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THIRTY-THREE

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Plane Carrying One To 3,000 H P. Air-Liner

From their view-point to-day, with intense activity prevailing in all directions, and with long-dis- tance air routes about.to.be adopt- ed as a routine method of dis-i ... patch for mails at ordinary postal rates, those engaged in aviation will be pansing this month to send their congratulations to the man who was the first in the world to make a sustained, controlled flight; in an engine-driven aeroplane.

It is just 23 years this month siace Orville Wright rose from a launching rail and flew for 12 sec- onds, landing safely at the end of that brief, history making aerial voyage without injury to himself or damage to his machine.

As an epitome of just over three! decades of aerial progress it is only necessary to contrast the first tiny plane of the Wright brothers) with one of the new giant air liners which Imperial Airways are now putting into service on their Empire routes.

This 1910 Wright pusher airplane, one of the oldest in active use, gave onlookers a thrill at the All-American air races in Miami when Pilot Clarence McArthur, sent it through, several loops.

AIR FREIGHTS IN CANADA

Varied Load Carried By Cargo-Plane

The variety of the loads carried The machine Orville and his by freight-planes in Canada. is brother Wilbur piloted in the illustrated by a list issued the world's first aeroplane flights on other day. It was found to 17th December, 1903, was driver clude — by an engine developing 12 horse-

power. Its speed through the air Dynamite was not more than 30 miles

27

3,000/Peration

hour. The new air-liners now com-Machine parts ing into service on the Empire Cement routes are driven by engines de Tents veloping approximately horse-power, and they are capable Rifes of a speed of just on 200 miles an Fur hour.

Dogs

in-

Radium concen-

trates

Steam boilers

Fire-bricks

Canoes

Traps

Hamess

Barbed wire Pigs

Not long ago a pilot of one of The first Wright biplane, with the big Canadian freight-planes its pilot, weighed a little under was asked if he could take a team 1,000 lb. The new air-liners of In-lof oxen by air for a distance of perial Airways weigh, when fully-about 140 miles from one station loaded, nearly 18 tons. The Wright to another. He said he would biplane would lift into the air only try, and the trip was actually ar- jone man, its pilot. The new Em-complished by tying the feet of pire air-liners carry a normal pay the oxen together with stout rope. load, including crew, of between and then wrapping the animals in

In this fashion iti 131⁄2 to 4 tons.

heavy carvas. was found possible to get 'them As a final contrast to that tiny into the hold of the air-freighter, Jone-man plane with which zero-l

jand transported one at a time, plane travel began thirty-three they made the air journey with- years ago there is the fact that

out mishap. the spacious interiors, of our lat jest liners of the air provide

smoking-room, promenade lounges,į fully-equipped kitchens, in addi- tion to all their Inrurious day ac- commodation, comfortable sleep ing-berths for passengers at night.

NETWORK OF AIRWAYS

FOR BURMA

NEW BRIDGE IN NANCHANG

$967,000 Structure Named After Chiang

Juan de la Ciervs, above, de voted his life to safety in avia- tion. At top is shown his first his Intent, autogyro, at bottom

the wingless. Cierva was killed crashed when a Dutch airliner next. Croydon and took 14 TEL

VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS

"ORDERS FOR THE

COMING WEEK-

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence

Squads Nos. 3 10 - L A

Squads Nos a 12-EGD.

·M. G. Bu, Signals Wednesday, 27th. January. Sub-

Corps, Orders by Lient. Colonelisections A, B and C parade for A full R. C. B. Anderson, MC Comman-instruction at 5.30 pm dant, Hong Kong Volunteer De-turn out is requested. fence Corps.

Hong Kong Friday, 22nd January, 1957

PROMOTIONS His Excellenes the Governo. has been pleased to approve the following promotions in the Hons

Friday, 29th January, Sabsec- tion D parades for instruction at 5.30 pm

Sunday, Slat: January Subsec tion A B and C will fire their Musketry Course at Stonecutters. Details will be given later...

Corps Infantry

Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Parade at Corps H. Q at 5.30 with effect from 22nd. January, on Tuesday, 26th January, 1957

Lance Sergeant JOHN WAT- SON to be Second Lieutenant.

Bombardier GEORGE FREDER-

A Company A.ALMG. Training, Corps H.

