RISES 6,700 FEET.
AVIATOR'S NARRATIVE,
DREXEL'S ASTOUNDING FLIGHT 5,000ft. the sagine ran splendidly. Still, the higher he rose the more the rolled air panel AT LANARK,
him to “werk all the time," as he expressõu it. As he was passing through the clouds the ellicar under the command of Captain Taylor RE, who are kindly taking the altitudes by theodolites, took their last sight of him, and when then worked out their calculations found that Drezel was then 6,450ft, shove the ground of the nerodrome. As the Lanark aviation Geld 700ft, abere sea-level, the Blériot monoplane was actually then 7,150ft above sea level. This immonse altitude so startiod these offofals that they would not issue any figures to the world until they had examined the official barogrph Mr. Drozol carried hung round his neck? They had to wait until past midnight before Mr. Drexel returned to the aerodrome with this officially sesled instrumenti
The special correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph wroid as follows:-
At last a world's record has been made in Great Britain in aviation. Alas! it is boon achlerol by an American on a French aeroplane borrowed from a Britishor. One would rather have wished that the order of nationality in tho performance could have been reversed.
Yet no one will begrudge Mr. J. Armstrong Drexel
the glory of the achievement. Certainly
miles
thero is no greater persona grata among British aviators and the public alike. To rise the go height from the ground on an aeroplane to of 5,75016 in ifty minutes is feat that the whole seronautical world will applaud, and rightly so. The history of this fort roads super hat like a fairy story, yet it is stern fast
Thursdayd for all that. On
at the Lanark a dropped to tou aviation meeting, the an hour. Above in the sky were clouds of the cumulas type, heavy white banks through which azure blue peopods for the daily d
Dreirol determined to make his flight
altitudo prise, and notified the judges of his intention.
During the week Mr. Cecil Grace had been he had purchased from M. Morane, at Bourne busy repairing his Blèrict monoplane, which month, after that ariator's splendid flights at that aerodrome. He had made good the damage. he had done to it at Blackpool last week, and was in somplete order for flying. Drexel agrood, and determined to take Grace's Blériot for his height attempt.
at
DRAMATIC DESCENT.
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Drexel had a triumphant grosting when he returned by our to Lanark, much to his own isgust as this young Arteries is as modest in his demeanour as he is daring in his achieve ments.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 1910. paulins. It was dimonted to-day and brought folined. In the case of statt vessels only, while to its home, Mr. Grabe's hangar, on an Argyll the tonnage of British ships has risen from 4,185.620 in 1860 to 76,774,386, the total fon Lorry
age of foreign nations has increased from 780,853 tons to 50,201,359 tons, the proportion pur cout of Bride to total tudnage having the declined from 84.3 to 60.5. The total tonnages of sailing and stram vessels entered with cargoes and in ballast in United Kingdom ports from and to sol of the princi pal foreign countries and British possessions in 1908 wers respectively 58,176,975 tons and 7,292,082, making in ali 65,469,057. The cor
were 58,252,073 and 7,725,066 respectively, or a From the mechanical point of view Drexelsponding figures in the case of "clearance has shown that, with the present type of mono. total of 65,977,139. plane, ita Imitation in altitude is roughly 8,000ft. Largely invroued engine power is necessary for higher altitudes, but, as 2,000 to 3,000 foot would be a probably safe height against shot and shell, it is doubtful whether muy practical gain would be given by lying higher than this astounding performanos.
Lanark in particular and Great Britain in general owe John Armstrong Drexel a tabt of gratitude. Exploits such se these do more to popularise aviation than continuous dighis round a restricted circular course, however woll adapted and arranged it may be
PREVIOUS RECORDS.
Bat to continus the history of this world's record firing silitude. After Mr. Drizel passed through the beasy clouds he found a small cloud above him, and by endeavouring to mount orer this he knew he was going beaconwards. At Isat, after what appeared to him a very long time, be surmounted it, he had several "sir-drops" of Blly to eighty fete ra currents. Ils stat i to me whon ho returned in the early hours of the morning that it took lim four minutes to rise his last 50ft. After his recorder, which he carried as well as the official final struggle he looked at his own height. barograph, and saw that it registered 6,870ft so he determined to descend. The offeint. A. Drake) (Biériot monoplane),
nstrument proved, when examined, that he had en-devel, or 470ft short of a mile and a half in
is the son of Mr. A. J. Drexol, the American As is generally known. Mr, Armstrong Drexel haukar and millionaire, aut is the brother of Viscountess Maidstonn. Associated with him in his aviation undertaking in Mr. MeArdle, of Bournemouth, who, like his portuer, has made several successful flights at the Lauark meeting. Biz. Drexel, it may be added, is a personal pupil, of M. Blériot, and learned to fy at Fan.
