"THE "HONGKONG!
TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY,
MARCH 6, 1935.
Malaya Will
Benefit From
Air Travel
RAPID EXPANSION
OF SERVICE
VISION OF THE FUTURE
By G. T. MacEWAN
in "BRITISH - MALAYA”
XTHEN ́1 had occasion recently
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to write on the Rubject of civil aviation. I looked up Smiles" "Lives of the Stephensons" and opening it at random this la what I found. Speaking of Stephenson's pioneer locomotive, someone of considerable Influence in England wrote:---
Sie Malcolm Campbell almost met with disaster in his first and second attempts to better his own speed record at Daytons in his giant Bluebird. But he will try again to-day or to-morrow, or when the bench allows a speed of 300 miles an hour.
"Here is an engine which will, before long, effect a complete. revolution in society-the great- est wonder of the ago, and the forerunner, as I firmly believe, of the most important changes in the Internal communications of equivalent to six million letters the kingdom."
¡despatched from this country last Year 48 compared with four million in 1933.
I quoted that remark in the article which was published in Singanore on the day the London to Melbourne air race started, as I considered the opinion expressed a hundred years ago concerning the steam locomotive had an application to the of much greater cogency petrol-driven aircraft of to-day, History is repeating itself, but the rate of progress in the air has, and will, outstrip the flights of the most lively imaginations.
Hardly had the Ink dried on the paper which contained this refer- ence to past history, than Scott and Black wore in Singapore. The world woke up to what had happen- ed. Speed, reliability and anfely no longer in question. Following closely on the tall of Scott and Black's streamline craft (a poten- tial air mail carrier), came the grent passenger and mail transport machine owned by the K.L.M., and now Imperial Airways Ltd. have extended their service to Australia,
II.E. the Governor, Sir Shenton Thonins, in the abla speech he de livered at Seletar when he officially opened the Singapore-Australis air mall extension, gave his views on the future. Everyone should read ៥៥
speech and then sit back and think what this stupendous revolu tlon In transport means to the world and to Malaya in particular.
Sir. Shenton Thomas appeals to the public to help the growth of air. mindedneas by sending letters and travelling by air. It is certain that
But, as regards personal travel there is still a hesitancy on the part of many people. Inevitably the fear factor will disappear, and statistics already show it to evaporating rapidly. Whilst, in 1919, regular air narvices through- out the world covered a total of
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be
M. Romano Trotski,`nephew of the.
anything but unimportant corres famed Russian revolutionary, is in
pondence must now go by air and,exile like his uncle. But he is mak. as 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- age become.
toing the most of it.....in Hollywood.
RAPID GAINS
1,022,000 miles flown, this progrès. to sively increased' year by year 100,000,000 miles in 1933, with, of In 1934 the weight of letters aent 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 86 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 traffe more for travel by air than by was on Empire routes which show-ocean.
ed an increase of 46 per centi
A proper appreciation of tho vasi
These weights mentioned are strides which commercial aviation
has made in recent years can be at coastal polots, - obtained from the Report on Civil Aviation issued by the Air Ministry. The facta.will
Amaze
anyone who does not know the advance made. Also the collection
of excellent air mans contained in the Report are evidence of this, for they show a maze e, literally hundreds of existing air routes,
Most of the vast continents and oceans of the world are · already apanned 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.
WHERE DOES IT LEAD?
CROWN LAND SALE
MOUNT CAMERON
To Malaya, aviation will mean | much.. Internal air services are coming. Sir Shenton Thomas AUCTION OF GARDEN LOT AT referred to this certain early development. The plans art being worked out by Imperial : Airways in conjunction with Messrs. Mansfield & Co., Ltd.
CO OPERATION
At a public auction at the offices of the Public Works Department yesterday afternoon, Garden Lot No. 86, adjoining Rural Building. Lot No. 237, at Middle Gap Rond, Mount Cameron, was sold for $283. when it is remembered how motor Mr. H. Alan Taylor, Assistaṛt transport came into and had to Superintendent
Monopoly take a share of traffic proviously Analyst of the Imports and Exports carried exclusively by the railwaye Department.
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Mr. E. B. Reed, Superintendent supérior whisky at a remarkably mankind well, but the future possi-ly inevitable and desirable.
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as it now takes days. This will other ways the immense poss!- mean much to Malaya; so also will bilities inherent in aerial travel will air transport; such as speedy in- other facilities made possible by be fully realised. terual journeys and despatch of Sir Shenton Thomas has said: letters from one end of the Peninin matters of aviation, Malaya is
aula to the other.
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in the forefront among the Colonics, outlook. New fields of Industry
but if she is to keep her place she will be
opened up. At points Men and women stricken with must cultivate the habit of thinking throughout countries at resont sudden serious illness, or gravely in the future." That is wise only partially opened up, new injured by accident, in remote areas counsel in matters concerning the 50 CAPSTAN or COLD FLAKE. centres of activity will spring up will be swiftly transported by aerial air. Everyone must help this great around the aerodromes which in- ambulance to the big central hos-enterprise which is calculated to TEACHER'S costs you less- 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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The Winter Olympiad is to be held at Garmisch-Parten Kireben, and hockey. players are alresily preparing to ruslat ·Canada's: Invasion.
Bomber'a'aya wlaw of the pyramids, by courtesy of the R.A.F.
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COUGH
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WHEELIN
Coming to the KING'S
DO YOU WANT YOUR
SOUL SAVED ?
DO YOU BELIEVE
IN MIRACLES ?
WOOLSLY
HENTUCHY
THE MIRACLE
KERNELS
WOMAN
This sort of illustration conveys titila to those who do not know the Chinese customs. At'a Chinese funeral
'is necaesanry, to drive sell spitit away from the coffin.
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