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ARY 7, 1928.

Y BY DAY.

is that with a certain number of French Infantry regiments, ahould

Streamlined Monsters.

a

THE ZEPPELINES.

THEIR WONDERFUL PART IN THE WAR.

THE FIRST BIG RAID.

THE CHINA MAIL,

Nine Go Out-Eight Come Back.

time, than would a squadron of sea- time,"

Captain Lehmann, Bays shipa.

"Commander Loewe, in charge of Plans now submitted by experts the L19, experienced engine trou- are for the development of immense, swift, graceful machines. Their vast, tapering hulls are to be sheathed completely by plates of¦ feather-weight metals. To attain a maximum speed for any given horse-power these Bmouth, stream-lined hulls are to be freed from practically all external pro- jections. Instead of the captain and his engineers navigating such a great machine from a car hung beneath the bow, the control cabin with its outlook windows is to be tucked away, cunningly, inside one of the great stablishing fines which project above the hull of the airship towards the tail; while a passage-way is to run down to a similar, windowed compartment in a lower in, thus giving outlook points below as well as above.

SECOND CLASS.

PARIS 'PLANE SERVICE INNOVATION,

Firat 'Class.

London

DISTANT FLIGHTS,

THEIR TRUE PURPOSE EMPHASISED.

that the

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SEA FLIGHTS,

50 MILE LIMIT FROM COAST TO COAST.

The new papers. Some of the flights, which clable degree if public opinion was have recently been attempted, have affected unfavourably as a result of had in them more than a little of recent tragedies, enused by long the foolhardy, and even when they overseas flights, which were at- have proved successful, have not tempted in aircraft not suitable for always been so useful from the that purpose. The Government had point of view of design and con- power to prohibit any aircraft struction as they would have been

Paris

to Paris. to London. .. £4 15 0 5751

£9 0 0 1,100

£3 15 0.4662

great deal more that is useful can a seaplane, flying boat, or amphi- be learnt from a fight which is bian, from flying over the sea for within the capacity of the engine, a longer distance than 50 miles in the machine, and the pilot than a direct line from coastline to from one which only proves, what constline. It was now the Inten- was pretty evident beforehand, tion, to make this prohibition ap- that there are certain tasks that ply to all aircraft, other than sea-. cannot be successfully accomplish-going aircraft, whether passengers

The

Cobham

miralty, realised how valuable an afd they had in the great airships, which could float all day and night 20,000 ft. up over the North Sen, keeping an eye on anything above or below water-for at any great height mines and submarines are

Referring to overseas aeroplane It may not be out of place,' dur- Second-class travel has been in-. easily visible the North Sea air troduced on the air liner services ing the present weak, to emphasise flights, the Prime Minister of Aus- ship patrol, was seen to be of vital between London and Faris of Im-distance aeroplane flights is to test the Government was determined to true purpose of long-tralia (Mr. Bruce) said that, while be formed an emergency corps of

In his thrilling story of the Zop-importance to the High Seas, Fleet perial Airways Limited. The in-the engine and the machine, and promote civil aviation development flying soldiore. Each man would be pelins and the part they took in the and the submarines.

novation synchronises with the re-not to cover the aviator with glory in every way possible, these efforts picked for his lightness, agility. Great War, as told in the "Satur- "For that reason the -Zeppelin duction of first-class fares. At or oblivion, as the case 'may be, nor and intelligence. It is intended day Evening Post," Captain, Leb-patrol from first to last took pre-present the charge is five guinens to provide stunts for the news-would be neutralised to an appre- that such specially-chosen serial mann looks at all aides of the war-cedence over all other airship acti-single and. £10 return. corps, while carrying out normal fare in which the great airships vitles. The navy Invariably receiv-rates will be: duties at ordinary times, would be engaged, The Zeppelins first har-ed the latest craft as they were com- given every year a certain amount ried the French and Belgian ter-pleted. The Zeppelin Company was of flying, so as to accustom them to rain; were then used in East Prus-producing an average of one air- being up in the air; while in war, ala, against the Russians; bombed ship every six weeks, a unique and Single Immediately they were required, part of London and the East stupendous piece of war work when Return). they would bo furnished with Coast

of England; and, finally, you reflect that nothing of the sort Excess Baggage 3d, per lb. 3.50 per kilo. had they been less spectacular. A carrying passengers, which was not special featherweight equipment wore adopted by the German Navy had ever been done before. In : Second Class, and mobiilsed at various aero- as invaluable aids in sea scouting fact, Zeppeline lay ready to be com-Single dromes, as "soldiers of the air.”

and observing. From the begin-misaloned long, before the crews Return £7 10 0 030K ning of 1916 till the end of hos- could be trained to handle them." ¡Excess Baggage 3d, per Ib. 3.00f per kilo, tillties the Zeppelins made the In the United States also the

As the months went by, the grim The new fares were to come into North Sea more or less their prac- authorities now have before them tice ground; but toward the end of and bitter struggle between the operation on Nov. 1.

