THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, JULY 18,
NEW "DUPLY" AEROPLANE PROMISES FLIGHTS FOR MULTITUDE BLACK'S ATTACKS ON
ATTACKS ON RECORDS
LATEST FAST FRENCH MACHINE
Paris-Buenos Aires Record
To Be Attacked
Paris.
The Typhoon, a new double
expected" motor air-plane, is
to break the record of 2 days and 20 hours for the air journey from Paris Buenos Aires.
to
Its cruising speed is esti mated at 20 miles an hour.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
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SERIES OF WEEK-END
FLIGHTS
DE HAVILAND COMET TO
BE USED
London.
A spectacular series of long distance. "week-end retum- air dashes to "keep up the prestige of British long distance fy. ing" is planned for August by the 35-year-old - British ex war ace,
Capt. Tom Campbell Black-
Black, who with C. A. Scott won the England to Australia zir race în a de Haviland Comet list October, will fly to Australia and beck, Gross and to Canada. Bagland to the "Cape, and Bug
land to the Far East.
The exact destination of each one of her own Comets, now that) hop and the order of the fights France and Portugal have bought have still to be fixed, but weather two of the D. H. Comets made for and the state of his machine per the Australia - race,” said Black, mitting, Black will fly during con-who was tying a British "bomber} secutive week-ends. He has not over the enemy lines at the age decided yet, whether he will rojof 17, and has since flown the The University of Minnesota re-alone or take a radio operator Prince of Wales on safari.
It is known that French finans. ports rapid development of black with him.
cial interests are considering A "Smack" At It rust in North Dakota & West Min-1 .. nesota during the past few days. The venture will cost £20,000, backing a" Franch South Atlantic Reports from important areas including the cost of the machine, fight with the Comet plane favour purchases of wheat on fair a 200 hp. two-engined, air-cooled bought by FanCEM
"Sporting Gesture” setbacks. Total sales: Wheat: de Haviland Comet with a range 27,191,000 bushels. Corn: 5,686,-of 3,300 miles and a cruising William 000 bushels.
speed of 220 m.p.h. The machine aviation expert, is organizing: "Cotton: We think the firmness which is now being built, is ex-Black's venture, which he de- of July and some price-firing is pected to be ready this month. [scribed as a “sporting gesture.”
October strengthening
cotton."I think it would be a pity if "I hope Black will visit Professional and Liverpool strad-Britain didn't have a smack at America" added Courtenay, "so dlers are selling distant months. keeping long distance records in that he can meet some of the gal- Weather conditions are favour-
lant Americas pilots with whom we made such good friends at į
able.
The fring Key brothers of Meridian, Minn. Fred (left), and Al hoped to register a new world endurance light, mark in their monoplane "Ole Miss shown being refuelled in fight.
They took off on June 4 and exxily beat the record of 55%, hours.
LOW PRODUCTION
COSTS
DEMONSTRATION PLANE
UNDERGOES TEST POSSIBILITY DISCLOSED FOR
FAMILY FLYING
Boston.
ROM a furniture factory in New Hampshire has come
FURO
light sport plane which promises to give private flying 1 tremendous upswing in popularity. Its production may force the $700 private plane out of the Government laboratories and cause the prominent aeroplane manufacturers to develop
planes in this price dass.
The plane, which was test-flown at Nashua, NH. recently by Clarence Chamberlin. is constructed of "duply" a chemically processed birchwood Duply is the invention of Harry N. At wood, New England: aviation pioneer, and the plane which Mr. Chamberlain flew was manufactured at the French and Heald company plant at Milford, N. H.. near Nashua.
Enough wood is contained in a
birch tree six inches in die
ter to supply material for
complete plane, Mr. Atwood said
As a result the material in the plane cost less than $60. Since |duply em be moulded into any
Courtenay British BIRD FLIGHTS GIVE DATA desired shape the application to
Flash: Average daily produc- KINGSFORD SMITH'S Mildenhall before the England to
tion of petroleum for the week ending July 13 was estimated at 2:715.000 barrels, compared with 2,677,000 barrels. the previous week. The Edison Electric la- stitute estimates weekly electricity production at 1,765,000,000 kwk. an increase of 72 per cent over the corresponding period of last year."
