The Lucknow Sentinel, 1929-10-31, Page 3British 1-101 Fo
"Very Satisfactory
•'Difference of .,Oppinion Still
.Marks the -Views Held ,
• of 01/4aill's 'Big
• , .
• • ..ENGLNES
•Cerdington, Eng.-Tekleg .adeen-
taee •:•perfect ilyin1g weather ,- the
leritiela‘cilligiele R-101, made • a • 300!
mile ;trial -eight over. eoutbeastern'
Be:gland.: Maier G. li. acolt, Briiish
itero.neutde . ''expert „Who coiniatanded
the" 11. 101, said the flight...tea been
"eery satisfaetara." • ' •• • •••• '
"The whole" heedileg oteataletabig,
•atilathip proved much 400 than• we
,..lattied,",..h seice The 'Mese:el 'the
englaereaVaa" yory. alight": inaille as
.:••seriaer •cars, • was.very cQmfoltabe
•• indeed, We, peetied (ptsr Ti,okifignant.
Pa1ac•Westreinitine then Over •the•'
.eite and -straight 'back home. The
• --eleaship luttadied very. Well. and onewer-
ed her tentrole With the greatest ease,
• We Went easy at first end woeked up
• to "ao.niething• trier '5044liles an .hour.
• We will have the sected.,trials *tee."
novel feature' of the ere* was
a parachate drill, • corresponding
•-'°." lottglity to lifeboat drill aboard an
•eattan liner. 'This was held 'at an
altiatee of .2006 feet.
•Ater! the' R-101 lead completed bee
trial flight, : it was antiounced that
• the -other giant dirigible R-190 Was
now fleished' and readyfor trials': • .
. • Though high tweeds were . not at-
, tempted the 'vessel attained 58
per laureemere than "liteatopeapeed...
"of, th'•e R43aaaltaeueli the new ship
Is twice as large as, the old one'end
at present develops 1500• hOrsepoWer
against the 1200. The. differe
'eine is 'gild to he due in: part to in.
' eteasing • aerodynamic eflieiency .cd
the fetter shapes of the new design.
taeuble.d with.the r.edeeed air resist;
' epee,.owing to 'the passengers'
; telex' being inside the hull.
' It is now estiteatedethat the R-101.
will' develop •a maximuna speed :of 80
• AO „,e5 'math. when .full 'engine' power,
is available. • Another satisfactory,
. teatime, is that the .a.adder • control le
aerailleeeifolied be- liairtratlierebyeatteer-
• lee the removal of the euxillary elee-
trtc• meter tiled as a precaution .
ltelp the heletsman, This will mean,
. 'saving of •helf a tee: It Is probilb114
that certain duplicate parts of other
portione-otathe--airshipat mac-hinery
efill 'also be ',dispensed; with; • •
Neverthelessit Is clear that the
•vessel has net yet ehoivn asigna of
fulfillingthe hopes CI thase who bid'
.expected her to make-, regular noh-
•• atop teem to • Egypt dr, across, the
'Atlantic. -The weight of tee fuei car-
• ried on Atig.14 was '12 tons, although
• seven tons • more -could • have been
•• takea-niaking le in ail -If 'it had
, • not ,been decided to have an extra
atrioutt. et water ballast, of Which
the ship had on boalrd 15 tone, in-
, stead et the normal eight. leitt it is
• estimated that the amount of .fuel to
he carried for .a‘ flight to Egypt, ,after
• making proper allevaance• for •adverse
•Wether conditions, is 254 tons. ,
omen eopen
Betmu a Fight
To Gain Ballot
^
Contr.or of. :Island Ntliame.ot:
•
by Ezght FaMilies,•Held Bar.. ,
to Enfranchisement.With•
Only 1,300 in 35;000
-.Vow**
. .
