THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1934
AIRWAY ENCYCLOPAEDIA TO SATISFY THE AIRMINDED
How Sir Alan Cobham, right, noted British airman, and his co- pilot, Squadron Leader W. Helmore, left, to refuelled without land- ing in their attempted non-stop flight from Portemouth, England, to India, is shown above. The refuelling plane crashed later, the four occupants being incinerated.
Pessimism Rules Wall Street
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mixel.
Rubber: Speculative liquida-
been on a very small scale.
LATEST
WORK OF THE INQUIRY
BUREAU
QUESTIONS PASSENGERS ASK AT CROYDON MAN WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING
WITH more than 500 passengers during holi-
day times, flying to and fro across the Chan- nel daily, one of the busiest departments at the Airway Terminus, London, is the Inquiry Bureau, which was established not long ago by Imperial Airways.
Here, sitting beside a telephone, is an expert who la ready, at any moment, to answer questions concerning travel by air. He is surrounded by time-tables, weather data,' and reports and in formation of all kinds. It is his job to know everything, not only about flights along the European air-lines, but also about the route from England to the East, and that romantic air-line which takes passengers to the heart of Africa, and carries urgent loads in 9 days from London to Cape Town. Nothing comes amiss to him.
He is an airway encyclopaedia.
This summer has been a grow-jvaluable painting by air. And Ing, popularity in tours in which just after that, I may be queried, flying alternates with trips by by some anxious owner, as to the train, steamer, and motor-coach carriage of a pedigree dog to the The Inquiry Officer has found continent. much to occupy him in planning such combined trips for holiday
Weather Enquiries
"Inquiries are often received folk. After flying to Cologne, for from passengers who ask what
Hummer
Bobbie "Trout
Part of the corps:
America's women flyers are on the warpath Not having yet recovered from the humiliation of, being barred from participating In the National Air Races, held recently in Cleveland, the avia trices are determined to make themselves worthwhile and "show up" the men. Under the leadership of Mrs. Florence (Pancho) Barnes and Bobbie Trout, of California, they are organising an emergency flying corps for use in case of forest "fires; floods, earth- quakes, and other disasters,
"Many of the questions that | BRITISH
QUOTATIONS example, one can start pictures-sort of flying weather they are que trips by river steamer, or likely to have next day, when they due to leave on some air "Cotton:-There is feeling
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The following quotations have one can embark on mator-coach are
There Journey for which they have book- that liquidation of, December cot-
has been heavy air taffic this ed tickets beforehand. ton will increase. Sentiment was been received by Messrs. S. E. Levy tours of the Rhineland. and, Co. and the A.O.F.C.
coast, to the Belgian where holidaymakers have have to answer deal with journeys When tion uncovered stop loss orders. New York Cotton: Closing. Closing choice of many interesting excur-along the Empire routes.
you fly from England to the heart November arrivals so far, have December
of tropical or semi-tropical lands;; In addition to such combined and do so in a few days, you have air-and-land excursions, there has to consider the clothing you will been a marked increase, lately, in take with you. I am also asked the number of passengers who ar- for hints as to diet in the varying range European tours in which climatic conditions of an Empire they make all their journeys from air trip. Passengers alsó want to city to city by air. In a trip last-know about the hotels and rest- ing a week, one can pay flying houses along our Empire routen.
Importance Of Time visits to Amsterdam, Copenhagen,
prefer scaledown purchases. Total March
000 cars from the previous week, December
but
a substantial' increase
the corresponding period of last July
year
100 09% 99% 991% 94 194
European Tours Increase
Nov. 14. Nov. 15.
We January
walek:-615 lots."--Reutor;
May
July.
Market Factors
October (1985)
The following telegram was re- Spot .. ceived by Messrs. S. E. Levy and New York Rubber:
12.60
12.34 12:24 sions. 12.40. 12.31 12.45 12.36 12.45 12.37 12.42 12.95 12.13 12.05 12.50
Co. from Reater:
December
13.24
12.80
Favourable factors prior to the January opening of the markets were: (1) March
19.36
12.90
12.58
18.11
Steel operations in Chicago have May
19.78
18.28
increase one point to 31 per cent. July.