Q. 1 Reg. X. CO.

1. A. Stoppages Corps EL Q

ICK REES to be Second Lieuten-Sgt. Britta Sgt. Ribeiro. anti

རྗེ་

Recruits, Firing at Miniature Range, Miniature Range, It. Se-

CORPS ORDERS AMENDMENTS|queira, Sgt. Baleros

AALMG Training. Corps. H. No. 1 Beg. N. C. 0.-

Reference Corps Orders

152/35 dated: 31.12.36..

Para. 7 Strength.".

Examination - No. 2402 Pte. R. MrSilva, No. 10 Platoon passed

The enrolment of Pt. J. S the examination for Corporals on

Gravel is hereby cancelled.

-PARADES

1st Battery

A Section

Parade at Belchers- Fort on Thursday, January 28th at 6 pm!

January, 19th.

*

This

Stonecutters Range Range has been allotted to Corps Infantry on the following dates —

February, 7th, 21st and 28th. Details will be issued later. Dress Overalls, blue caps, Members of Corps infantry will.

please keep these dates OPEN. and gan-platform shoes:

Stonecutters Range has been Fallotted to the Battery on Sun-

day, 31st. January.

Ĺ Section Section will parade at Belchers Fort Friday 29th. instants at! 5.45 pm ASA * DAINA

Dress Blue capt, overalls and gun platform shoes.

M Section Wednesday, 27th January. Par- ade in HMS. "TAMAR" at 530 p.m.

Corps Engineers Monday, 25th January. Minis- ture Range.

PARADES

January

Air Arm Tuesday, 26th Parade at Kai Tak at-5.30 p.m.

Medical Section Lecture Ion Gas Warfare. Parade at 5.30 pm: on Monday, 25th. January in the Lecture Room at Headquarters.

RO.D.C-Construction Section

Thursday, 28th.. January. Parade at Corps HQ. at 5.30 p.m. for instruction in Anti-Gas Mea- PROMOTIONS

gures.

The following promotions are

Thursday, 28th. January. DEL made in the M Section, Ist. Bat- Training. Belchers Fort at 6p.m.tery, with effect from 22nd. Janu«

Sunday, 31st January. Classifi-ary, 1937. cation and Company Shoot, Stone- cutters. Further details later.

Corps Signals Parade at Corps H. Q. at 5.30 pm. on Tuesday, 26th. January.

M. G. Troop

No. 1515 Gunner C. E. Moore to -

be Battery Sergeant Major.

No. 2692 Gumer J. S. Beach to be, Battery Quartermaster Ser- geant.

No. 2867 Gunner H. H. Rose to

Tuesday, 26th. January. Paradebe Sergeant-

at Corps HQ at 5.30 p.m. B and No. 2672. Ganner J. Hunter to

C Classes - TOED up to and be Sergeants. - including action.

Amoured Car Section Section will parade at EL Q`os

No. 2051 Bondz. A J. Mac-

Fayden remains Bombardier.:--

No. 2674 Gunner AA. Andrews

FIGHTING FOREST FIRES BY AIR Tuesday, 26th January, at 3.30 to be Lance Bombardier.

fpm for Crew Drill and Driving... No. 640 Bdr. H. T. Buxton, A

Instruction

Overalls must be worn

Section, 1st Battery: is promoted Lance Sergeant wef. 22,1376-27

No. 2402 Pte. RM. Silva, No.

10 Platoon, Corps Infantry, is ap pointed Lance Corporal wed

Instruction, an I2-19.157.

ALTRANSFER No. 1990 Spr. D. Orr is trans- ferred from Corps Engineers to United Reserve wet 3127.

In America and Canada plans are now being developed for in-

Motor M. G. Section ved systems whereby aero- Monday, 25th January. Parade planes and wireless can be eat Corps H. Q. at 5.30 pm Marking another engineering ployed in fighting forest Sres. New g Class feat in Kiangsi, the Chung Cheng ground. equipment is being pro struments. If is now the ambition of L-ra-Bridge, spenning the Ka River vided, and fresh methods intro C Class L. A. Cause and Ef

No. 1. QL GI Company waddy Flotilla and Airways to esat Nanchang, was recently cumduced for still further increasing fect. tablish a network of flying routes pleted and formally thrown open the efficiency of the aeroplane as

