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AIRWAYS AND
AVIATION.
Mrs. Mollison's Return Flight From The Cape
PERILS AND TRIALS OF A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT
(Special Air-Hall Service)
SOURCES OF THE HIDDEN WEALTH
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PAN CHAO. The Foremost Woman Scholar of China. By Nancy Léo Swann. (Appleton. 258. not.)
of
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A CHINESE SCHOLAR
AGAINST THE GOLD STANDARD.
THE TYRANNY. OF GOLD. A Way of Escape. By W. R. Hiskott. 108- pp. Williams and Norgate, 2. ad. 1.
The present breakdown of inter-
Pan Chao was born between A.D 45 and B1, and died between 114. London, Dec. 13.-Sources of and 190 Our knowledge of her her wealth hidden in unmapped regionlife is derived partly from of the Empire will be sought sya biography in the "History of the tematically from the air if pro- Latter Han Dynasty," partly from national trade furnishes the au- London, Dec. 10-Mrs. Mollison's, instinctively and made in appre posals now under consideration in references in her own works. thor's text for a succinct analysis of trying homeward flight ended on ximately true compass CONTIS,
certain departments of government few particulars we owe to a notice the nature of trade and money. He December. 18, at noon at Croydon.
for the formation of an imperial written by her daughter-in-law. objects that the essence of tradem Her time for the journey of 6,20)
In Great Danger.
air survey association be accepted. This was translated into French the exchange of goods for goods miles was 7 days, 7 hours 5 min She was certainly in great dan No detailed maps exist of much of late in the eighteenth century; but has been lost sight of amid the com- utes, as compared with 4 days, 6 ger on the way home. Again the the territory under the British strangely enough, the original
plications of financial machinery, hours, 53 minutes on the south worst of the troubles occurred be flag; experts declare that up to seems to have disappeared. How and gol is coverted and hoarded ward flight. She has nevertheless tween Mosamedes and Duain. It four-fifths of the Empire is in turviving works consist of two for its own sake, thus keeping need- made a new record for the journey will be remembered that she turn adequately mapped, if at all.
Memorials to the Throne, a series ed purchasing power off the market. From Capetown to London. The ed back once to the former place
Major H. Hemming, a leading of Tessons for Women, in seven Flis main proposal for reviving in best hitherto was that of 10 days on account of fog Ultimately the anthority on aerial survey, has re- tions, three short poems and a longternational trade is to dispense set up by the Duchess of Bedford flew most of that stage in cloud. vealed the existenes of this ambi verse description of a journey from with gold entirely and institute a and Captain C. B. Barnard in She climbed up to 15,000ft," "the¦ tious" project, In the last few Horan to Chihli. Finally, we know system of "commodity bills" not April, 1030 Public interest in Mr limit of her machine, in the hope years British companies have photo that she was responsible for, cerunlike the existing bills of exchan Mollison's return flight, heightened of finding clear air. Then she graphed from the air thousands of tain parts of the "History of the go, with the exception that there by her illfortune as to weather: down hoping to get a visw square mile of territory in Africa, Han Dynasty", but her exact shore would be no shipments of gold os and by the success with which she of the ground. What she found Asia and America. Regions have in the work is difficult to ascertain, balance; the bills would be ligni- met her troubles, found expression were tree-tops and she could not been mapped in one-tenth of the The lessons are noteworthy from dated when an import was balanc at Croydon and on the road from see them until her wheels were al time and at less than one-quarter the fact that they contain a plea ed by an export or vice verid. The there to Grosvenor House. The most touching them. I pulled the of the cost of survey by ground (confined to a couple of lines) for whole system would be worked or ronds near the aerodrome and also machine up," said Mrs. Mollison methods. For example, aeroplanes the education women. Mise controlled through the central bank between Westminster and Hyde with an appropriate gesture and flying for a thousand hours at Swann does not go into the ques of each country. Park, were lined with cheering went on through the cloud blanket heights ranging between 12,000 and tion of how far Pan Chao's own keeping my course as best I could 18,000 feet photographed fifty thou-dducation (which must have been A Tow Incidents.
