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A WEEK OF BRITISH FLYING NEWS
Britain's Internal Air Lines
Announcement of the fórma-- tion of a new company liking Imperial Airways with the four big rallways groups in the operation of air services in the British Isles and elsewhere reveals the most important happening in British air transport since the merger, in 1924, of the air ine companies - one monopoly concern" and the subsequent beginning of Empire airways.
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The new company has nominal capital of $50,000, in which the shares are held jointly by the five transport groups. General lines of the organization are agreed. and preliminary arrangements for operation of a numbers of services are in hand. Part of the company's, work will undoubtedly be the provision of connexions at Croydon with the continental and Empire ale routes; internal "feeder" services launched for this purpose will .be based on Imperial · Airways time-tables and the volume of traffic available for carriage by air to destinations outside this country. Plans may be completed in time for "feeder" services of. this kind to begin work early in the summer: orders for suit- able aeroplanes, if placed im- meulately, could be futfilled within three or four months: -
Last summer the Great West- ern Railway ran the first air Kne. to be operated by a British roll- way company aver a route link- ing Birmingham. Cardiff, Torquay and Plymouth. Plots and air- craft were supplied by Imperial Airways. Though "the experi- ment showed monetary loss. much valuable experience was gained, and within the past Jew weeks three of the four rail- way groups have given careful thought to the running of air services this year. If these schemes be permitted to materia- lize the "new air-rall company will acquire alrcraft and them into operation.
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tween London and Glasgow, a Journey, served "by one of the world's fastest. long distance expresses, the air trip lasts at least three hours less than by rall. Between Belfast and Lon- don, boat and train take 124 hours; the air journey takes Bye hours. And over
routes where
the ground Journey must be "slow, because of the absence of main connecting railroads, the proportionate saving is frequent- ly much greater.
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700,000 MILES IN 1933.
Internal airways in the British Isles made their first, appearance on a large experimental scale last year, when elven routes were down regularly, and the feets concerned covered more than 700,000 miles. More intensive working is planned for 1934. Twenty companies have been formed to exploit the possibilities of unsubsidized aerial transport and the routes which they plan to operate cover most of England, Wales and Scotland and extend to Ireland and the Channel Islands. Undoubtedly, this threat., of competition for first-class passenger and goods traffic play- ed an important part in accele- rating entry of the railway groups to the exploitation of the newest and quickest transport vehicle. They ignored the com- petition of road transport tul vast efforts and great expendi- ture were demanded; they do not wish to see similar happen- ings repeated in the air.
Some of the latest types of twin-engined and three-engined transport planes are to be put by Independent companies into direct rivalry with the main line rall expresses. The saving of time possible by use of the flying machine is attractive; even be-
NORTH ATLANTIC AIRMAIL SCHEME
Across the Atlantic negotia- tions are proceeding which may soon and another important. link in the Empire air chain. Nearly a year ago plans were discussed with the Newfoundland govern- ment by Colonel Stelmerdine, Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. J.A. Wilson, Controller of Civil Aviation in Canada, Mr. George Herring. Superintendent of Air- mall Services in the Canadian Post Office, and Colonel H. Bur- chall. of Imperial Airways, which resulted in the framing of an agreement that assures English and Canadian co-operation over the North Atlantic route. One
or two minor points only remain for decision. The likelihood is that a first step will be the open- ing of a "ship to shore" service" across the ocean. linking with a flying boat service between Newfoundland and Canada, Such & service would employ mailplanes catapulted from the ocean liners several hundred iniles from shore at each end of the, run: when in operation it will ensure a 3 days' mail ser- vice between London and Mon- treal and between London and New York.
Imperial Athways is taking..an active part in the planning of the Canada-Newfoundland ser- vice. The English company has in reserve a number of three- engined Short "Calcutta" three- engined boats that seem „admir ably fitted for inauguration of .the line...
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ANOTHER "LONDON-MEL-
BOURNE ENTRANT.”
Mr. A.O. Edwards, managing director of a leading London hotel, is the first private sports- man to order an aeroplane to compete in the London-Mel- bourne speed race next October. His machine, "one of the "my- stery" de Havilland "Comet" racers will be flown by two famous pilots-Mr. C.WĂ. Scott and Mr. T. Campbell Black. Like other purchasers of "Comet" planes, Mr. Edwards will bably know, very little about his machine for several months, other than that it will carry a crew of two, be capable of a top speed of at least 200 miles an hour, and comply in every detail with the conditions governing the contest. Because secrecy is essential till the closing date for entries is well passed. the de Havilland concern are stipuja-
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ting that no further detalls shall yet be revealed.
Mr. C.W.A. Scott. has held the record for the flight between England and Australia" three times, the last till October, 1933,
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Canton, April 19. The new paper mill at Nam Shek Tau, located on the bank of the
ROUND AND ABOUT LONDON
Special Air-Mail Service
London, April 5.
