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LAST EVENING'S FLIGHTS.

The residents of the Colony were yesterday afternoon trented to a flying exhibition which, Captain Ricou gave with · his machine, the Almirante Paco #D'A150a, Caps, A. G. Lamplough, of the Union Insurance Society, accompanied him as passenger. | Quite a deal of advertisement for the Company was obtained there- by, the droning of the engines attracting big crowds which, gathered in the streets, and on the housetops, as the machine circled over the city and eventully over Repulse Bay. The machine returned toitavaring place in, the Harbour on the approach of dusk.

During the day when the machine was at its mooring place, the usual crowd lined the Praya to keep up a close inspection,

NATIONAL MERCHANT FLEETS. Private owners would retire and whilst the more adventurous,

A WORLD-WIDE MOVEMENT.

the nation would have to shoulder the whole burden. Can bureau- cratic management do as weibfor shipping as private management The answer, based an experience since the armistice, is: No!

desirous of a closer view, engaged machina to take in the various sampans and circled round the details of the craft.

Before the war, shipping was

Co-operation between the Aaro largely controlled by rings, trusts,

Club of Hongkong and Captain The best example that can be Ricou was indicated in the ag and conferences, which divide up given is France, which country nouncement of the latter that he the world traffic just as a joint of has about 500,000 tons of Govern-intended to approach the Clabon meat is sliced up. The lines monoment shipping and about 3,600,000 the matter of securing the neces polised regular trades: the tramptons of private shipping. France pary monopolised special commodities. has had no armies to transport beach for the landing of the stretch of water and The extent to which the world's and nothing to do with her ships machines in connection with the commerce was controlled by a but to import and export food and Hongkong and Macao service, small group of shipowners was goals. She has been fortunate which will be maintained by the only realised when, after war in having far better dock equipamalle: seaplanes. broke out, the German carriers

The co- ment than this country, and has mencement of the service seems were banished from the ecernuired splendid port accom-to be waiting on the completion and the British carriers mobilised

modation at round the British Isles. With the Bordeaux, and Les Bassins. left Macao authorities and on the Dunkirk, Havre, of certain negotiations with the realisation of the dependence of behind by trade on foreign bottoms many American armies.

the British and acquirement of a landing place in countries throughout the world better situated in regard towagons

She is far Hongkong have commenced to put their fer similar reasons.

Captain Ricou told our repre- Yet the sentative houses in ander and have created. Government operation of shipping yesterday's light, in which Capt. this morning that or are creating, nationally owned has been a disastrous failure. Lamplough, the Secretary of the merchant fleets. The extent of Freights have been three and four Hongkong. Aero Club, this movement may be gathered times higher than the British. passenger from the following list of coun-directed freights; charters of the some time, was made with s and its pilse for tries: Canada, Australia, dewest-extravagant and absurd view to ascertaining the air car Zealand. Argentina, Brazil, Chili. nature have been made, and the rents and the stability of the tuba, France, Italy. Feru.vessels forgotten, left idle for machine under these conditions. Portugal, Switzerland, and the. months. Laited States. Other countries

He expected to make another, less bandicapped in tonnage have

Mr. Haya, one of his men, as his flight today at about noon, with adopted drastic measures for reserving to the use of the State Board Operations Division is

Even in Anierica the Shipping mechanic. suitable proportion of the privately owned fleets. Amongst

notorious for its inefficiency. To them are Holland. Belgium.

some extent these failures may Japan, Norway, Sweden, and due, and probably are dus, to Spain.

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RESULTS OF WAR EXPERIENCE.

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Text week, con tinued Mr. Ricon, he will make a combined flight to the Colony) with fear of the larger machines the adaptation of war measures which will be put on the regular 1 peare times. But there is so service. The Aero Club is being far no satisfactory criterion by approached on the question of which to judge the peace prosecuring from the Government a Europe are adopting analogouspects of nationalisation. All our suitable stratch of water and war experience is agains; it, and beach for the purpose of its con- steps, and that the movement is

we have nothing except war version into a general landing likely to continue, is evidence) by the contract placed by Argentina Perience to measure it by.. On place for use by officials of the with Spanish yards for the crew business which lends itself to Transport Company,

the face of it shipping is not a Club and the Mazas Aerial truction of 493,000 gross tons.bureaueratic management. Ship. This murement. it must be under- stood, is not so much a more-ing is a business that requires the

-ment against the rings and con- ferences as against any" one Power F032ssing to pre- ponderant influence in world shipping. Sa country dare again risk being brought to the verge of starvation and ruin because of

