Hongkong, Apr. 1.
Buildings along the waterfront here were severely jarred to-day by an earthquake shock which was recorded at 1015 am. The seismograph of the Observatory here indicated that the quake occurred between Manila and Hongkong.—United Press, Manila, Apr, 1.
An earthquake was recorded here at 1012 am, to-day, but observatory officials vito charted "its intensity said that it had cen-fred near the Celebes, The shock was felt in Jolo. Local selsmoagists said, however, that would be impossible to feel the quake in -Hongkong, and, therefore, presumed that the shock re-Ported from the Colony was a separate quake occurring at the same time—United Press, K.LM. line (Netherlands) and 204 hours from Singapore to London as Jcompared with 148.
'He added that, under the new Empire scheme, it was contemplated re-@ucing the' London-Singapore time progressively to under five days.
The loss of the air-liner Sylvanus by fire last November, he continued, had necessitated the use of lower-speed machines. This, coupled with exceptionally tad weather in the (Mediterranean and the destruction of {the slipway at Alexandria, had dislocated the Imperial Airway's overhaul programme and caused unavoid-Jablo Variations in the time-tables.
Mr. Frank Anderson drew attention to the adherence of the KIM. to their time-table in seven outward voyages, while Viscount Astor, Conservative member for the Dover division of Kent, asked: "Is it not a national disgrace that we are so for foch ind other quarters?"—Reuter.
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