REMARKABLE
NEW YORK
STOCK
MARKET
(Continued Frum Page 6).
"Cotton: Steady conditions ruled, with no pressure to sell. Europe was more interested in buying.
"Rubber: Firm conditions, pre- vailed on the market, but the volume The London of trading was small. market closed steady. Dealers were the principal buyers, while liquide- tion seems to have dried up. There was good factory buying in evidence. The outside markets were steady. '
"Suger: The market was dull but steady. Sugar was 'kold at the 3.08 La 3:10 cent basis, while there were buyers at 3,05 cents. The price of refined sugar remained unchanged." "Reports from London indicate that London Interests are expected to call a meeting for March 26 (of -consider the agitation for restric- tion of 5 per cent. In the rubber iquota.
of the United States.
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1935
ACHIEVEMENT OF ORIENTAL AIRLINE COMPANY
N. Paul Codos, famous French fler, joint holder of the long-
SEVEN YEARS OF EASTERN FLYING
THE SPLENDID RECORD OF DUTCH AIRWAYS WHEN SINGAPORE MISSED
FINE CHANCE
(By Pegasus)
THE Master of Sempill's air survey of Malaya is completed. He has made many encourag- ing remarks in press interviews en route regard- distance flight record of 5,675 ing the bright prospects before a Malayan air transport company and the sound likelihood of Government assistance to such a concern being forthcoming.
miles, New York to Rayak, Syria,
HEROIN HAUL
MADE BY POLICE
ON MOTOR BUS
(Continued from Page 1). The defendant was taken from the
',
If this has the effect of inducing active progress towards internal air services, we shall have good cause to remember with gratitude the Master of Sempill's visit
Recently we have been reminded. very forcibly that Malaya is backward in aviation the K.N.J.L.M.'s celebration of the äfth
South
ZEPPELIN PROJECT
JAPANESE
MANCHUKUO
AIR SERVICE
MAY BE EXTENDED TO UNITED STATES
THREE-FOURTHS OF 'CAPITAL ALREADY ARRANGED
„A joint Japanese“ Manchukuo dirigible" service connecting Tokyo and Hsinking, subse
formed from the converted German liner Westfalen.
The first doating aerodrome, to be stationed in the South Atlantic quently to be extended to Singa-
BRITAIN ACQUIRING FASTER AIRLINERS
SMALLER BUT
pore and eventually, to the Unit ed States, is to be inaugurated next spring by the National Aeronautic Policy Research So- ciety, according to the "Asahi,”**
The company is to be known as the Pacific Airways Corporation, and will be capitalised at Y.20,000,-
anniversary of their Batavia-Singapore service has served as the LONDON UNIVERSITY FORMING SPEEDIER TYPE 000. At the start the company will
reminder.
AIR SQUADRON
Senate Approves Movement
The formation of an air aqua- dron in the University of “Lon- don was approved in 'principle by the Senate at its meeting last mouth.
CO-OPERATIVE
FLYING COSTS.
£1 PER HOUR
SHOWING THE WAY TO CUT DOWN COSTS
HOW A SYNDICATE OF FIVE
·HAS REDUCED EXPENSE
COMING IN USE use one Zeppelin of the LZ-129 type, but eventually expects to employ
FEEDER PLANES FOR three at least, it was reported. The
AFRICAN LINES
SERVICE
research organisation began con- sideration of the plan last spring,
AUGMENTING CROSS-CHANNEL When it was formed. with Mr. Suke-
hide" Kabayana as chairman of the. board of directors, and Mr. Kuma- The big 42-seater aeroplanes taro Honda, Mr. Keigi Ozaki, Mr. which are the backbone of the Im-Mineo Kato, Mr. Masataka Ando and perial Airways fleet are unequalled Baron Seijun Inouye as members. for spacious comfort and safety, The Asahi said the project result Though they are becoming outed from an exchange of opinion be
These machines have a
classed in speed, several types of tween Government officials and avia- smaller British liners, coming into tien authorities. Arrangemente wide use, are improving the na- already have been made for sub- tional situation.
scription of three-fourths of "the mendable turn of speed, especially soon is to be purchased at a cost of com capital, and the original Zeppelin in view of economic and other Y.6,000,000. Even now, the Asahi operating qualities
said, an engineer of the Zeppelin Four-engined De Havilland aero Company, personal representative of planes will be used, cruising the famous Dr. Hugo Eckener, is on just under 150 miles an hour.
