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February 18, 1939.

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to accept this charge-and so to Macaol

For three days he has not caten. Following 11 tossing passage he is bundled ashore

Fifth of a Series of Saturday Articles with shouted curses, and falls

On Aviation By

Our Aviation Correspondent

[UCH has appeared in the Hongkong press about the M Chat Exposition at San Francisco, but very

little has been said of the way in which Pan American Airways will spread the actual operation of the route to Hongkong before the world.

Little has appeared about a most amazing gadget that is certain to attract the crowds to the air-line hangars. At the inoment divers are putting the finishing touches on the under pinnings of a marine railway at Treasure Island that will dive under the surface, tasten in to one j of the new Boring Clippers and faul

upon the crowded quay,'

Later a kindly-hearted Portu- gueso arranges for his shelter for the night at the official re- fugee camp. to which Ah Sum with difficulty shambles.

Ile is fed and he sleeps.

$ $ $

Hearing that he has a relative in Hongkong, by some miracul- ous means the officials discover her address.....................

She-an ailing and ageing widow-atints and borrows, and These will house rooms for the, all but begs, sufficient to raise the air giant ashore at the rate of 10 calibration and repair of instruments, the passage and the thirty dol-

fest a minute.

adjustment of propellors, wood work- lars,

And to give an idea of how avia-ing etę. lon's engineers look toward the future, this small railway will bef capable of moving a fotal weight of 200,000 lbs-two and a half times more than the giant Bocing.

UNDERSEA RAILWAY Beaching a big flying boat in the past has been a tricky and dimeult operation, involving the submersion

Ah Sum, a tithe recovered, is

And down near the end of the ow will be the Link Trainer. Here again uship for Hongkong. plats will periodically shut them- His aunt, waiting there upon selves in a tiny pinne which never the wharf, ean scarcely re- leaves the ground and there receive cognise this wan and limping additional practice In instrument blind flying..

scarecrow.

Ah Sum enters the Colony--

All these operations at the Expusi- but not with conqueror's mien, in will be in full view

of the

the Hall of Air though many a lesser man might

of flotation gear under the hull and public, as visitors a lot of jockeying about with win-Transportation will be able to gaze have faltered more. ches, lines and tractors.

into the shops through a series of The helping hand is reached But Treasure Island, latest air windows,

too late. Within two weeks Ah base, will have an electric powered And when spectators tire of this, Sum is dead,

undersen railroad to eliminate this, they can climb a broad light of Built on 10 banks of piles, two staire and examine a model of a lines of railroad tracks dip into the passenger section of the Boeing logoon at a 15 degree angle for 135 Cuppers which will be on display. hangar (thus providing space sum- They will be able to walk round and cient house four of the Bocings gaze on the planes while they are at a time) to a space along the edge being overhauled

Driv to of the building, now occupied Hongkong.

féet.

On these rats and geared to them a huge beaching gear will glide down the incline under the floating Clip- per, pick it up and return with it la shore.

A special feature is the fact that the V-shaped gear will lift the Bying

boat on an even keel.

after

INTERESTING EXHIBIT Exposition officials feel that In having an airline on display "under glass they will possess one of the most interesting exhibits over offered by a world's fair. Once out of the water, the planej And the air company thinks it has will be towed into the hanger by obtained on excellent base for future traclor, and there crowds will be operations.

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baggage compartments and head- quarters for customs, Immigration and plant Inspection services which, in turn, will be moved to the Admin-| intration Building

HONGKONG'S NEEDS

With San Francisco playing hosti to the world at its Exposition, thou- sands will see the start of the jour ney

from Treasure Island and watch

able to watch every phase of the Once the San Francisco Exposition overhauling of onc of these air is over, Pan American will take over proud passengers stroll out on to a Klants, the first of which will arrive the entire hangar and at least half anding stage and board the biggest commercial air-liner on their journey In Hongkong on March 1.

of the Administration Building to the Far East. To compete witis Scores of carpenters are now vacated by Exposition officials after this modern development, Hongkong creeting a row of shops ncross the the big show. entire width of the hangar and down une side.

When this is done, the shops will must aot be left behind in the race.

Another Avation Article be transfereed from the centre of the Saturday.

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