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THE CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1955.
THE VISCOUNTS ARE
Comet 4 Turbojets
Operational
In Three Years
London, June 7.
• Viscount turboprop airliners have already flown more than 25 million miles.
Delivery of Comer 2 turbojets, modified and their performance improved, will, begin next
year.
gular service into that city should be a British aircraft
13
Comet turbojets. to go into service in 1958, will cruise at 500 miles an hour and will an event of which we may well a home in one part of the world carry nearly 60 passengers on be proud. practically all established inter-
"The Viscounts
in Australia with office and work in another. continental stages, including there going well, the average load Trans World Airlines, Spon few which exceed 2,500 miles. factor since their introductionsoring the Cosmic Contest being nearly 90 per cent."
part of its 30th anniversary cele- bration, has already received the its corporate name be changed in 1985 to
Trans Universe Airways."
Training Pilots suggestion that
as
E
BIG MONEY GERMAN CABINET
The prototype of the Cara. velle, the new French, sivilner. seen during its first flight over Toulouse, Powered by two Rolls-Royce jet engines, it weighs about 40 tomm and can -carry 70 passengers. Departing from usual procedure, the jets are placed well fii the rear.
Central Press Photo,
Menon Going
To Montreal
• Viscounts are capturing The airline business; in Canada and Australia they operate up to and beyond 80 per cent copa- city
The manufacturers of the Link These
Trainer in this country; 'Midnight, July 31, 1955, statements- eloquent
Air Trainers Ltd. have British con
been the postmark deadline for If not propald a booking fee of the continuing
greatly tribuzion
improved predictions, which must be in to really modern air developing of 50 cents la charged.
transport-are taken from the equipmeri primarily for small TWA headquarters for micro-
This is annual statements,
operators. just
thelming and storing away pub airline
by electro-mechanically Fished. of two company chair-in
operated August 31. men: Sir Ronald Weeks
or AT100 Instrument Flying Train- Vickers and Mr W.E. NIcon of r, which
A numbered postcard is the uses a large number de. Havilland.
ot standard Link components, entrant's receipt for his comic has
is prediction, which he may either. seating. side-by-side
London, June 7. "twin-engined" and possesses staple to his will, place in a
Mr. Krishna Menon, India's excellent asymmetric flying safe deposit box, or fuck under
now the mattress for the next the chief delegate to the United qualities. It is, therefor
| Nations, will leave here to- possible to train Arst and second decades. pilot together or, alternatively, Part I uf the Cosmic Contestmorrow night for Montreal to in prize attend the International Control at the instructor alongside offers another $50,000 "To fulfil this
Commission for Indo-Chino, it world-wide his pupil
best 30-word money for the function economically appears to
was announced here tonight, Mir The Link type of instructar's statement on the merits of air
Menon will subsequently return to New York.
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PRINTING of every description in- cluding Booklets. Reports, Balance Sheets, Articles of Association
cant
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MUSICAL
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FOR SALE
"EMPERIAI BLUE" Air Mal Writing Pada in te Popular Mats and
$1.50 each. Also Imperial Blue" envelopes to match. Obtainable from "S, C. al. Post.
SOMETHING
LOTE packets
STAMPS
Road, Kowloon.
EXCLUSIVE, Collec
of assorted stampa
Commenting on the ability of the Comet 4 to carry capacity payload on practically every inter-continental stage, Mr Nixon says:
westerly
to seat
the new Come!" with one halt / 10~
RN FLYING TROOPERS
us more worthwhile than the desk is replaced by the AT500 travel. Closer at hand. this ability to fly with full load non-Automatic Radio Aids. Unit prize money will be awarded stop from London to New York which includes the automatic before 1955 is out.
prevailing against
functioning of a wide variety of winds of both fair and adverse radio and navigational aids. seasons, but even on this route
AT100 Type Trainer. incorporates a new westbound, will probably afford mechanical
flight and
engine the fastest and favourite means
is a logical computer system, of travel.
