London, July 30.
In the House of Commons today Sit Philip Sassoon, Under-Secretary of State for Air. stated that the establishment of a branch from the England-Australia ait Hine to Hongkong and Shanghai was being considered.
The negotiations, he added. had not advanced sufficiently for him to make a statement at the present time.
The subject was raised by Mr. William Nunn, Conservative member for the Cumberland division of Whitehaven—Reuter. worked at six stations of Vening-/Meinesz, a Netherlands scientist and the results of his work tallied with those of the latter.
In addition, these results agreed ]with those of Dr. F. Hinjo, a Japanese scientist, in regard to the intensity lot gravity.
It is thus proved that there is no systematic difference between the three great gravimetrical zones comprising Indo-China and China. the [Netherlands East Indies, and Japan.
In Indo-China, Father Lejay work-led at 32 stations which were situated {throughout Cambodia and Cochin-China, Father Lejay has just returned to [Shanghai on board the Haishing, a [Chinese Maritime Customs revenue leruiser, from south China, where, during' the course of his trip, he established 40 new gravimetrical stations along the southern coast of
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