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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1937.
MALAYAN AIR SERVICE TO START IN MAY Singapore-Penang Six Days A Week Return Service
TWO MACHINES TO
OPERATE
Named Governor Raffles And Governor Fullerton MALAYA'S first commercial air service is to begin
operations on the Singapore-Penang route with the opening of the great new Civil Aerodrome at Kallang on Coronation Day, May 12.
The service is to be operated by Wearne Bros., Ltd., pioneers of the motor industry in Malaya. Two De Havilland Dragon Rapide passenger machines, famous on a score of the world's airways, have been ordered and are expected to be delivered in Singapore shortly.
The planes, which are to be called the Governor Raffles and Governor Fullerton, will operate a six days a week, daily return. service trip being done in about three and a half hours.
Full Government approval, for the service has been given and the planes have already been allotted their local registration num bers-VR-SAV and VR-SAW.
IN
the initial stages the internal air service is to be one for pas Bengers and freight, but negotiations are likely to begin shortly for the carriage of inter air mails.
"The object of the company," said Mr. E. W. Slight, a direc- tor of Wearne Bros. who has been closely identified with the pro- ject, "is to provide the greatest degree of safety and comfort for passengers coupled with a fast service.
"Special care has been taken in choosing a type of machine particularly suited for operation in this country-the D. H. Dragon Rapide, a cabin biplane powered with two Gipsy Major enginas, giving it a cruising speed of over 130 m.p.lt.
It is
surles
from Singapore to branches in Malaya,
their
NEFD OF MORE AERODROMES "FULLY loaded, the machine has 11 ont-engine ceiling of 4,590 ftel, giving a wide margin of safety in the event of engine trouble. operating as a ten-seater on many airways in Europe, but we propose to make a special study of the com- fort of passengers and accommoda- tion will be so distributed as to allow the seating of five besides the pilot, ample space for light luggage and a lavatory.
"It should be possible under thla arrangement to carry about 400 pounds of freight and when arrangements have been concluded in connection with the carriage of mails this pure will according ly be reduced.
EARLY INTEREST
Mr. C. F. F. Wearne and his brother
Interested in have been aviation for many years and as early as 1020 they purchased a machine and brought it to Malayn, but many dificulties necessitated
beleg scrapped.
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In 1835 the company again ap- proached the Government in regard to the provision of an internal atri service and received a request for further information.
Planning and preparation has con- tinued ever since and at the annual general meeting of the company on Dec. 10 last Mr. C. F. F. Warne "Both machines are to be fully was able to announce that the com- equipped with night and blind-By-pletion of the civil aerodrome In ing instruments and consideration May would remove the principal is being given to the Installation of obstacle and that only the permis- wireless equipment, which will per- the rmit
with principal aerodromes in this coun- try and the receipt of weather re- porls- from
the meteorological stations.
communication
MAINTENANCE
"Fully equipped maintenance staffs, under chief ground, cn- gineer, with the requisite qualifica- tions,
and Three assistants, will operate at Singapore, Kuala Lum- pur and Bayan Lepas, Penang, and our organisation throughout the country will be at the service of the machines.
to
£10,645,548
Tobacco Profits
The great Imperial Tobacco combine which has assets of more than £81,000,000, made bigger profits than ever last year and is distributing a 25 per cent. tax-free dividend to its Ordinary shareholders.
This means distribution of £9,390,762,
yoar
Total profits for the are likely to be about £TO,- 645,548, an increase of £367,- 000.
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"Steps have already been taken to proeurs pilots with consider- able experience of dying on com- mercial air routes and they will
Kiyon every bo
opportunity familiarise themselves with oral conditions and thoroughly lest the machines before the serviceston of the Government was now re- operates with passengers."
quired. That permission has since mercial air service is well past the been given and Malaya's Orst com-
Me. Slight said that his company had decided to concentrate on the Singapore-Penang route to begin with and extend its operations to other parts of Malaya in due course. "Our machines will probably leave Singapore not later than 8 a.m. on every week day and after a stop of about quarter of an hour
at Kuala Lumpur should reach Penang about 11.30 am.
embryo stage.
of
But Wearne Bros. are not the only company anxious to provide Malaya with an internal service planes for Imperial Airways, In confunction with Alfred Holt and the Straights Steamship Co.. Ltd., have similar plann
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When this are at Haifa, seen from Mount Carmel, Palestine, was first discovered near the Iraq Petroleum Company's pipeline terminus it was feared the pipeline had been maliciously Bred. “Läter it was found that the company's workers had deliberately crude oll, leaking, from the pipeline during repairs, to prevent from spreading to the fields. It was from Mount Carmel that Elijah called down fire from heaven
the prophets of Brut.
