1946-10-01 — Page 3

FLASHES FROM University College

BRITAIN

Eight out of 10 new

For Malaya?

tonants of houses on Read- FIRST STEP TO FOUNDING

ing's municipal housing estates aro ex-Servicemen. Believing

that the ex-Servicemen should

come first, the town is doing

OF A VARSITY

The suggcation that a Univer-,

all in its power to obtain accom-sity College should be created in modation for them.

Malaya as the first step towards

with

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The position has been investigated the establishment of a Univer- In other towns comparable in nico

Rending the population in sity of Malaya has been viewed about 110,000-and the highest per- favourably by the Secretary of centages that could be found of ex-State for the Colonies, Mr Georgo Servicemen being rehoused was

Hall. per cent. 50 with 82.32 per cent. of the tenancies

going to

former soldiers, sailors and airmen, Reading thinks it has created a record.

The town of Bedford is to have

airport facilities Twin Woods and in course of time is

full elvil

2

at

Announcing tla, educational nu- thorities in Singapore reported also the arrival of Dr T. Priestley, Vice- Chancellor of Birmingham University who is to examine plans for higher education in Malaya, and to advice the Governor-General and the Govern

Malayan Union and ments of the the

Singapore. in this country, a sum of home the Asquith Commission's report, und Dr Priestley's mission arises out of £20,000,000 having been mentioned as being the cost of this gigantic Its recommendation that each area of scheme to place Britain in the fore-the Colonial Empire should have its front of technical development in air-own

as an inescapable craft.

of any policy which alms

likely to become the centre of research side of the aircraft industry

It is not often that an athlete who has only taken up running for a few weeks should find himself County champion in th 100 yards and 220 yards after his first competitive out-

ing, but this actually happened at Goldington Road when the County

championships were run off. This

•

coral is

out of

colonial self-

At the

government.

Institutions of higher Existing education in Malaya and Singapore include Raffles College, the College of Medicine, the Technical College at

Kuala Lumpur, the Schools of Agri- culture and Forestry, and the Malay Women Teachers' Training College.

-Reuter.

JAP OIL REFINERIES

new star is H. J. Burraway.

When Cardiff milk vendor was summoned for selling milk adulterated with 48 per cent."" added water his only comment was "I want to know how the water got into the Tokyo, Sept. 30-SCAP to-day milk." This lan really seandalous ordered all all refineries outside the case the Cardiff spendlary mugis field area to. cease operation by irate, Mr Godfrey Parsons, suld and November 30 as a means of closing added "Your milk was nearly half down all refineries processing im water. The maximum penalty

is porteri crude all And restricting £20 but if it were more I should refinery capacity to oil produced have fined you more."

only in Japan.

SCAP's Industry and Reparations Merseyside seems to be recover Division Chief explained that the ing. slowly but Kurely, from order will stop the practice of skip- its war wounds and here and there! ping crude oil from one part of new buildings are replacing their Japan to another in order to keep blitzed predecessors, Work has the refineries operating and will started on big block of tenements, also concentrate the refining capacity and dotted throughout the area are to the portion of the industry most the foundations, and in some enses Bkely to remain in Japan after the the completed buildings of the City's industrial disarmament and repara. permanent housing drive-probably tions removals in Japan-Central the most pressing of all the local News. problems.

a

completed. The houses are brought from Bristol in four sections on big was trailers.. The sections

Purk Barn Estate, Guildford, Which twelve months #go parture land, has now

self contained community of its own. The 100 pre-fabricated houses which have been going up there during the month at the rate of five or six a day

are

ALHAMBRA CALVERT

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JAMES

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lowered on to steel tracks and pinned together with steel pins, water and electricity services are connected, and people are ready to move into them! almost the same day.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1946,

England- Hongkong

By Direct Air Route

BEHIND the British Overseas Airways Corpora-,

tion's inauguration of the "Dragon" service to the Far East lies a story of planning, initial success, ↑ interruption, and final achievement. Captain W. Armstrong, a veteran pilot of the BOAC, had much to do with the planning, and here relates how, in 1935, he surveyed the Far Eastern section of the route -from Penang to Hongkong via Indo-China and Hainan-flying a de Havilland 86.

