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THE ATLANTIC AIRWAYS

Passenger And Mail Services

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

MONDAY APRIL 1, 1935.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

WEDDING BELLS

To-Long

There was a large and distin...". guished gathering at Villa Magno- lls, Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, on Baturday when a reception, in hon- manent advantages over the aero- our of the marriage of Dr. Ernest flights. To, son of Dr. and Mrs. Coxon To plane for long-distance With its greater fuel capacity It of Hong Kong and Misa Hermine can fy a direct day-and-night Leopoldine Long, the elder daugh- course without intermediate land-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis X Long ings, and it can carry a fair nure of Lina A/D Donau, Austria, was ber of passengers in comfort. The held. advocates of heavier-than-air ma- chines argue that during the next 10 or 20 years the size and range of the aeroplane wii Increase so much that, in view of its rival's speed, the airship will superior have nothing to offer.

A year ago the first regular Transatlantic air mall service to be operated entirely by aeroplanes was opened when # German machine set off with the mall for South America. Since that time the aeroplanes of the Deutsche- Lufthansa Company have crossed the Southern Atlantic 56 times

Transoceanic flying by German airship and aeroplane has become

commonplace,

In this branch of aviation Germany, with *tewel opportunities than other

countries, leads the world. Fore- Those who support the airship thought, systematic organization, reply that technical progress may and tenacity "in overcoming dim- bring the, dirigible new advan- culties have combined to produce tages, and that it will always re- over 100 German transatlantic main the better vehicle for luxury fights. While an ocean fight in travel, since the comfort and size still a note-worthy event in most of its sleeping and living accomĮ countles, the airship Graf Zeppe-modation will far surpass: those of concetrable aeroplane. At lin regularly plies between Ger- any many and Brazil, and German present the fatigue which attends dying-boat pilots on the South long aeroplane journeys is notor American mail service feel their lous. In Germany there is no way towards each other by wire-dispute between the advocates of less and converse as they pass over the Southern Atlantic

airship and aeroplane. Germany believes there may be a place for Little more than six years ago

both types of aircraft, and is the Ord Zeppelin began her first developing them side by side. The Ger- Transatlantic Alght, watched by main thing is to establish an anxious world. The Atlantic, many in the air, to improve and which had devoured many aero-expand her airship and seroplane planes that had tried to conquer services to accumulate, experience, It had been crossed twice by and to bridge the oceans British airship many years before. ance by a German. One or two airship disasters, due mainly to the size of the machines involved, had left public opinion unduly distrustful of this type of aircraft The commercial German airships before the War, which between. 1910 and 1914 carried some 37,000 passengers without loss of life or limb, had been forgotten,

Sixty Trips

In 1935, 25 years after the launch of Count Zeppelin's first arship, the record of the Graf Zeppelin stands at over 50 ocean crossings. In the last three years a service between Germany and Brazil has been run to a regular time-table. Chier among the Graf Zeppelin's other achievements stands the memorable 20-day

The bride, who wore a lovely gown of chantilly lace with match- ing vell, was attended by MIES Margery To, the bridesmaid S

The bride was given away by Mr: A. Drouth in the absence of her father, while Mr. J. E. Kotewall performed the duties of best mart.

Professor W. L. Gerrard toasted the health of the bride and groom. and after the reception the happy couple left for Repulse Bay Hotel, where the honeymoon will be spent.