"The second-class service does ed at present. programme for the construction of the war they had to go to work British Navy and the U-boats gain-

any reduction in the a now type of giant, high-flying warily, as the vastly-improved Bri-ed in intensity. As Captain Leh- not imply

At the moment, no less than five were carried or not, and all ragis- tered owners of aircraft and pilots afrship capable of speeds greater tigh anti-aircraft gunnery in the mana puts it: "The British were safety factor," an Imperial Airways long distance flights are in pro-

an have been attained before and Navy and the enterprise

of the trying their damnedest to stop the official informed a Press represen-gress. Capt. R. H. McIntosh and were being advised accordingly.

"second clnos refers Mr. Hinkler are making a journey Mr. Bruce said that it was be- able to remain out for weeks at a Navy hydroplanes made the Zeppe U-boat campaign and the raiding tative:

ол of the to India

a Fokker machine, lieved that owners and pilots would time upon long trans-ocean cruises, lins vulnerable targets. at almost and other activities of the German entirely to the nature Squadrons of well-armed airships, any height and in all ordinary con- flect. They pestered us constantly, accommodation provided and to the driven by a British Bristol engine, respect this instruction, which was embodying fresh features in design ditions of weather.

and with a dense belt of mines al- fact that the service leaves at doing this without a stop. A group of aviation as

though they were not successful in being issued in the best Interests a whole. In the and flying appreciably faster than

most blocked every exit from the time which is not so. convenient of four R.A.F. flying boats, under event of any breach, however, dras any machines produced hitherto,

German corner of the North Sea. for first-class passengers as the Group-Capt. A. M. Cave-Brownetic action would be taken.. can, according to the data before

Their efforts gained force, until in Silver Wing de Luxe service." Cave, and an Avro, with Captain the American Government, be built From Hamburg aerodrome 911918 they were laying in that area It is hoped that the second-class Lancaster and Mrs. Keith Miller on Government is most desirous," he at a length of the cost of squadrons Zeppelins, including the L19, raided about 10,000 mines a month. Be-air fares will extend the field of board, are all bound for Australia. added, "that the first fight be- of surface craft; and such acrial the Liverpool district of England cause this was accomplished with potential air travellers, and will Two R.A.F. Fairey biplanes are on tween Australia and New Zealand cruiser patrols would accomplish on January 31, 1916. "Like the special submarines ar at night with particularly appeal to business men their way from Cairo to Nigeria, shall be successfully undertaken by far more, in any given period of rest. of us with new ships at that mine-laying ships, it could not be whose object is to save time at the by Capt. H. V. Worrall, has begun technical assistance will be render- and Sir Alan Cobham, accompanied our local pilots, and every possible stopped.

minimum expense. At the com- his survey tour of 20,000 miles ed by the Defence Department to "It was up to the Germans to re-mencement of commercial aviation through and round Africa, move each day the mines that, had in 1919. the single fare to Paris

The first of these, though it has any one, whether R.A.A.F, or civi- beer planted the night before. was £21. It fell by stages to £10 failed to beat Mr. Clarence Charan, who proposes to use a really Our mine sweepers could not have 10s. in 1920, and in March, 1921, berlin's long-distance record from efficient sca-going aeroplane for the done that work with any degree of it was reduced to £6 68. The fare New York to Eisleben, should help purpose." efficiency had it not been for the has remained at that level, with to establish an air route between Zeppeline, which patrolled the sea, the exception of a temporary de- be forgiven for holding that the

this country and India. We may POWER INCREASED. warded off repeated attacks from crenac each winter, when the fare intter is the more important result the British forces, and made it has been £5 58.

of the two. Sir Alan Cobham will AVIATION PROGRESS IN

AUSTRALIA, possible for the sweepers to operate The special freight service will have ample opportunity of testing unmolested. Because the Zeppelins enable greatly-improved facilities the capabilities of his machine, not