. Hamilton, • Bermuda. -1-• With the
,onsning of thewinter:SefisiOn of the
Colonial parliament , the moat Import -
an 'teal in the agenda' vial be another
attempt ,of theatemeten ot.Bermada to
obtain ea great , gielea theta the eight
to. liege The Woman's. SuffrageSoe
:clear has made, several attempts to
gain.,:itsapelet..1*.thq:legislalure 'but.,
of in avail. Haan' though .the Wonen •
Of 'England :baVe Wonethe bailee it will
probably •••6*. Mani ,ereare, ,bettiree:B,ere
MAW,. *OnienAre given this right. •:',
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The .celeitatePartirtailent "la the most
incletanteleet ; caginilation in the Bre
tit& . dominions. Bermuda is not 'a
;Crown 'colOne; andeoutside of the•ap-
pointmettr.teote Enemata Of a • Gelfeta
nor a Chief Justice, a Reedier' Gen-
eral and a Chief of Police all the local
officers are eppoietedbk. the, local
Parliamente, In the 'Pailiament are
thirty-six members, elected•every ,five
years. Eight familieeon, the island
heverepresentatives in the Parlia-
ment. These eight Wallies" practical-
ly .control ;Bermuda, ite finance's; im-
provements, -schema, and public utile
ties. They have managed Bermuda
for 300 years.' ; •.
These are some Of the. reasons why
-women suffrage has been rejected
time and again. There are no Perilea
nor any opposition in 'Parliament. The
.members are nearly all old then ande
.they .distrust innovations. • ••••" •,.
There are about 35.000 •Inhabitants
in ,Itermude; rutty: one'half are ,Ne -
gees. • .latth only 1,300 persons en-
titled to. vote it is ;readily; aeon how
the doetrol ot public affairs iderieccess-
lie maintained year 'after. yeer.•
Person to vote .here meat own $360.
worth of realty. , " There •areeraarty wo-
men .on the island who own valuable
real ,estete, but are not entitled to vote
Ai...have...eaves:Mee in. the.afteire ot the.
colony.. . . .
„Time has changed manners and cus-
toms in- Bernatda, but not its laws.
Canacla, Neighbor
' And Customer,
. In addition to the • fast -spreading
commercial ties which are bringing
Canada and the United States into
eeonotnie partnership, theh Dominfen
is developing an oversdas _trade,
whicif la giving her a position of
grOwing Importance in world' trade
•eltannete. Moreover, to e consider-
able extent the products of Canadian
farms and factories,. as well as the
Incomiug goods from distant parts,
• are handled in Canadian •altips, for
• Canada bee a merchant marineeof her
'own ..which, if not large, is modern
Mal growing.
Acfose the Pacific eilk Is brought.
In the white fleet cif the Canadian
Pale. en re ute, frequently, to • Uni-
' ted State e volute via VatteouVer,
while westwatel, both Canadian and
Jatia uese vessels are handling an, ita
ere:Leine volume ot wheat which is
hemming a Maple- feed in Japan.
..141kettlea, from Vaneouver, Mei to "a
email extent from its rival to the
north, Prince Rupertvessels move
aeuthward bound • for , the Palmate,
Genii 'en .roitto to Eftropeanii'destitia-
thus.
• Th'• Atlantic trade is better known,
tea ire rapid groteth and ifie mare.
•• Rion into. new fields fe lees generally
recogniied. -A fleet of new veasela
etlefePad for the West !miles trade
• baps Jose been completed by the Cana-
dian National Ralhetlys. From a score
of\ • ellhpoete throughout the Islands of the
• Caribbean and AtIanfle aroptcal prod-
ucia. and &ale trroVe reirthward: to St;
*--"-:-Johtt or Halifer.: for allatrilattlen.