13.99
of capacity. (2) Carloadings es-September
19.20
timates indicate a decrease of 12 Chicago Wheat:
over May
(3) While the lifting of Chicago Corn: foreign exchange restrictions may December
cool speculative enthusiasm, the May so-called inflation stocks and com-July:
· 83%
83%
modities are regarded as bullish Winnipeg Wheat:
from a longterm viewpoint.
December
783%
Unfavourable factor was: (1) May
83
88%
78. 82% 891/2
tlès en route.
rallies. Is disappointing following New York Sugar:
last
week's demonstration
1.83
1.84
1.73
1.74
ing trade news.
Night Telegramy
S. E. Levy and Co., through Reu- ter last night:-
May The following New York tele-New York-Silk: grams were received by Messra. December
1.76
1.76
July
1.80
1.80
1.23 1:25
March
May
1.25 1.29% 1.25% 1.24
55.30 54:46 68.20b
The absence of follow-throughs on July
of December strength and view of encourag-March
The "Iron Age in estimating Montreal Silver:
December steel production at 27:0 per cent. the of capacity states that, with expected orders from the automo- bile industry slow to materialize, July
March May
b-bid
13.50b Berlin and Vienna, returning to "In the majority of my inquir 13.71 London via Zürich and Paris. Ories, as one might "imagine, the by another itinerary also lasting time-factor is all-importante. This a week-one can fly to Paris, Zur-applies particularly to the booking ich, Milan and Rome returning to of air specials' for ruah journeys. London via Marseilles and Paris: A business man may ring up from The advantage of such flying a call-box at a London railway missed by a min-, 81% 81 trips, as the Inquiry Officer will station. He has
82% remind you, is that the speed with ute, or so a train which is the 82%
which you accomplish your jour-only one that will get him to some ney gives you a maximum of time sea-port in time to catch an out- for sightseeing at the various ci-ward-bound liner on which he has booked his passage. Well, that is'
56.90 57:40n a-nominal
a case for some quick staff work
on
AIR
́REGULAR AIR SERVICE IN
SUIYUAN PROVINCE
Fast Planes Operate Between
Paoton a And Lanchow
PUBLIC
QUEER AIR CARGOES
CROCODILES
LADYBIRDS
AND LOCUSTS Livestock Transport By Plane
REMARKABLE GROWTH
Since the establishment by Im- perial Airways, not long ago, of i department dealing with the transport of Livestock by air, the work of this department has been increasing constantly.
Many more pedigree dogs, among other animals, are now being con- aigned by the air routes from London to the continent, The other afternoon, for example, a vialt to the air-port showed that the officials had in their care, just at that particular moment, seven dogs which had arrived from var ious consignors for dispatch by air-liner
points to different throughout Europe, each animal being, housed in a comfortable travelling box.
Care Of Dogs
"A good many of the dogs ar- trusted to us," explained one of the experts,.."are travelling over to be exhibited at shows on the continent. They not only complete their journeys so much sooner if
MAIL PLANS they go by air, but they receive
REDUCTION
IN CHARGES FOR
FLAT RATE
ACCELERATION. NOW ASSURED
The first regular air service between Paotou, Suiyuan province, and LanA GREAT STEP FORWARD chow, Kansu province, was successful ly inaugurated recently. According to the present schedule, planes will leave t Lanchow, every Thursday and from enco Paotou every Fridays kn
HEAVY OIL ENGINES FOR AIRMAIL
Successful Tests Achieved
The
London,
attention, from special care and members of our staff, while they are actually in transit
"Apart from livestock consign-
ed to and from the Continent," he
added, "there are some strange
cargoes, nowadays, which reach
us from destinations along the Em pira routes.
