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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1949.

BRAND GALK

“Rodney, a" man called this morning, and said if we're doing the cleaning up after the Gala we'll have to join the Sweepers" and Sanitary Workers' Union,"

London Express Bervico

BRITAIN FLIES

850 m.p.h.

BY CHAPMAN PINCHER

RITAIN is expected to Credit for the achievement

gain a clear lead in cos chiefly to three men the race to develop Sir Den Lockspelser, chief faster-than- sound planes,

scientist of The Supply following a great advance Ministry who devised the ro- in air research at the Royal, hot experimenta. Aircraft Farnborough.

Establishment.

2

Mr Barno Neville

For the first time scien- tists have flown u robot air craft in a straight and level flight at a speed far above that of sound-750 miles an hour.

The robot - £20,000 By-

A

Wallis,

the sound

barrier more than

n year ngo. It failed because

was accidentally

repalred and

the machine damaged hurriedly.

too

Later Iaunchings flopped be- cause the fuel froze at the 80-below-zero tempera- tures met at 40,000ft, Experi- ments were held up until the fuel problem was solved.

of Vickers - Armstrongs, Meanwhile U.S. piloted air- the designer. He also

Bar- in craft plerceci the, sound vended the stili-secret weapon rter. But the British selenusts brenched the Rulir clan they ore gaining far which

Information from,

doma.

Mt W. G. A. Perring, head of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, who supervised

the tests.

The robot--a stubby, 11ft. ing Jaboratory packed with long nЯching weighing 900lb. secret equipment-touched 850 was launched seven miles utiles an hour. And through above the Scilly Isles, from 2 out its fight radiod back Mosquito aircraft.

to the scientists exact details

of what happens to a winged Observers in a Jet Meteor machine when it pusses watched it glide gracefully for through the sound barrier. 16 seconds, and then brenk across the aky as it rocket motor took over.

With this information, which will be kept aceret, engineers. can go ahead with the design

of super-speed Jet planes.

Immediately, excited seient- ists on the ground began to receive signals from pressure- Four months ago Squadron- tubes, accelerometers, Leader John Derry New & de gauges, and other instruments Havilland Swallow jet plane located Ara the wings and

at 700 miles an hour. But fuselage.

PLAN was during

power

strain-

dive. It told the scientista These signals, when deci- nothing about air conditions phered, showed how the ma- in level supersonic flight.

| IRLZEMTIES

THE FLYING LABORATORY

is packed with secrela

chino

was standing up to the stresses of passing through the-transonic-reglon-050—10. 700 miles an hour-when the smooth flow of the air sud- denly becomes turbulent and threatens to break up the plane.

The flight of the robot was also tracked by rudar ond photographed from the Meteor.

After nying for several minules it was deliberately nose-dived into the Channel. Aircraft and shipping had been warned to keep clear.

Tho scientists made their first robot attempt to crash

C. V. R. THOMPSON

The Left is out for the right men

NEW YORK.

In the big fight, the prizes be more attractive- GENERAL election is will

stoves, coming up in the US. efigerators, electric

bedroom aultes and other too, and organised labour things. says that it will "campaign

as never before."

CUSTOMERS of Sam Atking, owner of a down-and- York's But American labour is not oulers bar in New interested in Socialism or na- Bowery, showed their gratitude

him It tionalisation.

for bringing back 19 mising to

diamond-studded to get him with a

wristwatch they gold Into Congress, the wrong men, out, bought, by subscription.

A million-doller (£200,000) threepenny beer. They presented

nating fund merely

the

rather

"right" men

vant

MEIL

Je to pro

had

re-election of four SECRACK used by Pre- Top target is Senator sident Truman to show Robert Taft, author of an anti his confidence that better times 'strike law, which President are ahead: Even the Wall Street gloom over Truman promised but failed to Journal (full of

anyb rupeal.

.

Truman's thero is an

the is not beaten, labour Onses now being scarce in leaders fear they may not, bo

being the US. a Boston chemical to prevent him ubio..

company has announced the elected President in 1932.

are good nows that it had found, a Others they are after

of making *horschnit three Right-wing senators who way

from cows. have always backed Taft..

Methods, labour will use have

been tried out recently in a EWING-GUAL les abroad near miss at upsetting another 100, Senator Harry Byed, of Virginia,

ero the highest over, in spite of dollar shortages, anid Washington today. Last year they were worth Eli million. Britain's shore-£75.