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YESTERDAY'S SAYINGS. Sir Stenson Cooke, secretary of DR. ECKENER ON THE AIRSHIP
the AA-Speed limits have been Last night the Scala Theatre proved to make not the slightest
of the contribution to road safety. Was Alled with members
Mr. Ernest Brown. The coal in- APA. (All Peoples' Association) to produce and some others including Lon-dustry's trouble is mot stupidity, or any special brand of original den Nazis, and myself.
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Pearl River within the harmour limits, is scheduled
We had come to hear Dr. Ecken-. er. President of the German bran- ches of the APA., lecture on the future of the airship.
paper in June this year and the machinery for the plant will arrive . bere before the end the month.
Being the largest factory of this kind in Kwangtung, the paper mill is capable of turning out all grades of paper, Mr. Uno Wimmerstegt, The doctor, who is a huge, a Swedish chemical engineer, is modest man, read his lecture. Con- now here to supervise the in-sidering that his knowledge of stallation of the machinery which English is imperfect, it was a bold is ordered from Sweden. He is and tolerably successful perform- engaged by the Provincial Depart ance. ment of Reconstruction to act as adviser in this new enterprise,
The Reconstruction Department is also pushing ahead its schemes tobuild three sugur refineries in kwangtumn. The first one is being constructed at Sun Cho, a town on the Canton River, five miles from this city. It is expected that the factory will turn out refined sugar on May 1 at the rate of fifty tors per day. Mr. William, Hall. American sugar expert, is in charge of the undertaking, and the ma- chinery ordered from the Hone-
lulu Iron Works.
The second and larger sugar re- Anery is located at Walchow, an. important town on the East River, about sixty miles east of Canton: The same factory in Honolulu wil supply the machinery, and the sec ond refinery will be ready for operation by the end of the year,
Located at Shih Chao or City. Bridge, a town in Poo Yue County, the third sugar refinery is in the course of construction. It will be ready for operation early next year. All these plants are owned and controlled by the Provincial De- partment of Reconstruction,
when Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, flying a ma- chine thirty miles an hour faster than Scett's light biplane,,, beat his time by well over
day. His knowledge of the route is unsur- passed; his achievements entitle him to rank among the World's ten best civilian pilots.
Hls companion, Mr. T. Camp- bell Black, has flown no fewer than thirteen times. between England and East, Africa, where he has done much flying. In July, 1930, he made the first flight around the East African' capitals in a day, flying in a circuit of 1,600 miles from Nairob! over Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika and Zanzibar and landing along the way at Entebbe, Kisumu, Mombasa Zanzibar and Dar-es- Salaam. He has piloted, the Prince of Wales on big game hunting expeditions.
TEST OF ENDURANCE Scott and Campbell Black are convinced that the race, which may see the winning machine cross the line at Melbourne with- in four days of its departure from London, will bè a stern test of endurance, a factor that may prove as important as pilotage and navigation. They are plan- ning to pilot the machine in spells involving not more than four hours continuously at the controls for either man, with shorter relays during the night.
A few days ago the Royal Aero Club received the first entry for the handicap section of the 'con- test, which will be held at the same time as, but distinct from, the speed event. The machine concerned is ад Airspeed "Courier" monoplane powered with a Siddeley 280 h.p. "Cheetah" air-cooled radial motor, and in its normal civilian form is capable of a top speed of 172 m.p.h. Mr. ALT. Naish will be the pilot,
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Mr. Malcolm Stewart, at the Associated Portland Cèment Manu- facturers meeting. It is high time that the bogey of hostility of capi tal to labour was laid low--it 15 really a thing of the past.
THACKERAY LETTERS
There was an auction feast in honour of Thackeray at Sotheby's His plea for the airship was con- yesterday in the concluding day's was based mainly on the airship's collection sent from Lausanne, 1 vincing to my inexpert."eara. It sale of the Comte de Suzannet's
commercial practicability, on its The Daily Telegraph of March 2 comfort, and on his belief that for attention was drawn to that re- years to come it must be the quick-markable letter which Thackeray est and safest means of transport wrote on Oct. 23, 1847, after "os-- across the ocean for bulk freight Ing a whole day in reading "Jane and passengers.
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The lecture was illustrated by good coloured slides of aerial photographs.
One slide showed a large liner in mid-ocean. Dr. Eckener waved a huge arm towards the screen." "Out-of-date means of transport," he growled pleasantly.
In addition to Dr. Eckener's ef- fort there was much out-of-date oratory from other speakers; and It was amusing that they advocated high speed, but were slow and halting in their speech.
Lord Lothian, a nervous apeaker, who sways slightly from side to side, is not more than a 10 m.p.h, orator. Lord Sempill is faster, but is rough with bis gears. Slowest of all and even rougher is Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding.