"The other morning, when one of the services arrived from Africa, we found we were hand- ling a big crate containing live. locusts. These had been sent to England from the heart of Africa in order that lentists over here could try on them the effect of
Intended to fight the plague
peter- certain chemicals with which it is
hiportant developments in air- mail traffic were revealed day afternoon in the course of interview with the General, Sir Kingsley Wood.
an
Imported Mosquitos!
locust
"On another occasion, recently an incoming service from Afric They include, Bretly, a reduction had on board a special box which
in charges and the Introduction of contained a number of live mon London, To-day.
flat rate for Imperial airmail quitos. They, too, had been con signed for experimental purposes Under-Secretary for Air, From East To West
our part. By the time that Sir Philip Sassoon, was asked in traffic, and, secondly, the dispatch to laboratories In this country From arranging the details of a business man has got down to the House of Commons yesterday of all fully paid lettere and post- and they had been kept alive, dur whether, in view of the need for cards to internal addresses by any ing their air voyage to England, personally-conducted tour to Swit-Croydbh by taxi or car, we have a
swamp water, a supply of which, zerland, or a fortnight's excursion fast aeroplane waiting for him, a very high fuel economy on the internal airmail which can operate by feeding them with stagnant long flights of Empire mall ser by flying-boat over the Mediter and he flies to Liverpool, or her, steps were being taken to regularly and punctually, and in glass containers, had been
shipped with them
an ranean, the Inquiry Officer, will wherever it may be, in ample time
have a machine powered with an whose owners will enter into
"The value of air travel, in turn to the details of an air trip to catch his boat.".
"The chartering of air specialsoll engine put in service at an agreement with the Post Office to as far as the Belgian Congo, or
early date.
carry mails at a reasonable cost if transporting livestock rapidly from point to point, was shown will pick up hla telephone to tell is greatly on the increase. Big Sir Philip replied that the Air thereby the delivery will be
booked
in a remarkable way In Tang-- some Inquirer what time an air-air-ligere are now being
Ministry for some time. had been material accelerated.
Out mail letter posted in London will for pleasure cruises, just as are
With regard to the Imperial air-anyika not long ago, 55.60 be delivered at Bangkok, in Siam.liners of the sea, the air crews in-taking an active part in the de-
velopment of a heavy oil engine, mail traffic, Sir Kingsley Wood there the coffee plantationa 56.10n. And then, after that, he may be cluding smart white jacketed ste-
one type of which had recently said that this was the first instalare apt to suffer from a pest known as the mealy-bug. The' 56.706 running through the preliminary wards who serve meals and re-
details of an expedition in which freshments while in fight. Surpassed fight tests, and had been ment of the plane which were un-destruction of these insects by the expansion in autput has been
a party of hunters are to fly out geons and doctors make rapid down successfully, and was now der consideration, and involved a slow. However, with production
The following quotations have to the big-game lands of Africa, journeys by air, Patients make avaliable for use in civil aviation, marked step forward and a real ad-
He was not prepared, however, yance in Empire co-operation. still rising and scrap prices dis playing increasing strength, the been received through Messrs. S. E taking their guns and equipment trips by flying ambulance. Bust-
Levy and Company and the Ameri- with them, and camping out each neas men book air taxis to dye agree that the Empire air malle As from the coming Saturday all could only be satisfactorily per varying pustage charge to Empire outlook remains favourable.
Oriental Finance Corpora night under the wings of their them to urgent interviewe on the formed to heavy oil engines-destinations, reached by existing
continent. Wall: Street opened moderately can.
jelons.
British Wireless Service,
services of the Imperial airways active, but prices were narrowly
New York, Yesterday, "Many of my queries," he ex- "All this means work for the In-"
would accordingly be abolished. Irregular, with minor fractionali
Last To-day's plains, "concern dispatching mails quiry Bureau. But the busier we declines predominating. With
Close Close by air of the times of arrival in are the happier we feel, because AEROPLANE WINGS |and flat rates substituted.
WHICH INFLATE Traders not disposed to follow up N.Y./London
6.00% 499% London of air-mails from points then we know that air travel is advances aggressively, a narrow trading market seems to be indi. N. Cotton Dec., 12.34 12:24 along the Empire reutes. Ques-saving hours, days, or weeks for 12.80tions crop up, too, as to catchlug those who are in haste, or is help
Device To Stop Ice cated.
00%xome out-going air-mail with late ng people out of difficulties from
Forming $4.45 and urgent letters. In such cases, which the speed of the aeroplane is Silver Official 55% 55% even if ordinary letter box dis the only thing that will extricate
(Dow Jones AYR) A
patches may have been missed, it them." To-day's
E. A. Pierce Co.'s Report
In their market report, the American Oriental. Finance Cor poration, correspondent for Mesurs
1.
