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CHRISTMAS PARCEL MAIL FOR GREAT BRITAIN.

The Christmas Parcel mail for Great Britain will be closed in the General Post Office and Kowloon Central Post Office at 5 p.m. on Friday, the 13th November per s. s. Carthage. The Public are kindly requested to post early.

This Mall is due to arrive at London on the 18th December.

Letters and Postcards for Europe and South America are forwarded "via Siberia" if so superscribed.

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Good action ploture of that vigorous jümper "Glenshee "at

the Gymkhana, ridden by Captain F. J. C. Rybot.

CLIPPER MAKES HISTORY

(Continued from Page 1.)

CLIPPER SIGHTED

At 3.50

p.m.

wards Kal Tack.

the Pullippine Clipper was sighted nying to

She passed by and circled over the Island before swooping down over Kal Tack Bund and

to the XDOK

water Clipper gracefully. The

turned round and steered towards the praya and then made fast to her moorings. A tender Grew along- side and conveyed the passengers and crew to shore.

In the lounge of the hangar the Dying vlaitors conversed with local residents and were enthusiasti

wonderful in their praise for a journey. Press reporters were able and to snatch Interviews here there from the passengers as they made their way to the lounge.

The

included Mr. passengers Juan Trippe. and Mrs. Trippe, Senator W. G. McAdoo, of Cali- fornia, Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, chairman of the Pan- American Airways board, and Mrs Whitney. Mr. Roy Howard, ho

MACAO ARRIVAL

Macao, Oct. 23.

WARSHIPS IN PORT North Wall Decoy, Daring, Otus. South Wall: Defender.

STRAITS

East Wall: Phoenix, Regulus. Re- gent, Seamew.

: USA, HONOLULU, Japan and Shang-) tai (San rancisco, 26th September), STRAITS JAYA

Lisbon diari

94th Oot

Pres. Adams

24th Oct.

Conte Verde

24th not

Tjibembang

24th Oct.

Kamo Maru

24th Oct.

West Wall Dock: Cumberland. Bruce, Diamond, Duchess.

KOTISON ... Justang

18th Oct.

20th Oct

In Dock Duncan.

No. 2 Buoy: Medway and Sub- marines.

No. 3 Buoy; Adventure. No. 7 Buoy: Capetown.

No. 8 Buoy: Dainty.

No. 13 Buoy: Diana: Foreign:-U.S.8. Mindanao and

Tulsa. French gunboat Argus.

The French gunboat Argus ar-

A large crowd witnessed the ar- rival of the Philippine Clipper inrived in port yesterday, while the splendid weather.

The passengers landed at noon and visited the city. Reuter

CLIPPER'S CREW

The following are the crew pt the Philippine" Clipper:-

Pilot, J. H. Tilton; first officer, F. Ralph; second officer, W. Lan; navigating officer, H.R. Canaday:

officer,

Greene: C.M. engineer radio officer. A.W. Belders: steward. I Parker.

08.S. Mindanao and Tulsa arrived the day before yesterday.

Imports Up:

Exports Down

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.

export figures were $245.0 millions (15.8 milions). $199.3 millions (£20.4 millions) and $237,6 mil- llons (£17.5 millions respectively. In terms of Hong Kong currency The Clipper was in radio touen with Mr. F. A. Kemp, of the Gov-imports of merchandise Increased by 17.3 per cent, as compared with ernment Radio Office, as soon as she passed Pratas Shoal until her the first nine months of 1935, and arirval' here.

5.6 per cent. as compared with the first nine months of 1934; whilst exports increased by 22.9 per cent. as compared with the first nine months of 1935, and 3.1 per cent. as compared with the Arst nine months of 1934.

AMERICAN CONSUL'S

STATEMENT.

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Prior to the arrival of United Press, Mr. E. M. Swasey, Mr. Macdonald, Mr. Stallman. Mr. Philippine Clipper. Mr. Charles L. Amon G. Carter. President of Fort Hoover, Consul-General for Ame Worth Star-Telegram, Mr. H. Mrica, m a statement to press re- Bixby, of Pan-American Airways. presentatives sald that he regard- In an interview, Mr. Trippe salded the fight as the beginning of that the Philippine Clipper will a service that will make Hong morning for Kong a port for air services as Manila with all passengers, ex-important as it has been for ship- cepting Mr. and Mrs. Trippe, Mr. ping in the past. It was a logical Bixby. Mr. and Mrs Whitney and Mr. Howard.

leave early.

this

cross-road for traffic of all des~ and criptions between America" Europe.

The party will travel to the North in a C.N.A.C. Douglas-Del-

The flight, he said, was only a phin plane leaving Kai Tack at 7

courtesy visit and the date of the am. this morning. They will re-arrival of the first commercial turn on October 24 Mr. and Mrs. Whitney and Mr Howard will go to Manila to catch the Clipper on November 6.

SATISFACTORY FLIGHT

service had not yet been decided but he was certain that it would not be very long distant in the near future

"I have heard many express.ons of t:le Mr. Trippe said that the fight of pleasure on the "part

bus riess had been most satisfactory. Their American citizens and schedule called for them to land in Hong Kong at 4 p.m. when they were leaving San Francisco. They had arrived on time owing to weather and favourable good circumstances in spite of two days at Manila and a day, at Hawaii.