Appended is a list of the greatest altitudes in Reet yet attained on seroplanes:
Lmark
6,750
FALL IN AMERICAN TONNAGE,
be
The statistics given relating to the trade of show that whereas between 1854 and 1909 British the United Kingdom with the United States tonnage of walling and steam rosseln has in creased from 780,142 to 12,399,477 tops American tonnage has fallen from 1,908,004 to 925,275 tons. That of other countries had risen: from 89,937 1909 the total tonnage of vessels trading to 2,866,995 tone. During the period from 1854. tween the United Kingdom and British Posses sions has risen from 4,638,797 to 1908. Of the latter total 13,690.309 represented British and 1,325,830 foreign tourage Up to 501 there was a steady rise in the trade, bat since then it has Buctuated. The trade with British North America was represented in 1908 by a total touange of 4,533,280, of which 4,216, 090 was British.
15,017,148 in
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wishel Drexel to test the monoplano te ses IE it risen 6.750ft. from the ground, or 2,450ft, abore Mr. W. Brookins (Wright biplaza), largest of British ports was in 100 meetod China,
BIMPLY SAT QUIETLY.”
At one minute past seven Drexel left the ground, and, as he told me hiniself, mounted rapidly to four thousand fret in one straight riso, I simply sat quietly with my back elevat ing pane up and let her rise," was his remark, but I found that the wing warping wires were badly adjusted, so hed to keep i over to the left in order to i коор the mache If I had, researed a bad poff of wind that avosasitated my pushing this lover further over to the left, I should have been in
event kool.
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As the previous record made by Brookins in America stood at 6.175ft, he knew that he had at last gained his desire, and orented a freak. Paulhan (Furman), Los Angeles world's records
M. Weymann (Farmna), Mourmelos....
His descent was as dramatis as his lofty flight, for he could not see Tino Hill or Lanark Loch, his twa landmarks. Determined to find the position of the aerodrome, he painted his monepisne dow
downwards until ho practically "ast ou its tail," so usute was his desconding angle. He fell 4,000ft in six minutes, and the singing in his cars drowned the ham of the
butor.
Banking as I could only have pertected the for it. But his lofty glido had carried him İve Has of the stabilising qualities of bie
by the rudder." And yet knowing the
Droro!
6445 5.E50 by an "entrance tonnage of 11,194,073, as with 11,160,367 in the preceding year Compared
Second comes Liver. 5,640 and 11,223,542 in 1906, 4,540 pool, whose trade daring the years 1906-1908 6 4.475
ropresented by 8,1
8,146,441,8,167,419, and 7,973,123 4,160 fous respectively. Cardiff ranks third with a 4,100 tonnage in 1901 of 6,027,897, this showing a sab stantial inercase on 1907, when the figure was 5,734,755, and on 1906 the tonnage was 5,295,331. Fourth on the list are grouped the Tyne ports, whose trade has risen in the three years under roview from 4,334,783 to 5,554,724.
It is pointed out in the dero, from which paper these gares are quoted, that Brookins' attitude is included in the table, though the method of taking his height is not yet made pablio.
MARITIME SUPREMACY.
FIVTY YEARS 'PROGRESS IN MERCHANT BHIPPING.
CARDUF CLEARANCES.
The above figures all relate to entrances only, bat in the case of clearances not Iudou but At 2,000ft, ka sow nu-expanse of water, and, thinking this was Lanark Loch, he made
Cardiff hands the list, the figure for 1908 being 8,850,000, as compared with London's 8.487,841 toas. oway from
Cardiff's tonnage in 1907, however, was his course, and he had flown to
ter, being then 9,011,680. The tonnage Midlothian unawares.
A Blue-book has been issued by the Board of still greating the port of London also": Findings good-sized grass fold below him, he slipping in the United Kingdon and tue dotoring is in 1807 6,98,979. The Tyns the Fortunately the higher he rose the less descended in it, hopping over a ditch and safely,principal maritime countries,
Dealing with tonnage entered and cleared in porte come fourth on the lists of clearances, the foreign trade at ports in the United Kingdom tonnage in 1909 being 6,934,947, while that ot Liverpool was 6,501,594. The entrances at
-altitude.
One
landing on terra firma once again after one of the greatest exploits yet performed by an neria! pilot.
Trade relating to the merchant
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reason, and again verod, undaunted. To Wester Mossilat, a sheep farm about two miles report states that from 1860 to 1909, the Glasgow were in 1908-1,944,520 tons mad the parts and cities of the Far East, from Nother. PLAN OF Foreign CONCESSION, SHANGHAI,“
Drexel fcund bo was near w farmhouse called ang specie tonnage of British exiliogolearances 3,118,366.