“NO USE FOR WÄSHINGTONTM
Rear-Admiral Charles E. Ken- "nedy-Purvis, who has been pro- moted to be Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff, is known in the Navy as "K. P." He is a big, tall, hand- some man with a commanding pre- sence, and is very popular with both officers and ratings
He has sat on the Admiralty board which chooses the naval cadets for Dartmonth, and be de- plores the ignorance or geography among the young.
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Eyre because his own publishers were wailing for copy" for his own "Vanity Fdie."
He guessed that "Currer Bell' was a clever woman, and he con- fessed (to
the reader of Smith Elder who had accepted the novel) that the love passages made him cry," to the astonishment of John, who came in with the coals.”
Yesterday the bidding rattled to £800 (Maggs), who had sold the letter some time ago to the Comte for $540.
- Mr. Maggs was, indeed, a keen competitor. He gave £150 for that pencil drawing by Thackeray of Joe Sedley in the tolls of Becky Sharp (reproduced on March 2), and £200 for a presentation copy
of
"Mrs. Perkins's Ball," 1847. which Thackeray' wrote under his pen-name. Titmarsh Another Maggs purchase (at £150) was a letter written from the Garrick Club in 1852 to Lady Pollock in which he says, "Let us hope I shall bring back something amusing from America."
In this welter o mig sum paid for Thackeray's scraps of paper it was ironical to read the words in a letter to Viscountess Cas- tlereagh (which fetched £105):
"No money. "All gone to pay billa.
No Paris: no fun this month.”
A first edition of "Esmond,” presented to Lady Follock, brought £300 ·(Maggs). ・・ The Suzannet sporting books included "Orme's Collection of British Field Sports" with twenty coloured plates after, S. Howitt, £700 (Rimell), "and Mr. Sawyer paid £145 for Surtees' "Jor- rocks's Jaunts," 1843, and Mr. Maggs £165, 1for "Hawbuck Grange,” 1847. Altogether the two days' A HOUSE OF COMMONS RECORD sale of the Suzannet library yield-
His stock question is: "What is the capital of the United States?" Ninety per cent, of the entries point to New York, and Kennedy- Purvis groans.
Lord Winmarleigh, whose pic- tures were sold at Christie's yester- day, is remembered principally for the fact that he represented one constituency for the longest period on record,
In 1830 he was returned as mem- ber for Lancashire. After the Re- form B he sat as member for the Northern Divison of the coun- ty until 1874-in all 44 years.
Mr. Lloyd George will equal this record on April 10, having been Arst returned for Carnarvon Bor- He has oughs on that day in 1890. lately beaten the late T. P. O'Con- nor's term of service, which was slightly shorter than Lord Win marleigh's.
SALUTING THE POPE
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LÄST-MINUTE DECISIONS
Mr. Balfour', incorrigible habit of putting things off till the last possible... moment must in private have been his secretary's despair. For example, on the eve of one General Election Mr. Balfour, was still composing his manifesto to the electors at 10.30 p.m., though it had been promised to the Press two hours earlier,
"Again, the exact terms of the famous Referandum proposal which was meant to win the ser- ond 1910 Election were decided upon while Mr. Balfour was driv- Ing to the Albert Hall to make the actual speech.
It was to have been discussed at dinner, but at dinner "A, J. B.". There is, I gather, no political would only talk of the things that significance of any kind in the re-matter-tennis, perhaps, or musto, cent. amendment to the KR. and or the Immortality of the soul, A.I.—the "Bible of the Navy" directing that salutes shall be fired in honour of the Pope and his per- sonal representatives.
As the First Lord explained yes terday, the Pope, as a temporal
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salute. Not to have made this amendment after the Lateran Treaty of 1929 would have been therefore, an act of discourtesy.
If in future his Holiness should be present at any port visited by H.M. ships the procedure would be as follows: The customary salute to the flag of the nation would be fired first, "and", this would be followed by a Royal salute of 21 guns,
Naval salutes are invariably fired In that order when our "ships" ar- rive at a foreign port where the Sovereign of the counttry is fe- aiding or visiting.
24-HOUR CLOCK AT B.B.C.
When the B.B.C. staff return to Broadcasting House after the East er break they will find a fresh complication In He. They have been instructed to use the 24-hour clock system when mentioning time "on any internal memoranda,
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After the production of “Little Women" Sam sent for his literary executive.
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"Reuben," ·he said, Women" is swell picture Chase this Louisa Alcott woman. Maybe she can write us some more stuf
Tristead of saying that Miss Al- cott had died in 1888, Reuben re- plied flowerfly that she had' sail- ed for the Styx some time ago.
Mr. Goldwyn's face registered disappointment and disapproval.
"That's the worst of these writ- ing guys," he said. “As. soon ne they makes a success, they goes. and buys a yacht." 120 "SHERLOCK Manuscripts and frst editions of Sir A. Conan Doyle were sold for. more than 2300 at Sothebys to- day. The manuscript of a Sher- lock Holmes story-"The Adven tures of the Golden Prince-Nez " -fetched £120 and that of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"
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