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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1936.

AVIATION

A WEEK OF BRITISH

FLYING NEWS

20.

London.

Statements in the House of Commons by Sir Philp' Sassoon, Under-Secretary of State for Alr, reveal the magnitude of British plans for the future exploitation of Empire and world air ser- vices. Founded on the decision that from the end of 1937 onwards the bulk of all Empire first-class mail will be car- ried by air without surcharge, the scheme destined for fruition within the next few years are:

Nine sevices a week trem Eng- and to Egypt,

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"Five services a week to India. which will be renched 21 days out from England.

Three services a week to Fast Africa and Singapore, worked on a 21 and a di day schedule respec- ilvely.

Two services weekly to Australia and South Africa. the former worked on a 6 to 7 day schedule. and the latter on 41 days.

An equal number of services will be worked on each route in the › homeward direction

EXTENSION OF SERVICES

Negotiations for the extension of the Australia service 10 New Zealand are in progress. Experi- mental flights directed to establishment of a ̈regular service across the North Atlantic are to

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begin later this year. Sir Warren

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A large fleet or aeroplanes is i. being built for the expanded ser- vices. At Rochester the first of 28 monoplane flying-boats designed and bullt by the Short company is expected to take the scon. Twelve large landplanes are in course of construction at the Armstrong Withworth factory. All of the services to Africa will be worked by lying boat. The India services will be mixed-three each week to India and Singapore by far as flying boat, and two as Calcutta by landplane.

EUROPE-AMERICA AIRWAY

AMBULANCE 'PLANE NAMED

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE”

London. June 14.

The first British flying hospital was named "Florence Nightingale by Mrs. Mollison at Hanworth air park yesterday.

After Mrs. Mollison had smashed a bottle of champagne hanging over the nose of the machine, a large crowd. Including a party of nurses, inspected the aeroplane.

The machine is a low-wing twin- engine monoplane, painted white with large red crosses. sents a

AIR ROUTE

EFFECT OF MONSOONS

NEW PILOTS FOR THE AUSTRALIA AIR-MAIL

Fellowing the duplication by Qantas Empire Airways of the services operated by this Company tein conjunction with Imperial Airways-on the Singapore-Bris- bane sections of the Australia ale- mall, two additional pilots and two first officers have been engaged for service between Singapore and Brisbane, Messrs. RS. Adair and O. Denny are the new pilots while d the new first officera ure Messrs. J. Gray and EW, Ditton, "

Mr Adair saw war service as a pilot in Egypt and Palestine with No. 1 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps, Beginning in 1918

Imperial Airways advise that the early arrival and activity of the South-West monsoon in the Bay o Bengal have produced very savere storms from Calcutta Bangkok along the air route; and that as оп certain stages the meteorological reporting and fore casting arrangements are not yet fully developed, attempts to adhere strictly to the published time table under all conditions could not be justified in view of the Company's policy and practice of taking no avoldable risk,

As in prey ous years therefore It repre- it has been decided that the Im- complete feld. dressing perial eastbound aircraft shall, for station and ecntains full medical the next few months. make. a he had many war adventures in. nursing equipment. blood trans-night-stop at Rangoon instead of the air. including combats record- fusion apparatus, an oxygen tent, at Bangkok, unless the weather ed in the official history of the and aluminium stretcher frames,

over this mountainous sector scampaign. After the war Mr. The cabin has been designed known to be favourable for dying Adair devoted himself to commer- solely for ambulance work.

during the late afternoon.

cial aviation in Australia, and he j now has more than 7.000 hours of flying to his credit. One remark- able pest-war experience which befell him was when a bird few into his propeller while he was carrying a passenger. The impact caused such damage that the en- gine was wrenched completely out of the aeroplane. Even under conditions auch as these, however Mr. Adair managed to bring down his 'plane without injury "either to himself or to his passengers.

cruise at more than 200 m.p.n. and to place North America with ten hours of England.