I air currental be experienced, though occa bad sonally be dropped Afty foot for no apparent and again had to rise. Like Bruce's spider Ee his surprise the heavy clouds that he expected to from Cobbinshaw Railway Station. pierce at four thousand feet wore at a much greater altitude, and Drexel did not rise above them until the height-ander that he carried registered six thousand feet.
INTENSE COLD EXPERIENCED. Here he felt the intous cold. His left hand, which he used for the controlling, balancing, and elevating levers, fait quite cumb. His right land was besily engaged constantly nd justing the top controlling the petrol supply of hir Gueme en ize, as his diffculty was to get the correct mixture for proper carburation, Drexel informed me that at an elevation of 1,000ft. the motor was "spitting badly," but at
A TRIUMPHANT RETURN.
Leaving his aeroplane in the field, he walked to this station, and sent a reassuring telegram to the serodrome announcing his safe descent, and asking for a motor car and his mechanics to fetch the machine. This was now a neces mity, as on his way back to the Blériot from the station the rain came down in torrents Rain would spoil the wings.
and steam vessels with cargoes, and in entered and cleared, and in ballast rose from 13.914.923 tons in the former year to 77,869,772 tons in the latter. The corresponding #gures in the cases of foreign vessels were 10,774,359 and 53,576,424,
FLUCTUATIONS OF A HALF-CENTURY,
The total tonnage of British and foreign ships was thus 24,689,292 in 1860 and 131,446,196 in 1908. The proportion per cent, therefore, of British to total tonnage has risen during the past half-century from 56.4 to 59.2--a small rise over! a long period - bat during most of the laterren- ing years the proportion was much greater. The maximum was 729 reached in 1893. In
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Labaan
BANGKOK STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Singapore, Pensug, Malacca, Pro7. Wellosisy MALAY STATES Sungei Ujong Selangor
Johore Pahang
Batavia
Buitenzorg
British Fronch
Jelekm
Perak
NETHERLANDS INDIA
Sanmarang Padang
MAGABREY Sourabais East Coast of Somatra NAVAL SQUADRONS
German Austrian Japanese United Statoa
Italian Bismere
OFFICES OF COAST AND RIVER STEAMBUS, The Book is printed from Now Type specially reserved for the purpose, and uniformity in every arrangement greatly facilitates reference,
A feature in the 1999 Edition are the CLASSIFIED LISTS of TRADES and PROFESSIONS at the larger Commercial Centres.
The ALPHABETICAL LIST of RESIDENTS contains the names of over.
20,000 FOREIGNERS, carefully arranged, with the Initials as well as the Surnames in strictly Alphabetical Order,
TEXATIES WITH JAPAN Great Britain. 1894; Duties-Convention
Buskie, Agrooments as to Coros; United Treaty, 1996; Groat Britain
States, 1905 Basin (Pesos
Tresty) 1905.
TREATIES WITH COBRA
Japan, 1876 Japan Supplementary, 1878, Japan, 1981 and 1905. Únilod States, 1881; Great Britain, 1895.
TBSATIES WITH SIAM Great Britain, 1856, 1899 and 1903, Franes, 1893 and 1904; Japan, 1893; Rasio, 1899, Great Britain and Franco, Siamess Frontier. Great Britain and Russiu, Lailyoy Convention
1899.
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CUSTOMS TARIFES TRADE REGULATIONS China, Japan, Siam, Coroa.
LROAL DOCUMENTS Orders in Council for Government of H.B.M.
Subjects in China and Cores, and in Bism Entes of H.B.M's Supreme and other Courts in Chlua, ko.; Tables of Court and Conralar Fees; Charter of the Colony of Hong- kong, Malay States Foderation Agreement Tablo of Hongkong Court Fees: Admir- alty Rales, Forsiga Jurisdiction Aot;
Bega lations for the Consular Courts of United States; United States Consular and Courte Fees: Hales of Court of Consuls of Shanghai Chinese Passuger Act; Hong daanose Fees; Port
Trade Marks, and Lottaes Regulations for China; Harbour Regulations for Japan. The CHRONICLE and DIRECTORX, at... thonga condensed in
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so that any name can be found instantly,
The PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES, published, and although very much enlarged
JAPAN AND COREA are IN CHINA, JA
Arranged in a special separate list.
THE MAPS AND PLANS have been engraved by one of the most eminent Firms in Great Britain and are corrected and consist this year of brought up
to They the following COLOURED PLATE OF FLAGS OF FOREIGE HONGS MAP OF TEN FAR EAST PLAN OF YOKOHAMA
PLAN OF KOBE AND Hyogo PLAN OF FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS, TIENTSIY
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