development of the standard model The cockpit layout, in- and flying char- strumentation acteristics conform with those of speedie aircraft, and Viscount type trainers are being built for
Quick To See
sée
London, June 7. The Royal Navy has organised a "flying troopships" service to carry relief crews by special airliners out to ships serving in
01
Well informed sources here believed that the Indian roving ambassador will travel to Washington to inform the Secretary of State, Mr John Foster Dulles, of his recerit talks with the Chinese Com munist Premier, M: Chou En-
Jai,
The talks were
"The principal carriers have
believed to been quick to
the signi-Trans-Canada Air Lines, who the Far East prolonging the have touched on the Formosan ficance of the capabilities of the have also ordered North Comet 4 and they appreciate the type trainers, and Capital Air-operational carcer of warships problem and the question of the abroad and saving them thou-release of the remaining United wealth of experience which is lines,
sands of miles of travel.--China | States airmen imprisoned in being built into it, and to which
China---France-Presse, Mail Special No there is no short cut.
air- liner
非
and
Air Trainers manufacture design
fully electronic simulator which bas been reproduces even more closely thoroughly scrutinised and test- an aircraft's flying characteris ed, and it is important to recall tics. So far. Ambassador
the Comet has behind it Viscount simulators, have been 30,000 hours of airline operation built for British European Air- which,
way apart from the
and the Meteor for the problem now resolved,"
as Royal Air Force. highly satisfactory.
The manufacturers announce standard AT100 that the Art and AT500 unit has just been Canadian De-
"AS
* jet-propelled
one
world
of
the
From 20 cents per packet upward airliner having the capabilities shipped to the An entirely new series. South which I have mentioned we be- China Morning Post Ltd, Wyndham, Street, Hongkong and Salsbury lieve that the Comet 4 will be Portment of Transport and that
well-timed and sufficiently
orders from ad- the value American to have a long career as
and Canadian mer- Skets for standard and Before 12 Once again we see
.type already approaching dollar mark. in the world market the half million
Other order's mainline aircraft.
or firm inquiries have been received from France,
STAMP ALBUMS -- "Collection Vanced
Builder"
Pries
New BLOCK DOW
available. $3. From Soum China the possibility of earning trainers is
Lid..
Morning Poort, Streat, Hongkong and Road, Kowloom.
from
3
Wyndham foothold
Salsbury for
which the British industry may India, Australia.. Burma,
In- progress in later years.
donesia, Israel, Pakistan,
Hol- Land, South Africu and other countries.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
"LA OMEDOM"
Damaged cargo ex Bits vessel, will be surveyed by Messrs. Paulsen & transport by the
survey.
of air
Cosmic Contest
round
The
"The British industry needs a bigger home market for its airliners, that is to say MOTC extensive civil air transport operations under the British
use and a greater flag
fighting Ser- The long-distance airliner of
·Bayrı-Davy -al-Holt's Wharf from 10 vices. Representations
along the future my be a rocket- shoot- .. on June 9 and 10, 1955, and conthese lines have been made propelled "space hotel." signers are requested to have their during the past 20 years.
Ex-ing
world." on representatives prent during the cellent progress with British je! expresa, non-stop schedules, engines and propeller · turbines
refueling izu mid-air whea gives us real opportunity to necessary. break into a monopoly of the It may be a two-toned double- world markets for large air- decker,
transparent for sight- liners but with only a small sering, equipped with, two-way home market it is extremely TV, radio and telephone facili difficult, and
and a set-back such as tiesin addition, of course, we have experienced in pioneer-swimming
pool, barber
shop ing the Comet emphasises the beauty parlour, children's play- magnitude of the task.
and restaurants, FOG "At last the need for fast air go some of the predictions transport
in military service, to of scientists, engineers, house
te wives, businessmetries already and 12- Damaged cargo ex this vessel will give world-wide mobilis
year-old boys in by the
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE. Agents.
Hong Kong. June 1, 1943.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
"DONA NATP*
be surveyed by Messrs Goddard & Douglas at Holte Whart from 10 a.m. on June 30, 1953, and consignees are requçsled to late their repre- sentatives present during the survey.