"In view of the subsequent mar-bus to the footpath where the case ket action since the Rubber Flash of was opened, and inside was found March 18, as a precaution it might six large parcels, on the bottom, and be advisable to enter stop-loss or ten arall packets, on top. One of The K.N.I.L.M. have operated, Palembang was instituted, which: ders. In the event of the market the latter was opened and found to internal air services in the Ne-was also made a daily service. showing a recovery from 100 to 150 contain red pills. In the box, which therlands Indies for over Beven Batavia has become the natural points from last Saturday's levels defendant had under his arm, more years and have achieved a great metropolis of aviation for the In- it might be advisable to take profits, parcels were found..
success. A short time, ago there dies, possessing as it does what is "Amsterdam despatches to the The defendant was taken to the were "rumours in circulation that the finest civil serodrome in the Financial Times in London critising police station and charged, and in their service, to Singapore was to Malayan archipelago at the present the fallure of the Rubber Regulation answer to the charge stated that a be extended through Malaya to time. The administrative head- Committee to increase restriction man, named Chan Tong, had given Penang. These were emphatically quarters of aviation are in the De- from May next suggests that the the case and the box, to him to carry denied, as the company had no partment of Government Industries Committee has, considerably over-to the Railway Station.
vish to trespass to what may le-jat Bandoeng, where all aviation af- rated world consumption require-
After the police evidence the de-gitimately be regarded as British fairs are handled. ments of the staple, especially that fendant stated that he had come rights, but that there is plenty of
Singapore Service The idea of the service to Singa- down to Hong Kong a few days be-scope is obvious... "Flash: Average daily petroleum fore the incident, to look for a job. It was in 1927 that the idea pore, although it had to be drop-i production for the week ended March He met a friend called 'Chan Tong, was first mooted for an air service ped in 1927 when the subsidy for 18 was estimated at 2.600,000 bar-with whom he arranged to go to to be established between Singa-jthe British company was not forth rels. The weekly electricity produc-Canton on March 12.
pore and Batavia. Oddy enough, coming, was not by any means he proposition in the first place abandoned and having established tion totalled 1,728,008,000 kw.h., an Mysterious Chan's Instructions incrasse of 4.7 per cent. as com-i Defendant slept the night In a came from a British company, Air themselves thoroughly in Java with pared with last year.
boarding house in Hong Kong and Survey, Limited, which planned to their local services the KN.LL.M. Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Company's the next morning, the morning into-operate with a Dutch company turned their attention once more to report on the opening of the mar-question, Chan Tong called for him, if assistance from the respective Singapore,
Several trial flights were made kegs:-
carrying the case and the box. Governments could be obtained.
The Dutch company were suc-and arrangements having been-
London "The opening on Wall Street to-day Chan' said that he wanted to do
Five members of Reading Xero Was slightly higher and firm, but some business in Shamshuipo be cessful in negotiating that preli- completed with the R.A.F. and per
company mission obtained to make use of Club point the way to cheaper pri- trading was light. Several blocks
fore going away, so they caught the minary, but the British Shamshuipo Ferry, Chan had asked were not. Sir Hugh Clifford, who the landing ground at Seletar and vate flying. of shares changes handa on the upthe defendant to carry the things was Governor of the Straits at to erect a civil hangar there, the Their operations over two years
that time, expressed himself as first service plane flew over from have given them flying at about $1. The machine, as used to aug and Hainking, will be non-stop.' On the cotton market selling was On reaching Shamshuipo, Chan sympathetic and keenly interested Batavia to Singapore on March 4 an hour, including complete pur ment the London-Channel Islands The Asahi'e account did not men- scattered, while the volume of trad gave the defendant instructions-how in aviation developments, but 1930, and inaugurated the service chase of the plane, a two-seater service, carries ten passengers and tion the South Sea Islands, but .ing was small. Price fixing by to get to the Railway Station, and Government assistance could not Pilot Moll's. Record
Cirrus-Moth.
crew of two.
Rengo's report sald the eventual European and domestic interests went off to nec a friend. Defendant be given. Having got their sub- The pilot of that first service At flying clubs the charges vary More than 20, of this type have possible extension from Singapore to was in evidence. Buying, however, got into the bus and after going sidy of 1,000,000 guilders, the machine was J. J. Moll, who is now
been sold in the last few months. the United States would be by way. from one bus stop to the next the Dutch company went ahead and immortalised among pilots as one
One of two biplanes built by of the Mandated Islands and Hawall. Latest Quotations
of the twe men who navigated Apart from the cheapness, they Boulton and Paul for "feeder": police boarded the bus and arrested became the K.N.I.L.M.
|| The LZ-129 type has twice the The following quotations have him.
First Java Airlines
the K.I.M. Douglas D. C. 2 air achieve a large measure of the work in Africa has been received capacity of the Grat Zeppelin which been received by Reuter.
