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DIARY OF LOCAL THE GROWTH OF AERIAL

EVENTS.

To-day,

(February 17.)

Chinese New Year. maga

Queen's Theatraz Good News, World Theatre: "Fortune Tellor's Daughter" (Chine_picture),

Star Theatre: "Eagle, of tho Sea

Golf Royal Hong Kong Golf Club Chinese New Year Meeting, Third Round of "Ross" Cup (Ladies).

Rugby-Shanghai . United Ber vices (Happy Valley), 3.30 p.m.

Rugby Interport Dinner, Lane, Crawford's Restaurant..

Tea Danco: H.K. Hotel, 4.30 p.m. Dinner Dances: Peninsula "and H.K. Hotelė, 8.30 p.m.

Wednesday,

(February 18.) Queen's Theatre: "Good News!" World Theatre: "Fortune Teller's Faughter" (Chinese picture), Star Theatre: Engle of

The Sea."

Interpart Football: Hong Kong Shanghai, Club ground, 3.30 p.m. Interport Football Danco: Lane; Crawford's Restaurant, 8 p.m.

Chinese Chamber of Commerce, At Home," 3 p.m.

European Mail:-Outward: Europe via Vancouver (Empress of Asia), 10.a.m

Thursday. (February 18.) Queen's Theatre: "Way Out West."

World Theatre: Fortune Teller'i Daughter." (Chinese_picture).

Star Theatre: Jim The Con

queror."

European Mail:-Outward: Europe via Siberia (Taiyo Mara),

3.30 am.

European Mail-Inward: Europé #ia Siboria. (Paleus).

Friday.

Out

(February 20.).. Queen's Theatre - Way West."

World Theatre: "Fortune Teller's Daughter (Chinese_picture).

Star Theatre: Jim The Con- queror."

Chinese Chamber of Commercs dinner to Economic Mission, Kam Ling Restaurant, 7.30 p.m.

Saturday. (February 91.). Queen's Theatre: "Way Out West

World Theatre: "Battling But ier."

Star Theatre: Jim The Con- Interport Football: Shanghai. Chinese, Club ground, 3.30 p.in."

Interpart Football Dinner, Pen-

queror,"

insula Hotel, 6 pm.

May Hall, The University, An- and Concert and Dance, 8.13 p.m. Cricket.-Division I. Kowloon CC... Craigengewer (L.), Hong Kong C.C. Navy (L), Civil Ser- vicou University (P.). Division II.: Cralgenguwer Kowloon |C.O. (L.), "Civil Service . Police (L.), University s. Royal Engineers E), Royal Signals r. Hong Kong. C.C. (F.).

TRANSPORT.

TRAFFIC MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES.

136,000 MILES OF HIGH SPEED

AERIAL WAYS.

One of the greatest of our modern romances is the rapid growth which is taking place in commercial avia tion.

In the transport by aeroplane of urgent merchandise there has also been a most encouraging growth, Whereas in 1815, when aerial trans. When, during 1910, the first Bri- port began,, only a small number of tish air expresses were flying daily parcels were carried between Lon. between London and Paris, therodon and Paris by any one machine, uncommon thing, now, were not more than about 3,000 it is no miles of aerial routes throughout when walking through the freight Europe. To-day the figure for sheds at the London air-station, to Europe stands at approximately find in them many tons of urgent 60,000 miles, while throughout the merchandise either just arrived from the Continent, or about to be more than

despatched by nic. world there are now 136,000 miles of high-speed aerial ways.

It was in 1994, so far as Britain is concerned, that we reached the Inndmark of the establishment of Imperial Airways, and the progress of British air transport, since the Company began operationg, is told by statistics-now available wa

During n recent period of nine months nearly 600 tons of freight were airborne in and out of Oroy- don in the machines of Imperial Airways. Altogether, since thes began flying in 1994, the aircraft of the Company have carried 6,700, tons of goods between London, the

Continent and India.

2,000 Miles Non-Stop, .... Details of a new British flying- One of the aims has been to in crcaso steadily, by improvements inboat, able to operate up to dis aircraft and organisation, the all-tances of 2,000 se milos non-stop, the year round dependability of the were revealed by Mr. A. Gouge, Imperial Airways Services. How chief designer to Mosan, Short this has been achieved may 68 Brothers, in a. lecture to the Royal

Aeronautical Society. judged from the table appended:-

Percentage of flights completed to schedule.

Year. 1924-25 -1925-20

1926-27

1927-28

1928-29

1029-20

75

02.

He stated that a big biplane boat recently built by his firm, weighing with full load on board 40,000 pounds (approxitnatoly 18 tons) could operate over this great dis tanes with a useful load on board. apart from fuel, od: 4,000 pounds. Faol for a flight of 2,000 miles would weigh 12,600 pounds, the total useful load of the machino, including fuel and oil, amounting to about 44 per cent. of the total weight of the boat.

03.30 3.40 ........... 04.18 Since the inception of the Com: pany its passenger traffic has in- ereased remarkably.

A bont of this type is obviously During 1924 the total number of traveller car-fitted to operate over an "all red"

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ried was 11,170. By 1950 this had son route from England to the rest THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

miles.

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grown to 16,800, while by 1920-1930 making the entire journey to the figure had gone up to 27,000. Bingaporo and Hong Kong with Altogether, since 1924, Imperial lightings on British territory Airways have carried 100,000 pas-only. The first stage of euch a sengers, and have flown 6,727,143gular service might lie, from London to Cribraltar, therice to 1.Malts and Egypt and on down the Persian Gulf to India Strategical requirements of Empire defence invest the production of flying boats able to operate over stages of this order of magnitude with much im portance. In time of war they would obviously constitute an in- valuable mang of maintaining patrol over the ses routes essential to communications between Great Britain and the Dominions over

The growth in air-mails is equally sustained, as will be scen from the table appended, giving the latest figures for mail enrried in the air craft of Imperial Airways —.

Year.

Tons

1924-25

21

1925-20

1926-27

39

*1927-28

40

European Mail-Inward: Europe via Negapatam (Fushima Maru).".

1929-29

51.

1029-30

60

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