BUTTERFIELD, & SWINE, Agents.
Hong Kong June 1, 1255.
NEW TERRITORIES
FANLING UN LONG &
SHEUNG SHUI DISTRICTS. THE CHINA MAIL
is now obtainable from the
SHEUNG SHUI STATION STALL
-SHEUNG SHUI RAILWAY STATION,
Orders Accepted Deliveries Undertaken.
made formidable
to
two
forces
at their wen-submitted to advanced nature
TWA's Costic pons rather than by their num Contest, which has but bers, seems to have recognition, months longer to run Civil operations likewise
need
to be expanded if we are to have a fair chance of selling trunk-route airliners abroad."
Vickers Meeting
Vying for a $50,000 prize, payable in 1985 for the predic- tion that coines closest to what airline travel will be like
in that year, are several thousand enthusiastic oldsters and young- sters
from nearly all 48 states, the District of Columbia and Hawaii, locally and from many foreign countries.
At the Annual General Meet- ing of Vickers, the chairman, Sir Ronald Weeks, said:
Many of these amateur "The Viscounts delivered for "science Ection" writers, in 200 service now total 53, and they words or less, see short air trips have flown 84,000 hours or 25 of the tuture in trans-Atlantic million
miles. Each day, and trans-Pacific air ferries Viscounts in airline service fly which will leave every hour on a distance equivalent to nearly the hour. No reservations. three times round the equator be needed, for fares will be The successful operation of the paid as the passengers entes via aeroplane since British Euro-turnstile, or an air-conductor of pean Airway's commencement board will collect.
in April, 1953, has encouraged
old customers
to place repeat
orders and new customers to
come along.
Pill Meals
Kil
Fto keep the delivery Food service some guess- period down to two years we will range from large cafeteria have
azain greatly increased the style to pill form. Self-service facilities at Hurn the erecting vending machines will be handy shop' four spied there has been for snacks; cooking us mes more than dociled during the board be accomplished by
and there will eventually atomic heat,
year
be a potential output from Hum Metropolitan air parks" will alone of 10 Viscounts per month, take care of the traffic on the
The
order book today for ground, station. to house-door signed contracts - exceeds 200;
"helitaxis" will service the
this Agure inchides the aircraft terminals, and squads of derial already delivered, also 22 802# traffic cops on patrol will handle
BEA an increase in the
in the air traffic around the larger
for
BEA order for that airotan of cities.
high
somme en-
of from
10. On April, 4. Trans-Cara da Really flying Air Lines commenced a regular trants imagine speeds service from Toronto into New 1,000 miles an hour to 23,000 York. That the first turbine, les an hour, making possible engined aircraft to operate a re-interiemispheric, weekends, and
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
NO ROADS BECAUSE NOBODY GOES TO BALD THERE! YOU COULDN'T MOUNTAIN? || DRAG ANYBODY WITHIN WHY? JAILES OF ITI ALEENA
THE ENCHANTRESS!
FERDINAND
LIK
KARY
NANCY
JOHNNY HAZARD
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2 By Air Indo-China, 6 pun. Formosa, USA.
p.m. Thailand, India, Pakistan, Middis Enat, Great Britain, Europe, 8 pm
Japan, 0 sm)
By Surface
Macao. 6 p.m.
THURSDAY, JUNE ↑ By Air Philippines pa Gram, Hawaii USA, 2 p.Hig Bur India. Pakistan. Middle East. Afrin, Great Britain, Europe, & p.m.
RESHUFFLED
Bönn, June 7.
Three new West German Cabinet Ministers called on President Theodor Heuss today to be appointed to their new posts and collect the deed of appointment.
They are Dr Heinrich von Brentano, floor leader of the Christian Democrats in the Budestag (lower house), who succeeds his Party chief, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, as foreign minister, Herr Treodor Blank, first West German Defence Minister and also a Christian Democrat, and Herr Hans Joachim von Merkatz of the German Party, who succeeds a Party colleague as Minister for Bundesrat (upper house) Affairs.