Hitherto the needs of the airways cruised far ahead of the sweepers to be given to business houses buy-the less because he will have to take enemy attempts at interference ing and selling in France and off and alight no less than 43 times. in Australia have been met by the were always frustrated, and Britain Great Britain-not only to business But he will also carry out a most 240-h.p. Puma engine, which, fitted failed to bottle up her rival in the houses in London, but to those sit useful survey of what is still a little into a D.H. 50, such as

known country, and perform anused, would carry a pilot and four North Sen."

unted in the important industrial Imperial service in trying to secure passengers. Something larger and areas in England. The latest time the support of the administrations more powerful is now in request. for handing in goods to the rail-in Africa, for aviation, and in at- Some machines. of the D.H. 50 typo.

fitted being

with. 450-h.. way in France for the "Malle" ser- tempting to convince them that air are A very great point in favour of vice is four p.m., and the majority transport is an important factor in Jupiters, which will increase the the Zeppeline was found to be that of goods sent by this service are the development of their country power but not the capacity. A new they could, if anything, "land" delivered the following afternoon. The machine which Sir Alan is fly-type, however, known as the D.. more easily on the surface of the The air collection will be made in ing is a Short-Singapore flying 61, has been specially designed for

boat, and has been lent by the Air the Jupiter engine. The first sea than on shore! The narrator the evening after four p.m., giving Ministry. It is the first all-metal this type is now nearing completion Baye-giving away one little "trick exporters in Paris more time for machine which Great Britain has at Stage Lane Aerodrome, and will of the trade":-

packing goods ready for despatch, produced, and has a span of 93 ft. shortly be consigned to a firm in "Sea landings are easy enough if and although the air collection with a length of 63 ft. Its total Australia.

In its general lines it resembles a the water, is fairly smooth. As the from Paris will be made between weight, in flying trim, is 3 tons, of great hull comes to a stop on the four, p.m. and seven p.m., goods can which 3 tons is the disposable load. large edition of the D.H.. 50, but it surface the cooling air stream be handed in at any time up to the It is equipped with two. 700-h.p. has a split undercarriage, with no created by the motion of the ship departure of the acroplane at eight Rolls-Royce Condor (Series IIIA) axle, which is an advantage ih Aus- is lest, and the lack of this ventila-a.m, for delivery in London in the engines, and has a speed, in still train, where an axle is apt to catch air, of about 120 m.p.h. Its radius in long grass or ant-hills. The tion causes the gas to warm up and early afternoon, and for delivery of action, with full load, is 1,000 cabin holds six in great comfort and expand. That would send the ship in towns near London in the even-miles. The present boat will carry will take eight without undue into the air, were it not for a simple ing.. trick. A sea anchor is cast out and ballast tanks in the cars, which are are filled 28 seaworthy as boats, with water, the added weight com- pensating for the increased lifting power. When he wants to take off

London, Nov. 16. again the commander simply dis-

Mr. Samuel Jacobs, of Paterson, charges enough of this water situated at the top of their metal ble. The motors represented a new bailast to make the ship rise into New Jersey, has booked his passage In the first air liner to fly from hulls, it is proposed that these new type, and months elapsed before the air again. fighting ships of their should they could be brought to a state "While

Burface the New York to London, and he has reliability. type of long-range gun approaching A

Loewe Zeppelin can manoeuvre with the sent a deposit of £5 to London as firing a stream of explosive shells. was the only one who did not bring aid of its propellers and rudders part of his passage money.

Actions between such ships of back his ship.

Commander C. D. Burney, M.P., almost as well as a surface vessel, the air will be no close-range busi-

"Late on the night of. February not only in calm weather, but even managing director of the Airship ness of firing point-blank into each 1 Captain Strasser, the chief, re- better if there is a steady wind to Guarantee Co., Ltd., he received other. Export gun crewa, using tele copie sights, will begin to shell ceived reports from destroyers that give pressure on the steering ap- the following letter from

"I would like to make reserva- each other while hostile eraft are they had been out all day on the paratus with relatively slow motion Jacobs. still separated by wide stretches of search, and could find nothing. across the surface. The limitations

"The cruise will be conducted empty air. Nor will gun-turrets The last thing definitely known was are not due to the strength of the tions on the dirigible R 100, if and

with every conceivable comfort,” represent the only striking power that the L19, late the previous wind so much as to the condition of when she makes her first trip from "I am enclosing a money order of such perfected airships. Each afternoon, had sent a radio that she the sea; therefore an airship can New York to England.

"It will include Paris; Bordeaux, Ja to carry ready to launch quickly, was having engine trouble.

calculated as being any wind in sheltered waters or for £5 as deposit on whatever the

cante, Malaga, Seville. Tangier, a number of small, specially design position was

coast of under a les shore. Training the fare may be.