Among the large gathering of friends and relatives present at the reception were Professor and Mrs. W. I. Gerrard and the Misses Ger- rard, Professor and Mrs. K. H. Dig- by, Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Thomas, M. and Mme. A. Drouth, Mr. The Ka- po, Dr. and Mrs. Carnival, Dr. Day Laing, Dr. T. C. Wong, Dr. J. Croot, Mr. Kwok On, Mr. and Mrs. C. 8. Rosselet, Mr. G. A Lawrence, Mr N. Deitz, Mr. A. D. Coppin, Mr. and Mrs. Litton, Mr. and Mrs. W. H Thomas Tam, Dr. A. Gourdin, Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Wells, Rev. N. V. The aeroplane matt service be- Halward, Dr. D. K. Samy. Dr, and tween Germany and South America Mrs. Arthur Woo Wai Tak, Mr. and shows how hard the aeroplane is Mrs. Ezra Abraham, Mr. and Mrs. already pressing the airship even Goldenberg, Mr. Farmer. Ho, Mr on the long-distance routes. Years and Mrs. Kwok Chan, Mr. W. "A of patient experiment and plan-Shea, Mr. Andrew Tse, Mr. George ning (while France was experly. K. Shi, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Kew, menting with air transport across | Dr. and Mrs. Y. S. Wan, Mr. Frank the South Atlantic) preceded the Grose. Mr. Robert Choa, Mr. and opening of this service in Febru- Mrs. A. G. Sumad, Mr. and Mrs. W ary, 1934 Now a weekly, service, K. Wang and Mr. M. Welll. which dies with clockwork regu- larity, carries 30.000 postal packets on each flight in an average of about four days between Germany and Brazil. Probably this year, in 1936, the German certainly Transatlantic air mail wil flying to time-table between Ber- in and Rio in three days.

world flight of 1929, which includ- SWATOW NOTES

ed # successful battle with a typhoon In the Pacific, while fights in the tropics and the polar regions were made with the same precision and sureness. These six years have left Germany with a sum of experience in airship navi- gation, a personnel, and a card- Index of ocean weather conditions which ΤΟ other country can approach..

Rush For Bank Drafts

Swatow, March 28, The financial situation remains in the same unstable position as has existed for the past several months. Silver dollars are at 8 premium or about 10 per cent, over. Bwatow currency.

Actually Swatow currency might

almost be said "to be non-existent except in checking accounts, a5 very few people will handle it, owing to the fact that the notes are in too large denominations.

The native bank issues are all in $50 and $100 notes, fives and tens being as scarce as if they were really stable currency. "ht

This is probably due to the failure of so many small banks, and the remaining larger banks are only issuing their notes in the larger denominations which are very dif- fcult to change.

FUTURE OF POUND

Mr. Chamberlain's Assurance

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, March 15.

A confident assurance of the position and future of the pound was made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer before the House of Commons rose to-night.

Absolutely nothing has happen- ed, said Mr. Chamberlain, which need give us a moment's un- easiness. The fall of the pound was not due to anything which

circumstances,

combination had taken place here, but to a among which-be-particularised the influence abroad of a series of suggestions here that a change

in the continuity of our financial policy was impending

Still Same Value

The pound still bought the same value of goods as it did a few years ago. Compared with the auctuations of gold it had re- mained stable. For us to stan dardise on gold was impossible. We stood between the franc and the dollar, both anchored to gold, but out of relation to each other.

The Lesson of R101 The record of the Graf Zeppelin, whose slender shape never fails to fascinate the most earth-bound Tayman, makes-the-disappearance of the airship difficult to imagine. It removes the main source of opposition to airships by proving that they are as safe as other means of transport, and shows that the decision to abandon air ships, which Great Britain took ater. the wreck of R101, was false if it arose from the convic- tion that airships could not offer the necessary degree of safety, Whereas Great Britain abandoned airships completely, Germany, pansing only to proat from the lessons of the disaster, went quiet- The situation has, of course, ly ahead after revising the whole existed for many years, and an-

If we went on to gold now both constructional principle of her doubtedly will continue to exist un-

would have an enormous influence will ill there is one currency for the

on the working of the Gold new airship. Thus LZ129 have a far greater safety margin whole country. While a unified standard. We might be forced to even than the Grat Zeppelin, since currency would probably be a bene-follow them and defate, which the risk of fire and explosion has fit to the country as a whole, it is would restrict enterprise and been practically banished by the a matter not, easily settled, since increase unemployment. Now we substitution of crude dil engines under present conditions the banks were not at the mercy of either. for the present gas-fuel engines, are the only ones not losing money.

Ultimately, he thought, there and of hellum Bor hydrogen.

