The Archive · 1928

SHANGHAI—HANKOW AIR SERVICE

Preparations for a'commercial air service between Shanghai and. Hankow are now in progress under the Aviation Department' of' the Commander-in=Chie('s Headquarters. Chang Ching-yn, Director of the Department, recently. announced that sum of $1,000,000: was being subseribed by various cofamercial inter. ests. The project la being carried four in accordance with a decision the- National Aviation Conference libeld at Nanking recently, calling for tive air lines linking Shanghai with Hankow, Canton with Shanghai, and Peking with' Haakow. The three special aviation. dlstricte: of Shanghai, Canton and Hankow are to be responsible for the respective shares lof the constructional work und opera. tion of the service.

Tun Board of Education has convened a meeting of teachers of physical culture to dclibarate - on the best time in which to hold athletic competition of all schools in the Shanghai district. November 11 and-12 are suggested as being suitable for this purpose, Reproduced with permi:

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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