"Should the dirigible not make Casablanca, Marrakech, Fez, Oran, Hall After Evensong. ed, enormously fast single-seater somewhere close to the aeroplanes. These little machines, Holland. The weather was bad. naval crews at Hamburg before the once released, will dart and buzz It was freezing cold, A thick fog war we made many landings on the the trip within the next fifteen Algiers, Biskra, Tunie, Catanis

· SCIENTIST. · seilles, Lyons, the return journey like hornets round the craft of the hung low over a large area of the River Elbe and sometimes on the months you may return to me the Naples, Rome, Venice, Pisa, Mar- FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST,

Three airshipa were very small and narrow Alater Basin £5.".

The dirigible is the R 100, the being via París to London. enemy, poaring in streams of ma- North Son.

"Accommodation will be reserved (Branch of The Mother Church, 'chine gun-bullets. They will also kept in readiness to rush to the in the heart of the city."

airship now being built for the

at every stopping-place. Private The First Church of Christ, Scient British be employed in the task of inter-rescue if the L19 should be sight-

Government at Howden,

motor-car journeys will be arranged ist, in Boston, Mass. U.S.A] Yorkshire, and Commander Burney to interesting places, and no effort cepting, and fighting, any hostile ed and found helpless. aeroplanes which approach their

who is superintending its con- will be spared to ensure that those mothercraft...

struction, hopes to be able to make who join this first air cruise will demonstration flights early in April. remember it as one of the greatest

Definite Contract,

events of their lives." "Mr. Jacobs has made a definite One of the advantages of such a

Big crude oil engines, developing Chousands of horac-power, are to be located inside the airship along the keel, driving external screws through special systems of gearing. It is claimed that a top speed of 100 miles an hour will, despite their size, be possible with these new 'gleaming monsters of the air.

New Armaments. Though invaluable of course- for scouting, it is intended that such super-craft-their hulls filled with the non-inflammable gas helium should play a definite part as bat- tle cruisers of the air. New sys- tems of armament, with special re- coil mechanisms, are being develop-; cd. From low domed turrets,

mount

VIEKAWODĘ & UNDERWOOL, H. Yof

Lieut. Alford J. Williams, Jun., in án unofficíul teat of his plane- re- cently travelled faster than any man has ever gone in the air. His speed was 322.6 miles an hour, 21 miles faster than Majer Mario di Ber- nardi, the Italian ace, made in an official test.

Why Sea-landings Are Easy.

on the

land safely on the surface in almost Her

AIRSHIP FARE IN ADVANCE.

First Passenger for the R 100,

..

÷

Mr.

ed, said that when the necessary ar-bottles were found in fishing nets Germany. The war would not Air Ministry carry out the tests,

of

a crew of six, but Messrs. Short squeezing. The pilot's sent is above Brothers have under construction and behind the cabin. The adop similar machine, which is designed tion in Australia of the large radial to accommodate 16 passengers-air-cooled engine.is something of | "Engineering."

an event. Australian airways have done remarkably well with water, cooled engines, but in hot ellmates. it is generally held to be better to dispense with radiators,

AIR CRUISE.

LUXURY TOUR OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.

The first air pleasure cruise in the world will begin on January 31, when an Imperial Airways Silver Wing liner will leave Croydon Aero-

They will fly in the sunshine of drome with twelve passengers. southern France, Spain, Africa, and Italy, seeing more of these coun- tries in a thirty-five days' 'cruise than is possible with surface trans- port.

said an Imperial Airways official. Biarritz, Perpignan, Barcelona, Ali

CHURCH NOTICES.

A. CHARGE OF ONE DOLLAR IS MADE FOR ALL NOTICES UNDER THIS HEADING

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, HONG KONG

January 8, 1928.

1st Sunday After Epiphany. Holy Communion. (8 alm.) Choral, Mating (11 sm.)

Preacher: Rev. W. R. Cannell. Evensong. (6 p.m.) Preacher: Rev. W. R. Cannell. Social Gathering in Cathedral

Macdonnell Road, below Bowen Road Tram Station,

Sunday Service 11.15 a.m. Subject: Sacrament." Wednesday Evening Meeting: at 5.00 o'clock.

Reading Room at above address, open:

Tuesday and Friday 10 a.m. to 12 Noon,

Monday and Thursday 5 to 7.p.m. The Public is cordially invited. to attend the service and visit the Reading Room.”“

"The Price of Safety."