Defendant stated that he did not
On November 1 of 1928 the first liner on her historic three-day advantages of single private owner: by Imperial Airways, a Prev. To-day open the case nor did he know that two services were established, ons flight from England to Australia ship.
between Batavia and Semarang in the Race last October. In 1928 Thus at week-enks, two of the il contained.
and the other between Batavia Mr. Moll was engaged in, bringing five can fly continuously. Usually and Bandoeng, Java's beautiful out the K.N.I.L.M. machines from at a busy club one plane has to city of the hills.
Holland for the inauguration of satisfy dozens of members. There had been certain the Java Internal services, and The are the charges over the two amount of flying carried on in with the second one he broke the years: Java prior to that time, but cer- then record for the run from Am- In the meantime, the father of the tainly It could not, be claimed sterdam to Batavia. baby had made inquiries and had that the prospects before the com- It was also he who took part in been informed that the baby and pany when it commenced its oper- the famous Abel Tasman flight Interest charges girl were at Walchow City. Helations were nearly so bright as from. Batavia to Melbourne and Immediately went there where he they are to-day, in Malaya.
(Continued on Page 10). recovered his son and his step- The public knew little of air daughter.
transport, which was in its infan-
Bide.
'was of a good character, ·
N.Y./London
cross-rate
cloxa lo
4.78 4.76%
N.Y. Cotton July 10.76 10.79 N.Y. Rubber-July... 11.04 11.24
Chicago Wheat-May 01
934
Chicago Corn-May 77% 78
Montreal Silver-May 69,65
Silver Official
* 58%
Dow Jones Averagen
To-day's
59.05
5874
Mar 19 close Change:
20 Industrials 08.31 08.20 .02 off
20 Rails ....
20 Utilities
40 Bonds
11 Commodity
Index
28.00 27.72
28 off 14.97 14.97 unchangedĮ 94.46 94.53 .07 up
.72 up
54.42 55.14
10 Leading Stocks
Amer Smelting
Auburn
J. I. Case...
Elec Bond & Share
Genera Motors
Int Tel & Tel
Montgomery Ward
Nat Distillers
N.Y. Central
U.S. Stcel
Business Done:-494,000 shares.
for him while he smoked.
L
CHILD STEALING CHARGE AGAINST CHINESE WIDOW
(Continued from Page-9)
Defendant Arrested
4
cy even in America and Central
820 On February 12 the defendant Europe at that time, and the world 15% was arrested in Shaukiwen on in-was vastly less air-minded than it 48% formation received by the Police, is to-day, though even now it can- 4 and was later transferred to the not by any means be said that the
Shamshuipo Police Station..
public generally have come to re
28:
8
23
On February 14 he was charged gard air travel as a commonplace. 26% at the. Station with child stealing, · Circumstances have combined to 12% with others, and admitted that she make Malaya more air-minded to 27% took the children to Walchow City, an appréciable degree, the Dutch Her defence was that she had companies, the Clubs, the R.A.F. received no money and was only a and the Imperial service having
NEW YORK STOCK servant in the empley of one of the all played their part in making it
EXCHANGE
Reuter Quotations
March 21.
other women.
so and the prospects for internal aviation are rosy in the extreme.
** Immediate. Success
No Identification Parade Before calling the first witness, His Lordship asked why an identi- In spite of the handicap“ that fication parade had not been held as confronted it, the protect of the it was most essential in cases of this K.N.I.L.M., even in those days, Jsort.
met with immediate and unquali Counsel for the Crown said the fied success. The Batavia-Semer- apparent reason given by the Police, ang service, started as a daily ser- 11.00 was that the girl, having stayed vice, had to be operated twice 4.78% 4.77% 477% with the defendant for over a forte dally, within two months of its
night, would not hesitate twice about commencement In order to copal identifying her.
with the traffic which was attracted
The following quotations from New York have been received by Renter
Last close 10.15
10.76 10.70 10.72 10.30 10.41 10.36
11.04 11.09 11.10 11.20 11.22
N.Y./London
N.Y. Cotton
July
Sept
N.Y. Rubber
July
Sept.
C:
Wheat May 01.
July
8B%
„G“ Corn. May 773
M. Maurice Rossi, partner of M. Paul Codes on all his fights in- cluding the last nanccessful at- tempt to break their own long- distance record of 5,675 miles.
from 276. 6d. to 50%. an hour,
WEEK-END, TRIPS
-Cost of 'plane,
Insurance
Private lock-up
325
120
72
48.
Certificate of airworthiness
87
Ditto, second year
38
Engine overhauls.