His efforts, backed by the organisation of the BOAC, have brought into being the first direct dr link between Britain and Hongkong-

In 1931, while I was stationed ing us two days. Then off we went in Cairo with Imperial Airways, ngain and arrived in Saigon with ten my chief, Woods Humphrey, ment.

minutes to spare for our appoint-

Ancient Cities Of India

SHOWING

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Same Organisation As In Mesopotamia

The ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjadaro in the Indus | Valley of northern India, dating back to 4,000 or 5,000 BC, were organised on the same rigid system as the contemporary citles of Ur and Lagash · In Mesopotamia with their domin- ant priesthood and priest-kings, "the recent discovery of a skeleton in a reed shroud found at Harappa has disclosed, snys United Press.

the

Archaeologists sold this discovery, necompanied by the fact that

at Harappa con- principal mound stituted a high citadel on the same effectively challenge the traditional Hines as those of Mesopotamia, may

would be worth while considering welcome asked me what routes I thought The French gave us n' very warm

and,

days two later, arranged

formal ń for development in the future.

reception at which most of the French colony were present. We were to routes under way, and wera then

which has so long insist- and we learned to like operating as far east as Delhi. This intimately,

ed on drawing T contrast between the was done by grossing central Europe them for their charm and courtesy-rigid and centralised administration

ways and by various and for themselves. in various routes. partly by air and partly by Saigon is lovely town, and the of Mesopotamia and Egypt and the are most attractive. milder and perhaps more democratic all as far as Italy at that time we Indo-Chinese

wooden-soled sandals system of the Indus Valley civilsa- were actually, sending the service by They wear

tion. rall through Italy to Brindisi, then which, because they do not fit tight- flying the Mediterranean in Shortly, strike the pavement before the Dr Mortimer Wheeler, · Director Brothers flying-boats.

foot and give out a clear pleasant General of the Central Advisory that one Board on Archaeology, said In his re- note. Usually It seemed having sole was two tones in pitch away port to the Board that excavations

We had just got our first Empire meet many of thean Colonists more civilisation of the Indus Valley

were

ព

These aircraft, which very robust as aircraft, also excellent seaworthiness, from the other and a faint tapping at Haruppa hud disclosed a burial, the used Alexandria

their gradually becoming more definite, first terius, From there, the passen-until, passing under my window, st of its kind to be found

Its

Salgon Aerodromo

gers had to make the journey sounded like a xylophone. Cairo by rull, and to begin their long fight to Indin by land plane from the RAF acrodrume at Heliopolis, some four miles from Cairo. It took four days for the flight from Delhi to Heliopolis, and about another three from home.

to

India, In which the skeleton had been placed in a reed shroud within a I wooden coffin surrounded by an ex-

tensive

group of pottery. Hurappa'a discovered to have principal mound, been a high citadel with a mud brick- defence 40 feet wide and 40 feet high, faced externally by a wall of burned brick, along with the shroud- ed skeleton, are said to constitute final convincing proof of the connec- tion between the two civilisations, signifying influence in one direction or the other.

of

was

Outstanding among discoveries at Harrappa were animal engravings on seals and little statuettes in terrecolla, stone or bronze, among them a bronze girl in a dancing pose anticipating futer qualities of Indian plastic art The chief occupation the peoples or Harappa and Mohenjodaro trading, archaeologists stated. Their buildings were plain, functional and without great artistic merit, consist- ing mainly of houses, store houses, baths and wells, and no certain traces of temples or palaces have been found.

However, archaeologists also said the

We had to use the main aerodromo at Saigon, but even by pre-war standards It was very poor; the run- way was of a local earth called laterite' which, when damp and rolled, becomes quite hard for Link To Hongkong

time, like an excellent cricket pitch. We can feel amused at this speed But it would not do for the air- now, but we were looking into the graft of to-day; they would go right future, both as to new routes and through. Into the soft earth beneath; extensions on existing ones, as well the runways needed for the large as to faster speeds. We were plan- modern air-liner must be bunt

Earlier expeditions to Harappn ning then, in fact, to extend to take highly concentrated lands. and Mohenjadoro by Sir John Mar- Australin. When, therefore, Woods