for Duala." She was no longer sand square kilometres of the Su-very thorough) is to be regarded A few of the incidente that oc-
Aylag at high altitude. If she had dan and Uganda, and maps were as exceptional. She says, indeed, curred during Mrs. Mollison's remade Duala in the clouds she delivered in two years from the that "cultured non of the period cording to index numbers, first, by markable feat will suffice to show would have run a grave risk of beginning of operations. The had no conviction" that girls the risks this young woman took colliding with the mountain, over quickest, most elaborately organiz- ought to be taught. It is possible and open market operations by the in the attempt to make fast time. 13,000ft. high, which stands almost ed ground survey would have last that a thorough examination of eutral bank and, secondly, and
at the outskirts of the town, Of most of them she herself ap-
ed at least ten years and at the biographies of Han woman wouldre optimistically, by internation Few pilots would care to seek end would not have produced near show that female education was primary products. The plan is in
al agreement to fix world prices for pears quite unconscious. She de- scribes as the worse experience in such landmark in the clouds. ly the man of detailed informa-less exceptional than has been sugeniously worked out and clearly her adventure her all-night flight Mrs. Mollison instead found her. tion revealed at a glance in the posed.
presented, although it might be before a tornado between Duala self eventually a long way out over aerial photographs.
objected that the processes of in- and Hossamodes on her way south. the Atlantic: That allowed her to
The lessons are naturally a good ternational trade are over-simplifi- In the course of that journey she turn eastwards and seek the coast
and, having found the line of No less than 65,000 square miles deal occupied with the delicate ed in their reduction mainly, to re- kept just ahead of the tornado, breakers, she followed them; flying of Northern Rhodesia including matter of the wife's relations with ciprocal exchanges. A careful in- storms, and at one time was forced very low and hopping over every several townships; out to sea by the north-easterly point and headland that jutted galo. She estimates that she was put. The mountains which ought 100 miles out from land before she to have marked her port she never began to fight her way back on to saw, but she had studied her cour se carefully, and the outlines of Before the night was over she the coast told her when to turn was so weary that the dancing deer the Altas Range,
inland and seek the aerodrome.
crowds.
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but met # succession of lesser
her course.
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needles and levels on the luminous dials or her instrumenta no longer
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photo her husband's family. But there dex is provided. graphed from the air in eighteen is no allusion to her relations with
India and other wives" or concubines. It is THREE BOOKS ABOUT DOGS months. In Burma, Brazil important areas have been true that Pan Chao's exhortations a surveyed; the resultant maps have ara addressed to women of her own. been used to great effect by the class,, who would, except in the Im- geblogist, the mining engineer, roa parial Household, be unlikely to and railway surveyors, taxation occupy any position less than that, authorities, any many other de-of main wife. But the difficulties
The chow-chow is so familiar and partments of state and enterprise. caused by jealousy between- wife In telling this story Mas, Mollin Camda vast areas never pre- and concubine constituted, as we prpular breed to-day that it is convoyed anything to her. They son seemed to be but little impress Viously mapped have been photo know from innumerable examples, curious to reflect that, although at dazzled and confused hor. The "bumps" made them behave like equally periltus attempt to get pared
ed with the element of danger. An graphed and detailed maps pie- very serious problem; and the least one pair were in England in mad things, and, giving them up through the pass in the Atlas
fact that concubinage is not so much 1785, brought by a young officer in British flying men have always mentioned by Pan Chao in her the Honourable East India Com as hopeless, she kept an even keel Mountains from Beni Ounit to takon much interest in this in surviving writings is surely very pany, the breed was little noticed Cran also appered to matter more portant branch of aeris! activity curious. The passages in which for a century afterwards, "and was on account of the delay it causal Aeroplanes of many different types, she inculcates the standard woman- not registered at the Kennel Club than on account of its danger. She have been modified for the work, ly virtues-chastity, humility,
until 1894. Although the chow is assured the Times correspondent it was a 'British constructor obedience, industry-afe relatively the national dog of China there is that she would gladly have climb who produced the first flying a uninteresting, for here, she 'is on
a great deal of difference between ed over those mountains if thers chine designed from start to finish common ground with our own