Cross-Rate
N.Y. Rubber-Dec. 19.24 Chie Wheat-Dee...100. Chic Gorn Dec. 81% 81 Montreal: Silver-Dec. 55.10
E. A. Pierce and Company New30 Industrial ... 09.10 99.42 York state:
120 Ralts...... "Stocks: Liquidation of utility 20 Utilities Issues has continued owing to fears 40 Bonds of lower rates, but selected indus-11 Commodity
Index
I trials were frm to strong, mainly because of favourable dividend
Amer Can
machine.
is possible to rush a letter to the Nov. 18 Close Change Airway Terminus at Victoria in
98 up 36.09 86.2718 up time to catch the motor-coach. 18.94 18.03. 31 of leaving for the air-port. 98.62 94.50.03 off
59.15 58.79 17 Leading Stocks
action and earnings prospects. Amer. Smelt:& Ref "Wheat: To-day, the market was Amar Tel & Tel much the same as yesterday, heavy Auburn early in the session, but.firm later. J. L. Case Trade was moderate, with strength Du Pont... derived from the corn market. Elee Bond & Share
General Motors The easiness of the foreign markets Int Tel & Tel 18 offsetting reports of dry weather McIntyre
Montgomery Ward here.
Nat Distillers "Cotton: There was a little more Central Southern selling, which was taken Socony Vacuum by the Trade and Liverpool, The Union Pacific market was small, but the tone was U.S. Steel.
дева durin
West E & M
steady, reflecting the fimproved basl-Buaireas done -860,000.
markets the cotton goods
• paat wee
Factories have not bee There was a sharp sell had been expected.
Zden eri vand.
by heavy shipments of the commodity, covered step-loss.
Letters By Phone
Zoff There is also the possibility, as Close a last resort, of ringing up the 105 Post Office at the airport at 87 Croydon and dictating over the 111%phone-any short letter which will nand included tu 51% be taken down
;
97 the lead of a plane just about to
start
80% Parcel and freight
transpor
40%
day by alf
alt is now so much 28% (crease that a good
23
01%%
is occupied in. tions from consig
105% to send all sor
8414 aircraft gnoth 84ent but also
owing to the expense involved, spraying is almost impossible and the difficulty of extermin
appears that they have one na- ating them completely. But it tural enemy, the lady-bird. Lady-birds consider, the mealy bug a tasty morach, and their pre- sence in any locality keeps the THE NEW CHARGES peat in check, Unfortunately, The new charges will be 60 par there were no lady birds in Tang- half ounce for letters to all deanyika, and do the Government stinations where the present charge turned to the air service to reme- is equal to or in excess of, that dy this defect. It was imperative. Tests have been carried out at amount and 3d per half ounce that the lady birds should arrive the mealy-bug pest was beginning Le Bourget of a device intended to where. It is at present lower than at the earliest possible moment, as
to get a firm hold. prevent Ice forming on aeroplanes
This means i that to India Malaya, Therefore an urgent cable was during flight
A pneumatic covering is provid. Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, sent to the Government entomolo ed for the edges of the wings, and Nyassalinde Zanzibar, Northern glat of the Union of South Africa 15 connected with the pilot's seat and Southern Rhodesia and South at Port Elizabeth. He at once The pilot by means of increasing Africa the charge will be 6d, and sent a number of live lady-birds the air pressure in the rubber to the Sudan, Palestine, and Trans by air to Tanganyika, where they covering, can break the ice as it jordania, 31. The latter rate will were released immediately in the also apply, exceptionally to Egypt, plantations with very beneficial
results.
Gd.
forms,
The invention, which is of Syria, Iraq, and Persia,
give Regarding Internal airmail, It foreign origin, appeared to give
results and did not will in future be, the responsibil of the machine, of the Post Onco to decide wh reduce the spe
It has been employed with duc letters will benefit by air trane
sion. A new service commences
patis
cess in America, super
MODEL AEROPEANE CONTEST
SHANGHAI
Shang
On December 1.3
Kingaley Wood
that the final day Polley would chiefr establishme
Service
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DIRIGIBLE BEING BUILT FOR SOVIET
Construction commenced on No Vember. In: vigid, dirig!
allan rigible construction, General Nobile, who was saved
oviet nylatory du ngshis Antarc
dition a few years ago builder of the new dirigible,