-eitancL. e. Vain Soule- Atneticen
eeitairietettorehteard latlinge Taiga°
rabbet tedfrt -1311111-aeitialze-teetn- the
Argentine, aud 'ilea lat
ettaileittge; . teeilleatal
:Saimaa,• while en r;;iiiiiTptdi'durrmii..arr
04d4,..e009)0ge belk
Of afte- tratil
,
•
", Tide fieryelerittlent
, Haarearertranareof etativen. areelealitereei,
ire :
Ot. kostMity tit tete •eaten* a
oseerity , in which the United
t eve-wittashareabr (\leader fig fiat
only, a ettea nelehher lett ,the
thtl
•' tat iti44' beet euetemer.-Clifeettire
' Selena% genitor -
Marvels of Resear h,
ek. newspaper reporter wee ao ime
prerised, by the Inarvels of research in
the relinesof* communication that; fol-
• lowing his want .visit teethe Bell
Telephone Late:waterlog, he recOrded,
ewhat he had seen and heard, thus:
• "Heard" a photograph.- , '
• Heard a speechless man "speak."
, Saw a deaf man "hear."
. Heard the power et 500,000 timea 50
etreng-lunged meda voices. shout the
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Ski Scrapers Will SOMi FOHOW 1fJfld V4.,es elii14
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• PROOF OF PROSPERITY IN NORTHWESTERN, TOWN ,
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. • Thie Iltr'a-abh balk etteete to fact there,la •Pleetk, Ot • paean dr er tie The . •Batt,
watterai tern:thief, a *demi " Bay, nailwei:, And amining .headqyarterri. fele
northern Manitoba... ' •
Afghanistan Again
Changes Kings
Firmer Waterboy Driven from
Kabul When Citadel Cap-
• tured Amanullah the
• Refollner is Residing in
Rome After a Vain
•, Attempt to Regain •
• His Throne
• London. -The 'charge' d'Affairee of
Afghanistan in tecniclen . recently re-
ceived Official:notice that Nadih Khan
had been 'unanimously elected" King
•of, the Mounteinctus ,Asiatte country.
Title ,notice Came hard cn the heels
of official advices telling:of the over-
throw Of Backs •Saleao, who eat' him: -
self up as king •."• 'after driving oitt_
Amagullalt keen • and the latter's
brother, Ineyetullalte' The advices • ite,
dipated that the usurper had eecap-
ed,• although Maar of' Ills' follawers
were,'caatured when the ,citadel. at
Kabul was taken b teceps under
•,..Shah Wali 'Khan. 'brother of. Nadir,.
7Trt-e'lleW rater was formerly foreign
,ntinister ender ,King Amanulleh. He
had, 'however, 'quit', Afghanistan and
taken up his residence itethe south cd
France where he was tiving. whenAreanullah was depesed. •
Inayatellah„ eat the latter. h,eld it less'
Amo.fliallah• gave up throae to
than • e fortnight, • giving . way to.
Bache Sakai:). ; • *Meanerltile Antateul-
lah had,retired to..Kaneetter_araLayeete
-he learned there thateltie brother had
been deposed, .re re.nottneed his abdic-
ation and 'again , toOk. the field. He
was finally 'defeated- nd driven out of
the dourttry, being et present a rest
-
dent of Rome. • • , •
Nadir Khan returned to Afghtmestan
h
with
a headqiuteters at ,Kandaher.. He Was
•words ot one man. • soon aftee Arnattullati ad established
.Heard his musciee move, w
sound like thandere
e ep one a •1 og p
Learned it le possible to gaze at a '
scene miles distant. •
• Heard a heart "missing."
Heard speech "scrambled"
took scrambles eggs., •
•• Heard the top third, bottom third
and centre third of -a strain of music.
Danced to "upside down"emusic and
heard speech •"upside • down" • and
"right side up" at the game time.
Saw a bar at steel float In the Mr.
Was looked. ovee by an electric eye:
Saw and heard apeech "take a rest"
on th% route from Hp t� ear.
Talked into a telephone, walked to
the • other end and heard 'altie own
words four seconds. later.•'-
•Heard the Music continue after a
phonograph record had stopped play -
mg. •
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T1 h di' eibt ra h:
as a
• t,ti.Titti.