The question of nationalisation

in moment

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The smaller machines such as Alasingale Pom d'Arge pagilined Captain Risortokkum sepramanm initiative and quick energy and ative, consumed between 10 and action. So far we are without 15 gallons of fael per hour, while idence that any Government the bigger passenger planes, on of these qualities. department is possessed of any account

the -ingreased power of the machines, used as much as 50 or 60 gallons per & quarrel in which she has no fis of

The fare between bere! hour. dire concern. Five years ago because during the past week and Maca in nae of his pisnes such o

movement would have manifestos bave been issued, to

would depend on the cost of fuel been considered as aimed at the members of the N.S. and as well ས་ other operation Great Britain. Today it is aimed EW.. by the President, Mcharges, but an endeavour would quite as curls at the United Havelock Wilson (B.E., M.P. made to fix it on as low a

scale as was possible. States of Japan. It is not, wo for against the proposal. вод as can be al present judged, an malifesto by Messrs. George Colony mails is held back antil The question of transport of the attempt to bust the conferences Jackson and J. H. Ecriage i or to cheapen freights. In fact, support of the same, their public. the service has been in full swing. there is c evidence in any ation being preliminary to the The Postmaster General will then country that freights under ballot ordered to be taken on his be approached on the matter, and as Mr. Ross sometime ago inform-

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The contrary,

To what extent the existence of a Government-owned fleet will tend towards nationalisation des pends very largely on the size of the otheist Rest. In Amering dan

to the men, who would get smaller Shipping Board tramp feet would would be a burden on the State. wages and poorer food: (2), It very soon, swamp the private which would bare to pay interest companies, who would be obliged to retire from business. It wouldn the capital employed in ship- be impossible for a private shipping, whether or not ship opera- tion proved profitable: (3) It to be operated in competition would increase the cost of living. with vessels admittedly operated on a non-commercial basis. The wing to the impossibility of a

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concern, but until the war pro-10g shipping as effectively or elective measures yet contem-only seven to three in 1919, and vided it with salvation, it passed economically as can private own.Plated for the conservation of was likely to be only six to seven -only consistent feature in which servants of the State, and their/duced into the evening new see a development of submarine-

through a chequered career, the ers; (4) Shipping nationalised, the newsprint paper are to be intro-by 1930.

principal weapon to obtain re-papers of New York City to detecting apparatus within the and take insuficient out-door

IF YOU WORK INDOORS forma-the strike-would prove morrow. Most of the afternoon next few years which would give exercise constipation and other

editions will confine themselves to eight pages instead of 18 or 20 large and important ships a cer- troubles are sure to result unless If the national fleet is small, it abundant evidence that every tising and limiting their clients He also ventured the opinion that healthy by the use of = gentie On the other hand, there is eliminating all display in adver-tactical attack by submarines. you keep your system clean, and

tain measure of protection against, will be desful as a standby. In Government should be possessed to the insertion of only small the use of gas might eventually __some.......-neutral countries, for of DOWBIR of requisition sad sanouncement cards.

example, transports were used for control, which, if properly ex- mercantile purposes in lack ofercised, should be sufficient to clading the Erening Sun, will

In addition certain papers, in as gunpowder did when it was revolutionise naval warfare, much other tonnage. In the same way keep the monopoly of trusts and eliminate all streamer display in "national ships would All the void rings within bounds. Before headlines and utilize smaller type criticisms, one being that in the are perfection Aa gently se on emergency. If the national fleet trying full-fledged nationalisation througboat. is the majority of a country's we should be well advised to ex-proposed new make up is calcul- the schemes of naval develop thus curing Biliousness, Sick

The effect of the present need for naval, economies nature they dispel Constipation, 4th Floor Hotel Mansions. Tel. 114. shipping, it must in the end lead periment with # Shipping ated to be a shock to readers ment outlined by the lecturer Headache. Torpid Liver, pimply to nationalisation or finally kill Advisory Committee, that policy. Private owners would occupy towards shipping which for a time will be displaced Parliament would stand. Com-for direct, post free, at 60 cents which accustomed to the familiar forms, would prove more expensive than or blotched skin. Of druggists, cannot compete with State-owned, the same position as the Railway by a product closely resembling mander Bellairs laid special stress the vial, from Dr. ships owing to higher costs, dus Advisory Council dess towards English papers er American issues on this consideration, and aug Medicine Co., 96 Szechuan Road, to taxation and smaller credit. railways,

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