"Next morning news reached

"More than a year of intense headquarters from Holland that a flying is necessary to work even a Zeppelin had been seen through the good crew into such shape. that the fog, flying at a very low altitude, commander may have confidence in FLYING CLUB.

and she had been fired at by the its prompt and intelligent action if Dutch garrisons because she was confronted with an emergency. As contract to travel In the liner," cruise will be the small proportion of time apent in travelling. There GOVERNMENT GRANT TO BE infringing their neutrality. A few for himself and several of his Commander Burney said to

days later Reuter's sent out a news assistants, such as the first officer, "Daily

Express representative, will be no night flying hotel ac- SOUGHT.

commodation at night being › pro- Item stating that a British fish the navigator, and the chief en "and he will be the first civil pas-vided for in the programme,

The fare for the cruise, which in- Calcutta, Dec. 21, ing trawler-the King, Stephengineer, they should have at least senger. The Bengal Flying Club was off had happened upon an airship one, preferably two years, of all "If we are able to cross to New eludes air travel, hotel accom- cially inaugurated at a meeting held drifting. in the North Sen, but was kinds of operations before they are York in April we shall probably modation, mator-cara, and inter- for the purpose at the Calcutta Club unable, apparently, to rescue the really qualified to cope with any bring passengers back with us, and preters, will be 4456 258. to-night.

crow. That was all, until soma abnormal situation.

80 inaugurate, the first air service Mr. Justice Costello, who presid-months later, when a number of

"Obviously that was impossible, between the two continents. If the rangements for bringing, the Club into being were put in hand, it was off the Norwegian coast. One, con- wait for training. And I am sure however, the decision to carry pas- decided that: the Club should have tained a message written by Loewe, fte headquarters at a suitable site and addressed to Captain Strasser. It will not be taken as any personal sengers will reat with them...

reflection on those brave men when "If we as a company, bring pas near Calcutta 'and'. its activities It reads:

I say that the majority of the accsengers from New York, we shall should not be confined to flying, the With 15 men on the upper dents which destroyed Zeppelins re- probably charge about £100. It proposal being that it should be run platform of the L19, drifting in salted from sheer Inexperience. A will take approximately forty-eight will link New York with South Morning Service, 10.15 o'clock. by the lines of a county the North Sea Had trouble with commander learned something new hours to make the crossing, and America are being drawn up by a Subject: "The Call of the Where members could engage in

A new company has been form- will be able to enjoy all the com-

Afternoon 3 o'clock: Sunday other sports and meet in a social three engines and head winds, con on every light, something vital to during that time those on board group of Wall Street financiers. Apostles" capacity

Buy sequently delay until ran into fog continued success,

of a ship Speaking of the purposes of the and drifted over Holland.

drifted over Holland. We "Often eve were up against the fort with have cabins, a res-ed which, it is understood, has ac-Schooling Service, 6 o'clock. light deroplane movement, Col. were

Life. Sheimerdine Director of Gfyll was hit, and became heavy, with unexpected. Each ship Involved | taurant, and a dancing floor, and the Pan-American Airwaye, who Subject: "Being Ariequate to Aviation, said that the idea under the engines falling definitely. The new problems because it was of will be able to take 112. lbs, of bag-cover the present route between Preacher at both services: Re lying Government's subsidy to these second of February, about noon. Therefore it required special handl-The R 100 is progressing beyond Airplanes on the new route will Sallers & Soldiers Home, Arsenal

different design and performance gage with them.

Key West (Florida) and Cuba. Knight: Anstey. Clubs was to encourage the training will probably be our lost hour. ing When a clear moon or severe all expectations. The shell is near leave New York and skirt the coast Street: 750

an

And so it proved to be

storms kept the Zeppelins on the ly completed, and I am satisfied to Key West. They will them call Sunday: 43,00p.m. Mr. May's #ress. -3 It twill be at Cuba, probably at Jamaica, and Bibla Class: 8.16 p.m. Service efore April, but I do then proceed over a number of Men's Hourg sta will be carried out isolated islands in the Caribbean Monday :10,00 p.m. Ladies Church

Ald Meeting Sea to Panama.

of people in aviation

A resolution was adopted Author

Firing the Committed to proceed with the registration of the Club, and fa- structing them to apply to Govern ment for a grant, and to select

fdmikud: premises.

Why the Minë-fields. Failed,

groun cipal rul

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NEW AIR LINE.

LINK BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA.

Schemes for an air line which

WESLEYAN METHODIST

· CHURCH.":" Queen's Road East, Wanchal (near Royal Naval Hospital)

Sunday, January 8, 1928,