British Capital for Canada
' London •Pittanefil .Tiniesa toed
Queenborough has recently viefted
Canada in order ,0 ettreey the opper-
tuaities offered for the investment of,
British capital, and is obviously deep-
ly impressed �y th4 possibilities of
• the Dominion. It used to be said that
"trade followthe •fleg,"" but a. More
modern axiom, is that atrede follows
investment." Dee regard Must, of
course., be had tcl the lentling•capacitr
eV the; countiy. but With this previa)
-anti Lord Queenborough is of opin-
ion that there Is now available more
British capital than before -there •fia
Much to he said le favor of a bigger
floe, ,Of feeds! fain; Great attain to,
Caleatial This would help te Zstaltlish
closet' commercial and °commute eta
tat tonshiti.betweeti the two cortattiee,
A 0:410.1 -attar' k 1iterate *to !tee Et
V940, 11)e00 Stid a, -theiOn
•
• The Egyptian Treaty
. .
London Times: It at eigniticatat that
While itome_coptic leaden -elle -port the
Treat -Ye tits,- tion-rtir nt tied Wardlet
mentlyerseet-theet tottuteanct-influentiale
miner.O. 'are ktween, to, have oritiettect
.ocoverotir'eth, iffeat45iffi4 that iteddell
:not give eleougheataid tierhape he -.
-Woo, Dr' titer- iyfaftAUDI't minoritkW it
too nig 10. *ft, wti4towsr thtt
tattiie,•the attftede o1 tie *via loos
eeeelq41 the -belief _014 the
Treaty-- wilt t)e gibirtif titre ,
ereediff, "ITO• tree:
meta/Alto:, it Must aliblitir lir the swell
eu:tsido Alintandria tit stieh trine
-the-Waldi-sta-tieel-de-whaoievi_eone
•
stone they' shouktrutin, tits pr.ospaot
is no mare Batletieetory. .` • •
reoPitidd net b ing--fotricd.;
..aya a. *eater11 le yoto tetrad out
dist tuattas diem ito. •
not, howeyer, involved in the debacle
of Amanullatas perscnal fertunes,
1111.10111111'.
I
"Do you go around: in her •car with
herr
• "Gd round itt It? • Why, , my dear,
We go small you caul move in Your
seat." • •
- • .
_The average ;Oman 'would rather
that Mette-krolced• round -at ' her •than
up to her ' •
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4
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ife Drama of New 16 -Ton Tank
*Prime Minister Great Man -Killer
, Now Published —
New •Lind Ironclads Are ast'
Hair Whitened With Strain of
War Years But Spirit Did
Not Break •
Forty-five 'Teens aka a penolletteLad
came to leandon w take epework tbat
turned
eathe •c•ta;.ee.f,:te.s, .50 en tithme avre..te'sg,:ee.ostfi• t'iPirest.
tion: a.ati was ger:wail ta .ettre d few
'
shillings addressing envettopes,. .
Now ;as lerInte Minister he has. had
an hietoric theeting • with President
Hoover: , When.he retuens• he will be
• Made a:Freeman. of the City of Lon -
dam -
•• Ur. Hessell Tatman, •in• his book;
.itablished,,,e`James ,ReMeny Med
•tioaeld; Laberee :•Man. of..-eDcatiny"
(,1-tiarelda).a does not stand taepe. eg-
,toeitihirtg, coateeets, but they • are ilea
pliait In every, ,page et" the: study of
"perhaps the:mos( remarkable'. career
•of our generation." . , • '.
Mr. Hessen, Tiltniate 'dealing' with
Mr, Macpeatald's war -time. attitude;
says: -"Only Mr:, . MacDonald Could:
reveal the true story et what, it coat
him to:speak' the tattia, as he saw it,,
during the yeers'of cataclysm. It at.
improbable ;that he will ever do •ste.