No alteration is being made in the published time table as the phase is only a temporary one, and strenuous efforts will be made to maintain schedule in Malaya and beyond; the public must, however. RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT ́ expect occasional late arrivals in Sir Philip Sassoon declared that Singapore under the difficult Bylng the record of achievement of Im-conditions now prevalling. perial Airways justified the govern- | ment up to the hilt in continuing

Transatlantic experiments wil engage three distinct types of nying machine. First will be the dying-boat "Caledonia," one or the new short monoplanes, which will the company as the chosen in the French, about half that of the be equipped with extra fuel tanks strument" for the development of German, and about two-thirds of Instead of passenger accommoda-Empire air routes, including the that of the Italians, Put in diffe-

Mr. Denny served for some time tion and thereby given, range sum- North Atlantic. He pointed out

as a pilot in the Royal Australian rent form, whereas the subsidy cient for operation of an airmail that in the latest year for which paid by the French per ton-mile

Air Force, while his civil flying has Agures Bre available carried.

included work on the air-lines service across the -North Atlantic complete

In the latest year for by way of the Azores and Ber- Imperial Airways carried

which we have figures, appears to

connecting the gold-Held of New muda. Second will be the novel mileage some 25 per cent greater have been about 9s, and the cor-

Guinea with sea-coast bases, Mr. Mayo composite. or double, air-than their French, 150 per cent, responding German and Italian Ditton. one of the two new first

tively, that paid to Imperial Air- ways is now down" to something under 2s.

a ton-

Fisher's Committee, an official in- terdepartmental body to which ls assigned the task of considering projects for development of ex- ternal air services, has under re- view the possibility of a service to Latin America across the South Atlantic. Sir Philp Sassoon stated that five different groups had been

operation of a South Atlantic ser a heavily loaded seaplane capable per cent. great than their Dutch competitors. "I anticipate." he vice. included in which would be 01 making the direct fight from regular "services linking England England

Newfoundland non- said, "that the traffic figures for and the rest of the Empire air stop with a big mall load. Third 1935, when avaliable, will make un

even batter comparative showing." network with the west coast of entrant is the DH. Albatross four- Africa. Eventually, several under-engined monoplane, an extremely

His figures of comparative state takings, all branches of one great rapid craft designed on similar subsidies were evan more strik-volume of passengers, freight and

racer. This ing. scheme, may represent British clvillaes to the Comet

"In 1935." he said. 'Imperial aviation in different parts of the machine. of which the Air Ministry Airways subsidy was little more has ordered two, is expected to than one-third of that enjoyed by

invited to submit proposals for the craft, which will launch in mid-air greater than their Italian. and 50gures about: 4s and 11s. respect the wireless section of the Citizens'

South Atlantic.

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MOTOR VEHICLES

IN CHINA

Steady Growth In Use

In April, 1927, the "Journal”- commented upon the increasing use of motor-cars in China and drew attention to the way in which the construction of new roads opened up great opportunities for motor transport. Bringing the figures then given up-to-date, by means of the recent Customs re- turns, shows that the peak year for importations of motor vehicles was 1929, when 8,869 were brought Into China as compared with 3:248 in 1925. After that there was a decline and importations remained between four and five thousand a year for the next four years. In 1934 the figure..rose to over seven

6,816 thousand, but dropped to vehicles for 1935. The figures are given below:- Gross Imports of Motor Vehicles Quantity 6,818 7,302

4,907

4,467

1935

1934

1933

1931

1930

... 4,958

1929

8,869

1928

4,204

1927

3,510

4,609

"1926

1925

... 3,246

CARS IN SHANGHAI

The variety of motor vehicles in use in Shanghai is shown in the list of motor vehicles registered in the International Settlement for December 1935. At that date there were 150 different makes of mo- tor-cars-fewer, incidentally, than for June, 1926, when there were 179 varieties; 136 makes of motor trucks, trailers, brases, etc., com- pared with 110 in 1928; 62 differ- ent kinds of motor cycles, a de crease against the 77 different makes used in 1925.

The most popular car is the Ford,

Austina with 2,160 registrations. follow with 982 cars; Morris makes Come third with 977 cars; Chevrolets fourth, with 945 cars. This is an entire reversal of the position in 1926 when the popular-

"If the object of subsidies is to secure that commercial air trans- port shall carry the maximum

malls at the minimum cost to the public purse. Imperial Airway have & record in this matter with which

MOTOR

officers., served for some time in

Air Force at Richmond. New South Wales, while Mr. Gray-the other new. frst officer received his training in aviation with the Royal Queensland Aero Club.

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none of their continental competi- tors, save possibly the Dutch, cân begin to compare."

JOTTINGS

MOTOR NOTES FROM GREAT BRITAIN

The Spread Of The Railcar

Railcars are being introduced in

increasing numbers by the Great Western Railway and before. the end of the year it is expected that 18 cars will be in use in different parts of the system, where this latest form of economical rolling stock will provide additional local and main line services for the travelling public.

Duplex air pressure gauge, engine revolution counters, etc.