the Canton chow and the ofdinary had been nothing worse than clouds for the most1 officient execution of moralists. But, the second
pariah which is found throughout.. to go through Instead, snow was derial survey. This craft, a big rial, in which she backs a request China and used for food. The Can- falling and snow on an aeroplane twin-engined Gloster biplane, was of the Emperor's four uncles that ton chow is highly prized by the Chinese themselves, may bring it down. She sought employed on the North Rhodesian they might be allowed to retire better-class therefore to take her way through job its large reserve of power, from public life, is a document of while the blue Variety comes from the deep valley in which the rail magnificent view in all directions, considerable interest in that it the Buddhist monasteries, where way line is laid. A firece, wind and ability to maintain flight up to adopts a line of argument wholly the dogs have been carefully breit sought with similar determination great heights on the power of one foreign to European thought. Offer generations. The latest book in to drive her machine up against engine made it eminently suitable virtues, Pan Chao Bays, none is this anonymous "Our Friend" the western wall of the valley for flying photography and at the higher than that of "yielding.one's advice, both for owners of the breed sarica is full of information and "They told me afterwards at same time practically immune place to others." If the princes are Oran," she said, "that the wind re- from any risk of forced landings. obliged to continue in office they emphasis is wisely laid on the and for intending purchasers, and gistered 120 kilometres (about 75
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wind until I was practically fly- ing crabwise up the valley. I kept on and on, but the wind didn't lesser, and I found I was steadily being forced closer and closer to the side of the valley. At last I had to give it up and turn back Beni Ounif. On her arrival Mrs. Desenzano (Lake Garda).-There Mollison showed very little sign of, is an atmosphere of expectancy and
This is a collection of eighteen fatigue and she said that on her anticipation surrounding the high
pleasantly written little sketches long non-stop journeys she had speed air port Here. The buzz of warded off sleepiness by taking the usual activity has given way Misa Swann has carried out her ed. They are a motley company, about dogs, mainly American owne plenty of frong coffee and a cuf- to a terrific roar as the new engine task in an exemplary manner. Her these dogs, including a Sealyham, feine! tablet every six hours. This of Italy's super high speed sea commentary is copious and learnick-named the Bricklayer owing babit bad the disadvantage, on the plane is given its final tuning pre ed, her bibliographies (particularly to his passion for retrieving stones; Acasion when she had to turn back paratory to an official attempt on as regards native works) ample and Old Red, the setter, whose blame- and wait for the weather, of pre- the world's record now held by instructive. In connexion with the less record was blotted only on the venting her from sleeping. She Great Britain. p.
spurious portions of the "Book of day when, unknown to his master, spoke most appreciatively of her
The engine, it is said, has been History" Pelliot's, fundamental he went suddenly depf and failed Puss Moth cabin aeroplane and its
brought to a point of perfection, work in Mémoires Concernant to respond to the whistle in the Gipsy Major engine. The latter,
and is functioning smoothly, giv: l'Asie Orientale should have been field; the Tough Guy, a bull-terrier, ahe arid, had never missed a re-
ing the expected power which the mentioned. There are a good in-born in England but completely volution.
Italians hope will be sufficient dex, two maps and several illustra- Iacking in British self-restraint; Mr. F. G. L. Bertram (Deputy to capture the record. tions. The book is indeed, one and Rex, the Alsatian, who was Director of Civil Aviation) repre
For the past two weeks the wea-which gives Miss Swann a high pleasing combination of gentleman senting Lord Londonderry, who welther has been unfavourable Fog place among contemporary sino comed her at Croydon, said he was and mist have hung over the lakelogues. charged by the King to convey to In the rare cases when the sun hag Mrs. Mollison his warmest congra | broken through there has been tulations on her achievement. The wind making the water too rough. Times.
for a plane to take off or land
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But such weather rarely holde for long on Lake Garda, and any. time one of those perfect winter days, for which the region is fa mous, may come along. When it. does, it is safe to say that an at tempt on the record can be ex-
pilots are Major G events in the past year, the hopes Cassinelli, Lt. Scapingelli, and expressed by the chairman of the Flt. Sgt. Francesco Agello. In all Fairey Aviation Co, at the meet probability Agello will be in the height of 31,824, it in a light ing last December are fulfilled by cockpit when the attempt is made.
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