"One *lie was t lose to hien through -
Out -the -war -period has iced 'me that,
from the feat tolast" he never heard
Mr..MaeDenald Pass, one single com-
ment epee the campaign of hatred
which had turned him iato in Ishmael'
and' even •led to threatsagainst those
who. dared to give hint shelter:" Singe
the war he has edam gene a 'hundred
a miles out of his way .to visit friends
who stood by him during the years in
• the Eihritlew: • ' • •, ••
heitirhwe 113;tean4.esalinWeittbilEY tah4eelithrainiin., Hiatt;
his spirit dict net break.. Without ex
pressing any vie vi• on the apittions
which beheld, I believe that when the
historian ,:ot the • futute sits down to
'wefts his career and to tell his stare,:
In it will lie foetid' it tribute to the
dauntless :• cottrage eeyealed during
these dark years otadversity, 'withotit
which he could not have reached' the
daylight on the other side:
FoTni.id*ble.Notth--
'West. Passage
Finally.. Forced
Three .Fiir!Trade 'Ships Win,
• Through—Dangerous Bek-, •
• ring •Strait VoYagc :May
' Be' Avoided
•' tondenaaThree ships, engaged la,
tee fur trade and owned by the Hud-
•
son's Bray Company , have between
them forced the dreaded •Northwest
Passage according te• news reaching
tee Hudson's Bay Company's offides.
here. • The 'ships are the BitY
Chime. Fort Juries and Fort Mac-
pherfa n. The Bay ofeChierfo. left
Vancouver lest • July and • seiliiag
through:the dangerous Behring Strait
reached Point 43.arrow: on 'July 24 and
Cambridge 'BaY On South Victoria efit
land ee August 29. e '
Last year the Schooner Fort James
tautertee-aonimand ot Capt. ' Bush
sailed from Montreal. and having.win
-tared-an:the 'ice: began with the .com-
ing of spring --a , long fight to reach
King Willient land.; The vessel was
Joined there by the leit(t alacplierson
which cruises within the Arctic air,
de wee supply ship 'fort -al -Mg pests"
ancl exploration purposes. The Fort
Maepherson bad sailed front Cam-
bridge Bay, the fertheet point 'reach-
ed by ate Bay of Chirno.
• Itk this way, three Vessels contrive
-•to- deawhat-avauld--have eeenaimPos,
"sible air one alohe to accomplish:
puriug their winter. locked in thebe.
, those aboard the 'Pert aantes ndun
ed great hardships end,fOr of the time
were actually prisoners in the frozen
,watere.
It is thotigia that the successful ,at•
ternetate:terce passage may mean
that skins will be brought to Britain
more quickly than 'in the past. , •An
official of. tee Hudson's'BaY Ce• meetly
.declared • that it remains , to be
ken' whether such a journey is a atta-
Merflai proposition. • It this proves
to be the case.. the dalgergessvoyage
from . .:Van cc ever • t lirough BehringStrait will be avoided...
Rules and Exceptions ,
• London Moaning rOet: , The sacred
doctrine self -determinating, Which
lit to be serapulously respected' in 'In-
dia, in Eget:a and in Iraq, Is to be re-
pudiated as far as Palestine is con-
cerned, and the Arabs of Palestine,
Whoee. claims are based on that doe.
trate, are to be overborne' by British
tvoops-khorae, 'foot and artillery.. 'It.
is Impoesiele.to escape from the irony
of .thet situation -'-a Socialist Govern -
meat pledged. above all to pacifism
and self-determination, employing the
armedforce§ of the Crown tosubdue
a native paptilitflon to aequiescence itt
an alien ascendancy. • . •
•
•
.‘Gabby Gertie
"A Modern flapper bus top her
wits abdut her -she has nothing else
to protect. her from the cold."
. • a__
• THE ,PAST,
No matter if you have been abused,
• denounced, and criticized by your re-
latives and ;friends -forget the east.
