1939-07-24 — Page 2

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

July 24, 1939.

THE ARMY WANTS ITS OWN AIR SQUADRONS

Field Fliers Assisting In Operations should be Soldiers

THERE is growing concern among military authorities about the nature of the air co-operation that is to be supplied to any expeditionary force we may send to the Continent.

Now that the Navy has complete control of its own Air Arm, Army opinion is confident that the arguments that can be put forward will persuade the Government to provide a corresponding Air Arm for the Army.

EMPIRE NEWS

PREDICTING- UNION'S ·

RAINFALL:

CAPE TOWN,

The relationship of rainfall- and

atmospherics of certain parts of the Union with New Zealand and Soulis America is proving of great value in working, our long-range weather predictions for South Africa

Dr. T. E. W, Schuman states that investigations from 1900 to 1930

The fact that Britain is now committed to sending an ex-showed that there was a relationship peditionary force to assist other countries, the Army claims, makes the settlement of the question all the more urgent.

The Army at present possesses no air squadrons, but during a war will have operational control of Army Co-operation drons and a few fighter and bomber squadrons.

between the rainfall in the Western Cape between April and June and the average atmospheric pressure in New Zealand during June and July of the preceding year,

squu-ship," says Dr. Schumann, "between "There also a certain relation- the atmospherle pressure of South Americ America and the rainfall of Cape

Only half the officers in the Co-operation squadrons are Army officers. None of them has a rank above that of a squadron leader in the Air Force or major in the Army.

It is claimed that the greatly increased air component that will accompany the Army will have to be controlled by R.A.F. officers of higher ranks because the Air Ministry is blocking the promotion of Army officers.

R.A.F. spokesmen, particularly Lord Trenchard, maintain that as aircraft operate in a separate element, they must neces- sarily belong to a different Service, and that as their purpose is mainly strategic (the bombing of enemy sources of supply and of communications far from the battlefields), their function must be considered to be entirely dif ferent from those of the other Services,

PURELY MILITARY

Although military experts agree that long-distance bombing and the air defence of Britain are not the duties of an army but of an air force, they say that the squadrons of, on expeditionary force will be carrying out purely inilitary duties essential to the conduct of war on the ground and that, therefore, they should be an integral part of the Army, and the personnel should be Army men.

Airmen who tought in the Great

Blood Tests

From this datum it is generally pos- sible to forecast the season's rainfall with only one failure every four or five years. AUSTRALIA

CRITICISM OF RADIO JOURNAL PLAN

mission's proposal

CANBERRA.

A

The Australian Broadcasting Com-

to publish weekly radio journal has met much Parliamentary, Press and' pubile criticism on the ground that publish

vince.

"Noting is outside the Commission's pro-

Yet Infallible"

The Commonwenith Government

Homburg-American liner St. Louis, carrying 007. Jewish rofugees from Germany, escoited out of Havana harbour. by police, after. Cuba refused admission to the refugees.

German Motor Train Does 135 M.P.H.

BERLIN.

A MOTOR train of three coaches reached a speed of 135 miles an hour on the line between Berlin and Hamburg récently. This is claimed to be a record.

For a long distance the train maintained a speed of 125 miles an hour.

It is driven by two 600 h.p. motors, and has room for 100

£3,000 Award

points out that the Act under which passengers, and will be put into In Divorce Case

Commission is constituted gives regular service shortly.

case

THE science of blood grouping it power to issue such a publication.

A FIVE-DAY divorce STEAM V. MOTOR

ended recently with a de. is not sufficiently advanced Mechanising, the Army, The Until the German clairn Is con- to be of use in the law courts. Minister for Defence, Brig. G. Afirmed the speed of 125 m.p..h. at-cree nisi and £3,000 damages for Street, says that substantial progress tained by the L.N.B.R.'s Coronation a commercial traveller whose This was the opinion expressed by is being made in the mechanisation locomotive of July 3 lest year re- wife committed adultery with Miss Beatrice Davy, giving evidence of the Australian Army. Two mains the recognised recently on behalf

world speed the managing director of the of the National armoured car regiments one. in New record. Council for the Unmarried Mother South Wales, the other in Victoria, and Her Child before the Select are being formed. Every endeavour claim," said an official of the Bail him

"It will be noted that the Gennun firm which formerly employed Committee of the House of Lords he adds, is being made to make way companies' Association "is for considering the

Cross-suits were brought by Mrs.) Bastardy (Blood Australia self-reliant in the supply of mator-driven train whereas Bri- Mabel Beatrice Bell, of Tudor House, Test) Bill.

army equipment.

ton has always made her attempts Hoe Lane, Abridge, Essex, and Mr. with steam locomotives, to which she Thomas Henry Bell, of Beehive Lane,

Ilford, Essex. in her faith.

"Some time ago Cemman air- Mrs. Bell charged her husband screw train reached 143 m.p.h., but with crucity and he alleged her adut- this was in the nature of a 'freak' tery with Mr. William Arthur Smith. speed

managing director of clothing "There Is no international body manufacturing company at Upton which recommises, train spood records, Park, E., against whom, he claimed but an interchange of Information damages. results in general acceptance of successful record-making at- tempt."

