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Rugby, Nov. 17..

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1926.

NATHAN ROAD.

NEW PORTION OPENED YESTERDAY,

The difficult turning in Nathan Several overseas Premiers and Road, Just beyond the Po Hing other members of the Dominions Theatre, has always had to be ne Delegations to the Imperial Con-gotiated with great care by motor- ference aro visiting the Royal Air-ists, and during the rainy weather ship Works at Cardington to-day,the, corner has been very danger- to inspect lighter-than-air machines ous, while the narrowness of that. which it is hoped will play an im- particular part of the thorough- portant part in Empire communi- fare has also been of locon-

venience to vehicular traffic. A cation in the future."

It is therefore a great relief to The most important work pro-drivers that the corner has been eceding at Cardington is on the eliminated by the roadway being giant airship R 101, which is a vee-straightened. Work had been sel of 155 tons, She is destined going on for a considerable time, for service between Britain and but the hillside, presented the India, with a possible.extension to authorities with no easy task.. other parts of the Empire lying in With a large portion of the hill the northern hemisphere.

removed it has been possible to construct a road joining the two parts of Nathan Road, thus making straight road of some two miles in Kowloon's main thoroughfare a length. The new portion WAS opened to traffic for the first time yesterday afternoon, when the old section was closed.

The

Air Ministry anticipate that long. distance nonstop air journeys of the future will be carried out by airship. It is estimated that the vessels now being built should be able to fly without refuelling in good weather a distance of 4,000 miles, with a normal freight and It will be remembered that Coro- 100 passengers. Objections have nation was the name of the con- been raised to the airship on the tingation of Nathan Road north ground of danger of storm to the of "Waterloo Road and was re- large, fragile structure, and thecently declared to be disused. The danger of fire, but great progress whole highway is now known as has been made in the fast two Nathan Road, years towards overcoming, these difficulties.

As to experimental work, the flights by the R 33 have provided most of the technical" materials not hitherto available to airship designers.

Tests on the complete experi- mental section of the R. 101 at Cardington have afforded a valu- able check on the designers' cal- culations. Fabric tests have been carried out both at home and in India, as a result of which much additional knowledge has accrued as to the best material and best method of fixing goldbeater skin to the fabric.

into The new thoroughfare Nathan Road from Gascoigne Road, also nearing completion, will be opened to trafo shortly.

RECOGNITION?

A FINANCIER'S ADVICE.

London, Nov. 17.

In an article in the Financial News on the Chinese crisis, Mr. Hilton Young says the establish- ment of the rule of Southern Nationalists throughout China, which recent events have made by Passengers' Comfort.

no means improbable, would result The R 101 will have a cruising in a vast area Inhabited by nearly speed of 63 miles an hour, and one fifth of the world's population will be equipped with five en- erecting between itself and the gines housed in an equal number rest of the world the same im- of cars alung from the ship; and penetrable barrier of suspicion, the use of special fuel will, it is distrust and dislike at present stated, prove remarkably econo-isolating Russia, and thus the basis mical in consumption. Accommo- of credit would be destroyed and dation for passengers on the R 101 international trade would languish. is amidships, divided into upper

He says that recent events in and lower decks. On the upper Java show how infectious Mos- deck there will be a lounge fitted cow's propaganda, is among an to seat 100 passengers, a dining ignorant Oriental population, and room, and main part of the sleep- opines that Britain's best policy is ing accommodation, while running along each side of the airship to approach the Canton Govern- will be two promenades. On the ment, giving it some qualified form ground floor will be a smoking of recognition, and sock to guide room, kitchens, with a lift to the it away from the path of repudia-. dining rooms, crews quarters and tion, so ruinous to China herself. remainder of the passengers' sleep--Reuter.

ing accommodation. Provision of

space for dancing and games and for a shower bath is also contem- plated:

The structure of both the R 100 and R 101, now being built to the

SINGAPORE DOCK.

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material than any built in the

London, Nov. 17.

past, and as a result of develop- The Daily Telegraph states that ment of the Meteorological Depart-the Admiralty has concluded that ment of the Air Ministry it is the new Singapore dock should be, believed that it will be possible to conveyed in sections to Singapore avoid storms and make maximum where it will be assembled. It use of the prevailing winds. As was estimated at one time that for danger from fire, the R 101 is nearly three years be required for to he, equipped, not with petrol the completion of the work, but but with heavy oil engines. After there is reason to belleve now that

a shorter period will suffice.- the new airships have earried out

Reuter." their home trials successfully, they will each be required to under- take, flights to Egypt and India, and if the Dominions Governments provide the necessary mooring masts and refuelling stations de monstration flights to the Domi- 'niona will also take place as early

as possible.-British Wireless.

· FRENCH TRADE.

Paris, Nov. 17. The October French exports were 6,103 million francs and im- ports 5,106 million,-Havas.

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