Don't hold an to .the bad things, the
unfortunate things, the, disagreeable
I
things, that have pained- you, any
mord. • They tether your ambition and.
strangle your efforts, "Take' with you
into your future only'such such things as
will lielp•yott itt 'your race few your
goal. Don't drag a along over the
threshold of the old year re lot .of ex-
, ass baggage thatwill fatally ene
I lemmas you. . •
Where Sartorial Frills Go Hand and Hand With Big Job'
CANADA!! MiNiStgli tO. JAPAN: HAS .INitIAL -AUDIENCE wr1ME�R
Hon.' tterbert Metier, Canadalefiret ettineade to jraattta had hie Infidel fdlielal teldhelea• *44: ttiS InipOtltit
tairikty geepeaaa ova 1E61 tecoitity, tfie fintlerto fittlites, just elitalde Tokio. Tdr. lfafter .js third front left
15 oilletatii 3 are. ' yrtylvedatrk TRW farewell taltolt.- Ur.; Trilitigswa. ea th* tat ter's--deilartiire for C'stada,
*oat
Word in Engineering
DANGER TO CREW: •
Supply of Gasoline Prov-
..•
ed Menace In. Past
London. -The enest Model , of a
heavy elating machine Is the.' ueW
.16 -ton. Tattle • In tee generalclesigu,
its .armarnente teateeity. and clinennee
'power it is incomparably the beet ar-
mored weapon of eits kind he exis-
tenee,... It.. might be described as the
'direct offspring. Of the Tank wiligh
an-
frflished the pominibn• •Pr iniers and, ,
oftiders0;iiho were privileged tasee.the,
.dentonetratione 'ate, earaberee three
shown -
140; eel wttbp. pnd t.hh'.rtt,. 04;76 .p:FTe49:ag:;:ke .7' I ra't.sapelild:w.a. _mt:bac:
2:- ar
That secret Tank ,Weighed 26,tcnn
fi design' it'hail the aPpearagee 'of a
•Destroyer and it was heldeto• bethe
last word in , engineering skill •The
military authorities it theatime were
disinclined to ,ceselose to the world'
its peculiar characteristics, but one
can no* gay the.t.••it carried four re-
volting turretse, for,: 'machine-guas
and one central revolving turret for
the 34eunder gun and the<cemeitheid-
ed. It Was regardefl,..ho,we,yer, as tco
heiey. while ..the" expense Meek* in,
manufacturing a number., Was held to
be' prohibitive. ,•
• The new 16 -ton machine is a' hand-
ier Weapon, and in its interior con-
struction anProveneents have' be!n.
made desigeed to remove
trona: Which tee crew are not free
where the Vickrets (Mediem)'' Teak,
is
concerned. eagle 'essential differ-
ence * between the ••.nelly.designed
Tank' and. thoSenow te .uae • is .that
the • Compatiment foe the petrol. sale
PIT (the' Mediteni • Tanks' carry • 80
gallons 'of settle') is :"balkheaded"
from the fighting compartateet and
is separated from Abe engine.
Igniting Petrol: „
,
•
The danger 'of haying the petrel
eupply. iri tete sante compartment As
the • personnel wasedisaserottely,, 'ermme.
splihed,in the later stages ..of• tete e'er.
Tee Tanks .were taking part in 'an,
advance in the .early part ot August,
1918.- Instead of e' crew. of • eight;
each Tank on that' occasion gentain,-
ed 18 Of .our own ',men and, f ur Cana-
dians. The Gertnan shelis released
the Petrol in these' arniored chests and
the imprisoned men were burped to
„death. • ,It was only. e matter of. a
few minutes: Many' Of. the 'French
Teaks' and personnel suffered :seethe
idisasters. • ••
• Oats. and hay were the food sup-
plies carried for • the motive • privier
in the Old Army. To -day it. is a
highly imliammeble predtict. If :an
emergency .should Arise which called
for, the employment or Tanks. these
..deate-trapswould have to be. used.
The' Vickers Tank has taught us
all We know about mobile awarfar
•It is in• most respects a gt od machine.
Bet it 'does 'not possess alt e the quee
Ries necegsary in a good. fighting mar.
chine. Its cross-country , • eerier -
Mance ir goad, but not melte gOod. en-
ough. Its. engine .perfermance in
negotiating :slopes must be improved.
But, above all, it is iMperative that
the ever-present danger (in war) to
the personnel , Should • be renewed..