Mrs. Whitney, Mrs. Trippe and MTS. McAdoo are the Arst three women to fly across the Pacific.

men at the courtesies extended by the British authorities in Hong Kong and I am sure that this sct- vice will do much to cement the relations. particularly important in business and intellectual inter- course, between Dur country and the Far East." concluded Mr. Hoover.

Mr. Hoover also made another

All three ladies, when interview-statement which was recorded, ed, stated that the trip bad been wonderful.

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JAPAN and SHANGHAS HAIPHONG

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Canton General Lee Arphation Mentor Deucalion Aromis

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OUTWARD MAILS

3rd Nov.

REGISTERED AND PARCOEL MAILS #re closed 15. minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close at or before 9 a... registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 pm on the previous day.

In terms of sterling values im- ports of merchandise declined by 27.0 per cent. as compared with the first nine months of 1935 and Shanghai and Japan..

"Shanghai 9.0 per cent. as compared with the first nine months of 1934; exports Amoy

Foodbow declined by 23.5 per cent. as com pared with the first nine months Saigon... of-1935, and 10.9 per cent, as com-Manila

Bhanghai pared with the first nine months

SUNDAY of 1934

Imports of treasure totalled $25.6 Swatow, Amoy and Formoss millions as compared with $28.6 millions in the Arst nine months

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of 1935, and $48.7 millions in the Swatow and. ÁmUY first nine months of 1934; and ex- ports amounted to $1321 millions as compared with $128.9 millions and $85.6 millions respectively.

British Enterprise

29 New Flying Boats

London, Oct. 22 The Canopus, "the Queen Mary of the Air." Brst of the Imperial Airways' 29 new fy.ng boats for Empire routes, started for Alexan- dria to-day,

Her 28 sister-ships are in pro- cess of construction at Rochester

Straite ad Calcutta Shanghai and EUROPE via Siberia Formons..

Letters for Guam, Honolulu, and

·U.S.A., by "Pan-American Airways Service" - dạe Sau Francisco, 3rd November.

TURDAY

Manila, Mekasser and Sourabaya Amey Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, USA. South America Central and

Canada, and "EUROPE via San Francisco-dua San Francisco, 19th Nor, and EUROPE via Siberia

WIDNESDAY Swatow, Amoy and Formusa Foochow via Swatow...

Bangkok via Swatov...

and several are nearly ready for Amoy Australia and New Zealand ris their testa.

begins regular The Canopus service in the Mediterranean next

The Hadall Clipper, carrying the "MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY"

first paying passengers, left Ala- "Hong Kong is the most beautifu

meda, California, on the afternoon u: Wednesday. as originally sche-week. city I have seen in my life," con mented Mr. E. W. Swasey. "There duled, instead of Thursday. She The airliner has four engines of is due in Manila on Tuesday, Oc- 4,000 horse-power, and a cruising. is no place in the world 1.ke this. Hong Kong has Elo beaten. Wtober 27. Previously it had been speed of nearly 200 miles an hour. left Mania this morning, after a

decided to postpone the fight for Her accommodation is luxurious glorious flesta.”

24 hours because the plane was and sufficient for 24 passengers.

She will also be able to carry several tons of mail and freight.- Beuter's Bulletin Service,

Mr. Swasey added that he had travelled over 100,000 miles by air and last year new to Ecquador.

"We will be back in San Fran- Wednesday. We left cisco on their last week. We all have to be back in America in time for the voting on. November 3 for the Presidential election."

more Los Angeles, he said, is

than it has ever prosperous been, and business in California was good.

Mr. Swasey obliged film represen- tatives with a recorded statement. He said that the fight was one. of the most epochal events and he predicted that the event would be celebrated one hundred yeara hence. The Inauguration of this regular service would do much to bind friendly relations:

NO FEEDERS

In a statement yesterday, Mr. Juan Trippe; said that Pan- American Airways will dennitely run their regular Clipper ships to Hong Kong and will not use the smaller craft as feeders The Clippers will use both Hong Kong and Macao airports for the first few months,

late in reaching Alameda on her last trip due to delay caused by ty-

phoons.

HOLIDAY-MAKERS AT REPULSE BAY

Amidst ideal surroundings, holiday-makers find Repulse Bay samiring the Hotel a beautiful haven of rest. These visitors are myriadhued flowers which constitute one of the many delight ful fentures of this world-famed hotel:

Manila,

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Thursday Island-dus Thursday Island, 10th November

THURSDAY Bangkok, Balavia Mauritius, Reunion,

Vadagascar and South Africa Hoihow Swatow and Foochow Letters for "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due London,

# 9th November, Letters for "Australla by Im

: perla! Always Service"-due

Darwin, 3rd November, *Shanghai, *Japas, Canada, U.S.4., and y

*EUROPE a Vancouver, BC, (Paroc for Canada only)-due Vancouver BC, 18th November...

FRIDAY

Mamnon Buisang

Tjibadak

Tiibadak... Tjikembang

Asoma Mara

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Holviken.

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Shanghai Japan, and San Francisco dus San Francisco, 2nd November Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, 8.1

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Rabaol, Australia

“Zealand va Brisbane lug Brisbane,

17th November

Straits, Ceylon, India, *East and South Africa, Aden. Egypt and EUROPE vin Marseilles-due Marseilles, 17th November

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