To overcome rank-and-flo apathy, labour politicians have adapted the technique of the INCOME TAX, aiready paid tve-away radio programmes. by most Amorleans to their Every.alcation voter is asked Atale as well as to their Federal ta post: a card for union head Government, may Boon be do

manded by their cities well quarters

And tho

ho postcards arb put into “fan Francisco, Philadelphia, a draw for savings odriificates, Toledo, St Louis, and several Soutain pena, writt watches smaller cities are considering a

more vital their robots.

More will be launched. The experiments are costing more than £500,000.

-(London Express Service)

ROBOT-LOADING

Jie bufia-stubby,

ELGIN MARBLES IN NEW SETTING

On view soon at British Museum

TRANCE

NOVEMBER 1948.

The Journey back, from Aldwych Tubu

SERAUGURT/1948 | The Marblen käßäcksk

THE world-renowned

Elgin

Marbles will once more be on view to the pubile at the British Museum soon.

And they will have an en- quite

tirely new setting,

different from the drab gray curroundings of before the war. The gallery of the series of sculptured stones which once formed the frieze of the Parthe- non

in Athens has been ཡ painted in a scheme of off-white and bluc.

The replacement of the Elgin Marbles, which were stored for safety during the war in a dis- used underground railway stalion, baa laken several months.

2,400 Yours

They were designed by the sculptor Faldías 'in the fifth century BC as part of the de- coration of the Temple of Athens the Virgin on top of the Acropolis.

When the Turks overran Greece in 1430 the temple was converted, into a mosque,

Later made an arsenal, and it was during a bombardment by, the Venetians In 1087 an exploding chell blow the roof off.

Plecemeal

The great frieza was in course of time carried away piecemeal, and part of it was taken by the French Ambassador Choiseul-Goufler in 1748, and Is now In ths Paris Louvre. The sculptures called

•the

Elgin Marbles were acquired In the early 1800's by Lord Elgin. They were bought by the State from him by Act of Parliament for £80,000. And given to the British Museum, ⠀

(4-(London Express Service)

Supposing you were behind the counter

Just supposing you had joined "Bernard Wicksteed answering' questions for tourists to Britain. How good would you have been at answering questions like these:

1. Where to England did 4. What is the correct,nxme George Washington's family for Westminster Abbey Y come from ?

2. Does an overseas visitor need a ration book ?

3. Whore is Chequers, the Prime Minister's home T

5. Whore in Trafalgar. square is Nelson burled 7

d. Where did Eisenhower live in Britain ?

Ankwors below

American

INFORMATION Negroes Said

What d'you want

to know, Bud?

by BERNARD WICKSTEED

EXPECT you read about counter and answer few

the Princess and the queries myself.

Not Faring

Badly

By ROBERT BRANSON

JEW DELHI-An Américan

N

Negro editor says a trip from Washington to India has convinced him that colour discrimination is harsher in the United States than most other countries, but that American Negroes nro "mighty fortunate":

evon so.

on ac-

P.L. Praitis, executive editor of the Negro weekly, Pittsburgh Courier, explained that during a six-month tour of Europe, Where can I buy a comb for the Middle East and Asta, be my cat? (A: A pet shop, of found "so place where there is Courne). Can I go

to Ilkely more active, open prejudice Yorkshire, by bus? (A.: Yes) Have you any information about against human beings a cute little place I've been told count of their colour than in about called Stratford-on-Avon? the United States."

had lunched Pratt, who (A: You bet we havel)

Then a bewildered taxi-driver earlier in the day with Frime came In with

Swedish Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, leaned back in an armchair in woman almost in tears.

the taxi-driver wanted to his room at one of Now Delhi's

was where the woman best hotels. It was a

ALL

with visitors Dealing

a big, com-

room with

electric

Living Good in U.S.

Americans. Two of them The first person who came walked into the Information up to me was a Canadian who Centre run by the Travel wanted to buy some bagpipes. "I Associatlon in Leicester-square, suppose I'll have to go to Scot W.C.2, to nak about trains to land for them?" he said. Stratford-on-Avon, and found

"On the contrary," I answered, themselves talking to a young getting out the bagpipes illo, woman behind the counter who

of them are made in know Jurned

be Princess London just by the tube wished to go, and all she wanted fortable lo out Elizabeth.

to know was how to pronounce tans and a thick carpet. station at Camden Town. Well, I can tell you something

Earl's Court-n small incident, "It seems there's a a famuly else. Two more Americans there that has been making them but one with the makings of an walked Into the Centre the. for three generations. The black alarming.adventure in a foreign

country.