Members Of the crew ought not to be
resting against a large stipply of
highly etplosive spirit. .
In •the Light -Tank, tree, the petrol
eotaainer is virtually a back rest for
the driver, while heis of neeeesity
sitting immediately in front of , his
engine. •In the recentexercises a
leakage of petrol .became ignited.- in
this 'small machete the men are not
eased tn, armor, so that theft -escape
feom danger is effected more easilea
The new 1ff-ton vessel Is the. prod
net a f practical experience. It ere -
Moves the petrol • danger from the
-crews. This alone Would justify the
authorities. in substituting, it for the
present inachtife: •With- its Slight
a -
IY increased- coating of armor, a
more powerful •armament, greater en-
gine power. and an improved gradi-
ent, elitnbingpetormance, the Tank
Ccrps would be equipped with a nee
chine .0111)1a:ring all ;the .qttalities es -
genital tn a lame "ironclad." •
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Spee
Per Minute Is
Record for Man
Schneider Trotiliy ROvri
England Indicate' That •
New 'Mark Will be •
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S.ia. mutat a . toinete! Theta the '
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fastest man hae traveled to eete. ;let-
t:be .e.n.d • is not - yet, for tee. 'rapidity' .
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with whicia•ptane tenet( 'records" were '
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made. a end brc en • at the . yecent
"Schneider trophy races ,in kngiand,
•says "The ,Patiefinder." :.protaisea that:
inah your all can go still 'ea,cter. ••11
will nrnbabtrbe a long time before .
is able to Itee,0:.07.trithAttie- strea*.'
htie Ce'Pheneinyla .fly -,Which oecieeees,
et -edits ,watla • setting the. marry "lpacil• .
.8115'iniles 311 .yOur!--7:64,,e;!,-FENWP:.
.4eF 1CiifirOy'olvingan,:stry,laligli• to,
"feste.::,, •
•apeerl ite the/ ate Seens. almost arn
Waited. • The 'only •difficulty ie .to"
build craftl able to •stand the terrifio
peee .and • not "burn up". under Wind
resistance • andemotoe strain.
• It remains to be seen who long .thet
receird :eet I$y, Squadron Leader A. It
Oilebar of the. British Schneider Trol
phy 'Wain,. Will stand.. Though ()Oehler -
credited with 357 Mlles..' •
an hour over the 218mulecourse,. at
one • point' 'he did' a fraction , better
than 368 !pile's an hem-. 1 He made
this 'astounding speed in his second •
run of the 'course. on .a day siezeletg
hot for ':England and. when' visibility'
was p001.1, Yet his subsequent eMorto • •
failed to, better it.
_Cielebar asedeone of the Rells-acierai
24 'seaplanes especially eSighed for :
the British team: be Re J. MitcbelI,,,•
who clatms them capable of doing, 376 •• •
miles an hour It was in• a, machine .
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Of this type that ,Frying (Meer
D.. ayag.horn, • a bridegroom of two
mentes and the only benedict; on the
British team, captured • the 1929
Schneider Trophy for England by set-
ting an average .speed for the oonrsn.
of 328', mules an hem-. •
Hovirever, this year. the Vetted
States did not :gonapIete, owing to
failitie, Of -Naval Lieutenant. Alford
Wiliiatns 10 get .his special Packard
metered seaplane effethe water in the '
trails at Annapolis, Md. Had America •
won the 'race the coveted trOph w�ultl,
have become our permenent-Tieteseera.•
bion, since the United States has wets '
it twlea.4/rance also failed, toeualita'
an .entre, and Italy's air ecee,., WhO
had a ran of bad lack in' Whichone
of. their .nurriber was killed,' entered, ••',
.only as ,a "sporting gesture" .