Changes

could be no international standard The German airship has esta- Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Watkinson but gold. He would himself take bished itself during a period of left last week on transfer of Mr no steps to get back to it till he unexampled diiculty. After the Watkinson to Shanghai.

was pretty certain we should re- War foreign politicians opposed Mr. H. D. Hilliard (Commissioner

main there. the development of the Zeppelin of Customs) is transferred to Tien- works, and when this opposition tsin. Mr. Hilliard will be missed, as ceased disasters to other airships, his geniality has made him very the general international tension, popular both with his own Stan and the impending world crisis made capitalists unwilling to in- vest money in airships. During the most difficult times the fights of the Graf Zeppelin were an invaluable asset to German pres- Mr. Petersen (Harbour Master) tige abroad, and it better tires and Mrs Petersen w leave for now come the Zeppelin concerns, Foochow

going on leave, wish them good health and good luck in the future. and other residents Mis Hillard's The Bank's Mutzke! ____ departure too, will be regretted, as although she has not been here lour, she has made herself a very popular hostessa few m

ferred to Chefoo GEREKS

Mr.Tindall King (Jardine Mathe son & Co,) will shortly be going on Home Leave after residence of several years in Swatow, as will Biso

will undoubtedly be given ample Mr. Sadkowsky (Customs Officer) support at home. The decision to and Mrs Sadkowsky are also trans- make Frankfurt-on-Main the fu- ture German alzahlp baso shows that Germany still hopes to be come the centre of a network of international airship services, and

the dirigible can maintain its Mr. F D Bober

sport Swire). Mr place in the geld of air Germany has a lead which other been relieved

be able to with Mrs Dean ggles will scar

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ends of all 4MONS:STRARÍČrred:

An unusual incident occurred. yesterday when one of the larger banks issued their exchange rates for the day. The rate quoted for sterling against local money was 2/- and quite a rush was made to the bank concerned by those hav- Ang occasion to buy sterling. In several instances people were issued drafts at 2 to the dollar, when the bank found they had mistake, the correct rat about 1/8/

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Note:-Figures in parentheses indiente zumber of letters in the

words required.

Across

4. Brawn (6)

Peevish (8).

Fish-pond (4)

5. Insect (8). ·

A scold (5)

7. Heride (8). ....:

To ward oft (4).

11. Piquant (4).

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wealth one could see the

10.

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Flounce (8).

12. Gaelic (4).

14. An artery (5).

16. Sandwiched (7)

19. Thirst (7):

23. Bird's shanka (5).

26. A rousing effect (8).

28. Make the lesat of it (8)..

Steanga (8).

20.

30.

A fragrant herb (a),

Down

1. South American Republic

(4).

2. A strong liqunz (0) 3. Defect (5).

13. Sweeps (4).

18. Thicker end (4),

16. Call (4).

17. Impions (4).

18 Tidings (4),

20. Continental river- (5).

2. Scottish county (5).

22. Dexterity (8).

21. Name of an alphabetical

letter (3).

23. Uncivil (5).

24 Irish alan (4)

27. State of American (4)...

The following is the solution of Saturday's puzzle:-

Across-1, Caboodle; 5, Buuble; I Down, Coco; 3. Eraggadocio 8, Clarence; 10, Import; 12, A3, Oxer; 4, Luckless; 6, Armlet; together: 15, Meddlesome 18,7 Brotherhood; 8, Entire 11, Urchin; 19, Antidote; 20, Trophy: munal; 13, Amount; 14, Oldish 16,

Fiji; 17, Less. 21, Pleiades.

SHAKESPEARE FIRST FOLIOS

(Special Air Mall Service)

London, March 15:

A set of the first four follo edi- tions of Shakespeare, sent to Sothe- by's from America, was sold for

£3,100 to-day.

They were bought by Mr. Robin- son, of Pall Mall, S.W.

confined to London booksellers, no American buyers competing.:

The Record

The volumes went to America nearly 100 years ago, when a first folo could be bought for about £100. The first follo included in this set had two of the original pages missing.

The highest price ever paid for a first follo was £14,500 for the Late Lord Rosebery's superb cogi."

Mr. Gabriel Wells, the American, paid £5,400 for a set of four a

The bidding for the volumes was few years ago.

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