No. 2645 Gar. W. J. D. Boberts a fire fighting machine. The For Sunday, 24th. January. Stone throughout Burma. A new ser to traffic-

est Service is to experiment with cutters Range. genelg

jis transferred from Unit Reserve dropping chemicals on to small Launch leaves Queen's Pier at to a Section 1st Battery fires to hold them in cheek till 2.20 am. Kowloon Fier at 8.30)

round crews can reach the dan-am xer zones. Bombs, too, are to be Range Officer- 2/1

re dropped from the air on small Holmes.

vice which has just begum oper Named after Generalissim ations flies between Mandalay and Chiang Kai-shek whose courtes Rangoon and Yenangyanng and name is Chung Cheng, the Bridge Bangoon, with several interme was constracted at a total cost of diate stops In the near fat

fature it $967,000. It is 3,535 feet long and

Its

LB

is proposed to open a service to 26 feet wide with 18 arches. fires, the ides being that they will Friday, 29th January. Parade Tavoy The Company's scheme piers are of cement concrete scatter enough earth on the flames at Corps HQ at 5.30 pm for embraces the use of land-planes while the surface and the beams to check them until the arrival of M. G. Instruction, as well as aeroplanes, and many of strong pine wood. In the mthe fire-fighting crews. new landing-grounds are in course die is a passage for motor traffic,

of preparation in various locali being flanked on both sides by

ties:

The first aero-show to be held

staged in the Grind Central Pa

sidewalks for pedestrians.

traffic between Nanchang and

in commerce

Nov 2725 Ete. Jy Gardner. MG. Section, is granted S weeks leave from 4.2.37 25.237. STRENGTH

2.

G.S. FRIZERE

Captain, Adjutant, H.KY.D. Corps. NOTICE Ride Club Committee There will be a meeting of the

No. 27355 Trooper, L. J. A. No. 2 (Scottish) Company

Feilden, EL.K. & S. Bank, 30221, Sunday, 24th January. Stone MG. Troop, 19.1.37. cutters Range.

No. 2736, Trooper Lan Kinloch, Launch leaves Queen's Pier 820HK & Bank, 30221, M.G. Troop, The suggestion for the con- the completion of the bridge. In am, and Kowloon Pier 8.30 am 19.1.37.

Thursday, 28th. January Par- in New York since 1936 is to bestruction. of a gigantic bridon the first place, it is painted out, it]

the Kan River and tends to boost, 2 Class Instruction on fa- lace soon. Already many prosper across the Kan River to facilitate facilitates communication across ade at 5.30 pa

Nanchang and strumenta. tive exhibitors have reserved Niubsing situated on opposite Kinhsing. In the second place, it C1 Class LA Cause and El- space. It is calculated that 230 banks was made by General 000 people will attend the show. Hang Shih-hui Chairman of the Railway the Cheldang-Kiangai C2 Class Mechanism 1st. Rifle Club Committee in the Com

links op the Nanchang-Kinklang fected It is announced that the sum Kiangxi Provincial Government, im

Bailway and the projected our Enbheads.

mandants Office on 25th of Jaza- allocated for improvements at the 1934 after the extermination of

Kiangai-Hunan Railway. In the No. 3 (M. G.) Company Mascot Aerodrome, Sydney the communist bandits in Kings, third place, it forms an indispen- Parade at Corps B. Q. at 5.30 mander to send one represents- ary, at 5.30 pm, each unit. coma- amounts to: £74,000 This will be Construction was started on Dec. expended as follows new: Bero 1934 and finished at the end of sable link in the network of inter-pan on Monday, January 25th, as tive.

provincial Highways of Kiangsu, under. drome buildings, £40,000; linding-

Last

Chekiang, Anhuti, Kiangai,- Hu- Squads Nos. 1 and 2 ground improvements, £30,000; }

ders. lighting equipment, $4,000. Great significance is attached to pek, Hanan, Bozan and Fukien.

FOR

LIST: A-

HIIN HIS

year

By George McManus

TAVISH MCWE

SHE

Fire-or

Athletic Sports Committee There will be a meeting of the Athletic Sports Committee on Monday, 1st. of February, in the Lectore Boom at 5.30 pm, each unit commander to send one, re- presentative.

AFFILIATED UNIT Nursing Detachment HKV.D.C.

Lecture o Parade at 430

Room at Corps

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