.But the air' isn't the' onle : eleMent
in which; speed records are hetng ••
broken:: The German steamship Brie
Men recently set, a new, traneAtlantki •
speed • record: ' Captain ..litalcelm
Campbell,' British 'war ace, went 214
and-ae Metal • ,miles an hoer in, se•
twelve -cylinder automobile aft ,D4r4,
tona• Beach.. . ,The dirigible ' Graf •
Zeppelin lowered the glebe -girdling .
reeord to twenty-one, days and Awed,
and .oneatalf hours, and the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad has cut down its rall
time from New York to Chicago to
exactly twenty hours. • •
; Ger 'Word's speedboat Can 'do
eighty milei an hour. and .'a railroad
trein cup a straightaway has , been,•
known to go 112 miles an hour. When
a prominent railroad official wasea.OPI.
clentallY killed in, a fall from his-.
horse ifin New York several years age
eis• wife made the Tun frcm Los
Angeles te• Chicage-moie than 2,200
miles -in a special, train in. a little •
more than forty-nine. hears, Which is
a record. •
• Prank Hussey, runner, did . the
eqntvalent to 0.35 Miles a minute --
but only for 100 yards. A race. horse .'.
nearli twiee as fast. Howe-9'er,
science lists- One or two Wild animate,
titiOncsedly 'capable of running's, mile
a Minute.
Delving into deeper thfngsa
• Sotnid travels throash the air at a
rate Of twelve and one-half miles per
minute'', CM cotnpared 1,50,006
miles, a mititite for the alpha particlea
breadeeet by radium.. 'High-speed
electrons. travel More than 10;000,006
&Iles a minute and Ught has a speed .
of 11,160.006 miles a Minute. Even
it takes the light of sone distant
Atari; thousands cf years to reach one
another.
Limited Geography •
•'St. "John ea-etaeg News: aortae :a
the 130y Scouts wlici haveeruet return-
ed. -from the jamboree tell a good stelae
illustratieg the 'lack of knowledge ot
Newfoundland whiclt too generally
prevail in the Old land. During their
Visit to landoe •Sueday Intervened,
and, like good Scouts!, they went to
church, •The.clergyinan who presided,
in expreeshig Ilia pleasure at the-pre-
sance of members ot the Newfound -
lama troop et the service, and,. •itidditig
ahem welcome, regretted. that tie. knew
.eery ride Of the eountre. ILI had,
hoWever, -a dear friend litrino there
411(istit atillress WAS ;Startle ' Steetta
Halite*, • Weectlig-s-to say, the ..9..deuts
feerit
••Truly hie gmgrafitile
Training for Settlers
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Lendoa Daily Telegraph:. Arrange-
ments have been made with the cone „
currence of the'Canadiatt Dererivelit
far training 3;000 men during theau-
tumn and winter in eieinentary igtt-
cult ural Work with a VieWtO their tak-
iiig such work in, Canada. The
Men aro to be trained in this cCulltrn
and the Canadian authorities provide ,
itesitrance (hat they will be found •
work, Hieltert0 •the titre° training
centres have devoted iliditaerres.sole.
TY to-itheranioyed Men. irs in ill • /
that lavers" nobody greolre-iii& the .
sie.tence tot tale tWohletat•ef unetritsloya
tn»tt" ih recent ?Kosluta at jeaeh._
about the oe'vlstoii--sif.ittlit:-.
lifift of training it is aorelY beet cfetta
aThiel6t.„.•:attettiettItetatirortallrattathellititfaertt-tryite;fiThealtiaditee
riceltutal lite the better. the nit. • •
rl1Tnjtloyd 13 nnw to bo tised for the 7:7
16,
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general good. Viidet the hew seitetii, • •
• Afte.r all Dee mese itafereal betide, fa ealea„,,,,,, A „„4 ty„
the world Is honesty rind moral trittit, ,eu ""eualhuv'eu nu* 'atiti
Per -attlterarty truth. 4rtli feature -4- 6".".4 'LL9ailleg equal teratuafle'
Make- lye a ac tTIleaterees:"ed .
• ProbOrtions the -beauty -of arehitee-
tare; its true measterres teat Cif hate
inerie -fitiPetetry, which
alt table; teute Still is- the perfei41OIL
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scope vtlt he Watched with Intereet
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kept lawsuit.