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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY

MARCH 5,

103

Malaya Will

Benefit From

Air Travel

RAPID EXPANSION

OF SERVICE

VISION OF THE FUTURE

By G. T. MacEWAN !

In "BRITISH MALAYA"

TITHEN I had occasion recently to write on the subjeet of civil aviation, I looked up Smiles' "Lives of the Stephensons", and opening it at rondom this is what I found. Speaking of Stephenson's plonger locomotive, someone of considerable Influence in England wrote:--

Sir Malcolm Comphall almost met with disaster in kis first and second attempte to better his own spend razord at Daytona In his giant Bluebird. But he will try again to-day or to morrow, or when the beach allows a speed of 300 miles an hour.

"Here is an engine which will, before long, offect a complete ravolution in society-the great- est wonder of the ago, and the forerunner, as I firmly believe, of the most important changes in Law", the internal communications of equivalent to the kingdom.”

six million lettera despatched from this country last year as compared with four million in 1933.

remark in the 1 quoted that article which was published in Singanoro on the day the London; But, as regards personal travel to Melbourne alt race started, as there is still a hesitancy on the part I considered the opinion expressed of many acople. Inevitably the will disappear, and a hundred years ago concerning the fear factor steam locomotive had an application statistics already show it to be of much greater cagency to the evaporating rapidly. Whilst, in to-day. 1919, regular air services through petrol-driven aircraft of History is repeating itself, but the out the world covered a total of

rate of progres. In the air has, and ...will, outstrip the flights of the

most lively imaginations.

Hardly had the fuk drled on the paper which contained this refor ence to past history, than Scott raid Black wero in Singapore. The world woke up to what had happen. ed. Speed, reliability and safety no longer in question. Following closely on the tall of Scott and Binck's streamline craft in poten tial air mall carrier), came great passenger and mall transport machine owned by the K.L.M., "and now Imperint Airways Ltd. have extended their service to Australia.

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HE. the Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas, in the able speech he de- livered at Seletar when he officially opened the Singapore-Australia air mall extension, gave his vlows on the future. Everyone should read: his speech and then sit back and think what this stupendous revolu- tion in transport means to the world and to balaya in particular.

Sir Shenton Thomas appeals to the public to help the growth of air- mindedness by sending lettera and travelling by air. It is certain that anything but unimportant corres famed Russian revolutionary, is in

M. Romano Trotski, nephew of the

ponitence must now go by air and, exile like his uncle. But he is mak na we have already seen by the recent halving of the rate Singapore,-the-more-it-is-made-use of, the cheaper will air mail post- ago become.

toing the most of it.....in Hollywood.

RAPID GAINS

1,022,000 miles flown, this progres- sively increased year by year to 100,500,000 miles in 1933, with, of In 1934 the weight of letters sont course, a correspondingly greater by air from this country was the number of passengers. In this con- largest ever recorded and amounted nection Sir Shenton Thomas drew. to 122 tons as compared with 85 attention to the significant fact that tons in 1933-an increase of 43 per personal Insurance to-day costs no cent. The largest volume of traffic more for travel by air than by was on Empire routes which show-ocean

ed an increases of 46 per cent.

A proper appreciation of the vast

These weights mentioned are strides which commercial aviation

has made in recent years can be at coastal points. obtained from the Roport on Civil Aviation Issued by the Air! Ministry. The facts will

amazo anyone who does not know the of excellent air maps contained in advance made. Also the collection

the Report are evidence of this, hundreds of existing air routes. for thoy show a maze of literally

Most of the vast continents and

oceans of the world are already spanned by regular air services and the remainder will be in the next year or so, and conquest of the North Atlantic is only a matter of a short while.

To Malaya, aviation will mean much, Internol air services aro coming. Sir Shenton Thomas referred to this certain carly development. The plans being worked out by Imperial Airways in conjunction with Messrs. Mansfield & Co., Ltd.

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Mount Cameron, was sold for $263. better when it is remembered how motor Mr. H. Alan Taylor, Assistant transport came into and had to take a share of traffic previously Analyst of the Imports and Exports Superintendent and Monopoly carried exclusively by the railways Department. —so now we are witnessing another

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WHERE DOES IT LEAD? Now to where la all this lending us? Already aviation has served mankind well, but the future rossi bilities are almost incalculable. Within the next few years. it will pore till in the very near future The countries surrounding Singa mulliply its services a thousand be within reach by as many hours

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times and I believe that aviation an it now talca days. This will other ways the immense possi- war maturity. will put the

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but if she is to keep her place she will be opened up. At points Men and woman strickon with must cultivate the habit of thinking throughout countries at present sudden serious linces, or gravely in the future." That is wise only partially opened up. new injured by necident, in remote areas counsel in matters concerning the 50 CAPSTAN or GOLD FLAKE, centres of activity will spring up will be swiftly transported by aerial air. Everyone must help this great around the nerodromes which in-ambulance to the big central hos- ontorpriae which is calculated to ternal services will require and sea-pitals of Singapore or Penang, or play a big part in world trade planes and flying boats will serve the Federal Capital. In a hundred recovery.

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