Latest Quotations
PLANS
Scheme Submitted
To Government
AIR MAIL SERVICE
Melbourne:
Air Commodore Sir Charles
The following quotations were Kingsford Smith proposes to
received by Renter
N.Y./London.
Cross-Rate
tender for certain” sections of the service Prev. To-day's new Austratias air mail
close close, linking up the main cities of Aus-
traliz
496 496 12.58 11.69
12:302 85%
Amouncing this recently, hel salt that be intended to use a Douglas machine (the type that,
NY. Cotton Oct;
NY. Bubber Sept.
12.15
Chicago Wheat Sept. 82%
Chicago Corn Sept.
763
was
Montreal Silver Dec. 69.50 Silver. Ofici?
67%
69.25 €
Dow Jones Averages
30 Industrials 122,34 122.91 57 up 20: Rails
23.59 33.81 20 mp 20 Utilities $2.00 22.08 19 up 40 Bonds 96,98 9101 1.03 up 11 Commodity
Index *.. 54.08 54.57 .49 up Business Lane:-1.360,000 shares.
COMMODITY PRICES
Australia race.“
When asked what she thought about her husband's scheme Mrs. I Campbell Black just laughed. “My { husband is as safe as a bird in the air," she said,
NEW GERMAN AIRSHIP FACILITIES FOR SMOKING.
PATENT ASH-TRAYS
second in the England- Germany's new Zeppelin, L. Za Australia air race), capable of 129, which is now nearing com- pletion at Friedrichshafen, · will
200 illes an hour.
SIGNALS FOR CIVIL AVIATION
Unified Control By New
* Department
London.
A Signals Department for civil aviation was established at Croydon Airport recently the Air Ministry announces.
Its principal function will be the technical adminis.cation of aeronautical radio stations` in Great Britain and Northern Ire- land under the control of the Air Ministry..
ORNITHOLOGISTS
BUSY MAKING NEW
"INVESTIGATIONS
SLOTTED WINGS IN BIRDS
Helping Aeroplane Developments
London.
plane construction zadimly De duces the newther of parts), re quired. The plane flown yester-
day at Nashua had only seven
This festure
CIRCLE FLIERS TO
USE NEW PLANE.
ON SECOND LEG
Mishap To First
Machine
LANDING GEAR COLLAPSES
major parts.
Portland, Ore. eliminates the many hours of hand labour required in ordinary Kemmerer of Salt Lake City Alfred P. Beck and Ahlon plane construction;: one of the principal reasons for their high anomced recently they would take off in a new plane on the second leg of their 11,000-mile
circle flight of North America
cost.
2-Cylinder Engine: The test plane which about 25 feet in span was power ed by a two-cylinder, 36-horse
power engine: "which drove the ship at an estimated speed of 120
They left SM Lake City safely. but their landing gear collapsed when they alighted at Pendleton, Ore.
Their next objective is ML-
To help acroplane develop miles an hour. The ship, a one Vernon, Wash. Their fight then ment. British ornithologists are seater demonstrator for duply will continue to Edmonton, Hali- could be sold for less than $1.000 ax, Miami, Havana, Yucatan, Yera busy making new investigations present facilities M Cruz, Mexico, San Diego, San into bird flight and such pheno Atwood said, Professors Otto Francisco and back to Salt Lake mena as slotted wings in birds. Koppen and Harry Newell of the c
PROJECTED
The work is being organised by SURVEY FOR the British Trust for Ornithology. AERODROMES which was formed in 1933 in or
Ex-Air Minister's Request
He has also submitted- to the not only be remarkable for the
experi- comfort of its cabins and the SUITABLE SITES FOR LANDING Federal Government:
GROUNDS rental scheme for a weekly two-length of its promenade decks, way service between Australia but smoking will be allowed and New Zealand over a period table owing to a new patent con- ļof six months.