"You think I could got a following day to ask for a map wood for the pipes comes from

who room like this In Washington?" of the Underground, and who West Africa as ballast, the ivory do you think they found them from the Congo, the reeds from don't know any English Is one of he asked. "I have been to no selves talking to? A fat little Spain, and the windbags from the most useful job the centre capital of any country which

who turned out to be a English sheep. The only parts does. Between them the recep- practises the kind of discrimlan

from newspaper writer.

Scotland are the silk tionists can answer questions in on you fad in Washington."

French, German, Dutch, Italian, On the other hand. Prallis Both the Princess and the ribbons and the tartan.

"Anything else you want to

Spanish, Portuguese, sald as far no living standards reporter (guess who) had gone know about bagpipes? The price? Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, were concerned, American Ne

the Centre for the name

grocs were "for better off" in reason to find out what sort of Certainly. It ranges from £10 and American,

Lonely soula go there to un-general than coloured people things the tourists want to know to £80, according to how much

burden themselves, thankful to he had met abroad. and what sort of ansivers they ivory and silver, you want,"

And someone who speaks their "From the economie point of get.

ted States is the own language. The other day a

view, the United man from Brazit enlled in, and best country

with the If someone would help usked

future for the Negro," editor said, "Wages are good him make his will.

A classic

and there's plenty of food for of the say that about most

Praltis said he had found

mar:

ip

Every foreign visiter landing in this country is given a folder with "Welcome to Britain" on the cover, and a lot of useful things to know inside.

One of the most helpful of These is the address of tho

Centre, plus a map showing how

you can get there.

of

My inquiry

Swedish tears

==

best the

THE Canadian went off with a Klint in his eye. Somehow I don't think the people in the flat above are going to like him very

much when he gets home.

Wext to me along the counter A LL of which reminds me of everybody. You certainly can't one of the girls was talking to foreign land who couldn't read places. I've been." an American couple who wanted the menu. He pointed to the first

that classic traveller In

Item on it and they brought him Nehru "a very impressive man." some soup. Then he pointed to: tine next and they brought him

to stay somewhere near London where there was good walking

Nehru Sincor- When she suggested some place THOUGHT a good way to find on the South Downs, the Ameri-

-unother kind of soup.

"He talked mostly about the "Downs? What are out what sort of place it was cans sold:

standard of After eating six varieties of hunger and low would be to go round incognito-they?"

Prattis cald. with some bogus inquiry. So I "Downs" repeated the girl, soup he pointed desperately tolving in India,"

lust item on went in, and told a receptionist who had used the word all her the

the card, "But it wasn't just high-sound-

talk.

Ho determined that whatever else Ing that

Oh, well, they are sort of they gave him it wouldn't be sounded as though the problem

politician's I was a vegetarian and life. wanted to make a meatless tour hills, you know."

It proved to be a tooth really hurt him, and as though England.

said the Soup. "For gosh sake," "Certainly, sir,"

," she said, and visitors.

ho would give everything to what you call the hills pick.

do produced a file of vegetarian downs,

you call the

*

solve it,"

Pratts salt Nehru spparent- hotels. "Now then, let's see, you valleys2 Ups"

Answers to the Wicksteed

admirer" of could start off at Bognor and go Out came the Oxford Diction-

ly was "a great

and wanted to on to Bournemouth, Ilfracombe, nry, and all four of us learned quiz: 1, Sulgrave Manor, car Paul Robeson,

Negro singer the first time of the old Banbury. 2, Not If he stays at an

know when the "That's fine," I said, showing English word "Dun," meaning a hotel and is not here for more

than 20 days. 3, Two and a half was golag to visit India. But supposing I'd hill. Hence downs and dunes.

"Ho sald Paul had been pro- my card. sald I was a dog lover?"

Naturally, all the questions miles south-west of Wendover, file of hotels that served dinners For an hour or so you may get a buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.

In a flash she was back with a are not as interesting as these. Bucks. 4, Tho Collegiate church mising to come out here for 11

of St. Peter. 6, Nowhere. He's years," Praliis added.

Since he left Pittsburgh last vislied for dogs. Canterbury, Lyndhurst, cun

January, Prattis of more routine inquiries. Where can I get tickets for the Telegraph Cottage, between England, France, Germany, Italy, Honiton, Falmouth...

Coombe Hill and Little Horsc After that I sought out the International

Show? the

Greece, Egypt, Israel (at the Invitation of Dr Ralph Bunche) manager, who gave me per- (Answer: From a theatre agency Coombe golf courses, Surrey, mission to sland behind the or the White City direct,)

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