65
General maintenance
They have a top speed of 170 his way to Japan by way of Siberia to negotiate the sale of the first big miles an hour, though the total dirigible. He is expected to arrive engine power is but 800-h.p.
November 20 "Feeder" Work
The initial service, between Tokyo
visited Japan several years ago, and It has two 460-h.p. engines, and can carry five light aeroplanes. cruises at 150 miles an hour.
It is lavishly atted to CITY ROMANTIC FEATURE
seven passengers, but for short trips may be fitted with 14 seats.
Two Avro monoplanes will also] [be delivered shortly for feeder
work,
These machines are expected to cruise at 150 miles an hour with
six passengers, with a top speed of 175 miles an hour. The un-]. dercarriage wheels may be drawn
63. jup in flight; out of the way of the odd air-stream.
The precise total, including shillings, was £810 9%.
GREATER COMFORT FOR R.A.F. Transparent Hood For Cockpits
COVER MOVABLE IN EMERGENCIES
Pilote and observera flying the
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS”
INSPECTOR
OF AIRPORT
Specially Chartered Craft
MANY, DESTINATIONS AND VARIED PURPOSES
A romantic feature of the air. traffic, in and out of Croydon is the number of specially chartered air- craft which, in addition to the scheduled services, now set off on argent journeys across Europe, or to India or the heart of Africa.
Fast, powerful machines, these air
Major H. G. Brackley specials are always standing ready
SURVEYOR OF AUSTRALIAN
to leave at a moment's notice. Meeting ocean passengers at Cher- bourg and flying them to London; carrying film producers and their Major H. G. Brackley, air superin-equipment to shoot special scenes in
MAIL ROUTE
(Continued on Päge-10) ||||
new Wallace two-seaters now be tendent of Imperial Airways, who far-off deserts; rushing business Ing made by Westlands for the recently made a tour of Egypt, India R. A. F. are going to be more and the Far East, is one of those [still-young airmen whose careers comfortable than usual.
THE FASCINATION OF CROYDON
Both cockpita are to be covered have, since the war, been transform
ed from the hazardous sport of at- with a transparent hood,
This given a better streamline tempting records to the business shape, which means speed, and administration of everyday commer The protecte them from the slipstream clal flying.
which is unsettling at high speed. He makes regular tours of inspec
If desired, the hood may be re-tion of the Empire routes. One of
Ng Lao-li, mother of the baby, to it and a few months after a BRITANNIA TROPHYsed to allow the occupants to his finest achievements for British
said she had been Ill for some time. extension had to be made through
11.20 She missed her baby at about 1 p.m. to Sourabaya. A
The Batavia-Bandoeng service
FOR 1934
step overboard with parachutes. ! aviation was the survey of the pre- The gunner's part of the cover seat Anglo-Australian route. in the folds up to allow him to use bis Astrea de ad
the defendant and had never seen also was run twice daily from the Scott And Black Chosen guns, but even 30, elves sufficient His flying tour of Australia was
921
98%
on December 12. She'did not know
78
98
her "before.
The case is continuing.
17%
W. Wheat May 884 STOCKS
Amer Smelting 88. Con Gas N.YO Du Pont
88% Elec Bond & Sh 4%
General Motors Int Tel & Tel.8 Loow's Ineta 84% Mantgomery W.28% Nat Distillers 28
NYC Central 186 Standard Oll NJ 38864865
281 28
842
284
Self-Flying
"same time and has been ever since.
In August," of 1929 a service": "to
Plane Tests
Filots of the United States armydinated with a robot pilet eliminat and department of commerco are ing the need for human, assistance
etly experimenting with, a
xirplane,
A big-twin-motored Dou plane, ftilised by; exp
quarded nfo
For Honour
protection to permit accurate alm-also in the nature of a "showing-the-
tour for Imperial Airways
ing
Air-Station That Is Making History
"JULES VERNE' ROMANCE
COME TRUE” IN
fascinating place, this, there was one,” writes a recent "hlatory-making.· ̈ air- *Evon as you
gh its vestibula" he adda;
U.S. Survey Of Wake Island"something its romance grija
naval vessel,
*shape:
The Britannia Trophy given an- nually by the Royal Aeronautical Club for the most meritorious ale... The Navy, announce performance during the year has last week that it had completed been awarded for 1984 to Mr. C. W survey of Wake land, to ascertain horseshoe has little more than A Scott and Mr T. Campbell Black its suitability, ass port for square mile of ter offer an The work was dono
for their fight from England to fu Melbourne in the record time of 7181
commercf.
but is re- the lent project. ment landing-- and vanish
seems as though some:"Jüles
Phas Sauddenl como truc for a mome place might be
(Cont