Blood tests can determine non- NEW ZEALAND paternity, but not paternity.

Lord Dawson of Penn asked Miss INQUIRY INTO NAVAL

RATES OF PAY

AUCKLAND.

War, as well as military men, point Davy: Do you think that what is out that short-runge bombing, ma- chines can be compared with long-good enough to apply to the saving range artillery, reconnaissance ma- of human life and the treatment of chines with armoured scout-tars and disease is not good enough evidence The Government has appointed a light tanks, and artillery co-opera-

to apply to the law?

Miss Davy: The treatment of dis-mittee of inquiry, under Pay tion machines with observation posts

Cmdr. G. L. O. Davis, to on hills or church steeples,

case is more important than a law investigate rates of pay and condi-

Hons of service in the New Zealand any She expressed the fear that magis- hoval forces. trates might decide paternity cases on the blood test evidence if the Bill were passed.

WINGED MACHINE GUNNERS

The tighter squadrons necessary for protecting our own slower machines and harassing the enemy's will be virtually machine-gunners with wings.

Those who argue on these lines try to prove that until the three Ser-; vices can be merged into ono single defence unit, the weapons should be divided into Services not by the cle- ments (land, sea and atr) in which they operate, but by the duties they have to perform and the-need-any-|- Service has for them in carrying out its routine work.

HANDING OVER

If this polley is put into effect the Air Force, being responsible for the- air defences of Britain, would have to take complete command of the Anti-Aircraft Divisions, but would have to hand over to the Navy all the flying-boats that are to be used for naval reconnaissance

Army.

and co-

court.

This follows demonds for increased pay by 706 naval ratings at Devon- port base.

Egg-Salad Germ: 400 Children Poisoned

FOUR

Princesses' Two Hours In Pets' Corner

PRINCESS ELIZABETH and Princess Margaret Rose spent two happy hours at the

OUR HUNDRED children and four adults were pro-Zoo recently.

strated by food poisoning on Staten Island, borough of New York recently.

JURY OUT AN HOUR After a retirement of over an hour the jury, who included three wonen, found that Mr. Bell was not guilty of cruelly and that Mrs. Bell and Mr. Smith had committed adultery. Sir Boyd Merriman, the President, granted Mr. Bell a decree nist and rejected the wife's prayer for di- vorce. He ordered Mr. Smith to pay the damages into court within 21

days and to pay. Mr. Bell's costs on the issue of adultery.

Mr. and Mrs. Bell, who have one child, were married at Upton Cross, Essex, in April, 1022, Before her spent most of the time, marriage-Mrs. Dell had been.. Mr. they are of Dr. Julian Huxley, Smith's secretary and, until the de ferences arose between Mr. and Mrs. in the Children's Zoo where they Bell, the husband was in the employ first saw the young Glant Pan-of Mr. Smith's company.

Sir Boyd Merriman, summlag-up, da.

had even now not The friendly white goats which said Mrs. Hell quickly surrounded them are des- dealt fully in the witness-box with cendants of goats presented to the the evidence by Mr. Smith when he which provides free meals for located in schools up and down New Zeo from the royal herd at Windsor, told about the two visits to the Folke- children of unemployed.

York, are given out every day to The royal children were shown stone hotel Dr. Samuel Frant, director of chlidren whose parents are in need. the young gnu, one of the pleasant-

Causes of the poisoning have not yet been officially esta- blished, but evidence points to a mixture of egg-salad which was prepared in the kitchen at an elementary school and distributed in sandwiches under a scheme,

bottle.

fea party

benefit specially pleased

the

Egg-salad, mixed in the school est of all Zoo youngsters. They chimpanzee, and talked to Jublice, operation, as well as the squadrons the Bureau of Preventable Dis-her, at Stapleton, Staten Island, went to see the Shetland ponies and the famous young chimp, which was that are equally necessary to the cases at the Health Department, appears to have gone out to about watched some of the young antelopes born in London.

A special chimpanzee thinks a germ got into the food 4,000 children altogether and hun-being fed from,

A little bear brought out on a lead staged inside the Children's Zoo for Against the military claims, how-In some way which may never dreds must have eaten it without ill-did not attract them much, but both their ever, air experts, contend that Army be established" despite painstak-effects. Staffs badly misused the R.F.C. and

The fact that one child took a PrincessES the war, and that ing analyses now being con- sandwich home and gave it to her R.A.F. during there is grave danger of the same ducted. thing happening again if Army men have entire control of Wings and Groups.

4,000 HAD IT

mother, who ate it and became ill

Immediately, was one of the clues

:

Large quantities of free food, pre- the health authorities had to work Ipared by relief workers in kitchens on.

SUNRIPE

The Quality CIGARETTES

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ly.

stroked Tiny Tim, the visitors.

Hotel Owners Liable For Guests' Property

NEW YORK.