Besides Saigon, we had the choice shall and others disclosed an ancient

Indian civilisation Humphrey asked me my views, I sald

which in #bout of two other aerodromes In the north- that at any rate we must run n

siderable

of refinement. link up to Hongkong, and eventually cast, the jumping-off point for Hong. 3,000 BC had already reached a con

degree tho kong. One was at Tourane on to Shanghai and Tokyo from the

Trade connections between the Indus a most treacherous Valley and Sumeria in Mesopotamia This was coust. main Australian

Han Empire route. So

ground, alternatively boggy,

and Tater

and cultural affinities were document- when, some four years in the

he firm, and it was always problema-

ed in works of art discovered by asked

iftieni whether or not we were these archaeologists. autumn of 1935, I was then:

of ing to get off.

The other, which I I would take on the survey

route between Penang and deelded to use later, at Hue, only a kon

was very thrilled.

few miles away, was much bigger proposed was via Indo- and armer piece of ground, until one China and Hainan, and the aircraft a

day we found it was under about de Havilland 80. This was 21 small

six inches of water. I had to try four-engined plane with seating no- commodation for only eight passen-out some new techniques for getting the aircraft off the ground at bolb I had flown this Kurs,

aircraft

places. quite

bit in

In Europe, and liked it

Our survey proper began at Pe for its stability and great reliability, qualities much needed on the lights so after four days at Saigon we flew there. Penang is an island -L was to make over unexplored

about fifteen mlice long, just off Jungle and le-traversed sca.

the west coast of the Molay Penin- Fairly Easy Schedule

Much of its jungled hills is We were an exceptionally large still unexplored. At the southern crew for this small aircraft, con-end, the Government had built cities' drainage system were perfect. sisting of Richardson, my frat officer, really magnificent aerodrome, modem a radio officer, and a young de Havil-In design and structure, with land trained engineer. But then we particularly fine concrete runway— were to be self-contained. Being too small, however, for modern air- on survey is very much of a ploneer- craft. ing affair; you are not wet-nursed;

The First Flight -you-have-to-And-out what-things --The-great-day-arrived--when-we- are like by experience. We should should make our first flight of the have to learn all there was to know survey proper. We rather felt that About

refuciling, the radio facilities, we were cheating as we set off once what the radio-navigational

alds

more for Salgon and crossed over organisation, and the

to became ominously familiar in the We left Croydon

high in

spirits war before we

we struck out from the wel wide to a fairly easy schedule, and

Gulf of Slam for the southern were to make a first official call at tip of Indo-China, Point Camo. The Saigon where we actually had our night was quite uneventful and we appointment We were expected made the first stage a one-day flight. to show the fing there, and it Was Next day we decided to fly direct with to Tourane, climbing up over the the French, whose fascinating colony high mountains and gilding down to we were to use for the next few our aerodrome. Again, it was quite years. Our roule was to follow the uneventful, for, once over the mount established Empire route to Rangoon, tains, there was Tourane at our to feet. This we made in a day's flight and then we were to By direct Salgon.

as well.

* Fred ASTAIRE

ORIENTAL

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AUSTRALIA DOES NOT WANT JAP GOODS

"Of all enemy should be the last to be allowed to countries, Japan

trade with Australia," it was stated

were ke the wet to Khuta Baru-s name which was at a meeting of the New South Wales

Important to start off right

Wholesale Distributors of Crockery and Glassware.

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A resolution that this polley should be adopted was passed, adding: “The British pottery industry is ontilled to protection against unfair competi- tion from

enemy country to descending flagrant copying of offer its merchandise on a dumping design or decoration or which may basis. It is suggested that such prac prohibiting entry into the Common- tices be controlled by regulation,

wealth."Reuter,

I am afraid we were a little com- The aerodrome at Hongkong goes placent, for 'one incident stands out by the attractive name of Kai Tak. in my memory, Flying over India. It is not really in Hongkong at all, while south of Delhi, over country but on the mainland to the north.a privlege to see this thing-a de-

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not particularly well mapped, It lies snugly up against a steep monstration of nature to be seen and IDE GLANCES

I

We

right on track, and calculated

few miles north of Jhansi, ichardson suddenly stiffened.