INCREASED DEMAND FOR TRACTORS

There are definite indications of à growing demand in various parts of the Empire for tractors, which, during the worst of the depression. remained idle or, at The cars have some interesting best, only in occasional use... Apart improvements which have been from employment in the great incorporated to meet Australian wheat growing areas, tractors are conditions. For instance, the being increasingly used on general exhaust for both engines is taken farm wark, on road construction up through the centre of the and for logging. Further. It is guard's compartment, and the satisfactory to note that British gases are discharged through a venturi tube on the root of the

surrounded

machines

own.

are coming into

their

by 5in dia.m. As far as Britain itself is con-

The first A.M.C. railcar, seating 69 passengers was only introduced car. The 3in. diam. exhaust pipes and

In 1934, being used to provide are local services in the London area. pipes, which are in turn sur-cerned, until comparatively recent Now 121 services are being

rounded by 7in diam. pipes, and ly, the principal crawler type operated, 82 of which have been these are finally enclosed in a tractors in use were of foreign introduced since the beginning of

wooden case, The discharge of manufacture, with petrol engines. last February. G.W.R. railcars for

gases from "ventari tube causes but now the Diesel engine has local services seat 69 passengers,

cool air to be drawn up through largely superseded its predecessor, and those for main line services the surrounding tubes and, there-

and one of the pioneers of me- accommodate 62 people and are fore, no heat whatsoever

from chanical cultivating in Britain, the exhaust is transmitted to the Atted with tollet compartments.

John Fowler & Co. of Leeds, is interior of the car.

building a range of Diesel crawler tractors to suit the needs of most

of the respective makes was: Buick, Ford, Studebaker and Clt- roen, with Morris cars fifth and Austins eleventh on the list.

With regard to motor trucks and trailers, the leading makes are Ford and Chevrolet, whereas in 1926 Ford led with 172

private and 39 public trucks, and the zest were practically nowhere.

Where motor cycles are concern- ed, almost a complete change in taste seems to have taken place.

STREET ACCIDENTS

The United States of America has always been the most-favour- ed supplier, of motor vehicles and

With such a great increase in continued to hold "this. position motor traffic it is not surprising Inst year, with

Importations that street accidents have also in- amounting to 4,850 vehicles. Great creased, the total for 1935 for Britain came second with 471 the Settlemerit alone being 9,632 vehicles, an increase over 1934, accidents & against 7,623, acci- Land Germany third, with 258-a dents in 1928: but as evidence of very considerable. increase over 90 more careful driving and perhaps vehicles in 1934.

also of a more highly developed

According to Agures recently 18-traffic-sense on the part of the sued by the National Economic Chinese residents in the Bettle- Council, there were registered in China last year the following mo- tor vehicles:—

30,107

Private cars

Public cars

Motor tracks...

Tots

... 10,184 7,065

47,356

FOR AUSTRALIAN CONDITIONS

The New South Wales Railways. have again, ordered Leyland trac- tion units for incorporating in their new railcars. Nine units have been ordered, consisting of 10-litre petrol engines with dual ignition hydraulic torque verters with double free wheels,

*Atied control pedestals

with

cott-

To preclude any possibility of sand or dust being drawn into the engines, the air intakes to the agriculturists, haulage contractors carburettors are taken from thei and such like. roof down" through the floor of the washable filter is included in the guard's compartment, and pipe line

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A GOOD PERFORMANCE

The use of Diesel oll as a fuel increases the value of these ma- achines considerably, as the running costs are very much reduced com- pared with petrol-driven machines, while the non-inflammable nature of the fuel is a definite advantage when working in farmyards or forests, where the risk of fire is particularly great.

During the trials of the frat railear, built by the New South Wales Government Railways and powered by Leyland engines, the car, drawing a tratier, reached a maximum speed of 65 m.p.h. on the level. On a down gradient a speed of approximately 75 m.ph was obtained, whilst" over a dis- tance of 81 miles an average

In 1928 there were 7,623 ac- ment, it is noticeable that whereas cidents in the Settlement, from the numbers, of motor vehicles in which in 2,872 cases injuries were use in 1935 showed an increase of sustained and in 124 casea death 90.83 per cent, over 1928 accidents resulted In 1935 accidents Increased, by not more than 28.35 amounted to 9,632, with 3,918 per per cent. The average number of sons injured, of which 992 were speed of nearly 50 m.ph.. was accidents per month last year children, and 85 killed (23 chil-maintained in spite of numerous worked out at approximately 803, ❘dren),

"signal checks.

Logging work is about as severe a test as any tractor is called upon to stand, but these machines are giving excellent service under the most strenuous conditions. Again, for use on soft and hilly ground, their low ground pressure" per square inch, low centre of gravity and powerful drawbar pull enable them to work satisfactorily where wheeled-type machines would be useless:

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