OFFICIALS DISOBEY ORDERS
SHIPPING UNIONS.
CHARGE
INJUNCTION IGNORED
(Special to "Tolegraph")
San Francisco, Feb. 14. Reports that officials of the De-
RADIO BROADCAST
Dance Music From Hongkong Hotel
Z.E.K. PROGRAMME
Radio Programme Broadcast by 2.3.W. on a wavelength of 335 metres (845 k.c.'s)., 31.49 metres (0.52 m.c.'s).
3.23 A running commentary by Frank V. Read of the Soccer fool- ball · match between the Shanghai Football Association and Combined Services Tenins. Relayed from the. Sookunpoo ground.
5 p.m. A Ruiny of Dance Musle from the Root-Garden of the Hong- kong Hotel.
6.30 p.m. Welsh Songs,
David of the White Rock; The little thatched cottage. (arr. Osborne Roberts) Lella Megane (Con- tralto); Y Delyn Aur .... Ahendda Walsh Clee Singers; Dear Wales; The Village Spring (arr. Osborne Roberts) ... Leila Megane
4.50 Military Bond Selections. The Black Domino Overture (Auber, arr. Winterbottom); Wushing- ton Post (Souse); Stars and Stripes for ever (Sousa); Silver Trumpets- Grand Processional March (Viviani, arr. Godfrey); Under the Banner of Victory. (von Elon); El Abanico (Javeloyes, arr, Hume).
7.15 p.m. Rale da Costa Memories.
Waltz Remantique; "Words and Music" Medley; True; A thousand goodnights.
7.30 p.m. Stock and Exchange Markets.
7.35 p.m. Concerto in F Major for Plano and Orchestra (George Gershwin), played by Paul White- man and His Orchestra, Roy Bargy at the Pinno.
8 p.m. Time, Weather and An- nouncements.
8.03 A Relay from the Ka Shing Theatre (Chinese). confound
JAPAN DIET RECONVENES
PREMIER
OUTLINES POLICIES TO-DAY
Tokyo, Feb. 15. Parliament reconvened to-day ut
10 a.m.
The Prime Minister, General Sen- juro Hayashi, is scheduled to outline
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8.05 p.m. A Light Concert. Pianoforte Solos--Mazurka in A Flat Major, Op. 50, No. 2 (Chopin); Mazurks in D Major, Op. 33, No. 2 (Chopin),..... Ignace Jan Paderews- tri;
Soprano Solo The Almond Tree (Schumann)
Elsle Suddaby: of the Instrumental The Wedding case (Jessel, arr. Willoughby)... J. H. Squire Celeste Octet; Tenor Solos-Morgen (R. Strauss); Songs my mother taught me (Dvorak) Dino Borgioil; Violin Sole-Madri- gale (Simonetti) Yvonne Curti; Tenor Solo-A Brown Bird Singing
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A. Cabinet's policies and discussion (Royden Barrie laydn Wood)
Carr
is anticipated this afternoon. bus Richard Tauber: Orchestral-Walde- been. predleted that General Hayashi xlust
Schlesinger); will encounter stiff opposition In the Prater Leben (Translateur) Diet, whose lack of sympathy forced Columbia Salon Orchestra. his predecessor in office, Mr. Kokl Hirola, to resign.—United Press.
partment of Commerce are refusing CANTON MURDER
to abide by the injunction restrain- ing the enforcement of the provi- sions of the Copeland Act, have re- suited in a turmoil in ollshore ship- ping on the Pacific coast.