They will take their oath of effice betere the Bundestag Pre- sident, Herr Easen Gersten- maler, when the House meets in plenary session tomorrow.
Dr Brentano was already under,
from
Herbert Wehner, a leading member of the Social Democratic opposition who charged today that the new Minister did not regard uty as his supreme airi, ⠀
Her
OBSTACLE
His recent wrterview with an American news weekly showed he wanted to make German husty dependent on the incinston
of all Germany in
the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and such, a request was an obstacle to successful Four Power talks, Her Webuer sal
Diplomatic observers here are unanimous in expecting no policy changes from the Cabinet reshuffle.
All three of the new Ministers belong to
the "younger genera- tion' of Bonn politicians. In appointing them Dr Adenauer &has allowed for "pressure from "below" on the Government while retaining complete personal con- trol-Reuter,
m
* By Surface Quem. People's Republic. 90 Malaya, S. Aries (West Africa F/T via Lagon), Noon- Philippines, 1 pm
Trafong, I p.m.
Maceo. 2 p.m.
Korea, 2 pm.
Macao, 8 p.m.
BUSY BOATS
AIR CRASH
Directed Down Wrong Runway
to
London, June 7, A British European Airways airliner which turboprop crashed with 35 people aboard was accidentally directed take off on an old disused run- way at London airport last January, it was alleged here today.
A court of Inquiry was told that the Viscount airliner, bound for Rome, Athens and Istanbul, started off down this runway in foggy weather and having gain. ed considerable speed "suddenly encountered various obstruc- tions and crashed,"
Counsel for
General,
the Attorney- referring to the that "fortunately "unusual circumstances," added one might
al-
New Brunswick, June 7.. Dr Selman A. Waksman, dis- coverer of streptomycin, said here there was promise of the development of new drugs to combat tumours, viruses, diseases almost say miraculously causing fungi and brotozca. though the aircraft was serious. London, June 7,
Dly damaged there was no serious. diseases British lifeboats had their wakanan raid it had peen es injury to the crew or passen- busiest May for 131 years last tablished during the last few month, putting to sea 64 times years that "some of the anti- to answer distress calls and biotics
definite pcasess
anti- saving 80 lives-China Mail | tumour properties," China Special.
Mail Special.
tumour
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
*A FEW HAVE DARED APPROACH. MONSTERS APPEAR FROM NOWHER
*FIRE PITS SUDDENLY OPEN. UP--
ENGULFING THE FOOLISH~~~
gers."
Two people were injured in" the accident last January 16, The Inquiry continues- China Mail Special,
CHULET!
SOUNDS
AS IF ALEENA LIKES HER PRIVACY
IT'S NO JOKE! AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WOASE ***MUCH WORSE »~ UP
THERE
CONTINUEL
By Mik
NORE
TALK
ABOUT
MAGIC!
Have you seen
Admiral
KIR CONDITIONER'S
AND REFRIGERATORS
I CAME PREPARED FOR THIS
?
By Ernie Bushmiller
SNIP
SNIP
* TAKE JAM. THAT KAZH
TASMANIA SAMPUN -
DAIRY BOX
MILK
CHOCOLATE
LET ME WORRY ABOUT. THAT? YOU HAVE. YOUR ADVANCE
FEE THE REST SHOULDN'T CONCERN
KISTER, ISA'T IT KIND (OF FOOLISH NOT TO TELL *ME WHERE I'M FLYING YOUR PARTY? ONCE WE | GET, NTO THE AR, A
MISTAKE CAN BE PRETTY Lam
COSTLY / BARR
P
THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL THE AUNOR DETAILS!! THE PHOTOGRAPHER IS OUT OF THE WAY JALAND THÁI PHAT WILL BETOO
WAFTER WE LAND
By Frank Robbins
OLD MEATBALL, THERE IS WORKING FASTI BUT I'VE GOT TO EASE JOHNNY OUT- OF THE PICTUREMFOR HIST
*** OWN SAKE I
zituation
den for a
San
Miguel