TRANS-CANADA AIRWAY
London
struction of ash-trays, which will Britain's Air Ministry is get~| exclude all air from cigar and ting ready for a survey of pos- cigarette ende.
sible air routes and of zero- „A grand piano has been con-dromes in the country. This sur
Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology, designed the duply plane. Mr. Atwood, inventor of duply, said that his company would im
der to co-ordmate the work of mediately begin production of s. bird-watchers in Great Britain and to act as trustees on their behalf
two-place plane which would be distributed by the C. G. Taylor Aircraft Company of Bradford, Fenna makers of the "Cub” sport plane. "The plane with
BRITISH TRADE WITH CHINA
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JAPANESE COMPETITION
An earlier message" stated; that |a deputation of the Manchester
PRICE FIXING PROVISIONS motor will sell at under $1,000 Chamber of Commerce represent
STRUCK OUT
Later, Mr. Atwood said, his com
pany expects to begin productiong the textiles, chemicals, and of a four-place cabin family Engineering industries presented, (Continued from Page 6):
plane, which will fy at 155 miles yesterday, to the Board of Trade
la report on British trade an hour and which will also
sell Meanwhile AAA officials were for less than $1,000.
China drawn up by the Ghaza quick to say that the ruling would
ber's China and Far East secti Clarence Chamberlin, after of which Sir Kenneth Stewart
Four landing fields and a radiostaneted for the saloon, whose rey is in response, to a request by not affect the immediate progress flying for nearly an hour in the The following quotations have station are planned for the New one is alleged to be maffected the Aerodrome Owners Associa of the adjustment programmes test plane, stated that the ship!
been received by Renter.
Brunswick section of the Trans-
CANADIAN AIR SERVICES
Air mail services in
it has been made.
was Chairman
by the fact that very light metal tion. CONN
of the The Marquis of Londonderry later uphold the Boston ruling the had ever flown
Even should the Supreme Court handled as easily as any craft he The report extensively Prey. Yesterday Canada airway, and it is hoped and leather are two
Take-off and ed conditions affecting British -Closing Closing they will be available for use in Poncipal materials from which former Minister for Air, has ass payers of processing taxes might landing were made without did trade with China in cotton goods,
the near future.
ed that the survey should serve be unable to recover, as the adficulty and the plane maneuvered chemicals and heavy industries, Engineers are more interested as an indication of the air routes ministration, fully aware of the easily in the air. in the fact that a new apparatus on which regular services could possibility of an adverse Supreme has been tried out which will be down with prospects of suc Court decision, was then seeking permit the airship, to draw in cess. Municipal authorities which
to remove all chances to recover. Canada water from the atmosphere should have not already done so are
SENATE VOTE PI are limited almost entirely to the it be in need of farther ballast, being urged to acquire mitable The amendments of the AAA mining areas and to remote or, if carrying too much, to rid sites for their air connections be already passed by the House, then points which lack speedy ground herself of superfinous humidity fore it is too costly, or even per the centre of a Senate dispute, {transport.
caused by atmospheric changes haps impossible to do so.
I would throw from the Courts all pending recovery suits over 160 were reported to have been filed there than from the Senate Bank Chinese affairs had never bean and prevent the fling of additional ing Committee, where similar more closely watched than now softs Another amendment would measures were already pending.
New York Cotton:-
July
11.92 12.01
October
11:58 11.69
December
11.55 •1163
January (1936)* 11:52)
11.50
March
11:53
May
Spot
1154 11.58 11.56 12:25 12.35
New York Rubber:
July
September
December
12.04a 12.166 12.15
-12.30a 12:36 12.50
Jennary
12.45
12.58
March
12:58
12:52:
Chicago Wheatz-
July.
82%
853%
September
8278
85%**
December
83%
8674
Chicago Corn:-
July
8472
September
76
76%
December
65
July
August
Winnipeg/Wheat:—
No. 1 No.3 No. 1 Nas
Con. Con. Con. Con:
New York Sugar:-
July
2:32. 2:29.
Sept 212 2:36 -
#2405 ́ ́Jan., 1936*215
1801A/80%:
and discussed the future of Bri- tish policy in China.
Special attention was draws to the problem of Japanese.com/
This was only one of several
Govezzines fiuential months.
TAX ON SILVER TRANSACTIONS petition.
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He hoped that it would receive axre: favourable consideration
quarters
SYMPATHY: WITH KANKING
provide, should the taxes be held MCCARRAN VOICES GRIEVANCES The progress achieved by Na-
to be illegal, but tax rates in A later message stated that king, its Snancial difficulties, es- fatare should be
Instead of by Mz.
Secret
res Senator McCarran called à meespecially in face of Japan's for Walling of a dozen silver Senators, at ward policy, and – business
which he voiced grievances etition accentuated the which it is held, would legalise the gamst the silver policies of the feeling
ministration and discussed gen ally the new legislation for
to
inne. its silver