Three Unions have issued formal statements protesting against the Government's stand,
SEQUEL
ACCUSED WAIVES
EXTRADITION
8.38 p.m.
Aldershot Command Searchlight Tattoo, 1930. Played by the Massed-Bands-of-the-Aldershot and Eastern Commands.
8.55 p.m. London News and An- nouncements.
9.15 p.m. Violin Solos by Efrem Zimbalist.
Burlescu (Suk); Persian Song (Glinka); After Sundown (Scott); The Zephyr (Jeno Huboy),
9.28 p.m. Variety.
A murder committed in Canton on Medley: "Three Hit" Medley...
Piano Duets "King of Burlesque” "The seamen cannot understand December 7 last, when a man named
Jack Wilson and Jimmy Leach; how un officer of the United States Kwan Shu-chuen was killed, as Humoroussin Hol" les ****
W. Schofield Government can deliberately violate mentioned before Mr.
Flanagan
Allen; Orchestra- Court order and obstruct shipping," at the Central Police Court this fappy Memories" Selection ····
when Kwan Man-shing New Mayfair Orchestra; Vocal they say. "The responsibility for morning, holding up shipping rests solely und Shipping Commissioner." completely with the United States
was accused of the crime. He was
arrested at Stanley on Saturday and Fantasy from Film "Black Roses": is wanted by the Canton authorities. To-day I am happy... Lilian Har- The acclised walvert extraditioney (Soprano); Orchestra-Rosetta; Oficials of the Department of
proceedings and agreed to return to The Winter Waltz .... Len Fillis, Commerce, have been in conterence Canton for trial.
10 p.m. Big Ben, win olticials of the Department of
Dance Music. Justice on the question of the Copt-ping Commissioner, Mr. Johnson, to-
and Act Injunction.
day sald: "The injunction does not
case
we
McGrady: "The injunction will have books even in thai district. Au- Sald Assistant Secretary of Labour prevent us from Issuing discharge
the effect, for the time being, ofparently this applies to allors who At the annual general meeting of eventing any new strike on the are not planning to sail immediately. temporarily removes However, we are withholding any de- coast, because "The plane will begin its retura Imperial Airways Ltd., in London one of the chief grievances of the finite action unifl we see the Court's Journey from Bayan Lepas about in November last, Sir Eric Geddes, sailors." 3 p.m. and reach Singapore about the chairman,
stated that
which, we understand has not yet been served. In any e 6.30 p.m. Thus Singapore business-company, to be known as Malayan
will obey the Court's order." men will have ample time to trana Airways, would be formed as a re- act their affairs in the Northern sult of an agreement between Commissioner (solely in the San injunction has been set for February.
The hearing of the discharge book. Settlement and get back to Singa-perial Airways, Alfred Holl and Co.
20, which is the date on which the and the Straits Steamship Co.
This company,
said Sir Erie,
Copeland Act becomes effective. United Press. "will have for Its objective the establishment of local services in the Malay Peninsula and adjoining| territories in that area?",
pore the same day.
The machines will be used on this trip on alternate days, so that one should usually be avaliable for private charter,"
When
IPOH SOON
No subsequent statement on the progress of Malayan Airways and
order, The Department of Commerce has interpreted Mr. Justice Roche's in- Junction as applying to the Shipping Francisco district) Issuing discharge books to sailors who are ready to sail. Assistant Secretary to the Ship-
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
SINCE WE CANNOT GET WHAT WE
11 pm. Close Down.
DEPORTED FROM COLONY
MAN WHO BEHAVED SUSPICIOUSLY Patrolling Battery Path while on police duty on February 10, a Chinese detective suspected a. year-old unemployed man of being a bad character. He searched the man, named Wong Pik, and, on pep- per being found on him, told him
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the new Ipoh aerodrome, their plans for a service has been LIKE, LET US LIKE WHAT WE CAN GET.- was thicen to the Gavemment Civili taken to the Central Police Station.
which is likely to be, among the made.
- Ancel In Malaya, is removed from the list of emergency landing grounds and gazetted as a regular commercial aerodrome, it is proba ble that the new air service will in- clude Perak's principal town. Mr. Slight also suggested that Malacen would probably be a stopping pince when the proposed aerodrome there is completed.