IABILITY of-innkeepers for losses by their guests was the sub- ject of an Important judgment in the House of Lords recent-

An appeal was heard to decide whether the owners of a rest. dential hotel in Buckinghamshire were liable for the loss of a woman guest's' jewellery stolen from

London.

her bedroom during her absence in keys at the office, and no notice re- questing this to be done was placed Mr. Justice Granves-Lord had de- anywhere in the hotel. He did not elded that they were llable and think Mrs. Shacklock was negligent, leaving awarded her £530 with costs, but in these circumstances. in the Court of Appeal set the judg- her bedroom door unlocked. ment aside.

Lord Atkin, Lord Thankerton, Mra. Frances Ada Shacklock, the Lord Wright and Lord Porter agreed, allowed, with now ap-and the appeal was owner of the jewellery,

custa.

pealed to the House of Lords.

Lord Macmillan, giving judament

OWNER'S PROTECTION

in support of his view that the ap An official of the Hotels and Res- peal should be allowed, said what by taurants Association of

he common law of England an inn-

keeper was responsible to his guesia Britain,

Great

commenting on the case

proprietors would legislation which would

If any of their goods were lost or later, sald hotel stolen while in his premises. The welcome Innkeeper's ability, existed quite give them more protection in regard to llablity. for theif guests". "lost property.

apart from any question of negll- gence on his part.

"If on innkeeper displays a notica It did not matter if, the guest's property was stolen by burglars or in accordance with the Innkeepers by servants of the inn or by other Act of 1863 his liability may be limited to the sum of £30, provided quests.

There was no obligation on a guest the loss or damage not due to the at an fan to lock his bedroom door wilful act, default or neglect of the and the omission to do so would not, innkeeper or his servans," he added. by itself, relleva the Innkeeper from

his ordinary, responsibility..

It was not the practice of guests to lock thole bedrooms and leave, the

"To Lake advantage of that protec tion a notice has to be displayed in conspicuous place in the hall or entrance to the hotel."

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TSANG FOOK PIANO-COMPANY

Marina House,

19, Queen's Road C. Tel. 24648.

Eunico announces ̧a-

SPECIAL SALE Commencing TO-DAY

to make room for new goods. EVERYTHING TOʻGO AT DRASTIC REDUCTIONS

EUNICE

Peninsula Hotel Arcade

The

Hongkong Telegraph

NINTH ANNUAL

AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC

COMPETITION

June-September, 1939

$250

CASH

PRIZES

$250

(Donated by "Hongkong Telegraph") TWO SILVER TROPHIES, VALUED $250 (Donated by ILFORD, Ltd., London).

"SEND YOUR ENTRIES-IN-NOW~~~~ CLOSING DATE & TIME: 29th SEPT. AT 5 P.M. THE ILFORD TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BEST AND SECOND BEST ENTRIES IN THE COMPETITION, IRRESPECTIVE OF CLASS,

Prizes will be allotted as follows: SECTION ONE:

Fur Story-Telling Pletures, Ist. $30. 2nd. $15. 3rd. 810, SECTION TWO: General Pictorial Section: Landscopes, Seascapes, Architectural, Street Scenes, etc.

1st. $30. 2nd. $15, 3rd. $10.

SECTION THREE: Portraits, Informal Close-ups, Hunan Studies.

1st. $30 2nd. $15. 3rd, $10 SECTION FOUR:

Still Life and Table-Top Studles.. 1st. $30. Zud. $16. 3rd. $10. SECTION FIVE: Snapshots taken by children under fourteen years. Int. $15. 2nd.: $10, 3rd. $5.

RULES

The following Rules wil govern the Competition!

1-The Competition is condned ex...

clusively

amateur photo- grapher

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2--No employee or member of any Arm. In the photographde trøde la permitted to compete.

3-The prizes will be awarded to the compellore sending in what are adjudged to be the best photo- graph in cach Bection. Each entry must be accompanied by a form which will be published during the period of the Com petition, and which must pasted on back of entry. The right to publish any or all of the entries is reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph.

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b-All photograph entered mu! have been taken in the Colony of Hongkong. Photographs which entered in have been already other Competitions are ineligible. 6--No responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of low of ar damage to entries.

7-All entries to be either black. sepia, or toned pictures, and must

USE THIS FORM

AND PASTE IT

ON THE

BACK OF EACH ENTRY

be

mounted. Coloured

photo-

· graplis (are. "ineligible.' Pictures cubmitted in sepia tones should b· accompanied by a mmallar print in black and white. No ploture to "entered in more than one Section. 10.--Mounts to be only white

crean and, excepti the ChUdren's Section, must be of one of the following sizes:-10x12,

11-No correspondence will be entered into in connection with the Com- petition,

12-Entries in the Children's Section must bear the entrant's name, age and address on the entry for counter-nigned by a parent. 13--Members of the Staffs of the Hongkong Telegraph and the

· Noul China Morning Port are not permitted to compete, 14-The decisions of the Judges ahalk

ba inal

25-At the conclusion of the Coms petition, entries will be returnedt la competitors on application at the Telegraphs oflows wishin soven days...

SECTION

NAME

ADDRESS

DATE

ENTRY FORM.

Please use block letters and paste the on back of each Luty. It stared in Children's Section, parent; please co tersign hers. •