handed over to Richardson while cliff-face and, in consequence, except wondered at, and to think about. studled the map to Bx our posiere certainly for the big aircraft of to- curly

for small aircraft, is quite unsuitable, We came again to Saigon In the had just verifield that

the good morning. But that day. To get the aircraft off the weather was no more. We were In twenty minutes we should be a ground with a run towards the cliff warned that heavy cloud was upon when face necessitated a turn this would all the eastern mountain range was away по the whole of the coast, and that coon Ase were airbo

in cloud, too. So we flew low up the coast and were soon in the heavy, tropical rain and low cloud-cloud down to a few feet from the water. In Terms Of Metror. So intense was the rain that we at any rato; heard it hammering on the

wings The

I sensed something I could not put not do

for a big

suitable

a name to, looked up, and there in In fact, until there are front of us, only a second in time aerodromes built, the modern land-

looked away, was what

like the plane will not be able to operate out biggest bird I had ever seen. There there at all. Which is why

our

was little time to think, but I saw choice naturally falls to the dying-

a flush that whether I tried to boat-for the present retches of i above the noise of the engines. pull over or dive below i had not there are very

Iti

the slightest chance of missing, and water. available for them. I knew that we were in for some-

Over Gulf Of Slam

continued intensity of it all surprised

this

us; we wondered how much water thing unpleasant. A nitty-pound bird Well, we had made our first sur- the engines might be taking in, but can do considerable damage if you vey. But there is one particular ex- they never faltered. It was on this

would like to tell day that we learned that on hit it at 140 miles an hour. I grab-perience that

four you about which occurred

our on

talked coastline they bed the controls, shut off all

of rainfall in engines, and pushed the nose down. next fight. We were out over the terms of so many metres a year,

Jarred In Sents

Gulf of Siam In the darkness when and

metre is

about forty inches. Over the top went the bird but we met the dawn; first, the auspicion But we were to learn many things only just; and we all ducked. Then of lightness in the sky and, while on these flights; one thing, that by followed a thud which Jarred us all you are wondering whether you are flying high it was possible .to get in our seats. I held the controls mistaken, there is colour there, first out of the worst of the weather and. Another felt the pearly groy, then the loveliest of avoid nearly all the rain. them. They responded, I look pastel greens, The distant wisps of vital thing was that by flying high- ed back to see what the tail really cloud are touched with red until the in one direction and lower in the looked like. The bit I could see whole of the eastern sky is a blaze of other it was possible to have follow- looked

except that it had gorgeous oranges and reds. You ing winds both ways; this confirmed itsce further and further with -the | the theories of the meteorologists in

concen- Hongkong. increasing light; the light

· have had.

for a moment, then gingerly GRABLE.

IN TICHNICOLOR!

in Up Girl

JOHN HARVEY

JOB EL BROWN MARTHA RAYE & HUNDREDS OF BEAUTIES

over all rich of course,

should

not

thur came down low, just clear of rates intensely to a point; then the

So

hurt

4

Well, that was how I helped to

Vice going in 1933;, a regular ser-

I thought we would blazing sun shows itself over the get this first. Penang-Hongkong ser-

Boss by Dying at this horizon

low altitude if something big broko Can I say, the sun rises from the vice which continued unbroken until away. I kept the inboard engines sea--away out of the distant China the Japanese cut our communications throttled

back right: to relleve the strain on the tall, and Bew on the den? connot: for the fillusion of in 1942

distances great from up bere

Now wo

we are starting again; the first outboard ories 10 Jhansia. The tail

tail where, very much alone, we ex night of a new service. But with was badly damaged, all the bracings perience this splendour No. time what improvemental I hope that

N

having“ been carried away on one the distaned into which I look has | my first draain will come true soon.→→ slic. Wa the spares we wanted increased by giant strides and I see to see this service, extend to Shang- from Karachi, and repaired the job the sun rising out of an starily at l hal and, in Tokyo as soon as condi ourselves, the whole delay only cost- distance!? Something, grips me; what, fiona permit,seks

By Galbraith

· DOPR. TILE NO BRA MANNER, Mit, 9. IL MER, IL B. PAT, OPEL

"Mother Hubbard mist have been a hub cluck! didn't she" buy the butcher a bottle of Scotch for

birthday?