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PEIPING

Eurasia Bringing Out New And Faster Planes

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H. K. LINE TO EUROPE

The Eurasia air line between Hong Kong and Peiping, now com- mencing operations on a twelve-hour basis, will be substantially reduced in time schedule in the

FIRING AT

R.A.F. PLANE DISPROVED

London, To-day.

A denial that an R.A.F. flying- boat was fired on by the Spanish insurgent batteries at Algeciras is contained in a despatch from the Gibraltar correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph.”

The batteries, says the corres- pondent, were firing at a Govern- ment bomber, and no shells burst in the vicinity of the R.A.F. ma- chine, as was previously reported.

Trans-Ocean.

very near future, the FORMER LOCAL

"China Mail" under- stands.

New and faster air-liners are to be brought out from Ger- many, capable of between 175 and 200 miles an hour, before the autumn and the time of the

journey will then be reduced to about nine hours.

EDITOR LEAVES

LARGE ESTATE

The late Mr. George Curling Cox, of South Grange, Ripon, York, Eng- land, described as a former editor It is also learned that Chengchow in Hong Kong, who died on Decem- is to become an important junction ber 14, 1936, left local estate to the in the operation of Eurasia services value of $287,400. between Peiping and Hong Kong, and Shanghai and Hong Kong It will serve as a relay point.

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Machines from Peiping and Shanghai will arrive there and pas sengers and mail will be brought to Hong Kong by another plane, thus shortening the distances to flown by individual planes in any one journey..

An application by Mr. G. N. Tin- son, lawful attorney, for sealing the Probate of Will and the codicil of the deceased, has been granted by the Supreme Court.

CONSCRIPTION

NE TO EUROPE OF 40 MILLIONS

LINE

Plans are now under considera- tion for an air line linking Hong Kong with Europe by a Eurasia

Nanking, To-day. capital is taking the lead

service Officials of the company in enforcement of the new Con-

scription Law,

set their programme to include a ser- vice via the northern route over

The City Government, in co- Russia, which has been accomplish-

operation with the military police ed by Eurasia planes in four days authorities, is completing its report from Shanghai, and would be the

on the number of able-bodied men same from Hong Kong to Berlin, in Nanking, and it is hoped to draft but the Company realises that owing at least 30,000 men between the to political considerations a regular ages of 20 to 25 for military service. service is not practicable in the near Nanking's conscription progra future,

me provides for 40,000,000 Chinese

It is hoped, however, to provide under military training

as an alternative a seven-day service the country.—Trans-Ocean.

between Shanghai and Berlin, - us-

ing Hong Kong as an important

jumping-off point, before the end of this year although there ar

pra

come

difficulties still to be over

DOROTHY

ROUND'S

TRIUMPH

Franc Devaluation und Jacobs, holder of

Paris, To-day.

It is intimated that both- and Washington have agreed Bonnet's proposa) for devel of the

Renter

Madame

Crack Plane LOCAL YOUTH Lands From GAINS BLUE Portsmouth AT OXFORD

One of Britain's latest types

of high-speed commercial planes, Mr. S. V. Gitting, well-known with six to eight passenger ac-local sportsman, who left here commodation, landed at Kai Tack ;just over a year ago and entered Airport this afternoon, on a de- Oxford University as a law stud- livery flight from Portsmouth.

The giant plane, with a wing span of 52 feet, a top speed of 210 m.p.h., a range of 1,000 miles non- stop, equipped with two Armstrong Siddeley motors, is an Airspeed Envoy II, and is for delivery to the Kwangsi Government by the Far | East, Aviation Company.

| Mr. G. B. S. Errington piloted the plane out from England. The equipment includes the most mo- dern blind-flying instruments, | radio, homing device and oxygen ap-

paratus for high-altitude flying.

It is similar to a plane recently delivered to King George VI.

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Test and County Cricket Douglas Co. Disappointment

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dent, has been awarded a half- Blue for swimming.

He was selected- to represent the University in the annual en- counter against Cambridge which was held on Saturday.

Mr. Gittins was chosen to carry the Oxford colours over the 100 and

rds and also --in-the-water polo match.

In the latter game; he h gularly played for the Unive and

by Press judging counts of these games, has created a very favourable impression as- a forward.

A leading. Hong Kong swimmer for many years, Mr. Gittins, has taken part in championship and In- terports, has a pleasing style with the aid of the first-class coaching he has received in England, and has now said to have made startling im provements on his local times.

His return to the Colony next Summer and subsequent partícipa- tion in local competitions will be

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