Dronokal
An
Th
to creato aerodrome at Kota Bahru, Kelan- tan, to serve the Penang-Hong- kong Imperial air
opens
mail servico
Ford Sees His
25,000-000th Motor-Car
Dearbors (Michigan), Feb. 10.
Spanish Prouerb.
The Civil Service Cricket Club will hold a whist drive on Thursday, February 18, commencing at 9.20 p.m. The health return for the past two days shows three cases of diphtheria and twa each of typhoid chicken-pox.
and
A shop foki named Ho Kin-hong that he was under arrest. The man struggled strenuously but was finally Hospital yesterday suffering from
Before Mr. K. Keen at the Centrol allegedly self-infileted wounds. He Magistracy this morning. Wong was was found in room No. 517 of the Tan bound over in $50 for a year with an Lau Sin boarding house. A woman order to send him to Swalow, his the same room with him, also suffer fendant was observed closely watch- named Pun Wei-fong was found in native place. Before his arrest, de-
inflicted by Ho. She also was taken ing along the Path. ing from wounds, alleged to have been ing European lady who was walk- to the Government Ci
Civil Hospital,
that
Sub-Insnector Whant prosecuted and stated that there had been raany A charge of snatching a gold hair bag-snatching Incidents In pin from Chan Pik-mul, 33, a boat district in the past. On February 3, Ng Tam, 23, un-
woman, was brought against Wan A youthful snatcher, Cheung Tak- employed, decided that he had no Yin, 28, unemployed, at the Central kin, 19, unemployed,, was sentenced and defenon-requirements-airo
prospects of a job in Hongkong, and Magistracy this morning when de- to six months hard labour and 12 -stowed away on the Blus Funnel liner fendant-was-remanded
by Air. W up the possibility of a
at the Kowloon Magistracy this commercial service from MB HENRY FORD recently saw
came day. His stay in Manila, how-to see if he is it for a caning.
a handbag from The morning for stealing n his twenty-five millionth car
ever, was very short--just long complainant and a friend were walk-a 17-year-old girl, So Fun-peu, in leave the assembly line, and In the initial stages,
was enough for the authorities to transfering utong Muln Street, Shaukiwan, Shanghai Street on February 14, tes, and until driven in it by his son, Mr. Edsel him to the Deucation and send him yesterday morning when the defen- Malayan businessmen and the public Ford, to the company's exhibition back to Hongkong. Charged before dant matched
Sub-Inspector Rogera sald defen- became familiar with the advantages
building.
the pin. He was dont was arrested after a chase in of the transport of freight by air,
Mr. Himsworth at the Kowloon chased and arrested by a man whose Shantung Street by a shopkeeper and There the vehicle took its place Magistracy this morning, Ng admitted name was not known to the police.n Wearne Bros., will probably utilise with other historic models, including a previous conviction and was fined This man handed the accused to the
detective. surplus space in the planes for the Mr. Ford's first experimental motor $40, or six weeks' hard labour. Det- two women who later gave him into or one month's Imprisonment for In addition. Cheung was fined $10, carriage of spare parts and access car..
Sgt. Hutchinson prosecuted.
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"GAMBLING-MONEY PAID IN
as a common gaming house, and wan fined $40, Det.-Sgt. Hendridge stating that the place was also an opium divan, Fitteen others, charged with gambling, were fined $2 each. Tho aum of $14 in table money yok. donated to the Poor Box,
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A fine of $25 was inflicted Chan Ching, 30, for keeping the Two cases of gambling in houses second floor of 80 Shanghai Street were dealt with by Mr. Macfadyen as a gaming house, and 11 other men at the Kowloon Magistracy this charged with gambling, were flaed morning, nes being imposed on $2. Four men who did not attend offenders. In one case, Au! Shing, Court Had their $3 badis: estreated. 28, pleaded guilty to keeping the The Poor Box benefited by a further second floor of 172 Shanghai Street $20.00. Det. Sgt. Forrest prosecuted.