almost certainly at The head f 20 whale of sone kind. "He

Tupologized for receiving ine in the shark." he said "Hasking whales publie hall. are not infrequeat visitors shraves an ad seasons "

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CHICAGO BLIZZARD

Chiengo lived up to its nickname of Windy Cily, when recent blizzard conditions that swept the United States brought a blind- ing! snowstorm and high winds to the Midwest metropolis. Here characteristic scene us this couple leaps over a snow-drift barrier on a downtown street. Meanwhile a high wind around a corner nearly topples them.

CLERGY AND CHOIR

FIGHT FIRE DURING SERVICE

Men In Surplices Escape From Blazing Organ SURPLICED clergy and choristers fought a fire which forced worshippers to leave Norwich Cathedral soon after Evensong had begun one Sunday last month.

The cathedral organ, worth several thousand pounds, and "Twelve people are working in my surrounding parts of the building, were badly damaged.

Fire broke out during the chanting of the first Psalm, Two lay clerks, Mr. Frazer and

fee and 1 bannot tolk privately there." he said, "I am having a cloak-

rearmament when they are working Hen Causes Traffic jamst

to capacity themselves?"

General Aircraft is not one of thej Arms that has had to lay off men,)

but it is employing between 700 and

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The vice-dean, Canon Green, the prescher, the organist, Dr. Heathcale |

rashed to assist.

SANG PSALM

Plots of British Airways are en-their surplices, mounted to the Stathum, and inembers of the choir sat by their colleagues

organ loft and tried to check the Avantry hen hitch-hiked on themes for their nov to Heston. flames with patent extin- 900, while ita empacity could be about quumgboard of O E. Thompson's car Croydon is generally regarded 1.200.

10 a three-mile ride to town. Once the worst of Europe's big airports, guishers. m the elty, the hen wandered it. The surface is undulating and the Mr. F.

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They were nearly blinded by smoke, and narrowly escaped being trapped in the organ loft.

When they saw their task was hopeless, Mr. Frazer shouted "Fire brigade," and one of the congregation | left to give the alarm.

Meanwhile, the Precentor, Minor Canon Noel Boston, con tinued the service, the second Paalm being sung #naccom- panked.

Dashing through the smoke, Nor- wich freinen ran lengths of hosc from the grent west door to the organ.

The Dean of Norwich, the Very Rev. D. II. S. Cranage, took off his surplice and worked with the fire- men.

Water cascaded down into the #isles

Firemen had to hack at the organ to gel at the Are. The giant pipes came crashing down Into the choir.

Within an hour the fire was under control, but for some time the brigade remained as a precautionary measure.

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Deon Chanage sold it was hoped to hold all the services In the nove.

"The

congregation behaved

with great coolness," he said. "We were afraid that the fire would reach the chuir stails, which date back to 1420, but fortunately they wore scarcely damaged,

"Music for Sunday's services would be provided by #mall harmonium."

The cathedral was built in 1098, and is one of the finest Norman cathedrals in the country.

STONES FALL AT 'SHAKESPEARE'S CHURCH'

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